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The Color of a Promise by Julianne MacLean
About The Color of a Promise by Julianne MacLean
Having spent a lifetime in competition with his older brother Aaron—who always seemed to get the girl—Jack Peterson leaves the U.S. to become a foreign correspondent in the Middle East. When a roadside bomb forces him to return home to recover from his wounds, he quickly becomes the most celebrated journalist on television, and is awarded his own prime time news program. Now, wealthy and successful beyond his wildest dreams, Jack believes he has finally found where he is meant to be. But when a 747 explodes in the sky over his summer house in Cape Elizabeth, all hell breaks loose as the wreckage crashes to the ground. He has no idea that his life is about to take another astonishing turn…
Meg Andrews grew up with a fear of flying, but when it meant she wouldn’t be able to visit her boyfriend on the opposite side of the country, she confronted her fear head-on, and earned her pilot’s license. Now, a decade later, she is a respected airline crash investigator, passionate about her work, to the point of obsession. When she arrives in the picturesque seaside community of Cape Elizabeth to investigate a massive airline disaster, she meets the famous and charismatic Jack Peterson, who has his own personal fascination with plane crashes.
As the investigation intensifies, Meg and Jack feel a powerful, inexplicable connection to each other. Soon, they realize that the truth behind the crash—and the mystery of their connection—can only be discovered through the strength of the human spirit, the timeless bonds of family, and the gift of second chances.
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Julianne MacLean is a USA Today bestselling author who has sold more than 1.3 million books in North America, and her novels have also been translated into many foreign languages. She has written twenty historical romance novels, including the bestselling Highlander Trilogy with St. Martin’s Press and her popular Pembroke Palace Series with Avon/Harper Collins. She also writes contemporary mainstream fiction, and her 2011 release The Color of Heaven was a USA Today bestseller. Please visit her website for more information. www.juliannemaclean.com.
Memoirs of a Girl Who Loves God
About Memoirs of a Girl Who Loves God:
Fourteen-year-old Krystal finds herself flailing when her parents separate. Withdrawing from her family and friends, she begins cutting. No one knows.
At her new school, she makes one single friend, Em, who invites her to volunteer at the local homeless shelter. There, Krystal discovers fellow misfits, including Brandon, a boy from her school. How can Krystal start a new life when the scars of her old one will never fully heal?
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C.L. Wells is a JANE-OF-ALL-TRADES, with a passion for writing and animals. She lives in Kansas with her family, which includes a fat doggie who is not named Toto and a cat who moonlights as an escape artist. Feel free to ask her about the ‘escape artist.’ She plans to write about it someday. She would love hearing from you.
Off Leash by Daniel Potter
About Off Leash by Daniel Potter:
Pet or Predator?
Thomas just wants a simple, stable existence, but saddled with unemployment, an absentee girlfriend, and the impending unpaid rent, change is hurtling down on him whether he likes it or not. Following the sudden murder of his strange elderly neighbor, Thomas awakens on wrong side of the Veil transformed into a mountain lion and thrust into a dangerous world of magic.
Thomas must team up with a disgraced Inquisitor and a pyromaniac squirrel to dodge the fate pushed upon him by haughty mages, manipulative union leaders, and violent werewolves. Does Thomas have the will to take control of his life through wit and claw to become the first Freelance Familiar?
Off Leash is the first book in Daniel Potter’s Freelance Familiars series, a humorous adventure story beset by immoral mages and fast-talking animals. If you enjoyed the Dresden Files and want an overtone of Discworld, you’ll love this rollicking urban fantasy adventure.
Dig in your claws, brace for impact and read this story right now!
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Daniel Potter has always been inspired by the mysteries of the world. His early interest lead him to become avid researcher as well as gamer and writer. After obtaining his PhD in vascular biology, he began exploring fictional magic and spiritualism using his own particular scientific lense. Daniel published the webcomic Walking the Lethe from 2010-2012 and is an active member of the East Bay Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Meet-up group. His debut novel, Off Leash, is just the first in his Freelance Familiar series.
When he’s not chasing his imagination, Daniel works as a vascular biologist in the Bay Area. He shares an apartment with his wife, two cats, and a large collection of video games.
Stray Dogs and Lonely Beaches
About Stray Dogs and Lonely Beaches:
Do you ever feel like running away from your life? Alina Ionescu does just that. Quitting her dead-end job and unsatisfying relationship, she maxes out her credit card on a flight to Cancun. As the adrenaline rush fades away, she finds herself alone in a luxury hotel room she cannot afford, facing the same problems she did back in New York, and a few new ones as well.
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Maria Elena Sandovici was born in Bucharest and traveled extensively from an early age. Her novels explore the struggles of people who try to reinvent themselves in different locales, as if searching not just for the perfect place, but also for their favorite version of themselves. In addition to writing fiction, she paints daily watercolors which she publishes on her blog, Have Watercolors Will Travel.
You Are My Sunshine
You Are My Sunshine is the sequel to All My Love, Detrick.
When Helga Haswell becomes pregnant by a married SS officer who abandons her, she finds herself alone and desperate. She is afraid to tell her parents that she is pregnant out of wedlock, so her doctor suggests that Helga check into Heinrich Himmler’s home for the Lebensborn. This is a program, he explains, that has been instituted by the Nazis to create perfect Aryan babies. Since Helga is of pure German blood and the child’s father is an SS officer, she will be accepted, the doctor explains. Her child will have a good life because adoption is available only to the finest of Hitler’s elite. Not only this, the doctor says, but during her pregnancy, Helga will have the finest food and medical care available. And, instead of a life of shame, she will be honored for her efforts in producing a perfect Aryan child for the new world that Hitler is in the process of creating. Then after the baby is born, the Lebensborn will take the child and assume all future responsibilities, releasing Helga to live her life without the burden of a fatherless offspring. In her desperation, all of this sounded perfect to Helga—that was of course before she felt life stir within her womb. However, by the time this occurred, it was too late. She had already moved into Steinhoring, a home for the Lebensorn, and there was no possibility of turning back. The papers were signed. She could not escape. Hitler owned her unborn child.
On a cold day in January, Helga’s little girl came into the world. But instead of being sheltered by her mother’s arms, she was torn away by the nurses at the home for the Lebensborn and thrust into a treacherous world where the very people sworn to protect her were not what they seemed. The little girl was growing up surrounded by some of the cruelest people on earth and subjected daily to the ideology of the Third Reich. But when Hitler became convinced that he was indestructible and went to war on two fronts dividing his army, Germany began to fall. The Nazis became fearful as America entered the war, joining Churchill against them in the west, while Stalin, a formidable enemy with the brutal Russian winters on his side, ripped them apart in the east. And so, the tables turned on the Third Reich. The cruel Nazis, who believed they could not be defeated, were about to swallow their pride and surrender at the feet of the allies. The superior race would prove to be inferior after all. Hitler’s elite would run for cover, some would commit suicide, some would be tried in Nuremberg for crimes against humanity, while others would escape with their tails tucked between their legs and head for South America or other friendly ports. But God had other plans for Helga’s tiny innocent child, who had been born on that January morning. The child’s life was about to change in a very strange but significant way. Instead of becoming who and what the Nazis had hoped to create, this child would be befriended and nurtured by the most unexpected people.
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I am an American author. My father was Romany and my mother was Jewish, When I was very young I learned about the Holocaust. I couldn’t understand how something like this could happen. So, I began to research and learn more. I met with survivors. I even met with children and grandchildren of SS officers. But I still had no answers. I cannot say that I have all of the answers to all of my questions even now. But what I do know is that soon all of the survivors will be gone. Their message must be remembered, the sacrifices that they made must not be forgotten. And so I humbly and with the utmost humility try to tell their stories. It is painful, but I must convey the darkness and horror of the time, but I also want the world the know and celebrate the unsung heroes. Because there were many ordinary people who acted in heroic ways. I realize that writing these books is a great responsibility. I pray every day that I am able to do this correctly. I am trying to reach out and touch many people, not with the message of the horrors but with the promise of hope. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for considering my work. It is an honor that I never take lightly.
I send you many blessings, Roberta
Ravished by the Forest
I stumbled across it by accident and couldn’t help myself.
I had downloaded the wrong literature for my University studies and was now engrossed in a sensual tale of a lone woman deep in the forest alone with four alpha males.
The words came alive.
The way they explored her, touched her and ravished her…….
……the more I read, the more I wanted to be in her shoes.
I swallowed my nervousness and placed an ad, I wanted five men to take me and explore me in the very same way.
Before long, it’s all set up, and I know my body will be in for the ride of it’s life.
Soon, I will submit my body to the gang as they’ll devour every inch of my flesh and tap into my deepest sexual desires……
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Nicola craves writing hot, dirty and steamy stories. Stories of innocent and untouched women taken by their dominant alpha males, stories of vulnerable and naive women bent and broken at the hands of the hottest men that melt their hearts while they torture their tender body.
Written for men and women, these sexy stories will tap into your innermost fantasy and leave you begging for more.
Dirty Royal: A Bad Boy Royal Romance
About Dirty Royal: A Bad Boy Royal Romance:
It’ll take a real prince to tie her down. Not this a**hole.
Alexander Caldwell only plays the part of the golden-boy prince in public. It’s not hard to enchant everyone he meets with his unforgettable body and smoldering smile. Behind closed doors? He’s a complete pr*ck who’s always ready for a fight.
The one thing on his agenda? To f*ck as many gorgeous women as possible.
That is, until he swipes right on stunning Jessica Reeves’ profile.
Jessica is everything that his father, the king, would never approve of: unapologetically American; a feisty free spirit with a bedroom manner to match.
It was supposed to be sex with no strings attached. It was never supposed to leave the States.
Now Alec wants Jessica to be the perfect trophy princess, always ready to meet his every need.
It’s a glitzy royal lifestyle with one huge catch: she doesn’t belong in a hoity-toity castle. And she sure as f*ck doesn’t belong to him.
This is a full-length standalone novel with sizzling sexual encounters, an HEA, and no cliffhanger.
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Amelia Wilde loves a sexy story with plenty of room for romance, and that’s exactly what she writes. She wants nothing but alpha heroes (no doormats here, thank you very much), heroines with spark and drive, and emotional encounters that sizzle.
Seeking the Green Flash by Lanny Daise
About Seeking the Green Flash by Lanny Daise:
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Luke Davis is about to set out on the adventure of a lifetime, cruising the Hawaiian Islands and the South Pacific on his first sailboat, which he’d just restored. Just before he is about to depart, he is approached by the granddaughter of one of the richest men in all of Asia to charter his yacht. He didn’t really need the money and certainly not the intrusion of her security team but, overcome by her beauty and intrigued with her sailing experience, he is about to embark on a voyage that a young man from rural Missouri could never have dreamed.
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I live on a sailboat which was moored off the coast of Maui for six years back in the 80’s. Tired of the “rat race” I quit my management position, sold my condo in Boulder, along with my corvette, and headed to Maui to buy myself a sailboat. I bought some charts and explored the islands, as well as the uninhabited Palmyra Atoll. The character in my story has many of the same adventures I had living aboard the, “Lazy Daise”, but I also took a lot of creative liberty when designing the love of my life and the intrigue surrounding her in this story. My wife says that my book is Clive Cussler-ish and that Teruyo is my “dream version of her”. She may be right.
I moved to Missouri for all the right reasons, quality family time, a nice environment to raise our daughter, being near the grandparents and finally getting around to finishing my college degree. That was over 20 years ago, however, and at present we are once again at a point in our lives where we are ready to return to life on Maui and expect to land there in the next couple of years.
Mahalo and Aloha!
Game of Fear by Gledé Browne Kabongo
About Game of Fear by Gledé Browne Kabongo:
Sometimes, good girls do very bad things…
Academic overachiever and popular good girl Abbie Cooper is used to being in control. As senior year at her elite New England private school kicks off, she’s focused on one goal: getting into the Ivy League. But even good girls have dark secrets. One morning, Abbie discovers a cryptic note in her locker (I know what you did, hypocrite! Justice will be served, The Avenger). Then a photo arrives in the mail. It captures in great detail the explosive secret she’s kept hidden from everyone—the shocking blunder that could get her expelled from Saint Matthews Academy, and keep her out of the Ivy League for good.
Determined to protect her future and the people she loves, Abbie is drawn into a diabolical game with no limits—a game she will break every rule to win. For a price, The Avenger assures her that her secret will remain safe. There’s only one problem: The Avenger may not exist at all. So who’s been stalking Abbie with anonymous text messages that disappear after they’ve been read? Who’s out to ruin her and why? To uncover the horrifying truth, Abbie must play the game, all the way to its stunning conclusion.
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Gledé Browne Kabongo writes intense psychological thrillers—unflinching tales of deception, secrecy, danger and family. She is the #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of Game of Fear, Mark of Deceit (Eye of Fear Anthology), Swan Deception, and Conspiracy of Silence. Her love affair with books began as a young girl growing up in the Caribbean, where her town library overlooked the Atlantic Ocean. She was trading books and discussing them with neighbors before Book Clubs became popular.
She holds both an M.S. and B.A. in communications, and worked as a freelance news reporter right out of college. After she abandoned the dream of winning the Pulitzer Prize as a reporter for the Boston Globe, Gledé forged a career in marketing and communications management. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two sons.
NEW BEGINNINGS: ADAM & JACQUELINE’S STORY: PART ONE (HORSESHOE BAY ROMANCE Book 1) Kindle Edition
About NEW BEGINNINGS: ADAM & JACQUELINE’S STORY: PART ONE (HORSESHOE BAY ROMANCE Book 1) Kindle Edition:
NEW BEGINNINGS PART ONE
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Jacqueline has left her home in San Diego to escape her abusive ex-husband Dwayne. Driving north along the California coast, she comes across the picturesque town of Horseshoe Bay. After befriending some of the locals, she decides it will be the perfect place to disappear, forget her past, and move on with her new life as a single woman.
But then she meets her mysterious, brooding neighbor and learns of his questionable history and unfavorable reputation in town. And an email from an old friend warns her that Dwayne continues to search for her.
Nervous about new possibilities and wary of old problems, Jacqueline is still determined to make things work in Horseshoe Bay.
Suspenseful yet romantic, New Beginnings Part 1 brings the vistas of the northern California coast to life and gives hope for the possibility of a second chance at love..
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Jodie Collins is an author of romance and lives in Cornwall in the UK with her husband, two children and two dogs.
Jodie has always been a book worm. Studying English Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice- that of an author.
Confessions of a Teenage Rape Survivor
About Confessions of a Teenage Rape Survivor:
Before she was raped, almost sixteen-year-old Allison Sommer knew exactly what she wanted and was in total control of her life. Get through high school, go to college to appease her dad, somehow stay fit, lithe, and athletic through all the stress and become a professional cheerleader. Normal teenage stuff. Simple. At least it was all pretty simple before she was raped. Now Allison isn’t sure what she wants anymore and her whole life is totally out of her control. She can’t trust in her own choices anymore, can’t rationalize anything anymore, so she just goes through the motions, hoping that eventually she’ll be able to go back to normal and stop pretending. That doesn’t happen, especially when she finds out she’s pregnant.
On the MTV the commercials that emphasize that she has nothing to be ashamed of and guide viewers to some website like don-be-a-victim.com and a support hotline, no one warns her that the aftermath is more difficult than the rape itself, that her family’s efforts to be supportive make her feel more alone and confused than she ever felt without their support. It should be a no-brainer, everyone else says. It’s a rape baby. Abort it. Put it up for adoption. There’s no way she can keep it. But being raped makes Allison question everything she thought she knew and everyone she thought she could trust.
Either way, Allison doesn’t plan on letting anyone force her to do anything again, not like her rapists did, even if it makes her already difficult enough circumstance more difficult. Uncensored and unflinchingly honest, these are the confessions of a teenage rape survivor.
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Holly Dae is a recent college grad with a B.A. in English who, instead of putting on a suit to work at a desk 9-5 for five figures and a lifetime of misery and crushed dreams, decided to write YA novels about the taboos concerning contemporary issues like rape, abortion, drugs, teen pregnancy, and sometimes sex with the hopes that someone will pat her on the back and say she touched their life.
Hotshot Desire: Love After Dark
About Hotshot Desire: Love After Dark:
Desire so hot and needy. Passion uncontrolled. Lust and desperation heat up the nights in Hotshot Desire: Love After Dark. Six full-length romance novels and one bonus novella from NY Times, USA Today, and National bestselling authors. From billionaire bikers to special agents, jocks and bad boys, emotions run hot and the action never stops when love and life is on the line. Spend your sultry days and steamy nights addicted to these unforgettable romances where desire overrides reason. LIMITED TIME ONLY!
UNCHAINED MELODY: HILL COUNTRY HEART by Sable Hunter.
ROARING HOT: A BILLIONAIRE BIKER ROMANCE by Rachelle Ayala
SPECIAL AGENT: KANDICE by Mimi Barbour
A RELIANT LOVE by Taylor Lavati
THE NEXT CONTESTANT by Dani Evans
MURDEROUS LIES by Chantel Rhondeau
SERVING UP LOVE by Chantel Rhondeau (Bonus Novella)
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Bestselling Author Chantel Rhondeau became hooked on romance after picking up a romantic suspense novel she thought was a mystery genre. After reading that first romance, she never looked back. Chantel is author of several romantic suspense novels, Christmas novellas, and the McCallister’s Paradise contemporary romance/family saga series. She lives in the western United States and when she’s not writing, she loves playing cards with her family, bowling, and binging on Netflix while snuggling with her lazy kitties.
Glimpse of Destiny
As the supernatural community awaits the upcoming battle of the species, Xade Daniels could careless about anything other than staying alive. At the top of the supernatural creature’s most wanted list, Xade’s existence has become a lonely world of kill-or-be-killed.
Unfortunately for her, the Vampire Council’s hitman and Xades ex-lover shows up on her doorstep and Xade’s life spins out of control. With her best friend Shauna by her side, and Deysyl wreaking havoc on her emotions, Xade must fight for her life as she traverses into Hell and back. Discovering her heritage, fighting feelings for Deysyl, and avoiding constant attempts on her life is just another day for Xade Daniels.
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Samantha is the author of The Forgotten series, The Xade Daniels Chronicles, Avenging Innocence and numerous short stories found in various anthologies. She enjoys writing in many different genres, and always strives to challenge herself in her writing, and in her life.
Samantha lives with her husband and their three children, lovingly referred to as the demon-spawn. She sometimes talks to herself, loves cappuccino, and encourages her family to embrace their weird. When she’s not writing, she usually has her nose stuck in a book.
Mirrored Hearts: Sealed by Fire
About Mirrored Hearts: Sealed by Fire:
When life takes unexpected twists and secrets are laid bare – remember to breathe.
Larry Kanate and his wife, Rozene, would be considered a modern day power couple. Years in the making, they have managed to keep love alive while supporting each other’s dreams.
Their undeniable love connection is unshakeable… seemingly unbreakable, until Larry discovers his wife’s crushing secret. As their picture-perfect world falls apart, she does everything in her power to get away from her past sin, but he is bent on never letting her forget it, all the while keeping his “little secret” close to his heart.
When Larry’s day of reckoning comes, will fear hold him hostage or will he be completely honest with himself and God? Will their marriage be strong enough to survive mirrored secrets? Will their faith help them to handle the ultimate solution – a marriage sealed by fire?
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Ann Marie Bryan is a dedicated, graceful, multi-talented leader with a passion for excellence. She is the CEO & Founder of Victorious By Design, an organization committed to providing professional writing services, personal and professional development programs and performing arts services.
A Christian Fiction author, Ann Marie writes to educate, inspire and empower others. She desires to tell great stories with fascinating characters to show the awesome power of God in the lives of people and places. Her most recent novel, Shades of the Heart, an Amazon #1 Best Seller, started her Encounters of the Heart series. Book 2, Mirrored Hearts: Sealed By Fire, was released February 2016.
Ann Marie’s greatest passion is to empower others to succeed by tapping into their God-given potential. She enjoys writing, reading, dancing, teaching, meeting people and traveling.
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