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1. How to Learn Higher Paying Skills

   About How to Learn Higher Paying Skills:

   Are you happy with your employment? Do you want to be paid better for the work you do? Are you reluctant to spend a lot of time and money going back to school?

   Many businesses don’t care what or how many degrees someone has, they simply want to know how you will make or save them money.

   This book will help you develop a personal learning strategy for mastering new, higher paying skills. This is not “get rich quick” garbage: it takes work and dedication. If you want better work and income without spending a lot of time and money going back to school, you have several options.

   You need to discover how you learn best, what your own personal learning preferences are. You need to know what resources are “out there” for teaching yourself these higher paying skills. You need to know what some of the in-demand skills are and how to get them. This book will help you do all of that.

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   Author Bio:
   Steve Churchill is a learning strategist and instructional designer who’s successfully created training programs for thousands of employees in large retail corporations, the telecommunications industry, and for a well-known organizational consulting firm. He’s launched his own instructional media company, Didactable, LLC. He’s committed to helping people get better work and income through learning higher paying skills. He earned Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees, but his career and business depend primarily on self-taught skills.

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2. AMERICA ONE

   About AMERICA ONE:

   From the age of seven Ryan Richmond dreamed about going to Space. Now Ryan Richmond has $3 billion to play with, he is in his forties; and still wants to go to space. His only enemy; the US Government who doesn’t have its own space program-and wants his new spaceship; AMERICA ONE.
   He sold his first company at 19 and employed the remnants of the Russian Space Program; a couple of the best Russian space brains in the world. Ryan founded, and sold two more companies in his twenties, and then hired most of the European Space Authority.
   In his thirties he invested over $100 million into Internet Start-ups and Google, netting Billions. Then he waited until NASA’s Shuttle Program came to a sad end and employed the best brains in the U.S. Space Program.
   Now he is in his forties, still wants to go to space- the only problem is that The U.S. government doesn’t have a current spaceship of their own- and wants his!

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   Author Bio:
   T I Wade was born in Bromley, Kent, England in 1954. His father, a banker was promoted with his International Bank to Africa and the young family moved to Africa in 1956. The author grew up in Southern Rhodesia.
   Once he had completed his mandatory military commitments, at 21 he left Africa to mature in Europe. He enjoyed Europe and lived in three countries; England, Germany and Portugal for 15 years before returning to Africa; Cape Town in 1989. Here the author owned and ran a restaurant, a coffee manufacturing and retail business, flew a Cessna 210 around desolate southern Africa and finally got married in 1992. Due to the upheavals of the political turmoil in South Africa, the Wade family of three moved to the United States in 1996. Park City, Utah was where his writing career began.
   To date T I Wade has written fourteen novels. The Author, his wife and two teenage children currently live 20 miles south of Raleigh, North Carolina.

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3. Delayed Penalty by Bianca Sommerland

   About Delayed Penalty by Bianca Sommerland:

   All choices have consequences, only sometimes they’re . . . delayed.

   Cortland Nash fled Dartmouth to avoid being arrested for murder, but his best friend, Ford Delgado, is in danger. Cort returns, prepared to keep his head down, and do whatever it takes to keep Ford breathing, but when he finds a beautiful young woman out in the snow, frozen in fear, his plans change. He needs to make sure she’s safe—even if the greatest danger is him.

   Akira Hayashi never thought she’d overcome her fear of men, but the care of an experienced Dom helped her achieve so much more. She’s embraced her submissive side, and found her strength as the captain of the Dartmouth Cobras’ Ice Girls. There’s nothing she can’t do—except function when she’s mugged in a parking lot. The intimidating stranger who rescues her makes her feel things she never thought possible. The only problem is his connection with Ford, a man she’ll hate forever because she refuses to feel anything else.

   With the constant threats from the crime lord he once called “Dad,” Ford Delgado has no room in his life for love. Unfortunately, Akira already has his heart—which is split in two when he discovers Cort is dating her. The betrayal has him lashing out, trying to move on, to grow as a Dom, and free himself from Kingsley’s criminal empire. He tries to forget what Akira means to him, but one look into her eyes shows him the last thing she needs is for him to let her go.

   Warning
   This e-book contains material not suitable for readers under 18. There are situations involving sex and violence and extreme emotions as a result. It also contains scenes that some may find objectionable, including BDSM and other rather enjoyable practices. As the characters are prone to exploring their sexuality, it is advised that readers be prepared to see some lines blurred. Or erased….

   Author takes no responsibility for nonexistent lines.

   Author’s Note: The Cobras series has a continuing arc about the franchise, players, and previous relationships. Some plots continue through the series and may involve more than the main ménage. The series is best read in order.

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   Author Bio:
   Bianca Sommerland was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. When not reading neurotically or writing as though the fate of the world rests on her keyboard, she is either watching hockey or teaching her daughters the beauty of a classic, steel pony while reminiscing about her days in Auto Body Mechanics.

   Her time is balanced with utmost care between normal family life, and the internal paranormal realm where her characters reside. For the most part, she succeeds.

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4. Playing for Love at Deep Haven

   About Playing for Love at Deep Haven:

   Violet Smith and Zach Aubrey have history…
   …the kind of history he regrets and she wishes she could forget.

   She was the girl. The only girl. Ever.

   Nine years have passed since heavy-metal songwriter, Zach, slept with, then walked away from, his best friend, Violet. But that doesn’t change the fact that he’s never gotten over her.

   He shattered her heart.

   Despite the years that have passed, chick-lit novelist, Violet, vividly recalls the pain of Zach’s rejection, and hates that she’s never been able to completely let go of the brooding boy who turned his back on her.

   When the rocker and the writer find themselves thrown back together in a strange twist of fate, their chemistry is just as scorching as ever, but old wounds don’t just disappear. Even if Zach can explain why he walked away from Violet, can she find the courage to trust him again? Together they will discover if a love that broke them both is worth a second chance at forever.

   Playing songs, playing for keeps…
   …Playing for Love at Deep Haven

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   Author Bio:
   Katy Regnery is an award-winning romance novelist.

   Her debut novel By Proxy, Heart of Montana #1, a contemporary Christmas romance, was published in September 2013 by Boroughs Publishing Group.

   By Proxy was following by “The Christmas Wish,” Heart of Montana #1.5 in October 2013. Katy will be releasing Heart of Montana books #2, #3, #4 and #5 in 2014.

   Additionally, she is the author of the Enchanted Places series, which launches in January 2014 with Playing for Love at Deep Haven, and will be followed-up by Restoring Love at Bolton Castle in September 2014.

   Katy lives in New England where her husband, two children and two dogs create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories begin at home.

   Visit Katy at: www.katyregnery.com, www.facebook.com/KatyRegnery or www.twitter.com/KatyRegnery – she loves to hear from her fans!

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5. The Hand That Feeds: A Horror Novel

   About The Hand That Feeds: A Horror Novel:

   How far will a parent go to keep their child alive? John and Angela Mason’s lives are brought to a tormenting halt when their son is reduced to a lifeless shell. John watches his wife slip into madness as his son rises from the dead. He realizes they must escape the terrifying infection in order to survive but how can he choose between the insanity consuming his wife and the undying hunger of his son. An appetite for death will come in one form or another and it will be left to John to decide on the hand that feeds.

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   Author Bio:
   Zombies, spaceships, and dragons have all found a place in my writing. I often find myself wondering where my inspiration will come from next and in what form my imagination will bring it to life. The outcomes regularly surprise me and it’s always my ambition to amaze those curious enough to follow me and take in those results.

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6. A Life Singular – Part Two

   About A Life Singular – Part Two:

   A novel in six parts, to be serialised as e-books and paperbacks, “A Life Singular” tells the story of a successful celebrity writing his autobiography. In essence a love story, the six parts main themes are dealing with mental illness, the choices we make between right and wrong, and how the one affects the other in the relentless passage of time.

   Some of life’s lessons are harder to learn, and some amazing opportunities easier to take. The trick is always to understand the consequences of our choices, before it’s too late…

   Part Two – December 2013

   Writing an autobiography on behalf of someone else presented Jeff with an interesting dilemma. Did he make assumptions about what Lynn would have included, or should he restrict her contribution to direct quotes from her letters and diaries? He had their kids to protect, and her parents…

   As he worked through the huge amount of material available in the press about their life as it had taken shape, interlacing it with highly personal stories, the widower crafted chapter after chapter of memories, both happy and heartbreaking. If this was to be a true account of their partnership, he owed it to the memory of his beautiful best friend to cover so much more than what was already on public record.

   When it came to adding his own reminiscences of those early months, about meeting someone he already knew intimately, Jeff had no difficulty in recalling every single, vivid moment. Entire conversations came back to him, sometimes word for word, rushing through his fingers and into the computer.

   Photographs prompted him too, as did the treasured possessions that surrounded him, like the old leather jacket he had received on his twentieth birthday. Lynn had left him shortly after that, just like she had left him now. The pull of being together again was unrelenting, but Jeff hung on to the dream that their life singular would one day resume. Once their story had been told.
   Sales proceeds go to the School Volunteer Program (http://www.svp.org.au) and The Smith Family (http://www.thesmithfamily.com.au).

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   Author Bio:
   Lorraine Pestell is a British & Australian author writing a six-part serial dealing with celebrity, tragedy and most of all love.

   Having been fascinated by celebrity since I was a young child who loved to listen, watch and make music, I began writing a love story with a showbiz theme. It was set in Melbourne, Australia. Why? I had no idea!

   For some bizarre reason, when other kids were borrowing children’s books from the library, I pored over anything pertaining to the huge island continent 12,000 kilometres from my home in a London suburb.

   Then, as my life took some unexpected and unfortunate turns during my twenties, I found myself suffering from severe depression, anxiety and suicidal tendencies. Many years later I would be diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.

   I moved to Melbourne in 1999, to satisfy my curiosity about this obsession with the Australian city with a most definite European culture. As I expected, I felt immediately at home, as if I had lived here in a former life. These factors have also influenced my writing.

   To say my illness has defined my life is probably an exaggeration, but not actually far off. Despite my best endeavours, these demons are here to stay, and I needed to learn how to accommodate these unwanted “friends” in my everyday life.

   In addition to volunteering and my gorgeous dog, I accomplished this goal through writing. Writing, writing, writing, writing… And my cute love story morphed into a six-part serial which tells of battles and triumph over mental illness. I would love my books to serve two main purposes: first, to inspire fellow sufferers to rise above their symptoms; and second, to help non-sufferers to understand that we are not that weird really. Through tolerance, love and support, we can all co-exist and even thrive in this world where it’s estimated that there are 350 million of us with a mental illness at any one time.

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7. The Tip of Eternity

   About The Tip of Eternity:

   A girl’s conviction is questioned when Death starts visiting her in her dreams.

   Bethesda Lily has always been a sickly girl, but lately her body seems to be giving out on her. A skinny diabetic, Bethesda is a frequent flier at her local hospital, visited only by her sister, her sister’s pig-headed, James Dean look alike boyfriend—and, on occasion, the soul of Death. When doctors fail repeatedly to diagnose a painful stomach condition, she begins to question faith, life, and man’s desire to live forever. As Beth’s health continues to nosedive and her home environment crumbles, she finds comfort in a handsome stranger named Venice. Together, they embark on an unusual quest to find a cure. A touching tale of inner strength and family turmoil, “The Tip of Eternity” makes us wonder who to turn to—and who to turn away from—when death seems a luxury.

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   Author Bio:
   Kiran Rafique is a 26 year young professor at the University of Houston and aspiring novelist. When she is not forcing her students to reevaluate their lifestyle behaviors, she is writing for the pure enjoyment of the art and the sake of pleasing her fans.

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8. Treasure Uncovered by Diane Greenwood Muir

   About Treasure Uncovered by Diane Greenwood Muir:

   Polly Giller has had the worst luck with finding a good custodian for Sycamore House and the murder of her latest employee draws even more attention to her propensity for finding dead bodies. Sheriff Aaron Merritt just assumes that when she calls him, it’s because she’s found someone. The pool at the Elevator expands as the locals lay odds on Polly’s next find. When Beryl Watson ends up in the hospital because of an explosion, the last thing she wants is to be a statistic in Polly’s life.

   Sal Kahane, Polly’s college roommate and best friend from Boston, comes to Iowa to see what all the fuss is about at Sycamore House. The city girl has to keep an open mind in order to understand why her friend loves living among the cornfields. Polly’s relationship with Henry Sturtz, her contractor and friend, continues to grow. When he left town for a couple of months, she discovered how important he was.

   Polly takes a risk on a new custodian with a mysterious background and farm thefts disrupt the little town. She finds herself worrying about locking things up again; something she had ceased doing when she moved out of Boston.

   Things are never dull in Bellingwood and with the introduction of wonderful, new characters, Polly comes to a better understanding of herself and her relationship with this little town. All of the regulars are back with some stories of their own to tell.

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   Author Bio:
   Diane Greenwood Muir knows a lot about a lot of things, but the one thing she knows best is great people. Growing up in small towns in the Midwest, she and her family experienced the best and worst of those people and her memories come from the best of them. Her books are filled with bits and pieces of stories and people from all of those memories. If you think they are too good to be true, you haven’t met the real people who fill the rural communities throughout the Midwest.

   Diane’s family operated a small printing shop in Omaha for over twenty years and when it closed she began to hide out in a family cabin in Iowa in order to get her Master’s Degree and focus on writing. While there, she encountered people who were honest and caring again, reminding her of a life she’d forgotten in the city. Neighbors who watch out for each other, business people who believe in honesty before money and people who truly put others before themselves.

   The newest member of her family is a cat named TB (The Beast) who showed up as a kitten at her back door. He runs the household and keeps her company while she writes and travels.

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9. First In by Karl York

   About First In by Karl York:

   Staff Sergeant Jim Thorn is an ex-Para and Pathfinder who, after an unblemished military career spanning his entire adult life, got kicked out of the combined EU army in 2022. Two years on, he’s about to embark on a new business venture in Belize.

   Thorn spent years training the world’s armies in battle tactics and survival techniques in the oppressive jungles of Central America. Now, he is taking on small groups of disorganised and self-possessed corporate drones and building them into teams who work together and rely on each other, using the hardships of life in the rainforest. Thorn will make sure they go back to their companies as a slick, well-oiled unit.

   Today he gets his first set of new recruits. Within an hour of their arrival, bullets are whistling all around them and somebody gets hit. They scatter into the trees, split up by a temporary river crossing.

   Thorn is now aware his dark military past may have followed him to Belize, and must flip the situation; the hunted must become the hunter. With one man down, it is his duty to protect his new team, to hunt down and eliminate the unseen enemy before the casualty toll rises. For a Pathfinder, in his old training grounds, the task should be a piece of cake.

   But things are never quite as they appear.

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   Author Bio:
   Karl York began writing military thrillers in 2013. Prior to that he was a blogger, writing about sports and fitness as he is a keen long-distance runner; but also published two non-fiction books on topics as diverse as cookery and bass guitar playing!

   There are two novellas in the Jim Thorn Pathfinder Thriller series so far, and Karl is currently working hard on the third.

   He is now a full-time writer after a career in science was ended by the economic downturn in 2008. He believes that when one door closes, another opens, and was always interested in writing books but never made the time previously. As a mischievous kid, he was always making camps and swings across rivers and streams, and playing in the great outdoors. And an interest in the military and militaria – especially Special Forces – grew through reading and watching documentaries. He strives to bring all these aspects together in his stories.

   Karl particularly enjoys reading in the action/ thriller genre that he writes, especially the books of Chris Ryan and Lee Child.

   You can learn more about Karl on his website.

   First In by Karl York is a post from Awesome Gang

10. Desolation Run by James Snyder

    About Desolation Run by James Snyder:

    70-something Oreny “Big” Johnson has a problem. Actually, he has two. Or maybe three. The first is that he’ll be dead from cancer, less than a year, which doesn’t particularly concern him: “Things I’ve been through, dying is just one more page in a long bad book.” But spending his last living days, taking his last living breath, behind steel bars does. That’s the second problem: Inmate #78903 in the notorious level-four Washington State prison known as Horseneck Bay.

    Then there’s the money. Two million dollars of stolen military payroll, supposedly buried in some remote and mysterious south-Texas mountain range called Los Despoblados, or The Uninhabited, which sounds to Oreny like one of those places his Mama Maybell always told him to avoid. But he’ll worry about that later. He has to get there first. Problem number three.

    That’s when he brings those two smoldering dynamite sticks he’s attached himself to–his Luke-boy and Jaime–on board to help his tired old body break out of Horseneck and go dig up that money and then hightail it across the border into Mexico. And when they do break out, and Luke decides to bring his girlfriend Lauren along, and her enraged ex comes after them, and then the manhunt starts multiplying faster around them than those cancer cells inside him, Oreny still thinks he can control them. The problems, that is. At least, until Cade arrives.

    Cade, the prison investigator Oreny knows is dangerous and unpredictable as a six-foot-two wolverine on eight gallons of adrenalin gone bad. And who won’t stop until he catches them and does to them what Cade does best.

    Cade, Oreny knows better than anything else, is their biggest problem of all.

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    Author Bio:
    James Snyder was born in Memphis, Tennessee and fell in love with the cadence and sound of storytelling as a child, listening to the meandering tales of his Southern grandmothers and great aunts. While still a child, his family moved to Napa Valley, California where he attended middle and high school, and began taking writing classes at the local college. He left after a year to join the military, and was a soldier with a tactical mobile operations unit in Germany. It was there, while pulling a Harz mountaintop guard duty one night during a snowstorm, he had the chance encounter with another soldier that ultimately became the genesis for his debut novel American Warrior. His second novel, the thriller Desolation Run, is now available.

    “Berlin Diaries” is his blog at JamesSnyder.net where he further discusses the backgrounds of this and other writings.

    He currently lives in Texas.

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11. MURDER TAKES TIME

    About MURDER TAKES TIME:

    A string of brutal murders has bodies piling up in Brooklyn, and Detective Frankie Donovan knows what is going on. Clues left at the crime scenes point to someone from the old neighborhood, and that isn’t good.

    Frankie has taken two oaths in his life—the one he took to uphold the law when he became a cop, and the one he took with his two best friends when they were eight years old and inseparable.

    Those relationships have forced Frankie to make many tough decisions, but now he faces the toughest one of his life; he has five murders to solve and one of those two friends is responsible. If Frankie lets him go, he breaks the oath he took as a cop and risks losing his job. But if he tries to bring him in, he breaks the oath he kept for twenty-five years—and risks losing his life.

    In the neighborhood where Frankie Donovan grew up, you never broke an oath.

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    Author Bio:
    Giacomo Giammatteo is the bestselling author of Murder Takes Time, A Bullet For Carlos, and Murder Has Consequences. He writes gritty crime dramas about murder, mystery, and family. And he also writes non-fiction books including the No Mistakes Careers series.

    When Giacomo isn’t writing, he’s helping his wife take care of the animals on their sanctuary. At last count they had 45 animals—11 dogs, a horse, 6 cats, and 26 pigs.

    Oh, and one crazy—and very large—wild boar, who takes walks with Giacomo every day and happens to also be his best buddy.

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12. Skinwalker Ranch: Path of the Skinwalker

    About Skinwalker Ranch: Path of the Skinwalker:

    For the past 7 years, Skinwalker Hunter – Ryan Skinner, has investigated bizarre events at Skinwalker Ranch. What Bigelow and his NIDs research team encountered after 2005 has not been shared with the public, until now. This book picks up with Ryan Skinner chronicling his up-to-date experiences at the Ranch as highlighted by his visual narration, alluring photos and videos of shocking events that actually happened. On numerous occasions he was threatened by balls of light which have given chase, mysterious voices speaking in the desert air, glowing objects were seen, shadow people stalked him (and others), portals opened, alien creatures emerged, and all this in vivid detail. The book culminates with Ryan meeting a shape shifting entity known as a “Skinwalker”. PATH OF THE SKINWALKER opens a gateway into the realities of an alternate universe; one which is beyond comprehension, beyond time and space, a place strictly off-limits to the public, a place known as Skinwalker Ranch.

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    RYAN SKINNER began his research into the phenomena at Skinwalker Ranch in 2008. Since the events chronicled in this book, he has returned numerous times each year to Utah’s Uintah Basin to conduct field investigations. While there he spends several weeks in his specially equipped RV, camping alone in the desert, trying to find answers to whatever lurks in Fort Duchesne’s nearby mesas and valleys. In September of 2009, Ryan created the web domains names skinwalkerranch.org and skinwalkerranch.com; paranormal websites which promote discussions on Skinwalker Ranch related topics. The website challenges visitors to think outside of the modern-day paradigm regarding the possibility of alien life, as it relates to human consciousness and multiple dimensions. On April of 2011, Ryan received his Private Pilot’s License and uses it to survey other unexplored hotspots throughout the United States. In 1999, he graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelor’s Degree of Science and received a Major in Public Speaking and a Minor in Theatre. He graduated with Honors, earning the title Magna Cum Laude. This is Mr. Skinner’s first book. He anticipates writing additional true stories chronicling his past, present, and future adventures and also the harrowing tales of others who have experienced the paranormal.

    Ryan Skinner has been featured on several nationally recognized television programs. In 2012 he was featured as a “Skinwalker Ranch Expert” on the Jesse Ventura’s Conspiracy Theory which aired December 3rd on TrueTv. In 2013 he helped produce and was also the featured “Skinwalker Guide” for the Joe Rogan Questions Everything show which was televised August 21st, on the SyFy Channel. He has also headlined various radio shows, and podcasts. As a producer, entertainer, and now author; Ryan Skinner hopes to continue his search for answers for many years to come, and invites you to watch him on his paranormal journeys.

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13. The Billionaire’s Vendetta Marriage by Flora Lanoux

    About The Billionaire’s Vendetta Marriage by Flora Lanoux:

    The Billionaire’s Vendetta Marriage will be on sale for 99 cents at Amazon.com from Jan. 17 to Jan. 24, 2014.

    In a flicker of an instant, a person’s life can change…

    Rio Paez, watching the interesting play of emotions on Anna’s face, reached across the table and grasped her hands. “Relax, Anna,” he told her silkily. “I don’t want you as my mistress. I want you as my wife.”

    A loud humming noise filled Anna’s head as her mind struggled to make sense of Rio’s words, but the effort was useless. Her brain simply could not come to terms with what was happening. Just when had life stopped making sense? Here she was, sitting across the table from one of the world’s richest men, in one of London’s ritziest hotels, and he was proposing to her. It had to be a joke; there could be no other explanation. She allowed herself to relax. Yes…Rio Paez, in the name of revenge, was trying to get his own back by playing some kind of weird practical joke.

    Rio Paez is angry: at the world, at himself, and most especially at the Thornelowes, who defrauded his father and caused the death of his sister, Sonia Conchita, and the baby she carried. The Portuguese business magnate is determined to avenge the crimes against his family. Although Alec and Bryce, the father and son, were directly responsible for the fraud, Rio has papers that also incriminate Anna, Alec’s daughter, and Mildred, Alec’s invalid ex-wife. Rio’s plan is to put Alec and Bryce behind bars. Also, he will use Mildred as a pawn to coerce Anna into marriage. Anna is shocked. Why does Rio want to marry her? Rio insists that marriage is necessary to restore his family’s honour.

    Anna tells Rio that she’s innocent, but Rio isn’t buying it. This time, he is determined that the viper will swallow her own tail.

    But the path of revenge is never smooth…

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    Author Bio:
    I live on a small island on the west coast of Canada with my husband. I studied and worked in the fields of science, veterinary medicine, patient advocacy, and education.

    The strongest figure in my family life was my grandmother on my mother’s side, who was feisty as all get out, who believed that life was all about romance, and who went to dances dressed in all her finery well into her late eighties. Even now, I can hear Grams playing her accordion while rocking in her rocking chair and singing, “Mademoiselle, voulez-vous danser?” encouraging her grandchildren to dance in her big kitchen.

    One day when I walked into Grams’ kitchen, I saw a huge piece of pie in the food bowl belonging to Grams’ dog. “Grams,” I said, shocked, “you shouldn’t give pie to the dog. The sugar is bad for her teeth.” Without batting an eye, Grams said, “There’s no sugar in that pie.” Taken aback, I said, “Then why do they call it brown sugar pie?” Pinning me with a highly disgruntled look, Grams said, “Oh for heavens sake! You’ve got to give the poor thing a reason to live!”

    Grams was also a very spiritual person who read cards for people in her local community for two dollars a read, which she needed for Bingo money. She passed down a healthy respect for spirituality to her grandchildren…and a healthy respect for letting loose and having fun on a regular basis.

    Well, many years later, I heard my Grams’ voice ringing loudly in my ears and decided to write romance novels…because a person has to have a reason to live!

    I have six romance titles at present being sold on Amazon.com. My romance novels are meant to be the perfect escape. While you’re vacationing at the beach or curled up on a couch on a Friday night, I’d like my books to take you on the perfect romantic getaway, where sparks fly, adventures abound, and passions flare…

    All my books have strong heroes and heroines, although one or both have issues that stand in the way of love. The male point of view is always included to varying extents. All books have steamy, passionate and romantic love scenes…because as my grandmother once told me, “Life is all about love and romance…the rest is filler.” Interesting locations are chosen, as well as interesting professions. Since my university studies and working life focused on science, veterinary medicine, and education, some of my characters work and study in those fields. Because my grandmother taught me a healthy respect for spiritual matters, my novels often include a spiritual element.

    Fun, light, happy, inspirational romance books are my focus. My characters may be troubled, but they are never unkind…and they all fundamentally have loving hearts.

    The Billionaire’s Vendetta Marriage by Flora Lanoux is a post from Awesome Gang

14. Exploring my FREEDOM – gay diary

    About Exploring my FREEDOM – gay diary:

    My name is David. This diary is my true story!

    I’m a simple guy from Prague in Czech Republic. That’s in Central Europe – a young country that has been under communists until 20 years ago, when we got our independence.

    I’m 28 years old now and my world view has always been projected towards the west, not east. Towards the modern and free, not socialist and limiting. Luckily I lived in a family where these values were encouraged and nourished. Open mindedness, optimism and hard work are the values that I developed throughout my childhood.

    I’ve been told I am cute, but I don’t always believe it. Sometimes I look in the mirror and see a real hunk. Then there are times I think I look strange – big pointy nose and chin, uneven ears and a skinny body, especially my legs. But I have been working out regularly for some time so I’m quite fit. I’m hairy, but keep my body hair trimmed short. It’s a sexy look if you are into that.

    Less clear-cut is my love life; I don’t know if I have ever been in love. It’s a strange feeling to admit to yourself at 28 years old that you have probably never experienced romantic love. I mean I have had some nice people in my life, people that I really cared about and still do to this day, but I’ve never really felt in love.

    My relationship with Dominic had lasted for five years. Had I loved him? Unfortunately, if I’m totally honest with myself, I have to admit – no. During the relationship, those feelings were complicated. Now that I was free, it was clear. I had not loved him. Did I care about him? Of course I did! I missed him a lot when we broke up. But after five years, you would miss anyone. People get used to each other, comfortable in the routine, even if the love is lacking.

    After five years of relationship, my heart seemed to scream… Freedom! He loved me, and I knew that, I felt that! He wore his heart on his sleeve. While I felt, and knew I needed to be, free, I felt bad for hurting him by breaking up. He was so nice to me, very caring and generous, taking care of me whenever and wherever I needed.

    One thing in our relationship did not work: sex. Our libidos were completely different – I needed sex often, he needed it very rarely. I was so horny, I felt I was going crazy. No amount of flirting or sensual touch could turn him on; nothing would make him give me what I wanted: for him to rip my clothes off and take me passionately.

    After some time I gave up trying to seduce him and discovered the vast world of online porn. I enjoyed watching hardcore porn. But then I found the live cam scene and discovered I loved jerking off on a live cam stream with people watching me. During that time when I would get turned on and jerk with other guys online, I lost all sexual interest in Dominic. He did not even make me hard anymore. Now I was used to a hot guy from Brazil or that hung stud from the Machof***** movie getting me aroused. Sad, but true: I stopped trying with Dominic, and for some time, my newly discovered online porn world was enough to satisfy me. My new ‘sex’ life didn’t last for long though.

    We didn’t cheat on each other and we didn’t look for threesomes. Though I was willing to experiment with that, Dominic was strongly against it. So sex, or the lack of it, became a big problem in our relationship – the problem that broke us up. I was feeling unhappy and unsatisfied to the point I could no longer take it and so I ended the relationship. Sometimes the best solution is also the hardest, the most painful. I was in my best years and was aching to be sexually satisfied. Dominic was not the person to do that anymore. So that was that.

    I made a profile on an online dating site only three days after the break-up. I was ready to have real, hot fun with guys! Now I was free to do it; I was free to let go, to find someone real, to bring my love life out of the virtual world and into the flesh!

    Very soon I started to plan a holiday. For the first time in five years, I was free to go wherever I wanted, to follow my own agenda. Visions of a journey across the USA captivated my imagination. I wanted to explore new places, meet new people and have a lot of fun. I wanted to go alone so I could have the whole time for myself. It was, after all, a celebration of my freedom. It would be my great adventure for the year.

    After planning an itinerary and buying the tickets, I waited impatiently for the date of departure!

    It finally came and my adventure began… This book is a diary from that trip. Have fun!

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    Find out how a young gay European discovers USA and explores his newly found freedom.

    Get ready for some hot and steamy gay erotica with a lot of sex!

    Exploring my FREEDOM – gay diary is a post from Awesome Gang

15. The Truth About Trish

    About The Truth About Trish:

    Book 1 of Vanessa Grant’s TIME FOR LOVE series – Free!

    Forced by circumstances to live a lie …

    They met under difficult circumstances, and Abby fell into his arms seeking comfort in her grief. Then she walked out on him and she’s been living a lie ever since. Now, Ryan Marsdon is back and he wants her. If Abby doesn’t protect herself from this man, she could lose her family, her reality, and her daughter.

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    Author Bio:
    Vanessa Grant has over 10 million books sold worldwide.

    Says Vanessa, “I love writing fiction – it’s the perfect occupation for someone who can’t decide what they want to be when they grow up. With each new story, I get to explore a new world.”

    Vanessa Grant’s love affair with writing fiction began at the age of 12 when she decided to write a novel of her own, sitting up in bed using the typewriter she’d been given for her birthday. Not a computer, not an electric typewriter, but a then-state-of-the-art manual typewriter. The story ground to a halt on page 50 but Vanessa never forgot the excitement of bringing her own characters to life.

    In 1985 Vanessa’s novel Pacific Disturbance was published in hardcover by Mills and Boon. She now has over 10 million books sold and has been translated into 15 languages. She also has written what one critic described as, “by far the best writing book I’ve ever read.” Writing Romance, published by Self Counsel Press, won the Under the Covers Best Writing Book Award, and is currently in its third edition.

    Over the years her love of storytelling and curiosity about people led Vanessa to study psychology, volunteer on a crisis line, complete individual and relationship counselor training, volunteer as a peer counselor for a family life organization, and tell stories about life, love, and secrets. Vanessa has also worked as a university professor, a publisher of educational materials and eBooks, and has given workshops to writers’ groups in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada.

    Vanessa and her husband live on Vancouver Island in the Pacific Northwest with their two Australian Shepherd dogs.

    The Truth About Trish is a post from Awesome Gang