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- The Book of the Forsaken (The Game, #1) by Yannis Karatsioris
About The Book of the Forsaken (The Game, #1) by Yannis Karatsioris:The Magi, the most powerful of men, confront the supernatural beings – the Forsaken races- in a deadly Game to control the collective unconscious of mankind.
An ancient demigod, our storyteller, stands between the two sides and unfolds his plans to outflank them. For this, he traps in his web Igor Rubinstein, a dark trickster with shadowy desires, Robert Cassidy, an outspoken ex-convict with a passion for nicknames, and Daniel Maladie, a cowardly bibliophile with exotic looks. For the demigod’s plans to take effect, these three have to steal the Book of the Forsaken, a long-lost artifact that holds ancient knowledge about the survival or extinction of the supernatural beings.
The relic resurfaces in modern Europe and the hunt begins.
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Yannis Karatsioris is 31 years old and lives in Athens, Greece. He acts/directs and writes for the theater, narrates mystery stories live and, sometimes, authors fantasy novels.His tastes, dark and sarcastic, guide him to a style reminiscent of Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Jonathan Stroud and Mikhail Bulgakov.
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- Let’s Fall in Love Vol.1, Paris and Dubrovnik
About Let’s Fall in Love Vol.1, Paris and Dubrovnik
Falling in love is wonderful! When it happens in a famous or unique city, it is doubly so. The two stories in this book tell of unexpected romance in Paris and Dubrovnik, Croatia. Both stories include U.S. travelers who arrive in Europe on routine flights. Soon, and unexpectedly, they find themselves plunged into fresh emotional encounters.
In FLIGHT TO DUBROVNIK, Dave Michaels is supposed to be in Dubrovnik for five days on work related business. After briefly seeing part of the Old City, he awakens in a hospital emergency room with a broken leg. After his startling introduction to Croatia, he is in for a passionate roller coaster ride of surprise. Dave, and the nurse he meets, discover new romantic facets within themselves and explore emerging love.
In MY TALE OF TWO CITIES, a French girl on holiday from college must return home from London sooner than planned. Soon after, her traveling companion makes a new acquaintance. He’s a young American just starting his own vacation in Europe. When he meets the girl his own age from Paris, who had reluctantly stayed behind in London when her friend departed, their lives become irresistibly intertwined.
You may never visit these places. However, once you read what happens to the unsuspecting strangers in these romantic and heart-warming tales, you will remember them always.
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- AN OBSESSIVE LOVE by YVONNE CROWE
About AN OBSESSIVE LOVE by YVONNE CROWE:This compelling story of pain and betrayal takes many twists and turns until it erupts into a shattering climax. “Driven by Lust” treads a middle ground between romance, corporate thriller, and social critique. Good, provocative read. Oleg Medvedkov Best selling Author of Dragon Who Loved Water Lilies and Other Funny Stories.
Anyone who has ever been exposed to the fallout fromSuicide should read this book.
The evil that men do lives on after them – William Shakespeare.”This is a chance in a million Elin. All relationships are a tradeoff. Why should you be any different?”
Should Elin heed the words of the psychotherapist?
What promises does Jonas, the older multi-millionaire make to Elin as he pursues her relentlessly?
Obsessed with younger women, sex and money, he sees all are within his grasp if he can persuade her to marry him. .
Is Guy, her younger, wealthier lover who hovers in the background, a threat to Jonas?
Beset by insecurities and the fear of losing her, Jonas spins his web to ensnare Elin in the ever tightening sticky fibrous strands that inexorably bind her to him as she struggles to overcome her past. As the skeletons come clattering out of the closet, this powerful story lays bare the frailty of doomed relationships.
What is the Secret of the Deed?
Who accuses Elin of murder and how will she save herself?
This compelling story of pain and betrayal takes many twists and turns until it erupts into a shattering climax.
Readers of E L James and Sylvia Day will thoroughly enjoy this book.
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I am a slightly off the wall author and my novel The Magdalene Conspiracy, a religious mystery/thriller in the style of Dan Brown, was pretty successful. The second book in the Nicolina Fabiani Series THE IMMORTAL MADONNA is now published and doing well . I am currently working on the third book in the series which will be published early December. .I refuse to be constrained by genres and have five other published novels one of which is AN OBSESSIVE LOVE which can be seen on my website.
Readers have commented that my writing is controversial, compelling, descriptive and evocative, and they become involved with the characters. What more could a writer ask for?
I am unable to restrain myself from becoming emotionally involved in humanitarian issues, as well as with my clients, readers and it comes through in my stories.
I currently live in my hometown in Auckland, New Zealand and love to travel to other countries and have been to Europe many times, as my very talented partner Harald,who designs my covers,is from Germany. This has given me the opportunity to fall in love with historical landscapes and their cultures, and also indulge in three of my passions, good food, wine and great conversation.
I have gleaned many ideas and settings for my stories by traveling to well known cities in Europe, and also through the small villages, each with their own special story, which have enabled me to create believable and sympathetic characters.
Currently I teach English to Muslim immigrants from Iraq. Both of these experiences were so enlightening, giving me an insight into the spirit and courage these people, whom I admire tremendously and respect, portray in their everyday lives and their story is so compelling I will be writing a novel about their lives.
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- Tears of Endurance
About Tears of Endurance:
A secret can tear you apart … or bind you forever.
For Arianna Ferria, a satisfying and challenging life as an art gallery owner takes an unexpected turn into burning romance when she falls for the handsome and successful Ben Fielding. Soon, their relationship blossoms into more than she could ever imagine, but when a black secret comes crashing down around them, their love faces the ultimate test as they come to grips with a tragic fate that will bring you to tears … Tears of Endurance
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D.G. Torrens is the author of ten books, which she has written and published over the past three years with a toddler in tow! D.G. Torrens currently lives in Birmingham, United Kingdom with her husband and five-year-old daughter.
The author is also a member of RABMAD, “Read a book make a difference” where a group of like-minded authors donate a percentage of their sales to their chosen charity. The author is currently penning her 1lth novel , A Soldier’s Fear, which is due for release in November 2014.Tears of Endurance is a post from Awesome Gang
- Broken Smiles
About Broken Smiles:
In the novel BROKEN SMILES, Laidan Swanson rises from ashes of sorrow to the top of the music billboard charts, only to find that her desire for fame is overshadowed by her desire to serve. She escapes her identity and flees to find the humanitarian doctor and the Chinese children depicted in a brochure that she came across in a hospital lobby.
While performing at the Grammys, the pressure from the music industry becomes too much for Laidan. She is quickly carried off the stage, leaving the world audience stunned and amazed by her emotional performance. Accompanying her are a trusted bodyguard and a close childhood friend. Together they make for the jungles of China where she meets Doctor Rafe Watkins, a humanitarian doctor who has reasons of his own for why he has chosen to live deep within the bamboo forests. The handsome doctor is building an orphanage and runs a clinic that fixes children’s broken smiles or cleft palets. Watching him perform his many acts of kind service, Laidan’s “broken smile” is also healing and she begins to fall deeply in love with him. She has finally found a place where she belongs. One problem – because of Rafe’s intentional seclusion from society for the past seven years, he does not know Laidan’s true identity. What will he do when he finds out? Can love conquer all, or is Laidan’s rock star fame too big for his quiet life?
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As a child, Tara Mayoros moved to Asia with her family where her love of different cultures and travel began. In college she satisfied her wanderlust by moving to China, filling her head with countless stories, and occasionally writing them down.Years, marriage, children and many adventures later, she picked up her dusty pen and paper (or laptop) and realized that writing took her to different worlds and gave her the experiences that she yearned for. As an author, artist, baker, music teacher, gardener, and nature lover – she sees the beauty in the process, and the miracle, of creation. The Rocky Mountains are her home and they call to her whenever she finds herself in need of inspiration.
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- Lethal Lawyers by Dale E. Manolakas
About Lethal Lawyers by Dale E. Manolakas:99 Cent Promotion 9/27/14 – 10/3/14
LETHAL LAWYERS dissects the cutthroat culture and ruthless world of big money law firms. Infighting, carnage, and sexual favors are the rule of law at the Los Angeles office of Thorne & Chase, an internationally renowned firm famous for winning at all costs. A firm whose partners and associates cannibalize each other battling for money, power, love, clients, and ultimately their own survival. With blue-collar idealism and onerous student loans, Sophia Christopoulos, first year associate, covets the firm’s money and power. But her new friendships, love, and success come with a price she didn’t expect—disillusionment, murder, and betrayal. As Sophia struggles for her survival, she is hurled into a murder investigation. She is torn between ethics and firm politics, as well as love and truth. She fights to save her career and life when she becomes a star witness and then herself a target.
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After a life time of writing poetry, books, nonfiction, and legal documents, it was author Ray Bradbury’s friendship and encouragement that finally inspired Dale E. Manolakas to pursue writing as a career. He taught her that the characters wrote the book–she didn’t. Raised just outside Los Angeles by a surgeon father and a homemaker-author mother, Dale E. Manolakas had always aspired to an acting career, but also had to make a living.Dale E. Manolakas earned her B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the California Bar, had the privilege of clerking for The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was a litigator in two major Los Angeles law firms, and a senior appellate attorney at the California Court of Appeals, as well as an Administrative Law Judge.
Before that, she taught at the high school, adult school, and university levels, and holds a public administrative services credential. In addition, she has pursued her passion for acting, primarily on the stage, but also in film and television. She is a member of both Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. She also has raised three very independent daughters and lives with her husband, a retired attorney, in an otherwise animal-free environment in California.
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- The Warrior
About The Warrior:A man with no past
Nobody knows much about Zeb Carter. He doesn’t do romance, avoids friendships… and when asked about his work, says he is a security consultant.A man on a mission
The ex-Special Forces operative has seen it all before. But when he witnesses barbaric acts in the Congo, he can’t simply walk away. Plagued by the scale of the unspeakable crimes and its victims, Zeb breaks the rules – both his own, and those whom he works for – by seeking his own brand of justice.A man with no future
With a maverick intelligence analyst, Broker, along for the ride, Zeb finds himself up against an adversary who is more than a match for his skills.From the rainforests of the Congo to the concrete jungle of New York, Zeb enters a shadowy world – a world where he alone is interested in justice. Everyone else wants the affair buried… and Zeb along with it.
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Ty has lived on a couple of continents and has been a trench digger, loose tea vendor, leather goods salesman, marine lubricants salesman, diesel engine mechanic and is now a thriller author.Ty is privileged that readers of crime suspense and action thrillers, have loved his books, The Warrior and The Reluctant Warrior. ‘Intense,’ ‘Riveting,’ ‘Gripping,’ have been commonly used in reviews.
Ty lives with his wife and son, who humor his ridiculous belief that he’s in charge.
Ty is currently working on the third book in the Warriors series, titled The Warrior Code.
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- Lethal Journey
About Lethal Journey:A killer lurks in the shadows of Hyde Park, New York…waiting.
Manhattan District Attorney, Lauren Taylor, is about to take on the most important case of her career, prosecuting Gino Valdina, acting mob boss of New York’s most influential crime syndicate.
For three decades, Gino Valdina has led New York’s Valdina crime family. Since his recent indictment for murder, the leadership of the family is in turmoil, appalled by the death of one of their own, Gino’s wife, Madelina. Without the support of the family behind him, Valdina will do anything to save himself.
But Lauren soon discovers, things aren’t always as they seem when she’s tossed into a mystery, a deadly conspiracy that reaches far beyond the criminal underworld and a journey into the past makes her a target…and anyone she’s ever loved.
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Kim Cresswell resides in Ontario, Canada. Trained as a legal assistant, Kim has been a story-teller all her life but took many detours including; working in legal and adult education before returning to her first love, writing.Her debut romantic suspense, REFLECTION, has won numerous awards:
*RomCon®’s 2014 Readers’ Crown Finalist (Romantic Suspense)
*InD’tale Magazine 2014 Rone Award Finalist (Suspense/Thriller)
*UP Authors Fiction Challenge Winner (2013)
*Silicon Valley’s Romance Writers of America (RWA) “Gotcha!” Romantic Suspense Winner (2004)
*Honourable Mention in Calgary’s (RWA) The Writer’s Voice Contest (2006).
LETHAL JOURNEY won RomCon®’s 2014 Readers’ Crown (Thriller) and was a finalist in From the Heart Romance Writers (FTHRW) Golden Gate Contest (2003).
Her action-packed thrillers have been highly praised by reviewers and readers. As one reviewer said, “Buckle up, Hang on tight!”
Kim recently entered the true crime writing arena. Real Life Evil – A True Crime Quickie (two short stories) was published in January 2014. You can read her latest true crime stories in Serial Killer Quarterly, a new quarterly e-magazine published by Grinning Man Press.
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- Betrayed by Wodke Hawkinson
About Betrayed by Wodke Hawkinson
Brooklyn is taken captive during a botched carjacking. And so her nightmare begins. Escaping her captors is the first step. Now can she survive the snowy Colorado wilderness and its resident recluse?
Lance is happy with his solitary life on the mountain. But his world is about to change.
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- Shadowland by C.M.Gray
About Shadowland by C.M.Gray:190 Amazon Reviews…
We grow up with the Legend of King Arthur … But where did he come from? Who was Merlin? What part did the Druids play in bringing Arthur to his round table? This is the story that came before, when Britain was just a Shadowland.
Shadowland is a story of historical fantasy set in Dark Ages Britain.
`I have lived more years than I can remember, probably more than the sum of all your years combined. Kings have called me friend and brigands have sworn to burn the flesh from my bones even if they have to search all seven halls of the shadowland to find me.’
On the night of midwinter’s eve, a storyteller takes his listeners back to the Dark ages and a tale from his youth.
Deserted by its Roman masters, Britain has been invaded by the Saxons at the invitation of Vortigern, traitorous leader of the Britons. Now, as the tribes unite to reclaim their land, one man must rise to lead them and become their true and only king.
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Born in Essex, England with a heavy dose of ‘travel lust’, C.M.Gray has since been lucky enough to live and travel in many countries around the world. In fact he has lived for more years outside of England than he has living there! Working as a carpenter, fruit picker and even a stint in stock brokering, he has called home Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayan Mountains, the clamor of central Hong Kong to a farm in deep rural Burgundy. Forever vowing to return and sink his roots once again in English soil… some day, he hasn’t quite made it back yet, but does live a little closer these days; just outside of Barcelona in the middle of the forest with his dogs and two wonderful children.C.M.Gray’s writing is mostly fantasy and many of the experiences he has had in Asia, Africa and the middle east come to life in his writing. The Flight of the Griffin, a finalist in The Times/Chicken House literary competition 2013, follows the adventures of a group of young orphans as they battle demons and bandits on a magical quest to stop the world from tipping into Chaos. Shadowland blends fantasy with history as an old story teller takes his audience back to Britain’s dark ages and the birth of the Arthurian legend.
The Sequel to The Flight of the Griffin, Chaos Storm was published early 2013 and the sequel to Shadowland will be published Winter 2014.
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- Murder My Love
About Murder My Love:A now outdated theory postulates that love and war are the best measures of a man.
After his brother is killed, Mark fears a second killing is about to take place, this time his own.
He decides to escape and to plot his revenge. But, with murder on his mind on the way to the airport, love strikes. The two forces of nature will battle for Mark’s soul with tragic consequences.
I need a drink. I think he needs one too.“What will you have?”
“Do you have any Cointreaux?”
“Yes, I do. I was waiting for you to come join my organization one of these days, relentless optimist that I am, so I stocked up. But you never did. Mark, I always wanted you inside. Outside you are too dangerous. People like you should not exist. You see, if you had accepted my offer your brother would probably be still be alive.”
“Or we’d both be dead.”
“Yes you sure would, but I wouldn’t.”
So I shoot him in the head with his own gun when he expects it least. He dies instantaneously, a big smile on his face. It’s the kind of common courtesy we are known to do for each other from time to time.
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Born in the heart of Transylvania and transplanted to Brookline Mass,then relocated to Sunny California in order to irremediably lose his innocence, and he swears it’s for the last, the very last time, Tad S. Torm is currently making his residence in Sacramento with his dead cat and whatever is left of his life.Books:
MURDER MY LOVE
DEATH IN THE PARK
BAD DOG
BLUE FLOWER
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- Flight of the Tarantula Hawk
About Flight of the Tarantula Hawk:TAILSPIN INTO MURDER – As his dead wife, Sonja, whispers words of warning, Lance Underphal comes face to face with a murdering psycho fresh from a kill. It’s only then he discovers it’s the murderer who is stalking him. Lance wrestles with grim choices: abandon his friends, or risk annihilation at the hands of a psycho. Lance’s only shot at redemption—face the horror and reveal its source.
A new and different cutting edge murder mystery – Lance Underphal’s second paranormal mystery
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Born and raised at the edge of the high desert in Kingman, Arizona, Michael Allan Scott resides in Scottsdale with his wife, Cynthia and their hundred-pound Doberman, Otto. In addition to writing mysteries and speculative fiction, his interests include music, photography, art, scuba diving and auto racing. For the latest, please visitFlight of the Tarantula Hawk is a post from Awesome Gang