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New Olympus: The Armageddon Girl Companion by C.J. Carella
About New Olympus: The Armageddon Girl Companion by C.J. Carella
What if the heroes from 1930s Pulp Fiction and 1940s Comic Books were real? This collection of short stories explores an alternate history transformed by super-powered men and women. From the fields of the Spanish Civil War through a very different World War Two and a convention in the 21st century, New Olympus is full of heroic and tragic characters, exploring the world of the New Olympus Saga that began with Armageddon Girl.
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C.J. Carella has been a voracious reader all his life and a writer for nearly as long. After designing over twenty tabletop roleplaying games, C.J. turned his fevered imagination toward fiction, beginning with Armageddon Girl. He’s written science fiction, horror and fantasy tales, and is just getting started!
Max Powers and Project Gemini
About Max Powers and Project Gemini
Max Powers is your typical 12-year-old genius. But, when Max arrives at Scientopia, the world’s most technically advanced amusement park, he mysteriously gains complete access to the entire park. Max accidentally discovers that the original owner hid a world changing technology there. Soon, a dangerous stranger arrives, intent on using Max to find the secret “Project Gemini.” Max now must race to find the mysterious “Project Gemini” first, before it falls into the wrong hands.
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Keith Philips grew up when science was magic and the future was as great as your imagination. As much as he loved the Harry Potter series, Philips wanted to write a young adult/children’s series that showed what could be possible with technology and your imagination, and not based on magic.
Keith takes his experience as a computer and internet specialist, and his love of telling stories to his (now grown) children to craft the series he wanted to read when he was a kid.
The Immigrant Magician
It’s 2008, the post 9/11 internet era. Millennial Ralph arrives in America seeking to obtain a degree and a shot at the American dream. Contrary to expectations he encounters the travails of a country steeped in recession; the economy anemic and opportunity sparse. Deeply committed to a culture of hard work and lofty achievements, Ralph refuses to surrender to the circumstances of fate. His unmitigated quest for success and achievement takes him down a long, dreary path of back-breaking toil, stupendous innovation, profound self-development and disappointing love affairs. Bearing all this hardship of life by himself metamorphoses the person in him into a resilient personality unmoved by the massive ups and downs of life.
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Joel Mendonca was born and raised in Goa, India. He came to the US to pursue higher education at the height of the Great Recession in 2008. His experiences are a testimony to the daunting challenges faced by working class people in their quest to build a career and a new life in the United States. He witnessed first-hand, the troubled job market during the recession and very poor prospects for career building. Not only were internships hard to come by but even part-time campus jobs were difficult to get. With his two Masters degrees, he set about on an arduous path of applying for jobs that he was qualified for. But in so doing came face to face with a firewall of work visa sponsorships and cost-cutting employers. This book is based on an adaptation of some of his personal experiences through this long, difficult struggle.
Roadside
Zayne finds Serena’s lifeless body off the side of the road one morning. She has been beaten and left for dead. As she recovers, they become the best of friends. It doesn’t take long for Zayne’s feelings to grow stronger. Will the fear of ruining their friendship keep them from taking a chance on love?
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Angie Dokos was born a reader and grew to be a writer. Okay, so the reading took a few years, but in the meantime, she was having someone else read to her. She enjoys hiking and loves to travel. She currently lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area with her husband and children.
OTHER WORLDS by Vince Onken
About OTHER WORLDS by Vince Onken
School is out, summer’s here, and when kids get their hands on a UFO all is fun and games, that is, until they find out their new toy is being sought after by two rival groups from other worlds. Loaded with twists and turns, silly comedy and wild adventure this wacky way out space novella reads at the speed of light. For terrestrials and extraterrestrials of all ages.
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Over the past three decades Vince Onken has worked in Hollywood on feature films, television series, pilots and made for TV movies; local, national and international commercials, documentaries, music videos, industrials, press junkets and infomercials as an Extra, a Production Assistant, Craft Service, in the Art Department, in Transportation, as a Boom Man, an Actor, in Props, and many years in the Grip and Electrical Departments with titles like Juicer, Hammer, Best Boy, Dolly Grip, Gaffer and Key before ending up writing, mostly in movie marketing, for studios like Warner Brothers, Paramount and Disney. To learn more, read his book; Zen and the Art of Creating a Career in Film.
Highland Fire by Tanya Anne Crosby
About Highland Fire by Tanya Anne Crosby
Offered in marriage by David of Scotland as a guise for peace and cursed by Aidan’s people for the sins of her father, Lìleas MacLaren is the one woman Aidan believes he is immune to. Alas, she is also the one woman who might bring the fierce chieftain to his knees.
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Tanya Anne Crosby is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty-five novels. She has been featured in magazines, such as People, Romantic Times and Publisher’s Weekly, and her books have been translated into eight languages. Her first novel was published in 1992 by Avon Books, where Tanya was hailed as “one of Avon’s fastest rising stars.” Her fourth book was chosen to launch the company’s Avon Romantic Treasure imprint.
GUIDE TO PLANNING WOW RETREATS
About GUIDE TO PLANNING WOW RETREATS
A retreat is a life changing experience for everyone involved: your attendees, your staff, and of course, YOU! Design, plan and execute your perfect retreat with this detailed guide from Sandra Kemayou. Guide To Creating WOW Retreats will walk you through the steps of deciding the theme or focus of your retreat, finding a location, writing out a budget, building your team, advertising your retreat, and much more! Turn your passion into a masterpiece and bring people together with a WOW retreat.
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SANDRA KEMAYOU
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Sandra Kemayou is the Founder and CEO of S K Retreats, located in Dallas, Texas. She has an earned BA in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, College Park and an MS degree in Psychology from Hood College, Frederick, Maryland. She is a sought after business coach and process guru, conference speaker, author, retreat planner and facilitator, change agent and a passionate torchbearer of the Business of You.
Ms. Kemayou is an articulate and innovative no nonsense leader who is driven and dedicated in her chosen sphere of influence. She is a purposeful and intentional visionary, a skillful communicator and strategist, is missions and focused driven, and demonstrates a natural and uncanny ability to tap into the innate and limitless potential of women from both a professional and personal perspective. As an anointed woman of God, her WOW retreats create a safe space in which she teaches women how to secure a healthy balance between career, family and social life styles, and that the overall state of their psychological, physical, social, spiritual and financial well being is only as good as the effort that is placed in making this the “Business of You.” As a result of this labor of love, Sandra recently debuted her first book “Guide To Creating WOW Retreats: Transforming Lives One Retreat at a Time” A step-by- step guide for fellow retreat planners.
As a business coach and process guru, Sandra Kemayou is well adept at thinking outside of the box in order to skillfully analyze the business of you. As a shrewd business woman, her gifting as a process guru affords her the opportunity to implement bold initiatives that are essential to the promotion of business success visioning, develop and implement appropriate strategies for coping with constant change, engage with key internal and external stakeholders, and identify and segment customer needs as opportunities to maximize current and evolving market opportunities. Her success in the field of business coaching is a well-known reality to those whom she has helped to successfully reposition and restructure their entrepreneurial ventures.
Salem’s Cipher
A troubled codebreaker faces an epic plot reaching back through centuries of America’s secret history
Salem Wiley is a genius cryptanalyst, courted by the world’s top security agencies ever since making a breakthrough discovery in her field of quantum computing. She’s also an agoraphobe, shackled to a narrow routine by her fear of public places. When her mother’s disappearance is linked to a plot to assassinate the country’s first viable female presidential candidate, Salem finds herself both target and detective in a modern-day witch hunt. Drawn into a labyrinth of messages encrypted by Emily Dickinson and centuries-old codes tucked inside the Beale Cipher, Salem begins to uncover the truth: an ancient and ruthless group is hell-bent on ruling the world, and only a select group of women stands in its way.
Praise:
“A fast-paced, sometimes brutal thriller reminiscent of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.” ―Booklist (starred review)
“Complex protagonists who overcome many obstacles take adventurous readers on a hair-raising thrill ride.”―Library Journal (starred review)
“The fascinating historical information combined with a storyline ripped from the headlines will hook conspiracy theorists and action addicts alike.”―Kirkus Reviews
“This suspenseful tale has something for absolutely everyone to enjoy.”―Suspense Magazine
“Fans of The Da Vinci Code are going to love this book.”―Crimespree Magazine
“Salem’s Cipher is the best kind of fun. A witchy romp with plenty of adventure, intrigue, thrills, friendship, and heart.”―Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author
“Salem’s Cipher is a bona fide page-turner―packed with wonderfully complex characters, surprising twists and thrilling action. Troubled, razor-sharp Salem is truly a heroine to cheer for. I’d follow her anywhere.”―Alison Gaylin, USA Today bestselling author
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Jess Lourey (rhymes with “dowry”) is a Lefty- and Anthony-nominated author best known for her critically-acclaimed Murder-by-Month mysteries, which have earned multiple starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist, the latter calling her writing “a splendid mix of humor and suspense.” Jess also writes sword and sorcery fantasy, edge-of-your-seat YA adventure, and magical realism, literary fiction, and feminist thrillers. She is a tenured professor of creative writing and sociology, a recipient of The Loft’s Excellence in Teaching fellowship, a regular Psychology Today blogger, and a TEDx presenter. When not teaching, reading, or dorking out with her family, you can find her dreaming of her next story. Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction, the only book to walk readers through the healing process of transforming personal experience into bestselling fiction, released May 2017.
Coyote
Coyote
Sometimes the wrong way is the only way….
Special Agent Sage Wright is a respected, ten-year veteran with the Phoenix division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Her beloved twin brother, Silas, however, has traveled a darker life path riddled with drug distribution and crime. Despite her role in law enforcement, Sage is at her brother’s aid at every possible turn.
When Silas crosses the border to grow his business, a 2.5 million dollar drug deal goes bad. Silas is taken captive by the Southwest’s most savage cartel and Sage is forced into action. To save her brother’s life and stop the torture he is enduring, Sage must do the unthinkable and become good at it.
With the help of childhood friend, Jitter, and her eighteen-year-old son, TJ, she is propelled into a world that conflicts with who she is and what she stands for. Lines between right and wrong are blurred as the clock winds down for Silas. Has Sage forgotten on which side of the law she belongs?
Alliances will be tested, lives will be lost and maybe, just maybe, justice doesn’t always prevail…
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Rosa Harrison is an established journalist who has written publications in several areas of literature. Her work in Mafia Magazine has been praised by several best-selling authors. Her debut Coyote is both suspenseful and electrifying. With several releases slated for 2018, readers will enjoy a breath of fresh air from this up and coming author. Rosa currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona with her family.
Handful of Hearts, Volume 1
About Handful of Hearts, Volume 1
A Handful of Hearts, Volume 1 is a collection of the first three Regency novellas in the Handful of Hearts series. It includes:
Hearts beneath the Mistletoe– Jenny Crowley has been duped! At her eighteenth birthday celebration her parents announce that instead of having the London Season she’s dreamed of for years, Jenny has been betrothed from birth to Alexander Isley, son of family friends and heir to a title. A distraught Jenny refuses point-blank to marry Alec, and when her aunt offers to whisk her away to a Christmas house party, complete with many eligible young bachelors, Jenny jumps at the chance to enjoy a variety of entertainments, be courted, and perhaps fall in love.
Alec Isley is between a rock and a hard place. He desires a marriage with Jenny no more than she does, but when his family’s dire financial status is revealed, he follows Jenny to the house party in hopes of convincing her to marry him after all. When he discovers who else is courting her there, Alec is frantic to keep her from making a dreadful mistake. Struggling with new-found feelings for his childhood friend, can Alec convince her of his love in time to save her from being ruined under the mistletoe?
Heart of Desire–Miss Katherine Locke is irked to start her third season dancing with the disagreeable Lord Haversham, her brother’s friend and her own arch enemy. After three years out, however, she’s finally interested in the dashing Lord Finley—only to find out her cousin has set her cap for him too. To make the man jealous, Kate feigns interest in Lord Haversham, only to be shocked to find the handsome lord apparently falling for her. With time running out, should she accept his suit and risk falling in love despite herself?
Marcus, Lord Haversham, is in a tight pinch. His estates are failing and worse, he’s just lost three thousand pounds to his best friend, Lord Ainsley. Ainsley’s solution: have Marcus marry his shrewish sister and he’ll cancel his gambling debt plus give him ten thousand more pounds for her dowry. With nowhere to turn, Marcus agrees, praying he can keep word of the wager from Miss Locke long enough to charm her into marrying him. But can he avoid falling in love himself?
Heart of Delight–Gabriella d’Adventure is on a mission. She has come to England as a lady’s maid in pursuit of the Duke of Rother. When she meets Horace Carpenter, valet to a marquess, she is delighted to enlist his aid in gaining her heart’s desire: a meeting with the duke. But will her growing feelings for the handsome valet interfere with her plans for the duke?
The eccentric Marquess of Halford, Hal to his friends, is tired of the demands of Society, especially his father’s decree that he marry this Season. When a breathtaking young woman intrudes on his solitude, he is captivated and introduces himself as his valet in hopes of learning more about her. Despite his fear about the true motive behind Gabriella’s quest to meet the Duke of Rother, Hal agrees to help her gain an audience with him, all the while praying his deception won’t ruin his chances of winning her love.
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Jenna Jaxon is a multi-published author of historical in all time periods because passion is timeless. She has been reading and writing historical romance since she was a teenager. A romantic herself, she has always loved a dark side to the genre, a twist, suspense, a surprise. She tries to incorporate all of these elements into her own stories. She’s a theatre director when she’s not writing and lives in Virginia with her family, including two very vocal cats.
Jenna is a PAN member of Romance Writers of America as well as Vice-President of Chesapeake Romance Writers, her local chapter of RWA. She has three series currently available: The House of Pleasure, set in Georgian England, Handful of Hearts, set in Regency England, and Time Enough to Love, set in medieval England and France.
She currently writes to support her chocolate habit.
Planet Chimera
Tired of the same old superhero beats villain stories. Then witness carnage and mayhem on a epic proportion through the eye of the most dangerous, psychopath to ever roam in the universe. Will the forces of justice prevail before he destroys it all?
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Bryan Nyaude is a inventor who lives in Georgia and enjoys watching and writing science fiction horror.
The Ring of Eman Vath
A classic epic fantasy tale about power, family, and belonging. In the style of “A Wizard of Earthsea” and Robert Jordan’s “Wheel of Time” series.
The land of Aeon has been at peace for a hundred years, and towns and cities prosper. There is a new, just king in the city of Caelron, and the Sorev Ael of Var Athel keep the dangers of the Wilds at bay. But when an ancient artifact is found and brought through Dunlow, a fleet of ships with black sails invades in the dead of night, leaving hundreds dead. The land of Aeon is left reeling, and the lives of three young people are changed forever.
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Hal Emerson is the author of eight books, including Oberon’s Children, To Die a Thousand Deaths, and In the Land of Aeon. He writes primarily fantasy and science fiction, and enjoys books by Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Neil Gaiman. “The Exile Trilogy”, begun with “The Prince of Ravens”, remains his most popular series. He is also an actor and older brother, and has an undying obsession with raspberries.
Space Rogue
Nathaniel and the crew of the Queen Anne’s Revenge leave Alliance space to start a new life. He wants the free life of being a pirate raiding rich colonies among the bordering star systems.
He clashes with the Crimson Tide, a pirate organization and stumbles on the Alliance’s plans for conquest and expansion across their border and into the free border systems.
Nathaniel doesn’t have any success at being a pirate, but is successful as a reluctant hero. He rescues a freighter that is under attack. It’s captain, Amber, and her brother Red, a mercenary and gunrunner, join forces with him against the Alliance and Crimson Tide.
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The first book I purchased was Voyage into Nowhere by James Wood. This got me hooked on reading fiction. Later I read horror books about Dracula. I ventured to Science Fiction & Fantasy, reading books by Robert Heinlein, Jerry Pournelle, Piers Anthony, and many more. I have read thousands of books, by various authors over the years.
As well as becoming an avid reader, I was also enthused by aircraft. I joined the USAF at 17, and became an aircraft mechanic. I worked on the F-4 Phantom II, the T-38, the F-16, and the F-117A. I am a veteran of Desert Shield, and Desert Storm. I separated after 11 years with a knee injury. I couldn’t rely on my knee to give me the stability to walk on the odd angles and narrow ledges, of the aircraft I loved to work on any longer.
While in college, I use to torment my English teacher. I found out she had an avid fear of death, and turned and twisted all of my writing to that subject. Any thing she told me not to do I did, just to show her I could. I spent two semesters tormenting her, and got top grades and praises from her. While in college I found another passion. I loved ancient history, especially concerning long past civilizations.
After reading what must amount to be thousands of books, I decided to turn my hand to writing. I am working on my third novel, and enjoying every minute of it. I have Ideas for several adventures, an am eager to bring them to life.
The Demon’s Possession
SHE NEEDS HIS PROTECTION. HE NEEDS HER FOREVER.
After years of captivity by man who cruelly exploits her mysterious powers, Analia makes a desperate and dangerous bid to escape. Risking her life, she stows away on a passing merchant ship, which could lead to freedom…or a life worse than death.
Staying hidden from the fearsome demon captain and his crew proves impossible, however. And when Analia is discovered, she must keep her secrets close while contending with her freshly awakened desire for the brutally handsome demon.
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Kiersten Fay is the author of the steamy paranormal romance series, Shadow Quest, in which she combines paranormal and sci-fi with loose concepts from lore and mythology. In 2013 her short story RACING HEARTS was published in The Mammoth Book of Futuristic Romance.
In 2012, via gravetells.com, she won Favorite Story of August 2012 for THE DEMON’S RETRUBUTION, the third book in her Shadow Quest series, and received a nomination for favorite author in that same year. Before becoming an author, Kiersten worked as graphic designer, and now loves creating her own book covers.
Startup Evolution Curve by Donatas Jonikas
About Startup Evolution Curve by Donatas Jonikas
If you want to find investors for your innovative startup business and get ready for exponential growth hacking, this startup marketing manual is a shortcut! 1,447 startup founders from all over the world shared their experience and nearly 500 additional in-depth interviews were done to write this step by step marketing manual for startup owners. This book has been highly evaluated by more than 30 startup experts around the World!
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Donatas Jonikas holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a Master’s in Marketing Management with more than 12 years of experience in the field. Donatas developed and helped to implement winning marketing strategies for more than 50 businesses in different countries and industries around the globe. He has shared the stage with many of the world’s foremost innovative business and startup experts in conferences, hackathons, entrepreneur events, and competitions.
In order to write the ‘Startup Evolution Curve’, he did a global research on startups surveying 1,447 startup founders and running close to 500 additional in-depth interviews on how to start a startup business successfully and adopt effective growth hacks. Being a scientist, a marketer, and a military commander (reserve lieutenant) makes him an extraordinary mentor for startups where so much uncertainty exists in every step.
Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by 25 New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling authors
About Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by 25 New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling authors
SUMMER IS COOLER WHEN YOU STAY UNDERCOVER!
25 New York Times, USA Today, and Award-winning best-selling romance authors have created a smoking-hot collection of torrid tales starring hunky bad-boy heroes and feisty strong-willed heroines. Heat up your nights with dark fantasies, seductive sci-fi and breathtaking passion. Our alpha males range from swoon-worthy cowboys and take-charge military men, and each page turning story ends with the happily ever after you crave.
Hundreds of pages for one unbeatable price. Turn up the AC, lie back, and escape into these brand new, red hot riveting reads.
Authors include: Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain, Renee Rose, Maggie Ryan, Maddie Taylor, Emily Tilton, Trent Evans, Jennifer Bene, Sophie Kisker, Megan Michaels, Katherine Deane, Maggie Carpenter, Jane Henry, Maisy Archer, Alyssa Bailey, Claire Conrad, Stevie MacFarlane, Piper Stone, Anya Summers, Lucy Wild, BJ Wane, A.C. Rose, April Hill, Amelia Smarts, Meredith O’Reilly
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25 brand spanking new stories from New York Times, USA Today, and Award-winning best-selling romance authors. This sizzling new read won’t be available for long. At just 99 cents it’s a steal and even better, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to St. Jude’s.
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