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1. CRIES IN THE NIGHT, A DENVER AFTER DARK SUSPENSE
   "Kathy Clark's first 23 romance/women's fiction novels (published by Harlequin, Dell and several others) have sold more than 3.2 million copies globally in at least 11 different languages and are currently available as ebooks. Her books have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Recommended lists and have received numerous industry awards including Romantic Times Readers' Choice Awards and local and national awards. After several years of writing screenplays and teaching advanced level college classes on Media Writing, she returned to novels with new skills, insight and storytelling capabilities. Kathy Clark still writes adult books but now they suspense with sparks of romance. Denver After Dark is a suspense series about three brothers: a cop, a fireman and a paramedic. Book #1 ""After Midnight"" is about the cop and was released in November, 2012. Book #2 ""Cries in the Night"" is about the fireman and will be released in late fall, 2013. ""After Midnight"" won The Best Indie Book of 2013 award and is a finalist in the Reader's Favorite awards in 2013. Under the pen name of Bob Kat, Kathy also writes with husband, Bob Wernly. Bob Kat started in late 2012 with the publication of ""OMG"" (Oh My God). This was the first in their new young adult CUL8R Time Travel Mystery series. It was recognized as The Best Indie Book for 2013 for Young Adults and was a finalist in the Beverly Hills Book Awards in 2013. Book #2 in the series, ""BRB"" (Be Right Back) was published in April and Book #3, ""BION"" [Believe It OR Not] was published in July, 2013. ""BRB"" is a Finalist in the Reader's Favorite Awards with winners to be announced in September. Also in late 2012, Bob Kat published a New Adult Romance that takes place in 1969 - 70. ""Life's What Happens"" is unique in that it is one of the few New Adult novels to not be set in present day but is contemporary is very respect. The story centers on the tumultuous times of 1969 and 1970 at Kent State University and how the students dealt with the issues and changes of the times. There is also a New Adult series being launched in early fall called SCANDALS. Look for book #1 ""Baby Daddy"" to break open this exciting new genre. "
2. Haunting Miss Trentwood by Belinda Kroll
   Belinda Kroll combines her nerd-love of Victorian history with her passion for storytelling in her young adult Victorian fiction. She dabbles in contemporary fiction via her short stories. Go to http://worderella.com for more about Belinda Kroll and her work, including the young adult Victorian fictions Catching the Rose and Haunting Miss Trentwood, her contemporary short story Mad Maxine, and other forthcoming publications. If you enjoy her work, please support the author by leaving a review where ever her books are sold.
3. Tristan Wolf by Mariana Llanos
   I am Mariana Llanos and I write poetry and short stories since I was very young. Although Tristan Wolf is my first published book it's been named a FINALIST of the 2013 Readers' Favorite Awards in the 4th to 6th Grade Category. I have many other stories that will soon be out as well, including the second book for Tristan Wolf. I live in Oklahoma, with my husband and three children. I studied Drama and currently work at a preschool where I likes to motive children through arts and music. I also enjoy plastic arts and drawing. I started doing paper mache when I was around 18 years old. It's a medium that I love to use to create unique pieces for my home. I am fond of anything that has to do with arts and since young I've tried several ways of self-expression, but definitely writing is the most innate to me. When I was a child I always wanted to be a painter (artist) and paint blue skies, flowers and animals. I also wanted to be a movie director and tell compelling stories that would change the world. I believe in kindness and compassion. If you are genuinely generous, then generosity will find you back. I believe that the world is one, and no matter where you are from, children have the same dreams all around. I hope my books are successful and show my children that Mama's hard work and determination paid back. I hope my books put a smile in people's hearts and, who knows, smile by smile, make this Earth a better place to live. I also blog at http://marianallanosauthor.blogspot.com
4. Doubt by Anne-Rae Vasquez, book 1 of the Among Us Trilogy
   Anne-Rae Vasquez is releasing Doubt, Book 1 of the Among Us Trilogy on November 13, 2013. Among Us is a book series about a group of online gamers who band together to investigate who or what is behind the catastrophic events happening around the world. Her novel Almost a Turkish Soap Opera was adapted into a screenplay and later produced into an award winning feature film and web series and was her directorial debut. Her other works include: Gathering Dust - a collection of poems, Salha's Secrets to Middle Eastern Cooking Cookbook published by AR Publishing Inc. and Teach Yourself Great Web Design in a Week, published by Sams.net (a division of Macmillan Publishing). A note from the author...What's behind the story of your book "Doubt"? I wrote the first chapter after I woke up from a dream with a vivid image of the beginning of the end of the world. It was so clear in my mind that it frightened me. The only thing that gave me hope was that in the same dream, there was a group of young people who risked their lives banding together to try and save the world. Perhaps my dream was inspired by what I've seen in the news where young people around the world are fighting back against their governments' oppressive policies. This wave of 'Truth Seekers' is evident with the recent "Arab Spring" and other youth led revolutionary protests and peaceful activism against governments who resort to terror and bloodshed to suppress their voices. The book is also a tribute to two real truth seekers, Aaron Swartz and Harry Fear. When I was shaping the main character Harry Doubt, I was inspired by Aaron Swartz, an internet prodigy who contributed to the open source movement. I also was inspired by Harry Fear's courageous coverage of the conflict in the Middle East. I have taken this same theme of Truth Seeking and applied it to the fictional story 'Doubt'.
5. Serving Time by Nadine Ducca
   

   I currently live in Barcelona, Catalonia, although I’m originally from sunny southern California. I work with computers and books all day, which means my ophthalmologist isn’t too happy with my eye care habits. Science fiction has been my passion ever since one of my father’s friends introduced me to Red Dwarf at the age of 12. Making up stories has been my passion for as long as I remember, so it was only a matter of time until my two favorite things met and had a love child called “Serving Time.” A hopeless lover of anything and everything containing chocolate, I live with my fiancé and three cats, and I have recurring nightmares involving very big and very white public restrooms.

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6. LUSTMORD: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher Vol. 1 (of 6)
   

   Rather than go into my background and bore you with all that dull stuff, I much prefer to mention a few authors and books I have read and enjoyed over the years. Jack Ketchum and Poe, for horror; the short stories of Charles Bukowski; Knut Hamsun's Hunger; Ferdinand Celine's Journey to the End of the Night; Eugene O'Neil's play (I'd rather read a great play, than watch it performed) Long Day's Journey Into Night; Albert Camus' The Stranger; James M. Cain's Double Indemnity & The Postman Always Rings Twice; Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar; Mark SaFranko's Hating Olivia; John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces; They Don't Dance Much by James Ross; Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett; The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley; Elie Wiesel's Night, & others by him; Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold; The Reader by Bernhard Schlink; I Lived To Tell It All by George Jones with Tom Carter; A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King; The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin; the excellent PI novels by Sean Chercover, et al.

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7. Bagel Boy by Aviva Gittle
   

   Hi, my name is Aviva Gittle and I like to tell stories. Stories about flies who wear shorts, kittens who talk to snakes and kids who do crazy things. Like turn into a bagel or try to bounce to the moon on a trampoline. I started Aviva Gittle eBooks to publish my own children's stories. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Kindle library: I discovered the joy of creating stories with others. I'm writing more stories with Mark Megson and a new children's mystery series featuring a dog named Clover with Sara Dean. Aviva Gittle eBooks are professionally illustrated by artists all over the world: Carlos Brito in Brazil, Jennifer Chappell of New York, Tekla Huszar of Hungary. Aviva Gittle eBooks is publishing many great stories including Mort the Fly, Kitten & Butterfly, Snack Attack!, The Boy Who Bounced to the Moon, and many more! Most stories will be available in both English, Spanish and "Spanish immersion" versions. We want to know your stories, too. Starting in September, 2013, you can enter writing and drawing contests at www.GoToGittle.com. Follow @AvivaGittle on Twitter to be the first to know about new stories, contests and free books. I'm looking forward to meeting you and learning your stories. Remember to Go to Gittle...and bring all your friends! Today on www.GoToGittle.com Mollie Dickson of The Heart's Kitchen talks about how to make sure your kids grow up strong and healthy...with mouth-watering recipes and sound advice.

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8. Partholon by D. Krauss
   

   D. Krauss is a former USAF officer residing in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. He has been, at various times: a cottonpicker, a sodbuster, a librarian, a surgical orderly, the guy who paints the little white line down the middle of the road, a weatherman, a door-kickin’ shove-gun-in-face lawman, a hunter of terrorists, and a school bus driver. He's been married for over 38 years, and has a wildman bass guitarist for a son.

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9. Living The Dream On A Box Wine Budget by Casey Quinn and Petrina Collins
   

   After graduating from Loyola University of Chicago, Casey Quinn spent the next twenty-seven years working in the private dental practice setting, raising her four children and indulging her love of writing. Casey currently lives in St. Charles, IL with her husband, Patrick and anywhere from one to three children, as their single lives dictate. It Casey’s sincere hope to one day be an empty-nester… Petrina Collins boasts a colorful college resume, eventually leading to a twenty-five year career in Corporate America, while raising two children and collaborating with Quinn. She currently lives in St. Charles, IL with her husband, Jim and her two children she hopes will one day move out. That last sentence is open to interpretation... Living The Dream is a collection of short, humorous essays depicting the inanities of family life.

   Living The Dream On A Box Wine Budget by Casey Quinn and Petrina Collins is a post from Awesome Gang