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1. Stone, At Your Service–Carolina bad Boys #1

   About Stone, At Your Service–Carolina bad Boys #1:

   Hell on wheels meets hell in high heels.

   Bad boy mechanic Josh Stone likes to get his hands dirty any way he can—the filthier, the better. Ever since his wife walked out on him and their young son, he’s only had room in his heart for two loves: the kid and cars.

   Roped into playing his best buddy’s gay boyfriend during a romance writers convention, the player meets the girl who’s gonna rock his world. Leelee Songchild. Shy, bashful, beautiful Leelee who blushes at the drop of a hat yet writes hardcore smut to rival Josh’s backlist of Penthouse Forum.

   The only problem is his hands are tied. Josh can’t stab his old friend/fake lover in the back even though all he wants to do is take luscious Leelee to bed, and maybe, love her. When the truth comes out, all hell breaks loose.

   Too bad romance is just for books.

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   Author Bio:
   Rie is the badass, sassafras author of Sugar Daddy and the Don’t Tell series–a breakthrough trilogy that crosses traditional publishing boundaries beginning with In His Command. Her latest endeavor, the Carolina Bad Boys series, is fun, hot, and southern-sexy.

   A Yankee transplant who has traveled the world, Rie started out a writer—causing her college professor to blush over her erotic poetry without one ounce of shame. Not much has changed. She swapped pen for paintbrushes and followed her other love during her twenties. From art school to marriage to children and many a wild and wonderful journey in between, Rie has come home to her calling. Her work has been called edgy, daring, and some of the sexiest smut around.

   You can connect with Rie via the social media hangouts listed on her website https://www.riewarren.com. She is represented by Saritza Hernandez, Corvisiero Literary Agency. http://www.corvisieroagency.com/Saritza_Hernandez.html

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2. Dragons of Jade by Jean Lauzier

   About Dragons of Jade by Jean Lauzier:

   There’s no such thing as dragons.

   Of that, Jade Delaney was sure. She may not have known who she was or where she came from, but at least she had a plan for her future.

   All that changes when a dragon summons her back to the world from which she came. There, she learns dragons are real, the truth of her birth, and just why she was abandoned as a toddler.

   Now she must discover and stop whoever is killing the dragons, while avoiding the man who is hunting her.

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   Author Bio:
   Jean Lauzier is a writer, reader, mom, cat trainer, Doberman fancier, and bonsai killer. Well, she tries to grow them but hasn’t gotten the hang of it yet. She likes to play in many different genres such as romance, mystery, and even western. Her writing has placed in numerous contests and even won a couple. She’s had quite a few short stories published online on sites that have disappeared. You can find several of her works at Amazon.

   Jean is the president of her local writer’s group and member of two others. When not writing, she’s letting the Dobermans in or out, putting together a writer’s conference, or doing the mom/wife thing.

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3. Ever After Series: Paranormal Romance Box Set (Steamy Vampire Romance)

   

   About Ever After Series: Paranormal Romance Box Set (Steamy Vampire Romance)

   Fall into the Ever After Series, a paranormal romance box set, by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author A.C. James. It’s only available for 99 cents during preorders–Get your copy before the price goes up to $4.99!

   Eternal Ever After – Book 1:

   His past holds a secret that becomes her nightmare.

   Arie Cush has a secret that he thought he’d left behind. When his past follows him to Chicago he must protect someone that reminds him of all the painful memories he’s tried so hard to forget. But when every touch from her sets his heart and body on fire–he finds it hard to maintain his aloof façade.

   Holly Ellis has secrets of her own. An encounter with the handsome stranger who frequents her coffee shop reveals a vampire with baggage. Even though it might be more than she bargained for, she can’t resist the one person who understands her. But her life is in danger and a supernatural threat could reveal the underground world of vampires to humankind in this Gothic Cinderella re-telling.

   Fallen Ever After – Book 2:

   He can’t lose her when danger strikes again.

   Arie Cush wanted Holly from the very first moment he met her. A night at the Hellfire Club (HFC) is filled with old friends and new danger. The long-standing feud between the faeries that run the Chicago Crew and a lethal toxin puts Holly and other fledgling vampires in danger. Can they stop a vampire-fae war that’s been brewing for nearly a century?

   Beyond Ever After – Book 3:

   The half-demon unleashed a force that can tear them apart.

   On the night, Daeveena, a half-fey, half-demon walked out of the Hellfire Club, she left a tide of destruction, but everyone figured that was the end of it. No one imagined that she would steal something so valuable. Can Arie discover who is harboring her before he loses everything?

   As a special BONUS readers get Winter Promises: An Ever After Christmas Story that takes place between book one and book two!

   Available at these fine retailers:

   Amazon
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   Apple
   Kobo

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4. The Last Challenge

   About The Last Challenge:

   Lauren Rutherford knows she is many things; a virgin (at twenty five she still wasn’t sure how that had happened), a failed baker, an orphan and a computer programmer. She also suspects she is ever so slightly nuts given that she often has conversations with her multiple personalities and Bad Luck is a man who seems to enjoy tormenting her at every opportunity.

   What Lauren doesn’t know is that she is also a witch.

   She needs to learn, and fast, because the only thing between her and certain death is Agnes, her long-dead ancestor who has a foul mouth and a passion for G-strings, and Daniel, a sexy as hell male witch who drives her to distraction.

   As the last descendant of a long line of witches, Lauren is the victim of a four hundred year old curse. She must survive a challenge set down by three damned souls that will take her to hell and back. Literally! And Satan doesn’t do tea and scones!

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   I thought I was normal, I really did, aside from the fact I had a penchant for naming the many facets of my personality. I was unlucky, I’ll grant you, but other than that, just your average twenty-five-year-old virgin.

   Then my long-dead ancestor turned up with a huge appetite (who knew ghosts could eat?), a passion for G-strings, and a scorching-hot male witch in tow.

   Throw in an unadulterated bitch of a familiar, three spirits baying for my blood, a six-inch-tall Geordie man, and my best friend Selina, and before you could say “Bubble, bubble” I was strapped onto the front of the roller coaster of my life, heading straight to Hell in a handbasket.

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   Author Bio:
   Sharon Karaa is a mass of contradictions but two facets of her character have always battled for supremacy; her logical self (let’s call him Frank) and her artistic side (lets her call Misty).

   Until recently, Frank won every battle, forcing Sharon into a life based on most probable outcome and, to give him his credit, it has led to a fairly comfortable if rather boring life so far.

   Then Misty took up kick boxing and gave Frank a good kick in the goodies.

   Sharon lives with her husband in a little village north of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She doesn’t have a cat.

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5. Ride To Redemption

   About Ride To Redemption:

   Righting another’s wrong landed D in the witness protection program and cost him family, friends, and everything of substance in his life. Loneliness is his constant companion until he meets Candi, the girl of his dreams. He and Candi embark on a three-week ride to redemption where they deal with mind-numbing deceit, perilous treachery, their overpowering lust for each other and their personal demons.

   Nevertheless, new opportunities bring a chance to begin again. And, it doesn’t hurt that he’s got 200 pounds of illicit diamonds to use to ease the pain of those wronged. He will continue the redemption process by way of a well thought out plan involving a 5,000-mile adventure through the Western United States and Canada.

   When D meets Candice, aka Candi, she captures his heart, mind and soul the instant she ‘inadvertently’ almost runs him down in the Starbucks drive-thru. Candi joins him on his three-week, two-wheeled ride to redemption, where they’re forced to face their personal demons, while dealing with wanton lust, mind-numbing deceit and perilous treachery.

   Spectacular scenery and a cast of unforgettable characters they meet along the way makes the journey memorable, but nothing prepares them for the sacrifices they must eventually make midway in the ride.

   “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” sadly, does not ring true for Candice and D throughout this first of a three part series. Lust and greed are forever game-changers, even for those who desperately seek redemption.

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   Author Bio:
   Hi, I’m D.J. Wilson. Thanks for stopping by our author page.

   Raised in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, I graduated from Cumberland University, located in a small town you’ve never heard just inside Kentucky quite a few years ago.

   At present, we’re writing and discovering all that makes our country great; it’s people, along with their kindness and generosity.

   In the last 15 months we have written and published Ride To Redemption and the sequel, Ride To Restoration. Ride To Retribution is in the works.

   As a published author and blogger, featured on many sites, including the Huffington Post, I have been humbled beyond measure, more times than not, by all that life has thrown our way of late.

   Writing has been healing as I remake myself into what I want to be when I grow up, part II.

   “Life is not waiting for the Storms to Pass, It’s Learning to Dance in the Rain.”

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6. The Ruth Valley Missing

   About The Ruth Valley Missing:

   RONE AWARD FINALIST!

   Jameson Quinn is sick of trying to find herself in the big city. After a gallery opening ends in a trip to the ER and an argument with her self-involved boyfriend, she decides to take off for the peace and quiet of a small town — Ruth Valley.

   The small town has everything Brooklyn lacked: simple people, peaceful surroundings, and a feeling of safety. Jameson even finds the perfect house to rent from the town’s most eligible bachelor, Sheriff Jack. Life is finally headed in a promising direction.

   But something isn’t right. A young man is mysteriously injured, then disappears — and Jameson finds he isn’t the only person to suddenly vanish. The suspicious behavior of an abrasive nun and a creepy priest set her off on an investigation of what’s really happening. Will she figure out the secrets of Ruth Valley before she’s the next to go missing?

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   Author Bio:
   Amber West is a Northeastern transplant dodging rodent sized bugs and sweltering heat in the jungles of Central Florida. When she isn’t battling the urge to pass out, she’s busy being a wife, mother, geek, photographer, and writer, in no particular order. You can read her ramblings at http://www.withoutsushi.com or find her on Twitter (@amberwest) where she abuses hashtags and makes people laugh. Or at least, makes herself laugh.

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7. Maggie’s Turn

   About Maggie’s Turn:

   Sometimes you just have to walk away…

   Maggie Harrison is a devoted wife and mother, always putting the needs of her family ahead of her own. Then, one day, without planning to, she drives away, leaving behind an indifferent husband and two sulking teenagers. Maggie goes off on a quest of self-exploration, enjoying adventures, meeting new people, and rediscovering her passions. For the first time in years, she dreams about what she wants out of life, and she realizes that her deteriorating marriage can no longer continue as it is. Can she and Andrew repair their floundering relationship, or is their marriage over?

   Andrew Harrison likes his life to be in perfect order. He enjoys his work and status in the community, leaving Maggie to take care of everything at home. He knows his marriage isn’t perfect, but after twenty-three years and two kids, whose marriage is? When Maggie leaves without a word, he is forced to start paying more attention to his home life and his almost grown children, and he begins to do a little self-exploration of his own. Slowly, he begins to understand what drove Maggie away, and how important she is in his life. Is it too late to resolve their differences and save their marriage? Or will Andrew lose Maggie forever?

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   Author Bio:
   Deanna Lynn Sletten is a bestselling and award-winning author. She writes heartwarming romances and women’s fiction novels with characters that will touch your heart. She has also written one middle-grade novel that takes you on the adventure of a lifetime.

   Deanna’s women’s fiction novel, Widow, Virgin, Whore, made the top 100 bestselling books on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble in March 2014. Her romance novels Memories and Sara’s Promise both won semifinalist in The Kindle Book Review’s Best Indie Books of 2012 and 2013 respectively. Sara’s Promise was also a finalist in the 2013 National Indie Excellence Book Awards.

   Deanna is married and has two grown children. When not writing, she enjoys walking the wooded trails around her northern Minnesota home with her beautiful Australian Shepherd or relaxing in the boat on the lake in the summer.

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8. Killing The Blood Cleaner

   

   About Killing The Blood Cleaner

   Sex! Violence! Barbecue! KILLING THE BLOOD CLEANER (ebook) $1.99 AMAZON September 25 to October 2, 2014.

   Take a ride with Dr. Jack Randolph, an Atlanta society doctor, on holiday at the Georgia coast, who finds his brief liaison with an erotic local propels him into the violent world of drug smuggling, a high tech government enclave, and a new life as prison doctor at Georgia Maximum Security Prison, where a vicious inmate, whose blood is the key to curing AIDS, challenges him for a particularly sexy nurse.

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9. Guy Ridley

   

   About Guy Ridley:

   Guy Ridley runs a second-hand bookstore on the outskirts of a large university in the American Midwest. He faces several challenges. He is separated from the wife he loves. He tries to resolve a scandal that prompted her to leave the school when she was just starting her career. A mental weakness plagues him that takes the form of obsession with demons.

   One part of his life seems to go well — fictional sketches he writes about university life that are included in the novel. Besides that, he is a great fan of Don Quixote. Like Cervantes’ knight, he does what he can to help some of the people who comes his way. That part of his life turns out well, too.

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   Author Bio:
   For most of my adult life, I’ve worked on a collection of novels that are now available on kindle direct publishing. I began this project with a novel suggested by a case of alleged witchcraft that occurred in Massachusetts in 1649. I changed names and elaborated on the original incident so that most of the characters and events in the story are fictional.

   I followed the same procedure in the ten other novels now on kindle. I start with an incident from colonial New England history or an environment I’ve become familiar with — university life, the American army, the theater, movies, visual arts, life in a modern city, experience of the Christian faith — and follow where my busy brain leads me. I have enjoyed this work and count myself fortunate to have been able to do what I wanted.

   Along with my writing, I attended the University of Chicago in the early 1960’s, served as an enlisted man in the American army for four years, , worked for a bank in and near Boston, for a dozen years, attended a Lutheran seminary in Indiana in my mid-forties, worked as a pastor in a mining area in mid-north Ontario for 17 years, and moved to Toronto when I retired from full-time work in 2006. I’ve kept on with my stories and hope to have another novel ready for kindle by the end of 2014.

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10. Four Eyes Were Never Better Than Two…and other observations

    About Four Eyes Were Never Better Than Two…and other observations:

    Kelly Coleman Potter, once known in inner circles as Smelly Kelly, doesn’t see things like most of us do. This could be due to the nearsightedness that presented itself in third grade when she became known as four-eyed Smelly Kelly, but it’s not. According to her high school Journalism teacher, Potter has a unique perspective and outlook on life. She still doesn’t know if that was a compliment or an insult – or perhaps, just a nice way to say she’s weird.

    In this collection of essays, Four Eyes Were Never Better Than Two…and other observations, Potter offers a candid look at the human condition with tales recounting the past and present. From her younger days of dreaming about being a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader so she could own pom-poms to sex education taught by a Joyce Dewitt look-alike, Potter confesses all – including the ironic account of throwing up on a dog named Ralph.

    No stranger to embarrassment, she writes of cold sores that require an exorcism and the torture that was seventh grade gym class, capturing the angst, humiliation, and absurdity in those moments that often define us as individuals. Observations include: desperation can make a person do some pretty stupid things like answering a personal ad, hot wax is best left in the hands of a professional if you value your lips, and nothing is so surprising as the man who claims to hate dancing busting a move in a hospital recovery room.

    Even if you’ve never had to admit in a public setting that you’re having your period, passed out at the eye doctor’s office, or had an illogical fear of a lawn mower, Potter’s self-deprecating wit and sometimes bizarre sense of humor will make you glad these things only happen on sit-coms… or to her.

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    Author Bio:
    Kelly Coleman Potter is the author of “Off-Kelter,” a weekly humor column that ran in print for ten years, and two books – A Little Off-Kelter…the parenting years, Four Eyes Were Never Better Than Two…and other observations. Potter began writing at a very young age – about as soon as she could hold a pencil and form words. She’s a professional kid wrangler, having successfully raised two sons into adulthood who are both members of the world’s greatest Navy. Her hobbies used to include ranting, “You kids are going to drive me to drinking,” and collecting loose change in parking lots and couch cushions for her lobotomy fund. Now, they include writing, bragging about her handsome sailor sons, and hanging out with her four dogs. Potter is married to her husband of twenty-three years and resides somewhere in the cornfields of Indiana. She still never passes up a nickel laying on the ground because the lobotomy is never totally out of the question.
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