About Matters of the Heart

Fear drove her away. Fear of losing him brought her back.

Not many of us can say our lives are irrevocably changed while standing in line at an iconic burger joint. Emma Beckett is bringing up the rear and tending to one of her second-grade students when she feels Alexander Christmas enter.
He’s dressed impeccably, with rugged good looks and a knee-bending smile, and has his own reason for visiting Ike’s— hamburgers are secondary. They share a brief conversation and Emma thinks nothing will come of it, until she receives a note from him in the mail: his phone number and a request that she join him for dinner at his home.
Emma accepts and is thrust into a world few would be prepared for. Their attraction is mutual, but Alex has a complicated life. Soon, internal and external influences are trying their damnedest to wrest Alex and Emma apart.
Must every good thing come with a price?

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Ben Muse is the author of seven novels and one children’s book. A lifetime Georgia native, he was born in Atlanta and suffers from an incurable case of the y’alls. He resides in Acworth with his wife, children’s book author Angela Muse, their two children, and one demanding English Springer Spaniel.

He can’t paint, sing, or play a musical instrument so he’s opted to write. Hobbies include golf (terrible), traveling (hates to fly), and self-deprecation (excels here), and he writes whenever time allows. When he does put pen to paper, one question is always on his mind: Is this a good investment of the reader’s time? He’s just finished his first foray into romance (oh my) with Matters of the Heart, and is halfway through a sequel to Arnco entitled Made of More.

09/04/2017

About Secret Legends

Warning: Book Hangovers Ahead.

Looking for the perfect escape? When you dare to venture into the romantically-charged pages of SECRET LEGENDS, you’ll get lost in stories from today’s New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling authors.

This must-read paranormal romance and urban fantasy boxed set is filled with tales of vampires, aliens, angels, witches, ghosts, shifters, sirens, and more, containing over one hundred hours of page-turning reads that will leave your heart pounding and your pulse racing.

Ready to dive in? Pre-order today to secure YOUR copy of this extraordinary boxed set!

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USA Today bestselling author Heather B. Moore
Anna Santos
Shannon Eckrich
Award-Winning author Morgan Jane Mitchell
USA Today bestselling author Joanna Mazurkiewicz
J.L. Beck
USA Today bestselling author Raine English
USA Today bestselling author Nicole Zoltack
USA Today bestselling author Megan J. Parker & Award-Winning author Nathan Squiers
Award-Winning author Debra Kristi
USA Today bestselling author Lily Thorn
Kaiden Klein
USA Today bestselling author Jocelyn Dex
Award-Winning author Katie Salidas
Jane Hinchey
Award-Winning author Alyssa Breck and Carrie Clevenger
USA Today bestselling author Amy Lee Burgess
New York Times bestselling author Catherine Vale
Award-Winning author Carma Haley Shoemaker
Lillie J. Roberts

About Island of the Gods

Tae Rames life just became a mess. Her mother and brother have gone missing, and it’s all her fault. Tae realizes that the only hope of getting her loved ones returned to her lies on the Island, where she must attempt to rescue a trapped God! But the island is a place where Earths lawbreakers are sent to kill and die, it is a place of no return. To have any hope of rescuing them she must transform herself from an average schoolgirl into a lethal killer. With the help of an old warrior and some supportive friends she begins her journey of transformation. But Tae finds more than she bargained for, including a long held secret of both her and her twin brothers true parentage. Join Tae as she enters a world of terror and adventure, as she enters the most dangerous place on earth – The Island.

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I’ve always been an avid reader. Ever since I was a little girl I read anything I could get my hands on. If I wasn’t reading I was making up stories. I guess I was lucky growing up near an old mine tailings dump and creek, you have no idea how many adventures that area supplied to the local kids. All I hope for with my stories is that people might like them, and that they see them as a little fun – hopefully.

About The Wordsmith by Alan Ayer

Walt Erickson is a famous author whose books are read by millions of adoring fans, but he has never written a word of his own novels. The secret behind his novels is the stuff of nightmares.

With his agent, an associate, and a particularly unique typewriter by his side, Walt’s creative process is much more sinister and merciless than the average writer’s. The lengths to which one man will go to achieve fame and notoriety give a chilling glimpse into what humans are capable of, regardless of the moral consequences.

The Wordsmith is a thrilling and darkly innovative story of suspense, one that will force you to wonder if we can ever truly know the whole story behind the people we love. Is it possible to unearth the darkest details of ourselves and still come out alive?

As Walt’s hunger for fame continues to grow, and his girlfriend begins to suspect the unsettling truth behind his words, the tenuous threads holding Walt’s life together begin to fray.

From the astoundingly imaginative mind of Alan Ayer, The Wordsmith is a gripping narrative that dares to peer into the shadows of the darkest aspects of humanity. Our story—our fate in life—is often written against our will.

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I was born in Sun Valley, California and moved to Concord, California when I was six. At the age of nineteen I joined the Marines and served for five years as an Avionics technician. I worked at HMX-1 in Quantico, Virginia. When I got out of the Marines I moved back to California and started working in the IT field.
I love working in IT, but I’ve always wanted to write books. I published my first book, The Wordsmith, this year and should have my next book out by the end of the year. I hope you enjoy reading The Wordsmith as much as I enjoyed writing it.

About Excalibur Rising Book Four: An Arthurian Saga

Excalibur Rising Book Four is the final episode of the Excalibur Rising Series where all questions are answered. Merlin’s magical powers are fading and Albion faces enemies on all sides. While Arthur’s heir fights for the possession of Camelot, Ryan races against time to rescue Violet from the Isle of Avilion.

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A prolific writer Eileen Enwright Hodgetts covers an impressive spectrum of subjects and formats. There is nothing formulaic in her writing. Each work reveals a fresh creativity.

She has created a whole new “world” in the Excalibur Rising series. Excalibur Rising Books One and Two are available now and Excalibur Rising Book Three will be released in January 2017 by Emerge Publishing.

Her books are available from Amazon in paperback and e-book format and all books will soon be available as Audio books. “Whirlpool” is already an Audible book.

Six of her one-act plays are published in book form at Amazon.

About Red Velvet

Scarlet is a witch who doesn’t believe in magic. She doesn’t believe in werewolves either, no matter how many times her Grandmother tells her not to wander too deeply into the forest. When she meets Maicoh, a handsome hunter, he opens her mind to an entirely new world. One filled with magic, curses and passion. Clandestine encounters beneath the full moon leave the once timid sorceress needing more, desperate to explore the world and her newfound power.

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Faey Bonne is a collaborative pseudonym used by affianced authors John Riley and Felicity Partington. They wanted to branch out and explore a more magical world together and so decided to begin their Twisted Tales series. Letting their imaginations delve to the darkest of places and spinning popular stories into unrecognisable adult stories.

What happens when normal people, people with flaws, problems, undesirable traits end up mixed with magic? Can ‘happily ever after’ really be the end? And surely, happily ever after is subjective? One woman’s happily ever is another’s nightmare. What happens to the villains? If the good guys are perfectly good and the bad guys are perfectly evil it’s clean cut. What happens when the good guys have flaws, make bad choices? When the bad guys do bad things for good reasons?

“We don’t want to read about perfect people getting a perfect ending. We want to read about genuine characters coming head first with emotions, fears, magic and monsters and reacting accordingly. We want to read about things going wrong, about bad decisions. And since we couldn’t find them, we wrote them.”

About Stars and Other Monsters by P.T. Phronk

He’s Stan: a photographer who hunts celebrities for money. She’s Dalla: a vampire who hunts people for food. And she’s got a celebrity crush.

When Stan meets Dalla, his sketchy job comes back to bite him. If he doesn’t deliver the vampire’s obsession on a non-silver platter, he’ll find himself on the menu instead. Now, stuck on a road trip with a monster, Stan knows his days are numbered.

He’ll have to buy time. Sure, she’s a monster, but if she only got to know him, maybe she’d find him charming enough to let him live. Maybe? Unfortunately, when going up against a star who doesn’t want to be found, in a world where being rich is more powerful than being undead, there won’t be time for chit-chat.

With a quirky chance meeting, opposites forced together, and otherworldly obstacles on the road to love, this could be a romantic comedy.

This is not a romantic comedy. This is going to hurt, and it’s going to get bloody. Better buckle in.

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P.T. Phronk writes about things that don’t exist, things that might exist, and things that shouldn’t exist. That’s a clever way of saying he writes fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

He received a PhD in psychology after writing a dissertation about what makes horror films frightening. So he literally wrote the book on horror, and continues to tinker with dark creations by cover of night, while by day, he writes about the mysteries of the human mind as a brain scientist.

About AArdvarks: A Daily Recovery Message Novella

AArdvarks tells the story of young people struggling to recover from addiction. Each section ends with a thought-for-the-day tied to the characters’ experiences.

Liam’s parents have inherited more money than they know what to do with. They’d like Liam to join them on a drunken tour of Europe. He doesn’t see a future in debauchery, but would go if Ann came too. Only nineteen, she looks much younger despite her coke habit. When she turned eighteen she looked fourteen. “Guys like that,” she says. They paid for her coke.

Michaela thinks Ann should be a little more ashamed of her past.
She describes herself as a cliche, “knocked up in high school” and alcoholic. James tries to referee their arguments. He holds dual Kenyan/British citizenship, has been addicted to crack, and to the amazement of his peers, remains a virgin.

The Emu from CMU (Carnegie Mellon University) is smart, idealistic, and in love with alcohol. He’d like to help Relapse Boy get clean and sober. Relapse Boy never met a drug he didn’t like. Having been through rehab many times, he is a “brick stacker” rather than a “bricklayer.” He will break their hearts.

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The last time I had a drink, I made an illegal left turn at 3:00 a.m. and hit a county sheriff. I was $35K in debt and soon to be divorced. I had just gotten kicked out of my Ph.D. program. Twenty-Six years later I’m the father of two wonderful teenagers. I’m happily married and living in the suburbs. Life is good. During the day I’m the Director of Training and Publications for Greenbriar Treatment Center, a drug and alcohol rehab in Washington, Pa. I never got that Ph.D., but somehow managed to get a Masters in Developmental Psychology.

About Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption by Troy Pendleton & Charles Little Jr

My name is Ray Mattax. I was raised around bikers, and they weren’t the kind that got together and rode around for fun on the weekend. Those guys were ruthless criminals. I was groomed to be a hitman known as the Reaper. If I got your name, your time was up. That was until I came across a mark I couldn’t kill. The job went sideways and I barely managed to escape.
I soon started a new life. Everything was great until my past caught up with me and it had a score to settle. They taunted me by taking my friend. That was a mistake!
Sons of Diablo, I’m coming for you and death’s coming with me!

This is the debut novel from authors Troy Pendleton and Charles Little. It was edited and published by New Legend Books & Comics.
Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption is a fresh new take on the age-old conflict between good vs evil. This story would be a welcome addition to the library of those who follow authors such as Elmore Leonard, Christopher Greyson, and John C. Dalglish.

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Troy Pendleton started writing when he was in the seventh grade. Always having an active imagination, he wrote a short story for class that was later printed in the local paper. Setting aside his love of writing and drawing as a teen, he returned to it as a young man and started writing stories and creating comic book characters. Using his children, loved ones and friends as inspiration, Troy went on to create over a hundred characters and stories that he hoped to publish. Always considering himself more of a creator than a writer, Troy spent several years looking for a collaborator. After a couple of failed attempts, he finally teamed up with his friend Charles Little and formed New Legend Books & Comics. Their first venture was the book “Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption”. Troy plans to continue creating new stories and characters and hopes to help others see their dreams of becoming published authors come true.

Charles Little spent most of his childhood and teenage years with a book in his hands. He developed a desire to become an author while working on short stories and other creative writing assignments in school. His descriptive writing talent showed through in these assignments, with teachers often commenting that the vivid scenes and pictures he painted made them feel as if they were actually part of the story. As a young adult, Charles attempted on more than one occasion to write a book, but life always seemed to get in the way. On top of the challenges of a busy schedule, he came to feel that he was a writer without a story to tell. He’d all but given up on his dream until he read some book ideas that his friend and now collaborator Troy Pendleton had outlined. Those ideas came to life for Charles and for the first time since he was a kid, he felt like he finally had a story to tell. He co-founded New Legend Books and Comics with Troy and their first venture was the book “Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption”. With his lifelong dream finally realized, Charles now plans to continue writing and wishes to help others see their dreams of being an author come true as well.

About Through Button Eyes: A Collection of Short Fiction by Various Authors

“Through Button Eyes: A Collection of Short Fiction” was selected from approximately 5000 national and international entries as one of the five medal finalists in the Anthology Division of the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (NGIBA). The collection contains fifteen fabulous short stories that span thirteen diverse genres, wherein the seven authors skillfully integrated one seemingly innocuous plot point into every story, a button. This book offers readers an opportunity to experience their preferred and as well new genres that most assuredly will give readers an emotional roller-coaster ride of excitement, fear, laughter and tears. (Sci-Fi, Dystopia, Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Romance, Swashbuckler, Suspense, Tragedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Coming of Age, LGBT, and Comedy Horror)

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Patrick Witz

Intrigued with the knowledge, wonders, and fascinating worlds via National Geographic and Popular Mechanics magazines from his youth, Patrick continues to embrace those curiosities in his writing and art. A steadfast believer that knowledge and imagination are a powerful combination, Patrick says he will forever be a student of the arts, be it creative writing, photograph, or other artistic endeavor.

Patrick’s writing embraces and blends a variety of genres. His eclectic nature leads him into a labyrinth of fictional paths with captivating characters, believable dialogue and colorful settings. One can say Patrick’s diversity is the spice of his writing – sometimes sweet, every now and again bitter, often blended with a sprinkle of humor, a pinch of peculiar flavor, and offers an occasional zing from an unsuspected twist or emotional punch conclusion.

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About g-NAts: Another Daily Recovery Message Novella

g-NAts explores the lives of seven people of struggling to get clean and sober. Their stories give rise to daily messages meant to inspire, commiserate, give hope, and challenge people struggling with addiction, or even life in general. An excerpt follows:

Cat and mouse
“I did something I shouldn’t have done,” Hoodie said, smiling. “I stole Nora’s cat.”
“Is that what the kids are calling it these days?” Mike asked.
Hoodie laughed. “No! I stole her cat. You know, a cat – a grown kitten. He looked skinny and there was no food in his dish. Nora said he ran out of cat food, but she let him outside to hunt mice. I told Nora I’d take the cat, but she wanted to sell him to me. That was Saturday. Sunday morning I went to her apartment, opened the door and the cat came to me.”
“Awww,” Barb purred. “What’s the cat’s name?”
“Mouse,” Hoodie said with a chuckle. “I gave Mouse to Kitty. She just loves him.”
“So now he’s Kitty’s cat, Mouse,” Barb pointed out.
“I feel bad about stealing Mouse, but I doubt Nora will miss him. If she does, I’ll have to pay her, and I know what she’ll do with the money,” Hoodie said with a sigh.

Today I will accept doing the right thing can bring complications.

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The last time I had a drink, I made an illegal left turn at 3:00 a.m. and hit a county sheriff. I was $35K in debt and soon to be divorced. I had just gotten kicked out of my Ph.D. program. Twenty-Six years later I’m the father of two wonderful teenagers. I’m happily married and living in the suburbs. Life is good. During the day I’m the Director of Training and Publications for Greenbriar Treatment Center, a drug and alcohol rehab in Washington, Pa. I never got that Ph.D., but somehow managed to get a Masters in Developmental Psychology.

About The Firebirds

Put under a spell during read-aloud, seven learning challenged children are kept in school while brilliant clones are sent home in their place. Living in futuristic luxury, the captive children realize there is a problem greater than clones taking over their lives: the earth is heading for a disaster only they can prevent. Chills, thrills, humor, and first love. Imagine Anne of Green Gables meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Free download on 9/4, and 9/7.

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Harry Simpson taught art and English at the Lycee Francais in San Francisco, the setting of this novel. A graduate of UC Berkeley, he lives in Marin County, California with his wife, Christine, two children, Chloe and Teddy, and two dogs, Bentley and Laney, Harry still teaches, paints and frequently travels with a set of watercolors. The novel’s cover was painted by Harry. Email the author at harrysimpsonart@gmail.com