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1. Return to Texas by Shirley Sorbello

   About Return to Texas by Shirley Sorbello:

   In this captivating short story, Becky Coulter leaves Philadelphia with her youngest child, Matty, and returns to Fort Worth where she left an abusive husband and three children a year before. She moves in with her married daughter, Emily, who invited her back for the birth of the first grandchild. Becky struggles with the guilt of having left her family while husband John tries to win back her love. Has John changed his violent ways? Will she go back home with him and her two sons? Discover how this strong, determined woman makes a new life for herself on the Texas prairie in the 1880’s.

   Fans of “That’s Just the Way It Is” will delight in Becky’s new adventures in this stand-alone sequel.

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   Author Bio:
   Shirley Sorbello lives in New Jersey where she majored in psychology at Rutgers University. She later attended Widener University where she graduated with an M.S.W. in 1995. For a number of years she worked in the human services field as a social worker, therapist and administrator.

   “That’s Just the Way It Is” was her first published short story and was released in September, 2013. This was followed by a stand-alone sequel entitled, “Return to Texas” in March, 2014. Ms. Sorbello is currently working on a novel and is editing a small book of poems that her grandmother wrote in the early 1900′s. In her spare time, she enjoys family, friends, Italian music, genealogy and traveling. For more information, please visit www.shirleysorbello.com.

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2. Betrayed: The True Story of a Trusted Friend’s Fraud, Deceit, and Betrayal

   About Betrayed: The True Story of a Trusted Friend’s Fraud, Deceit, and Betrayal:

   After his dream home was destroyed by fire, author David J. Bernard contracted with a trusted friend to build a new home. That decision would lead to a nightmare of faulty workmanship, structural failures, code infractions, inferior materials, and fraudulent use of funds. Not only did the friendship end, Bernard hired a lawyer and filed a lawsuit. The stress was incredible.

   Many years and three heart attacks later, the author is far from alone in his ordeal; similar cases are occurring throughout the United States. The average defrauded homeowner does not have the resources to incur a drawn-out legal battle, making it easy for unscrupulous contractors and homebuilders to simply walk away, leaving the owners with insurmountable debt.

   Betrayed is both a cautionary tale and a call to action – for the protection of law-abiding homeowners and the kind of legislative change. that will safeguard future homeowners.

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   Author Bio:
   David J. Bernard was born in up state New York and attended college in southern California. He was involved in professional sports for a short period, and worked in the Hotel and Casino industry. David founded Sono Italiano Corporation in 1989 in California and moved the Corporation to Texas. The successful Corporation manufactured and distributed True Sun Dried Tomato. He recently retired.

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3. Lucky 7 Bad Boys

   About Lucky 7 Bad Boys:

   **New York Times and USA Today Bestseller**

   Get lucky with a bad boy. . . .

   Whether he’s a rock star, a billionaire, or a playboy magician–whether he wears work boots or a suit and tie–bad boys have one thing in common: how good they can make a woman feel. This contemporary romance boxed set sizzles with SEVEN full-length novels by SEVEN bestselling authors, starring SEVEN unforgettable bad boys who will make you melt.

   The Perfect Mix by Charity Pineiro

   Heart Raider by Sophia Knightly

   Naughty Vegas Nights by Tawny Weber

   The Warrior’s Bride by Nina Bruhns

   Driven to Date by Susan Hatler

   Bedding The Wrong Brother by Virna DePaul

   Crazy in Love by Kristin Miller
   Ready to get lucky? Grab this fantastic boxed set and prepare to swoon!!

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   Charity Pineiro, Sophia Knightly, Tawny Weber, Nina Bruhns, Susan Hatler, Virna DePaul, and Kristin Miller are New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors, who write page-turning contemporary romance novels you will love!!

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4. A Dead Red Cadillac

   About A Dead Red Cadillac:

   A DEAD RED CADILLAC (1st in the Dead Red Mystery Series) by RP Dahlke

   Twice divorced NY model, Lalla Bains, now runs her dad’s Crop-Dusting business in Modesto, California where she’s hoping to dodge the inevitable fortieth birthday party. But when her trophy red ‘58 Cadillac is found tail-fins up in a nearby lake, the police ask why a widowed piano teacher, who couldn’t possibly see beyond the hood ornament, was found strapped in the driver’s seat. Reeling from an interrogation with local homicide, Lalla is determined to extricate herself as a suspect in this strange murder case. Unfortunately, drug running pilots, a cross-dressing convict, a crazy Chihuahua, and the dead woman’s hunky nephew throw enough road blocks to keep Lalla neck deep in an investigation that links her family to a twenty-year old murder only she can solve.

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   I sort of fell into the job of running a crop-dusting business when my dad decided he’d rather go on a cruise than take another season of lazy pilots, missing flaggers, testy farmers and horrific hours. After two years at the helm, I handed him back the keys and fled to a city without any of the above. And no, I was never a crop-duster.

   I write about a tall, blond and beautiful ex-model turned crop-duster who, to quote Lalla Bains, says: “I’ve been married so many times they oughta revoke my license.” I wanted to give readers a peek at the not so-perfect -life of a beautiful blond. Lalla Bains is no Danielle Steele character, she’s not afraid of chipping her manicure. Scratch that, the girl doesn’t have time for a manicure what with herding a bunch of recalcitrant pilots and juggling work orders just to keep her father’s flagging business alive.

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5. The Cry For Freedom

   About The Cry For Freedom:

   A rousing family saga for the fight for America’s independence!

   The winds of change brews over the colonies. Tension against the crown is mounting daily. In Williamsburg, the rebellion burns strong in the hearts of two siblings, Jonathan and Hannah Corbett. Spirited and headstrong, Hannah finds herself thrust in the middle of a conspiracy when her father receives a strange package from Philadelphia. Jonathan, a physician for the Continental Army, is torn between duty and family. With war looming on the horizon, the siblings soon discover there is a high price to be paid for the cry for freedom.

   The Saga continues….

   EMBRACE OF THE ENEMY, Book Two, Winds of Betrayal

   It’s a dangerous game you set to play, Miss Corbett. One that can have far worse than deadly consequences!

   In the midst of the struggle of America’s bid for independence, Hannah Corbett makes a fateful decision, descending into a world of deceit. Spurred by revenge, she heads to New York, setting in motion a dangerous game for which there is no return. Searching desperately for the man who betrayed her family, she faces the cold and brutal reality of the life of a spy. Caught in a web of lies, living with betrayal, she is trapped. She has nowhere to turn except to a man it would be treasonous to love, setting duty and desire at war. Her heart is ripped apart when she must choose between the man who risks his career and life to protect her and the only thing that has remained constant in her life…her belief in her cause.
   KISS OF DECEIT, Book Three, Winds of Betrayal Series

   The tides of war have shifted. When all eyes turn south, Doctor Jonathan Corbett finds himself once more thrust into the war’s turmoil. On assignment from General Washington, the dashing doctor discovers his mission has taken him straight into a conflict where the British are not the only ones to be feared.

   Rebekah Morse has no time to contemplate the exploding war around her. Caught up as a pawn in a deadly conspiracy, she finds her only hope lies with her old friend, but things have changed since they last saw each other.

   Yet destiny has not intervened in their lives without cause. Rebekah’s strength, courage, and breathtaking sensuality set within Jonathan a desire he swore never to feel again. When Rebekah’s life is threatened, Jonathan is determined to save the stubborn woman whether she wants to be saved or not. Now Jonathan and Rebekah must face the perilous threat together–only to discover a passion they never imagined…
   Coming May, 2014

   THE HEAVENS SHALL FALL, Book Four Winds of Betrayal

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   Author Bio:
   Winds of Betrayal series was inspired by Jerri Hines’ fascination with a revolution filled with intrigue, spies, betrayal and romance. The American Revolutionary War Series-Winds of Betrayal is a family saga that follows the lives of two siblings, Jonathan and Hannah Corbett, and their path to freedom. The series includes The Cry For Freedom, a free ebook, along with Embrace of the Enemy, and Kiss of Deceit. The fourth installment of Winds of Betrayal will be released May, 2014– The Heavens Shall Fall. Jerri Hines also has a historical romance series, Tides of Charleston, also set during the American Revolution: The Judas Kiss, The Promise and Another Night Falls.

   Jerri Hines also writes under a couple of other pen names including Colleen Connally. Under Colleen Connally, she has written a historical romance series, Secret Lives, which is riddled with romantic suspense and a touch of paranormal. The Secret Lives Series consists of Seductive Secrets, Broken Legacy, and Seductive Lies. Fragmented, Book One Boston’s Crimes of Passion, marks Ms Connally’s first contemporary suspense thriller.

   She began using a pen name, Carrie James Haynes, when she released the fantasy saga, Whispers of a Legend. Shadows of the Past, a free ebook, is the first in the series. She is excited about Whispers of a Legend, a sweeping epic fantasy saga filled with adventure and romance. Whispers of a Legend, Part One-Shadows of the Past and Part Two- The Path Now Turned, Part Three- Vision of Destiny, and Part Four-Time of the Nuxvenom has been released in this series. She also has released a paranormal suspense, Dreamscape.

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6. BLACK BEAR LAKE

   About BLACK BEAR LAKE:

   In Black Bear Lake, Adam Craig, a forty year-old stock trader in Chicago, finds his marriage teetering on the rocks and his life at a standstill. Desperate and on the edge of personal collapse, Adam takes the advice of a therapist and travels to his childhood family compound on Black Bear Lake with hopes of making peace with his past. Stepping onto the northern Wisconsin property, he relives the painful memories of the summer of 1983, his last summer at the lake.

   In August 1983, a self-conscious fifteen year-old Adam carries a world of worry on his shoulders as he arrives at Black Bear Lake for a month long family reunion. Between anger and fear of mother’s declining health as she quietly battles a quickly spreading cancer and his cherished cousin’s depression over her parents’ bitter divorce, Adam is swept up in smothering familial love among the multiple generations and heartbreaking misunderstanding and betrayal. The arrival of a sensual but troublesome babysitter throws the delicate balance of his family into a tailspin. Blinded by his attraction to the newcomer, Adam fails to see his cousin’s desperate cries for help and the charged electrical current running through his family’s hierarchy. Crushed in the middle of it all, Adam is forced to learn that there’s a fine line between self-preservation and the strength of family blood, all the while unaware of the impending tragedy that will ultimately change his life forever.

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   Leslie Liautaud has worked for over 25 years in professional theatre, performing in over 45 plays and musicals in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas with companies such as Bell Road Barn Theatre, Ibsen Theatre and Gladstone Theatre In The Park. In 1993 Leslie received the Most Promising Freshman in Theatre and Dance Award from Southwest Missouri State University. Leslie has worked as dancer/choreographer for Ibsen Theatre, Liberty Civic Theatre and Westport Ballet, while founding the People In Motion program at Liberty Senior High School in Kansas City, which continues today. Her full-length dramas Midnight Waltzes and The Wreck both have received Dutch translations and are archived at the Opendoek Library in Antwerp. Both are also currently being used as curriculum at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. Midnight Waltzes (2008) and The Wreck (2009) premiered at The Corbin Theatre in Kansas City. Her full-length drama, He Is Us, received a reading at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago (2009) before it’s premiere in 2012. Parkland College in Champaign, IL premiered her one act play, The Mansion, which she also directed (2010). Leslie is an Associate Member of the Dramatists Guild and a Network Playwright with Chicago Dramatists. Leslie currently divides her time between between Key Largo, FL and Champaign, IL with her husband, where they run their restaurant company, Jimmy Johns, and chase after three teenage children and three rambunctious dogs.

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7. Sacred Light Spirit Eagle by Cristael Bengtson

   

   About Sacred Light Spirit Eagle by Cristael Bengtson

   Free Download 04/14/2014
   $.99 Sale 04/15/2014

   On a warm December day in California, Cristael Bengtson died. As she found herself lifting up out of her body into a dark and terrifying abyss, Cristael cried out, “God, help me! Please help me! Where are you God! Help me now!”
   Then a Light appeared, and it drew closer and closer until it enveloped Cristael with pure love.
   “I was surrounded by ripples and cascades of Light, rising and falling all around me, like immense waves in the middle of a huge ocean. Held and sheltered within a mighty flow of Light, I was a tiny girl child, newborn. I reached out with my glowing hand, and I touched the Light. The swell of a mother’s breast took shape under my hand, and I was swept away by powerful currents of Light.”
   The Light took Cristael to a great school, where she found herself in powerful currents of information, centered around the skills of writing and music. She was given information about her family and her mother and grandmother that she had never known.
   Finally she was given the choice to stay in this beautiful place, or to return to Earth. Knowing that her sons would be deeply hurt if she stayed, and knowing that she had work to do, Cristael made the difficult choice to return to Earth.
   As she returned, she found herself surrounded with unlimited numbers of what looked like huge LED screens that showed scenes from her entire life. And she remembered everything. Growing up in Pecos, her marriage, two children, and divorce. Her years as a teacher. The years she spent taking care of her dying mother. She remembered all her spiritual experiences and the many visionary and psychic experiences that led her and guided her through the years. She relived her struggles to deal with a culture and people that could not understand her.
   This is a heart wrenching story, filled with happiness and nostalgia, sorrow and trials, love and grief, and the overarching joy of the spiritual.
   One Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer says, “A wonderful story and very well written. This is a read that I would read again. I spent a long evening reading and thinking about this concept in a different light afterwards, and for that reason I would recommend it.”

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8. Uncle Bob’s Red Flannel Bible Camp – From Eden to the Ark

   About Uncle Bob’s Red Flannel Bible Camp – From Eden to the Ark:

   Forget about Russell Crowe.

   If you want to get the REAL story on what happened on the day that Noah built that big old floating zoo you REALLY ought to talk to Uncle Bob.

   While you are at it get him to fill you in on all of the inside information on what REALLY went on in the Garden of Eden.

   This is the story of the Old Testament as retold by the oldest fart in the entire universe.

   Namely, my Uncle Bob.

   True stories, truthfully told – with only a few lies sprinkled in for interest’s sake.

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   Born in the Northern Ontario Shield country, raised by wolves and a handful of disreputable vagabonds and now living in Halifax, Nova Scotia – Steve Vernon has been writing and storytelling for nearly forty years.

   “Steve Vernon is a born storyteller.” – Halifax Magazine

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