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Published: Mon, 04/17/17
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The Olympus Project by Ted Tayler
About The Olympus Project by Ted Tayler
This first book in the 12 book series featuring ‘The Phoenix’ is permafree.
Stories straight from world headlines. Easy to spot, hard to put down.
A man rescued from a watery grave by strangers has been headhunted because of his particular skill set; that of a super efficient stone cold killer.
The stories throughout the series cover the activities of the secret organization which recruited ‘The Phoenix’ as they send their agents across the world removing anyone who poses a threat to political or economic stability.
In this fast-paced thriller, we follow ‘The Phoenix’ as he exacts revenge and rights wrongs in his inimitable style. ‘The Phoenix’ has always been a loner; can he and his new colleagues work together as a team to prevent a terrorist cell from causing havoc in Central London?
“a protagonist that grabs and keeps the reader’s interest”
“several notches above other books in its genre”
“fast-paced, back to back, page-turning action”
“dynamic characters, intricate plots, action-packed and sexy!”
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A Knight in Cowboy Boots by Suzie Quint
About A Knight in Cowboy Boots by Suzie Quint:
One woman on the run. One roughneck cowboy with a seductive drawl. One hot kiss.
When Zach McKnight, an irresistible oil rig worker with a thick-as-honey Texan drawl, first pokes into the secrets surrounding the mysterious Maddie Wells, he has no idea that the chance encounter will change his life forever. Maddie Wells is on the run with Jesse, the infant son of her murdered sister. The boy’s father isn’t far behind. He wants his son and is willing to kill to get him.
Zach is intrigued from the first moment he sees the dark haired beauty in a hotel, but getting his hard working hands on her delectable body is more easily dreamt than achieved. He gets shot for his trouble, by Maddie no less, and sucked into the web of lies and fear that are her constant companions.
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Suzie Quint has always been fascinated with the human psyche, so she can imagine no better way to explore the human condition than through the characters she writes. Finding the happy ending for the people who inhabit her worlds is the best job anyone could have. Getting to share them with others… It doesn’t get any better than that.
My Fair Assassin
It’s not everyday a teenage girl is singled out for assassination.
Crysta has come to accept the fact that she is freakishly different. Her shocking white hair, creepy powers, and weird eating habits have prevented her from fitting in with her various foster families. Now that she is fully emancipated and providing for herself, she hopes that life will settle down and become something halfway normal.
Her hopes are shattered when a dangerous man with lethal intent breaks into her apartment, but this enticing stranger isn’t what he seems. Is he here to kill her or protect her from others who will?
My Fair Assassin is a romantic love story with elements of paranormal and urban fantasy woven in for an entertaining read. Adults and teens alike will enjoy getting lost in the pages of Crysta’s story as she finally comes to accept who she is…or rather what she is.
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C.J. Anaya is the bestselling author of The Healer Series and Marry Your Billionaire. She also enjoys assisting authors in writing, publishing, and marketing their books with her helpful non-fiction guides on amazon.
She’s a huge fan of The Mindy Project, Hugh Jackman, and binge eating any and all things chocolate. Who isn’t, right?
As a mother of four awesome children, C.J. is usually helping out with homework, fixing dance recital costumes, or delivering her kids to their karate classes so they can learn discipline, respect, and “…kick some serious butt, mom.” She loves writing entertaining reads for everyone to enjoy, and dabbles in singing and songwriting for kicks and giggles. Making out with her deliciously handsome Latin Lover-her hubby-is by far her most favorite extracurricular activity.
Born of Water. An Elemental Origins Novel.
About Born of Water. An Elemental Origins Novel.:
Everything you thought you knew about mermaids is wrong.
Life for a small-town high school kid in Saltford should be simple and straightforward – for 17-year-old Targa MacAuley, it’s anything but. Navigating life with a supernatural mother is tricky enough, but dealing with the feelings of guilt that she’s never been able to ‘change’, and confusion that she doesn’t seem to be attracted to boys (or girls for that matter), Targa feels like she’s got more demons than the average kid.
When the opportunity to salvage a mysterious wreck in the Baltic arises for her mom, a professional salvage diver by day, Targa jumps at the chance to go abroad for the summer. But it’s when she meets Antoni Baranek, and a boating accident puts them both in danger, that Targa’s world turns completely inside out in more ways than one.
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A.L. stands for Abby-Lynn, but I thought it was a bit long to slap on a book cover, so I shortened it to A.L. Unfortunately, it sort of makes it sound like I’m a dude. So, now that you’ve visited this page, you know I’m not a dude. Glad we cleared that up!
The characters that come to me most often are young women… they’re fun to write because they’re complicated and sometimes they do weird stuff. I should know, I was a young woman once.
Why write? I can’t not write. I just don’t feel right when I don’t write. I have more fun inside my head than I do in the real world. I believe that life is storytelling. We learn through storytelling. Whether it’s on stage, screen, page, or just a chat over a coffee with a friend – we learn through the stories we consume and the stories we share. My head has always been full of them and when there are a lot of characters bumping elbows in your brain, well, the only remedy is to get them down on paper and into someone else’s head.
I’m Canadian, but I also live in Italy, which is quite inspiring. When I’m not writing or plotting my next story, I love to mountain bike, hike, do yoga, read, and visit the historic sites of Italy and abroad. I also frequently butcher the beautiful Italian language.
I’ve harboured the dream of writing books for as long as I can remember, and I have always written. When I was young, I would read until late into the night. I even stuffed a towel under the crack in my door to hide the light so my parents wouldn’t know that I wasn’t sleeping (I’m sure they knew anyway… they know everything). Books were (and still are) my favourite escape.
The Bends
Marathon is a quiet little Texas town, and it’s getting quieter. Kids are vanishing, disappearing like tumbleweeds in the desert wind.
Somebody—or something—is taking them.
Action. Adventure. Romance. Suspense. The Bends is a supernatural thriller rollercoaster ride!
Recommended for Fans of Blake Crouch, Stephen King, J.A. Konrath, and Dean Koontz
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Bart Hopkins is originally from Galveston, Texas, but has lived all over the world during his 22 years in the Air Force.
He was born in the middle of the 1970s, owned an Atari, and loves 80s music. He can use a card catalog like nobody’s business.
Now, Bart likes to travel, enjoys pretending he’s a photographer, and shares as much time as possible with his beautiful wife and three awesome children. They own a Westie Yorkie named Lulu … or maybe Lulu owns them.
Bart has written four novels, a novella, and a book of short stories.
Double Mayhem (A Seekers Mystery – 1) by Sam Berretti
About Double Mayhem (A Seekers Mystery – 1) by Sam Berretti:
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Doris – not a super spy, not a trained assassin – someone real and much more lethal, a smart woman pushed into a corner. This highly rated action thriller romance introduces Doris Watson as a unique heroine. They say for every person in the world there is a twin. For Doris, that simple wisdom becomes a nightmare reality that threatens her and the ones she’s come to love. An ex-military engineer who leads a quiet life as an appliance designer, she is recruited to perform one uncomplicated task: take a handoff of secret plans from a Chinese agent who believes she is someone else. She accepts the assignment and the only person she can blame is herself. She opened the door. She said yes. Her lonely existence is shattered as headstrong men cross her path. Dangerous men with dangerous needs. Suddenly embroiled in mob killings, espionage, and police investigations, she has become a billion-dollar target of sadistic crooks, the FBI, the NSA, and her psychotic look-alike. It is up to her to protect herself and the mysterious psychic child who has been thrust into her life. No one is who they appear to be. No one is telling the truth, because the truth can make you dead. Forced to use all her training and wits, she must find a way to survive. Forced to uncover the secrets of her childhood, she must face a new reality. Some days you just shouldn’t answer the door.
Mystery, intriguing subplots, humor, heartwarming moments and a cast of highly memorable characters combine with a touch of the paranormal to weave a tapestry of memorable proportions in this contemporary jewel of romantic suspense.
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Sam Berretti was born and raised in the High Plains city of Lubbock, Texas. Cotton was king and oil wells and cattle were always close by. The land was as flat as his mother’s tattered ironing board and Spring was always ushered in with dust storms, tumble weeds and tornadoes. Sam moved to Florida to attend the University of Florida, met a woman who he says was gracious enough to allow him to marry her and raised two amazing children. Sam is an avid naturalist and photographer as well as an author. Although writing started at an early age and took many forms, mystery fiction has always been a favorite.
Summer Fling by Jerica MacMillan
About Summer Fling by Jerica MacMillan:
One summer is all they have …
Lance is a notorious player on and off the football field who never sees a girl more than twice. But with graduation now behind him, his days of carefree flirting are numbered. As soon as his summer internship is over, his parents expect him to return to Texas to take his place in the family business. He’s done everything he can to delay the inevitable, and he’s determined to live it up his last summer as his own man.
Abby comes from a world where men don’t stick around. Lance’s interest does nothing but put her on guard, especially when she finds out he’ll be leaving in less than two months. With two years left of college and a mom who relies on her for everything, Abby doesn’t have the patience for relationships that are doomed from the start. But Lance’s persistence wears down her defenses. Abby convinces herself they’ll just have a summer fling, and she’ll be able to come through unscathed.
Will Abby be able to maintain her distance? Or will they both be heartbroken when the summer ends?
If you love steamy college romance featuring hot athletes and sassy heroines, check out this first installment in the hot new series everyone is raving about!
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Jerica MacMillan is a lifelong reader and lover of romance. Nothing beats escaping into a book and watching people fall in love, overcome obstacles, and find their happily ever after. She was recently named a semi finalist in Harlequin’s So You Think You Can Write 2015 contest.
Jerica is living her happily ever after in North Idaho with her husband and two children. She spends her days building with blocks, admiring preschooler artwork, and writing while her baby naps in the sling.
The Missionary
A dying collector of old and rare newspapers hires the private investigating team of Sherry and Ed Rogen to recover his latest and rarest acquisition called ‘The Missionary’. However, what at first seems to be a simple case of lost and found, quickly turns deadly as the Rogen husband and wife team soon discover they are not alone in their quest for the mysterious ‘Missionary’.
But what is the ‘Missionary’? Is it simply a very rare newspaper as everyone assumes or is it something much more valuable? That is the first question the Rogens must answer in a case where double-cross and murder are always a step ahead and the clues are written in riddles.
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Bruce Whitaker is a retired permit and construction manager who currently resides with his wife in Orlando, Florida. He is a graduate of the University of West Florida with a degree in Systems Science and served in the Army as a Nuclear Weapons Maintenance Technician.
For many years he worked in the commercial printing industry as a graphic artist and designer. ‘The Missionary’ is his first writing endeavor into the genre of mystery and fiction and he hopes this is just the first in a series of Sherry and Ed Rogen mysteries.
Waking the Dragon by Rinelle Grey
About Waking the Dragon by Rinelle Grey:
When his centuries long slumber ends abruptly, dragon prince, Taurian finds himself in a whole new world. Now, pursued by an ancient enemy, he finds his survival depends on the human woman whose presence woke him.
Karla is irresistibly drawn to the half-naked man she discovered in an ancient chamber. But when he starts claiming to be a dragon, she’s sure he’s crazy. The sensible thing to do would be to drop him off at the nearest police station.
But she soon finds out that dealing with dragons is never that simple.
Waking the Dragon is part 1 (16,000 words) in the Dragon Ruins paranormal romance serial set in a small outback town in modern day Australia. The serial is now complete
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If you read a Rinelle Grey story, you can trust in a happy ending. Love will always triumph, even if it seems impossible… Rinelle Grey writes feel-good romance usually in science fiction or fantasy settings. Her heroines are independent and headstrong, and her stories are hard to put down. She grew up in a remote area of Australia, without power, hot water, or a phone, but now lives with all of those and her (happily ever after) husband, daughter, chooks, ducks and veggie garden.
Braving Darkness
The epic series is now available for the first time in a single volume!
Braving Darkness follows the fate of humanity in the wake of a global nuclear war. Mutant shapeshifters, psychics, zombies, alien vampires, and archangels are all caught up in the struggle for Earth’s survival.
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Scarlett Grove is a USA Today Bestselling Paranormal and Science Fiction Romance Author.
The Confidence Guide: How to Build your Self-Esteem and get rid of Anxiety
About The Confidence Guide: How to Build your Self-Esteem and get rid of Anxiety:
You’re about to discover how to use methods that help you to see life in a different way. In this book, I know that I won’t be there to give you the encouragement you may feel you need. However, from my experience, I know that the tools I will give you within the pages of this book are all that you need to overcome that anxious feeling that you might experience every day of your life.
The exercises in the book will help you not only to gain confidence, but to be able to feel happier and be able to socialize on equal terms with others. You have it in you to do that. I am confident that you have because people who are willing to try these methods always get good results. Put the past behind you and open the pages to a new beginning. Now is the only time that matters
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Tracy Johnson has been suffering with self-confidence issues linked to being over-weight most of her adult life. She has proudly overcome her weight issues and now focuses on helping men and women lose the weight they want and build their self-esteem in the process.
Gun Princess Royale – Book One – Awakening the Princess by Albert Ruckholdt
About Gun Princess Royale – Book One – Awakening the Princess by Albert Ruckholdt:
The story of Ronin Kassius, a male 1st year high school student living on the colonized world of Teloria, who finds himself an unwilling participant in the Gun Princess Royale Tournament, where competitors known as Gun Princesses battle for the title of Gun Queen, and the right to compete for the vaunted rank of Gun Empress.
A High School Sci-Fi adventure with a gender twist.
It is said there is no point crying over spilt milk, but for Ronin Kassius living on the terraformed world of Teloria, his decision to help out the Cosplay Club during his third year of middle school at Telos Academy in the city-state of Ar Telica is one he fervently regrets. Cross-playing as the popular animated heroine, Princess Silver Blue, garnered him a legion of ardent fans misled to believe he is a girl and not a boy because of his overtly feminine appearance.
A year later, Ronin begins his first year of high school at the Academy hoping for a change for the better, but his life is soon derailed in a series of mishaps that appear suspiciously intentional starting with an unpleasant after-school encounter with a girl commonly called a witch by her classmates, who threatens to expose Ronin’s cross-playing days as Silver Blue to the student body. Escaping the girl, and his friends, by practically fleeing into a gaming arcade, Ronin’s session playing an unpopular zombie apocalypse virtual reality game turns into a fight for survival ending with his apparent death. Waking up days later, and fearing the consequences of attending Telos Academy if his secret as a cross-player has been exposed, Ronin soon learns it’s the least of his problems as his life begins to unravel in a waking nightmare.
Aided by three female classmates, and guided by an enigmatic voice in his head that he nicknames Ghost, Ronin faces twists and betrayal as he struggles to learn the truth behind the events at the gaming arcade, and soon discovers that his life and body have become the possession of a rich, powerful, and mysterious family that has chosen him to represent their interests by having him compete in the Gun Princess Royale, an all-too realistic and overly popular VR tournament where players with corporate sponsorship wield Gun Princess avatars in battle.
However, the greatest shock comes in learning that he won’t be competing as a boy, but as a girl called Mirai, an existence that comes with her own unique set of problems, and if he wants his male body returned to him, Ronin will need to fight and attain the rank of Gun Queen, and face off against other competitors in the ultimate battle royale to earn the supreme title of Gun Empress.
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Albert Ruckholdt is science-fiction/romance novelist focusing on works written for teenage and young adult readers.
A software engineer by trade, he graduated from Macquarie University in Sydney with an Honors Degree in Computer Science and immediately entered the world of financial systems. When not writing fiction, he is a senior programmer in a business solutions company based in Sydney, Australia.
Made the decision to write for the young adult market after receiving surprisingly positive critiques from members of the teenage demographic for a couple of unpublished works.
The first novel in the Pride series, “Pride X Familiar”, was written with the intention of delivering a light-novel for young adult western readers.
Released “Pride X Familiar ReVamp” as an alternative telling of the story.
An avid fan of Japanese anime, manga and culture, he is also a student of the Japanese language at beginner level.
Credits Seo Kouji’s manga “Suzuka” as part of his inspiration for writing.
Lives in Australia with his family and two dogs, Lila and Saya.
The Gun Princess Royale series represents his first serious foray into the science-fiction, young-adult, gender-bender genres.
Book One in the series is available as an ebook on Amazon Kindle.
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