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1. Take a Load Off, Mona Jamborski by Joanna Franklin Bell

   About Take a Load Off, Mona Jamborski by Joanna Franklin Bell:

   From an award-winning author comes a novel about a 528-pound recluse. Meet Mona Jamborski, who hasn’t left her home in years and is slowly eating herself to death, with one foot in her past memories and another foot in her grave. Mona sees no future for herself until one day, someone knocks on her door and unwittingly leads her into a life-changing decision. Take a Load Off, Mona Jamborski is a book filled with the wonders and heartbreaks of human relationships.

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   Author Bio:
   Joanna Franklin Bell is a writer and the mother of Leah, Todd, and Jason, living in rural Maryland with her husband Don Bohn. Take a Load Off, Mona Jamborski is her first novel. She is also the author of a children’s chapter book entitled, Muse: A Cat’s Story, and a picture book entitled, Mrs. Just-So. She is an occasional contributor to Baltimore Magazine. Many of her articles can be found on various Patch.com come news sites, and her award-winning short story can be found on the blog Single Dad Laughing.

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2. The Holographic Self: An Inquiry into Authentic Identity by Stephen J. Carter

   About The Holographic Self: An Inquiry into Authentic Identity by Stephen J. Carter:

   “The Holographic Self” explores how we can choose to uncover our authentic identity. As stated by Jane Roberts’ ‘Seth’, “Your senses and bodily mind force you to perceive an available field of energy (the world around you) in physical terms, and impose a highly specialized pattern upon this field of reality.” What we discover is that space-time and all the infinite image-field of objects is something that consciousness does. Or as Mike Dooley expresses it, “Thoughts become things.” Changing your life is literally a thought away.

   The possibilities this knowledge opens up are astounding.

   “The Holographic Self” will help you realize how truly unlimited your potential is!

   Journey well, my friends.
   TABLE OF CONTENTS

   1. theory, actually

   2. the descent

   3. who wants to be a millionaire?

   4. lucrece, interrupted

   5. ways of seeing

   6. time’s progeny

   7. letting seth speak
   EXCERPT

   As Seth reported, “You have been given perhaps the most awesome gift of all: the ability to project your thoughts outward into physical form.” Consciousness creates form. On its face this seems beyond outrageous, but entertain for a moment that this objective physical plane may not be what it seems. What if it were a kind of camouflage, to use his term? “The camouflage is real, and yet there is a much greater reality within it – the vitality that gave it form.” The vitality in question is the eternal entity that each of us is. If true, how did we lose touch with this knowledge? Perhaps our experience of time makes the outward form of this objective environment seem more real, enduring, and significant than our tenuous, constantly-shifting, chameleon-like consciousness. Mystics have always maintained, however, that it is consciousness that is enduring and real, and the objects around us which are chameleon-like, transitory. Seth’s simple suggestion is that we are co-creators – with Source – of all the physical forms of our environment, only we don’t realize it. We are so fascinated by this physical plane that we live our lives literally in a kind of trance, hypnotized by the camouflage of this physical environment. If so, there was doubtless good reason for being thus entranced.

   In my own life the sense is gradually overtaking me that many levels of consciousness are indeed available, to everyone. And with that an understanding can come – a partial, tentative understanding – of the multiple realities we move through, unbeknownst to our conscious self.

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   Author Bio:
   Sixteen years ago I embarked on a teaching Grand Tour throughout Asia. What a fascinating journey these years have been! After seeing much of Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand, in between stints of teaching and futures trading, I settled seven years ago here in beautiful Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.

   I’m an avid fan of SF, Horror, Fantasy, Historical fiction, DVD serials, and Asian transcendental writing. I write SF, Horror, Film Criticism, and adventure comedy.

   I’m frankly fascinated by this morphing world of book publishing. Imagine integrating multimedia in an ebook, i.e. period folk ballads as chapter breaks for a Historical novel. Music and visuals done right would enhance and deepen a reading. Ten years ago no one thought e-readers would ever be popular, and look at them now. We have the same resistance today to other emerging innovations. It’s an excellent time to be active in this industry!

   Titles AVAILABLE NOW:

   ‘Story Crisis, Story Climax 1′ (Amazon KDP)

   ‘Stormring’ (Zero Point Light 1) (Amazon KDP)

   ‘Bangkok Z 1′ (Amazon KDP)

   ‘The Holographic Self’ (Amazon KDP)

   Other titles COMING SOON:

   ‘New Siqdor, Part I’ (Zero Point Light 2) in 4.Q.14

   ‘Toey’s Burden, Part I’ (Bangkok Z 2) in 4.Q.14

   ‘Story Crisis Story Climax 2: Creating Story Worlds’, in 1.Q.15

   ‘New Siqsor, Part II’ (Zero Point Light 2) in 2.Q.15

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3. A Soft Place to Fall by Amber Wynn

   About A Soft Place to Fall by Amber Wynn:

   “When love throws feisty Grad student and single mom off her game,
   she takes on the most challenging fight of her life,
   breaking the shackles of abuse to open her heart to the man of her dreams.”

   Twenty-four year old McKenzie Batiste has it all: confidence, ambition,
   intelligence, and beauty. Honorary president of the “Superwoman” club, this feisty single mom defines the term “Strong Black Woman.” Despite the hard blows life has dealt her, she’s risen above a tumultuous childhood, a lonely and painful adulthood to raise a son on her own while she attends grad school and works full time. From the outside looking in, it appears as if she has it all together . . . What could this strong black woman possibly need? Despite all outward appearances, which McKenzie meticulously crafts, she yearns for a love she can believe in and trust.

   It’s during her Master’s program that she finally finds Christian Malveaux, her soul mate. But as fate would have it, Christian is married. He’s a good guy who married for the wrong reasons–bound by expectation and obligation. Christian slowly wins McKenzie’s heart over during lengthy discussions about mushy classic R&B lyrics and intimate moments doing the cha-cha. They laugh, open up, become close and fall in love.

   Christian shows McKenzie that she can overcome the hurt, betrayal and disappoint- ments of life and trust in love, trust in a man, and trust in herself. But will she be able to accept his support, understanding, and love and allow him to be for her . . . A Soft Place to Fall.

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   Author Bio:
   Amber Wynn is an author with over 25 years of writing experience including fiction, creative writing, business, technical and grant writing. Amber has authored a nationally syndicated column and published several award winning articles. Amber received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Loyola Marymount and her Master of Science degree in Public Administration from California State University, Los Angeles. Amber resides in Los Angeles with her two sons Christopher and Amir.

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4. God in the Time of the Internet

   About God in the Time of the Internet:

   How did we arrive on this planet? What are we doing here? What is to become of us? Specifically, how did the Big Bang lead eventually to civilized life? What is now driving our behavior here on earth? What is the ultimate fate of the human race and every individual who has ever lived within it? These are the burning questions of existences.

   This book examines these key questions of existence and the answers provided by religion, philosophy and science.

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   Author Bio:
   Phillip Shirvington earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Sydney, and subsequently worked as a nuclear scientist, publishing some 30 scientific papers, and serving for a time as a nuclear diplomat in Washington.

   Phillip has lived in three countries and worked in six. His interests are family, reading, travel and good movies. He is a keen skier, kayaker, surfer and swimmer. He lives in San Francisco, and is fascinated by the world around, the life within it and the mind that observes it.

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5. Lethal Desire

   About Lethal Desire:

   When nothing is off limits

   Chaz Diaz was named the sexiest man alive. Not only is he rich, famous, and incredibly hot, he’s also the man of Aspen’s fantasies. Now he is offering to pay her a million dollars to be his escort for one month, but there is a catch or two.

   The Caribbean resort known as Desire is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and it is where the elite go to live out their deepest darkest fantasies. Absolutely nothing is off limits. Desire will take you wherever your imagination dares to go. Those who can pay the price, can have anything they desire. Some pay the ultimate price.

   Up until her sister disappeared from the Caribbean resort town of Punta Cana, Aspen Johansson had never traveled anywhere. Now she is thousands of miles from home, and searching for her wayward sister.

   The one person she suspects of knowing where her sister is, also happens to be the guy she has been swooning over since she was sixteen years old.

   Chaz Diaz can’t remember the last time he was spurned by a woman, so when the spirited and beautiful Aspen declines to have casual sex with him, his mild curiosity turns to outright obsession. Now he is determined to have her, but there is another reason he wants to keep her close. Keeping her close might be the only way to keep her alive.

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   Author Bio:
   Lorraine Kennedy writes Contemporary and Paranormal Romance. She is the author of the Immortal Destiny Series, as well as the Skinwalkers Series.

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6. Black Machetes

   About Black Machetes:

   Violence and impending hope collide in Ryan K. Howard’s edgy, controversial, and addictive debut.

   For Benjamin Wilder, it was just another day in the life of a twelve-year-old boy…

   – Waking up with a fresh black-eye, compliments of the Rabid Dog: CHECK

   – Taking care of his drunken mother before school: CHECK

   – Risking life-and-limb to sneak out for a sleepover (and getting caught): CHECK

   – Witnessing two psychopaths commit unspeakable acts: CHECK

   – Running for his life and assuming a new identity in the process: CHECK

   – Living happily ever after: YEAH, NOT EXACTLY

   Black Machetes is a powerful, page-turning psychological thriller—at times both shocking and endearing—written with gritty cinematic tones that paint a painfully intimate portrait of a world framed by abuse, tragedy, and inhibited love.

   What reviewers are saying…

   “This book in its entirety is a gritty and compelling tale of triumph in the face of adversity, and the horrors that some have to deal with and overcome to get there.” —The Bookie Monster @ Amazon

   “I could not put this book down. It was believable, heartbreaking, funny, tragic and heartwarming.” —Donna @ Goodreads

   “This book is a ‘page turner’ – I couldn’t put it down – the style of writing was clear and sharp, and the story well-woven.” —Lorna Kennedy @ Goodreads

   “A very quick read. It will make you laugh, cry, cringe, and everything in between. A real emotional roller coaster. Read this book!!” —Michelle @ Goodreads

   Book Synopsis…

   Benjamin Wilder grew up with sparse shelter, infested provisions, and constant abuse dealt to him by his stepfather: Jessup—a.k.a. the Rabid Dog. Without a sober mother to defend him from the Rabid Dog’s wrath, Ben finds reprieve and adventure in a club of misfit boys called the Black Machetes. But the world as Ben knows it comes to an end when he witnesses an act so psychologically appalling that it forces him to run for his life. He travels as far away as he can until fate steps in and guides him to a small town where he finds the help he needs to assume a new identity and live a life he could only imagine before.

   Years after trying to bury the demons from his past, Ben seems to finally settle into a sense of normalcy. But his world continually gets turned upside-down by a series of discoveries, revealing that the evil from his childhood has never stopped cursing him—having over the years destroyed everyone he ever cared for. When the ticking time-bomb within Ben’s psyche finally detonates with a fumed vengeance, it pushes his wife and unborn child into the very clutches of the same malevolence that has forever haunted him. In the end, Ben must again face those demons from his past in order to save his true love, and ultimately his own sanity.

   Bottom line: This book delivers on its promise and readers who enjoy intriguing characters and viscerally-visual narrative will not be disappointed.

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   Author Bio:
   Ryan K. Howard is a writer of cinematic, page-turner thrillers. He lives in Seattle with his two youngest kiddos along with a house full of ghosts that get pretty active when his early drafts are read aloud to them.

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7. Beauty’s Kiss by Jane Porter

   About Beauty’s Kiss by Jane Porter:

   Taylor Harris–Marietta, Montana’s new librarian–is the quiet type who likes her glamour between the book covers. When she’s pushed into attending the formal Valentine Ball with Marietta’s Most Eligible Bachelor, Troy Sheenan, Taylor can’t imagine a worse pairing. What in the world would she have in common with a wealthy playboy like Troy?

   Technology tycoon Troy is forced by business concerns to return to his hometown and take the town librarian to the Valentine Ball… what he doesn’t expect is that Taylor is even less excited about the prospect than he is! Intrigued by the only woman in town who wouldn’t be thrilled to take his arm at the big event, he’s determined that she will not just agree to be his date… bur she’s going to like it. Can Taylor turn a cold shoulder to Troy’s heart-melting charms, or is this about to be Marietta’s hottest Valentine’s Ball yet?

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   Author Bio:
   USA Today, and New York Times bestselling author of 47 romances and women’s fiction titles, Jane Porter has been a finalist for the prestigious RITA award five times, with her Tule Publishing novella, Take Me, Cowboy, winning the Novella Category July 2014. Jane today has over 12 million copies in print, including her wildly popular Flirting with Forty, a novel picked by Redbook Magazine as it’s Red Hot Summer Read in 2006 before being turned into a Lifetime movie in 2008 starring Heather Locklear.

   Jane holds an MA in Writing from the University of San Francisco and makes her home in sunny San Clemente, CA with her surfer husband three sons, and two dogs. You can learn more about Jane at janeporter.com.

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