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Salvageable : Jean Baxter
Salvageable
The trouble with trust is once it’s broken, it changes who you are and who you will become—forever.
Michael Jarrid’s eighteenth birthday is the worst ever. His ex-girlfriend announces she’s pregnant and accuses him of being the father—but he isn’t. He’s pretty sure he’s never had sex. His parents believe her version of the night in question. Mike feels betrayed by the people he most trusted. The future so neatly planned out for him is no longer rosy or even certain.
A mishap on his motorcycle introduces Mike to a neighbor who comes to his rescue. Lacey is going through a divorce, has a young son, and offers a nonjudgemental listening ear. It feels like he’s known her for a million years. One thing leads to another. Neither of them mean for it to happen, it just does.
His parents are beside themselves. One girl is threatening legal action over her unborn child and he’s head over heels in love with another, older woman. They issue an ultimatum. His decision fractures the family, also ending his college plans. Shortly after, Lacey dumps him. On his own, heart broken, and miserable, Mike has to decide–is anything about his life salvageable?
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Dreams of Otherworld : Lacy Sheridan
Dreams of Otherworld: Book 1 of the Otherworld Trilogy
When they awake in a ghost town with no memories of their pasts, Fox, Lightning, Griffin, Rowan, and Blue have no choice but to do what it takes to survive. Surrounded by a forest full of dangers and the chill of winter setting in, that seems like a difficult enough task at first.
But then they meet SAM.
SAM is an enigma to them, a shadowy being who speaks in cryptic clues and veiled warnings. And their presence seems to make everything spiral out of control.
As nightmares seep into reality and dreams seem to guide them to an impossible place, the five must race to answer the questions of who they are and why they’ve been brought here before their time runs out.
The Otherworld is waiting, and its master is growing impatient.
The Sun Road : Afiena Kamminga
The Sun Road
In tenth century Iceland a young woman, Thora Thorvinnsdottir, is orphaned at age fifteen, out of a home and close to destitute.
Goaded by her misfortune, Thora strives to fill in the gaps between the warp threads of her life’s weaving pattern – which the Norns, maidens of fate, set up for each mortal as they see fit – with weft threads of her own choosing.
She sails west to the new frontier of Greenland hoping to acquire a new farm of her own.
In Greenland she agrees to a marriage ill-conceived to begin with, and ill-fated in the end. Thora joins her husband’s timber-seeking expedition across the Western sea to an unexplored land rumoured to be the source of driftwood littering Greenland beaches.
In Westland they encounter novel forms of life – plants, animals and people unknown to even the most traveled Norseman among them, and Thora is given a chance to achieve a major goal she set for herself, in a way she never imagined.
More than a Hutch : Kim Montgomery
More than a Hutch
More than a hutch is the autobiography of a pet rabbit.
Robbie Bobtail is destined for a life of solitude, restriction, and extreme boredom, relieved only by the antics of the two young brothers who own him.
Then, a wild rabbit unexpectedly appears in the garden. Sunshine is a female rabbit, one of a select few who are allowed to leave the warren once a year. She is strictly forbidden to associate with pet rabbits, but cannot resist when she overhears the brothers talking about Robbie. So intrigued is she by this strange rabbit, who is like no other rabbit she has met, she allows herself to be captured by the brothers.
Starting with the rabbit language, which pet rabbits have long since forgotten how to speak, Sunshine teaches Robbie all about the true way of rabbit life. Inspired by everything he learns from Sunshine, Robbie is desperate to experience warren life for himself. But first they have to find a way to escape.
Tragic circumstances force the brothers to release Sunshine, leaving Robbie alone again, wondering if he’ll ever have the opportunity to rejoin her.
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The Helicopter Pilot : Darcy Hoover
The Helicopter Pilot – A Novel
Far removed from the nine to five existence of normal folk, nomads of the modern age scour the hinterlands and remote corners of our globe in a never-ending quest for resources.
Modern day explorers, these hard men endure months away from loved ones, exposed to foreign cultures and exotic dangers, all to scrape out a life, and perhaps find a little adventure.
An established career in the First World grows stagnant, an opportunity presents itself, and a timid man ventures abroad.
In the unforgiving world of offshore oil exploration in a small African village, Edward tentatively drifts beyond his self-imposed boundaries, and finds himself drawn deeper into an existence he cannot escape.
This is Edward’s struggle with his environment as much as his own nature, and the man he desires to be.
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The Storks came Back : Afiena Kamminga
The Storks came Back
In April 1940 when his country, Denmark, is invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany, seven year old Morten has no idea how his life and that of his family and all other people in Denmark is about to change. School is interrupted. Danish resistance against the German occupiers grows stronger step by step.
Morten, eager to join the local branch of the Underground resistance movement, is told that he is too young to get involved. Five years later, now twelve, he is still told the same thing. The Resistance is sabotaging railway transports to prevent German troops from heading south to reinforce Hitler’s troops fighting the Allied on the Western front.
When a German search party is about to discover an explosives stash of the local Resistance, which includes Morten’s family and friends, Morten devises an ingenious plan to save the day. Aided by a friend and his dog, he spirits the explosives away against all odds, including German road blocks, saving the lives of the local resistance fighters involved in the sabotage team.
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins : Randolph Lalonde
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins
It is the distant future and one man, Jonas Valent, is letting his life slip by.
He is employed by Freeground station as a port traffic controller, a job he took after completing a tour in the military. His only real joy in life is his participation in true-to-life military simulations with a cadre of friends who come together regularly to defeat challenges made to test the brightest military cadets and officers alike. These restricted scenarios stand as an addictive preoccupation that is so enticing that they ignore the potential repercussions of breaking in to participate.
When someone betrays their identities to the Freeground Fleet Admiralty, Jonas and his friends are faced with a far greater challenge: to venture out into the more populated regions of the galaxy to acquire technology and knowledge. They are tasked with laying the groundwork for the Freeground Nation in their efforts to reconnect with the rest of humanity, and to secure the armaments they might need to defend themselves from encroaching enemies.
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins is a collected trilogy that chronicles the early adventures of an ambitious crew. Their leader, Jonas Valent, has the least to lose and everything to gain as he tells the tale of his first tour as Captain of a ship tasked with making allies and discovering new technologies for the good of his people. This simple mission becomes more complicated as the crew ventures further into the settled fringes of the galaxy.
This trilogy spawned the best selling Spinward Fringe eBook series which has sold over one million copies. This is where it all began, when one man was challenged to aspire for more than an idle life.
A Space Opera Adventure enjoyed across the globe by all ages.
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Beneath an African Sky : Catherine Keese
Beneath an African Sky
When Catherine Keese first set out to write this book, she was full of trepidation. “How,” she asked, “would I ever be able to remember all the happenings of our lives back then, and more importantly the nuance of it all? Could I accurately portray the magnificent, equatorial landscape we called home, or the vastness of the African sky? Could I relate what life was like under the forbearance of Africa’s natural order where man, beast, and the elements lent constant danger and exhilaration to every hour of every day? Would I be able to adequately explain the fragility of our political posture and prospects? And could I do justice to the colorful characters who shared with us the anxieties and rewards of life in a British colony? I think I was horrified that I might end up with a book that defined mundaneness—like Lionel Hardcastle’s proverbial My Life in Kenya in the TV series ‘As Time Goes By’.”
In this fascinating book, told with great candor and humor, she adds: “. . . for better or worse, I offer the story of our family in Kenya, and the fascinating, pivotal times in which we lived. While told from my personal perspective, it is the record of a Scottish family’s evolution from its working-class roots in Glasgow, through emigration, war, jubilation, illness, defiance, loss, and redemption.
It is also the tale of life on a Kenya farm with all its trials and tribulations. Yet what remains for me is a picture of sun-drenched exuberance under that vast African sky—a Van Gogh painting whose bold, profuse brushstrokes and vibrant colors are the distillation of times gone by and all that happened to us. It’s a happy canvas that I gaze at a lot.”
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Final Notice : Van Fleisher
Final Notice
Readers consistently describe the book as “a real page turner and a fun read” at the expense of the NRA and the “far right.” Laced with satirical humor and likeable protagonists, it’s both relevant and important. 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.
What Would You Do If You Knew – For Certain – That You Had 10 Days To Live?
Some would get their legal affairs in order. Others would contact family, friends, lovers, ex-lovers. Some might take a trip or make an exceptional donation. Still others might clean the house and do the laundry. And some…might kill.
The year is the very near future. A brilliant young doctor and mathematician, has invented a new health/sport watch that monitors blood chemistry so accurately, it can actually predict when someone will die – within 10, 20, or 30 days. The intention of this “Final Notice,” as it is called, is to allow people to get their affairs in order and reach out to loved ones before it’s too late. But when those notified have easy access to a gun, the result is sometimes lethal for more than just the watch-owner.
But in this fresh, fast-paced, political thriller, page-turner, their stories are all set against the all-too-recognizable backdrop of a guns-gone-wild America, and the relentless push by the NRA and their surrogate politicians to make guns even easier to acquire.
There is plenty of dark humor and political satire in FINAL NOTICE, as well as touching scenes and outright suspense. So expect to laugh out loud, dry some tears, and bite your nails (not necessarily in that order).
It is, despite the somewhat “sci-fi” premise of the watch, a very realistic reflection of American society and the many problems we face today.
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Foreign Involvement : Robert E. Smith
Foreign Involvement
Chuck Winters was a very successful San Francisco Homicide Detective, who became frustrated when too many bad guys slipped through the cracks due to unavailable information from other jurisdictions.
As a result, he hired a computer geek to assist him in writing a program to solve that problem. Long story short, he went to a S.F. Bay area venture capital company for assistance. Before long the company was sold, and Chuck retired with more millions than he could ever hope to spend.
His “retirement” was short lived, when that same venture capital “angel”— came to Chuck for help with his problem. This loyalty could not be forgotten, and Chuck embarks on a wild chase to the far-east, chasing a murderer who was cunning, rich and an exceedingly formidable adversary.
Along the way, Chuck gathers a first rate group of international crime fighters, willing to assist him in his wild, crazy and very dangerous pursuit—always going first class, with no expense spared.
Buckle up and fasten your seat belts.
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