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Dylan’s Prize : J.A. Brimingham
Dylan’s Prize
Young Dylan Largent finds himself at a crossroads in his life when forces outside his control turn his world upside down. Trapped in a place he doesn’t want to be, fate intervenes on his behalf and provides a way for him to return home. But nothing is what it seems to be at first glance.
His new ship, The Chimera, is sleek, elegant, and luxurious. But the large vessel is much more than he can handle alone. Dylan must find a way to operate his new prize as well as learn to lead his new crew of misfits. There’s Murc, the large older man with an odd cloud of bad luck that seems to follow him wherever he goes, Beetle, the moody medical drone with a peculiar sense of humor, Sandra, the motherly ship’s computer who is unlike anything Dylan had ever encountered before, Nessa, the blonde vixen with a cunning as sharp as any blade, and Vic, the grizzled veteran with a wry wisdom.
Then there’s Alahnni, the young slave girl whom Dylan finds a strong attraction for almost immediately. He wants to save her from the wretched life she was forced into. However, as with all things aboard the Chimera, there’s much more to her than meets the eye. But attacking pirates, scheming politicians, and the dreaded Ikaranites threaten to destroy the new life Dylan is fighting for.
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Elusive Obsession : Judy Kentrus
Elusive Obsession
Julie Keaton is an attractive widow, raising two children on her own. It’s a never ending challenge being both mother and father, but she’s worked hard and is proud of what she’s been able to provide for her children.
She’s never accepted the circumstances behind her husband’s death. Was it a tragic accident or was he killed because he knew too much? Fate steps in when Julie’s sister asks her for a last minute favor.
Mardi owns a party specialty and catering business. Julie is to pop out of a birthday cake, do a little bump and grind, for an 85 year old senior citizen. It’s an easy $200.00 for a half hour’s work. Julie’s favor turns into a nightmare when the banquet staff delivers the cake to the wrong party. The birthday boy is no geriatric senior citizen, but a virile, handsome male no older than 35.
Scott Landis was losing interest in his surprise birthday party. His boredom is cut short when his special birthday gift arrives in the form of a sexy, blond stripper. It had been a long time since he felt this instant attraction to a woman, especially a female who makes her living entertaining men.
When he gets hit in the face with a lacy red garter, he decides its time to have a little fun and wonders how much she would charge to celebrate his birthday in a more private setting.
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Twice Bitten : Jens Kuhn and Derek Haines
Twice Bitten
Twice Bitten by Derek Haines and Jens Kuhn, featuring Escape in Venice and My Takeaway Vampire.
Antonia and Agatha have been around for over 300 years and each have their own unique ways of dealing with their immortality.
From the romantic canal-ways of the Venice of the 18th century, to the modern, industrialised wasteland of a small forgotten town, follow their stories to discover that you can’t always believe everything you thought you knew about vampires.
The prequel to The Gripsholm Mystery is now released. The novella, Escape in Venice by Jens Kuhn, is set 150 years earlier and puts Antonia in beautiful and salacious 18th century Venice.
“Antonia shivered. It was getting cold and dark, perhaps this wasn’t the best idea. After all, she was still starving. Suddenly, she made a decision. Turning around, she put her hand onto the gondolero’s bare arm and dropped her shields.”
The second novella in Twice Bitten is Derek’s Haines’ My Takeaway Vampire, featuring Agatha, a vampire that has many things in common with Antonia, yet lives in a different time and faces different challenges.
“Agatha now waited patiently – whiling away her time – but sensing her deepening hunger. ‘Young blood’, she mouthed silently to herself as she felt the twinges of her anxious fangs.”
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The Way of the Eagle : D.E. Lamont
In this tale set in the world of a nearly extinct American Indian tribe which prospered thousands of years before that same locale became Los Angeles, a young Tongva brave, Tacu (whose name means “comet”), struggles to understand and survive the baffling, often dangerous tasks assigned to him by Takoda, his mysterious mentor from a distant northern tribe.
Until he does so successfully, he won’t be allowed to travel to the village at the Place of the Stones to undergo his vision quest and formal initiation into manhood. Yet only by doing so can he earn back the respect of his peers and court the maiden he loves, for he is now shunned by the village as a despicable coward.
But Tacu is being held to a different and difficult path by Takoda. He must go through harrowing life lessons and paranormal experiences to prepare him to face his future courageously and with honor, and help him to recognize his own spirituality. Tacu never imagines the crucial impact these teachings will have on him or how dramatically his life will change before his journey to manhood is complete.
A thoughtful and moving addition to the treasure trove of inspirational stories about America’s First People. Honored as a Silver Medal Finalist, Novella category, 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards; Finalist, Cross-Genre Fiction, 2012 National Indie Excellence Book Awards; and Finalist, Visionary Fiction, USA “Best Books 2011.” Illustrated softcover and illustrated Kindle versions.
“The spiritual tale of a young Native American from the days before the Spanish arrived in California…. There is hardly a word out of place … what is most commendable is the precision and unpretentiousness of the prose while still managing to invoke the intense quality of Tacu’s visionary quest and moving nature of his movement.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Saving Toby : Suzanne McKenna Link
Saving Toby
Loving someone through their hard fall from grace takes a lot of grit.
In school, Toby Faye was a moody kid who sat in the back of class and looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there. Claudia might have forgotten him if it weren’t for the two fatal circumstances surrounding his family. In their small town, the Faye name was infamous.
An unexpected job offer drops Claudia back into Toby’s life, and that of his widowed mother. Older now, Toby is a mass of muscles and unruly hair; a real head-turner. Despite Claudia’s attempt to stay away from Toby, his blue-grey eyes expose a need she cannot ignore. Toby’s world is a place where sadness lingers and old wounds run deep. Touched by the family’s plight, Claudia vows to help Toby and his mother move past the hurt.
When a local hate crime is linked to Toby and his friends, doubts are cast. Old friends become enemies. Animosity between Claudia’s father and Toby strains the father-daughter relationship. Taking Toby’s side means Claudia will be forced to face situations she never imagined. She will have to be tougher than she’s ever had to be. Does Claudia have the grit to love Toby through his fall?
Saving Toby is the first book of a two-part series that follows the emotional and inspirational tale of a young couple’s journey to find themselves.
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Mia’s Journey : John Rebell
Mia’s Journey
Mia, a sexually abused girl hides in plain sight with “invisible handcuffs.” She writes novels to save her sanity. Her husband, a powerful, well connected political figure is a controlling sexual sadist.
She meets a fellow writer online and their worlds spiral out of control. One wants to escape her hideous present situation, the other wants out of his violent past. It has an explosive ending you won’t see coming.
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Awakenings : Mary D. Brooks
Awakenings (Intertwined Souls Series: Eva and Zoe Book 4)
It’s 1950 and Eva and Zoe find themselves in Larissa, Greece. The journey home for Zoe to reclaim her inheritance after the Greek Civil War had ended is a bittersweet homecoming.
Eva and Zoe have have weathered every obstacle that fate has put before them but now they have to find the strength to confront their haunted wartime memories in Greece. Eva also has to terms with a woman from the past who is a quiet, gentle soul but has extraordinary paranormal power of visions through time.
Faced with a physical reminder of her tortured past, Eva needs all her courage, strength and resilience to confront her harrowing memories and content with the secrets that are bubbling to the surface. Zoe contends with her own soul shattering memories of helplessness, heart-rendering pain and loss.
They leave Greece with a new friends and family. In Germany they discover that Eva’s grandmother — the matriarch of the Muller clan — is not a woman to be taken lightly nor ignored. Shocking family secrets that have been hidden for generations are revealed.
Pick up Awakenings and follow Eva and Zoe’s journey of love, resilience and the strength to face down unredeemable foes in this historical lesbian romance series imbued with urban fantasy and mystery.
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Rendezvous : Nowick Gray
Rendezvous at Jumbo Pass: A Twisted Tale of Wilderness Survival
Rendezvous is a taut yet poetic wilderness adventure, with a paranormal twist. A young family is inspired to embark on a romantic quest to the heart of the British Columbia mountains. Will, a treeplanter, hikes with a companion from one side of Mirror Pass. His wife, Faron, departs from their homestead in the next valley, bringing their 3-year-old daughter, Suze. Overcoming obstacles of logistics and physical endurance, they achieve their rendezvous at a Christmas-card cabin in the pass.
That night a storm buffets the walls and rattles the roof. The real adventure begins for Will when, in a haunted series of dreams, he finds himself enclosed in a dark, oblong box lined with a series of doors. One by one he tries them and is thrown back to try again. Each time, he thinks it is morning: that he has woken to find Faron flirting with Matt; or that on the way back down on the eastern slope, he and Matt are attacked by a grizzly. One scenario finds him inside Suze’s nightmare of plunging off the road in the truck. Another door brings Will all the way around to home in a desperate search for Faron and Suze, still missing. A final choice finds him stranded in the cabin with a broken leg, refusing to open any more doors.
At last, morning arrives unchosen, with its grim outlook of sleet and fog. Any descent today would be dangerous; yet the hikers from both sides have jobs to return to, and their own investments of pride and confidence to uphold. Finding that the way down has more routes than the way up, Will must summon his last reserves of wisdom and strength to turn potential tragedy into survival.
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Goldplay : Roger Scouton
Goldplay
Ex-FBI agent Jack Fields and his stunning femme ex-Special Ops partner Amber Reyes, hired to do a security review of a firm that stores gold for the wealthy, fight to thwart an elaborate theft/fraud plan.
Following her tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, as an unofficial Ranger, Amber Reyes is discharged and moves to California. Amber maintains her need for excitement by racing her Ducati motorcycle between cars along the freeways of Southern California. She meets Jack Fields, a seemingly pleasant but older, ex-FBI agent, and together they form 3-D Security.
After four years of intermittent small security jobs, Jack and Amber get their big chance. A London insurance representative contacts them to perform a complete security review at the Isili Corporation gold depository, known by some as the Ft. Knox of the west. The simple job will provide needed cash flow and could just be the opportunity they need to take 3-D Security to the next level.
The simple job soon becomes anything but, as Jack and Amber race to put the clues together to thwart a huge theft and at the same time escape from a relentless criminal mob.
I Wish I’d Known That Earlier in My Career : Jane Horan
Wish I’d Known That Earlier in My Career: The Power of Positive Workplace Politics
Reframing thinking on workplace politics providing the reader with an understanding of corporate politics from a positive perspective, using case studies to teach the essentials of organizational dynamics, power networks, and the decision-making processes and dilemmas involved in business. Examining corporate politics and the barriers many managers face in their efforts to reach the top, the book works to build awareness and strategies for business and career success.
Taking a refreshing new approach to workplace politics, the book presents new ways to think about embracing opportunities in order to achieve personal and organization-wide career satisfaction. Rather than encouraging employees to move on and start their own businesses, it instead details how to move up within their current companies by learning to understand power bases and conversation more thoroughly.
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