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About The Great and Terrible
Dracula travels to another realm to engage in a fatal duel with the Wizard of Oz. Horror author David Kempf spins a new point of view on Bram Stoker and L. Frank Baum’s classic characters. With an introduction by Chris McAuley.
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About Storm and Solace: A Beauty & the Beast Retelling
“Absolute magic.” —Grady Harp, Amazon Hall of Fame and Top 100 Reviewer
In this Beauty & The Beast role-swapping mashup, Saxa is stripped of her powers and cursed by her two sisters. She has twelve weeks to change her ways or lose everything—including her life.
Brandr, shipwrecked after a terrible storm, is swept into the world of gods and goddesses. When he trades his life for his brother’s, he sentences himself to a world he knows nothing about.
When their paths collide, nothing is as it seems. Who will survive this game of immortals?
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About Featured Book: Zoratama The Muisca Princess by Jaime Bedoya Martinez
The history of pre-Hispanic South America is prolific in narratives of violence perpetuated, in battle and commerce, to an indigenous population. Mostly for the sake of feeding a perverse avarice and yearning for indulgence that was the fashion for Old World society at the time, this conquering force overcame great odds and difficulties to satisfy their greed for material treasure. They consequently took out their frustration and discomfort on these communities. Their occupation exhibited the brutality of a society desperate to pay their debts and build their riches with whatever could be extracted from other people, foreign lands.
Disregarded by history are the stories of the daily life of these indigenous people as they built true humane societies and developed myths to satisfy their curiosities of the workings of their natural world.
What has been lost to history is the spark of wonder when the European encountered the native for the first time, in submission rather than domination. Zoratama is that glimpse, told in the passion of a conquistador for a native beauty. The story is a tragedy of the forbidden, unprecedented and one that passion, eroticism, could not resolve. Love defeated by one of the many sins which motivated Europe to its genocidal tendencies. Ultimately it is not devotion to another being which drove the history, but rather devotion to the unknown.
Jaime Bedoya Martinez’s Zoratama constructs the structure for modern Hispanic society through the unrealistic passion of consorts of divergent worlds. His belief that the legacy of the Muisca has been abandoned is true, for beyond anthropological and archeological studies explaining in detail the life, religion, society of these people, little credit is given to their contributions to current culture.
And the assimilation, whether military or societal, of these cultures is anything but polite; the Spaniards greedy and brutal, the Muisca resolute and tribal.
Mr. Bedoya beautifully builds an alternate storyline which ultimately argues that commitment to passion and transcendence has no boundaries. Zoratama, the Muisca princess, and Lázaro Fonte, the Spanish conquistador, construct a love story for the ages, replete with spiritual integration and an offspring of a new race.
Ultimately, the writer in his true fashion destroys this love, immersed in the tragic myths of both races, in an absurd annihilation of people, family, emotion and sentiment because the ironic metaphor that evolves is the incarnation of a new race, culture and historical footprint.
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About Celtic Power: a novel (The Celtic Force Series Book 2) by Tony Kennedy
Guerrilla warfare with British forces is well underway. Their political party are busy manipulating politicians in Ireland, the United States and Australia into supporting their cause.
It’s now proven that nothing is off-limits.
The tentacles of the Irish involvement is now spreading its manipulative claws through time to Northern Ireland, England, the United States and Australia.
They meet head-on with US, foreign and unknown government interference. MI6 is busy tracking Irish Politicians in the USA. Will Patrick Reilly outrun them? Is the CIA involved?
No one in this book is an angel; even at senior government levels—perhaps especially there—deceit and lies abound.
Patrick Reilly is the Irish politician who cleverly lies, cheats and manipulates all those around him. Is the same being done to him? And if it is, does he know?
Robert Ryan, former US Ambassador to Ireland, is furthering his own career in politics in the United States. Like the others, he will stop at nothing to succeed. Does he succeed?
Jane Ryan’s secrets are likely to surprise everybody. Does she have them? You bet. It’s like peeling the skin from an onion.
Unwittingly throwing himself into this lions’ den is young Tom Pearse in Australia. However, he now finds himself deeply connected to the corruption and deceit. What the hell has he gotten himself into? How involved is he?
Celtic Power shifts dynamically time and continents in a riveting, engrossing read presented in this second volume.
What are the real conflicts? Who is good? Who is evil? You decide.
Like the first book, this fast-paced narrative will keep you on the edge of your seat, The rollercoaster of power and greed. Have you decided whose side are you on yet?
Beware the seedy politics. Who is sordid? Who is corrupt? Who’s on the dark side? What is the dark side? Once again, You decide.
*Readers’ Note: This book contains scenes of graphic violence and sex and is intended for a mature readership.
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About My CEO’s Secret
Warning – Do Not Drink in Vegas.
May cause you to wake up married to a domineering billionaire!
Aaron Steel. Antisocial. Ruthless. Enemy number one.
The man that deflowered me.
It’s been years since we’ve seen one another.
But I was desperate enough to take the job as his secretary.
Yet I didn’t expect to marry him – let alone carry his baby!
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About Her Heart’s Choice
Gideon, Marquess of Stoneleigh, has lost his fortune and been injured. He is focused on regaining his fortune but is distracted by the lovely and inquisitive Lady Sarah. What will he do when he finds that Lady Sarah and his loss of fortune are linked?
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About SOLAR STORM
In space, all that matters is survival.
A high-energy solar storm creates a debris cloud that will soon make travel to and from the Moon impossible. Panic grips the lunar population as they scramble to evacuate. But for some, the situation is worse. For them, it’s a matter of survival. This is their story.
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About HAPPY DOGS = HAPPY HOMES, PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES WITHOUT USING TREATS!
According to an article: How Many Dogs Are There? (US & Worldwide Statistics 2022) | Pet Keen, the worldwide dog population is estimated to be around 900 MILLION!
The author, The Dog Mystic, Cherie A. Marquez’s mission is to help families worldwide keep their dogs in their FOREVER home by teaching them how to train their dog without treats.
Training your dog without treats is important because if the dog gets a treat for everything that they do, they are going to expect it. If you do not have a treat, they are going to look at you and think, “I am not going to do that because I know you don’t have a treat!” You do not need to bribe your dog to do a command!
Cherie wrote this book because she has been training dogs for over 22 years and while dogs need to be trained, people have much to learn about connecting with their dog. Too many people do not have the patience to deal with an unruly dog and they give the dog away. This book is for those who know there is a better way.
Happy Dogs = Happy Homes is a question and answer reference book that has problem solving techniques and exercises to be deeply in tune with your dog on the soul level and enjoy them so much more.
You will learn about how dogs learn, problems that dogs have and how to solve them, stories about how dogs have forgiven and learned to trust again and dog mystic exercises to enjoy the here and now just like your dogs do. There are QR codes that direct you to videos that go along with the problem solving techniques.
Cherie wants people to learn that dogs are Angels placed on this Earth to get us out of our minds worrying about the future and ruminating on the past and bring us into the present moment.
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About No Safe Haven by Royston Stone
TRIGGER WARNINGs: Sex, drugs, rock and roll, guns, nudity, child murder, violence, touching of a minor by persons in authority, rude language.
This is an adult novel… intended for mature audiences.
Parental discretion is advised. Bug off kid… this ain’t Misty of Chincoteague.
Buckle up buttercup. Predators, everywhere. In school halls. On county roads. In your house.
Dana Sixx does not run away from predators. She hunts them. She’s not your average cowgirl-next-door. Dana can handle herself. Is she a guy in a girl suit? Not even close.
But Dana has a secret. If word gets out, predators will come calling, she knows.
Trapped under the roof of her Machiavellian Step-father, Victor, Dana yearns for emancipation. His constant threat is juvie hall. It’s a hell of a threat, because Dana’s greatest terror is going to prison. She’ll commit suicide before that happens.
Once she turns 18, she’ll be free … if only she can avoid killing someone. Seems simple enough… except for reasons which hit too close to home, predators are trying to kill her.
Unfortunately for the predators, and for Dana, they f***** with the wrong cowgirl.
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About Astral Alignment
Our world collides with a strange and unforgiving dimension in this two-part novel, the first in an all new science-fantasy horror series.
In Forestrunner, a woman awakens on a mysterious, alien world where humans are prey to grotesque monstrosities. Injured, mutated and mysteriously deprived of her memories, she will master an array of martial and psychic disciplines, find love among the natives, and rise to lead them under the guidance of their gods, an eldritch pantheon whose motives may go far beyond mere freedom for humanity.
Back on earth, Alignment follows the actions of a government operative who leaves a powerful grimoire in the hands of a cult. Bent on revenge against its leader, an estranged father abducts his autistic son, hoping to exploit the latent powers the boy has yet to discover. Years later, as those powers awaken, he will find himself in the midst of the Astral Alignment, an apocalyptic event that threatens to rip the very planet apart.
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About The Prince of Tabor
Many centuries before the age of Man, as the ancient chroniclers tell, labor, the second greatest kingdom on earth, was under siege. The king had died in battle, and the queen had died in childbirth. As the enemy was closing in, the infant heir escaped far away to the tiny hamlet of Streamside. Brought up there in a boisterous tavern by his brother Jacoby, Young Nathaniel could not know that the trumpets of war had again sounded and that a greater army than ever, its leaders bent on revenge and world dominion, threatened a vastly weakened Tabor. He would be forced onto a quest of unparalleled magic and danger by unknown forces. Hellbent on world control, evil necromancer Crepitus sent assassins to Streamside, forcing Nathaniel and his brother into a fight for existence and a struggle to regain his birthright and save his kingdom. It is an epic fantasy of immense sweep set in the misty beginnings of the world and tells of the struggle of one young man, facing War and Magic, to survive.
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About Superhero.com: The Chasers by D.A.Kloss
Free to download on December 18 and 19 2022!
All Josh ever wanted was to be an influential Chaser, but as the old saying goes, you should be careful what you wish for…
After a century of books, comics, TV, and movies it’s finally happened: superheroes and villains are real! Where? London, England of course, where else? Is Joshua Evans one? Absolutely not. But he’s the next best thing: a Chaser.
Because if Josh doesn’t have a power of his own, that doesn’t stop him and his friends, his brother Dan and best friend Alex from being in on the action. Like thousands of others, they roam the streets of London trying to get a video of a fight between a Super and a Villain.
But when Josh and his friends finally stumble upon their long-anticipated break, not everyone is happy about it. Afterall, it isn’t every day some teenage kid catches your world-conquering evil plot on camera and uploads it to superhero.com.
All Josh wanted was to be a top influential Chaser, maybe then Sarah would have looked at him twice. On the other hand, how could she ignore him if Josh saves the world?
No powers. No skills. No plan.
A day in a life for a Chaser.
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About The Child of Nature
Queen Senida and King Dinam, the leaders of the eastern countries, are hunting the obscure and mythical Child of Nature to obtain the child’s powers.
In the southwest country are twin princes. Though charismatic, Prince Varian is pompous and snarky, as opposed to his identical twin brother Prince Darven, whose charm is coupled with a calm, gentle air. It is one of these two princes that Princess Amarila, the northwestern royalty, will marry in order to strengthen the alliance between their countries.
One of Princess Amarila’s companions is Elyana, the apparently insignificant and quiet girl—who is, secretly, the last Child of Nature. Like all previous children of nature, she is blessed with the power of nature to take care of nature itself and its people.
Elyana needs to hide her true identity and appearance to accomplish her predecessor, Jothan’s mission of bringing peace to the mainland. No other child will be born after her.
Prince Darven has been Elyana’s soul-sibling since birth. He supports Elyana in every way—as is his responsibility—unlike his twin brother, Varian, who detests Elyana, as well as the very notion of the Child. Would he learn that the two sources of his hate are one and the same person? Would his feelings change if he does?
Things spiral out of control, and the wrong person gets captured, mistaken as the child. An unlikely trio forms and continue their venture to find safety across the lands, helping people along the way and bypassing borders.
On this incredible journey, could peace be achieved across the mainland? What twist of fate await? And what will become of the legacy of the Nature’s Child who is supposed to heal the world.
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Before I Wake Travels Across Time/Book One by Mary Ellen Johnson
Historical novelist Magdalena Moore is haunted by the black-haired, black-eyed knight she first encountered during a past life regression. Across a lifetime, Magdalena searches for the truth about Ranulf Navarre and his wife, the meek, complaint Lady Jane.
At Tintagel Castle, Magdalena is miraculously transported to thirteenth-century England, where she is Lady Jane, and Lord Navarre is her husband. But Ranulf is not the man of her imagination.
Why is Ranulf so cold and Janey so erratic? What secrets are they hiding? When England plunges into civil war, Ranulf backs the wrong side. Knowing he is destined to die in battle, Magdalena tries desperately to cheat fate, save Ranulf, and finally find happiness. But when her secrets are laid bare—or more specifically Lady Jane’s secrets—Magdalena fears Ranulf can never forgive her. And if he cannot, will they be forced to replay their doomed love yet again?
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About Manage You! Learn the Skills You Need to Grow as a Person and a Manager
Discover the secrets to become the best version of yourself and lead!
– Do you lack the confidence to be the best version of yourself?
– Do you struggle with managing your time, your growth, and your overall life?
– Do you want to achieve your goals without burning yourself out?
– Do you want to learn to balance your work and personal life?
If the answer is yes, then this is the perfect book for you!
Believing in yourself is not an easy thing to do, but it’s vital to your growth and success in the world. Even more so if you’re put in a position to lead. This role comes with its own set of responsibilities, pressures, stresses, and obligations. As a manager, you are no longer just responsible for yourself and your performance. You now have a team counting on you and superiors with high expectations. Meeting these high expectations can riddle anyone with worry and anxiety. This book will act as your guide every step of the way.
The first step to achieving this is aiming to become the best version of yourself. After all, you lead by example, and the best way to keep a team productive and efficient is to show them they, too, can be the best versions of themselves.
A steep learning curve is involved in this process. All the information needed to perform your duties diligently without compromising your personal objectives and work/life balance is given in this book.
In this book, you will learn about:
– How to better yourself and master the skills to make you grow as a person
– How to pass these along to your team
– Different managerial styles and the attributes of a great manager
– Effective communication
– How you can become a coach, motivator, and mentor
– Successfully handling obstacles and ensuring your team does the same
– Creating a high-performance team
– The art of time management
– Maintaining a healthy work-life balance
So, do you want to become the best version of yourself you can be and lead others to do the same? Then take the first step toward this goal by grabbing a copy of this book! What are you waiting for? There is no time like the present to get started!
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About Murder She Revealed – A Final Act
Comic Book short whodunnit for all the family as Detective Greenway weaves through lies, twists and turns to solve a murder of a world famous performer.
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About The Broken Doll by Paris Hansen
In a gripping new crime thriller, a former FBI agent is forced to face her past and the killer that got away.
“He’s Back.”
Two words Sloane Matthews never thought she’d hear, especially not from her ex-husband’s mouth. Failing to catch The Mommy Murderer five years ago was the beginning of the end of her career and her marriage. She’ll do whatever it takes to find the man responsible for the deaths of so many, even work alongside the man who betrayed her.
The return of a gruesome serial killer isn’t the only reason Sloane is back on the FBI’s radar. Someone is recreating horrors from her past, and she’s the number one suspect. Is she guilty of their suspicions or just guilty by association? That’s what Special Agent James Cade intends to find out.
Can Sloane finally bring the killer to justice before another woman loses her life and her child?
And if she’s not responsible for the grisly murders resembling those of her parents, who is, and why are they fixated on making Sloane look guilty?
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About Bleeding Light, Prophecy of Hope Book 3
Announcing the release of the latest volume of the award-winning Prophecy of Hope Saga, Bleeding Light, Prophecy of Hope Book 3, continuing the story of an ancient evil, a promised king, and a world besieged.
All of history has come to this pivotal moment and the fate of a child conceived by mysterious circumstances when flame falls from the sky disrupting the rising Darkness. Every eye is drawn to the great light and beneath it, lies a kingdom in chaos.
Empty throne, fallen crown and broken scepter are all that remains of the great Empire of Light. From Nudhug to Armahad, the marked bones of the Caladrius kings have all been stripped of their promise, and crumbled to dust. The kingdom of Men is in chaos though one remains. The despotic heir, Liacin Caladrius, has given himself wholly to Sgarrwrath for promises of power beyond that of any man before. Yet Liacin’s bones are broken and maligned, their promise all but gone, twisted to the will of the ancient evil who was cursed so long ago to formless darkness. Sgarrwrath is the ancient evil who has spent millenia trying to overcome his curse, one stolen piece of life at a time– the eyes of Dullahan, the heart of Arawn, the bones of Liacin, and one stolen drop of Mhorag’s golden blood…
Sgarrwrath’s ultimate prize is none other than the one who cursed him so long ago, Mhorag, the Living Flame, one of the Everliving. With Liacin Caladrius, the Dark Possessed, whose bloodline is governed by prophecy, Sgarrwrath has risen in both power and substance, mounting closer to world-wide domination yet at the great light from the heavens, he knows how little it all means in the face of what has come. And when Arkinn Highgrail, the Markless Son, nephew of Liacin, bears the Golden Brand, all know that the true and Promised King has come, and it is not the Dark Possessed. Nor has the Promised come in any way they expect.
By some twist of prophecy, Mhorag has come down into a world of darkness, and taken an unexpected form. The form of a child, robed not in the glorious flame of old, but in vulnerable, human flesh, in the womb of Sian Seela. Why? That is the question that plagues Sgarrwrath as together he and Liacin seek to claim the Promised whose very existence threatens Liacin’s weakening claim to the All-Important Throne, and Sgarrwrath’s ultimate dominion. Sgarrwrath sets his focus unwaveringly upon the infant, forgetting all else. In some ways, Mhorag seems diminished and yet Sgarrwrath can still sense too much life, power… everything he has ever desired and suddenly Mhorag appears to be in reach. His ancient plot forces him to face his highest desire and his greatest fear veiled within that mysterious, unborn child whom he seeks to take before Mhorag can be born upon the earth, but something stands in his way. Both a prophecy and a curse.
Others, led by Arkinn Highgrail, also look to the child. To protect him. To serve him. To worship him. Joined by the Guardians breaching the stronghold of darkness to fly to the child, the Source of their flame come to earth. And soon the battle lines of a timeless war are redrawn, this time upon the earth, held in the grip of Sgarrwrath’s own dark soul. And Sgarrwrath must face the hardest question of all his existence thus far. Has he risen far enough for all his emptiness to take all that promised life for his own?
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About Resthaven Cottage
Meddling is Jillian Osborne’s middle name. Well, it’s not, but it should be.
Running a B&B with the love of her life beside her is a dream come true for Peter and Jillian Osborne. Resthaven Cottage’s idyllic location close to the sea and all the comforts of home offers an exceptional stay for guests, many of whom are struggling with life events, troubles, and issues.
Issues that Jillian knows just how to solve… even if maybe she shouldn’t.
But her ways help the guests that come to stay, and as secrets, sketchy pasts, and truths come out, people’s lives change. And at the heart of everything, Jillian works hard to solve everything her guests face, even things the B&B doesn’t offer. Oh, don’t ignore Bess, their dog. She can sniff out hurt from a mile away, but she’s living proof that dogs are man’s best friend.
Resthaven Cottage will remind you of the power of family, make you laugh, bring tears to your eyes, and you’ll find a new best friend in Jillian. She just wants to help! Even if her methods raise a few eyebrows.
Resthaven Cottage: Five stars
We loved our stay! My husband and I were on the verge of divorce… until Jillian helped us repair our marriage! Can’t recommend it enough!
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About Dive in Deep
Tall, dark, and gorgeous with cobalt-blue eyes.
It doesn’t hurt that he’s the billionaire owner of the resort we’re staying at.
And all of it is just what I needed for my celebration weekend after graduating with my master’s.
It’s our last girls’ weekend before my friends and I go our separate ways, and it’s going to happen with a bang.
Literally. Hopefully.
It would be a first.
The desire was to keep things casual, but our connection is far too deep for that.
Him being ex-military and me being an Army brat.
The rules we each set up are shattered thanks to the raging passion between us.
But eventually, I have to go home.
What I never expected in a million years was that he might follow me.
Enough swimming in the shallow end of the pool.
We’re diving in deep.
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