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1. Sacred Light Spirit Eagle by Cristael Bengtson

   About Sacred Light Spirit Eagle by Cristael Bengtson

   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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2. The iCandidate by Mikael Carlson

   

   About The iCandidate by Mikael Carlson

   When A Traditional Candidate Meets The iCandidate, the Nation Will Never Be the Same!

   – Global Ebook Award Nominee
   – Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-finalist

   “We’re going to run the first virtual front porch campaign.”

   All Michael Bennit wants to do is be the best high school teacher he can be. However, when he loses a bet to his over-achieving class of history students, he finds himself in unfamiliar territory: a candidate running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

   With no money, and only his students to run his campaign, Michael sets a plan in motion to be the country’s first virtual candidate. Leveraging the potential of social media, his campaign becomes the epicenter of national attention and a target for a desperate incumbent fanatical about hanging onto power – at any cost.

   The iCandidate follows the plight of four people caught in the firestorm of mass media, social media, and dirty politics. In the end, lives will be changed and the political landscape of the country forever altered, but will the lesson of it all be lost?

   ˃˃˃ An Intelligent and Refreshing Read For All Ages
   The story is written from the perspectives of four different characters, giving the reader a much richer personal connection to the characters.

   ˃˃˃ More Than Just a Political Novel
   The iCandidate is more than just another political novel. As a teacher and a soldier, the protagonist brings a lot to the table in this page turner. Although the book is set against the backdrop of a political campaign, the themes it explores about social media and society, education in America, and how we react to a pervasive media culture all add to the spice of the novel.

   ˃˃˃ A Glimpse Into the Future! Social media is everywhere today!
   It is a powerful tool, but are we too trusting of it? This must read book examines that question in a fun and entertaining way.

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3. Sacred Light Spirit Eagle by Cristael Ann Bengtson

   About Sacred Light Spirit Eagle by Cristael Ann Bengtson:

   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.”

   Learn more about the author, buy the book, or follow them on social media:
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   Author Bio:
   Raised in the high mountains of scenic northern New Mexico, Cristael Bengtson grew up riding horseback in the mountain forests and meadows surrounding the small village of Pecos, where her parents owned and operated a small power and telephone company. At the age of 17, she had a visionary experience of a loving and luminous Great Light.

   Married when she was 18, Cristael became the mother of two sons that she raised as a single mom. She earned BA degrees in music education and elementary education, going on to earn her Master of Arts in elementary education with a focus on the reading process.

   For two years she taught music in Sandoval County, at that time the third poorest county in the nation. She then became an elementary classroom teacher, teaching mainly third grade. During this time she studied voice intensively, and developed a lyric coloratura soprano voice.

   After her sons left home, Cristael left teaching and took care of her mother until she passed on.

   Cristael had her Near Death Experience in 1998. A lifelong journal-keeper, she began putting her book together about 2006. It was like finally scratching an itch in the middle of her back.

   Cristael enjoys singing. She is also in the grip of a lifelong compulsive book-reading habit.

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4. Romance: Past, Present and Paranormal Bundle

   About Romance: Past, Present and Paranormal Bundle:

   It’s a bundle! We’re featuring 9 romance books for a pay-what-you-want price (minimum $3). Here are the details of the bundle and the authors participating: http://storybundle.com/news

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5. Reckless Nights in Rome

   About Reckless Nights in Rome:

   Though the name of her celebration and wedding cake business is up in lights, Bronte Ludlow doesn’t care for the trappings of success. All that matters to her is her company, her independence and her heritage,The Dower House. Home to her ancestors since the seventeenth century, no way will she part with it to ‘a man with too much money and no soul’.

   Nico Ferranti’s only passions are money and power… He’s a man who stopped believing in romance long ago and Bronte’s a romantic, yet the attraction sparking between them like fireworks over the Piazza del Popolo stuns Nico.

   When Bronte’s brother is badly hurt in a car accident in Rome, Nico whisks Bronte to the Eternal City. He wants her and he wants The Dower House and Nico Ferranti always gets what he wants.

   But Bronte’s heart has already been broken by one ruthless charmer and although tempted she isn’t about to give up either her heart or her home to the charismatic Italian without a fight!

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   Author Bio:
   C C MacKenzie is a wife, and mother of three, based in South Cheshire, U.K.

   Since childhood, she dreamt of writing stories that readers would love, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her careers in finance, fitness, interior design and construction.

   ‘Reckless Nights in Rome’ is her first novel in The Ludlow Hall series, followed by book two ‘A Stormy Spring’ in July 2012, and book three ‘Run Rosie Run’ published in December 2012. ‘The Trouble With Coco Monroe’ the fourth in the series was released at the end of May 2013 and ‘A Film Star, A Baby, And A Proposal’ in December 2013. ‘Desert Orchid’ the first book in a new adventure romance series was released in April 2014.

   ‘Big Trouble in China’ released in September 2012 is her first paranormal novella of The Vampyre Legal Chronicles series. Book two, ‘Dirty Little Secrets’ was released in January 2013.

   C C MacKenzie is currently finishing three more contemporary romances due for release in 2014.

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6. A Question of Class by Julia Tagan

   About A Question of Class by Julia Tagan:

   United to exact revenge on a common enemy, they discover passion is the ultimate reward.

   On the strength of her wit and intelligence, Catherine Delcour climbed from Connecticut poverty to opulent Paris society. But once in New York, her lowly past is a scandal her wine merchant husband won’t tolerate. After five years of marriage, Morris announces their union isn’t valid and reveals his plan to send her to the West Indies. Fearing she’ll end up destitute, Catherine schemes to escape–and secure her future with his treasured bottle of wine.

   Under the guise of supervising Delcour’s wayward wife, Benjamin Thomas seeks to avenge his sister’s death by ruining him. But Catherine isn’t the spoiled society wife Benjamin expects. His growing affection for Catherine threatens more than his carefully constructed plans. His vow to never touch another man’s wife has never been harder to keep than when he’s around the beguiling beauty.

   When Catherine and Benjamin join forces, their sensual natures collide even as their individual desires for passion, vengeance, and escape threaten to tear them apart.

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   Author Bio:
   Julia Tagan lives with her husband and goldendoodle in New York City. A journalist by training, she enjoys weaving actual events and notorious individuals into her historical romances. Her favorite activities include walking her dog in Central Park, scouring farmers’ markets for the perfect tomato, and traveling to foreign cities in search of inspiration.

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7. Creator – Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Epic, Earth’s Human Behavior Confronted

   About Creator – Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Epic, Earth’s Human Behavior Confronted:

   In “Creator – Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Epic, Earth’s Human Behavior Confronted,” Overseers of the Universes threaten the end of humankind if Earth’s people do not alter their conduct. They summon university Professor Thomas Scribner to witness the court’s inquiry as they hold an eighth Guardian, Earth’s creator, accountable. Creator tells his story from the beginning. A debate ensues, which results in Scribner accepting a mission to try to save humanity. He delivers a Creator’s message to humans in a book titled “Words of the Creator.” He recruits others to help him in his 25-year effort. They become close, marry, have children, and address family issues.

   “CREATOR – Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Epic, Earth’s Human Behavior Confronted:” Paperback, $14.99, Kindle, eBook $6.99 ($0 May 7-11) at Amazon.com. Link http://tinyurl.com/n64g7hp. Link author page at http://tinyurl.com/lcp7j9v

   This is one of five Allen Pollens’ science fiction offerings in less than two years. Pollens’ other sci-fi books include: “ALTERNATIVE LIVES – To Sleep, Perchance to Dream … Another Life,” “CONJUROR – Living the Tale,” “CREATOR II -Human Behavior Explored,” and “The Lost Pharaoh – Sobek II.”

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   Author Bio:
   Retired from careers in software/hardware design, and high tech sales and marketing, Pollens has been telling stories his whole life. The stories he wrote for his grandchildren have become the basis for “BOFFO BUTTERPHANT – Small Creature Adventures,” “STARFISH CHRONICLES – Undersea Adventures with Sammy Starfish,” and for “SUPERHERO –Chronicles of Blue Knight Adventures.” He also turned the daily journal he kept on his European vacation into “Al’s London and Dublin Holiday,” published with ninety color photos.

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