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Published: Thu, 11/24/16

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Blood Hound  

BH_mediumAbout Blood Hound:

My name is Alexi Sokolsky: blood mage, occult scholar, and hired killer… Three things that really ought to convey me some immunity in the dog-eat-dog world of the Russian Mafiya.

Fat chance. My already-stressful life takes a turn for the worse when a high-ranking Mafioso is murdered and dumped our territory, his mutilated body scrawled with demonic sigils. Then a key ally of my Organization is kidnapped by a secretive death cult… and naturally, I’m the errand boy sent to hunt him down and bring him back.

What I didn’t know was that the murder and kidnapping were only the opening moves of a deadly game that would tear my life apart and destroy everything I thought I knew about magic, the universe, and my friends. As mages and demons battle in the streets, I find myself caught between the harsh, painful truths of the Light and the seductive lies of the Void that threatens to destroy my world. Both have a lot to offer a man like me… but will I become part of the cure, or remain part of the disease?

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Author Bio:
Dragon Award-nominated author James Osiris Baldwin is a transgender man from Australia who writes gritty LGBT-inclusive, dark fantasy and science fiction. He was the former Contributing Editor for the Australian Journal of Dementia Care and has also worked for Alzheimer’s Australia.

He currently lives in Seattle with his lovely wife, a precocious cat, and far too many rats. His obsession with the Occult is matched only by his preoccupation with motorcycles.



Severed Threads – Book One, Threads Series by Kaylin McFarren  

BestThrillerBookAbout Severed Threads – Book One, Threads Series by Kaylin McFarren

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Believing herself responsible for her father's fatal diving accident, Rachel Lyons has withdrawn from the world and assumed a safe position at a foundation office. When called upon by a museum director to assist Trident Ventures with the recovery of a priceless relic from a sunken Chinese merchant ship, she has no intention of cooperating – especially after discovering her former love interest is involved. But Rachel soon realizes she has no choice when a drug-dealing gangster kidnaps her brother and demands two million dollars for his safe return. In order to rescue him and gain control over her life, she must not only overcome her greatest fears, but also steal the Heart of the Dragon out from under Chase Cohen – the same cursed relic that is holding the museum director's life in peril.

With three lives now on the line, including her own, Rachel must relive the circumstances that lead to her father's death. Will she gain Chase's trust and recover the Mai Le treasure in time or will they both die trying?

Severed Threads has received the following awards: 2014 IPPY Awards, Bronze Medalist – Best Mystery/Thriller Ebook; 2013 Wise Bear Book Silver Awards – Women's Fiction, Romance Suspense, Romance Contemporary; 2013 New York Book Festival – Suspense, First Runner-up; 2013 Book Boost's First Annual Shooting Star Contest – 2nd Place; 2012 Ignite the Flame contest – 2nd Place; 2012 Sharp Writ Book Award – 2nd Place, Mystery/Suspense; 2012 Books & Authors Romance Book of the Year Award; 2012 Golden Acorn Excellence in Writing Contest – 2nd place; 2012 AKRWA's best Break-up contest – 1st Place; 2012 Central Ohio Fiction Writers' Ignite the Flame Contest – 2nd Place; 2009 Great Beginnings Contest – 1st Place; 2009 Melody of Love Contest – 1st Place; Shelf Unbound Notable Book in the category of page-turners – 2014

This Thriller book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print, Audiobook

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Alien General’s Baby by Vi Voxley  

aliengeneralsbabyAbout Alien General's Baby by Vi Voxley

As one of the few warriors to ever defeat the Fearless, Brion General Braen is a living legend. Yet when his greatest victory turns to his gravest defeat, the undefeated warrior has to prove himself to the universe… and himself. If matters weren't complicated enough, his fated, his gesha, appears to him right in the middle of it all. Now, losing is not an option.

Naima is a scientist through and through. She's seen how love can ruin a life and she wants no part of it. So when she gets pregnant by a man who only deals in absolutes while an ancient unkillable evil wishes to conquer the galaxy, she finds herself between a… well, a monster and a hard general.

With everyone's lives in her hands, but most of all her own, her child's and the man's who she can't make up her mind about, what does the scientist trust? Her heart or her mind?

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Missy the Werecat  

Missy-the-Werecat-2About Missy the Werecat:

When puberty brings on her first Shift, Missy goes into the mountains for two years until finally learning to Change back. She can Change from fully human in one instant to a mountain lion in the next. Everyone assumes her two year disappearance was because she’d been kidnapped by a sexual predator that she managed to kill. She keeps her werecat nature a secret.

There is no pack, no pride of other werecats and no alpha. She’s a girl with fantastic abilities growing up and learning to do great things in today’s world, amongst humans. She only has her instincts to guide her and those drive her to train herself to extremes. She must control those instincts; dampening the wild predator is often necessary. Her raging hormones and enhanced senses require very strong controls; she explores what happens when those controls are relaxed.

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Author Bio:
P. G. Allison has always loved stories about female characters with special powers (Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Bionic Woman, Batgirl) along with stories about witches and werewolves. The Missy the Werecat Series has no pack, no pride of other werecats and no alpha; Missy is a girl with fantastic abilities doing great things in today’s world, amongst humans. Future books in this paranormal, new adult, urban fantasy series are planned where Missy will go on to West Point and eventually serve in the Special Forces.



Mating Fever by Celeste Anwar  

matingfeverAbout Mating Fever by Celeste Anwar:

Jessica Talvert went to New Orleans looking for her roots and the mystery of her past. But some secrets were meant to stay buried. Little did she realize her arrival in the sultry city would spell her own doom.

Feral, dangerous, and oozing lethal charm, he captured Jessica with a kiss, but the Cajun rogue, Gabriel Benoit, is not what he seems. Danger follows him, exciting her beyond imagining until she’s swept into a world she never dreamed existed. A world of werewolves and vampires at war….

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Author Bio:
Celeste Anwar devours the odd, supernatural, or terrifying–whether it’s a book, TV, or movie, if it’s bizarre or kooky chances are, Celeste likes it. Given her odd tastes and a devotion to horror since she was a kid, it was only natural for her to turn to writing in the paranormal genre. She also throws in some contemporary and urban fantasy in the mix for some flavor!

She’s plotted and hashed out many ideas with her mother, who also writes as Kaitlyn O’Connor and Madelaine Montague. Sometimes they bump heads and can’t talk to each other, but that’s just part of life, and a passion for romance runs in the blood!



On The Run From Santa by Melinda Kinsman  

OnTheRunFromSantaAbout On The Run From Santa by Melinda Kinsman:

Find out why Santa issues his first every TOY RECALL, and discover what happens next…

Thingy came to live with us
last year, on Christmas Eve.
He looked so cute when he arrived,
but soon we wished he’d leave!

The Top of the Wardrobe Gang are a close-knit team of book-writing cuddly toys. When Santa Claus delivers Thingy, a small but very naughty cuddly toy, they aren’t particularly happy about it. In fact, after putting up with his bad behavior for months, they even decide to send him away to live somewhere else!

When Thingy’s bad behavior is discovered by Santa, however, this unusual family finds out just how much they all love their annoying new member, and what lengths they will go to to keep him safe.

This story is sure to become a favorite at bedtime, especially during the build up to Christmas.

Written in a smooth rhyming rhythm, it is a great “read aloud” book for adults to enjoy reading to younger children. The story is brightly illustrated on every page, and the verses are short and simple enough for beginner readers to tackle.

Kids can take P.D. Monkey’s challenge and see if they can find the spotted sock hidden on every page. For extra fun, a few simple puzzles are included after the story

***Please note that this eBook is written in US English, but that PRINT versions in both US and British English are also available.***
If you struggle to find the correct print version in the drop down format menu above, then please go to our website at topofthewardrobegang.weebly.com.

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Author Bio:
Melinda Kinsman lives on a small peninsular called The Wirral, in North West England. She loves climbing mountains and rock-climbing (both abroad, and in her local mountains of Snowdonia), and she has always had a soft-spot for cuddly toys!

Due to health issues, Melinda has to lie down a lot each day. She spends most of that time using her iPad to write and illustrate her books. (Drawing can be especially challenging, as she often needs to keep the iPad steady by balancing it with one leg up in the air – much to the amusement of her family!)

Melinda originally wrote a book of poems for her niece many years ago, but she never dreamed of trying to publish it, or of trying to illustrate the book herself. The advent of ebooks and handheld tablets now makes self-publishing an exciting possibility for her!

The Top of the Wardrobe Gang books are credited to both Melinda and a motley crew of cuddly toy characters. This bunch of cuddly toys live on the Top of the Wardrobe. (They like to call this the “penthouse suite”!) They enjoy reading, and they wanted to try writing their own books.

Most of the cartoon gang characters are based on “real” members of Melinda’s cuddly toy family.You can find out more about Melinda, the gang, and their books from their website at http://topofthewardrobegang.weebly.com



The Music of Us  

frontcover-smallAbout The Music of Us:

In 1970, Lenny can no longer deny that his wife is undergoing a profound change. Despite her relatively young age, her mind succumbs to forgetfulness. Now, he goes as far back as the moment he met Natasha during WWII, when he was a soldier and she—a star, brilliant yet illusive. Natasha was a riddle to him then, and to this day, with all the changes she has gone through, she still is.

“Digging into the past, mining its moments, trying to piece them together this way and that, dusting off each memory of Natasha, of how we were, the highs and lows of the music of us, to find out where the problem may have started?”

To their son, Ben, that may seem like an exercise in futility. For Lenny, it is a necessary process of discovery, one that is as tormenting as it is delightful. He often wonders: can we ever understand, truly understand each other—soldier and musician, man and woman, one heart and another? Will we ever again dance together to the same beat? Is there a point where we may still touch?

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Author Bio:
Uvi Poznansky is a bestselling, award-winning author, poet and artist. “I paint with my pen,” she says, “and write with my paintbrush.” Her romance boxed set, A Touch of Passion, is the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers’ Choice Awards.

Education and work:
Uvi earned her B. A. in Architecture and Town Planning from the Technion in Haifa, Israel and practiced with an innovative Architectural firm, taking a major part in the large-scale project, called Home for the Soldier.

Having moved to Troy, N.Y. with her husband and two children, Uvi received a Fellowship grant and a Teaching Assistantship from the Architecture department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. There, she guided teams in a variety of design projects and earned her M.A. in Architecture. Then, taking a sharp turn in her education, she earned her M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

She worked first as an architect, and later as a software engineer, software team leader, software manager and a software consultant (with an emphasis on user interface for medical instruments devices.) All the while, she wrote and painted constantly, and exhibited in Israel and California. In addition, she taught art appreciation classes. Her versatile body of work includes bronze and ceramic sculptures, oil and watercolor paintings, charcoal, pen and pencil drawings, and mixed media.

Books and Genres:
Her two series won great acclaim. Still Life with Memories is a family saga series with touches of romance. It includes Apart From Love, My Own Voice, The White Piano, The Music of Us, and Dancing with Air. The David Chronicles is a historical fiction series. It includes Rise to Power, A Peek at Bathsheba, and The Edge of Revolt.
Her poetry book, Home, is in tribute to her father. Her collection of dark tales, Twisted, and her Historical Fiction book, A Favorite Son, are both new age, biblically inspired books. In addition, Uvi wrote and illustrated two children books, Jess and Wiggle and Now I Am Paper. For each one of these books, she created an animation video (find them on YouTube and on her Goodreads page.)



The Balladeer by Fred Calvert  

balladeer_cover1_kindleAbout The Balladeer by Fred Calvert:

At age twelve in 1944, Bobby Wayner ran from his Kentucky home after watching his older brother, Eldon, die on the kitchen table. An insane farmer had shot him. But because of a lie Bobby had told, he blamed himself for Eldon’s death. Now after thirty-eight years of avoiding going home and being kept from it by a prison term, he’s returning. As he travels the roads and the rails with his guitar, his memories and ballads take us back to that devastating event. And once home, he finds the truth waiting for him like Judgment Day.

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Author Bio:
Fred Calvert, born in a small town in Ohio, began his career as an animation artist for Walt Disney. He contributed thousands of drawings to such classics as Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmatians. He created programming for commercial and public television, including animation for Sesame Street and The Electric Company. He has written three live-action movies; The Rule of Three (a drama) Toi and Poochie (a love story) and Killing Ariel (a thriller). The Balladeer is Calvert’s debut novel, now $.99, reduced from $2.99.



The Secret Life of Daydreams  

secret_ebook2_subtitle_webAbout The Secret Life of Daydreams:

Six years after a painful divorce, Josh Conrad is happy traveling the world as a photographer. When he arrives in Portugal, he plans to complete the assignment as quickly as possible. What he doesn’t plan for is Sofia, the girl he baptized eleven years earlier on an LDS mission, and soon he’s making excuses to prolong his trip.
Sofia Monteiro leads a structured life in Braga, Portugal, teaching high school by day and caring for her mother by night. After she reconnects with Josh through mutual friends, the memory of a failed relationship and her new graduate program are enough reasons to stay away from him.
As they collaborate on a project, Josh is wary of repeating his old mistakes and Sofia hesitates to spend time with an American who’s only passing through.
Can two people with wounded hearts bring themselves to trust their dreams to each other?

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Author Bio:
Lucinda Whitney lives in northern Utah. When she’s not reading and writing, she can be found with a pair of knitting needles in winter, or tending her herb garden in the summer. She also works part-time as a substitute teacher.



One Small Chance  

OneSmallChance_CVR-12_webAbout One Small Chance:

Isabel Antunes is content with her life as director of the British Academy in Lisbon. Then she’s hit by a man on a bike—a man her boss just hired to be her assistant. Despite Simon Ackerley’s repeated assurances to the contrary, Isabel believes he’s after her position, but she won’t hand it over without a fight. As if dealing with him all week is not enough, he shows up at church as well. Her only solace is in writing to the pen pal she knows as “Elliot”.
Simon Ackerley told his father that he was moving to Lisbon for the job. But that isn’t the only reason. Simon is looking for Amélie, the pen pal he’s written for fifteen years. A woman he knows everything about—except her real name and address.
When the biking accident reveals that Simon’s prickly co-worker Isabel is the elusive Amélie, he knows he has to win her trust before he can confess his true identity. If only he could tell her the actual reason why he’s come, he’s sure Isabel would treat him differently. But she’s not ready for the truth.

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Author Bio:
Lucinda Whitney lives in northern Utah. When she’s not reading and writing, she can be found with a pair of knitting needles in winter, or tending her herb garden in the summer. She also works part-time as a substitute teacher.



Waking Up in Medellin  

004a-Waking-UpAbout Waking Up in Medellin:

Waking Up in Medellin by Kathryn Lane

Nikki Garcia, an American woman, arrives in Medellin, Colombia to investigate allegations of fraud against the General Manager of Amazonia Steel, a local affiliate of the multi-national corporation where she works. In her ensuing investigative work, she connects two accidental deaths at the Company to a much darker plot involving the man under investigation. To help with the investigation, she hires a former CIA operative to assist her. Nikki also meets a medical doctor she soon finds herself falling in love with until she is kidnapped and wonders if he is also part of the sinister plot threatening her life.

Web page: www.kathryn-lane.com

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Author Bio:
Kathryn Lane, originally from Mexico, writes fiction inspired by Latin American cultures she experienced firsthand during her career as an international finance executive. Her first novel, Waking Up in Medellin, released by Pen-L Publishing on March 25, 2016, will be followed by two sequels currently under development. Additionally, Alamo Bay Press will publish an anthology of her short stories early in 2017.

Kathryn’s short stories have been published in Alamo Bay Writers Anthology; The Texas A&M New Border Voices: An Anthology; Arriba Baseball! from VAO Publishing and the Swirl Literary Journal.
The Association of Writing & Writing Programs (AWP) featured Kathryn as a reader on the panel of Arriba Baseball! in Seattle in February 2014.

Kathryn has served on the panel of judges at Washington Carver High School’s Poetry Out Loud contest in Houston, Texas for the past two years. She is a 2016 recipient of the Montie Award for Excellence in the Arts from the Greater Conroe Arts Alliance. In October 2016, the Rotary Club of the Woodlands honored her with her second Paul Harris Award for her service in the community.
She also serves on the Montgomery Literary Arts Council and she resides in Texas, with her husband, Bob Hurt.


 
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