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Voodoo Encounter (A Barton Family Adventure – Book #2)
About Voodoo Encounter (A Barton Family Adventure – Book #2)
What if a witchdoctor tried to put a voodoo curse on you? Join Nat and Ruth Barton in their continuing adventure to help missionaries around the world. This time they are on the island of Haiti where their encounters with a local witchdoctor and his voodoo tricks will be directly countered with a true higher power. And right in the middle of it all, a natural disaster seemingly complicates, but ultimately reveals everything.
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The inspiration for ‘kilrB3 Media & Design’ springs from Mark’s experience in raising the three killer “B’s” … Brandon, Blake, and Brianna.” Along with raising a family, for many years both Mark and his wife Donna have been very active with church youth groups and students from all walks of life.
Mark is currently involved with a College & Career class and has worked with young people, both teens and young adults, for over 20 years. He has held positions ranging from Junior Church programs to Youth Pastor, from school teacher to Athletic Director, and from summer camp to directing youth activities.
Fatal Rivalry
In 1066, the rivalry between two brothers brought England to its knees. When Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066, no one was there to resist him. King Harold Godwineson was in the north, fighting his brother Tostig and a fierce Viking invasion. How could this have happened? Why would Tostig turn traitor to wreak revenge on his brother? See the tumultuous events surrounding the Norman Conquest through the eyes of The Sons of Godwine. Harold and Tostig were not always enemies; it took a massive Northumbrian uprising to tear them apart, making one an exile and the other his sworn enemy. And when 1066 came to an end, all the Godwinesons were dead except one: Wulfnoth, hostage in Normandy. For two generations, Godwine and his sons were a mighty force, but their power faded away as the Anglo-Saxon era came to a close.
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Born and raised in St. Louis MO, Mercedes Rochelle graduated with a BA in Literature from University of Missouri. She learned about living history as a re-enactor and has been enamored with historical fiction ever since. A move to New York to do research and two careers ensued, but writing fiction remains her primary vocation. Her first four books are historical novels about 11th century Britain and events surrounding the Norman Conquest. Mercedes now lives in Sergeantsville, NJ with her husband in a log home they had built themselves.
The Full Armor of God: Are You Sure You Got Dressed Today?
About The Full Armor of God: Are You Sure You Got Dressed Today?
Tired of wondering when the onslaught of battles you face daily will ease up? Do you feel as soon as you overcome one hurdle, another one is just up ahead? God did not leave you on this side of Eden to succumb to the worries and fears our broken world throws at you daily. He provides specific gear to battle through these storms while still feeling unimaginable joy. The enemy wants you to believe it’s not possible, but Jesus makes everything possible. You must decide to either wear Christ’s protection or allow the enemy an unobstructed path to your heart.
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Crista Crawford is an imperfect Christian writing about her perfect God. She discovered the power of praying each piece of armor into her life after stumbling through multiple trials only to fall face-first without it. The Full Armor of God has received multiple 5 star reviews and was a finalist in the International Readers’ Favorite contest. She is a wife, mother, and stepmother who feels incredibly blessed sharing life with these amazing people. Crista is an Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award winner and has a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and a Master of Arts in Educational studies with Reading Emphasis. She has over twenty years’ experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist and forty-plus years learning what grace and forgiveness really mean.
Workbook Companion for The Full Armor of God
About Workbook Companion for The Full Armor of God
The Workbook Companion for The Full Armor of God delves deeper into your understanding of just how important it is to fully dress each morning in the protection and love of Christ. You were not left defenseless on this side of heaven, but many of us leave our homes each day oblivious to the landmines that are waiting. These questions are designed to help you look inside yourself to determine what distractions, fears, and obstacles are in your way forcing you to leave your home each day unprotected. Our enemy doesn’t want you to think that God’s armor is necessary. He wants you to believe it is cumbersome and difficult to wear because he knows it was designed to take him down. The Full Armor of God and the Workbook Companion for The Full Armor of God were written for everyone who is tired of battling through life’s dips and turns only to end up a frazzled mess at the end of the ride. The only question to ask now is: Are you prepared?
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Crista Crawford is an imperfect Christian writing about her perfect God. She discovered the power of praying each piece of armor into her life after stumbling through multiple trials only to fall face-first without it. She is a wife, mother, and stepmother who feels incredibly blessed sharing life with these amazing people. Crista is an Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award winner and has a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and a Master of Arts in Educational studies with Reading Emphasis. She has over twenty years’ experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist and forty-plus years learning what grace and forgiveness really mean.
Digital Passport
Digital Passport offers a practical roadmap whether you are joining the workforce or seeking a mid-career change.
Students and recent graduates benefit from advice from the author’s insight gained through decades of experience in the field.
Mid-career professionals gain insight to help them transition from dying industries to the emerging field of digital marketing.
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Hafiz is a Serial Entrepreneur (5x), Digital Marketing Career & Leadership Coach, a published author of #DigitalPassportBook, and creator of Digital Ladder which is industry’s first Digital Marketing – Career Assessment Test.
He is the Founder of Omnicore Group and a regular columnist at Entrepreneur.com.
Being a Digital Marketing Career & Leadership coach, He shares his experience by writing detailed Guides and tips on his famous blog (HafizMuhammadAli.com)
He has done his “MSc. In Digital Marketing Leadership” from the University of Aberdeen and “Life Coaching” from the University of Cambridge.
He loves investing in books and education to help aspiring students thrive in Digital.
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The Bear: A Very Short Story
About The Bear: A Very Short Story
While most of us fear the thought of being chased by a bear, accidental mountain-cyclist Dave Chicago found that unintentionally chasing a bear to be equally hair-raising. Enjoy this near-factual tale of boomer-pioneering in the Canadian Rockies by short story author Gary Paul Bryant.
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Notte that ‘The Bear’ is free from January 22, through January 26, 2018
Bryant splits his time between short-story writing and helping seniors and small businesses weave their way through the digital revolution.
Wrath – The Lieutenant Harrington Series, Book 1
About Wrath – The Lieutenant Harrington Series, Book 1
Miami homicide lieutenant Nash Harrington has seen countless murders. Blood and bodies are nothing to lose sleep over.
Yet what seems to be a run-of-the-mill murder stemming from infidelity turns into a full-blown killing spree.
For this killer, taking the lives of his wife and her lover is merely the beginning. He’ll take the deceit no more. His decision has been made. All the women who’ve wronged him in the past will die.
Harrington quickly finds the case turning personal when the killer’s focus inches closer and closer to home.
Unknown to the lieutenant, one of his loved ones has a history with the killer. And that history is etched in the killer’s mind.
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E.H. Reinhard was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He’s worked in sales in one form or another for the better part of eighteen years. Previous nine-to-fives include retail management, the auto industry, operating a small business, and running an assortment of viral humor websites that generated tens of millions of page views per month.
Reinhard’s completed works:
The Cases of Lieutenant Kane Series: The six-book series follows the life on and off duty of a fictional Tampa homicide lieutenant—though if the stories were reality, anyone who worked law enforcement and encountered what Kane did would likely be turning in their resignation. Throughout the series, Lieutenant Kane goes toe-to-toe with some of the most twisted, homicidal, and downright ruthless adversaries imaginable, all while doing his best to juggle his often-turbulent personal life.
The Agent Hank Rawlings Series of FBI Thrillers: In the six-book series, Hank Rawlings is pulled from the Lieutenant Kane Series and dropped in a new city and new position—agent in the FBI’s serial crimes homicide division. Hank’s new job description is simple: track down serial killers nationwide and bring them to justice. Hank’s work finds him in unfamiliar locations and puts him face to face with the most dangerous and demented people to ever walk the earth.
The Lieutenant Kane Dedicated to Death Series: This ongoing series takes place before the events of the book Malevolent and again follows Tampa’s most tenacious homicide lieutenant as he does everything in his power, including working more hours than any sane person should, to keep the city’s streets murderer free. Yet, in Kane’s Tampa, another murderer is always guaranteed, and it seems that a couple of the most recent crop have the lieutenant firmly in their cross hairs.
Reinhard now resides in sunny Tampa, Florida. When not putting pen to paper, or keys to keyboard, writing thrillers, he is an avid fisherman. So naturally, moving to the fishing capital of the world was a good fit.
The Big Bad Whaaaat???? by Eileen R. Malora
About The Big Bad Whaaaat???? by Eileen R. Malora
Everyone knows there are two sides to every story. Jax gets to tell his side of the story and set the record straight. This is a clever twist on a the classic tale, Little Red Riding Hood. Sometimes the “villain” is not the villain at all.
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Eileen is a married mother of three. She lives in the suburbs of New York City. Eileen is the proud owner of two rescue dogs, Cooper and Ottis. Eileen was inspired by the shelter that took care of Cooper while he waited for his forever home. A portion of the proceeds of the sale of the book will be donated to Hi-Tor Animal Care Center. This is Eileen’s first book.
The Enchanted: Playing with Fire
About The Enchanted: Playing with Fire
‘The Enchanted’ is a cruise liner for supernatural beings from all walks of life, and afterlife.
Avery Moore lives a simple life as a park ranger, hiding her shifter abilities from the human world. She can’t believe her luck when her best friend invites her on an all-expenses-paid vacation aboard a very unique, new cruise ship.
A trip aboard ‘The Enchanted’ is exactly what she needs to recover from the traumatic end of her last relationship, and reconnect with her wild side. Avery’s plan to have a simple fling is complicated when she develops feelings for Jack, a sexy fire Elementalist-turned-firefighter, who reawakens a part of her she thought was lost. Their budding romance is interrupted when a dark figure from Avery’s past intrudes into her present.
What starts out as a harmless adventure turns into a high-stakes game of hunter and hunted in “The Enchanted: Playing with Fire”.
*Recommended for readers age 18+ due to mature language and explicit content.
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“Courtney Michaels” is the pen name for two native Texans who write paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Courtney is an animal-loving geek with a penchant for drinking too much diet coke and going on long walks in the dark. Michael is a devoted cat-dad who can spend hours playing video games and discussing the finer points of a proper A/V system. Married since 2010, they are currently hard at work writing their next great story!
Schooled: Retirement Planning for Educators by Wade Murphy
About Schooled: Retirement Planning for Educators by Wade Murphy
SCHOOLED is written for those school employees that, for whatever reason, (and there are many sound reasons) have decided that they would prefer to work with an advisor to help them with their 403(b) plan. You want help, you want retirement, but you’re unsure of the process.
I love helping school teachers plan for their retirement! It’s fun to hear the stories of how you’ll spend your retirement years. Moving to the mountains, working on your art, tutoring or teaching on your own terms… so many great adventures await! and I get to help you plan for it! I love it!
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Wade N. Murphy, CFS spent nearly two decades working for one of the Country’s largest designer and marketer of retirement programs for educators. During that time he learned how these programs worked from the ground up. In 2007 Mr. Murphy started his own company; Envision Financial Group, Inc. with the main goal of making the retirement planning process easier to understand for today’s school employees.
Miscalculated Risks
What would you do if you met someone who defied all of your stereotypes?
Outspoken and abrasive, law student Isabel enjoys arguing with just about everyone, including her friends. It’s 2010, and her strained relationship with her mother, less-than-stellar job prospects and frustrations with the conformist political culture of Washington, DC have left her resentful and unfulfilled. Only her sisters and a few good friends are able to keep her semi-grounded. When she meets a new fellow student who dares to challenge her, she is intrigued but skeptical. While Isabel is risk-averse where her feelings are concerned, she is also becoming increasingly curious. She’s afraid to get close, because being vulnerable always lead to being hurt, doesn’t it?
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Maria Riegger is based in the Washington, DC area. She is a banking/corporate attorney by day (but please don’t hold that against her), and a fiction author by night.
Maria is a Gemini whose head has always been in the clouds. From a young age, her mother scolded her for not paying attention; when she was bored, she would make up stories in her head. She has been writing since she was about thirteen years old. A lover of languages, she speaks French, Spanish, and Catalan.
She has been caught air-guitaring in public. She loves to laugh, and is the “go-to” person if a friend needs someone to laugh at his lame jokes. In true Gemini fashion, she indulges both her logical personality as an attorney as well as her creative fiction-writing personality. She loved law school and even misses it, which led her friends to conclude that she is certifiable.
A native of the Washington, DC area, she is a political junkie who has respect for all views and who admires the political involvement of Americans. She loves nothing more than a solid political discussion where all views are represented.
An irreverent Gen X’er, she writes gritty contemporary romance, with plenty of sarcasm.
Solar Storm: Book 1
Solar Storm: Book 1 is 280 page novel for those wanting a story that relates how the average citizen—not a super-soldier—reacts and adapts in a nationwide grid-down situation in contrast to his wife, an airline pilot, and his daughter, a college student. It is the story of change, survival, and ultimately the strength of one man’s love for his family.
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Marcus earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and three years later, graduated from Delaware Law School. Since then, he has at times been employed (or not) as: a stock boy, a cashier, a department manager at a home furnishing store, an assistant manager at and arts and crafts store, an unemployed handyman, husband, cook, groundskeeper, spider killer extraordinaire, stay at home dad, and a writer.
A writer post-apocalyptic thrillers full of high-octane action and lots of military hardware, Marcus also writes some stories from the average Joe’s perspective. You can read his gritty Future History of America Series available exclusively on Amazon. He has also written and continues to write books in the Wildfire Saga, which are also available as audiobooks. His third series is titled Solar Storm and is the story of one man’s efforts to save his family after a global grid down event.
For a free sample, check out Apache Dawn, the first book in the Wildfire Saga. Apache Dawn is available at all major ebook retailers for FREE.
3X Weight Loss: How To Lose Weight 3X Faster And Keep It Off For Good Without Starving, Cravings Or Willpower by Laura Sales
About 3X Weight Loss: How To Lose Weight 3X Faster And Keep It Off For Good Without Starving, Cravings Or Willpower by Laura Sales
3X Weight Loss is a handbook that will guide, educate, and empower you with the knowledge you need to not only get the body you want, but make it so that you never have to diet again.
When you implement the strategies of this book, you will have set of powerful habits that reliably lead to optimal health long-term weight loss success without you even having to think about it.
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Laura Sales is a Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist who specializes in women’s weight loss. She utilizes a holistic approach that addresses the root cause of unwanted body fat as opposed to mainstream methods of diet and exercise. As Founder of the 3X Weight Loss Program she has helped thousands of women get healthy, lose weight and keep it off for good. She is a mother of 2 young boys and lives in Park City, Utah with her husband and kids.
Stage Fight: How to Punch Your Fears of Public Speaking in the Face! by Cody Smith
About Stage Fight: How to Punch Your Fears of Public Speaking in the Face! by Cody Smith
Does the thought of public speaking raise your blood pressure? Are the moments leading up to having to speak in front of a crowd feel like you’re approaching a mad mob ready to send you off to the guillotine? Have you ever wished public speaking could be (should be!) easier and less stressful?
Public speaking is a part of our lives whether we like it or not. It’s a common fear that can have extraordinary effects on our lives once conquered.
Whether you want to feel more comfortable speaking in front of crowds of tens or hundreds of people, apply the tactics laid out for you in Stage Fight to guide you on that journey.
First, here is what you’re NOT going to find in this book:
• How to have powerful stage presence
• How to master transitions from one point to the next
• When to pause to emphasize a point
• How to move on stage for maximum effect
• When to contrast your voice or tone
• How to develop a proper beginning, middle, and end to your talk
Do you want to know why? Because not a single one of those topics matter if you are scared to death to speak in front of a crowd. It is extremely difficult to appear professional, to control oneself externally when one is completely and utterly terrified to speak in public. We must first deal with the battle of fear that manifest itself internally.
Conquering that internal struggle is the focus of this book. To get you comfortable in your own skin while speaking to an audience whether you’re:
• Looking to be a rock star in front of the boss at your next big presentation
• Ready to knock your next pitch out of the park with a potential client
• Wanting to promote your business at the regional conference
• Presenting to a group of potential investors on a new venture
• Simply wanting to have control over yourself whenever you speak
Stage Fight. Is. Your. Answer. —Let the lessons, tips, and strategies in this book guide you to become a courageous speaker. Turn your fears on stage into courage. Use the stage as a confidence-building playground that doesn’t stop when you step off stage whether it’s an interview for a dream job, the promotion you know you’re ready for or developing your inner leader.
How will you conquer your fears?
• By getting to the know the “why” behind your fears
• Gaining knowledge in understanding the importance of taking small steps every day to have a lasting effect on your comfort level on stage
• Building a big-O swanky pile of discipline and courage to help you every step of the way
• By learning the fastest way to overcome the fears that hold you back from being the speaker who doesn’t let fear have a say.
We’ll follow a path to grow into a courageous speaker each and every week! That’s right! We won’t let a week go by without seeking self-improvement when it comes to public speaking. That’s the “secret” to your future success to overcoming your fears of public speaking quickly and efficiently.
I’m on a mission to spread a message to help others who are holding themselves back from fear of speaking. However, it hasn’t always been that way for me. I used to be terrified to speak though petrified is a more appropriate description. My old approach to speaking was sweating bullets and fighting the urge to pass out. I say that to let you know I’ve been there. Allow me to share with you the lessons I’ve learned to take you from where you are to where you want to be. For a 10 days it’s only $0.99. It’s hard to get a good cup of coffee for that price 
Inside this book is the how, but inside you is the grit, discipline, and determination to punch your fears of public speaking in the face once and for all! You get to choose whether your life will be one big stage fright or whether you will own it, making it your very own stage fight.
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Cody Smith is passionate about the power of public speaking, and even more passionate about teaching & coaching others to punch their own fears in the face. Cody’s mission is to give people actionable steps to quickly become courageous speakers.
When he’s not speaking, coaching, or writing he loves:
• Eating cheesecake
• Throwing boomerangs
• Trying to catch boomerangs
• Playing with his 1 year old (which is like playing with a smaller, smarter version of himself)
• Hosting fake job interviews with random strangers inside elevators
• Not speaking in third person about himself
Cody currently lives in Southern California and is crushing several new writing projects waiting to be published.
Queen of the Night Guild
About Queen of the Night Guild
“I am Ilanna, Journeyman of House Hawk… and vengeance will be mine.”
Ilanna has lost everything: her friends, her home, her family, her dreams of freedom.
All that remains is a burning desire to find the bastards who burned down her city and tried to kill her.
But a traitor hides among the ranks of the Night Guild, poisoning her friends and allies with lies.
Cast out and condemned to death, Ilanna has no choice but to turn to old enemies to save not only her life, but her Guild and city in the process.
Read the breathtaking, heart-stopping conclusion to the Queen of Thieves series!
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I am, first and foremost, a storyteller and an artist–words are my palette. Fantasy is my genre of choice, and I love to explore the darker side of human nature through the filter of fantasy heroes, villains, and everything in between. I’m also a freelance writer, a book lover, and a guy who just loves to meet new people and spend hours talking about my fascination for the worlds I encounter in the pages of fantasy novels.
Fantasy provides us with an escape, a way to forget about our mundane problems and step into worlds where anything is possible. It transcends age, gender, religion,race, or lifestyle–it is our way of believing what cannot be, delving into the unknowable, and discovering hidden truths about ourselves and our world in a brand new way. Fiction at its very best!
Jordie in Charge by E. A. Shanniak
About Jordie in Charge by E. A. Shanniak
Seventeen-year-old Jordie has it all—a great family, a big future ahead, and she’s a freaking princess. But none of that matters in comparison to the man she loves above all else: the dashing guardsman, Lane.
Then he dumps her. Shamed, insulted, rejected, and pregnant, she must fend for herself or else she and her baby will both die.
It takes years for her to make a home for her and her son, and just when she thinks she has it all together, her father comes back into her life with an ultimatum.
She must marry one of her father’s husband candidates or face execution.
Naked in a room filled with eight strangers, Jordie stands, helpless under their gazes. Or is she?
Time is running out for Jordie.
Will she find herself at the mercy of another man or will she find herself in charge?
**This book has adult scenes.
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In the land of JRR Tolkien, Ericka would be a hobbit; hairy, small and lover of feasts. Barely reaching over five feet tall, the stay at home mother of two writes at her small, unimpressive desk daily to deliver a tale delved from her past.
Her small, sausage fingers scribble unintelligible words that are thankfully fixed by her word processor. She hoards her children’s toys in bins. She ravenously eats meals her kids overlook, and she lovingly washes the garments worn by her hard-working, supportive husband.
Ericka works diligently on her novels to give compelling pieces of literature that would have otherwise filled a dwarf’s vast diamond mine, instead of bookshelves at the local stores. Being only 27 years of age, this hobbit still has a lot of adventure to fulfill before she settles down to second breakfast.
Ericka hopes you enjoy her books. She hopes adventure finds you, grabs hold, and drags you out of your front yard, you little Bilbo!
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