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1. The Cut-Out

   About The Cut-Out:

   LOGLINE: When the American called me up and said he wanted to talk, I never imagined he would tell me what he did: that someone of global renown, “within days from now”, would be assassinated. Why tell me? A low-key conspiracy journalist? I didn’t know. And quite frankly, I didn’t believe him, either—until the assassination happened…

   SYNOPSIS: Britain in the nineties was obsessed with the X-Files. The high street was awash with X-Files type magazines, and as senior editor of the biggest selling one on the market, I was accustomed to receiving phone calls from anonymous sources promising inside information. So when the American called me up and said he wanted to talk, I took it in my stride. Why wouldn’t I? He was a former Special Forces Green Beret, he said. A CIA runner. He also said that the information he had was best not divulged over the telephone. So we arranged to meet. Nothing unusual in that.

   What was unusual, though, was what the American told me, not at our first meeting, but at a subsequent one some months later. On this occasion he said he’d been made aware of an imminent prime-target assassination, that “one of the most prominent figures on the world stage” was about to be taken out, “within days from now”, though he claimed he was unable to reveal who the target was.

   “Watch the news networks. You’ll know who it is soon enough.” He added: “The media will tell you it was an accident. You’ll know it wasn’t.”

   I came away not knowing if I’d been fed a line or let in on the world’s most terrible secret. And I had no way of finding out, either, other than to wait, and watch the news.

   I didn’t have to wait long. Because a week later the “accident” the American had alluded to was all over the news: the assassination he’d forewarned me about had happened.

   Of course, at this stage I had no idea I was being set up. Only that I’d been told something I wished I’d never been told. And that, because I had, I now faced the most terrifying challenge of my life—to get to the truth before the intelligence agencies got to me…

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   Set mainly in London and Paris, The Cut-Out is an autobiographical spy novel of immense personal ordeal and chilling consequence. It is based on a true story.

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   Author Bio:
   ME: I’m a published author and optioned screenwriter with a background in music and journalism (although it should be said my foray into the world of commas and colons was solely the result of my failure in the world of quavers and crotchets!).

   THE EDITOR: For a good chunk of the 1990s and early 2000s I was editor of the popular high street magazines, UFO Reality and Odyssey, an enterprise which led to the publication of my first ‘proper’ book, Cosmic Top Secret: The Unseen Agenda (Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 0-340-70822-0).

   THE AUTHOR: Some of you, though, might know me best for my two top-selling books on the death of Princess Diana (Princess Diana: The Hidden Evidence and Princess Diana: The Evidence), both of which were published by SPI Books New York and penned with my co-author, John Beveridge.

   THE CUT-OUT: My latest book, The Cut-Out, is an autobiographical spy thriller based on the conspiracy surrounding Diana’s death and the unwitting role I was earmarked to play in that conspiracy. A film based on The Cut-Out is currently in development.

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2. Unfinished Business An Angela Panther Novel by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

   About Unfinished Business An Angela Panther Novel by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson:

   Sometimes the dead need our help and sometimes, we need theirs.

   ANGELA PANTHER HAS A PERFECT LIFE: A lovely home, an attentive, successful husband, two reasonably behaved children, a devoted dog and a lot of coffee and cupcakes. But while her life might border on mundane, she’s got it under control. Until her mother, Fran dies-and returns as a ghost. It seems Fran’s got some unfinished business and she’s determined to get it done.

   Now Fran’s got some nifty celestial superpowers and isn’t opposed to using them to levy a little ghostly retribution on her granddaughter’s frienemies and even her own daughter, which doesn’t make Angela happy.

   While Angela’s shocked and grateful to have her mother back, she’s not thrilled about the portal to the afterlife Fran opened upon her return. Now every ghost in town is knockin’ on Angela’s psychic door, looking for help-and it’s a royal pain in the butt.

   Now Angela’s got to find a way to balance her family life with her new gift and keep her mother in line. And it’s a lot for one woman to handle.

   Carolyn Ridder Aspenson tackles, with comic cleverness, the serious subjects of mother-daughter relationships, death and raising teenagers in this smart, funny take on the love of family and the uncontrollable paths our lives take.
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   Unfinished Business, An Angela Panther Novel is the first in this paranormal chick lit series by author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson. Look inside the book to discover the relationship between Angela and Fran and sneak a peek into the life of an ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift.

   A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

   Who wouldn’t want just one more chance to tell their loved ones how they feel? How much they love them? This book is my declaration of love to the woman who was patient and loving enough to raise me. I know if she could, my ma would come back in death and annoy and love me just as fiercely as she did in life.

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   Author Bio:
   Carolyn Ridder Aspenson is the best selling author of Unfinished Business An Angela Panther Novel, Santa’s Gift A Cumming Christmas Novella, and The Quick Weight Loss Program.

   An avid fitness buff, Carolyn writes a monthly health and fitness column for Northside Woman Magazine. She also writes several regular weekly news articles for various Atlanta area media outlets including the Forsyth Herald, the Milton Herald, The Revue and News, The Johns Creek Herald, Countyline Magazine and many Internet publications.

   A native of Indiana, Carolyn called the northwest Chicago suburbs home for over eighteen years but because she hates the way snow sounds when she walks on it, has spent the last sixteen living in the Atlanta suburbs with her husband, son, two dogs and a cat. Her two daughters live close by.

   One day she plans to retire to a peaceful home with a fantastic view of something other than her neighbor’s house with a plethora of rescue animals by her side. Oh, and her husband too.

   Keep in touch with Carolyn

   www.carolynridderaspenson.com www.facebook.com/unfinishedbusiness

   Twitter: @awritingwoman

   Contact Carolyn at carolynridderaspenson@gmail.com

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3. That Man in Siena by Ann Streetman

   About That Man in Siena by Ann Streetman:

   When Laura Langston, a nurse from Oklahoma City, went to Siena, Italy, to celebrate her 60th birthday, she was not looking for a man. But, there he was – 62-year-old Raffaele Balducci, a talented potter, jazz guitarist, father, and grandfather. His face was pleasantly wrinkled from many years under the Tuscan sun. He had lively brown eyes and dark wavy hair sprinkled with gray. Their attraction was swift and strong. Laura and Raffaele were old enough to know how love works and brave enough to search for their own way forward.

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   Author Bio:
   Ann M. Streetman may have inherited her interest in storytelling from her father who could spin a good tale. Then came her degree in journalism and a lifelong career in many kinds of communication.

   She served more than 14 years in various management positions (including president and chief paid staff) of Texas Safety Association, which was a not-for-profit statewide educational organization.

   Before and after association management, she enjoyed freelance manuscript book editing (21 books).

   Along the way, she also served for 9 years as media contractor for Region 6 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (5 states and the Indian Nations via the Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Highway Safety Program). Her duties there included writing many news releases, news conference notifications, public service announcements, and educational materials for Region 6 entities and their partners.

   Now she enjoys writing ebooks for adults and children..

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4. Sam & Me by Fleury Sommers

   About Sam & Me by Fleury Sommers:

   Called “heart-warming,” “delightful,” and “wonderful” by readers, “Sam & Me” is the third in the “Granny, Magic and Me” series. In this story, which can be read as a stand-alone, Eric begins to resent the fact that everyone in his family has magic…except him. And, although he knows he shouldn’t be jealous, he is, especially when he’s helpless to change the consequences of real evil. What Eric doesn’t know is that he’s slowly growing into his magic and when he discovers it, he will also discover what’s most important. For readers 8-12 although younger and older readers will enjoy it, depending upon reading ability.

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   Author Bio:
   I’ve been a professional writer my entire adult life, first as a promotional copy writer at a New York publishing house, then as an award-winning editorial writer and columnist for Cox Newspapers and later I worked in public relations. Although I’ve written countless articles, speeches, press releases, etc., etc., this is my first series of children’s books.

   My Mother, to whom the series is dedicated, has played a magical role in the lives of all her grandchildren. My hope is that if you buy the book for a child or grandchild, you’ll read it to him or her, if possible, and discuss how important family and friends are to the protagonist.

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5. Dinosaurs and Prime Numbers by Tom Moran

   About Dinosaurs and Prime Numbers by Tom Moran:

   There is a cow in Budleigh Salterton that is independent of the space-time continuum. Walton Cumberfield, however, is not aware of this. At least, not yet…

   All he knows is that his dog is missing, his girlfriend has left him, and the local residential home has banned him from putting on any more of his celebrity-based toy theatre productions. It’s the end of his world as he knows it – and something has to be done!

   Join Walton Cumberfield, amateur gas and electricity meter-reader, semi-professional scientist, poet, entrepreneur, inventor, raconteur and private detective as he embarks on a hilarious quest that will lead him to the discovery of a lifetime.

   Find out more on Walton’s blog: www.waltoncumberfield.com

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   Author Bio:
   Tom Moran is a writer, comedian, actor and husband. He is 0.0012 miles in height, and weighs approximately 0.083 metric tons.

   Tom lives in Devon with his wife and Ford Fiesta. He has a first class degree in scriptwriting and performance, has worked as a stand-up comedian, written several plays and recently created the ‘Walton Cumberfield’ series of novels.

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6. eHuman Dawn by Nicole Sallak Anderson

   About eHuman Dawn by Nicole Sallak Anderson:

   The Great Shift is coming…. are you ready to Jump?
   Fast forward to the the year 2242; A world in which death, disease, war and famine have been conquered, and where everything, including humans, are devices on Neuro, a complex network operating system that is controlled via human thought. Adam Winter has lived for nearly two hundred years in an eHuman body–a man of metal, fiber optics and plastic, on a world where no one dies and no one is born. Paradise on earth, until Adam discovers that the World Government is cutting power to entire cities, and his own city is on the list!

   Trapped in a body that must recharge on the network, Adam is swept up into the underworld of an eHuman anti World Government resistance, led by Dawn, the very first eHuman created. While the Resistance wages war against those in power, Dawn reveals to Adam a shocking secret about their past that not only bonds them together, but is also the Resistance’s ticket to gaining control over Neuro and taking down the World Government once and for all.

   Caught between the past and the future, Adam must rise up, claim his inheritance, and face his destiny– before eHumanity is powered down, forever.

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   Author Bio:
   Nicole Sallak Anderson is a Computer Science graduate from Purdue University. After graduation, she developed encryption and network security software, which inspired both the storyline and the science behind eHuman Dawn. She currently lives with her husband and two teenaged sons on two acres in the Santa Cruz mountains of Northern California, where she indulges in a variety of homesteading hobbies, from beekeeping and raising chickens and goats, to gardening, canning, spinning, and knitting.

   Follow her musings on singularity, internet privacy, data manipulation and human consciousness at www.ehumandawn.blogspot.com, Twitter @NSallakAnderson and Facebook.

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7. When Good Friends Go Bad by Ellie Campbell

   About When Good Friends Go Bad by Ellie Campbell:

   Can You Ever Learn to Forgive and Forget?
   All through school, tomboy Jen, snobby Georgina, hippy Meg and gentle Rowan, were inseparable. Until, that is, the unfortunate consequences of a childish prank tore them apart. As adults an attempted reunion went disastrously wrong. Rowan failed to appear. Meg behaved outrageously and – sharpest cut of all – Jen discovered just how deeply Georgina had betrayed her.
   So now, a mother herself, in the midst of divorce, the last thing Jen needs is a call from Meg. Or is it? Will Meg’s strange mission to track down the missing Rowan re-open old wounds or is it a chance to heal the rift – or to recover Jen’s never-forgotten, first true love? As their quest unearths secrets and feelings best left buried, Jen, Meg and Georgina will be tested on love, loyalty, and friendship, discover the truth about Rowan – and wake a danger that threatens them all.

   Author Bio:
   Ellie Campbell is a pseudonym for sisters, Pam Burks and Lorraine Campbell. Transplanted from Scotland to England as teens, they took up writing between full-time work, world travelling and child-raising. Each of them had over 70 short stories published in major UK and international magazines before they decided to collaborate in writing novels, despite the fact that they live on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

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