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1. Sentinel - Joshua Winning was born in Cambridge, but don't hold that against him. He's attempted to escape reality for most of his life by writing. As a child, that involved poring diligently over anything by C.S. Lewis or Robin Jarvis.​ When he's not writing about Sentinels, Joshua can usually be found watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Wire and Daria. He also works as a freelance journalist, writing about movies for Total Film, Little White Lies and movieScope.​ Joshua currently lives in North London with his cat Mia. Unfortunately, she's not a great conversationalist, but he's working on it.
   
2. I’m Only Human After All - Alex I. Rogers wrote I'm Only Human After All
   
3. THE LIST - 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. Konrath writes horror under the name Jack Kilborn, including the bestsellers Afraid, Trapped, and Endurance. He has sold over a million ebooks
   
4. The Cyber Chronicles IX – Precipice by TC Southwell - T. C. Southwell was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the Seychelles when she was a baby. She spent her formative years exploring the islands – mostly alone. Naturally, her imagination flourished and she developed a keen love of other worlds. The family travelled through Europe and Africa and, after the death of her father, settled in South Africa. T. C. Southwell has written over thirty novels, ranging from fantasy and science fiction to romance and adventure, as well as five screenplays. Her hobbies include motorcycling, horse riding and art, and she is now a full-time writer.
   
5. All Things Painful - My first hope for the things that I write and the stories I tell is that they are, before anything else, different in subject matter and content than what people are used to. I find myself almost incapable of writing about, or describing, a setting or situation twice, and the premium I put on my originality is a source of pride for me. How successful I actually am at breaking away from conventionality is up to the reader to decide, of course. My second hope for my work, no less important than the first, is that it invokes emotion of the sort that, ultimately, helps my readers have a better day. My approach to this end likely seems an odd one, as much of what my mind turns out is of a decidedly darker nature, at a glance. I like to think that this is because there is no rainbow without the rain, and so I'm right at home standing in it. My intent is to help other people stand in it as well, unafraid of the discomfort it can cause and with the knowledge that the rainbow will only seem brighter when it passes. Writing was the first thing I ever felt that I was good at, and the first thing that I remember ever WANTING to be good at. Ever since I was a pre-schooler, writing "books" on construction paper about my family's household pets (complete with laughably innocent dialogue), I've been striving to find the formula that lets me expressively tell a story that gets people to feel something. With each story I write, I get better at it, which is to be expected, I suppose. I'm also a believer that, as an art, writing is largely too subjective a medium to classify as "good" or "bad." There are exceptions, of course, but for the most part I think it simply is what it is, each story with its own relevance to its own frame of reference, and that's just one of the things that makes this art beautiful.
   
6. Blue Diamond Delivery by Anne E. Johnson - Anne E. Johnson is the author of several novels from small publishers: - Tween paranormal mystery EBENEZER'S LOCKER (MuseItUp) - Noir sci fi GREEN LIGHT DELIVERY and BLUE DIAMOND DELIVERY (Candlemark & Gleam) - Tween medieval mysteries TROUBLE AT THE SCRIPTORIUM and THE LONDON HURDY GURDY (Royal Fireworks) - Historical romance novelette A KISS AT VESPERS (MuseItUp) Drawing on her eclectic background, which includes degrees in classical languages and musicology, she has published in a wide variety of topics and genres. She's written non-fiction books for children with the Rosen Group and feature articles for adults in serials such as The New York Times and Stagebill Magazine. As the author of over thirty published short stories, she has won writing prizes for both children's and adults' short fiction. Her short fiction for kids has appeared in Jack & Jill, Knowonder, Red Squirrel, and elsewhere. Her stories for adults can be found in Shelter of Daylight, The Future Fire, and various anthologies. For a complete list of her publications, please visit her website, AnneEJohnson.com. Anne grew up in Wisconsin, but moved to New York City over 20 years ago. She now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, playwright Ken Munch.
   
7. Dungeon Time by Kate Richards - Kate Richards divides her time between Los Angeles and the High Sierras. She would gladly spend all her days in the mountains, but she’d miss the beach…and her very supportive husband’s commute would be three hundred miles. Wherever she is, she loves to explore all different kinds of relationships in her stories. She doesn’t believe one-size-fits-all, and whether her characters live BDSM, ménage, GLBT or any other kind of lifestyle, it’s the love, the joy I one another, that counts.
   
8. I Didn’t Mean For This To Happen: How To Repair Your Life And Marriage After Trust Has Been Broken - Cathy Patterson-Sterling is an International Christian Author, Speaker, and Registered Clinical Counsellor who has a speciality in helping individuals, couples, and families struggling with confidence/self-esteem issues, addictions, broken trust, pornography, and betrayal. With her experience as a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Senior Director for different Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers for the past fourteen years she has walked alongside thousands of people during their darkest moments in life. Cathy's message is one of hope in that it is within our darkest hours that we find our greatest light.
   
9. Amazing Casseroles - My name is Sara Winlet, I have had several best selling cookbooks on Amazon. I live in Tennessee with my Husband and two hungry teenage boys. My passion for food came at an early age, I grew up in the South where food is our favorite past time. Trying new recipes and creating new recipes is what I love to do. When I am not cooking or baking for my family, I am thinking about what I am going to make next. Please visit my blog at Sarawinlet.com, I will be posting new recipes weekly so check back often. Visit my website at sarawinlet.com
   
10. Birth of an Empire The Beginning - A unique author with a passion for her family, Catrina Taylor is in love with the written word. As an avid reader she finds her mind enjoys the worlds created uniquely in Fantasy, Science Fiction and various crossover genre. As an author, she most often plays in a universe of her own creation. Introducing us to the imaginary world of Xarrok, she has hooked readers, waiting to see where her imagination takes us next. When she is not playing in the universe of her mind, she is playing with her children who she encourages to follow her passion for words, and excel in every area they show interest. In fact, this talented word smith finds that life through their eyes is a constant lesson in self discovery, happiness and curiosity. Inspired by her everyday world of family, infused with an unquenched curiosity, and gifted with the ability to take us to places we could never have imagined, Catrina Taylor is an author who promises to keep you fully immersed in a world of wonder and intrigue, waiting for more.
    
11. PAST IS PRESENT by Thomas Davidson - Thomas Davidson is the author of the quirky thrillers, THE MUSEUM OF SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCES and PAST IS PRESENT. His nonfiction has appeared in The Boston Phoenix, and is excerpted in the national bestseller Missing Beauty by Pulitzer Prize-winner Teresa Carpenter. His short fiction has appeared in Mudrock: Stories and Tales, The American Drivel Review, A Twist of Noir, and Powder Burn Flash. His humor column appeared at The Electronic Drivel Review, ADR's online supplement. Tom lives and writes in...well...body in Boston, heart in Detroit, head in clouds.
    
12. The Lonely Man: The Witch’s Price - I have done many things and few things with my life. One of the things I have not done is come up with a biography that somehow reflects my skills as a writer. This I shall now try. I have read a metric ton of text in my life. You could probably crush a dozen men beneath the weight.* I have studied creative writing at Spalding University, which turns out is simply reading and writing. I thought that was nice. I have spent countless hours watching fantasy films, at times awed and at other times disappointed. I have held swords and shields and dead things. I once undertook a daunting quest to recover the stolen car keys to my mother's station wagon. Maidens have handed me favors ranging from bracelets to perfume-drenched letters to lengths of fake hair. When I encounter dragons, I keep my wits about me and my gold coins close. I am a liar. I am a thief: I have stolen words out of men's mouths and claimed them as fictional musings. My friends often question me on my whereabouts (they seldom check Medieval Outfitters). I am not a serious person; of this, I am serious. I spent my formative years training myself to be a ninja. In this I can don dark clothing and climb the tallest trees, I can do a front roll and a cartwheel, and I can fashion a smoke bomb from a tennis ball and match heads. If you were to ask me a question I would instantly become evasive and confusing (mostly as a product of my uncertainty, but also because I'm super mysterious). Say something poignant, the Internet says. Very well. I have won many insignificant things and have lost many precious things. This, I feel, is important. It is one thing to hold an object in your hand knowing its worth is a paltry measure in regards to what you might have been holding. This idea of loss is a vibrant and living thing. It lets you see that what is offered is not always what should be taken, and that what should be taken is hardly ever offered. And there waits cynicism, the most powerful of writerly attributes. If you don't know hopelessness, or dejection, or heart ache, you do not know conflict. Pain can be observed on television, or read about in the paper. But to live it, that it what molds a heart and moves a soul. My writing can be dark and terrible and harsh. This is not a product of formal training, or awards, or degrees. It is a result of my humanness, of my longing to understand agony and love and how the two survive in the same world. My stories are studies of the human heart, of humanity's need for good, and of the dreadful movements of evil as done by minds capable of love. My stories are a study of myself. To all those who read about me, thank you.
    
13. Where Darkness Dwells - Glen Krisch has written three novels: The Nightmare Within, Where Darkness Dwells, and Nothing Lasting. His short fiction has appeared in publications across three continents for the last decade. As a freelance editor, he has worked on books by Tim Lebbon and Lawrence Block, among others. He enjoys speaking with other readers & writers. Feel free to drop by: http://glenkrisch.wordpress.com/ http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4525598.Glen_Krisch http://www.facebook.com/glen.krisch
    
14. Keeper of Reign - Emma Right is a happy wife and homeschool mother of five living in the Pacific West Coast of the USA. Besides running a busy home, and looking after their five pets, which includes two cats, two bunnies and a Long-haired dachshund, she also writes stories for her children. When she doesn't have her nose in a book, she is telling her kids to get theirs in one. Right worked as a copywriter for two major advertising agencies and won several awards, including the prestigious Clio Award for her ads, before she settled down to have children. Visit Emma Right at her home site and blog for tips and ideas about books, homeschooling, bible devotions, and author helps of various sorts: www.emmaright.com and follow her on facebook emma.right.author
    
15. Primitive Roads - Brandon Scott’s favorite quote: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Soren Kierkegaard. Author of B’flat Johnny and Primitive Roads. Primitive Roads: 274 pages Later this summer look for Danny McMillon, Buzzards Roost, To Spain and Back, and Mexico’s Toro Loco among others. Brandon Scott lives in the Pacific Northwest, United States with his wife and three children. A graduate from the University of Idaho, Brandon enjoys the edges of life where characters and stories remain unpredictable. Countries Visited: Ireland, Spain, Denmark, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Canada. . . Hobbies: reading everything, guitar, piano, listening to music, running, downhill skiing, dog walking, backpacking, travel, coffee and coffee shops, hanging out with friends, family, community events.
    
16. The Long Escape - Jeff Noonan is a Montana native who retired as the president of a nationwide corporation. Jeff worked as a laborer,then served in both the Army and the Navy, retiring as a commissioned warrant officer. Jeff then worked his way up from an entry-levelposition to become the executive-vice president of an international corporation. Later he took over a troubled seven-person North Carolina company and turned it into a solvent corporation with over 250 employees. A U.S. Congressional Committee officially awarded him their 1999 North Carolina Businessman of the Year award during a Washington, DC, ceremony. He now lives in western Montana.
    
17. 51 Cheap and Delicious Vegetarian Meals and Recipes (Vegetarian Cookbook and Vegetarian Recipes Collection) - Hello Everyone! My name is Pamela Kazmierczak and I am an author of several nonfiction books. The majority of my books are cookbooks, as I love to cook for my husband and my two children, and I wanted to share the recipes with other busy people out there. I also publish other non fiction books about topics that interest me as well.
    
18. The Fate of America in the Ninth Hour by Kimberly Jackson - Graced by God with spiritual gifts and talents, Kimberly Jackson is a kingdom inspirational author, poet and songwriter, who is taking the world by storm with her anointed works of poetry, devotionals, and nonfiction titles. Upon renewing her vows back to God in 1995, the miracle of a hidden talent, the Writer's Pen, manifested in her life and is now blossoming and filling dark empty places with life changing, kingdom sound messages of blessedness, salvation, healing, hope and deliverance. She studied theology at Life Christian University in Lithonia, GA. She is an entrepreneur, wife, and mother of three.
    
19. Threads That Bind by Brant Williams - Brant Williams never outgrew YA literature and thinks almost any book can be improved by the addition of magic, superpowers, or monsters. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Organizational Behavior. He lives near Portland, OR and has three beautiful children who make him smile.
    
20. Rules of Force - Steve Statham began his writing career in the automotive journalism field, pounding out articles about cars with too much horsepower. He was on the staff of Super Ford magazine, and later served as the editor of Musclecar Enthusiast magazine. He has had 12 non-fiction books on automotive subjects published. In more recent times he has veered into fiction writing in the sci-fi genre. Rules of Force is the first volume in his Connor Rix series.
    
21. Deep Into the Game - Saul writes in several speculative fiction genres, including horror, cyberpunk, biopunk, and straight science fiction. A former Army medic and trauma specialist, he earned a PhD in molecular biology and genetics; his works are heavily informed by these past experiences. Saul spent his formative years in a century-old house overlooking the Erie Canal in Upstate New York. He shared an attic room with all manner of creatures, not all, he is convinced, flesh and blood. After several years spent overseas and working his way to executive positions in biotech, he returned to his true passion of storytelling. He now writes full time from his home in the San Francisco Bay Area. He continues to be haunted by a variety of creatures, including a wife, kids, three dogs, three cats, twenty chickens, a wayward rooster, and one very grumpy possum. They are all flesh and blood. Except for the possum, which he's sure is the reincarnated spirit of Jack Torrance. Visit him at tanpepperwrites.com Subscribe to be notified of new releases and exclusive deals at tinyletter.com/SWTanpepper
    
22. 7 Reasons Women Don’t Have The Relationship They Want So Badly - Dylan Thrasher is an acclaimed Dating, Life, Love and Relationship coach/expert whose extensive work in human behavior has helped thousands of men and women better their lives, attract the right partners, repair and improve the relationships they keep and learn when it is time to walk away. Taking pride in being known as the toughest, yet most effective coach out there, Dylan has been featured in publications such as the Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald and Match.com's Happen Magazine, among others. Raising himself from a young age, he quickly learned to "read" people from all walks of life, seeing through to their core. His focus has always been on why people do the things they do, what the real hidden meaning is behind the words that are sometimes carelessly thrown around, and discovering the reality of situations. Not a PhD hiding behind theories in out-of-touch books, nor a New-Age practitioner of useless voodoo such as magnets or energy crystals or herbs, Dylan focuses all his solutions on internal strength, willpower and actions to achieve exactly the life you deserve to live. If you're ready to push out all the noise and nonsense, and aren't looking to pay to be coddled and confused, you're in the right place as he delivers hard-hitting brutal truth not intended to make you feel better in the short term, but help you in the long term. Dylan is not as (artificially) nice or as fake as the other coaches/experts you may have been exposed to in the past. If they were effective, you would not be here. When asked about himself, Dylan responds with: Who am I? I'm the guy who's going to help you get what you want. I'm not going to hand it to you on a silver platter. I'm going to show you the path to attain that happiness, and I will push you to succeed. I will remove your limiting beliefs. Dating coach, love coach, life and relationship coach - it doesn't matter what others or I call it - what matters is that it works for people and helps improve their lives. I will show you the relationship skills you are lacking that have caused you to remain in your pattern of breakups. I will show you what you need to look for in order to have lasting love. I will show you how to attract it into your life. I will filter through your excuses and stories and see the real you. I may make you cry, I may make your shout. You won't be the first or last. However, it will work, where the work of others has failed. I will not pretend to be your friend. I won't look to have you leave every session with a smile on your face. I will be effective. I don't want you buying 9 books from me or being my client for 3 years. That's the business model of many crooks out there selling you nonsense. I want to help you, quickly, and send you off on your way to enjoy the rest of your life. That is my promise to you. That is who I have always been and who I am. Put your trust in me. I don't give up easily. Neither should you. Dylan is available for Private Coaching via his website at www.DylanThrasher.com.
    
23. Play Better Golf with Easy Yoga - Patricia Bacall wrote Play Better Golf with Easy Yoga
    
24. The Secret History of Hatty Ha Ha … begins - S M Mala, a story teller of adult contemporary fiction, exploring relationships, both emotionally and physically from both the female and male perspective. Often funny, sometimes sad, enjoy the trials and tribulations of falling in love and keeping relationships going ... when faced with major obstacles. The books are mainly based in London, where the author was born, and tries to convey the multi-cultural diversity of the people who live there. The main characters are not your usual mix of heroes, they have flaws and it's how they deal with the situations around them when their emotions expose their vulnerabilities … but always with a dollop of good humour.
    
25. Skrymers Glove by Per Holbo - Per Holbo is a father of four children. He grew up in a working class family, but managed to fight his way to a bachelor's degree in Political Science and History. He has worked for many years with children and adults with special needs such as autism, ADHD, OCD. Skrymers Glove is his first full sized novel and it is suitable for all ages. When he was a kid, about 8 years old or so, he would lend at least 25 books at the school library for the summer break. Some of those books were trilogies such as Isaac Asimov's Foundation series and Ringworld. Per Holbo dreams of making a living as an author, but would never quit his day time job. As he says: "If an author doesn't live in the real world, how could he ever be inspired to write about a fantasy world?"