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1. Kalan’s Quest

   About Kalan’s Quest:

   The disappearance of his great-uncle Samuel during World War II has shaped the life of the young university lecturer, Shmulik Kaplan. As part of his Master’s Thesis on the history of Germany between the wars, he sets out to try and discover what happened to his uncle – an outstanding athlete who managed to leave Germany in 1935, and yet incomprehensibly, returned to Berlin, and then vanished without a trace.

   From his book lined office at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, to Berlin and to Mont St. Michel in France, and through the dusty WW II archives of the German army, the quest takes him on a rollercoaster journey of personal discovery and emotion. The search uncovers events and materials that no-one had ever heard of before, or seen, since the days of the German occupation of France.

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   Born in New York City of German-Jewish immigrant parents, Richard Steinitz studied at the State University of NY at Buffalo, and has been living in Israel since 1968. When not writing novels, he reads them in great quantities, and works for a multi-national educational publisher. He and his wife Naomi are the parents of two grown children.

   Though his own parents escaped the Holocaust, it has had an enduring effect on his life, and his writing.

   Researching the background for his books is his favorite activity, after reading mysteries! Kaplan’s Quest is his second novel.

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2. Closer

   About Closer:

   The terrorists want her alive. The CIA wants her dead, and Michael just wants to love her.

   Emma, an ingenious female engineer, finds a protector in an unlikely source.

   Michael is a warrior, a Green Beret, fresh out of the military. He suffers from PTSD and recurrent nightmares of his five tours in Afghanistan. Something in him fundamentally changes when he meets Emma.

   Emma has top-secret clearance for her work on a governmental prototype to help fight the war on terror. She has spent her entire life pursuing her career and developing her brain child labeled Project Hummingbird. She lives in her intellectually driven mind…that is, until Michael awakens something buried deep inside her: something she didn’t even know existed.

   Michael needs to prove to Emma that he is not who she thinks he is. He must work to win her trust and her heart. Will he be able to persuade her to trust him? Will he be able to save her from the dangers that await her? Will he win her heart?

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   Author Bio:
   Sarah lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, two children, and four spoiled animals. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications with a concentration in Professional Writing and her Master’s Degree in Education. When she is not writing or spending time with her family, she loves reading sizzling romantic suspense novels that make her blush. She loves a glass of pinot grigio, back-yard barbecues with friends and family, and helping her kids with their homework (in that order).

   Sarah’s favorite genres are contemporary romantic suspense and erotic suspense; the types of novels she crafts. While the concepts are familiar and comfortable, she brings her own unique story and personality to everything she writes. She loves the feeling of crafting a spicy, action-packed novel. Writing is her passion. She wants to leave her readers breathless after experiencing the intense ride that is her novel.

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3. Dissension

   About Dissension:

   The great cataclysm wiped almost all life from the face of planet Earth, but tiny pockets of survivors crawled from the ashes, with only one thought: survival, at any cost.

   But not all survivors were human.

   In the dark, militant society that has risen in the aftermath, vampires, once thought to be mythical, have been assimilated and enslaved. Used for blood sport their lives are allowed to continue only for the entertainment of the masses. Reviled as savages, they are destined to serve out their immortal lives in the arena, as gladiators.

   And there is no greater gladiator than Mira: undefeated, uncompromising…and seemingly unbreakable. When an escape attempt leads Mira into the path of Lucian Stavros, the city’s Regent, her destiny is changed forever.

   Lucian, raised in a culture which both reviles and celebrates the savagery and inhumanity of vampires, finds Mira as intriguing as she is brash. An impulsive decision – to become Mira’s patron – changes more than just Lucian’s perception about vampire kind. The course of his life is altered in ways he could never have predicted – a life that is suddenly as expendable as hers.

   Can Mira prove to Lucian that all is not as it seems? Can Lucian escape centuries of lies, bloodshed, and propaganda to see the truth? Or will the supreme power of the human overlords destroy them both?

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   Author Bio:
   Katie Salidas is a Super Woman! Endowed with special powers and abilities, beyond those of mortal women, She can get the munchkins off to gymnastics, cheerleading, Girl Scouts, and swim lessons. She can put hot food on the table for dinner while assisting with homework, baths, and bedtime… And, She still finds the time to keep the hubby happy (nudge nudge wink wink). She can do all of this and still have time to write.

   And if you can believe all of those lies, there is some beautiful swamp land in Florida for sale…

   Katie Salidas resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mother to three, wife to one, and slave to writing. She does try to do it all, often causing sleep deprivation and many nights passed out at the computer. Writing books is her passion, and she hopes that her passion will bring you hours of entertainment.

   You can find out more about Katie Salidas,and her vampire novels at KatieSalidas.com

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4. I Only Have Eyes For You (The Sullivans) by Bella Andre

   About I Only Have Eyes For You (The Sullivans) by Bella Andre:

   In I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU (by New York Times bestselling author Bella Andre), Sophie Sullivan, a librarian in San Francisco, was five years old when she fell head over heels in love with Jake McCann. Twenty years later, she’s convinced the notorious bad boy still sees her as the “nice” Sullivan twin. That is, when he bothers to look at her at all. But when they both get caught up in the magic of the first Sullivan wedding, she knows it’s long past time to do whatever it takes to make him see her for who she truly is…the woman who will love him forever.

   Jake has always been a magnet for women, especially since his Irish pubs made him extremely wealthy. But the only woman he really wants is the one he can never have. Not only is Sophie his best friend’s off-limits younger sister…he can’t risk letting her get close enough to discover his deeply hidden secret.

   Only, when Sophie appears on his doorstep as Jake’s every fantasy come to life–smart, beautiful, and shockingly sexy–he doesn’t have a prayer of taking his eyes, or his hands, off her. And he can’t stop craving more of her sweet smiles and sinful kisses. Because even though Jake knows loving Sophie isn’t the right thing to do…how can he possibly resist?

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   Author Bio:
   Bella Andre is the New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of “The Sullivans” and “The Morrisons” series. Having sold more than 3.5 million books, Bella Andre’s novels have been #1 bestsellers around the world and have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists 18 times. She has been the #1 Ranked Author at Amazon (on a top 10 list that included Nora Roberts, JK Rowling, James Patterson and Steven King). Known for “sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance” (Publishers Weekly), her books have been Cosmopolitan Magazine “Red Hot Reads” twice and have been translated into ten languages. Winner of the Award of Excellence, The Washington Post called her “One of the top digital writers in America” and she has been featured by NPR, USA Today, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME Magazine.

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5. Trust Me (Holton Series #3)

   About Trust Me (Holton Series #3):

   Rachel isn’t looking for love, but she finds it with Paul. Will he learn to trust her?

   Rachel Lewis hides her looks behind dark framed glasses and drab clothes. As the head librarian in Holton, she is satisfied with her life and her appearance. Rachel isn’t looking for love or a relationship, but Paul captivates her. He lives in a completely different world, but she wants him more than she has ever wanted any other man.

   Paul Hart is handsome, rich, and successful. As the owner of a thriving business, he is happy with short-term relationships and jaded women. Paul has been betrayed too many times to trust a woman, but Rachel intrigues him. She isn’t like any other woman he has ever known. Can he learn to trust her?

   Return to Holton, Texas for Victoria and Andrew’s wedding to see if Rachel can win Paul’s trust. Trust Me is the third book in the Holton Series but may be read as a standalone novel.

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   Author Bio:
   B. L. Blair writes simple and sweet romance and mystery/romance stories. Like most authors, she has been writing most of her life and has dozens of books started. She just needs the time to finish them.

   She is the author of the Holton Romance Series and the Leah Norwood Mysteries. She enjoys reading books, writing books, and traveling wherever and as often as time and money allows. She is currently working on her latest book set in Texas, where she lives with her family.

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6. Beauty & the Beast: A Modern Fairy Tale by John Phythyon

   About Beauty & the Beast: A Modern Fairy Tale by John Phythyon:

   Be careful what you wish for. . . .

   Rory Bellin dreams of a better life. As a senior at Lawrence High, she yearns to be taken seriously for her accomplishments – she’s editor-in-chief of the school paper, president of three clubs, and on track to graduate with a 4.0 GPA and admission to Yale. But all anyone, even her mother, cares about is LHS regaining its former football glory and winning a state championship.

   Caleb Johnson dreams of a better life. He aches to be able to lead Lawrence High to its first football championship in eighteen years and to date the most beautiful girl in school – Rory Bellin. But, as the third-string running back, he never plays, he has a face no one could love, and, whenever he tries to talk to Rory, his usually glib tongue turns to clay.

   But maybe Mr. Nickleby, the new English teacher and newspaper advisor, can help. He has the key to both of their desires. He’s willing to make their dreams come true.

   Of course, getting what you wish for has a price. But that doesn’t matter, right? If you want something badly enough, you’ll do anything to get it, no matter what it costs. Even if it’s your soul.

   BEAUTY & THE BEAST: A MODERN FAIRY TALE is a contemporary take on the classic story by the author of the Wolf Dasher series. John R. Phythyon, Jr. weaves a dark fairy tale both familiar and fresh about understanding what’s important, finding one’s place in the world, and the consequences of obsession.

   Be careful what you wish for . . . you might just get it!

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   John R. Phythyon, Jr. wishes he were a superhero or a magician, but, since he has not yet been bitten by a radioactive spider or gotten his letter from Hogwarts, he writes adventure stories instead. He is the author of the Wolf Dasher series of fantasy-thriller mashup novels, as well as several modern fairy tales, a two-act comedy, and the fantasy novel, THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER. Prior to becoming a novelist, he was an award-winning game designer.

   He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, their children, a dog, and a cat. It is rarely quiet, but it is often entertaining. His current projects include the next novel in the Wolf Dasher series, world peace, and desperately wishing for the Cincinnati Bengals to win a Super Bowl before he dies.

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7. Afraid

   About Afraid:

   99 Cent Bargain from August 1 to 8, 2014

   WELCOME TO SAFE HAVEN, POPULATION 907…

   Nestled in the woods of Wisconsin, Safe Haven is miles from everything. With one road in and out, this is a town so peaceful it has never needed a full-time police force. Until now…

   A helicopter has crashed on the outskirts of town and something terrible has been unleashed. A classified secret weapon programmed to kill anything that stands in its way. Now it’s headed for the nearest lights to do what it does best. Isolate. Terrorize. Annihilate.

   Soon all phone lines are dead and the road is blocked. Safe Haven’s only chance for survival rests on the shoulders of an aging county sheriff. And as the body count rises, the sheriff realizes something even more terrifying – maybe death hasn’t come to his little town by accident…
   WELCOME TO SAFE HAVEN, POPULATION 907… 906… 905…

   AFRAID by Jack Kilborn

   Are you afraid of the dark? You will be.

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   JA Konrath is the author of eight novels in the Jack Daniels thriller series. They do not have to be read in chronological order to be enjoyed, but for those who want to know it is: Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, Shaken, and Stirred.

   Jack also appears in the novels Shot of Tequila, Flee, Spree, Three, Timecaster Supersymmetry, Banana Hammock, and Serial Killers Uncut, as well as the short story collection Jack Daniels Stories, and the novellas Floaters and Burners.

   Last Call, the ninth Jack Daniels novel, will be available in spring of 2013.

   Other novels include Origin, The List, Shot of Tequila, and Serial Killers Uncut.

   Konrath writes horror under the name Jack Kilborn, including the bestsellers Afraid, Trapped, and Endurance.

   Haunted House, the new Jack Kilborn novel of terror, will be available in mid 2013.

   He has sold over a million ebooks.

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8. Tears of Endurance

   About Tears of Endurance:

   A secret can tear you apart … or bind you forever.

   For Arianna Ferria, a satisfying and challenging life as an art gallery owner takes an unexpected turn into burning romance when she falls for the handsome and successful Ben Fielding. Soon, their relationship blossoms into more than she could ever imagine, but when a black secret comes crashing down around them, their love faces the ultimate test as they come to grips with a tragic fate that will bring you to tears … Tears of Endurance

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   Author Bio:
   D.G. Torrens was born in England, United Kingdom. She is married with a five year old daughter. Her first book, “Amelia’s Story” (the authors true life story) has inspired people all over the world. The authors second book “Amelia’s Destiny” has been equally successfully around the world. The author has also published three romance novels, “Broken Wings” “Tears of Endurance” and “Whispers from Heaven.” In addition to all this D.G. Torrens has published two poetry collections the first, “Heart and Mind” inspired by her own experiences and life in general. The second, “Military Boots” an anthology of war poetry, for all our soldiers past and present. D.G has just completed her “The Poppy Fields” trilogy the first two books in the trilogy will be released in April 2014.

   The author lives by the motto, “The child first and foremost.”

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9. SanClare Black

   About SanClare Black:

   No SanClare fated to bear the title “Prince of Sorrows” ever enjoyed an easy life, and soon after Nylan learns he will carry this prince-name, his existence as a sheltered Sensitive comes to a brutal end. Abducted by pirates who leave his beloved guardian for dead, Nylan is thrown through the Breach into magic-fearing Camarat where he lands with a broken shoulder and only a few, frayed strands of his unraveled memory.

   Once shielded by his guardian, Nylan must endure the invasion of thoughts and emotions from even the slightest touch. This dangerous empathy leads Nylan to the accidental discovery of his healing ability, but when he dares to use this power to save a dying woman, Nylan is convicted of witchcraft and thrown into the streets.

   Faced with only one way to survive, Nylan sells his body to buy his escape from the harsh slums of Camarat and becomes famous for his unmatched skill and beauty. But as his guardian searches both sides of the Breach for his lost prince, Nylan’s secret use of his healing powers to help those in need brings him a different sort of fame—and the attention of a power-hungry man who realizes that Nylan possesses exactly what he’s been looking for.

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   Jenna once killed a fly with a rubber band when she couldn’t find a flyswatter and has slain many an insect with her mighty band-fu ever since.

   She has been a librarian, an itinerant film critic, a copy editor, a voice-over performer, and got paid for an acting job where she had to cry onstage. She lived most of her life in Indiana, but now lives in Chicago which has a much broader selection of shoes.

   When not destroying household pests, Jenna sits cross-legged at her computer, writing, and is occasionally drooled upon by her cat, Nuala. Her other cat, Liffey, prefers to remain hidden in the closet for fear of the Roomba®.

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10. Ulysses Uncovered

    About Ulysses Uncovered:

    Ulysses Uncovered is the best book you can have to climb the mountain that is Ulysses. Within a week (of leisurely reading) you will know the story of Joyce’s great masterpiece and you will have gained great insights into each of the main characters of the novel. The 18 chapters of Ulysses Uncovered parallel the 18 episodes of Ulysses and all of the comments and footnotes therein are informative and revealing.

    What is particularly good about the book is that Joyce’s complications – for example, the use of rapidly changing literary styles or the use of abundant linguistic references – are pushed a little to the side and what you get is a very informative narrative. What you get too is great understanding and appreciation of this classic.

    Special attention is given throughout Ulysses Uncovered to the connection with Homer’s epic. The end result is that your appetite for reading Joyce’s magnum opus will be whetted – and better – a positive frame of mind will be securely established. There is only one thing to do – Go climb that mountain – and climb it with Ulysses Uncovered.

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    Author Bio:
    Patrick Moloney comes from Shanagolden in Co. Limerick. He graduated from University College, Dublin with a degree in Science in 1970. Later in 1979 he graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with a master’s degree in Computer Science. He spent his working life in education, first as a school-teacher and later as Deputy Principal, in Pearse College, Crumlin. Patrick has always had a great interest in James Joyce’s Ulysses – ever since, many years ago – he first noted that his home village of Shanagolden is mentioned in the book. The exploration of this inclusion led to an enjoyable literary safari.

    Furthermore he has been quite fortunate in getting to know many Dubliners and he has always been fascinated with their characters, their stories, their chat, their wit and genuine friendliness. In other words Patrick knows and understands Dubliners. He appreciates their vibrancy and musicality and every time he reads Ulysses he can hear the people talking. He can hear their accents, their intonations and inflexions. He still lives in Dublin enjoying the retired life. And from time to time he visits the west coast of Co. Clare. There he loves to walk along the beaches of the Atlantic shore and commune with land and nature, sky and sea.

    Patrick is also author of “Gunna Dan An Angel for Everyone”, a philosophical and spiritual book that essentially proclaims the loveliness of life and the wonderful importance of every individual person. This book was an award winner USA Book News2011 and First Horizon Award Finalist 2012.

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11. Peripheral Involvement

    About Peripheral Involvement:

    Jack Caufield never imagined that he would wake up one day and find a dead woman in his bed. That sort of thing wasn’t supposed to happen to guys like him. He was on his way to law school, but instead of fielding Socratic questions from law professors, he finds himself facing the third degree from a bunch of angry cops. Despite their efforts, they find nothing incriminating, and Jack is allowed to get on with his education and his life.

    Over the next fifteen years, he becomes a modestly successful corporate lawyer, a well-paid but insignificant cog in the Wall Street machine. He’s resigned to playing a disappointing role in the system that he has come to disdain, until he learns that his encounter with that unlucky girl may not have been coincidental. Confronted with the possibility that the men who run the prestigious financial institution that he now represents may have been involved in a shocking conspiracy, his search for the truth is complicated by the knowledge that discovering it could cost him the career that he’s spent his life chasing.

    Peripheral Involvement explores Jack’s struggle to reconcile the reality of his life against his expectations and to refine his understanding of success. Along the way, it looks at the absurdity of the modern-day financial industry, the current state of the American Dream, our propensity for self-deception… and baseball.

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    Author Bio:
    Bob Waldner was born and raised in New Jersey, before heading off to Duke University and the University of Michigan Law School. He practices law in New York, where he lives with his wife, Erinn, and his daughters Maureen and Madeleine. Someday, he hopes to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up.

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12. Death on Daytime (A Tess Darling Mystery)

    About Death on Daytime (A Tess Darling Mystery):

    “Impossible to read without laughing out loud – black, knowing and funny as hell.” Tony Parsons, bestselling author of ‘Man and Boy’.

    TV producer Tess Darling is a gorgeous, grubby blonde who skids across bars, and slides under men, to escape the shadow of her famous father, eminent broadcaster Darcus Darling.

    When a presenter on her show is murdered, it’s Tess who is thrust into the spotlight however. To save the jobs of her TV crew – including her best friend and worst cameraman Miller – she’s forced to turn investigative reporter.

    Probing the dark underbelly of daytime TV, Tess encounters bloated stars, bristling talent agents and vicious competition from her own father. Will Tess prove the failure he’s always held her to be? Or can she stop the killer before they strike again?

    As the stakes rise, inhibitions drop: Tess may have Miller by her side, but it’s hunky Detective Selleck she’s got her eye on…

    DEATH ON DAYTIME is a rattling good read – and Tess Darling a gloriously modern heroine. Think Bridget Jones meets Nancy Drew – and enjoy the ride!

    “A genuinely fresh and extremely funny voice. Tess Darling is a hapless joy, and I think we shall be hearing a great deal more of her – and her creator, Tash Bell.” – Penny Vincenzi, bestselling author of ‘Wicked Pleasures’.

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    Author Bio:
    I’m one of those women who dresses too young for her age, drinks too hard for her health – and laughs just the right amount.

    Now 42, I grew up in London, and then went to Oxford to study English. A rather shaky career in TV followed. It was lots of fun – the people were either really great or totally awful – and we all of us behaved disgracefully.

    However, I wasn’t very good at producing or presenting, and secretly wanted to write instead. So that’s what I’m now trying to do.

    Writing ‘Death on Daytime’, I grew really fond of my heroine, Tess, and would love to be able to continue the series. I’m already a good way through the second, so fingers crossed a few people buy the first!

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13. Breaking Free

    About Breaking Free:

    Kelsie Sullivan’s life has changed forever. The once outgoing cheerleader has a secret to hide. The car accident that killed her best friend Jenna? She caused it.

    With an absent father and unforgiving stepmother, Kelsie has nowhere to turn. She manages her guilt and grief with razor blades. The fleeting release she experiences becomes an obsession and soon she’s unable to hide it any longer. Once her cutting is revealed, Kelsie’s parents enroll her in a Wilderness Therapy program designed to rehabilitate troubled teens, but North Carolina is a world away from California.

    Kelsie fights against everything the program has to offer until she befriends JC, a boy with a tortured past of his own. He’s also the only one who is able to ease her pain. The two grow close, but quickly discover that nature—both human and otherwise—can easily rip them apart.

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    Author Bio:
    SM Koz was born in Michigan, but moved to North Carolina for college and never left.

    She enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, photography, reading, spending time with foster kids who call her house home, and learning new things. When she’s not creating online training for pharmaceutical companies (her day job) or writing, Koz can be found at the local community college taking courses on various topics ranging from digital art to HTML to desktop publishing. Next in line are auto mechanics and cake decorating.

    Being trained as a veterinarian, it’s not surprising that Koz and her husband were recently told they have a mini-zoo with their two dogs, fish, cockatiels, and foster cats. In the past, they have also had parakeets and a snake. Other than the fish, all the animals were acquired through rescue organizations, something Koz wholeheartedly supports.

    Breaking Free is Koz’s third original novel and fifth overall, but the only one she feels compelled to publish at this time. Her hope is that individuals who struggle with cutting may be inspired by Kelsie’s story and find the strength they need to begin the healing process.

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14. Shades of Chaos

    About Shades of Chaos:

    Dare yourself to enter into post-apocalyptic future with this gritty collection of first-in-a-series books by six bestselling authors! Discover unique worlds packed with non-stop action, adventure, and suspense set against a gritty, futuristic backdrop.

    Over 1400 pages of stories, with *exclusive* content from Alexia Purdy, Katie Salidas, and Chrystalla Thoma!

    I AM Alive: I am not my heart rate. I am not my skills. I am not how I look like. My name is Decca Tenderstone. I live in a future America where teenagers are ranked on a scale from 1 to 10 on graduation day. There has never been a 10. Those below the rank of 5 are considered Monsters, a liability to society. The system says I am a Monster. I will not let them kill me. I will survive.

    Initiation: Being a Vampire is a crime punishable by eternal servitude in the arena as a Gladiator of the Iron Gate. Mira, a newly turned vampire, must prove she has what it takes to survive in the human’s world. It’s kill or be killed. Immortality is not guaranteed.

    Dissension: In the aftermath of the great cataclysm, vampires are enslaved by humans and used for blood sport as gladiators in the arena. Mira is undefeated, uncompromising, and unbreakable, but when an escape attempt leads her into the path of the city’s Regent, her destiny is changed forever.

    Finding Hope: After the death of the one person he called mother, Elei leaves the Trashlands of Ost for the city – looking for other people and for answers. But he soon finds out that people are complicated and answers hard to come by…

    Rex Rising: In a world where parasites create new human races, Elei leads a peaceful life as aircar driver — until a mysterious attack on his boss sends him fleeing with a bullet in his side and the fleet at his heels.

    Resonant: As the first days of the end of humanity tumble across the City of Las Vegas, turning everyone into vampire-like creatures, April Tate will find out what it really means to survive.

    Reign of Blood: April Tate is a seventeen-year-old ferocious vampire killer who lives in the remains of Las Vegas one year after a viral epidemic has left the world decimated. After her family is abducted, her world tilts when she discovers they’re not truly alone.

    Released: After a demon apocalypse kills everyone they know, 17-year old Abby Phillips, her brother and her friend Max flee their home to travel through the wastelands of America, chasing a radio transmissions of a resistance offering shelter. But soon enough Abby and her companions discover what awaits them is much worse they could have ever imagined.

    Burning Bridges: In a world divided between Hunters and Warriors, where prisoners are forced to fight in the arena until death, young Princess Echo must fight to find out who she really is and to put a world that has been swallowed by lies back together again

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    Author Bio:
    Alexia Purdy currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada- Sin City! She loves to spend every free moment writing, or playing with her four rambunctious kids. Writing has always been her dream and she has been writing ever since she can remember. She love’s creating paranormal fantasy and poetry and loves to read and devour books daily. Alexia also enjoys watching movies, dancing, singing loudly in the car and Italian food.

    Chrystalla Thoma likes writing about bratty, angsty boys and spunky girls in fantasy and science-fiction worlds. She writes mainly for a young adult public but not only. She’s currently preparing a non-fiction book about dragons, because the truth must out, and is juggling two series (“Elei’s Chronicles” and “Boreal and John Grey”).

    Megan Duncan is a lover of all things paranormal, fantasy, sci-fi and anything just out of the ordinary. She is continually fighting her addiction to chocolate and living in her overactive imagination.

    Katie Salidas, author of the Immortalis series (Urban Fantasy), Consummate Therapy series (Erotica), and the recently released Chronicles of the Uprising (Dystopian) is a Jill of all Trades. She’s a Super Woman endowed with special powers and abilities, beyond those of other mortals. Katie can get the munchkins off to gymnastics, cheerleading, Girl Scouts, and swim lessons; put hot food on the table, assist with homework, baths, and bedtime… And, she still finds the time to keep the hubby happy (nudge nudge wink wink). She can do all of this and still have time to write. And if you can believe all of those lies, there is some beautiful swamp land in Florida for sale…

    Katie Salidas resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mother to three, Wife to one, and slave to the craft of writing, she does try to do it all, often causing sleep deprivation and many nights passed out at the computer. Writing is her passion, and she hopes that her passion will bring you hours of entertainment.

    Cameron writes books that he can’t find elsewhere, basically to amuse himself. Everything Cameron does is for fun, so don’t take him seriously. Never call him a writer. He hates that. He prefers the word: Storyteller, or the boy next door who claims he can tell stories.

    Although his books are ordinary on the surface, they hold many secrets that he might reveal one day. What matters the most to him are characters struggling to find their identities and place in the world.

    Born in New York and raised in Pennsylvania, Nadège Richards has traveled to five other states and two countries, but aspires to travel the world someday. Forever a lover of art and all things Lit., she hopes to obtain knowledge from her writing, rather than popularity. She wrote her first novel about aliens and goats in the 8th grade and has had a passion for story-telling ever since. Her friends and family are her biggest inspiration, and the occasional cup of coffee. She enjoys being part of the Indie community and sharing her stories with the world.

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15. The Child – Alien in the Delta Series

    About The Child – Alien in the Delta Series:

    SEX WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

    Several of my teachers in high school were young women who had just finished ‘teachers’ training. Ours was the first class they had taught for a full school year. The young teachers were about six years older than their students.

    Sex was a frequent topic of discussion with our young teachers. Are you still a virgin? Have you ever had sex? Do you enjoy sex? Do you use protection? How often do you and your girlfriend have sex? The young female teachers asked the boys these types of questions. All of the boys thought it was cool having this kind of personal relationship with our young female teachers.

    Some of the young women teachers gave private sex lessons to the more mature male students. I was not advanced or mature enough to be given lessons, but we had lots of personal contact and inappropriate discussions with our young female teachers.

    Was what we did with our teachers wrong or harmful? I don’t believe that I suffered any emotional or psychological harm because of the inappropriate behavior of our young female teachers. However, I am in therapy.

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    Thankful Strother born 1943 in Grand Lake, AR., grew up in Eudora AR. Graduated from high school in 1961 and joined the US Air Force. Stationed in Germany for four years, there he learned to speak German and met his wife Barbara. Married forty-seven years, they live in California and have two adult children. He retired in 2003. Thankful Strother had a thirty-five-year career in computers and telecommunications with NCR and AT&T. In his retirement, he has accomplished his goal to write a book about his early life. Alien in the Delta is that book. It is a memoir about growing up poor in a hostile environment in the 1950′s to experience unimaginable success later in life.

    “The Child” is the first book in the Alien in the Delta series. It highlights the life of a boy from the age of six until he graduates from high school at age seventeen. During that time he discovers girls, sex music, dance, and becomes self-aware.

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16. DOUBLE BOGEY MURDER (BOOK 3)

    About DOUBLE BOGEY MURDER (BOOK 3):

    DOUBLE BOGEY MURDER – BOOK 3
    For Reno – to hell with those cattle old pard – it’s time to let the fence fall down.

    The three men waiting for me at the first tee had to be locals – their skin looked like lizard hide and their eyebrows were bleached blond. I know that if I asked they would say, “skin block is only for people from the mid-west, we don’t care about no stinking skin cancer.”
    They hadn’t rented carts. There were at least four of us on the course who still have legs.
    Since I have never been good with money, I agreed to play in their skin game.
    “Besides loosing a lot of money you are making one big mistake, your golfing and falling in love fantasy is about to sink,” my Guardian Angel said.
    “People don’t like to be talked to when they play golf,” I told him.
    The first hole was a dogleg left, par four, 428 yards long, with nothing but sand dunes covered by small bushes and large cactus on either side of the fairway. Beyond the sand dunes to the right were brand new stucco homes big enough a man’s parent’s, all his grown kids, his first wife, his new wife and her three kids, and her ex-husband, could all live and never see each other. They probably started at around a million and were owned by rich people from Belize who left South America to get away from Americans.
    The first lizard skin hit his drive down the middle of the fairway. The second lizard kind hit it down the middle. The third lizard skin hit it down the middle. I took two practice swings, lined up, and hit it hard, but pushed the ball to the right deep into the sand dunes Powell could have used to practice tank maneuvers on before he went to Iraq.
    “It’s a tough shot from there,” one lizard skin said.
    “You’ll find it,” another lizard skin said.
    “Get out your money,” the last lizard skin said, smiling like a cat playing with a mouse.
    “Please, don’t go look for your ball,” my Guardian Angel begged.
    “What did I tell you about talking,” I warned him.
    “Is Roosevelt annoyed he hit his little white ball into the rough,” he taunted.
    I’d kept a good eye on the flight of the ball and marched determinedly after it. Once I was in the sand dunes, I could no longer see the fairway. After a few minutes of futilely looking for my ball, but seeing nothing but lizards, cactus, and Inca doves, I was about to drop another ball when I saw a small hill of sand more than two feet tall and six feet long that I hadn’t looked behind. I prayed my ball was there. Taking a two shot penalty on the first hole isn’t exactly the way to start off a leisurely afternoon.
    “Forget the hill, take the penalty,” my Guardian Angel said.
    Walking around the hill my Guardian Angel gasped. There was my ball. I had a clear shot to the green. There was only one problem. I had a bad lie – my long distance golf ball that was designed to stop within twelve feet if it landed on concrete rested between the breasts of a naked lady – a naked lady with a short piece of rope around her neck and her dry tongue hanging out of the left side of her mouth. Ants were crawling on her eyelids.
    “Roosevelt,” my Guardian Angel implored. “Why didn’t you hit the ball straight?”
    “I should have listened to you. You never steered me wrong. I should have gone to Idaho. They don’t play golf up there in the winter. All they do is sit around and drink, talk about over throwing the government and eat elk meat.”
    “You have always been good at wrong decisions,” he said.

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    I HAVE BEEN WRITING SINCE 1967. TO DATE 14 OF MY NOVELS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED TRADITIONALLY AND I HAVE INDIED SIX. I AM LISTED IN WHO’S WHO IN THE WEST AND YOUNG CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS. SOME OF MY EARLEIR BOOKS WERE REVIEWED BY ALL THE BIG BOYS AND TWO OF MY NOVELS HAVE BEEN OPTIONED.I HAVE ALSO WRITTEN FOR OUTDOOR MAGAZINES.

    DOUBLE BOGEY MURDER (BOOK 3) is a post from Awesome Gang

17. Back to Santa Fe

    About Back to Santa Fe:

    Irish-Mexican-American Sullivan Ortega returns to his empty childhood home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to pay his respects to the last of his family, his sister Maggie, killed in a single-car crash. He’s driven to try to put his life back together, but he’s saddled with a terrible temper. He has few prospects or real friends, a taste for too much beer and not just a few run-ins with the local police. Most of the time, he just doesn’t feel comfortable in his own skin. While bringing his pain and anger under control, he finds a series of tormenting clues left on his doorstep. It seems Maggie’s death was no accident. Investigating the shattering details of her hidden sexuality and tangled connections in the world of fine art, antiques and the scramble for status, Sullivan struggles with long avoided questions. He uncovers things about his family that have been buried for many years. In a turn of luck, he discovers allies he didn’t know he had, including a girl he let down hard, a local Police Sergeant and a studded lesbian barrista. It’s a rugged journey, and it may not lead him to a peaceful conclusion, but it is one he’s prepared to endure alone if he has to.

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    Transplanted from an Oregon commune in 1973, Richard Sutton found his real life in New York. He’s worked in advertising design, copywriting, planted trees, done illustration, been a frame carpenter and an Indian Trader, a community business organizer and a guitar picker, but since 2009, when his first novel was released, he’s been a fiction writer. W.T. Durand is a pen name he’ll be using for Western-based mysteries, beginning with Back to Santa Fe. Contact him at wtauthor at sailletales dot com

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