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1. A Lick of Immortality (Left Hand Adventures – book 2) - 2013-04-01 22:51:33-04
   I started out writing pagan and shamanic short stories some years ago. In the last few years life events and some pretty deep meditation experiences that have changed how I view my "self". I started trying to find information that would give me some reference for the experience of oneness and loss of self I'd had. Having had some heretics among my ancestors might have something to do with the fact I don't have much time for mainstream religion or dogma. I prefer an experiential approach to my own learning. So while I read, watched and listened to all I could out there on non-dual consciousness if I couldn't use it to augment or strengthen my own experience or insights it got chucked. My first novel "A Heart of Stone" was an attempt to challenge some of those dogmas as well as distilling my own experience. I had fun putting it into the framework of a light hearted mixed genre erotic paranormal scifi romance. My second book "A simple nuts and bolts guide to yogic meditation and relaxation" started out as a guide that I could give to my massage clients. At the time I thought of it my partner and I were stranded on holiday due to a major mechanical breakdown. This gave me the time to write down the bare bones of the booklet which I then fleshed out when we finally got safely home. I wrote it for those people who'd never had much to do with meditation or yoga or indeed paths to relaxation. I targeted it to appeal to down-to-earth people such as mechanics, gardeners, office workers, retirees and those who were jaded with jargon ridden alternatives. My interest include mythology, history at the edge and the esoteric. I also have a large garden mostly landscaped out of edible plants with a small scale effort at cold climate rainforest restoration thrown in for good measure.
   
2. The Last of the Fighting Farrells - 2013-04-02 03:21:45-04
   "My checkered past may have something to do with what I enjoy writing about," Mr. Van Holt says. Growing up in the South and Southwest and serving in the military, Mr. Van Holt has brought to life many characters that he calls 'his children.' For as long as he can remember, he has been either reading or writing books. His first love is the Old West. Back when cowboys were real men. They knew their guns and their horses and they didn't put up with any crap. Back when women were either prim, proper and married or working in a saloon, but always seemed well acquainted with hard work and the privations of frontier or farm life. He calls his westerns The Hellbound Westerns, because the good guys always send the bad guys straight to hell. Titles include Rubeck's Raiders, Curly Bill and Ringo, The Hellbound Express, Wild Desert Rose and The Bushwhackers, among others. In the 1980s, Van spent a lot of time reading and studying the books of Dashiel Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane and Ross MacDonald, trying to learn how to write murder mysteries. It was about then that the illegal immigrant situation inspired him to write a series about a private detective named Jake Card, who seems to have a mind of his own, "but feels the same way I do about those who want to turn America into something un-American." Van has written two hardboiled detective murder/mystery series: The Destino Detectives and The Jake Card Mysteries. The Destino Detective Series begins in the roaring 1920s with GAT and The Dying Twenties (a kindle exclusive), along with others like Mata Hari's Daughter, Revenge of the Shrews and Weeping Widows, among others.
   
3. The Chosen by Joyce and Alexandra Swann - 2013-04-02 05:09:09-04
   Joyce and Alexandra Swann have authored or co-authored seven novels. Their first novel, The Fourth Kingdom, was a top 4 finalist in the 2011 Christianity Today fiction of the year awards. The Chosen is their newest novel.
   
4. An Unquiet American by AFN Clarke - 2013-04-03 02:08:42-04
   AFN Clarke is the bestselling author of the nonfiction book CONTACT, which was serialized in a British national newspaper and made into an award winning film by BBCTV. He also writes fiction of various genres. He’s lived all over the world, served in the British army, had a near death experience, lost half his insides and recovered from the physical and emotional traumas of war. A proud father of four daughters, screenwriter, pilot, race car driver, he loves to sail, listen to opera, cook gourmet meals, drink wine, read good books, have heated discussions and travel off the beaten path. His books are rich with his own past and present experiences, giving them a greater immediacy, depth and realism, even in his flights of fantasy. Writing mainly fiction these days, he favors politically charged thrillers, suspense and intrigue, humorous satire and books about the challenges of human relationships, all of which reveal his curiosity about why the world is the way it is, and his strong belief in the overwhelming power of love, laughter and of the human spirit. Books include: Contact, Collisions, An Unquiet American, Dry Tortugas, The Book of Baker Series (Dreams from the Death Age; Armageddon; Genesis Revisited), and the Thomas Gunn suspense series coming soon.
   
5. “S’wanee: A Paranoid Thriller” - 2013-04-03 03:22:01-04
   Don Winston grew up in Nashville and now lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a writer, actor and producer. "S'wanee" is based on a real place and inspired by true events. This is his first novel.
   
6. A Pony For The Fair by Inge Moore - 2013-04-03 03:48:50-04
   Inge has been writing since she was in grade school. Her short stories have been published in numerous literary and other magazines and have been broadcast on radio. She received First Prize in the 1986 Annual Writers' Digest Short Fiction Competition, out of thousands of entrants. Inge received her undergraduate and graduate training in creative writing at the University of Alberta, working with such writers as Governor General's Award Winner, Rudy Wiebe. On a more personal note, Inge has lived in Austria, England, and in several areas of Canada including the Northwest Territories. Currently she resides in Fort Erie, Ontario. She enjoys nature, horses, art, reading, and, of course, writing. Inge has a Bachelor degree in Zoology. She loves all animals (even snakes and toads), but especially horses. Although she admires all horse breeds, her favorite breed is the Gypsy Vanner.
   
7. Pink Balloons and Other Deadly Things by Nancy Tesler - 2013-04-03 04:34:58-04
   Born and raised in Massachusetts, Nancy received a BFA from the renowned theater department at Carnegie Mellon University. A career that included off-Broadway, summer stock, TV, films, and a road company tour of some military bases in France, sadly failed to put her name in lights, but did turn out to be excellent training for the writing career that was to come. After taking a hiatus to raise three children, she began writing for the stage, television and the financial community. Still another career as a biofeedback practitioner helped pay the bills when suddenly single again, and inspired by an overwhelming urge to knock someone off, she created the "Other Deadly Things" mystery series, originally published by Dell, which deals with the murderously wacky world of divorce where biofeedback stress-reduction is the order of the day. “Don’t miss this stand-out-from-the-crowd cliffhanger with its slightly frazzled, commitment-phobic, in-your-face heroine, who’ll tickle your funnybone as she steals your heart,” advises NY Times bestseller JANET EVANOVICH, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY called amateur sleuth, Carrie Carlin, "a clever, slightly neurotic heroine whose personal life is in disarray, the kind of heroine Susan Isaacs might put in a mystery." And from THE CHARLOTTE AUSTIN REVIEW, “This is amateur sleuthing at its charming, endearing, laughable and surprising best.”