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Parabellum

About Parabellum

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One devastating crime. Four troubled suspects. And a vibrant, powerful journey inside the mind of nameless, faceless evil.

A mass shooting at a Chicago beach leaves several dead and dozens injured. In the year before the crime, four individuals emerge as possible suspects.

An apathetic computer programmer.
An ex-college athlete with a history of head injuries.
An Army veteran turned Chicago cop.
A despondent high school student.

One of them is the shooter. Discover who and why.

– “A vivid, harrowing journey.” – Jenny Milchman, Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of Cover of Snow
– “Parabellum is taut, slow-burning crime fiction at its best. And it’s a great deal more than that.” – Paul Flower, author of The Great American Cheese War

If you like nuanced literary crime fiction that explores the depths of the human psyche, you’ll love Greg Hickey’s compelling and unforgettable novel.

Buy Parabellum today and begin a story you won’t be able to put down.

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Haunting of the Blackthorne House

About Haunting of the Blackthorne House

Could the curse of a rural town corrupt Joseph Blackthorne’s mind enough to drive him to murder?

Joseph Blackthorne gets the opportunity of a lifetime and jumps at it. However, he disregards a local’s warning concerning mysterious folklore and places his house on a forbidden hill which sets in motion a series of events that will shake this town to its core.

As the dark history of Blackwater unravels, Joseph conceals his problems with alcohol, but history like his drinking keeps repeating itself. Is it too late to save his family, town, or hell, even himself?

The town of Blackwater is fraught with evil, which consumes us all, one way or another.

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Speak & Meet Virtually

About Speak & Meet Virtually

The COVID-19 lockdowns may be over but virtual communication is here to stay and the companies that can embrace the new technology without losing their core will have the best shot at succeeding. The new normal includes workers that expect greater flexibility, changing modes of interactions, and the decline of geographical limitations.

This has created a unique opportunity for those individuals and companies willing to invest in upping their game:

Companies that embrace the new normal will gain a competitive edge over those who don’t, especially as they are able to attract and retain talent uninterested in the old desk and cubicle routine.

Individuals who invest in excelling at virtual communication will stand out against the multitudes satisfied with mediocrity.

In his newest book, Speak Virtually, best-selling author of Speak With No Fear (now in its second edition) Mike Acker shows you how to go from Zoom fatigue, online meeting boredom, and impersonal presentations to engaging, efficient, and empowering web conferencing.

This book is high on impact and low on fluff. Its four sections represent the key concepts that you and your company must master and teach your team:

Engage: How to effectively connect with the other participants as people, not pictures on a screen.

Attend: How to get and give the most as a participant in virtual meetings.

Lead: How to lead great meetings that people will want to attend.

Set Up: How to choose the right equipment and software and prepare your “virtual office space” for maximum impact.

Designed to be a quick, practical guide that will have a measurable impact by the end of Chapter 1, Speak Virtually is also filled with highly actionable tips:

60 Second Fixes: Quick changes you can make immediately to improve your virtual communication.

Virtual opportunity: Under-appreciated advantages of online communication.

Ergo-tips: Practical advice that help both your body and your communication.

What are you waiting for? It’s not too late to become a “Zoom rock star”— don’t waste another minute in ineffective and impersonal virtual meetings!

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Invasion

About Invasion

The future. It holds all sorts of positive potential…technological advances, increased life expectancy, improvements in society. But there are negative possibilities too, and perhaps the worst of these is the arrival of an alien race…not just anyone, but a hostile one, intent on conquering humankind.

Hugh McDaniel lives in Queens, New York. He is a genius, and he has been struggling to pick one area to focus his life’s work on. His brother and best friend, Travis, is a Marine officer. They get along very well, despite the differences in their lives, but when the aliens suddenly invade and destroy their entire culture, they are forced to struggle in the ruins, at first just to survive, just to find basic food and medicine. But soon, they set their sights on more…on resistance, and on reclaiming their planet from the invaders.

The path is a long one, and almost impossibly difficult, but they begin their journey, finding other survivors and searching for food, medicine…and weapons. The enemy does not remain silent for long, and they start sending missions into the ruins, seeking to gather the humans, to carry them off for whatever purposes they have. Hugh and Travis lead a constant battle, a fight against the enemy that will not end, that cannot end, until only one side remains.

The aliens send more and more robots to New York, and the McDaniels and their followers dig in to resist viciously. But amidst the almost constant fighting, they also mount their own mission, to seek out and explore, to determine what it is the enemy truly wants.

The invaders finally launch a massive attack, large enough to utterly destroy the humans in New York, but Hugh has a forlorn plan, a way to, just maybe, defeat the assault. But while he is frantically preparing his crazed operation, Travis is leading the desperate mission to find the enemy, to discover what they really want. And when he does, it is more terrible than anything he had ever imagined. He tries to return home, to bring the news to everyone that the engagement between humans and aliens is absolutely a fight to the finish, that surrender isn’t even a possibility. But will he even have a home to return to?

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The Girl of Magic and Dreams

About The Girl of Magic and Dreams

Twelve-year-old Sophia Warner comes from a long line of Dream Watchers, humans possessing magical abilities from the Sandman himself and entrusted with protecting the Dream Realm. Frustrated by her slowly evolving powers and the continuous disapproval of the Council of Dreamers, Sophia becomes more and more reckless as she tries to force her full abilities to manifest in a desperate quest to locate her mom—who went missing in the Dream Realm four years earlier.

But things take a dangerous turn when Watchers begin to go missing and the ruler of the nightmares, the Shadow Queen, is to blame. Trapped on a dark island in the world of dreams by the Sandman long ago, the evil queen craves to find enough magic to finally break free from her prison and take over the Dream Realm.

As the only child Dream Watcher, Sophia is told to stay out of it. But when tragedy strikes her family, and the Council of Dreamers hesitates to intervene, Sophia is forced to make a choice. With the help of her best friend, a magical cat named Cosmo, can Sophia not only conquer her own fears and learn to control her magic, but also stop the Shadow Queen’s evil plans before all is lost?

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Castaway with the Cowboy

About Castaway with the Cowboy

When an explosion sinks their steamship, horse wrangler Zach Holifield and nanny Abby Lindstrom find themselves stranded on a deserted island in the Caribbean. Along with Abby’s two young charges, a cabin boy, and a couple of missionaries, Zach and Abby struggle for survival, normalcy, and a chance to live, to love, and to grow old together.

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Slave

SlaveAbout Slave

Each word that ever appeared has its own meaning, its own power, and its own purpose. But how many meanings can one word have?
Slave. The first thing that comes to mind is a life that does not belong to you. Not your thoughts, not your actions, not your soul. Everything is not yours. You have your master, your sovereign. He and only he can control what is called life. But is it really so? If you are used to serving and this is the only thing that makes sense to you, then is there any meaning in freedom?
We have the story “Slave” in front of us.
A story that began 8000 years ago and has not ended until now. Who I am? Warrior? Slave? Human? A treasure that is greater than the most precious jewels? Is there any point in freedom when you are already free? The author raises questions that you can ponder for a long time. Everyone will have their own answer. Concepts such as freedom and slavery are very close to each other, one develops into the other. There is no visible difference between them. For whom does slavery become freedom, and for whom is freedom is incompatible with life?

A slave named Rabbe is the embodiment of loyalty and strength for his king, Allagar. He is indomitable courage, reliable protection, and hope.
But this time, the execution of any order left a stamp in the heart of the slave.
He was being asked to leave the one who needed to be protected the most, during a battle from which he would not come out alive.
For what? In order to deliver a ring to the beloved king, the last gift, and the last farewell with it. Allagar’s order haunted Rabbe for a long time. Could it be that something was more important than his kind’s fight? How can it be so – his king, his patron, his master will perish, and he will leave and remain alive.
Why? The question is one of the major ones in this story. Why do we need freedom? Why do we need slavery? Why do we have to die? And why do we need to stay alive? Everything has its own story and its own meaning, hidden in the little things sometimes. Hope is not always in a raised sword that cuts everything in its path, or love in a destructive force that leaves nothing behind. Sometimes it is in a small green ring, that got dusty on the journey.
This story is structured in such a way that you become not just an eyewitness to the events that took place, but also something more. You become those who are able to see the most intimate, hidden secrets in the soul of the hero. Part of his thoughts and reflections, disguised even from himself.
So, who are you? Slave? Warrior? Human?

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ADELINA by Sara Tucker

About ADELINA by Sara Tucker

Once upon a time, there lived a most wise and benevolent King and his equally gracious Queen. They treated their subjects with utmost kindness, distributing food to the poor in times of need and providing coal to all their subjects during the harsh winter months. They were well loved throughout the entire kingdom, and stories of their good deeds spread far and wide. So, it was that there was general rejoicing when they gave birth to their first child, a daughter they named Adelina, which fittingly means “of noble birth.” Princess Adelina was adorable and grew up to be a model child. Although very beautiful, she was far from vain. She carried herself with poise and developed perfect manners. Her life was one of continual bliss. Until she clock fourteen….

What happens to her at fourteen?
And what happens after that….

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SALES AND MARKETING PLANS

About SALES AND MARKETING PLANS

They say, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” I am pretty sure no one who has ever heard this and felt better afterward. This said, let’s talk about rejection. If you are in sales long enough, you will experience rejection.
You have been rejected, and now you run for your life! This is the best time to ask why, you will learn a lot about your sales process, your buyers, and more. What do you have to lose? You already got rejected. The best part is sometimes rejection is an automatic defense mechanism in the buyer’s mind. When you ask why they don’t even know why which gets them thinking and talking to you- and sometimes they end up saying yes! I swear I have seen this happen more than once when a seller has the nerve to ask why.
Have you ever thought of what to ask for? that might be less of a commitment? Think of alternative options the buyer may find of value. When you offer choices, this creates the opportunity of saying no to this, but yes to that. Try buying my book and see how many times you get a backup plan to succeed. Some examples of a great backup ask are referrals, a less expensive choice, or revisiting the decision to buy in the future. If you ask the reason why the buyer declined, you will know which option is appropriate for your backup plan.
MACY WEINBERG is a strategist, innovator, and leader who focuses on developing leaders within his teams/client’s organizations – whether they are at technology, telecommunications, or energy companies. His success is built upon understanding the real issues in a situation and approaching these with integrity, passion, focus, and driving results in a professional manner where the client (internal or external) feels valued and respected.
I have a passion for helping others in the sales world. When revenues thrive, everyone does better. Sales should be an ethical and respected career. When selling is done correctly, it brings great satisfaction to both parties. One in eight people in the U.S. today are employed in sales. It’s time to stop the stigma and start a revolution of ethical salespeople who help those they serve. If you love this book, get it at a discounted price
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The Best Way to Get Rid of Varicose Veins Once and For All

About The Best Way to Get Rid of Varicose Veins Once and For All

Having a piece of information about a specific thing is the key to everything. Being well aware and well informed is a must for everyone. With this book, you will know and find out all you need to know about Varicose Veins through the experience of a 48-year-old mother. It will teach you to face reality and what is the best thing to do. Most women take this thing seriously and do not know what to do or how to get rid of it. So, with this information, you will be given a chance to look on the brighter side of things and remember that it’s not the end of being beautiful and having flawless glowing skin. It will help you find suitable remedies for it and answer all the questions in your mind. It will keep you informed, educated and will tell you what to do depending on your choices. There is nothing wrong with taking care of your body and wanting to look beautiful. Remember that it is wise to be a woman who is well informed and knows what to do in this kind of stuff. Love yourself by taking care of yourself. Live your life as you want but remember that being healthy is vital to enjoying life to the fullest. Taking care of your body is an essential step towards being desired, loved, and appreciated.

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Ruthless Pamela Jean

About Ruthless Pamela Jean

In Carol Denise Mitchell’s ground-breaking book, Ruthless Pamela Jean, we’re introduced to young Pamela Jean Metcalf. She is a kid that was abused her whole life because of the color of her pale, light, skin. At age eight, when her own mother failed to stop the bullying, young Pamela took control. After reading what was to her a funny book called “PIMP,” by Iceberg Slim, Pamela, decides to use the book’s controlling metaphors; and its author Iceberg Slim, as her mentor, to launch an end to her many years of childhood abuses. When two would be murderous girls sought to burn Pamela in a tunnel, see her sudden change, the abuse throughout her high school comes to a meteoric halt. Notwithstanding, Pamela’s incredible survival comes from the state psychiatrist Nancy Parker, who becomes PJ’s life-long mentor. The doctor convinces Pamela that if she does not change, the inability to confront the abuse without violence – could ruin her life. Notwithstanding, as Pamela adheres to the doctor’s counseling, she is stronger. After a stint in the Youth Authority, PJ is declared a winner. Pam embraces her uniqueness, she goes to college with a plan to become successful. Invariably, with the support of her mother and a doctor who cared, Pamela Jean becomes a powerful, formidable businesswoman. Later, to finance an entire anti-bullying agenda, Pamela launches a successful male escort business, under a surreptitious umbrella to fund her nationwide initiative to end school bullying. In the interim, Pamela faces numerous challenges including sex tapes, the IRS, and envious haters, before invariably she finds love. Pamela does find a way to make life easier for herself; and for those that are left ill-unequipped to fight for themselves.

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The Secret Beliefs of The Illuminati: The Complete Truth About Manifesting Money Using The Law of Attraction That Is Being Hidden From You by Dan Desmarques

About The Secret Beliefs of The Illuminati: The Complete Truth About Manifesting Money Using The Law of Attraction That Is Being Hidden From You by Dan Desmarques

The world keeps changing extremely fast, but in times of abundance and scarcity, under revolutions or wars, many have prospered. And they did so by looking at the patterns of reality. They understood these Divine Patterns and used them to achieve their personal goals.

The patterns have been kept secret for thousands of years in religious books, manuscripts and even fairytales, under allegories and metaphors meant to hide them in plain sight.

The enlightened ones — those who can see, called that Sacred Geometry, in a direct reference to the Creator. They then studied the nature of life through the art of the Almighty God, the Master Architect of the Universe. For “The secret of the occult sciences is that of nature itself” (Albert Pike, Freemason).

They discovered that there is only one Truth, one God and one religion, despite the many branches characterizing the impulses of the masses.

They also saw that this Truth is manifested by the highest moral state, from which the highest wisdom is received. That is when “the half-told story comes to be finished” (Arthur Conan Doyle, Freemason).

The one who completes these studies becomes a master of the craft, for he possesses the capacity to alter reality with his mind, and create new worlds like a mason or builder. He becomes both aware and responsible of what he experiences, as much as he is made able to transition to new momentums and alter the future. For “When the Mason learns that the key is a proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of the craft” (Manly P. Hall, Freemason).

This great secret was reorganized here to show you exactly how to experience it, and despite the many attempts of others to remove this knowledge from the public eye.

This information comes now as a great opportunity for you to transcend into a new perspective on the attraction of wealth.

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The Immortal Blood By Abby Lane

About The Immortal Blood By Abby Lane

Release Day – October 26th!!

A slain god and a crippled queen with stolen powers join forces to battle a mutual enemy in this dark fantasy.

When Queen Cynara summons magic into the king’s forest, she cannot know how a stolen power will cripple her, or that an orb used during her spell has let loose a single droplet of blood. Now, immortal blood is multiplying, and breeding with living creatures, which includes the statue of an undead king.

Resurrected from the dead, Anastacio once lived in the Otherworld. With his godly life reborn, he resolves to find the goddess from his past and avenge the injustice done to both of them, but to thrive, in life and in health, he requires assistance from someone without trust. Queen Cynara has a secret that may provide the answers, but she’s trapped inside her frozen body, similar to the husband she encased in mortar. Why would anyone help her?

How will a god oversee the kingdom; the royal family, a former queen and a true born prince whose secret has been kept from everyone? With help from a witch and Norse goddesses from the Otherworld, might blood and magic seed the ultimate revenge? Or will an enemy hated by everyone claim victory—again.

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Hearts, Homes & Holidays: A Sweet Romance Charity Anthology Filled with Family, Friends & Faith

About Hearts, Homes & Holidays: A Sweet Romance Charity Anthology Filled with Family, Friends & Faith

Family Ever After

Discover the miracle of adoption. Longing hearts, loving homes, and lively holidays combine in this Romantique Treasury with new contributions from ten fabulous authors. This warm-hearted romance anthology combines friends, families, and faith as hope blossoms in the lives of orphaned children.

Proceeds from Hearts, Homes & Holidays will benefit special-needs adoption grants through Reece’s Rainbow.

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Becoming Us

About Becoming Us

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Becoming Us is the perfect farewell to summer!

Get lost in young foreign affairs, unforgettable friendships, and the hilarious coming of age for four women who are learning how to love. A sexy prequel to Author Katie Bachand’s Taking Chances series.

Every love story has one thing in common: Best Friends.

Friends, and recent college graduates Grace, Rachel, and Casey, are taking one last trip before they have to settle into the monotonous drudgery of real life. With plane tickets in hand, they are ready to eat and sleep their way through a glorious vacation, feasting on delicious French cuisine and men.

Becoming quick friends with their host and Chateau owner, Aimeé Baillieu, the young women are quick to share intimate details of their lives. Beautiful meals on verandas, early morning coffees, late-night wine-filled conversations, and fist-fights with naked Frenchmen help the women learn about themselves, where they’ve been, and, more importantly, where they’re going.

Becoming Us is a laugh-out-loud, coming-of-age prequel about the trip every young woman should take, the men they should have slept with, and the friends who are there to help them navigate it all.

Meet the women of the Taking Chances Rom Com series by Katie Bachand as they take on one last hurrah. Before responsibilities, before careers, and before love. Laugh with them, cry with them, and join them as they embark on the journey of learning who they were meant to be.

Devour this laugh out loud prequel to author Katie Bachand’s Taking Chances series, then head to Katie’s website to get Conflict of Interest, book 1 in the series for free by joining her Newsletter.

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Vampires Rule

About Vampires Rule

A simple boy-meets-girl story.
Only the boy is a vampire, and the girl is a badass werewolf hunter.

“Kasi Blake has written a winner with this series.” I Heart YA Books

Unhappy as a vampire, Jack dreams of a second chance at mortality. But when he gets it, his real problems begin. His teacher is a werewolf, the girl he’s crushing on is THE hunter, and his brother can’t decide whether to welcome him home or stake him just to be on the safe side.

Then his powers return along with the powers of a werewolf. He has no idea what’s happening to him, but he’d better figure it out fast. According to an ancient diary, he is destined to defeat the alpha werewolf… or die trying.

Romance, humor, and paranormal action.

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2nd Sight

About 2nd Sight

Scott Moore struggles with strange hallucinations–blurry visions of others in exciting and frightening situations. They come without warning and with enough punch to bring a grown man to his knees… Some of them seem to come true, but he can’t be sure.

When parapsychologist, Dr. Paul Blackwell, offers to help Scott control these visions, the two begin an extraordinary journey of challenges and discovery. But special talents can be used to help or to harm, and the line between these may be razor-thin.

Sometimes special gifts can be deadly…

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The Black Mother Wound

About The Black Mother Wound

Because the past never seems to stay where we left it, the Black daughter, who becomes the Black mother, must fortify herself against the historical, and continuing trauma of white-settler proximity, through her ancient and timeless identity as the cosmic, divine Black feminine principle of creation.

Take a guided exploration of the spiritual assets that transmute the pain of generations of wounded Black mothers.. Kemetic Centered Thought Remedy utilizes ancestral and indigenous principles to center the emotions, or emissions of disharmony that can delay the intuitive consciousness of the Black daughter, who becomes the Black mother.

This return to the HER-IT-AGES of a collective cosmic Black mother includes inventories that foster a fearless self-honesty required to authentically begin an individual and collective healing process through self-knowledge, and self-acceptance.

“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced,” – James Baldwin.

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Euphoric Wonderland by Ryan Becker


About Featured Book: Euphoric Wonderland by Ryan Becker

(Free download of Euphoric Wonderland between the dates of October 17th-21st).

A collection of deeply personal and touching poetry for an evening of emotional, yet thoughtful reflection. A deep dive into a world of living rhythms and authentic feelings.

Euphoric Wonderland is a deft amalgamation of spoken word, rhythmic and clever poetry, wordplay, light-shining on darker sides, truth to power, and a quick read for curious minds and those who just might be struggling through specific mental health-related challenges of their own.

A brilliantly woven tapestry of raw storytelling poetry through poetic prose and vivid imagery that pulls no punches. Brash and uncompromising, Euphoric Wonderland tackles life issues and examines matters from an insightful and personally-lived perspective. Surreal in its realism and with pinpoint accuracy, it also takes a sarcastic jab at certain celebrities.

This poetry collection is a compassionate guide, a tribute to spiritual warriors, and a homage to the ones before us who have shaped the path we tread on today.

Order your copy now and embark on a journey.

This Poetry book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print