About Take My Hand by P Nelson

Lilith Graham is a woman running away from her past.

After a tragic car accident steals the life of her husband and best friend, Lilith learns he harboured a painful secret. To gain control over her spiralling life, Lilith escapes into a shell where she lives cut off from the rest of the world for almost a year. Lilith’s best friend Calla has had enough of Lilith’s behaviour, and she invites Lilith to play at one of Vancouver’s most exclusive BDSM clubs. But can Lilith let go of her past to reach her full potential as a submissive? Or will she find herself trapped inside a life with no emotions or connections?

Gaige Harlow is a man searching for something more.

Master Gaige has played in the kink for his entire adult life, but he has only ever had one permanent sub. It was a disaster from the beginning to the end, and he vowed not take on any more subs until he got his head on straight. Unfortunately, The Cage’s resident shrink Calla has other plans for him. She insists that Master Gaige take on a new training sub. He reluctantly agrees as a favour to Calla.

Once Master Gaige meets Lilith, he recognises the hurt sub underneath all her walls and barriers. The Dom inside him has a primal need to break into her layers and peel each one back one by one to reveal the woman underneath. Each encounter leaves both of them wanting more until Lilith’s past comes back to haunt her. Are they both willing to fight for the Dom/sub bond they have, or are they doomed to repeat past mistakes? Find out in Take My Hand.

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This is P Nelson’s debut erotica novel.

About Steele Tempted by Chris Lord

Ashley’s searching for An elusive beauty in a deadly paradise!

Ashley Steele’s guilty drinking catches up with him in a bar with a beautiful woman who rescues him from a man with no neck. This chance encounter gives him a reason to climb out of the shallow end of a bottle with the vision of rebuilding his life with her.

Working to get her a job as the only stewardess of the flying yacht, The Good Fortune, little does he know the strings that are attached to the woman will pull him into a family of drugs, white slavery, and terrorism.

Only after he’s let his heart fall for her does he realize that this elusive beauty he’s been searching is connected in a web of crime… a web that is deadly for any who get’s caught in the deadly paradise of the waters of St. Croix, in this Ashley Steele Caribbean action adventure thriller.

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Chris Lord has wanted to be a writer since childhood. Sitting at a desk as a child and writing stories in a notebook in a scrawl few could read. Moving on to an IBM Selectric, writing about alien species and adventurers. Thank God for the computer when gives the ability to write anywhere.

Living the life of a verbal story teller, and making a living by using that gift, over the last many years publishing those stories has given Chris a great sense of satisfaction. It’s always nice to read the reviews and emails from readers.

Living in a suburb of Atlanta, married and with three children, Chris has had many jobs in life to get today. Chris is happy to here now and has the opportunity to share this story and many others with you.

About Traveler in the Dark by Deirdre Gould

Sixteen hundred years ago, they fled Earth. Now their long journey may finally be at an end. None of them have ever walked on soil, felt rain, or breathed unrecycled air.

Their resources nearly spent, they sent a last exploratory mission to a new planet. It’s ideal… but they are not alone.

In the struggle for survival, they must make a choice. Sacrifice another species or accept their own extinction. And time is running out.

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Deirdre Gould lives in Central Maine with her three children and husband. She’s also resided in northern Idaho, coastal Virginia and central Pennsylvania, but all of them just led her back home.The winters sure are cold, but that just means the zombies run slower. The area is isolated, but that just means the apocalyptic diseases don’t spread as quickly. And the storms are bad enough that no one thinks you’re crazy for “prepping.” It’s kind of ideal for a post-apocalypse writer when you think about it.

About One Summer Is All We Have: A College Romance Story

George Walbroch is well known in college. As one of the star players of the school’s all-star football team, he has enjoyed the kind of popularity that only being an athlete could provide. With that came the influx of women who wished to sleep with him, causing him to become a bit of a playboy as a result. His fun times, however, are about to come to an end. He is graduating college now, and his father is insistent that he come home once his summer internship is finished so he can take over the family business. Not wanting his last time of freedom to go to waste, he ends up informing Brianna Meitner, his coworker, of the crush that he has had on her for a long time. Upon revealing that they would only have two months together before he would have to leave, Brianna gets understandably upset that he would wait so long. Still, deep inside, she has feelings for him too. She wants to date him, but fears that she will lose him as soon as she grows used to having him. Will they be able to overcome their fears in order to live up to their feelings?

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About A Horticultural Guide to Raised Bed Gardening

This comprehensive book covers standard size raised bed construction
as well as the popular Square Foot Garden assembly
You will find information on:
Design Options
Materials & Planning
Optimum Soil mixes
Irrigating
Pest Control
Planting the Vegetables
and much, much more

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John Keys, born in northern California, has 25 years of experience in the field of Horticulture, Gardening, Building and Servicing Irrigation Systems, Landscape Design and Installation.

An avid Backpacker and Camping enthusiast, John has spent weeks at a time in the Northern California wilderness of the Trinity Alps, Siskiyou Wilderness, and Lassen Volcanic Park as a Plant Identification Guide. In addition, attended many other wilderness outings as A Boy Scout ASM event Leader.

About Sinful Blood: The Juniper Meadows Vampire Diaries (Book 1)

Yesterday, I was just the average teenage girl-oblivious to everything that lurked in the dark. Seduced by the devilishly handsome looks of a stranger, I abandoned all caution to chase him into the night.

I must admit he did look pretty hot in just a pair of jeans. His shaggy hair and his mysterious, deep gaze were all it took to disarm caution. I wanted to be his. I wanted to be possessed by him.

I was hot on his sexy heels, chasing after him like a girl possessed. But now, I am not certain if I am the one stalking him or if he is the one stalking me. His allure has invaded my senses and I find myself powerless to resist.

I should be terrified of what could happen if this chase goes south, but hey you only live once-right?

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Writer of urban fantasy or paranormal romance. I sometimes write gripping thrillers and horrors. Also a biologist and an artist.

About Billionaire in Vegas

Jude is everything Lacey shouldn’t like… the former athlete, playboy billionaire, with a teasing smile and a body fit for a spread in a magazine… but may someone like him is exactly what the pragmatic, uptight, and undersexed Lacey needs.

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Besides her love of chocolate, dogs and music… reading and writing is Summer’s number one route to escape from crazy friends, family and the in-laws!
She found her own happily ever after with a martial arts fighter who also happens to be an adorable IT geek! Now, she loves to write about hot alpha males that come with a pretty face and covered in tough-as-nails muscle… who are secretly looking for their true soul mate (shhh…)!
Discover the wild girl in you with Summer Cooper.

About Stepping On Glass by Jeff Burchell

In the beginning, goal setting sucks, personal development is not easy, and success has such a wide varying degree of possibilities it can seem almost impossible to achieve anything. Life is full of pain, obstacles, and difficulties, and in this book are stories, references and some simple lessons designed to help the reader breakthrough without cutting themselves to pieces in the process.

This is a unique perspective on being happier, achieving more and getting more out of life. Everyone knows how important goal setting and personal development is, and in this book, Jeff breaks down the common elements he found that cause the most pain, hold people back, and prevent peak performance.

A few of the many things readers will learn in this book include:

Why we self-sabotage and how to stop self-limiting beliefs.
Goal setting for normal people, and how to reach your goals consistently.
How to be happier right now today.
How to discover your reason for being and why that matters.
Why states matters and how to be in peak states more.

This book is different because it was written with the intention of being a bit blunt and something that might hit the reader hard enough to make a difference.

Personal development for normal people and proven strategies for achieving more are revealed in the highly anticipated book. Stepping on Glass combines stories, failures, and advice for anyone who is struggling with goal setting, personal development, and achieving success in any aspect of their lives.

The book is on sale now at a special price until June 12th 2017!

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Jeff Burchell is a former draftsman, graphic designer and salesman turned blogger, entrepreneur and now author. After many years of being in the sign business, working with business owners, and then going through something very personal, he turned to personal development and discovered a whole new journey in life.

After struggling for many years to overcome some serious self-limiting beliefs and getting around other people on a similar journey, he recognized that he was not the only person who struggled with certain aspects of personal development and personal achievement.

Today Jeff has been able to change paths in life and is now focused on helping people achieve more and discover the real potential we as humans have.

About Dismal

Dr. River Michelet is more than meets the eye.

After a family tragedy, he relocated to South Bend, Indiana and leaves the criminal psychology field to work with teenage boys who suffer from psychological disorders. Despite the difficult transition, River’s apprehensions quickly vanish as he realizes he can be an asset to these young men, but at what cost? While struggling to maintain his sanity, he chases the American dream—the pretty wife and the picket fence—but behind the curtains lies another reality altogether…

While a part of him excels, another aspect of him unravels. Secrets, lies, neglect, and hatred lead to him tapping into the darkness within and unleashing his inner monster.

His motivation is simple: When karma doesn’t do a good enough job, Dr. River Michelet steps in to serve a bit of street justice. Welcome to South Bend, Indiana, where the people are nice, the accents are Midwestern, and the killers are the ‘boy next door’…

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London S. Knight is the author of over 30 novels under another pen name. This pen name was created in order to offer novels in different genres. London S. Knight specializes in content that ranges from the macabre, psychological thrillers/suspense, comic oddity and dystopian.

About Second Chance – The Chronicles of Freylar:

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Callum is a member of the Shadow class, the lowest rank in human society. His kin lead desperate lives; they survive on the scraps left by an over-indulgent post-apocalyptic humanity, clinging to the remains of a broken metropolis. Their increasing numbers – a result of ineffective government policies failing to address the issue – prompts those in power to instigate an unethical process of forced relocation known as the Rout, ignored by an indifferent society looking to bury its problems. Abandoned by his parents to endure a childhood of children’s homes, followed by teen life surviving on the streets, Callum develops a staunch determination to endure the horrors life throws at him. He is a survivor, able to think fast on his feet, yet his principles hasten his near death during a chance encounter with an enigmatic alien entity. Callum is given a choice; take his chances with his now ruined body, or gamble on a new life.
Awakened within the comatose body of a non-human female and faced with a distraught father, Callum is reborn as Rayna, in an entirely new world, presenting the opportunity to start over. Rayna’s new world – Freylar – has a darker undercurrent, and it falls to The Blades – a militant order – to defend the Freylarkai from those horrors born of the shadow. Rayna is inducted into The Blades as she tries to navigate through her strange environment and master new and wonderful abilities, yet she finds herself fighting two battles; one against the repressed memories of her miserable past, and the other a war versus fresh nightmares seeking to claim dominance over her new world.

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The Chronicles of Freylar started life as a single manuscript titled project ‘Night-Night’; an endeavour which I commenced whilst sitting beside my son, who had great difficulty sleeping at night. My presence comforted Tristan, helping him to doze off, and whilst he slowly drifted away each night seeking fresh adventures within his dream world, I set myself the challenge of creating a world of my own.

Born during the spring of 1979, I moved around a lot during my childhood and teen years, which brought me into contact with a lot of people throughout my life, all of whom have contributed to my rich life experiences; it is these experiences which have expanded my imagination, enabling me to embark on this project. The Chronicles of Freylar is a huge undertaking, one which I am fully committed to developing. I am no stranger to large scale projects; my extensive background in IT has allowed me to develop and implement a number of software and infrastructure innovations over the years. Though I enjoy my work, due to its seemingly endless fresh challenges, the IT sector is a continuously evolving industry where innovations are rapidly lost in time with the relentless advance of technology. Stories, however, are timeless. I have always wanted to create a written world of my own which I can leave behind for my son, and hopefully for others to enjoy too.

About Providence Ends by Bryan G. Shewmaker

“Providence Ends” is the first installment in the new “Solar Winds” series. More than a new space opera, it is part of an effort to tell a story in a different way. A deliberate subversion of the monomyth that so many stories follow.

More than a hundred thousand years in the future humanity lives beyond a technological singularity. The merger of biology and nanotech has forever changed the human race. Automation has largely replaced the workforce. Jobs and the income they provide are the privilege of those with special talents or personality that automation cannot provide. United under the Solar Empire the human race stands as the dominant power in the known universe. The Empire’s industry, technology, and military can reshape or even destroy entire civilizations well beyond its own borders. Those who have seen these political tides firsthand call them the Solar Winds.

But humanity did not achieve this zenith by pure chance, agencies in the shadows have long labored to push the Empire to its current place. For all good things there is a price to pay, and the time is coming soon.

Robert Panzer is a member of the elite Solar Commando Corps. A veteran of numerous conflicts, a master of arms and tactics, and a powerful metapsion able to wield esoteric abilities most simply do not understand. But the days that he lived for the thrill of battle are behind him, and as perhaps his greatest challenge approaches he finds that he must seek more to fill the void in his life.

Simmonne Mandrake is the youngest daughter of the Solar Empire. Despite her fame, and her popularity, at heart she is a fairly reserved girl with simple ambitions to find a life of her own. But when the Emperor dispatches her to manage a refugee crises on the Empire’s borders, Robrt Panzer is assigned her protector. Simmonne quickly comes to realize that she may require protection from him most of all.

Jonathan Clearwater is a freshly-minted officer in the prestigious Solar Legionnaires. By donning the brown uniform he has attained his childhood dream. But a dark cloud looms over his ambitions now. A quiet, shy boy at heart he must balance his duties with a fraying family life. All while helping to manage a garrison on a fringe world at the edge of Imperial space. A world that is hotly contested, and where strange things are purported to happen.

Steven Mandrake is the eldest son of the Solar Emperor. Well-known and respected across the Empire, he is a man of many dark secrets. His one ambition in life is to wear the crown of the Emperor. In the past he has done anything to have what he desires, and he may well do so again.

On the edge of Imperial space, one nation stands against the wind. Oul’sor is a Vaar Warlord a paragon of his militaristic and xenophobic nation, the Interstellar Combine. An old warrior he should be looking toward the prospect of his golden years. But when his son is killed in battle by a solar commando, he will wager everything for his chance at revenge.

As the situation between the Solar Empire and the Interstellar Combine degenerates, every character will be tested. The peace of their lives and the promise of their aspirations will fade away, as they slowly begin to discover that they are all pawns in a larger plan. For all good things there is a price, and the Encephalon plans to collect.

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I have never liked trying to write an “about the author” piece or my work. It is a funny thing that someone who spends so much time writing should stare so long at a blank page when they find themselves the subject. Perhaps it is a fear of sounding arrogant, or maybe concern that the author will not be as interesting as the reader hopes.

I was born and continue to reside in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. One thing I can say is that the life lived while writing has been an interesting one. I have worked in many fields, and rubbed shoulders with many somebodies. I’ve worked in food service, enjoyed an extremely short run as a professional wrestler, helped students earn merit badges and professional certifications as a firearms instructor, and more. I have worked in tech support for major internet companies, IT for small businesses, and others. Today I work in the electric industry, doing just a little that helps ensure that when the switch is flipped the lights come on.

I would not say that I am a somebody, but as mentioned I’ve rubbed shoulders with people who are. I was privileged as a firearms instructor to work alongside active-duty military, law enforcement, and genuine special forces. As a professional wrestler I never made it far, but had the privilege of meeting many who today are household names, some well before they were. Today’s life is much more relaxed. I work, I write, and as a player since the beginning I keep doing my part to save Azeroth. (For the Horde!)

Finally, I read as every writer should. My reading and writing has led me to a conclusion. The human race has been crafting fiction for as long as we have had written language. There are few ideas that can be explored in plot that have not been done so already, many, many times before. The true quality of a story is not in the happenings. Rather it is in the people who live through it, the setting where they reside, and perhaps the method in which the tale is conveyed. It was in pursuit of this theory that “Solar Winds” is born. As always when I discuss my work, I would like to thank my editor Kristen Hamilton (who did not edit this document) and my scientific adviser Dr. Ben Zeiger for all they did to help make “Solar Winds” a reality.

About Ruthless Kiss:

I’ve always been untouchable.

I’m interested in one thing, and one thing only: expanding my business empire until it crisscrosses the planet. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from life, it’s that money is the only thing that stands the test of time.

Until she changes everything.

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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.

About It Happened in Stamford

In a safe, secure Connecticut town, two bright, inquisitive kids pursue imaginary Communist conspiracies, during the post-McCarthyism years of the 1960s. Suddenly their creative games become real-world dangers as they stumble into a deadly race between dangerous foes, triggering mystifying actions. Communist Party espionage, CIA pursuit and hundreds of millions of dollars all become frighteningly real.

One boy’s family disappears into hiding, while his best friend finds himself caught between competitive Communist adversaries and a special CIA branch operating secretly within the US. Each group believes that the young man has the key information for locating the lost fortune, though he can’t understand why they are all focused on him.

Then he learns that his friend’s family has been involved in Communist activities and has passed information to him in an unknown form. Believing that he has a subconscious memory of the last words of a dead man, the CIA tries numerous strategies to help him remember wording that seems to be the secret to locating the stolen money.

Meanwhile, the Communist organizations keep him under constant surveillance and apply more subtle strategies that plunge him into his first romantic entanglements.

Based on a series of real events that occurred in Stamford, the story incorporates nostalgic memories of the city, as it was during the 1960s and 70s. The day-to-day activities of the characters, their hangouts, teen romances, and aspirations are sweet memories of the American past.

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Author Bio:
Steve Vachss has enjoyed a career with many different roles. He has been a reporter, a broadcaster, an editor, a tech executive, a tech marketing consultant, and co-founder of a company providing online presentation services.

Through all of these experiences, his first love has always been writing. In creating fiction, he often uses personal experiences from many of his real-life roles. Prior to creating “It Happened in Stamford” he wrote literally hundreds of online articles, press releases, web pages, and “how-to” books, as well as guest editorials for print media.

Born in Stamford, CT, he now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

About From Now On: The Last Words Anthology:

9 twisted dystopian tales by 9 amazing authors.

A villainous father and a hero in the making.
A dream wedding interrupted by a mysterious stranger.
Freedom fighters rebelling against the status quo.
An alternate reality beyond the mirror.
A genetically engineered virus.
An underground society and a girl fighting to leave it behind.
A city isolated from the real world and suspended in time.
Selective survival.
The banshee apocalypse in Maine.
In a world where everyday is a fight for survival, only one thing is certain: next time they’ll save themselves.

All proceeds from online purchases will be donated to JDRF to help support research and treatment for children with type-1 diabetes.

From Now On: The Last Words Anthology will be $0.99 until June 12!

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KT Webb: KT Webb is an avid reader of all things YA Paranormal. She runs on caffeine and chocolate between her day job and her life as a writer. She has never met a line she wouldn’t cross (or at least nudge a little). KT lets her quirky and dark sense of humor shine through in her stories.

KT writes Young Adult fiction and Adult Contemporary Romance.

Zachary is a bow tie wearing, formal vest rocking, pocket watch using, sarcastic monster of a writer. Currently residing in Orlando, Florida, he spends his days working, writing and procrastinating.

Zach has multiple college degrees, in the fields of criminal justice and criminology…because he wanted to catch ALL the bad guys. Now, coupled with being an author of young adult fiction he spends his days yelling at people for breaking regulatory laws.

Zach is the author of the Gabrielle series, a young adult fantasy with a paranormal-historical-time traveling twist (try saying that five times fast).

Lichelle Slater: Lichelle earned her Bachelors in Creative Writing while simultaneously earning a Bachelors in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education (ComDDE) from Utah State University in 2011. in 2014, she earned her Masters in ComDDE, and currently lives in Utah teaching special education preschool.

She has always enjoyed the adventures stories take us on. There is a magic to the printed word. She loves to both read and write young adult, and the genre doesn’t matter, just as long as it’s a fun, unique, or exciting story.

Nealy Gihan: Ever since she could hold a pencil in her hand and form letters, Nealy Gihan has loved writing. This Midwest Jersey girl is a former newspaper reporter and copyeditor who now labors in coastal Virginia as a corporate copywriter by day and lives as a fiction writer by night.

Nealy holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Hampton University and a master’s in literary writing from DePaul University. She has published short stories and has written a couple of screenplays, which have been performed in Chicago.

Katy Walker: Katy Walker is a self-proclaimed geek turned blogger turned author. She writes mainly Dystopian, often with a Paranormal or Science Fiction twist. Currently, she is writing her first novel and has published several short stories

About Call a Spade by D. M. Griffin:

Call a Spade is the tale of the silver buried beneath the tarnish, of unlikely heroism, and of courage and resolve in the face of long, disheartening odds.

Jasper never wanted to be a hero; Jasper just wants to be normal. But just as Jasper had no part in choosing how he would be born, he also becomes the unintentional recipient of an amazing and very dangerous gift – a gift that only Jasper himself can decide how to use.

It is 2019, and Charles Wolfe has been president for two years. In that time, the bombastic leader of the “Free World” has completely rearranged American politics. He has also shipped off dissenters and undesirables to officially nonexistent isolation camps that have been hastily constructed by his personal army, the CPS – i.e., the “Civil Protection Service” – in the barren deserts of the southwest. In spite of this, life for the average American has changed little – but things aren’t getting any rosier for the small fries.

The Brown family of Assiginack, Michigan has plenty of their own small fry problems to deal with. Tom has been out of work for months, and his wife Linda is barely managing to keep the family afloat. Jasper, their son, has Apert’s Syndrome, a congenital condition that results in deformed limbs, a misshapen skull, and numerous other health issues. While Jasper’s mental faculties have remained relatively unscathed by his condition, he is all too aware of how different he is from “normal” children.

On an otherwise mundane night, as Jasper and his school friend Albert are playing Power Rangers, Jasper’s family receives a call notifying them that Jasper has been accepted into a medical trial for a new form of genetic therapy developed by the brilliant Dr. Jean Thierry-Delvoix. The French doctor’s experimental treatment has shown incredible promise – up to and including the seemingly miraculous resolution of physical deformities in lab animals. Jasper’s parents jump at the opportunity – and so does Jasper, who is eager to participate in spite of his butterflies.

What Jasper and his parents could never have expected is that Thierry-Delvoix’s treatment will completely fail to produce the same results in humans that it has in the lab. However, its effect during the trial is even more potent and shocking: the development of psychic and metaphysical abilities that will cause a paradigm shift before the eyes of the very man who wants to harness the newfound powers for himself – Charles Wolfe.

And unbeknownst to both Wolfe and his unlikely enemies, an even more dire threat is brewing – one that arises from the ranks of the children themselves.

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D. M. Griffin is a 30-something fellow who lives in the beautiful state of Michigan. Although he is currently employed in the insurance industry, his highest hope is to throw off the yolk of corporate wage-slavery in order to enjoy a passionate, creative life as a full-time author. His hobbies (aside from writing) include long walks with his lovely fiancé and three dogs, singing and playing the guitar, strategy games, and, of course, lots of reading.

About The Nero Prediction by Humphry Kipe:

You live in an age when Rome rules the world and astrology rules Rome.
You are a sixteen-year-old apprentice in the Great Library of Alexander, a slave, when you hear that your Roman masters are searching for 16-year-olds with a particular birth time, just as king Herod searched for a two-year-old who astrologers predicted would become the king of the Jews.
Instead of killing you the authorities send you to Rome to serve Agrippina, the emperor’s neice, who believes the stars have foretold that you are destined to help her raise her ten-year-old son to the imperial throne. This involves you in dangerous court intrigues which force you to decide whether Nero is the Christian’s Antichrist who “fiddles” while Rome burns or a musical genius trapped inside a Caesar .
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I was born and brought up in Apartheid South Africa, a medieval environment. After graduating from Rhodes University I worked for a short period as a newspaper reporter and high school teacher. In 1966 I settled in London. With “flower power” in full bloom, it was an intoxicating time to be there – so different from my puritanical Calvinist background. Once again I worked as a reporter and a teacher while I co-authored The Dominant Man,a layman’s guide to the human pecking order, which was published in 1972 in five languages.

In 1975 I emigrated to LA with my then girlfriend Suze Randall who had just landed a job as a Playboy photographer. For two years we were on the “gang list” at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion West which meant we could visit as often as we wanted. Sybaritic splendor indeed! Suze and I wrote a frivolous paperback of our experiences there (Suze by Suze Randall, published in 1978) which offended Hefner. We were frog marched out of his mansion. It was like getting the bum’s rush out of paradise!

The Nero Prediction was a long time in coming. With his penchant for music and festivals, Nero seemed to the most 60’s of the Roman emperors and, looking back, I probably wanted to recreate that magical time in a historical setting. However the deeper I looked into the first century the more references I found to astrology. One day the idea hit me like the proverbial lighting bolt. Nero’s birth date and time are known (dawn on December 15, 37 AD) so it must be possible to re-create his horoscope. With this mysterious wheel in hand, anyone familiar with ancient astrological lore should be able to make some very intelligent guesses about what Nero’s astrologer would have been advising him on a regular basis. Since Nero, like everyone else at the time, believed in astrology which, in the words of historian Michael Grant “exceeded every religion in power and influence” this could be an important historical tool in explaining his motives and actions.

So I hired an astrologer who specialized in Greek and Roman astrology to cast Nero’s chart and to teach me the rudiments of this intriguing mixture of superstition and astronomy. After several years of studying Roman astrological manuals (two have survived intact) and casting hundreds of horoscopes, the main theme of The Nero Prediction, the self-fulfilling prophecy, came into focus. It still astonishes me that I appear to be alone in this approach because not only was Nero clearly guided by his horoscope but, as soon as it was leaked, his enemies were guided by it as well which clearly led to his death at the age of 30.

I know that Nero would have approved that my wife Suze Randall has gone on to be one of the world’s most successful erotic photographers. In the early 1980’s, under the nom de porn Victor Nye, I directed several of the erotic movies she produced which included the cult classic Too Naughty To Say No. My novel Lies, Love & Porn (2010) was set during that period.

About The Guru’s Touch: a novel by Robert G. Schneider

A coming of age novel about blind faith, spiritual betrayal, and abuse of power.

In the heyday of the New Age movement, after the deaths of both his parents, troubled college dropout Doug Greenbaum seeks the meaning of life at the feet of charismatic Indian meditation master Swami Rudrananda. With just one touch, his followers say, Rudrananda has the power to awaken a spiritual force within his devotees known as kundalini, and can guide them all the way to enlightenment. But as Doug travels with the swami’s entourage to India and back during the early 1980s, he discovers that life at the ashram contradicts his preconceived ideas about spirituality. VIPs get special treatment, and the higher-ups live in luxury, dress in designer clothes, use foul language, and never meditate. The guru’s core disciples appear certifiably nuts, but have one thing in common: a fanatical and unwavering devotion to Rudrananda, whom they call “Baba,” or father. The cult will stop at nothing to protect his shocking secret.

With a rickety roller-coaster ride of a journey, and a cast of unforgettable characters, including the beautiful American girl Doug falls hopelessly in love with and idealizes as “the Angel,” The Guru’s Touch will beguile, thrill, horrify, and leave you wanting more.
“Robert G. Schneider has written a fascinating tale of a young man’s quest for enlightenment in the ashram of an Indian guru, revered as a saint by his thousands of followers in the West. This compelling tale of spiritual seduction and betrayal, of ecstasy and trauma, is riveting, surprising, and most importantly, deeply authentic. If you were enchanted by the mystical mystery of the ashram in Eat, Pray, Love, this is the book that describes the other side of such groups – the corrupt, abusive world of the inner circle of a powerful, charismatic, traumatizing narcissist guru. This is the story of the dark side of enlightenment, and it could not be more clearly portrayed or better written.”
—Daniel Shaw, Author, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation, and psychotherapist in private practice in New York City.

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Author Bio:
Robert G. Schneider was born in Bayside, Queens in 1964. At the age of five, his father was killed in an automobile accident. With nothing to keep them in the City, his mother moved the family upstate to Ithaca, New York, where her daughter was already a student at Cornell University. When Schneider was seventeen, his mother died of cancer. After a period of depression and soul searching, he quit school to follow an Indian shaktipat guru and master of Kundalini Yoga. He lived and worked in the guru’s India and US ashrams over a period of four years. After exiting the cult, he finished college at New York University Tisch School of Film and Television. After pursuing a career as a commercial filmmaker in Belgium for many years, Schneider moved to Midcoast Maine in 2012 and began writing The Guru’s Touch.