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Playing Mum by Elizabeth Coffey

About Playing Mum by Elizabeth Coffey

Young widow, Pamela Jones pulled up outside her wonderful new home – this was going to be a fresh start. Well, that’s how she had described it to her two young sons. Without the rose tinted specs it was a dilapidated grey cottage, in the middle of nowhere, it seemed. Nestling away in its overgrown grass and bedraggled rosebushes, desperately in need of a good paint.

“It’s going to be an adventure boys, the biggest one yet!” She had told them, excitedly.

But, what had started out as an adventure very quickly became a nightmare. No-one could ever have guessed what was about to happen to them – and worse than that, what terrifying things they would have to do, to dig themselves out of the shocking scenario that fate had cruelly dealt them…

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Letters to Slaves

About Letters to Slaves

Dear readers and friends,

I am delighted that you have come across to this book and I am very touched that you have shown a great generosity to my work. This book is a collection of thoughts, longings, ideas and sometimes rhyming verses. I do not dare to call it a poetry book, because if I am a writer, then who was Bukowski? I am rather a young man who writes about things (you can define me like that). In this sense, please do not consider “a poetry book” at the cover page as an indication of vanity, but rather to let audience know what to expect.

Finally, I am glad that you are here, and I hope that you will enjoy this book. Please do not cringe to my love “poems” and political ideas.

Your friend,
Gasham

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Let’s All Go To The Lobby: A Sweet History Of Concessions At The Movies By Steve Foley

About Let’s All Go To The Lobby: A Sweet History Of Concessions At The Movies By Steve Foley

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“Let’s All go to the Lobby”

The movie going experience is well known for the exciting sights and sounds provided by the Hollywood magic flickering on the Silver Screen. But what about the atmospheric aromas and lip-smacking flavours that people cherish when they are in their seats? Steve Foley explores the history of cinema concessions and the relationship between audiences and the snacks consumed while the film rolls.

From the street vendors stationed outside the movie palaces of old to the modern full-service multiplexes of today, “Let’s All go to the Lobby” recounts the production of cinema’s most famous animated jingle, the promotions and gimmicks used to capitalize on audience attendance, and the various confections that people love to munch on in the dark.

Buy your tickets, take your seat, and if the trailers are still at play, “Let’s all go to the lobby and get ourselves a treat!”

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Brushed Off by M. Lee Musgrave

Brushed Off by M. Lee Musgrave

Television videographer, James Terra and his married lover Nicole find themselves in a tangled web while searching for the killer of LAs hottest artists. What starts as a routine case for their friend homicide detective Francisco Rivas quickly turns into a tangled web of romance, intrigue and vicious jealousy against a dazzling backdrop of talent, wealth and fun in sunny schizophrenic Los Angeles. The murdered artists were found in their studios coated with paint and with a brush jammed down their throat. Cisco ask for James’ help in navigating his way through the eccentric enclaves of LAs zany art community. While sleuthing to aid Cisco, James and Nicole meet psychologist Dr. Brian Mazor and his troubled young wife Camille and all hell breaks out so Cisco wants them off the case, but big-hearted James has an overwhelming need to help his friend and find the killer.
A leading art collector is attacked and his house is set on fire. Other collectors, gallery dealers and artists are frightened. Cisco reluctantly continues to follow leads James provides. Camille is up to her pretty neck in sex and drugs within LAs outrageous studios and mansions while struggling to make sense of her life and striving to get away from the mayhem of paint, blood and brushes with death … and the sex-escapades of her youth. James continues to secretly romance Nicole, wife of one of the city’s most important art collectors, while she sleuths with him to ferret out the killer and they both aid Camille in her desire to bolt from her controlling husband so they seek guidance from an aging social maven.

Cisco discovers an exotic drug that is used by all the suspects including a stealthy porn star. The list of suspects grows as it comes into focus. While striving to nourish his desire for Nicole, James continues to host his TV program, complete paintings, secretly sleuth for Cisco, and keep everyone from knowing that his own health is precarious.

Enticing socialites, astute businessmen, and zany artists meld in this neo-noir thriller. In a world obsessed with money, fame and hype, how does an artist driven by justice and his insatiable love for a married woman find satisfaction? BRUSHED-OFF is a portrait of voracious protectiveness and resentfulness in a quintessential Los Angeles story. BRUSHED-OFF is as energetic, humorous and unapologetically straight forward as the uncompromising trio at its center.

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Dark by Kat Kinney

About Dark by Kat Kinney

Hayden Crowe fronts an all-girls band down in Austin, Texas. Between tending bar so her sister can stay in school and dealing with the fallout after their addict father skipped town, she hasn’t exactly had time to join the social media freak out over the recent outing of vampires and werewolves.

Her world comes crashing down the night she’s attacked in an alley after a gig and bitten by a feral werewolf. Unable to return home for fear of hurting her sister, and with a message scrawled across her arm warning HOSPITALS NOT SAFE, Hayden is left with just one option…

Him.

Ethan Caldwell doesn’t do relationships. Adopted son of the pack Alpha, he lives a solitary life as a barista and artist. Things three years ago with Hayden Crowe… went too far. By pack law, she couldn’t be told what he was. Ending it was for her own protection.

But when Hayden shows up on his doorstep, newly changed and in danger, Ethan defies his father’s orders to stay away. Someone in the paranormal community is hunting her, and hell if he’s going to fail her again.

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The Omicron Six By Endy Wright

About The Omicron Six By Endy Wright

“Cooper stretched his arm over on top of Coupe to quiet him and hold him down. He then reached into Coupe’s mind and urged him to sleep, told him to sleep, that he was safe and could sleep the night through without worrying about those . . . things that came to him. Coupe’s thrashing began to subside. He did not scream at all. He returned to a peaceful sleep.”

Cooper Callister cannot speak. Coupe Daschelete is the victim of horrible abuse. No one would expect them to possess superhuman powers. But they do. When a fight in the woods forces them to reveal themselves to each other, they start a journey together that leads them to discover power they never expected, power they were never intended to have. To unlock those powers and fully understand them, they must follow a difficult and dangerous path of self-discovery and self-revelation. Cooper is forced to face the isolation of his silence. Coupe must confront the demons that haunt his dreams, planted there by those who have abused him and broken his mind. Alone they could not do it. Only together do they have the strength to conquer their challenges.

The threats they confront force them once again to evolve into something new, this time to face a new enemy with deadly intent. But is the world ready to accept what they have become?

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Butter and Whiskey: The Ballad of Maggie Doyle by Judith S Glover

Butter and Whiskey: The Ballad of Maggie Doyle by Judith S Glover

The time – the late 1970s; the place Southern Ireland.
After an affair with a local priest, Maggie Doyle, an unhappily married woman, gives birth to a baby with tiny wings. Is it a miracle or some freak of nature? One thing is for sure, The Vatican means to take control of the infant and Father John has left for the mainland in disgrace. Alone and friendless, the horrific course of action Maggie is forced to take will send her spiraling into madness and despair, but which ultimately sets the course of her life off in a direction, she could never have imagined. Yet, can Maggie ever truly recover and can Father John overcome the sense of guilt he feels for his part in her suffering?
Years later and unbeknownst to either, they both find themselves in London where their fates become once again entwined. Each pursues a new life against the backdrop of eighties London and each finds love and friendship in unexpected places. Back in Rome, however, forces in the Vatican cannot forgive Maggie for cheating the Catholic Church out of establishing the truth about the apparently miraculous birth and are biding their time.
On the night that their paths finally cross, the past too catches up with them in a shocking denouement. The situation seems bleak, yet will it finally afford Father John the opportunity to atone for having abandoned Maggie, in her hour of greatest need?
Butter and Whiskey: The Ballad of Maggie Doyle is a story of courage, love, friendship and redemption – served up with warmth and humor. Oh! and of angels, though they may not always be so easy to spot! It is a stand alone novel, though Maggie’s story continues in the sequel – What Cannot be Cured: The Continuing Ballad of Maggie Doyle

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Tantalizing Desires

About Tantalizing Desires

In Tantalizing Desires, Lori A. Heslegrave pulls back the curtain on the sensual, the erotic, and the taboo. Heslegrave’s stories are about pleasure and the ways it intertwines with risk, growth, love, commitment, and discovery. With her evocative style, Heslegrave transports us to a world of fantasies; she brings us to a swingers’ party, a mind-blowing one-night stand, and a host of illicit affairs. She explores the different facets of the erotic, providing a menu of fantasies for readers who are looking to taste the forbidden passions.

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Drop the S: Recovery From Superwoman Syndrome by Dr. Marybeth Crane

Drop the S: Recovery From Superwoman Syndrome by Dr. Marybeth Crane

Women have long been told that they can be, do, or have anything they want-as long as they’re willing to pay the price. Enter Superwoman Syndrome and a generation of highly educated, successful, stressed out, professional moms. Women physicians, attorneys, and professionals are now responsible for their offices, employees, and clients or patients, as well as their home, husband, and children. It’s a burden that only Superwoman could carry. And it leads to burnout, extreme fatigue, emotional strain, and physical breakdown.

In Drop the S: Recovering from Superwoman Syndrome, Dr. Marybeth Crane presents a window into the often chaotic, exhaustive, and stressful lives of today’s working mothers. This important work will empower you to find physical, mental, spiritual, and financial wellness and will remind you of what’s important in life.

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The Cure for Stressful Wedding Planning

About The Cure for Stressful Wedding Planning

This wedding planner is designed by a mental health therapist who is determined to help brides and grooms plan their wedding, all while keeping stress out of it! Jen provides organizational tools, boundary-setting tips, date-night reminders, self-care reminders, and relationship advice, all included in this book!

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Replaced Parts

About Replaced Parts

In the year 2163 a corrupt World Government controls everything on our planet and beyond.

Sixteen year-old Sierra has been so caught up in her own world of saving animal test subjects and her father’s disappearance, she hasn’t paid much attention. When she finally finds his location, she and her friend set off on a covert interplanetary mission to rescue him, she begins to see the corruption first hand.

Discovering that her father has been on the front lines secretly trying to save human test subjects inspires her to join a revolution. But she is afraid of the collateral damage of hurting the people she loves. Will she find the strength to make a deal with the mad scientist Cromwell to save not just her friends and family but everyone?

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Bright Lies by AA Abbott

About Bright Lies by AA Abbott

She thought she had the perfect stepfather. So why is she running for her life?

Emily longs to be an artist. So she’s thrilled when her famous and talented stepfather offers to act as her mentor. But when his teachings take a darker turn, she flees his fancy home.

Bad boy Jack has made good as a hot DJ. Then he sees thugs attack a rough sleeper, and shocking memories spur him to her rescue. He doesn’t know she’s only 15 and running from a deadly predator.

Emily’s hopes of safety are crushed when her stepfather hunts her down. Now Jack faces the hardest choice of all. If he protects Emily from the fiend who’s stolen her childhood, he’ll kiss goodbye to his future.

What would you sacrifice to save a life?

If you enjoy nail-biting suspense, slow-burning secrets and dark domestic noir, you’ll love AA Abbott’s chilling psychological thriller.

Bright Lies is on limited time offer for 99c, with Kindle Unlimited, audiobook and paperback versions also available. Read it now to join Emily and Jack on their journey!
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“compelling drama that will keep you turning page after page” Readers’ Favorite – 5 stars *****

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Simple Tryst of Fate by D.M. Barr

About Simple Tryst of Fate by D.M. Barr

A desire for a more conventional life once propelled travel writer Dani Barrett into a disastrous marriage. Ten years later and newly divorced, she’s back on the road with a series of rules to protect her heart and a secret sideline as an erotica author.

On a press trip, she meets James Aldridge, a charming yet cynical publisher who arouses her interest. Little does Dani know James is secretly an investigative journalist with his own kinky streak, and that rather than writing a travelogue, his undercover probe into political corruption will suck her into a treacherous journey across South America that could either end at James’s gravesite or in his loving arms.

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Picasso’s Motorcycle by Marc Sercomb

Picasso’s Motorcycle by Marc Sercomb

France, 1940.
An unexpected gift of an old motorcycle with a tragically romantic past hurls a young orphan into the thick of things as war breaks out and his life changes forever. Half-French/half-German Daniel must find a way to survive in a world that mercy seems to have abandoned. This book transports the reader to Nazi-occupied France, where Daniel unwittingly and unexpectedly finds himself working for the Resistance, and ultimately to the Russian Front in a twist of fate so startling that no one can see it coming. In turn quirky, heartwarming, beguiling and uncompromising, author Marc Sercomb weaves together many moods and colors to tell young Daniel’s story. Beyond engaging, Picasso’s Motorcycle has been hailed as a genuine “page-turner” by those who have so far encountered it.

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Brutal by James Alderdice

Brutal by James Alderdice

He has no name. His past is a mystery. His future is etched in blood…
The Sellsword knows an opportunity when he sees one. When he rides into the border city of Aldreth, he can tell that the power struggle between two feuding wizards needs a solitary spark to ignite into all-out-war. As he sets the corrupt paladins and demonic adepts against each other, he’s not surprised when the blood begins to flow…

But after the alluring duchess catches his eye, the Sellsword puts himself in harm’s way to protect her and the innocent people of Aldreth. To save the noble few, spells and blades won’t stop the Sellsword from leaving a swath of righteous carnage in his wake…

Brutal is an action-packed grimdark fantasy in the vein of classic pulp fiction and Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns. If you like gory battles, larger-than-life characters, and witty humor, then you’ll love James Alderdice’s gritty tale.

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They Called Me Margaret by Florence Osmund

They Called Me Margaret by Florence Osmund

Cozy mystery writer Margaret Manning fears her husband is mimicking the behavior of some of her book’s shadier characters, even though he claims to have never read any of them. When several pieces of her jewelry go missing, she wonders if he’s responsible for it, he’s trying to make it look like she’s losing her mind, or she’s losing her mind all on her own. Disturbing actions of friends and family coupled with bizarre health issues complicate things and cause her life to go into a downward spiral.

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Beauty Beyond the Thorns: Discovering Gifts in Suffering by Darci J. Steiner

Beauty Beyond the Thorns: Discovering Gifts in Suffering by Darci J. Steiner

If you are experiencing a season of suffering, you will find hope, humor, and healing throughout the pages of Beauty Beyond the Thorns: Discovering Gifts in Suffering. Modern-day stories of suffering are paralleled with biblical accounts of healing that will both enrich your understanding of the Bible and provide hope for your personal journey.

We all need healing, whether experiencing physical or emotional pain from the thorns of divorce, job loss, grief, addiction, disability, or financial troubles. When we follow Jesus, God offers us gifts such as joy, hope, compassion, and mercy to help us not only endure our suffering but flourish in it.

In Beauty Beyond the Thorns: Discovering Gifts in Suffering, and its companion, Study Guide for Beauty Beyond the Thorns: Discovering Gifts in Suffering, Darci inspires and equips both men and women to endure trials with meaningful insights she has gained during her physical and emotional suffering. Look inside for inspiration and to learn how to discover the upside of suffering.

You can follow the author at www.darcijsteiner.com.

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Darwin’s Pause by J. Gregory Smith

Darwin’s Pause by J. Gregory Smith

Young, rich and beyond the law.

What’s the catch?

Former war photographer Fin Campbell means to find out. He never believed his old college friend’s elaborate stories to explain a pair of pristine civilizations living side by side on the isolated Polynesian island of Hoku. The entire island is designated a World Heritage Site and kept off limits by the French Navy.

When Fin receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join his Hokutian friend to witness a private ceremony never seen by outsiders, he jumps at the chance.

Soon he becomes more than a mere observer and finds himself in a fight for his life and the survival of all Hoku.

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Chasing Time

About Chasing Time

Chasing Time is a medical suspense story that follows the life of a man who competes with the clock in an effort to solve a tragic situation, giving the story a sense of urgency. Past and present intermingle with a mysterious key at the crux, creating an intriguing and suspenseful storyline. Including beautifully depicted backdrops set in Spain and ancient Rome, a mysterious artifact with arcane aspects, and a race against time, this intriguing novel promises to entertain those who enjoy a good mystery with just a hint of the supernatural.

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A Dangerous Longing by TM Perkins

A Dangerous Longing by TM Perkins

It’s been almost a year, but Avery hasn’t gotten over her father’s death in a tragic accident. He was the only one who understood her special abilities, which he instructed her to always keep secret. Who can she talk to now that he’s gone?

One of her friends isn’t who he seems to be, and he warns her that her father and she are faeries and that the Fairy world has been hunting for her. Worse, once they find her, she’ll have to stand trial on behalf of her father for a crime she’s sure he’d never have committed. Her only choice is to figure out who actually did commit the crime so she can exonerate her father… And herself. Avery will have to figure out who she can trust amongst the faeries and who is too dangerous.

To stay grounded in her everyday world and keep her cover, Avery attends school, dodges bullies, enjoys what might be the last times with her best friends, and crushes on a love interest… All the while tracking down the answers she needs. Along the way she discovers it isn’t just her own life that hangs in the balance, but the life of everyone she knows and loves. How will she save them all?

A Dangerous Longing is a YA Urban Fantasy that will appeal to readers who don’t want the traditional fairy tale story.

5 Stars- You should read this book!

5 Stars- loved that I became so completely and utterly contently lost in this story5 Stars-

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