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Promise Unfulfilled: The Brief Life and Bizarre Death of Actor Robert Morris by Vernon Gravely

About Promise Unfulfilled: The Brief Life and Bizarre Death of Actor Robert Morris by Vernon Gravely

A HOLLYWOOD TRAGEDY REVEALED AFTER 60 YEARS!!!

Robert Morris should have been a star. He was producer Bert Leonard’s original choice to ride alongside George Maharis in Route 66; however, as the concept for the series evolved, Morris was out and Martin Milner was in. As Maharis and Milner prepared to drive into the annals of television history, Robert Morris relocated from New York to California to boost his career. What initially appeared to be a good move ended in tragedy. Less than a year after moving out west, Robert Morris died under peculiar circumstances at a “health ranch” in southern California at the age of 25.

Promise Unfulfilled: The Brief Life and Bizarre Death of Actor Robert Morris is the portrait of a young man who put his best foot forward to attain the American Dream — only to have tragedy intervene. Read the story as told by those who knew him best — his friends, family and colleagues, including George Maharis (Route 66), Tony Franke (The Blob), Barbara Lord Warburton, Pamela Saunders (Happy Birthday, Wanda June), Susan Quick, Harvey Grossman, Robert Heide and Michael Lindsay-Hogg (The Beatles’ Let It Be), who also provided the Foreword.

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The Proposition

About The Proposition

Retribution (verb): inflict hurt on someone for an injury or wrong

Vengeance. It runs through Mason Hill’s veins. Except the person who walks through his office door isn’t his enemy. It’s the man’s daughter.

He forms a new plan for revenge…He’ll take out every past hurt and dark memory on her sweet body. And to save her family, she’ll let him.

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Saving Face by Frank Morin


About Featured Book: Saving Face by Frank Morin

AVAILABLE FOR FREE THIS WEEK ONLY (15th – 19th)

Rent a new body . . .

Sounds perfect. Unless your body is the one getting rented.

Sarah is a top model, making tons of money to let other people live in her skin. But she feels like she’s losing her identity. Time to get out.

Her employer decides to sell her body instead.

Sarah plunges into a terrifying race to escape with body and soul intact. Failure means becoming the ultimate orphan. As she scrambles for any possible salvation, she finds an unexpected ally who is definitely not who he pretends to be.

Neither is the entire body renting program. Sarah stumbles upon dark truths and glimpses the terrifying world of the Facetakers. Unknown to the world, shadowy forces, fueled by arcane powers, have battled for dominance. That fight is about to explode across the globe, with repercussions back into history.

Sarah had always thought nothing could be worse than dying.

She was wrong.

If you love exciting sci-fi/fantasy thrillers from authors like John Grisham, Jim Butcher, David Baldacci, and Dean Koonz, you’ll love Saving Face and the Facetakers.

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

Heirs of the Ancients: Book Two of the Three Worlds Chronicles

About Heirs of the Ancients: Book Two of the Three Worlds Chronicles

The ancients waited and watched as the ages unfolded before them. They laid their trap in a desolate corner of the galaxy, waiting patiently like a spider, while countless stars, planets, and civilizations were born, thrived, and died out. In the fullness of time, a desperate race of beings, fleeing from their home, was ensnared in their cosmic web, setting into motion a thousand-year struggle for survival, revenge, and dominance.

Without imagining the peril that lay before them, they forged ahead. Their motives and plans blurred the reality of their growing and swiftly approaching doom. Imprisoned by their own greed, the D’lai unwittingly fed the starving ancients, who grew in power and strength, until the day would finally arrive when their dark, consuming plan could be fulfilled.

Haunted by their lust for power, and consumed by their passion for revenge, the D’lai swept into space and were utterly destroyed by their own arrogance. Despite their failure, an ember still smoldered, and finally, emboldened and possessed by the rage and malice of the ancients, they struck once more.

The ancient game, played out over billions of years, would once more consume the galaxy, and this time, should they succeed, no being alive or dead would remain untouched. The final plan was in place, and the D’lai, the heirs of the ancients, were on the move.

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Thirty Minutes Under

About Thirty Minutes Under

One girl. One pool party. One mistake.

Lorienne Hall is a typical sixteen-year-old, with her only problem being how to get the boy she likes to finally see her. However, life as she knows it is changed forever when she goes underwater for thirty minutes. The strange thing is, after she wakes from her coma, she’s termed “The Miracle Girl”. But when she learns she must battle her enemy, Mackenzie Steelburg, in order to stay alive, she realizes that thirty minutes might’ve just changed her life forever.

But now she doesn’t know who to trust.

That’s where Dale comes in.

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Why Do You Cry, Sad Ghost? By Celia Jones

About Why Do You Cry, Sad Ghost? By Celia Jones

Release Day – September 15th!!

A Halloween picture book for art lovers. In clever rhyme, Sad Ghost visits the rooms of his home, always with a tear in his eye. Hauntingly drawn, Why Do You Cry, Sad Ghost? displays Celia Jones’ gift for whimsy and detail.

Inspired by the author-illustrator’s love for all things Halloween – and by a treasured family Halloween figurine – this artfully drawn picture book is full of details to delight children and the adults who read with them.

With a mouse hiding on every page and visual references to popular culture, these finely crafted images and poignant text deliver a Halloween treat to readers.

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Henry and the Gym Monster by Ben Lancour

About Henry and the Gym Monster by Ben Lancour

Henry LOVES P.E. class! In art, he draws about dancing. In music, he sings about soccer. But when it’s gym time, he has ONE BIG PROBLEM…Manny the monster!

He tricks Henry into doing the opposite of what his teacher asks him to do. Will the confused boy control his beastie buddy before growing to a size he cannot control?

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The Siege of Vicksburg: A Captivating Guide to the Final Battle of Ulysses S. Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War by Captivating History

About The Siege of Vicksburg: A Captivating Guide to the Final Battle of Ulysses S. Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War by Captivating History

Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s Vicksburg campaign was the most outlandish maneuver of the American Civil War and included the largest amphibious military approach until the advent of the Second World War. Grant is widely heralded as the first amongst the leaders of modern warfare, and along with a good set of commanders and the considerable Army of the Tennessee, he used his charge on Vicksburg to dominate the Western Theater of the war during the summer of 1863.
The Union held the Confederate troops, which were under the leadership of the tactically inferior General John Pemberton, inside the ramparts of Vicksburg for a punishing six weeks. The town, perched on the high natural bluffs of the eastern Mississippi River, had been fortified to the extent that it was impenetrable, even by the Yankees who outnumbered their foes by four to one upon the Rebels’ surrender on July 4th.
The Northerners essentially dug in, starved out, and bombarded the Southerners for the most coveted prize of the Mississippi River—the strategic node of Vicksburg. Once the Bluecoats were victorious and the Stars and Stripes flew above the town, it was not long before the Union controlled the entire waterway, which was the lifeblood of the Confederacy, as they used it to move soldiers, food, and supplies across their territories. When the federal government gained Vicksburg, they split the Confederacy in two, breaking its backbone between the Trans-Mississippi and Western Theaters.
The Siege of Vicksburg, which happened in tandem with the Battle of Gettysburg that concluded the day before on July 3rd, 1863, is considered the most pivotal moment in the Civil War, as it was the turning point from which the South could never recover.
If you want to learn more about the Siege of Vicksburg, get this book now!

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The Vicar Man

About The Vicar Man

Dora is a barmaid.
Usually her life is fairly simple: she gets up, cleans the inn, feeds the chickens, argues with the increasingly obstreperous cockerel, listens to the woes of her fellow barmaid, avoids doing the laundry, and serves drinks to the motley crew of islanders who lurk about the taproom every night.
The same old routine, day in, day out.

Tonight, though, is different.

Tonight, just one week before the vernal equinox, after a catastrophically bad harvest the year before, a stranger has walked into the bar…

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Daughter of Magic by J.D. Ruffin

About Daughter of Magic by J.D. Ruffin

She’s been dead a thousand years. She’s angry. And now she wants her throne back.
Daughter of Magic is an action-packed adventure, the second book in The Kingdom War series. If you like fantasy, intrigue, and satirical humor, you’ll love this series.
Ancient, evil Queen Irina continues her plot to return to the living world — and to conquer it.
With her army on the border poised for invasion, Guardsman Keelan Rae and his team continue their desperate chase to save his beloved Healer. While his brother, Declan, travels to an ancient island seeking aid for their country’s sorely outnumbered military. When he meets the mysterious Keeper of Magic, he is forced to face his greatest fears.
Betrayed by her lover, Jess hurtles toward the same sacrificial fate as other kidnapped magicians. Her King-father rallies the nation to find her, but will it be enough?

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Ghost Stories

About Ghost Stories

Truth is stranger than fiction – and these stories would tell you why

In Ghost Stories, you’ll unearth a goldmine of haunting stories that will leave goosebumps from head to toe. Inside, you’ll discover:

● 20 bone-chilling ghost stories that will challenge your sanity and force you to question reality
● The story of the ghost who testified to a murder mystery
● The ghastly story of Taunton State Hospital – and what it’s infamous for
● What’s really hiding in the veins of the famous Roosevelt Hotel
● The frightening secret hiding in an innocent-looking doll
● The mystery behind the never-ending construction of the Winchester Mystery House
● The silent empire that exists beneath the streets of the ‘City of Love’
● The dark chapter in the history of Cannock Chase
● Does science approve of paranormal activities – and does it matter?

And so much more!

There are powers in the cosmos that can’t be explained, but it doesn’t change the fact that there’s always an explanation – it depends on how willing you are to explore things further…

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Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley

book review by Joe Kilgore

“Trixie’s unblinking gaze fixed onto whatever follows death as her last breath left her body.”

A lot of things can kill you in the Louisiana swamps, not the least of which are water moccasins, alligators, and maybe even something unworldly called a Rougarou. But as the body count rises in this jambalaya mystery, it becomes apparent that the increasing death toll is mostly due to some very bad villains and some very tough law enforcers.

Kristi is a young college graduate from West Texas recently hired and trained by the Treasury Department. While on the hunt for two of her colleagues, she manages to get herself assaulted and lost in the Atchafalaya Basin. Hawk is an ex-military combat vet now working for the United States Ranger Services. He’s asked by his old friend, the Parish Sheriff, to try to find Kristi. What he finds is not only the woman he’s looking for but also a hell of a lot of trouble. Together, Hawk and Kristi wind up in the middle of ruffians, counterfeiters, financial scalawags, and murderers. As they try to figure out what’s happening and why, while continually staying one step ahead of assassins, they begin to form a bond of respect, friendship, and perhaps even more.

Author Riley does a first-rate job of steeping the reader in the milieu of South Louisiana and Cajun mores. From murders at mudbug fests to menacing mosquito swarms to monumentally malevolent snake pits, he puts the heat and humidly on every page. He’s also adept at weaving a spider-webbed plot that is both intricate and credible. There’s action, suspense, humor, and even a dash of romance in this gumbo of a novel that promises to start a series of adventures for Kristi and Hawk.

RECOMMENDED by the US Review

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Katarina’s Dark Shadow by MJ Krause-Chivers

About Katarina’s Dark Shadow by MJ Krause-Chivers

Katarina wanted to leave the Land of the Mennonites and become a missionary school teacher. But the Great war was on and travel wasn’t permitted. Then an accident with a horse wakens her to sinister elements in Ukraine. The Russian Revolution is beginning to burn. Katarina must choose. Does she accept the warning signs and flee with the others to an unknown destiny or take her chances with the familiar? There’s a bigger problem here. Mennonites don’t do war and her faith is getting in the way.

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The Butcher’s Bride by Alice T. Boone

About The Butcher’s Bride by Alice T. Boone

𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒆
It wasn’t a lie.
Your father’s debt had nothing to do with me, but when Malachi demanded blood, I couldn’t let you be slaughtered. You need to believe that claiming you was the only way I could save you. These beasts will never have their fill, and the only thing that could keep you safe was the name I built.
Montreal will know you as the Butcher’s Bride. Your father’s debt will be erased, your family will be safe, and eventually, you’ll realize that I did what I had to.
You have to, Gwen
Because I can’t spend a life without you.

𝑮𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒏
How could you do this to me?
After everything I told you, after everything I shared, how could you still lie to me? You made me believe you were different. You gave me the hope of a new life, and then you stole it all away.
My father had no right to trade me away, but I expected it from him. To know you were so willing to buy me, so willing to trade me, so willing to treat me like I was nothing? How was I supposed to expect that, Leslie?
I left this life behind two years ago, and not even the Butcher will drag me back.

♥ ♥ The Butcher’s Bride is a stand-alone Irish mafia romance novel and is not for the faint of heart. If you’re looking for some violence and steamy themes, though, dive right in! Happily ever afters, no cheating, and plenty of brooding bad boys guaranteed. ♥ ♥

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When You Start Seeing It

About When You Start Seeing It

This book is an anthology of eight Thriller stories blended with Supernatural elements. Each story may have a different plot, different characters, different events, different places, etc., but every story tries to highlight the same point:
When a suspicious or unnatural event occurs, something which does not have a practical explanation, then there are two ways of looking at it. Either believe it to be something supernatural, or look at it as a figment of one’s imagination. An imagination conceived out of a scared mind.
Something that seems supernatural, may actually be something that has a practical explanation.
Something that seems normal, may actually be something that is supernatural, something which is way beyond our practical thinking.

NOTE – The book will be available for free from Sept 10th to Sept 12th. The eBook can be purchased and read free of cost.

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Afterworld (Next Life, #1)

About Afterworld (Next Life, #1)

Death comes, and misery follows. As a man in his early twenties, Leon never genuinely contemplated what would happen after his death. Like those before him, he never understood the truth of our universe. After his sudden demise, the terrorizing reality of a mysterious dystopian afterlife begins crushing him as it has those prior. Men have started enslaving and killing each other to sate their greed while enigmatic creatures oppress the masses. Only a select few have shown the courage that is needed to challenge their supremacy.

Through this eclipsing darkness, there is hope. But will that hope prove to be enough to save this turbulent cosmos? The revelations of advanced science, magic, human savagery, and even our gods will be showcased. Both in a new light and disturbing darkness, will the verities of Earth and Afterworld give him a greater understanding of our universe; or in turn, begin to break him as they have done to so many before?

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Nature of Society by Nigel Gittens

About Nature of Society by Nigel Gittens

This book begins with the first principles of economics where the primary factors of production namely land, labour and capital are listed and defined. It goes on to show that the true nature of society is one where these factors must be brought into balance if economic justice is to be had by ALL. By balance is meant that all three factors must be of similar value, not one above the other (land over labour or capital over labour or land over capital), which of course is the case today. It is only then that a sustainable economy or sustainable economics could be had and maintained. The book will show how these unbalanced factors of production have disheveled economies, both western or eastern, developed or developing, and will layout a prescription for how environmental conservation, full employment and optimum economic growth and social justice could be realized. It will also show how tariffed and protected trade has not led to the highest prosperity of countries nor its working classes. The book will also lay out the deleterious impact that traditional personal and corporate income taxes have had and is having on wealth production, employment opportunities and diversification in all countries and how these regressive taxes can be successfully replaced with a progressive tax system.

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Being Authentic: A Memoir by Morhaf Al Achkar

Being Authentic: A Memoir by Morhaf Al Achkar

Desire to find your Authentic Voice? Learn the process to participate more authentically in the project we call humanity•••

★ By engaging with the author’s story in Being Authentic™, you will:

+ Garner the bravery to look at your own and be more authentic
+ Strive to connect with the poet, artist, writer, dancer, and actor in You
+ Learn how to heal, forgive, and let go of resentment to live a more positive life
+ Develop better-coping skills and become more resilient in the face of pandemic-like events
+ And much, much more!

✓Get your Kindle copy to find your Authentic Voice Today!

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The Elitist Supremacy by Niranjan

About The Elitist Supremacy by Niranjan

Alexander Selwood is hiding many secrets. Being the first immortal is only one of them. He is also hunted by the despotic ruler of Cynfor, Cesar Thaxter -the man ruling the galaxy for centuries.

Unknown to Alexander, the group of rebels who had been fighting Thaxter in secret is also seeking to use his company to build a safe haven. He would do anything to keep himself from falling into the clutches of either the Resistance or the Supreme Ruler. When the consequences of his actions cascade into a torrent of events that threatens to engulf him and everyone he cares for in danger, Alexander can’t sit on the sidelines any longer.

Having stayed out of the conflict for this long, he has to make a choice, but can he handle the repercussions of that decision?

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