About Hushed, Tales of Ryca, Book 1 by Shereen Vedam

In one day, TAMARA goes from being the king’s favorite, his first born and much-loved daughter, to having her father brutally murdered. Now she’s on a quest across realms to find her lost nephew. But in the stillness lurks a danger that could not only destroy her remaining family, but perhaps her entire world.
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Once upon a time, USA Today bestselling author Shereen Vedam read fantasy and romance novels to entertain herself. Now she writes heartwarming tales braided with threads of magic and love and mystery elements woven in for good measure.
Sheren’s a fan of resourceful women, intriguing men, and happily-ever-after endings. If her stories whisk you away to a different realm for a few hours, then Shereen will have achieved one of her life goals.

About The Light: A Modern Day Journey for Peace

A modern woman has an extraordinary dream that seems like a near-death experience. This gives rise to a quest for truth. Dissatisfied with answers at home, she takes her search abroad and enters a labyrinth of fortunetellers, religious scholars, Sufi guides and spiritual archaeologists. Propelled by what she discovers, her journey continues to the foundation of religious unity.

Religion’s Common Denominator Is The Light

God does not have a religion.

God does not speak a language.

God does not have a culture.

It is we who require these things.

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Judith Lambert’s joy in her spiritual journeys culminated in writing, The Light: A Modern-Day Journey for Peace, which won five book awards in 2017 and 2018. For the last 37 years Judith has lived in Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Thailand where she was host to a world of exotic travel and hidden places. Extensive experiences and research abroad enabled her to study various cultures and religions first hand. Her subject matter is accessible to everyone, and she deftly weaves psychology, spirituality, religion, dream interpretation and experiential encounters into her books.

About Forsaken Blood

DARK. THRILLING. ROMANTIC.
A twisted secret too dark to believe…

Layla Sinclair hates her life. Her parents don’t love her, her boyfriend is disloyal, and her neighborhood is built on fake happiness. Even her birth was a lie… but she doesn’t know that yet.

Two strangers have come into her life. They both swear they will protect her, but she doesn’t know if she can trust them. Marco will show her the deepest depths of depravity to free her soul, but Jeramiah… he is something else altogether.

Layla has too make a choice. Something is very wrong in the world. If she makes a mistake, it might cost her very soul.

FORSAKEN BLOOD is the much anticipated paranormal romance of 2018. Buy now and enter a world of vampires, romance, and dark secrets.

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Lisa De Palo lives in Adelaide, Australia with her zoo of puppies, birds, rat-a-tooies, hairy husband and angelic daughter. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romances because she loves them! When Lisa isn’t writing she enjoys making clothes and playing with her furry friends.

About Daydreams and Night Desires by Melissa Keir, R.M. Duffy, Mia Bishop, Kate Richards, Lisa Kumar, D. Linn Scott

Daydreams and Night Desires…drift into six tales of magic, mayhem, and love.

My Secret Mate by Melissa Keir
Fall for a Shifter Who Has Waited a Lifetime for his Mate….
As Sean shares his secret with Macy, can she learn to love a man who is something more, or will she give up on her own magical happy ending?

Wishing For It All by R.M. Duffy
What would you do if you were granted three wishes? After discovering a magical lamp and the beautiful genie Keara, Drew Preston thought he knew exactly what he wanted to make his life complete: the dream job, the dream woman, and the whole happily-ever-after life. But what if he made the wrong wishes? What if instead of the wishes, all he wanted was the genie?

Night Whispers by Mia Bishop
Rissa had life all figured out until the accident, but her world is turned upside down when she finds herself being hunted by a dragon in a magical land. With Griffe, her rescuer and guide by her side she finally feels safe and complete, but can she continue to trust him when she realizes he’s hiding something from her?

An Evening in Crossroads by Kate Richards
Shifters have never been this vampire’s cup of blood, but Mane Wolf shifter Roberto may change that in a club called Crossroads.

To Capture a Dragon by Lisa Kumar
When Lord Eacion, leader of the dragon fae, visits Anni Brownston’s village, he takes over her life for a day—and one glorious night. But when the next morning dawns, will Eacion’s rash actions and her own fears about her lame leg kill any future between them and consign her to a fate they will both abhor?

Chasing Unicorns by D. Lin Scott
As a female fairy, Fiona craves a mate but knows there is none left after the Great War wiped out all fae. Human Bryce Hollinsworth will do anything to save his grandfather, even if it means trusting another species. Can Fiona and Bryce overcome mutual distrust and fear to fall in love?

~~This set features strong language and sexual situations between males/females, males/males, vampires, fae, and shifters guaranteed to steam up your e-reader and make you believe in a happily ever after~~

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The authors of Daydreams and Night Desires have numerous awards racked up between them. A few are even USA Today Bestselling authors. But during the day when they’re not writing, they’re busy with laundry and all sorts of boring chores. Talk about the glamorous life!

About The Soul Thief

Alexa has a very big problem. She’s dead.

Worse, instead of meeting her maker, she’s pulled into the world of the Guardian Angel Legion—a secret band of angels dedicated to protect mortal souls from demons.

But Alexa’s life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she’s sent back to the mortal world to investigate a series of murders and missing souls and is attacked by a demon. But are demons responsible for the killings? Or is it something else?

To make matters even worse, an ancient, evil shadow grows over the world, and with it a force more terrible and destructive than the world has ever seen. Can Alexa find a way to stop it or will it doom the mortal world forever?

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Kim Richardson is the award-winning author of the bestselling SOUL GUARDIANS series. She lives in the eastern part of Canada with her husband, two dogs and a very old cat. She is the author of the SOUL GUARDIANS series, the MYSTICS series, and the DIVIDED REALMS series. Kim’s books are available in print editions, and translations are available in over 7 languages.

About The Seer

Viktor has one order to follow:
Kill the girl before her eyes are opened.

For thousands of years, his job has been to torment and kill seers: humans that have the gift of seeing the spiritual realm. So it was no surprise when his brother Matthias was once again sent to stop him and protect the girl.

Now the last of the seers’ bloodline hangs in the balance, as the estranged demon and angel brothers are forced to work together to save a girl’s life and escape to the sanctuary city of Bethesda.

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Erin R. Howard is a Developmental Editor, Fantasy/Speculative Author and has earned a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing/English from Southern New Hampshire University.

When she’s not writing, Erin enjoys spending time with her family, being a youth leader, and teaching crochet and cake decorating classes. Erin resides in Western Kentucky with her husband, three children, and a cantankerous tabby cat named Jack-Jack.

Erin is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and the KenTen Writers Group.

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About Out of Innocence

Peril and adventure await when a 15-yr old Scottish beauty immigrates to an untamed Idaho with her brother in 1914 in search of a better life. Instead she encounters death, evil men and Mother Nature; all lining up to stop her from finding true love and realizing her dreams. Like a mashup of “Brooklyn” and “A River Runs Through It”— our female protagonist breaks down gender stereotypes and demonstrates that women can be heroes too.

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Adelaide McLeod is an established real estate guru from Boise, Idaho. She has had a passion for writing since childhood and often dreamed of one day being a published author. With a growing family, she had to forego pursuing those dreams and instead dove head first into her real estate business, which soon grew to be one of the largest in Idaho. It wasn’t until she was a great grandmother in her 90’s that her family members, after discovering her novel ‘Out of Innocence’, insisted that she make the book available to the world via digital distribution.

About Hearten Christmas by Sarah Stein

Stacey Jones struggles to face life without her parents and feels her only lifeline is her brother. Each year the holidays become harder to withstand as she separates herself from those around her. She chooses to attend college where she meets Dorian Nichols and Colene Shaw. Life begins to take a positive turn as they bond. Loves spurs and everything is endurable until Colene walks in on them. Colene teaches Stacey there’s more to life than pain until she struggles with her own loss and doesn’t know how to cope. Her father’s passing and witnessing Dorian and Stacey together is too much to bear. Instead of facing her fears and confronting them, she withdraws. Can she forgive and admit they’re meant to be? Dorian wants nothing more than to unite them. There’s a history between him and Colene, if only he can get her to see Stacey is part of their future. As Christmas draws near, sparks fly and passions rise. Is three a crowd or is love worth a chance? ** A Siren Erotic Romance Novella

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Sarah Stein has always been an avid reader. Her love for books at an early age is why she started creating her own stories. Today, she’s a multi-published Author with works in various genres.

She’s from southern Louisiana but resides in South Texas with her husband of many years, two children, a German Shepherd, and Dachshund. When she isn’t spending quality time with them, she’s singing, reading, writing, or researching for her latest work in progress.

About The Heart of Gold

Heart of Gold is a gripping romance thriller that explores not only the dangerous territory of love and marriage, but also the changing culture of modern Indian city life. Mukesh and Nithya are caught between time-honored traditions and the new, fast-paced global lifestyle.
Mukesh, a successful business man on a steady rise in the corporate world, is hesitant when his mother urges him to find a wife. But when she introduces him to the bride she’s chosen for him, Mukesh is surprised by his luck: Nithya is beautiful, smart, cultured, and from a good family. It seems like a perfect match, and he finds himself falling in love.
But before he can settle into his new married life, Nithya tells him the horrible truth: her parents blackmailed her into the marriage. Instead of love and companionship, it’s longing and agony for Mukesh while Nithya feels only anger and resentment towards him and her parents.
To make matters worse, Giridhar, a flame from Nithya’s past, unexpectedly makes his way back into her life. At first, Nithya is wary of her ex, but as she grows more and more distant from her husband and her parents, she finds herself letting him in. Giridhar convinces her to go away with him on vacation, where events take a dangerous turn. When she awakens, locked inside a lodge alone in the dead of night, to a strange noise at the door, she realizes that perhaps she shouldn’t have trusted him so blindly.
Meanwhile, Mukesh struggles to come to terms with his failed marriage and his wife’s abandonment. With no one else to turn to, Nithya calls him in her desperation, but will he be willing to help her despite his anger and wounded pride? Can they put the past behind them to disentangle her from the peril she put herself in?
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Hemalatha Gnanasekar works as a secretary in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. She lives in Chennai with her husband, daughter and son. Reading is and has always been her passion and has slowly fueled her desire and zest for writing.

Even as she Juggles and maintains the balance between home and work life, she still manages to write a few pages every day. Her books generally describe the contemporary life-style of people and the complications they get entangled with.

She likes to write about women and the variegated challenges they face. Her published books include: Women Home Excelled Men, Enlivening Stories of Married Men and Women, Awe Inspiring Stories, The Guilt is Alive, No Turning Back, The Priceless Gift and The Heart of Gold. Email : hemalatha1965@yahoo.co.in

About Aragami: A Tale of the Previous Universe by Scott Kinkade

Before Narska, before Divine Protector Academy, there was Earth.

Martin McDonnell is an ordinary guy with an ordinary job. One tragic event keeps him from enjoying life.

Serika is a Shinigami, a god of death. She has one overpowering goal: to kill Martin McDonnell. But Martin’s time hasn’t come yet, and ending him is against the rules. Nevertheless, she’s hell-bent on carrying out this act, and she won’t let anything get in her way. Why does she want him dead so bad? Could the answer lie in her mysterious past?

Regardless of the truth, she will carry out her deadly agenda, heedless of the threat her actions pose to the entire universe. This is the beginning of the end.

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Scott Kinkade lives in Oklahoma where he struggles to put words to paper. He graduated from Oklahoma Christian University with a BA in Arts. His major was English/Writing. He enjoys reading, writing, TV, anime, videogames and comic books/manga. He has an unhealthy interest in history which is sure to get him in trouble one day.

About The Shifter’s Spell by Kathy Kulig

A shapeshifter in search of a mate. Can he claim her before it’s too late?

Tortured filled centuries passed while Rory Donovan waited for the opportunity to escape the shackles binding him to a world where demons rule. Finally, under the Samhain blue moon, he’s given one night to break the spell, but the odds are stacked against him as he must find a human within the forest boundaries and win the trust of the human’s heart.

Escaping her life was Carolyn’s plan for the weekend. She never feared nature, so camping in the deep woods under a star filled sky is a source of peace and relaxation, right up to the moment her gaze met Rory’s over a roaring fire. She’s met other campers on other explorations and invites the guarded stranger into her camp. The handsome man enchanted her interest with a mysterious tale of ancient stone circles and dangerous, supernatural energies between worlds. Magic powers or not, and despite her unease, she desperately must know more about Mr. Mysterious and the stone circle, to her detriment.

Once Rory has his beautiful prey within his domain, can he convince her to participate in a perilous ritual that will save his life and change hers forever?

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New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Kathy Kulig is known for her erotic paranormal and contemporary romances that are passionate, engaging and emotionally intense. Kathy has been praised for her “excellent storytelling with a brilliant eye for detail” by Romantic Times Magazine. She began her writing career in journalism, publishing articles in magazines and newspapers. Kathy has been featured or quoted in the Chicago Tribune, Writer’s Digest, Romantic Times Magazine, USA Today HEA, Bustle Magazine, Florida Weekly, and appeared on several radio shows.

About Magus Star Rising by Larry Ivkovich

In the far future, under the aegis of the corporate empire, the Galactic Nexia, the rim world Alpha-Seni has become a haven for refugees, off-world expatriates, and tech outlaws.
With the appearance of the mystical Magus Star, myths become reality, magic and science are indistinguishable, and hopes and desires turn dark and twisted. Terran expat Simon Weller isn’t superstitious but when ancient myth and illicit nano-tech merge to create dark magic, he begins to wonder.
Weller, along with an unlikely group of comrades, both human and alien, join together with one purpose—to stop an arisen creature of legend from killing all those who stand in its way.

Free ebook now until April 14.

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Larry Ivkovich’s speculative fiction has been published in over twenty online and print publications, including Shoreline of Infinity, Across the Karman Line, and TV Gods II.
He has been a finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future contest and was the 2010 recipient of the CZP/Rannu Fund award for fiction.
The third book in Larry’s Spirit Winds Quartet urban fantasy series, Orcus Unchained, was released in 2017, following the novels, The Sixth Precept and Warriors of the Light from IFWG Publishing. Self-published SF novel, Magus Star Rising, was released in 2018.
Larry is a member of the SF organization PARSEC, writing/critique group WorD, Pittsburgh Mindful Writers Groups East and North, statewide writers’ organization Pennwriters, and the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the U.S.A.
He lives in Coraopolis, PA with his beautiful, talented wife Martha and wonder cats Trixie and Milo.

About A Wolfe Among Dragons

The sons of William de Wolfe (The Wolfe) are immortal, so they say. Men who are known as ShadowWolfe… DarkWolfe… Nighthawk… are as legendary as their father. The eldest four sons – Scott, Troy, Patrick, and James have always run in a pack. They are all to each other, in both brotherhood and in strength. But in 1282 A.D., James de Wolfe, the endearing and gentle brother, is killed in Wales as the Welsh rebel against Henry III.

… or was he?

Tales of a Welsh warrior known as Blaidd Cryf, or Blayth the Strong, are making way to English ears along the Welsh Marches. It’s 1286 A.D., and a Welsh warrior who can somehow read the minds of the English armies is rising to power among the last princes of Wales. With Blayth leading the Welsh armies, the English are being handed defeat after defeat. No one knows who Blayth is, or where he’s come from, but the English warlords are coming to realize that they will lose Wales once and for all if Blayth and his brilliant tactics aren’t stopped.

No one seems to realize that Blayth (the phoenetic pronunciation for Blaidd, meaning wolf in Welsh) may be the most deadly warrior Wales – and England – has ever seen.

Bhrodi de Shera, the hereditary King of Anglesey and husband to Penelope de Wolfe de Shera, youngest daughter of William de Wolfe, has no real grasp of who Blayth the Strong really is. An icon for his people, Bhrodi has been instrumental in helping the Welsh and English peacefully co-exist, and he very much wants all of Wales to know peace with England, but with Blayth leading a resurgence of rebellion along the border, Bhrodi seeks to meet with Blyth to discover who this man is and what he truly wants – a fractured Wales? Or is he determined to unit Wales under his rule?

When Blayth finally appears at Bhrodi’s stronghold of Rhydillian Castle, his identity is shrouded in mystery. It is said that the English, if they discover him, will execute him without question, so Blayth is well protected by his contingent of teulu. But when Penelope catches of a glimpse of the man who has single-handedly caused a resurgence of Welsh rebellion, she can hardly believe her eyes.

Lazarus has indeed arisen – and her brother, James, is back from the dead.

Discover the epic adventure of A Wolfe among Dragons, a tale of mystery, of hope, and most of all, of romance and redemption. When a dead son returns, it can be the greatest of joys and the deepest of tragedies. A Wolfe Among Dragons is truly a story for the ages.

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KATHRYN LE VEQUE is a USA TODAY Bestselling author, an Amazon All-Star author, and a #1 bestselling, award-winning, multi-published author in Medieval Historical Romance and Historical Fiction. She has been featured in the NEW YORK TIMES and on USA TODAY’s HEA blog. In March 2015, Kathryn was the featured cover story for the March issue of InD’Tale Magazine, the premier Indie author magazine. She is also quintuple nominee (a record!) for the prestigious RONE awards for 2016.

Kathryn’s Medieval Romance novels have been called ‘detailed’, ‘highly romantic’, and ‘character-rich’. She crafts great adventures of love, battles, passion, and romance in the High Middle Ages. More than that, she writes for both women AND men – an unusual crossover for a romance author – and Kathryn has many male readers who enjoy her stories because of the male perspective, the action, and the adventure.

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About The Bullying Epidemic Hitting Our Youth by Rhonda Taylor

The Bullying Epidemic Can Be Defeated!!

Bullying is a widespread epidemic which has impacted countless lives and has resulted in kids who suffer needlessly in silence. Discover the reasons behind a bully’s behavior and how positive life experiences can make all the difference in producing kids who feel empowered, respected, loved, all of which creates positive feelings within themselves and towards others. Our youth’s academic, extracurricular activities, personal lives, as well as aspirations can all be crushed as a result of becoming the target of a bully.

A Bully is Weaker Than the Bullied

In reality the bully is weak and vulnerable, whereas the victim is actually stronger. Many times the bully is hurting deep inside and crying out for help in non-constructive ways and may have negative internal emotions which motivate them in their actions such as:
•Anger
•Sadness
•Loneliness
•Hostility
•Depression
•Anxiety
•Fear

Negative life events can also be a contributing factor for a bully’s behavior such as:

•Dysfunctional Home Life
•Mental Health Issues
•Self-Esteem Issues

Although the victims of bullying are much stronger than the bully, bullying can completely alter a person’s life in very dramatic and profound ways. When bullying becomes extreme and there seems to be no end in sight, many kids have taken their own life in order to escape the suffering. This is so unfortunate and deeply depressing concerning the youth in our society, as what could have been a beautiful and flourishing life is cut short by the senseless act of bullying.

The Bully’s Motivation Stems from Weaknesses

By realizing that a bully’s motivation stems from weaknesses, our youth can be better able to arm themselves should they ever be confronted with this type of situation. Our youth should not suffer alone, any longer, as there are many resources that they can turn to for help. By getting inside the mind of a bully and what motivates them in their behavior, a person is better equipped to deal with the problem and discover that it has nothing to do with them (the victim) personally, but rather is underlying issues within the bully.

Both “The Bully” and “The Victim” Suffer

The receiver of the bullying suffers tremendously as the result of the bully’s suffering. Ironically, both suffer from the same emotions although they stem from different sources. A victim can experience depression, anxiety, loneliness, fear, and other negative emotions. On the flipside, the bully suffers the same emotions which may stem from negative life factors that they experience and how they feel about themselves and the world around them. Everyone has a life story, some positive and some negative, and it is how those life experiences can affect a person in either a healthy or an unhealthy way.

By being able to view bullying from a whole different perspective, we are better able to understand what motivates a person to lash out at other’s in such negative ways, and we can begin to take proactive measures to eliminate it which benefits both the bully and the victim.

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Rhonda is an up and coming self-publisher whose passion is to inspire, educate and entertain through her love of writing. She believes that with a goal and a dream, all can succeed in whatever they wish to accomplish. Rhonda is a native of Texas, happily married with two wonderful children, as well as owner to a beautiful Australian Shepherd named Dundee and an awesome cat named Summer. It is Rhonda’s hope that through her writing, she can make a difference in people’s lives by conveying valuable information in which others can benefit and enjoy, as well as entertaining reader’s through her future fictional works

About Warped: A funny short story by Svingen and Pedersen

In this wacky and hilarious sci-fi spoof, Captain Lisa Henderson and her 3,500 passengers on the commuter spaceship Agatha X are stuck inside a wormhole. Their safe return home may depend upon a cinnamon roll.

THE MEANTIME STORIES is a funny short read series that draws inspiration from Terry Pratchett, Monty Python, and Douglas Adams, all combined with a twist of Nordic Noir (human folly, abrupt and plentiful deaths, snappy dialogue, quirky deep thoughts, and absurd outcomes). It’s glittering darkness, and clouded light.

Each story is a stand-alone, ready to be enjoyed when you have meantime-time. Love reading but barely have time? 30 minutes to kill on the commuter rail? Home with the sniffles and need some wacky, humorous entertainment? Want to enter and leave an unexplored universe during lunch? This is the ultimate coffee-break-read!

Whenever you want a break from whatever else – The Meantime Stories deliver!

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We grew up in the deep, mysterious forests of eastern Norway, our imaginations soaked in fairytales about scary trolls, dubious hobgoblins, and beautiful pixies – no doubt in our minds that the deadly Nixen dwelled in every pond, creek, river, and lake – always ready to lure us into the woods, to cook us, and eat us. The horror …

This, combined with hours and hours of reading comic books, watching TV, playing computer games, and going to the movies, developed a chronic lust for storytelling. Via playing in bands, revues, theater, improv, and TV-shows, we have arrived here: writing the Meantime Stories. The wonder …
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We have also collaborated on the acclaimed and humorous children’s book “Freddy Fumple and the Mindmonsters”. Besides that, we like food, and to be happy and content.

See you in the Meantime!
Svingen & Pedersen