Pretty Broken Dolls by Jennifer Chase

As day breaks over the fairground, Detective Katie Scott forces herself to take in another disturbing scene in front of her. A woman, the same age as her, found slumped in the carriage of the Ferris wheel, red lipstick dragged across her lips, her throat cut.

Katie doesn’t want to believe that the serial killer picking off women across the state has found their way to the small town of Pine Valley, California, but when her team finds a gold engagement ring hanging nearby, it’s a terrifying, but undeniable fact.

With a twisted killer on her doorstep, Katie knows if she doesn’t act fast, she’ll find more women left out in the cold like broken dolls. Her team hit dead end after dead end, but only she can see the vital link between the victims: a connection with Katie herself.

Katie has spent years pushing traumatic memories of her years in the military far out of reach, but she must confront them now or more innocent women will die. But as the killer circles closer and closer to Katie, what if the only answer is to give him what he wants? There must be another way…

Warning – This absolutely unputdownable thriller will keep you up all night! Fans of Lisa Regan, Rachel Caine and Melinda Leigh better hold on tight for a nail-biting rollercoaster ride!

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Author Bio:
Jennifer Chase is a multi award-winning and USA Today BestSelling crime fiction author, as well as a consulting criminologist. Jennifer holds a bachelor degree in police forensics and a master’s degree in criminology & criminal justice. These academic pursuits developed out of her curiosity about the criminal mind as well as from her own experience with a violent psychopath, providing Jennifer with deep personal investment in every story she tells. In addition, she holds certifications in serial crime and criminal profiling. She is an affiliate member of the International Association of Forensic Criminologists, and member of the International Thriller Writers.

Compulsion by Jennifer Chase

When Serial Killers Terrorize a California Beach Community, One Woman Stands in Their Way Emily Stone doesn’t have a badge. But that hasn’t stopped her from tracking down some of the West’s most dangerous child-killers. Armed with a digital camera, laptop computer and her trusty Beretta, Stone uses her innate gift for detective work to identify the perps — and then anonymously e-mail the evidence to the cops.

Now, the hunt for two brazen serial killers on the loose right in her own coastal California town threatens to expose Stone’s identity — unraveling her carefully constructed cover and jeopardizing her life’s work. But when she gets too close to the action, this razor-sharp hunter becomes the hunted. Cooperating with the handsome local police detective could be the only hope for stopping the rampage directed at unsuspecting young women — and saving herself. Can they piece together the clues in time? Compulsion mixes CSI-style investigation with a ripped-from-the-headlines plot and a dose of romance for a keeps-you-guessing, fast-paced and savvy thriller, right up until the shocking finale.

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Jennifer Chase is a multi award-winning and USA Today BestSelling crime fiction author, as well as a consulting criminologist. Jennifer holds a bachelor degree in police forensics and a master’s degree in criminology & criminal justice. These academic pursuits developed out of her curiosity about the criminal mind as well as from her own experience with a violent psychopath, providing Jennifer with deep personal investment in every story she tells. In addition, she holds certifications in serial crime and criminal profiling. She is an affiliate member of the International Association of Forensic Criminologists, and member of the International Thriller Writers.

Dirty Deeds 2 by Armand Rosamilia

Everything was going smoothly until my past caught up with me.

Now I’m being taunted by a madman who knows more about me than I do.

He’s kidnapped the closest person in my life, and he is using it to get my attention.

Trust me… he has it. Now I just need to figure out where he is and when he’ll strike again.

Things were easier when I was only kidnapping children.

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Armand Rosamilia is a New Jersey boy currently living in sunny Florida, where he writes when he’s not sleeping. He’s happily married to a woman who helps his career and is supportive, which is all he ever wanted in life…

He’s written over 200 stories that are currently available, including crime thrillers, supernatural thrillers, horror, zombies, contemporary fiction, nonfiction and more. His goal is to write a good story and not worry about genre labels.

He not only runs two successful podcasts…

Arm Cast Podcast – interviewing fellow authors as well as filmmakers, musicians, etc.

The Mando Method Podcast with co-host Chuck Buda – talking about writing and publishing

But he owns the network they’re on, too! Project Entertainment Network

He also loves to talk in third person… because he’s really that cool.

About The Antique Dealer

Touching an object and traveling back to someone else’s past and feeling like you’ve stumbled into a time machine is a new experience for recent college graduate Lisa Joy Blackberry. In her entire twenty-two years of existence, Lisa Joy never dreamed that she would be living in Swallow, Tennessee running her great-great-grandfather’s antique store and using her gift to help others connect to their past through antique objects. As Lisa Joy learns to use her gift, she uncovers that she comes from a long line of family members with a secret origin. On her journey of discovery, she’ll find love and experience the joy she brings to others by connecting them to their past. Unfortunately, there are always two sides to every coin. Lisa Joy soon discovers that she is not the only one that can travel in time. A determined stranger gifted with the ability to travel to the future poses a threat to her happiness and plans on doing whatever it takes to return to his past. Will Lisa Joy be able to escape her destiny in the future to help others with the past? Just how far will someone go to get back to their past?

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Alan was born and raised in Eastern Kentucky and has been writing since he was a teenager. Trekkie, corgi lover, father, husband, amateur podcaster, mental health professional and now an author of his fifth book, Alan lives in Lexington, KY with his wife, youngest son, and four critters. His writing style is influenced by science fiction, comics, fantasy, and comedy of the 70s and 80s. More books are in the works.

About Moran Cartoons Vol.2 Coronavirus Stress Relief by John Moran

Moran Cartoons is back with it’s second series, and is again looking to
undo the stress and misery brought by Coronavirus Covid-19
throughout the world.
Let Moran Cartoons give you a lift from the stress & put a smile back
where it can with this hilarious compilation of quirky, offbeat cartoons
which celebrate the black & white genre, cleverly twists small
observations into some gloriously absurd scenarios. This collection of
beautifully funny and true to life moments has been compiled into one
exceedingly good read; one which will make you pause to think, as well
as laugh.
It’s a book you will not regret owning.

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John Moran has since an early age had the urge to draw, rendering his view of the world around him to paper.
He studied at the Weybridge School of Art which included the study of all manner of paintings and drawings from the rigidly formal to anarchic surrealism, elements of which are clearly seen in his art.
He gives a nod to the cartoonist Gahan Wilson, of whom he is a fan, which has influenced his preferred style of funny cartoons and darkly humorous jokes.
He has incorporated his formal training into his deliberately silly and zany comic book strip which has been published in various forms in numerous publications and magazines.

About Shadow’s Apprentice

Macayla, a skilled healer, is cutting corners, to keep her master’s nook afloat in his absence. But beast attacks are on the rise. And, her seven-year apprenticeship is ending. But she would do anything to stick around this remote Tamaire village that feels like home. Her friends, including the handsome, quick-witted blacksmith, offer their opinion on how to accomplish that. So, with nose to the grindstone, she hopes her blood, sweat, and tears will impress her master enough to earn a residency. Except it’s hard to impress a master who travels for a local warlord, a bossy man Macayla avoids like a bad case of raw prickly rash that won’t heal. On a late-night trip home, she rescues a small pup from sure death in a local Hollow. However, at Kerna Keep, one council master of the Guild suspects Macacyl’s cute furry survivor isn’t what he seems. That simple midnight deliverance might get her killed or save her precious kingdom and friends.

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Marta Robyne is the pen name for M. Flick, an author of Fantasy and Science Fiction. With BS and MS degrees in engineering, she worked for many years in IT. As a result, she’s moved to and lived in several states around the US. Currently, she resides in Wisconsin with her husband and black lab mix. She started out creating digital designs online after leaving the corporate world but soon discovered that writing fiction was something she enjoyed immensely. Looking back, that discovery isn’t too surprising. As a child, M. Flick spent many summers reading books during rainy weekends. As an adult, reading provided her with a way to relax and forget the day’s demands. For her, the joy of reading a gripping story has not faded. She still can’t put down a good book to go to bed at a decent hour. But now she’s creating her own stories. To join MR’s mailing list for news and giveaways, please visit her website.

About (U)topian

What would you do if you woke up in a utopia? Would you accept it? Would it accept you?

Card Smith, a privileged everyman from 2019, unexpectedly finds himself in a strange time: 2122. War and crime are gone. Jobs are optional, everything is free, you can spend your time on whatever you want to do. Society is flourishing. Card is immediately excited, but also annoyed for reasons he can’t fully explain. His head hurts. He falls into old habits. He gets into trouble.

As he meets new people and awkwardly settles into his new life in utopia, he must figure out the mystery as to why he’s not adjusting well when everyone else is so happy. Is there something sinister lying beneath the surface? Or is the only problem inside his own head? Card must overcome his limitations and weaknesses in order to evolve to meet the future he unexpectedly arrives in.

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Bio:

An unfiltered, non-encompassing look at me. To be updated and/or changed wholecloth whenever.

– I really liked using Wordperfect and will never really acclimatize to Word entirely. Google Docs is good. I wanted to get a fancy writing keyboard but turns out the low-travel Surface Laptop 2 keyboard is fine for pounding out 100k words. I first wrote stories about me and my friends having cool magic powers and doing rad things, and then I moved onto Pokemon Fan Fiction because clearly I was the coolest kid in my class.
– A snake fell onto my shoulder when I was cottaging. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. The odds of a snake going into a tree, then falling, and right onto my shoulder on an island. Since then (and also possibly before?) I dislike small animals that can move fast. I mean, they could come right at you before you even notice! My girlfriend made fun of me when I moved cautiously around a garter snake. Also, ever since reading 1984, mice and rats are the worst.

– I loved reading Haruki Murakami when I was in my teens and early twenties. I still read Norwegian Wood once every couple years, probably my favourite book ever. I get the criticism that’s been leveled against his writing of female characters in recent years, but it’s something hard to rationalize compared to my own dissatisfaction and melancholy that his writing drew out in me.
– I feel like every story should end with the fate of the universe at stake. Just a hot take to leave you with.
– My dream as a kid was to be a writer. Well, first, it was to be a lawyer in Grade 1. Then writer for the most of the rest of my childhood. Then lawyer again when I believed money was a cool thing. Then back to writer when I tried taking law classes in university. Kind of disparate, looking back at it. Lawyer? Ugh.

– All of this was possible because of my loving family. Also the blog’s namesake dog.

About Book Outlining Basics

How to plan a great book and make writing it easier and faster than you ever thought possible. With a solid outline, you can do on your first draft what it takes other writers three or more drafts to do.

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Tenesha L. Curtis is a best selling author, screenwriter, and educator. She is a native of Kentucky who currently resides in Georgia with her husband and dogs. She manages Writerwerx University and Volo Press Books.

About Dirge of the Dead

As Xlina struggles to come to terms with killing her best friend, the wily necromancer Oxivius hatches a plan to set things right. The duo will march straight into the gates of Hell and reclaim what the Arch Demon Ertigan has taken from them. But stealing Amber’s soul from Hell is not without perils.

Xlina finds herself facing the judgement of the Counsel of Magic as the forces of Heaven and Hell align to stop her from performing the resurrection. With new allies and old friends vying to reclaim the stolen soul Xlina is thrust into a whirlwind of deceit and betrayal.

Is it all just another clever scheme by Oxivius to further his own secret agenda? Who are the mysterious druids sent to preserve the natural order? With the world at her back, Xlina must overcome her isolation and deepest fears if she has any hope of freeing Amber from an eternity of torment at the hands of Ertigan.

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Reed Logan Westgate was born in Sanford, Maine and attended college in Dover, New Hampshire where he studied Accounting and Finance. He currently works for a non-profit social service agency in the finance department. He married his dream girl whom he met in grade school. They have a loving family with two beautiful daughters. In his spare time, he enjoys tabletop gaming, roleplaying games, and fishing.

About Professional Student

When Elena Brooks finds her dream job as a Professional Student shortly after graduating from her Masters program, she believes her future is set. However, the Department of Learning has some secrets of its own. After discovering that there is more to the program than taking advanced classes, Elena has to decide if she’s going to continue to live in denial or confront her past. She has to put her safety on the line and risk everything she knows to work on an undercover project that is tied to the Professional Student program, for the chance to make a difference in the world. With the help of her new friend, Elena understands what it takes to become a true leader, while learning to listen to her heart.

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Meagan Voulo graduated from Stony Brook University with a Master's degree in Psychology and enjoys writing in her spare time. Her blog posts and articles have been published in her local newspapers and digital marketing blogs. When she’s not writing or working, she enjoys spending time with her dog and her family.

About Muck World

A global superstorm called the Ever Rain has destroyed human civilization, forcing survivors to flee to higher ground. But it isn’t just the elements that threaten their existence.

A new menace has risen from the wreckage: The Citadel. Made up of the rich and powerful, they have many resources, including an army who track down survivors to use for slave labor.

Sixteen-year-old Jessie’s parents are among those taken and she wants nothing more than to find them and destroy the evil Citadel. She ventures to a city on a lake with a militia that might be big enough to stop the enemy forces.

Even if she survives the arduous journey through storm-torn lands, how will she convince the town to help their cause? It isn’t easy to battle against the powerful Citadel Forces and win.
But there are other secrets lurking beneath the surface of Jessie’s world. Buried secrets about her family that will change her life forever and the lives of those she loves most.

Discover the secrets that throw Jessie’s world upside down and read Muck World for an epic adventure of a lifetime.

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C.G. Lewis is a Cherokee Citizen who was born in Tulsa, OK. He now lives in a small suburb of Portland, OR with his wife and dog. A multi-genre writer, C.G. tends to author stories that are full of twists and have plenty of action. C.G.'s hobbies include hiking, camping, cooking, photography, and playing board games but mostly he enjoys reading a well-written novel that takes him a million miles away.

About 3 Word ABCs; Amusing Animal Antics

A kid’s alphabet book. Your imagination is the only limit to learning the alphabet with these animal antics. The letters are creatively matched with colorful eye catching illustrations of animals in the midst of shenanigans. Layers of learning: focus on letters, then words and silly concepts create fun. In last pages use the compilation scene to find and identify all 26 animals.

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Created by Alex Azmy; Illustrated and Co-authored by Lois Azmy. Yes, it's a son and mom act. Alex took a children's writing class in high school and created this book. Mom has been trying to get an illustrator for years, and finally learned how to illustrate and completed the book. Alex had the main design of the animals, which we tried hard not to lose.

About Lightward by David Cleofas Avila

Startus Maximus, armed with the magical spear of Reivl, is the chosen defender of Gladen. The latest winged threat has retreated far over the horizon of the rising light. Our hero, Startus, must jouney lightward in order to compleat his quest.

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David Cleofas Avila is a writer, musician, artist, former mental health worker, journeyman drywall finisher, and Paul Harris Fellow.

About Summary & Analysis of This is Your Mind on Plants

In This is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan investigates the cultural history of three plant-based drugs and explains the effects they produce on the brain.

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