Queen Of Diamonds, Mafia Madame Book 2 by Alexa Spagnoli

2004 – Chicago gangster Nick Nicoletti was dying of heart failure. Who could he trust to help him keep control of his criminal enterprises before it was too late? Who had the cold-blooded killer instinct and cunning required to do what his businesses required and would accept the mantle he had to bestow when his time came? No man in Chicago could fill his shoes, as far as he was concerned. But he knew a woman who could.

It had been twenty years since Cyn Hardy had breezed into Las Vegas from small-town Michigan, a wide-eyed eighteen-year-old innocent looking for excitement in her life. During that time she married the son of mobster Joe Spagnoli, became the owner of the largest call-girl service in Sin City, and survived the murders of her husband, then her father-in-law, and finally her twenty-year-old son. As she was immersed in grief, her father-in-law’s closest friend, Nick, sent for her. Cyn had something no one in Chicago had – Nick’s complete trust. And she owed Nick big time.

So Cyn Spagnoli was back in the Mafia again, learning Nick’s gambling and loan-sharking businesses and his specialty – assassination, tapped to become his successor.

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Author Bio:
Alexa Spagnoli was born in a small town in Michigan and grew up in a private beach community on the shoes of Lake Erie. At the age of 18 she went to Las Vegas and decided to stay, moving in with a Chicago mob associate, and began a whirlwind of a life. Her skills allowed her to become, a bookie, a model, an Outcall service owner and finally, owner of an Event Planning company.
Through the decades, Vegas morphed from sophisticated adult amusements, to family-friendly in the Eighties and early Nineties, to “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” in the 2000s, Alexa morphed along with it, finding opportunities to flourish. As Vegas became the biggest tourist attraction in the US, the money and opportunities got bigger. As the Mafia was run out of town by the Nevada Gaming Commission, she transitioned to Event Planning, utilizing her contacts to become a legitimate success in convention-rife Las Vegas.

In her debut novel Mafia Madame, she chronicles a truly unique Las Vegas story. Her real-life experiences color her gripping prose, lending authenticity and richness to her storytelling. Alexa refers to Mafia Madame as her almost-memoir, because she lived nearly everything in the novel. In her spare time Alexa enjoys reading, hiking, cooking and fine wine.

About Featured Book: The Big Ordeal by Cynthia Hayes

Coping with cancer is hard. It is an emotional ordeal as well as a physical one, with known and somewhat predictable psychological responses. And yet, patients often feel isolated and alone when dealing with the stress, anxiety, depression, and existential crises so typical with a cancer diagnosis.The Big Ordeal, written in collaboration with a psychologist and two oncologists, tackles the emotional side of the experience head-on, to help newly diagnosed patients and their loved ones anticipate, understand, and deal with the psychological turmoil ahead. Based on interviews with scores of patients and experts across a variety of fields, combining patient stories with medical insights and advice from those who have been there, and structured around the typical phases of the process, this book is an accessible resource for anyone who receive a cancer diagnosis.

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Take a Chance & Other Stories of Starting Over by T. L. Cooper

When past and present converge, the characters in these short stories must reexamine the future they planned. Myriad characters and situations populate these stories pushing the characters to decide whether to risk changing their lives as they face loss, love, and revelations. In these short stories of beginnings and endings, of recognizing moments of before and after, of choosing to stay or leave, of facing a future divergent from expectations, lives a thread of hope in life’s ability to transform.

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T. L. Cooper is an author and poet whose work aims to empower and inspire through an exploration of the human condition. Her poems, short stories, articles, and essays have appeared online, in books, and in magazines. Her published books include two collections of short stories, her Silhouette Poetry books, and a novel. She grew up on a farm in Tollesboro, Kentucky. When not writing, she enjoys yoga, golf, hiking, creating new plant-based recipes, and traveling. She currently lives in Albany, Oregon.

About Second Chance Love Affair

Now isn’t the time for a beautiful single mom to steal my heart.
Especially not one that I’ve loved before.
I’m not that boy anymore, though. Life has been less than kind.
My father abandoning us and leaving me to be the man of the house at a young age started the chip growing on my shoulder.
He moved on to another life and I helped my family mend as best I could.
Fate has a way of shining down on those that work hard for their dreams.
I carved out my own path and earned the right to buy a portion of the firm I helped build.
It’s time to claim my success and focus on myself.
But then she shows up and my world turns around in circles. Just having her in the room leaves me wanting a softness in my life that feels foreign.
The problem is, we’re both afraid of something deep, but life has a way of bringing you to your knees. Sometimes love is the only thing that can bring you back alive.
I messed up the first chance with my girl. I’m not letting the second one go by without a fight.

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Ali Parker is a full-time contemporary and new adult romance writer with more than a hundred and twenty books behind her. She loves coffee, watching a great movie, and hanging out with her hubs. By hanging out, she means making out. The man is hot. Hello.
She’s a creative at heart and loves coming up with more ideas than any one person should be allowed to access. She lives in Tennessee with her hubs, teenage son, two grown daughters, and two love-of-her-life grandbabies! Telling a good story that revives hope, reminds us of love, and gives a vacation from life is all she’s up to.

About Featured Book: All is Not LOST by Shannon Kenny Carbonell

All Is Not LOST is the story of what happened when one woman set aside a lifelong dream in favor of her kids, only to find herself battling her own ego and unfulfilled ambition. Shannon Kenny Carbonell — wife of actor Nestor Carbonell of LOST, Bates Motel, and The Morning Show fame — knew she was making the better choice for her, no matter how painful, when she decided on full-time motherhood over career. Little did Shannon know she would soon find herself desperate to feed the part of her that was suddenly starved of creativity and accomplishment.

When she found out her family would be relocating to Oahu, Hawaii, while Nestor shot LOST, Shannon helped uproot their lives with as much true love and support as she could muster, thinking, ”I’ll just have to be lost in the midst of LOST.” But not long after the move, a torturous family fight revealed the burden of her loss was also weighing upon those closest to her. Just like the LOST survivors, she had crashed on an island that would test her, heal her, and surround her with the people who would eventually show her the way home.

With a no-holds-barred honesty that is raw, sometimes heartbreaking, and often hysterical, former working actress Shannon Kenny Carbonell tells her tale of attempting to reconcile her growing feelings of failure and sudden loss of her identity. This is her journey.

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Unspoken by Ari Reavis

The Unspoken One has been banished for many years, his very existence erased. Ameera must find his true name and summon him if she has any hope of saving her kingdom from war, and herself from marriage to a ruthless king.

The Kingdom of Nur has been suffering for years under Ameera’s father’s rule. She’s bid her time, carefully keeping her secret hidden and waiting to become queen so she can repair what her father has broken. Then an unwanted marriage to the brutal king of Nur’s enemy threatens everything she’s worked towards.

With her wedding drawing near and the future of her kingdom in peril, she finds the forbidden name. She knows The Unspoken One is her last chance to save Nur, but she risks much in summoning him. His magic is not understood, the crime he was banished for is unknown, and speaking his name carries an unbearable punishment. For Nur, for herself, she must risk it all. Or lose everything she holds dear.

She speaks the name too many have paid a painful price for uttering. Nothing, not the kingdom, their lives, or her heart, will ever be the same.

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Ari Reavis is a wife and mother of seven. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, she enjoys staying in, devouring books and watching movies. Her kids are running around, her husband is trying to show her martial arts moves, and she’s trying to write. Her day in a nutshell.

She has published nine romances, eight contemporary and one fantasy. Her books, while filled with love, also deal with issues that affect many, from trauma and abuse, to mental illness and discrimination. With each book, she writes from the heart, because she feels that’s the way to capture the hearts of readers.

About Th Pesident Did WHAT? by Nancy Ragno

A fun and informative Presidential trivia quiz and book of facts. All the Presidents – from Washington to Biden. Plus a complete listing of Presidents and their vice-presidents. Go behind the scenes at the White House to uncover intriguing (sometimes startling) facts about the U.S. Presidents – facts few others know.

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Nancy Ragno is an author of adult and children’s nonfiction books and co-author of The World of Language, a basal language arts textbook series for grades K-8. She has taught grades 5-6, high school English, and adult education and was a senior editor and project editor at major pubishihg houses.

About Jake and the Dynamo

Jake Blatowski can’t wait for high school—basketball, calculus, and a cafeteria that isn’t under investigation by the health department.

But he’ll have to wait: A computer malfunction has assigned him to the fifth grade!

It’s bad enough that he bangs his knees on the desks or that Miss Percy is going over long division . . . again . . . but Jake has to sit next to Dana Volt, a perpetually surly troublemaker determined to make his life a living hell.

Worse yet, Dana secretly belongs to a coalition of girls who protect humanity from the horde of deadly monsters plaguing the city—monsters that have chosen Jake as their next target!

Jake’s no hero; he just wants to make it to varsity tryouts. But now the impulsive and moody Dana is the only one who can save Jake from certain death—and Jake is the only one who can save Dana from herself.

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Author Bio:
D. G. D. Davidson is an archaeologist, librarian, and magical girl enthusiast. Davidson makes his home in various places throughout the Midwest, where he pops up unexpectedly at strange times and in strange places. He blogs on occasion, mostly about magical girls, at deusexmagicalgirl.com.

About Featured Book: The Flight to Excellence by Captain William “T” Thompson

During the month of August, get this title for only $0.99!! The Flight to Excellence makes a great gift for entrepreneurs and anyone running or starting a business.

Attaining the Unattainable Is Within Our Reach.
Captain William ”T.” Thompson’s accomplishments are many: US Air Force pilot, Delta Airlines captain, lawyer, award-winning businessman, and professional speaker.

But Thompson did not start out in life with any special advantages. In fact, being born and raised in segregated South Carolina meant that the difficulties he faced growing up were many. But realizing his aspiration to become a pilot and becoming the first African American from the state to be accepted into the prestigious United States Air Force Academy was just the beginning of a pattern of successes in a life that extended far beyond its origins.

Thompson uses his life’s challenges and his personal story to prove that we can all accomplish much more than we previously considered possible-and that we should strive for things that we have even considered unattainable. It doesn’t take special gifts or talents either, the author insists. He credits his P4 System (Principles, People, Flight Plan, and Performance) as the foundation that enabled him to literally pilot his way to success and ultimately become a multimillionaire in the process.

With an attractive and distinctive aviation motif, The Flight to Excellence inspires and instructs executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone with a strong desire to reach extraordinary heights on how we can each build a ”Culture of Excellence” in our own professional and personal lives by applying his methodical process and concepts and our own discipline and hard work.

The proof is in the captain’s own successes.

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About interior design how to create a home you will love

Have you always wanted to create a picturesque/’Instagramable’ home that you have seen, or that you have pictured in your mind? That is sophisticated, comfortable, has character, personality, and knowing your family, friends, and neighbors will enjoy?

And are you looking for a guide that will help you achieve a beautifully decorated home that is Instagram worthy and will want to share your photos with the whole world to see? And without spending a fortune or making mistakes in the process?

If you’ve answered YES,

Let This Book Help You Bring Out, The Inner Interior Designer in you. To Take Your Home From, Being Average and Boring To Having The Much-Desired Style, And Elegance!

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Debbie Donewald has been in the Interior Design business for over 30 years. She worked and managed a showroom at the Merchandise Mart Design Center in Chicago, Illinois. There she assisted top designers and architects around the country with selections of high-end wholesale custom furniture.

As a licensed Interior Designer, she had an Interior Design business and now she is devoting all her time to the merchandise marketing company she started, featuring unique world-crafted home décor accessories, BRANDLOUIE.

About Radar Love

When part-time construction worker and full-time hustler Chris Turner meets the girl of his dreams in a Dairy Queen drive-through, he induces her to climb out of the window and run away with him. She is Janique, and she’s everything he’s ever wanted.

So begins a love affair that defies reason. Submission, piercings, and mock kidnappings are just foreplay for what’s to come. The two hard-living antiheroes are so in love, they’d rather rob stores and banks than spend their days apart.

It’s all fun and games until they end up in connected prisons. It’s up to Chris to get them out again, using only brains, brutality, and a book by Tom Robbins…

An epic love story, first in the Ultimate Hustle series. It definitely contains explicit language and situations.

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In the metal underground, he was known as the drummer Jason Gortician. In the goofy world of nerd rap, he was High-C, an influential figure and star of the documentary "Nerdcore for Life". He's also an established inventor and designer of future technology, as evidenced by the 1998 academic paper "Toward Ultimate Reality".

Now he turns his experiences into underground novels full of lurid sex, drugs, and murder. And somehow, comedy.

About Once is Not Enough:stories on love, passion, desire, family and loss

The stories in the collection are all about love, unrequited love, madness, delusion, loss, loneliness, dilemma, and of course, family. Characters brush aside the niceties of life and unravel the feminine ambition and fragilities of the mind and relationships.
The protagonist—Rakhee in the story – Once is Not Enough somewhere nudges the understanding about love—that it’s complicated and isn’t always about being in love. She is caught in a dilemma and has to take a decision. Will she make a choice? Is she ready to make this life-changing decision?
In The Singer–young Bhavna, blinded by her ambition, agreed to marry wealthy Ajit because she knew that her music career would burgeon with him as her partner. And it did, but she was not happy. And as she grows older, she longs for someone to give her attention; to love her. She misses being a woman. After all—we are what we are because of the choices that we make!
In the story The Birthday Cake, a little boy shares his heart-wrenching experience during the present-day global crises. While Lonely Footsteps is about love, family secrets, honour killing and tragedy, My Father is about the complex issue of caste, politics, mental illness, love and acceptance of the breakdown of the gentle mental fabric—the ghost prints left by grief and loss.
At every step, love and fire-like passions test the characters – do they win over the temptation or succumb?

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Geeta Lal Sahai (Geeta Sahai) is a writer-award-winning filmmaker and a mental health campaigner. She writes fiction and non-fiction. After working as a journalist for several years, she is a full-time writer-filmmaker now. Her fiction is inspired by real-life stories. Her meticulous research enriches her work with evocative themes and unforgettable characters.HarperCollins, Mithra Publishing and Niyogi Books have published her work. Her short stories have won awards in several online international competitions. Her non-fiction book—Beyond Music-Maestros in Conversation (Niyogi Books), published in 2015 was very well received by Hindustani Classical Music connoisseurs.
Her film—I Remember… won many national and international awards (streaming on Disney-Hotstar.) She is actively involved in mental health advocacy. She is a recipient of the REX-Karmaveer- Bronze and Silver Karmaveer-Chakra Award (instituted by iCONGO – International-Confederation-of-NGO – in partnership with the UN) 2014 and 2019, respectively.
True events inspire her fiction. She is presently working on her novel.
She loves gardening, listening to classical music, and watching films. She lives in Delhi-NCR, India.

About Dr. Connor: Billionaires’ Circle Book 1

Billionaire doctors like him have women dripping off them. James Connor is no different.

I can’t even imagine falling for those eyes….that body…his seductive charm.

I was powerless to resist. One night isn’t going to make me fall for him. It’s just sex…right? It’s not like I’m ever going to see him again.

I’m an aspiring artist. Paying my dues isn’t easy.

James Connor was a mistake. Sleeping with him was a mistake.

I’m not saying it wasn’t good…it was great…almost like he knew what to say and what to do. It’s just that he has become this obsession.

I can’t stop thinking about him.

Commitment is a four-letter word. It’s not like either of us are looking for more.

Why do I want him so much? That heavy sexual tension follows us around.

I will do anything to feel that way again no matter the cost. Is my life too much of a sacrifice?

Can I truly find happieness with him when my world is falling apart?

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Amazon Best Selling Author, Lily London loves to entertain her readers with her unique writing style. She loves to write Romantic Suspense/Mystery, Military Romance, Action & Adventure, hot and steamy exciting stories with a lot of twists and turns, and a guaranteed HEA that leaves you satisfied.

About Bad Bad Boy

DON’T MISS! When Liam begins a scholarship at Richstone Academy, he goes with an agenda. But that agenda didn’t prepare for Phoebe Ridley, the principal’s daughter.

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Angel Devlin loves writing about bad boys and billionaires. She lives in Sheffield, U.K., with her partner, son, and a gorgeous Whippet.

About Truth’s Daughter: Legacy of Divorce, A Memoir

On her sixtieth birthday, Barbara hopes a genetic search engine might lead to finding her fathers’ other children. Perhaps they could shed light on her fathers’ identity. She was determined to make truth the legacy of their lives. In the absence of facts, she discovers the importance of forgiveness and understanding as a vehicle for healing.

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Barbara Santarelli, R.N, B.S, H.C.A has been an employed nurse for more than four decades and an elementary school nurse for the past twenty five years. She’s authored articles about sexuality education for “tweens” and parents and credits her long and varied nursing background for her sense of humor and persistent optimism. Twice married( currently to husband Nick, Santarelli is a mother, grandmother ,avid reader and recreational cyclist who considers Stella, a miniature daschund and Celeste, her road bike to be members of her extended family.

About The Life and Times of Frank Balistrieri: The Last, Most Powerful Godfather of Milwaukee by Wayne Clingman and Zack Long

Who was Frank Peter Balistrieri, the last and most power Godfather of the Milwaukee Mafia? Based on hundreds of FBI documents obtained by a Freedom of Information request (as well as substantiating research), Wayne Clingman and Zack Long lay out a timeline of Frank ‘The Mad Bomber’ Balistrieri’s rise through the ranks of the Italian-American criminal underground and through his time controlling Milwaukee. From car bombs to the fabled Las Vegas casino skim, Balistrieri’s little known story is sure to prove a captivating one.

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Wayne Clingman is a long time fan of history, both the kind they teach in school and the history “they” want kept hidden. Wayne lives in a 115 year old home in Racine, Wisconsin, with his wife, Barb, four Alaskan Malamutes, and a Cat that controls his life. Wayne is the producer of Milwaukee Mafia – Frank Balistrieri.

About ABANDONED: Arrivals and Awakenings – A Lively Deadmarsh Novel Book 1 by Katie Berry

40 years ago, 98 People VANISHED in 15 SECONDS of DARKNESS, never to be seen again — Until NOW…

On December 31st, 1981, high atop a snowy mountain peak in the rugged interior of British Columbia, Canada, ninety-eight beautiful people eat, drink, laugh and dance inside the opulent grand ballroom of the Sinclair Resort Hotel.

The clock strikes twelve, a cheer goes up and the music swells; balloons drop and streamers swirl.

Then blackness…

Fifteen seconds later, the power returns and every living soul inside the ballroom has vanished, never to be seen again.

Now, forty years later, Preternatural Investigator Lively Deadmarsh and his psychic twin sister, Minerva, have been brought in to solve this decades-old mystery once and for all.

Should they fail, they may become part of it, forever.

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Katie Berry is a Bronze Medal Award-Winning Canadian Author of Thrillers, receiving rave reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Readers’ Favorite and Audiobookreview.com

Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Katie moved west to British Columbia during a family migration that occurred during the later-half of the 20th century.

A longtime writer and voracious reader, Katie enjoys a variety of creative and recreational activities when she’s not absorbed in the written word.

With many years of keyboard experience, Katie is an avid digital musician, involved in many musical theatre and stage productions in the beautiful West Kootenay region of BC over the past several years.

An eye for detail helps Katie capture many magical moments with her camera as she interprets the natural beauty of the world that surrounds her through its lens.

Always looking for something new to advance her artistic experimentation, Katie is an accomplished sketch artist. She specialises in detailed drawings of friends, family and clients, including fur-babies, such as cats, dogs and the odd ferret.

After a lifetime of experience in numerous fields of endeavour, Katie now spends her days, and most nights, doing what she loves, bringing stories alive for people who enjoy a tale where the everyday suddenly becomes something much, much more…