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Published: Fri, 11/15/13

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ALEX (a Psychological Mystery Thriller) -
About ALEX (a Psychological Mystery Thriller):

The Best Selling Number 1 Thrillers & Suspense Debut

On 1st June, 2010, an unspeakable act of murder was committed—a crime so evil that its perpetrator, Alex Merton, could never be forgotten. He left behind not just bloody fingerprints staining the city, but also debate, confusion, and question upon question as to why he did it.

How could a man in possession of such genius—a man so deeply in love—unleash such horror on the living? How could a man so seemingly invisible in the community become the face of a nation’s nightmares? And who was the mystery somebody who knew of his murderous blueprints way beforehand, yet decided to do nothing until it was too late?

This is the story of Alex Merton—the truth behind the mystery, the man, the monster…

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After growing too familiar with the pleasantries of the English countryside, Sidney Knight embraced city life in London. It was here that he began ALEX, his first novel which took three years to complete.

A lifelong admirer of literary and genre fiction, he enjoys creating a hybrid of both, writing plot-driven stories with an emphasis on psychologically complex characters.

Walking a different road to most, ALEX is a fusion of crime, mystery, psychological suspense and romance, told with a bold, unflinching style. Knight is happily married and currently working on his second novel which he hopes to publish very soon.

When he manages to break away from writing his second book, Perfect Remains, he tries to unwind by attempting to cook a decent meal – otherwise known as destroying the kitchen.

To date – excluding those involved in the ‘inbox deletion disaster’ of last year – an email from a reader is yet to go unanswered. Knight loves discussing his work, self-publishing, and just about anything writing-related with his readers, and often publishes their questions and thoughts on his blog.

His debut novel Alex is available exclusively on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and worldwide.

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Eat Gluten Free Now! -
About Eat Gluten Free Now!:

Eat Gluten Free Now! is primarily for people who must avoid gluten, particularly those with celiac disease. Of course, not everyone who wants to go gluten free has that problem. Some people are gluten sensitive or gluten intolerant. And others are allergic to wheat. And still others are simply interested in trying a gluten-free diet to see if it might have a positive effect on their health and on the way they feel.

Whatever your reason for wanting to eliminate gluten from your diet, this book can help. It gives useful and accurate information gleaned from a number of reliable sources and from the author’s own experiences with celiac disease and with eating gluten free. The book is filled with tips and practical strategies for avoiding gluten and maintaining health.

Changing your diet can be challenging. It will take commitment and vigilance. And you will have to make some changes and develop new habits. But the payoff is worth the effort.

So don’t put it off any longer: eat gluten free now!

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Robert W. Harris is the author of Write Effectively Now!, Acronymonics, and The Nine Faces of Boo.

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Robert W. Harris is an author and inventor who often feels the need to construct crossword puzzles. His books include the following: The Nine Faces of Boo, a memoir about a special little beagle; Murders by the Book, a mystery/suspense novel; and Acronymonics, a book that uncovers the hidden meaning in names.

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The University of the Bleeding Obvious by Paul Farnsworth -
About The University of the Bleeding Obvious by Paul Farnsworth:

From the website of The University of the Bleeding Obvious comes this choice selection of wit and wisdom. Discover the exotic delights of the Wensleydale cheese caverns; thrill to the exploits of Frederick Maitland as he attempts to become the first man to reach Venus by catapult; and gasp in astonishment at the heroic adventures of Major Barmy-Phipps and his elite squad of bouncing sheep. This captivating collection of articles – ranging from fascinating frog facts and feral kitchen appliances, to shark fishing, nuclear gardening and the discovery of a new smell – gathers together some of the best material from one of the UK’s most popular websites. And it’s guaranteed dolphin-friendly.

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Paul Farnsworth is a British author who lives in Derbyshire, where he’s kept behind glass and only allowed out once a year to dance amongst the whispering wheat fields and watch rainbows spitting coloured gobbets of fractured light from cloudless skies. He has never been to Wigan, doesn’t own a strimmer and any suggestions of impropriety involving a dental technician on or near the premises of Carl’s Noodle Emporium in Nottingham are entirely the result of wishful thinking.

When he’s not busy avoiding those kind of allegations, he’s preoccupied with being silly at the popular comedy website The University of the Bleeding Obvious

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Whisper Bound -
About Whisper Bound:

Things aren’t always what they seem in Whisper Washington. Private Investigator, Meg Barringer and her partner Kyle are used to investigating unusual cases. However, a case involving a victim buried alive is more unusual than what they normally take on. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the police will be investigating.

As they work the investigation, Meg’s best friend is murdered and she herself is nearly buried alive as well. Will she discover who and what is behind the deaths before it’s too late?

Whisper Bound is the first in a series of short contemporary fantasy novels set in the fictional town of Whisper Washington.

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Bonnie Elizabeth has been writing since she was 8 years old. She began with a story about the Oregon Trail and finished in five pages. That story has long since been lost. Since that time she has worked a variety of jobs including veterinary receptionist, library assistant, bookstore clerk, cemetery administrator and as an acupuncturist.

In addition to writing novels, she has written extensively about acupuncture. She also blogs as her cat Chey.

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Gull Harbor -
About Gull Harbor:

When Claire Linden’s job sends her to the sleepy town of Gull Harbor, she never expects to encounter her ex-boyfriend. As a medium, the prospect of tackling a haunted house is less daunting than seeing Max Baron again. Throughout their passionate college relationship, he promised to love her forever. Then, without explanation, he abandoned her on graduation day.

Max never intended to break Claire’s heart—a cruel ultimatum forced him to disappear from her life. While he’s shocked to find her in Gull Harbor, he isn’t surprised by the bitter resentment she feels for him…or the fiery attraction that remains between them.

Claire is determined to rid her temporary home of its aggressive ghost, but Max soon realizes she’s facing a danger beyond the paranormal. When Claire risks everything to help a desperate spirit, Max must race to save her—before another tragedy tears them apart forever.

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As a child, Kathryn Knight kept her parents on a constant quest to find enough reading material to last her through each week. An early fondness for books about horses later gave way to a lasting preference for both love stories and ghost stories; as a writer, the paranormal romance genre is a perfect fit. Silver Lake, a RomCon Reader’s Crown Award Finalist, was Kathryn’s first published novel, followed six months later by Amazon bestseller Gull Harbor. She lives in New England with her husband, her sons, and a number of rescued animals. Please visit her at www.kathrynknightbooks.com or on Facebook at Kathryn Knight books.

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Medicare Made Simple: Minimize Costs, Eliminate Confusion & Worry, Get the Right Plan by Ryan Johnson -
About Medicare Made Simple: Minimize Costs, Eliminate Confusion & Worry, Get the Right Plan by Ryan Johnson:

An easy-to-understand guide to Medicare. Medicare is very confusing and if you don’t understand its rules, you may suffer very negative consequences later. Literally, one prolonged stay in the hospital could completely bankrupt your household if you get seriously ill and have the wrong Medicare plan.

This book will greatly reduce your confusion and worry around the many issues surrounding Medicare, the different plans available, and the different eligibility periods.

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I’m an healthcare and insurance plan expert and enjoy writing books. My hobbies include reading, long walks on the beach, and playing golf once in a while.

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The House on Pancake Hill -
About The House on Pancake Hill:

In 1965, the author moved into a house on Pancake Hill. Jodi Sykes discovered her ability to communicate with the dearly departed at the age of three. Throughout her childhood, she was visited on an almost a nightly basis from the world of Spirit. Ed & Lorraine Warren investigated the house in the 1970′s.

The House on Pancake Hill chronicles her journey of shielding her abilities from her friends and family, to suppressing them completely over the course of twenty years. She finally came to terms with her gifts and has embraced them.

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Jodi Sykes is writer, blogger of Living La Vida Lymphoma, editor and social media consultant. The House on Pancake Hill is her fourth book. Others include:

Rhyming Activities for Beginning Readers (T.S. Denison, 1989)

Living La Vida Lymphoma (Amazon.com, 2013)

I am Special – The Power is in ME! (Amazon.com, 2013)

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Lavender Days: A life-affirming Anglo-American affaire in Provence by Robin Squire -
About Lavender Days: A life-affirming Anglo-American affaire in Provence by Robin Squire:

It all started with an article he wrote for SHE magazine about his miserable experiences using dating agencies …

Lavender Days is inspired by a real diary, rediscovered by an Englishman in his dusty attic.

The diary transports him back twenty years, from a drab autumnal England in 2013, to an eventful hot summer in Provence with an American divorcée and her spirited young daughter.

He vividly recalls his romance with the American woman, the heady aroma of lavender in the summer air.

For two people approaching midlife, disappointed in love, here was a first date to end all dates.

The rather fusty older man reading the diary is startled by the sensual detail recorded by his younger self.

At the same time he is charmed and transported back to those dazzling days and star-drenched nights of warmth and easy intimacy.

However, she has an agenda.

Why was the rediscovery of those musty handwritten pages such a visceral

experience for him?

And why had he forced himself to forget?

Reviews

“This book makes you want to take the phone off the hook, light the fire, pour a glass of wine and tell everyone ‘not now, I’m reading’”

“It’s good! Really good! A compelling heart-warming story”

“Thanks Robin Squire. This charming little book raised my spirits, I love the English humor!”

“I could almost smell the lavender. My teenage daughter loved it as well.”

“It made me think about responsibility and those important life-changing decisions”

“I loved Lavender Days, perfect for commuting! I was completely wrapped up in it”

“I still don’t know whether to follow my head or my heart. Lavender Days made me realise other people struggle with this too.”

“Aaah… deliciously romantic, but not at all soppy. It feels very realistic too”

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I brought up my daughter as a single parent, which transformed me from being self-absorbed and insular by being the total supportive focus of another’s life. Being a freelance writer meant doing all sorts of diverse jobs to keep going, including a stint at the BBC in London where played a monster in ‘Doctor Who’ (an Auton). It is now regarded as a classic and I’ve attended autograph sessions for fans. Wrote and had published a book about a chaotic film I worked on as writer, during which I met a singer and began to vocalise with her in care homes for the elderly and infirm, which further opened me up to the needs of others, and also had the effect of helping me to lose my inhibiting shyness and learn how to perform in front of and address audiences. Always happy developing new ideas and characters for books and/or films. Recently I wrote a novella based on some diary pages from 20 years ago I found in an attic. Believe in trying to be happy and that love really is all, however trite that might sound, that gentleness and consideration, not aggressiveness, are always more likely to win.

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The BBQ Diet -
About The BBQ Diet:

Do you like ribs, chicken, and brisket? A side of garlic butter asparagus? Chicken pate? Bacon-wrapped scallops? The BBQ Diet is the newest and most effective diet in the world. It’s super easy! Eat fantastic foods without starving yourself, increase your energy levels, reduce insulin resistance, lose weight and feel great!

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George Prior is part of the BBQ Dragon team of barbecue and grilling fanatics. BBQ Dragon proudly encourages a corporate culture that promotes health and personal development. Exercise, healthy eating, and fun are part of the BBQ Dragon philosophy, and this book reflects those goals.

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Rescue -
About Rescue:

After losing her mother to suicide, Emily Jewel has spent nine months trying to forget about her dead mother’s ghost. She has an excellent foster family, Jim and Laura, but it’s not until she sees Mason Killinger that she realizes something might just be missing from her life. She spends her days either on the computer doing schoolwork or volunteering at the local animal shelter.

Mason has just finished getting his veterinarian technician degree, and for the first time in his life he’s starting a job that has meaning to him. His mother died when he was two, and his father had a tough time dealing with raising two very young boys. Maybe it’s because they don’t understand him or he just never tried hard enough, but Mason has not meant the girl for him yet. Until he lays eyes upon Emily at the animal shelter he’s currently employed at.

She’s a tough nut to crack, but he’s slowly starting to get through the cold shell. This is the first story of Emily and Mason.

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Nadene Seiters writes as if her life depends on it because words are like food for her soul. Each and every one of her novels comes from the heart, and each story holds a key to her psyche. These stories are meant to bring out the most deep seeded emotions of the human heart: pain and joy.

When she’s not trying to master the art of writing, Nadene spends her time caring for the slew of animals in her home and attempting to keep order in a complete world of chaos. To keep sane, she enjoys a cup of coffee while she’s gets lost in another author’s world. Sometimes she even ventures outside to putter around in a garden.

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Dr Frank Einstein By Eric Berg -
About Dr Frank Einstein By Eric Berg:

Vampires, Zombies, Spectors, are among the the people and creatures Eric Berg/Frank Einstein have to triumph over through parallel universe. His 50 years plus life has him murdering and being murdered throughout the dimensions. At last he falls in love with the ravishing but tormented beauty Noeme. And she with him. Will the world tear them apart? Monsters can find love with a Beautiful Woman and to be a gonzo journalist and teach someone something, y’know. This is a biography of a man that spread across the universes. This novel will appeal to fans of Dr. Who; The Good Wife and novels by Kurt Vonnegut

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Eric Berg is a fifty four year old retired Special education teacher. He writes for t e entertain as well to enlighten of others. He likes to write about action, humor and why human do what they do. He will never do what one expects of him . He mixes reality with fiction. No matter what his POV always come from that he is person that has mild spastic Cerebral Palsy. Now I am a missionary in the Philippines.

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Sex Sells (Sales Training Series) -
About Sex Sells (Sales Training Series):

The sales process described through the metaphor of SEX.

This is a valuable hands-on guide for salespeople who find training normally boring and uninspiring.

I have developed this book as a fun, tongue-in-cheek training tool as well as an excellent refresher for experienced salespeople.

It takes good and bad sexual practices and processes and lays them over the sales process.

Get ready for a never to be forgotten experience.

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Katrena Friel wrote Sex Sells (Sales Training Series).

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Magic of Thieves -
About Magic of Thieves:
In a province where magic is forbidden and its possessors are murdered by the cruel Praetor, young Ilan, born with the powerful gift of her ancestors, has only one hope for survival. Concealment. In the shadow of Dimmingwood, she finds temporary protection with a band of forest brigands led by the infamous outlaw Rideon the Red Hand.

But as Ilan matures, learns the skills of survival, and struggles to master the inherent magic of her dying race, danger is always close behind. When old enemies reappear and new friendships lead to betrayal, will her discovery of an enchanted bow prove to be Ilan’s final salvation or her ultimate downfall?

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C. Greenwood is the fantasy pen name of author Dara England, who lives in Oklahoma with her husband, two young children, and a Yorkshire terrier. Learn more at www.cgreenwoodauthor.com

WRITING AS C. GREENWOOD

Legends of Dimmingwood Series

Magic of Thieves ~ Book I
Betrayal of Thieves ~ Book II
Circle of Thieves ~ Book III
Redemption of Thieves ~ Book IV Coming Soon

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Secret Sister -
About Secret Sister:

“If you’re looking for a typical women’s fiction/romance, don’t look here… this story has a twist of the paranormal that will have you willingly stretching your belief in order to enjoy the plot. Emelle Gamble has created a story that will tear your heart out.” Long and Short Reviews by Poppy

To their friends, Nick and Cathy Chance have the perfect marriage. High school sweethearts who’ve been together for ten years, they’ve weathered challenges and are as committed as they were when they first fell in love. Cathy trusts Nick, Nick’s world revolves around his wife, and the future looks golden.

To everyone who knows them, Cathy Chance and Roxanne Ruiz have a perfect friendship. They connected in grade school and since then have been each other’s confident and trusted advisor. Cathy loves the gorgeous Roxanne like a sister, Roxanne has fun-loving Cathy’s back in every situation, though lately there’s been tension between these two best friends . . .

And then, on a sunny summer morning, the unthinkable occurs, throwing into doubt the truth of what each of these people really know about themselves and one another.

SECRET SISTER proves how strong, how stubborn, and how trustworthy love can be as Nick and Cathy and Roxanne are challenged to overcome the secrets, the lies . . . and one extraordinary twist of fate that turns their lives upside down.

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Emelle Gamble was a writer at an early age. As M.L. Gamble, she published several romantic suspense novels with Harlequin. She has contracted with Soul Mate Publishing for Secret Sister, out now and Dating Cary Grant, a 2014 release. Always intrigued by the words ‘what if’, Emelle’s books feature an ordinary woman confronted with an extraordinary situation. Emelle lives in suburban Washington D.C. with her husband, Phil, her hero of thirty years, and two orange cats, Lucy and Bella. Her children are happily launched on their own and contributing great things to society, their mother’s fondest wish.

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Dragon Wars: A Dragon Wars Novella I -
About Dragon Wars: A Dragon Wars Novella I:

Two realms collide in this epic introduction of Dragon Wars: A Dragon Novella. Bryce, has always believed himself to be average with one slight exception: he’s a genius. He doesn’t think this makes him special. At times he feels like a social out-cast. Yet he could do anything he puts his mind to, except talk to his neighbor, Ziora. The exceedingly pretty cheerleader captivates him, and ties his tongue in knots. By a convienient twist of fate Bryce is assigned to help Ziora with her final assignment for English.

Bryce dares to be cautiously optimistic until he starts receiving anonymous emails warning that his life is in danger. At first he thinks it is a fellow classmate playing a prank on him, but he quickly finds out that it isn’t. Bryce processes the gravity of the situation, but then he is attacked at school by a stranger. A figure that is glowing red at the arms that shoots fire balls from his hands.

Bryce hopes that this is all a bad dream, but soon realizes that it isn’t. What he is told is the ‘truth’ is beyond even his elevated comprehension. Now he must learn about a place he doesn’t even know about, and try to save the world that he knows and loves…

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I love to write, and watch movies. That passion has lead me to start a indie writing career and I hope I can have some success in that.

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Fire Country by David Estes -
About Fire Country by David Estes:

In a changed world where the sky bleeds red, winter is hotter than hell and full of sandstorms, and summer’s even hotter with raging fires that roam the desert-like country, the Heaters manage to survive, barely.

Due to toxic air, life expectancies are so low the only way the tribe can survive is by forcing women to procreate when they turn sixteen and every three years thereafter. It is their duty as Bearers.

Fifteen-year-old Siena is a Youngling, soon to be a Bearer, when she starts hearing rumors of another tribe of all women, called the Wild Ones. They are known to kidnap Youngling girls before the Call, the ceremony in which Bearers are given a husband with whom to bear children with.

As the desert sands run out on her life’s hourglass, Siena must uncover the truth about the Wild Ones while untangling the web of lies and deceit her father has masterfully spun.

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Author of popular YA dystopian series, the Dwellers Saga and the Country Saga. Voted books to read if you enjoyed the Hunger Games on Buzzfeed and Listopia.

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David Estes was born in El Paso, Texas but moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was very young. David grew up in Pittsburgh and then went to Penn State for college. Eventually he moved to Sydney, Australia where he met his wife. A reader all his life, he began writing novels for the children’s and YA markets in 2010, and started writing full time in June 2012. Now he travels the world writing with his wife, Adele. David’s a writer with OCD, a love of dancing and singing (but only when no one is looking or listening), a mad-skilled ping-pong player, and prefers writing at the swimming pool to writing at a table.

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Someone to Restore me -
About Someone to Restore me :

When Diane married Ken, she chose the perfect mate. He’s charming and gives Diane a comfortable lifestyle. Everything is perfect, except for Ken’s physical abuse. Finally, Diane escapes and finds herself homeless along with her two children. She reunites with a former classmate and their journey leads her to Darren who captures her heart.

Diane slowly allows her heart to trust again and Darren shows her unforgettable love that she describes as being “something beyond love.” As love blooms, their newfound happiness is threatened by a cancer diagnosis that overshadows them. Diane is torn between the unforeseen terror that soars and her love for Darren who believes their love cannot be broken. Their tragedy proves to be a test of love and commitment.

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A Micheaux began writing books and poems while in high school. A former software support engineer, she wanted to pursue her first love-writing. She attained a B.A. in journalism and a M.A. in technical communication.

While enrolled in a playwriting course, she penned her first novel, Someone to Restore Me, as a one-act play to allow students in the Fine Arts Program to perform it during a live reading and it received positive response. In addition to writing, she spends her free time perfecting family recipes and learning 3d animation software. Feel free to follow A. Micheaux on www.twitter.com/anystarpublish or www.facebook.com/anystarpublishing to hear about future book projects and receive information regarding contests and giveaways.

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Dust on the Nettles -
About Dust on the Nettles:

Nick Kellaway runs a secretive hedge fund, based in offices in Mayfair and Geneva. He has grown rich through managing other people’s money in unconventional ways. In the summer of 2007, he sets detailed plans in place to profit from the gathering financial storm clouds as the global economy sinks into recession.

But Nick has never been quite allowed to forget the road not taken. Nor has he entirely forgotten Janice Day – supposedly killed in her youth – with whom he once dreamed of travelling that alternative road. On the evening of 25th July 2007, a phone call from a woman claiming to be her reawakens a concealed past that has never ceased to haunt Nick and now threatens to disrupt everything about the rich financier’s lifestyle he now lives.

Readers are taken on Nick’s troubled journey, from the revolutionary student politics of the 1960s and 70s – through rape, murder, espionage, financial scams and brushes with terrorism – to the great financial crisis of 2008. As his world is stripped bare, there is no place left to hide. Or is there?

Dust on the Nettles is a multi-layered psychological drama where fiction mingles with real historical events. It will appeal to readers of thrillers.

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I am reliably told that I was born in Nigeria in 1952. I don’t, of course, have any memory of that and, over the years, I have come to suspect that such memories as I do have of a warm African childhood are drawn from second-hand stories rather than from the five senses of personal experience. They are no less vivid for that. By the time I started school, I was living in a moderately large house in a leafy street in a well-ordered Surrey suburb.

From there, five or six grey mornings a week, my father and thousands like him set off by train for their offices in London. It was never entirely clear to me what he did there. My mother tended a rose garden that became famous among our neighbours and, on the side, collected carved wooden masks from West Africa.

There I remained, apart from two blissful teenage years in Geneva, until I went up to Oxford. Oxford, ably aided and abetted by a long-legged German girlfriend and two summers in Greece, opened my eyes to a world of women and radical left-wing politics.

After university I taught English in Paris for two years, travelled in South America for another year and then returned to London without any intention of settling down. Yet, despite my best intentions, there I stayed. There I married, had children, divorced, married again and had more children.

There, for more than thirty years, I worked as an investment banker, as a management consultant and as a “civil servant”. It wasn’t nearly as boring as it might sound. Some of the work was actually totally absorbing. Some of it is still subject to the Official Secrets Act.

I retired from the City in 2010. I sold up in London (and Devon) and moved to Switzerland to live in an old wooden house with a glorious view over lake and mountain and to embrace postponed passions, among them hill walking, skiing and writing.

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The Colours of the Chameleon -
About The Colours of the Chameleon:

By day he works as a chef aboard a transatlantic cruise liner, but when in port his persona takes on the roll of serial killer slaying beautiful young actresses.

When a body is discovered in woodland on Southampton Common along with the severed finger from a previous victim killed many months before, former special forces soldier turned private investigator Jim Turner becomes involved in the case.

Three thousand miles away in New York City a similar pattern of crimes are unfolding. When police finally stumble on a connection Turner joins N.Y.P.D. Detective Ben Brogan to embark on a cat and mouse manhunt for the elusive killer plying his trade on both sides of the pond.

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Born in 1966 in the south of England, Richard has had a variety of jobs and lived life to the full. A former herdsman, hod-carrier, actor trained in New York at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, a paratrooper in the British Army, a carpenter and work in the security industry has led to the quiet solitary life of writing. Richard is currently writing a ‘Romance’ novel which will be published on Amazon Kindle in late 2014.

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The Seventh Season: The Word Of God & The Will Of Rome -
About The Seventh Season: The Word Of God & The Will Of Rome:

THE WORD OF GOD AGAINST THE WILL OF ROME

In 67AD, Johanan – the adventurous young scribe of the Apostle Andrew – flees the siege of Caesarea on a ship sailing for Greece. He is bound by oath to protect the Word of his master, no matter what pirates, fate or the gods of Olympus have in store for him.

Onboard, he meets two people who will change his life and the course of history. The first is a Roman General appointed to organize the Olympic Games at which the Emperor Nero will compete. The second is Dido, an enigmatic young woman from Alexandria who is carrying a cargo of secrets. To uncover the truth about her violent past, Johanan must first prove himself worthy of her trust.

The Seventh Season is a romantic adventure in the classical tradition that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the ancient world. Translated by Kit Hudson from controversial texts by Emmanuel of Samaria, this historical epic gives an eyewitness account of the struggle between early Christianity and the Roman Empire.
The word of God…

In this biblical epic, the Apostle Andreas (St Andrew) finds himself in direct conflict with the Roman Empire. Set against the backdrop of The Jewish War (66-70AD), The Seventh Season tells a remarkable adventure from the beginnings of Christianity when the new religion strained against the Roman yoke.

Narrated by Johanan, St Andrew’s adventurous young scribe, The Seventh Season explores the origins of some of the greatest teachings in biblical history.

The will of Rome…

An epic sea voyage ends when their boat docks in Corinth during the Emperor Nero’s tour of Greece. Here the battle between the Roman Empire and Christianity becomes personal: Nero decides that Andreas must die… but the struggle between good and evil can only have one victor.

The fight for love…

Johanan falls under the spell of the enigmatic Dido, a mysterious young widow who must fight her own battle against the Empire. She becomes something of a fantasy to Johanan, dividing his loyalty between duty and desire. While his thoughts are filled with idle romance, her heart is set on revenge and Johanan is forced to choose between destroying Rome… or defending the Word.

An incredible history…

The Seventh Season has been translated from the Aksum scrolls, ancient texts discovered in Ethiopia in 1901 that reveal a remarkable eyewitness account of early Christianity. Emmanuel of Samaria – the honorific title conferred on Johanan – writes beautifully of the struggle to preach a message of love in a time of violence and repression. Click on the Look Inside feature to read more.

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Emmanuel of Samaria traveled with the Apostle Andrew and recorded details of the saint’s life and work in texts that have become known as the Aksum Scrolls. These texts were translated in the mid 20th Century and published as The Seventh Season.

His given name was Johanan – Emmanuel was an honorific title conferred on him by the early Church – and it is estimated he was born around 48AD and wrote his memoirs during Trajan’s reign while working at the Library of Alexandria. He traveled extensively throughout the Roman Empire during his career and spent much of his adult life in Ancient Greece.

The Aksum Scrolls were originally translated in the 1960s by Kit Hudson, a British historian and archaeologist with an interest in biblical and historical fiction. Hudson described Emmanuel’s work as ‘adventure romance, almost fantasy, that has just as much in common with Aesop and Homer as it does with biblical works.’

The Seventh Season: The Word of God & The Will of Rome was republished in 2013 following Kit Hudson’s passing.

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Straightening the Wayward Path: Online Chats About Discernment of Religious Life -
About Straightening the Wayward Path: Online Chats About Discernment of Religious Life:

Where is God calling you? Need help in discerning whether you are called to religious life as a Catholic Sister? Will it be a contemplative or active order? Wouldn’t it be nice to read the chats of a Sister who has a lot of experience guiding souls to their God-given calling? Now you can, with this ebook, Straightening the Wayward Path: Online Chats About Discernment of Religious Life, by the Sisters of the Visitation of the Second Federation in the United States.

Can we sense from our own interests how God is calling us in life? What is the best way to make our way along this path? What are some pitfalls to avoid? What does a spiritual director do? How do you find one? Should you become an Associate of a religious community?

These and other actual questions are answered by the gentle hand of the Visitation Sisters as they guide chat room participants at the “Living Jesus Chat Room,” held each Sunday evening at www.VisitationSpirit.org/chat. Follow these earnest seekers as they talk about their own discernment journeys, with all of their joys and disappointments.

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This book was authored by the Sisters of the Visitation of the Second Federation in the U.S. Following the tradition of Catholic religious men and women, the author’s actual name is not mentioned, out of a sense of humility. Rather, credit is given to the entire community.

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Tough Cookie -
About Tough Cookie:

When Depression-era private eye Maggie Sullivan is invited to dine with a millionaire, she doesn’t expect the first course to be a gun in her face. It draws her into a gold-plated web of theft, revenge, double crosses and murder.

A big-time swindle has made fools of some of the city’s wealthiest businessmen. The man behind it has vanished. When Maggie begins asking questions, he reappears – dead in the river. But she’s already learned too much. Someone’s out to silence her too.

Armed with her .38 and a nip of gin, Maggie closes in on a killer as a mobster offers a hint, a cop unsettles her with his chemistry, and a woman with deadly potential plays a game by her own rules.

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After nine novels from traditional publishers, M. Ruth Myers joined a growing number of independent authors. Her works have been translated into numerous languages, optioned for film and condensed for magazine publication. She has been a popular instructor at writers conferences from coast to coast.

Ruth and her husband have one grown daughter. They live in Ohio as domestic staff to an over-empowered cat.

You can find her on Facebook at M.RuthMyers.author or at www.mruthmyers.com . Her blog is www.GalGumshoe.com . She loves to hear from readers.

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Olivia’s Trek -
About Olivia’s Trek :

After years of living in poverty on an Indian reservation, seventeen-year-old Olivia Carter has been given the chance for a new life among the wealthy elite of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Yet despite the efforts of the uncle who is now her guardian, Olivia feels alienated from her privileged peers by her insecurities and memories of a traumatic childhood.

Desperate to escape the secrets of her past, Olivia turns to her love of water and progresses to become a championship swimmer. Her tenuous hold on happiness is destroyed, however, when Lucien Borgia, her only close friend, turns on her in a violent sexual attack. Crippling anxiety and depression put a stop to Olivia’s swimming career and, unable to speak out, she is placed on a cocktail of prescription medications. But she soon finds herself requiring more drugs than the Carter family physician can provide, and begins to resort to illegal means.

As Olivia’s life escalates out of control, an intervention is staged and she is sent to a rehabilitation program in Utah. Out in the wilderness and amid a series of gruelling challenges, she realises that she must confront her past and her addictions, and comes to experience friendship and love for the first time. She forms a close bond with Gabriel Carmichael, a young, grieving doctor, but he too has his demons, not to mention the ethical dilemma his relationship with Olivia represents. A departure and a death within the program leave Olivia feeling vulnerable again as she returns to Manhattan, ultimately to face up to the life she wanted to leave behind.

A disturbing run-in and the discovery of the presence of a certain someone in the city leave Olivia with a choice; either succumb to the lure of an addiction-fuelled abyss, or find the strength to pursue a new life. On the brink of decision, a final tragedy strikes and Olivia must ask herself, ‘Where will life take you when you want to die?’

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DM Sharp’s past includes a prolonged stint at working as a high-yield (junk) bond trader after completing her first degree in Economics. However, she cried too much doing that job and one day remembered that her two dreams in life were firstly, to be a doctor and secondly to write books. She returned to medical school and received her medical degree from Nottingham University and is currently training to be a General Physician. She is now also actively pursuing her second dream (when not seeing patients) and devotes a very special part of herself to the power of words and love of storytelling. Any other spare moments are devoted to being a wife and mother of two!

She writes primarily YA/Adult novels dealing with gritty, coming of age issues, centred around a troubled heroine called Olivia Carter whose personal philosophy has been forged from her tormented upbringing. Olivia’s childhood was unstable and impoverished, and her teen years were marked by abuse. DM Sharp feels an affinity with Olivia Carter and people like her.

DM Sharp’s debut novel is called Olivia’s Trek, a dark tale of the American dream ripped apart. The second novel in the Olivia Carter Series is called Olivia’s Choice, about choices, their consequences and how sometimes when we act in the best interests of a person we love, it is not always the correct choice that is made. The third novel, Olivia’s Destiny, is currently in production.

The most important words DM Sharp likes to hold onto are: compassion, hope, and freedom.

Things she likes -

Italy

Eating Nuttella spread out of the jar with a spoon when I’m writing

Reading everything from the classics (Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is my all time favourite), everything YA(Laurie Halse Anderson is my hero), trashy magazines and medical textbooks (only when I have to!)

sunshine

my best friends (I would go crazy without them)

my family..most of the time ( They think I’m crazy)

Anything Cinnamon.

Things she dislikes – Bad manners, bullies, vanilla essence, the sound of chalk scratching on a blackboard, fireworks and the dark.

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Shattered – Donna Harp Book One -
About Shattered – Donna Harp Book One:

A KILLER ON THE LOOSE, A VILLAGE TORN BY FEAR AND SUSPICION

When the body of a brutally murdered young girl is found, Constable Donna Harp finds herself between a rock and a hard place.

Her superior, Sergeant Underwood quickly latches on to the newest resident of Greenville, Jason Denton, an author and former detective, as his prime suspect, though she isn’t convinced of his guilt. Over the next couple of days more girls are murdered, and Underwood continues to focus on Jason Denton, leaving Donna worried that he is allowing his prejudice against outsiders to influence the investigation.

Things become worse when the friends and relatives of the murdered girls, impatient with the investigation, decide to take matters into their own hands.

An attempt on Jason Denton’s life, and her superior’s increasing antagonism and narrow-mindedness, push Donna into risking her career to ensure everything possible is done to stop the killer before he can strike again.

Will the decision she makes prove right, or will it cost her the career she hasn’t even begun to build yet?

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Although he’s travelled the world, and seen much of life, Jones prefers to be sat in the quiet of his home with his laptop, writing.

His fictions are set in places which mirror his homeland, and much of his inspiration is drawn from his surroundings. Karl draws on his teen years in Bournemouth, with its quiet village-like suburbs, and bustling town centre, and he uses these settings to bring his books to life.

His thrillers stem from the darkest depths of his mind, however, his tales of space stretch further than your imagination can take you, and you find yourself spiralling out of control into the imaginary universes he creates as you turn the pages faster than warp-speed in order to delve further into his story.

With a bibliography which spans many genres, including amongst them thrillers and romances as well as tales of the paranormal, you’re never going to be short on choice for reading material, because never sleeping, Karl writes from dusk ’til dawn, and occasionally even through ’til morn’ to bring his eager readers the latest instalments from his sought-after, bestselling stories.

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The Sapporo Outbreak -
About The Sapporo Outbreak:
It’s December 2019. Every person on the planet is connected to the Internet – and the concept of personal privacy is on its knees. Working together, the governments and technology companies of the world have created a dragnet capturing the private calls, emails and Internet traffic of almost every citizen in the western world. Dominating this new landscape is WhiteStar Corporation, led by its mysterious CEO Kaito Tanaka. Over the last few years, WhiteStar has revolutionized entertainment and social media with an addictive augmented reality game with one billion players people worldwide. High-tech glasses and contact lenses merge the game and the real world. While the players lose themselves in this blended world, WhiteStar tracks everything they say and do – and sells that information to the highest bidder. Inside an imposing steel and concrete complex nestled in a quite suburb of Sapporo, Japan, Kaito Tanaka obsessively prepares for the imminent release of a new, and lethal, version of the game. Deeply concerned by the increasingly secretive and reckless behavior of Tanaka, the WhiteStar board insists on an inspection of the Sapporo compound by a small group of specialists in their field, led by Professor Ben Skinner. As Skinner and the team arrive in blizzard-bound Sapporo, a small group of online freedom fighters finalize preparations for a massive coordinated attack on the game. Over the next two days, events around the world accelerate out of control. Events that lead to the greatest peacetime loss of life in human history.

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Born in the highlands of Scotland, Brian has lived and worked in lots of windswept and interesting corners of the world. After a short spell in London, Brian moved to Bermuda where his first daughter was born. After seven years working in paradise, Brian moved to Sydney, Australia and began a new career in marketing. Brian now splits his time between Singapore and Sydney, running a digital agency while writing tech thrillers. Brian married way out of his league, and spends his spare time with his wife Diane and two teenage daughters Rachel and Sara.

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The Meaning of Children -
About The Meaning of Children:

4.7 stars/22 reviews

Award winning story collection captures pivotal moments—of childhood, adolescence, parenthood, and beyond–in the human experience. Disparate decades, genders, and narrative voices brought together by themes of sex, death, guilt, social prejudice.

And love, always love.

A girl discovers a fear of heights as her parents’ marriage unravels; a thirty-something venture fund manager frets over his daughter’s paternity; an orphan whose hands kill whatever they touch is accused of homophobia; a suicidal daycare worker has a very bad day; a mother of two can only bear to consider abortion in the second person; the wife of a retirement-aged professor finds him unconscious near his computer. These 14 stories speak to all who—though aware the world can be a very dark place—can’t help but long for redemption.

Winner of the David Adams Richards Prize; Top 10 List of the CBC – Scotiabank Giller Prize Readers’ Choice Contest, and many other accolades.

A keen, incisive vision into the hidden world of children as well as intimate knowledge of the secret spaces that exist between the everyday events of life. A work with a brilliant sense of story…Yours is a luminous talent.

~JoAnne Soper-Cook, Author and Judge, 2010 David Adams Richards Prize

Captures with both wit and wisdom the effervescence, the indignities, the curiosity, and the fear that are part of a child’s eye view of the world. This book is teeming with wit and quality observation.

~2012 J.I. Segal Awards Jury

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After over two decades in molecular genetics research, Beverly Akerman realized she’d been learning more and more about less and less. Skittish at the prospect of knowing everything about nothing, she turned, for solace, to writing. Winner of the Professional Writers Association of Canada’s Short Article Award, Pushcart nominated (fiction and non-fiction), and many other recognitions. Credits include major Canadian newspapers, and myriad literary magazines, scientific journals, and other publications. Beverly is strangely pleased to believe herself the only fiction writer ever to have sequenced her own DNA. http://beverlyakerman.blogspot.ca

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The Eye of Adoption: The True Story of My Turbulent Wait for a Baby -
About The Eye of Adoption: The True Story of My Turbulent Wait for a Baby:

“No one just adopts.” From the very first steps of acknowledging adoption as a choice to the final document that seals the deal, Jody Cantrell Dyer paints a raw, warm, heartbreaking and eventually triumphant portrayal that narrates the entire adoption process through compassionate and humorous prose.

Do like to read love stories? Are you touched by adoption? Are you struggling to conceive? Are you a birth parent, an adoptive parent, or an adoptee? Do you love someone affected by infertility, a crisis pregnancy, or adoption? If so, I wrote this book for you.

I am a teacher and author. More importantly, I am a middle-aged married mother of two children—one biological and one adopted. Folks, that is not as simple as it sounds. I went through the gauntlet to add a second child to my family, and I know many of you can relate. I wrote this book for you.

From The Eye of Adoption: “Because adoption is a spiritual transaction conducted within a commercial industry, success in adoption requires involvement from what seems like everyone connected to the adoptive parents. Thus, adoptive parents’ friends, relatives, co-workers, and even pets will find themselves here, too. I urge anyone connected to waiting parents to read my story to empathize with the adoptive family and perhaps alleviate, not complicate, the inevitable burdens. Do not underestimate the depths of suffering and lengths of endurance required of adoptive parents. Do not underestimate the difficult choice to find a child through adoption. No one just adopts.”

The open tone of The Eye of Adoption matches my personality: honest, friendly, and down-to-earth. I talk directly to readers because I want you to feel like, no matter where you are in the infertility, adoption, or placement process, you have a friend who understands you. I say (in print) exactly what many of you are thinking! After struggling to conceive for six years, then clumsily (yet successfully) adopting, to now navigating an open adoption with my child’s birth parents, I felt compelled to write this book. I felt that someone needed to “tell it like it is” so others would be better equipped to handle the turbulent and triumphant, mysterious and magical, beautiful burdensome blessing of adoption.

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From the author: My childhood was modest, but I was allowed to think, question, and speak without much limitation. My mother is a fantastic storyteller with a huge personality and gracious attitude toward others. My father was an intellectual mountain man with keen insight and dry wit. As an only child, I absorbed all that freedom and attention and grew up to be a straight-spoken, tolerant woman with a wild sense of humor.

Jody Cantrell Dyer grew up in East Tennessee. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance at The University of Tennessee and a Post-Baccalaureate teaching certificate through Lincoln Memorial University. She is a teacher, writer, and speaker. Dyer lives with her husband Jeff and their two children in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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