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Published: Fri, 10/10/14
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- The Moonglow Cafe
About The Moonglow Cafe:New York reporter Paige MacKenzie has a hidden motive when she heads to the small town of Timberton, Montana. Assigned to research the area’s unique Yogo sapphires for the Manhattan Post, she hopes to reconnect romantically with handsome cowboy Jake Norris. The local gem gallery offers the material needed for the article, but the discovery of an old diary, hidden inside the wall of a historic hotel, soon sends her on a detour into the underworld of art and deception.
Each of the town’s residents holds a key to untangling more than one long-buried secret, from the hippie chick owner of a new age café to the mute homeless man in the town park. As the worlds of western art and sapphire mining collide, Paige finds herself juggling research, romance and danger. With stolen sapphires and shady characters thrown into the mix, will Paige escape the consequences of her own curiosity?
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Deborah Garner is an accomplished travel writer with a passion for back roads and secret hideaways. Born and raised in California, she studied in France before returning to the U.S. to attend UCLA. After stints in graduate school and teaching, she attempted to clone herself for decades by founding and running a dance and performing arts center, designing and manufacturing clothing and accessories, and tackling both spreadsheets and display racks for corporate retail management. Her passions include photography, hiking and animal rescue. She speaks five languages, some substantially better than others. She now divides her time between California and Wyoming, dragging one human and two canines along whenever possible.The Moonglow Cafe is a post from Awesome Gang
- Ruptured by Maggie Mae Gallagher
About Ruptured by Maggie Mae Gallagher:
A Cantati Chronicles Prequel Novella
It has been eighty-three years since the walls between Earth and Infernus fell, and now our world stands upon the razor’s edge of extinction. Demon platoons are marching upon us. My home, one of humanity’s last bastions of existence, is under siege.
My name is Alana Devereaux. I am the resident demon detector of Cantati Forces and Platoon Commander. My job is to hunt down the vermin unleashed upon my world, and I love it. I live for the day I can kick every last demon’s ass out of this world. Except as enemy forces reign down terror upon us, the Densare Council sentences me to a fate worse than death.
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Bestselling Author Maggie Mae Gallagher doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t writing. When she was a kid she acted out her favorite scenes, only better, with her brother and cousin. As a teenager, she wrote reams of poetry, but realized her true love lay with creating characters and stories. A former music and history major, Maggie is a total geek at her core. When she is not writing, she adores attending the latest comic con or spending time with her family. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with her two furry felines. She can be reached at her website, her Facebook page, or on Twitter.Ruptured by Maggie Mae Gallagher is a post from Awesome Gang
- Armageddon Girl by C.J. Carella
About Armageddon Girl by C.J. Carella:Superheroes and Alternate History collide! Gamer chick Christine Dark is transported to a world where people with superpowers have existed since the 1920s and have created a brave new world of larger-than-life heroes and villains. After joining forces with a faceless vigilante, Christine discovers she has the power to save that world – or destroy it. This action-packed tale, combining thrills with humor and more than a few pop culture references and nods to geek culture, is the first tome of the three-book New Olympus Saga. Both this book and its sequel are discounted to celebrate the release of the dramatic conclusion of the series.
Free sample chapters of this book can be found at www.cjcarella.com
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C.J. Carella is an award-winning writer and game designer, author of over twenty gaming books, including the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game and the Origins Award-winning Angel TV Show Roleplaying Game. A confirmed geek, C.J. has spent an inordinate amount of time enjoying fantasy and science fiction novels, comic books, movies and TV shows, putting his History degree from Yale University to good use by making stuff up and writing about it.Armageddon Girl by C.J. Carella is a post from Awesome Gang
- No Grits No Glory
About No Grits No Glory:Brianna fled down South to Savannah to escape the voices of the dead. Just when she thought she’d left all paranormal things behind, she discovers her house is haunted—by a family of Southern ghosts.
These persistent beings not only hide her white shoes after Labor Day, but they wreak havoc on her life to convince her to help them bring their killer to justice.
Steven put Savannah in his rearview mirror years ago to follow his passion for music. When his band splits up and he can’t reach his little sister for weeks, he races home—only to learn his whole family died in a mysterious house fire. The house Brianna now lives in.
Together, Brianna and Steven learn who murdered Steven’s family and become caught in a web of intrigue that will threaten their careers, their homes–but especially their lives.
NO GRITS NO GLORY is a ghost story with humor, suspense, and a dash of romance thrown in. Enjoy a deliciously eerie ghost story in the same month as Halloween!
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Amazon Best Selling Author Elaine Calloway writes paranormal fantasy romance books for Kindle and paperback. Whether she writes about an Elemental Series and Elemental Worlds, or tells stories about ghosts in the deep South, all books are set in iconic cities such as New Orleans.She is currently writing 2 book series:
1. The Elemental Clan Series. This series focuses on nature’s four elements–water, fire, earth, and wind–and their battle to save innocent souls from the evil Fallen Angel packs.
The elemental series includes:
Water’s Blood – Book One set in New Orleans
Raging Fire – Book Two set in New York City
Earthbound – Book Three set in Portland, Oregon
Windstorm – Book Four set in Napa Valley – release date December 2014.2. The Southern Ghosts Series. This series includes ghost stories with intrigue, humor, and a dash of romance. Book #1, NO GRITS NO GLORY, released on October 1, 2014 and Book 2 will release in 2015.
Originally from New Orleans (she can still do a decent Cajun accent upon request), Elaine Calloway grew up with a love of all things supernatural and gets back to the Crescent City as often as she can.
For more info, visit her Web site at www.elainecalloway.com
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- Broken Realms (The Chronicles of Mara Lantern, Book 1) by D.W. Moneypenny
About Broken Realms (The Chronicles of Mara Lantern, Book 1) by D.W. Moneypenny:Mara Lantern doesn’t believe in metaphysical powers and alternate realities. That’s about to change.
After a jetliner plunges into the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon, everyone survives. So why do crash investigators have a hangar full of bodies, one for each passenger except Mara? Before the plane goes down, she glimpses a new reality, one with scales and snouts, fangs and gills. She sees a boy running down the aisle carrying a ball of blue light, chased by a girl who could be her clone. By trying to help, she unwittingly unleashes dozens of creatures on an unsuspecting world and sparks a series of events that threatens her life, her family and everything she believes. To save them, she has to embrace a power she cannot comprehend.
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D.W. Moneypenny is a former newspaper journalist and technology manager who lives in Portland, OR.Broken Realms (The Chronicles of Mara Lantern, Book 1) by D.W. Moneypenny is a post from Awesome Gang
- Hellhound by Rue Volley
About Hellhound by Rue Volley:This book will be ON SALE for three days ONLY at 99¢ (October 10th, 11th and 12th)
It contains ALL FOUR books in the series.
Halo Bay has had nothing but bad luck with men. Point proven with the one she just had to stab through the eye in self defense. Unfortunately she has been fatally wounded in this last aggressive battle between her and her abusive ass of a boyfriend. As she lay dying she asks for forgiveness, this one act gives her a second chance at redemption, but it comes at a heavy price. She is offered the opportunity to train as a Hellhound, a defender of humanity, a killing machine that stands in between humans and Hell itself. Accepting this means she will shed her mortality and become part of a team of Hellhounds, sanctioned by God and tormented by Lucifer. She joins a fallen Roman, two Vikings, and the vampire who slayed Dracula. These 5 Hellhounds try to beat back the black wings of Hell as they are confronted with lust, love, constant torment and the hope of redemption. Will Halo save them all? Or be their undoing? Join this epic adventure today. *This series contain graphic scenes of sex, violence and harsh language. It is NOT intended for anyone under the age of 18.*
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Rue Volley resides on earth with her husband, Von Erik, and their two pug sons, Momo and Oshi. She is the author of over 40 books, Creative/Marketing Director for Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing, and co-owner of Lovebites Production Company (which specializes in Dark Fantasy Films) She is also an accomplished graphic artist and screenwriter. Please visit her at ruevolley.comHellhound by Rue Volley is a post from Awesome Gang
- Heather
About Heather:Sam Autenburg is the manager of a small marina in Sydney. When a Canadian yacht arrives, sailed single-handed by a twitchy schoolteacher from Toronto, Sam knows right away that the Canadian is not a bona-fide cruiser.
A few nights later, in the early hour of the morning, Sam hears a woman calling for help. The Canadian is holding an escort on the boat against her will. Sam sorts this situation out, fruitlessly searching the woman’s bag for the cash and credit cards that the Canadian claims she had stolen.Three days later, the Canadian is found dead in a brothel in Sydney’s red light district. He had been dipping into the cocaine that he had brought in for the infamous Reed brothers, who run some of the night clubs, and most of the drug scene, in Sydney’s Kings Cross. The Canadian had overdosed on heavily cut cocaine. He had also been selling some of this cocaine, again heavily cut with worm powder. As a result, others died, among them Sam’s lover, Marie.
When aging escort Heather Todd rescues a stranger riding a wild self-destructive spiral, she discovers she has a chance to avenge the death of her sister, and many others. She taunts and cajoles the reluctant Sam into helping her gather evidence against the notorious Reed brothers.
When Sam agrees to join her, they embark on a daring, high-risk venture that takes them deep into the underworld, and then half-way around the world and almost home again …Heather is a story about how people are changed by circumstance and pressure; both external and internal. And how when released from that pressure, some are able to become their true selves.
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“YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT UP BEFORE YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN.” ROBIN MOORE.After three decades of ‘living it up’, it is now time for A.J. Sendall to write it down. Not as a dry travelogue or memoir, but as realistic novels based on real life experiences. Experiences, which still run technicolour through his mind.
Since ’79, A.J. Sendall has been collecting people and places. From the polluted dust bowls of the Sahara, to the pristine ice floes of the Antarctic, he has gathered and filed them away. Some have recently pushed through the bars of insecurity and are now at large in the pages of his first three novels. Others await their future fates.
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- Pixie Dust
About Pixie Dust:
*A lonesome fairy with no clue how to wield her powerful magic.
*A ruggedly handsome warlock torn between his past and his present.
*A five hundred year old, sinfully sexy vampire who’s obsessed with solving the mystery of a particularly interesting bartender.
Karli Lane is the only fairy left on the planet. Vampires had driven her race to near extinction, causing the others to return to their homeland over twenty years ago. Orphaned at a young age, she was forced to hide her identity in a world full of exposed supernaturals.
Facing her upcoming immortality, her life has become a complicated mess. A new employer and a gruesome murder bring two incredibly complex men into her life, making matters worse. She finds herself riding a non-stop emotional roller coaster while trying to figure out who she is, how to control her powers, and most importantly, how to stay alive.
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Laura Lee has spent her life with her nose in a book thinking of alternate endings or continuations to the story. She won her first writing contest at the ripe old age of nine, earning a trip to the state capital to showcase her manuscript. Thankfully for her, those early works will never see the light of day again! Nowadays, she prefers to write for grownups, specifically focusing on romance novels with some heat. She’s a sucker for spicy romances, especially those involving vampires or cowboys!Laura lives in the Pacific Northwest with her wonderful husband, two beautiful children, and three of the most poorly behaved cats in existence. She likes her fruit smoothies filled with rum, her cupboards stocked with Cadbury’s chocolate, and her music turned up loud. When she’s not writing or tripping over Barbie dolls, she’s reading anything she can get her hands on.
For more information, check out her website at: lauraleebooks.com
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