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Contracted to Die : M J Instone
Contracted to Die
Captain James Diamond, VC is a Royal Marine hero who has fallen from grace. Down on his luck and living a reclusive existence he is unexpectedly offered a lifeline.
For the first time in years things are starting to look up until they go horribly wrong. Whilst relaxing on his publicist’s private island he is taken hostage along with five others in an audacious attack by Somali pirates. Incarcerated in an old colonial prison he is now in a nightmare world where he must compete against the other hostages in a series of terrifying challenges where the loser pays with their life.
As one by one they are executed James begins to wonder whether everything is quite what it seems. It would appear that he should have read the small print on his contract.
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The Sixth Key : Adriana Koulias
The Sixth Key
LONG-LISTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS DAVITT AND NED KELLY AWARDS FOR CRIME FICTION THIS #1 BEST SELLER IS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BRAINTEASING CONSPIRACY THRILLER FOR THE ADVENTUROUS READER.
‘By the Power of these keys the Head of the Church will be made the Lord of Hell’
In late 2012 a cryptic invitation leads a crime novelist to Venice’s Island of the Dead. Seventy four years later a similar cryptic invitation brings Grail Historian Otto Rahn to an apartment in Berlin.
What awaits him will change his life forever. What ensues is a hunt for Le Serpent Rouge, a notorious book of black magic written by a Pope, a book Himmler wants to add to Hitler’s library.
But there are others looking for the grimoire. A shadowy circle of men are watching Rahn’s every move, and they will stop at nothing to possess the book and the legendary key that unlocks its terrifying power…a power that has the potential to effect the future.
The Sixth Key has been described as a three dimensional game of chess with real characters, a time machine that will blow your mind and change the way you see the world and the impulses behind war forever.
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Maks & Mila On A Special Journey : Merel Bakker
Maks & Mila On A Special Journey
The beautifully illustrated books of Maks & Mila are a fun and playful way to help children develop Joy, Compassion, Gratitude, Generosity and Self-Confidence in their lives. Through uplifting storytelling and narrative, the books help children to be Happy and Strong, whatever life brings to them. Both at present and in the future.
Based on a special technique that uses the power of reflection and repetition, ‘Maks & Mila’ provide the perfect tool for children to embrace Wise and Happy thoughts and to share them with others.
Written by first time author Merel Bakker, the books also features a special font which makes it easier for children with dyslexia to read.
Combined with the powerful illustrations, reading the Maks & Mila books is a fun thing to do for both parents and children. The stories provide a beautiful opportunity for families and siblings to interact and most importantly: it leaves both with a sense of Joy!
The books of Maks & Mila, are for children from ages 4 to 8 years old.
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The Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Single Women : Samantha Brett
The Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Single Women
Are you a single, successful woman wondering why you aren’t attracting a suitable man to share your wonderful life with? Tired of the seemingly never-ending dating game that just seems to continue on and on forever without ever producing a single suitable suitor? Are you over having meaningless sexual encounters that only end in heartache? Then this book is for you!
There are thousands of single women out there – more than ever before – and it seems like it’s getting more and more difficult to find a man. If this sounds familiar, then you’re not alone.
Author Samantha Brett found herself single and alone well into her 20s. Finding a partner before she reached 30 seemed like a faraway dream reserved for everyone else, but her.
But instead of whining about it (like so many single women do), she got up and did something. She devised a plan to start enjoying single life for all its benefits, and stopped feeling sorry for herself. She redefined what it meant to be single (no longer for the desperate and dateless!) and devised a plan to become more empowered and less needy, that the men began to chase more than ever before.
And that’s how the Seven Secrets were born.
Samantha began inviting other women – women who were tired of being single and desperate yet who didn’t yet know the secrets – to private, secret seminars. The secrets started to spread and soon a new movement was created: Successful Single Women that men were clamouring after.
If you too want to become that girl, then this book is for you.. So what are you waiting for? Your new life is about to begin!
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The Billionaire’s Gift : Edward Iwata
The Billionaire’s Gift: A Spiritual Business Parable
What would lead a greedy CEO to toss $1 million in cash to strangers on the street?
The Billionaire’s Gift, a novella, is the tale of a soul-searching CEO’s quest for a greater purpose in life than the endless pursuit of worldly goods. This modern-day Scrooge reveres his vast assets and corporate conquests.
But when his health fails, he finds that all of his riches cannot bring him joy, nor heal his spirit. To his surprise, he receives guidance and comfort from his late parents and from his devout secretary, a sharp but often ignored businesswoman. The secretary has worked with the billionaire for decades.
Yet, one callous act by him tests her loyalty like never before. As the billionaire nears death, will his secretary find her belief renewed in him? And will a man of extraordinary wealth become a man of extraordinary faith?
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Loser’s Memorial : Larry Nocella
Loser’s Memorial
THE REVIEWS ARE IN! “Gripping!” “Gruesome!” “Unique Premise!” “Vivid & Intense!”
Loser’s Memorial takes you on a dark journey through the surreal and sinister world where war and profit mix. Told with a masterful blend of brutality, humanity and demented humor, the madness of this gruesome thrill ride stays with you right up to the finish!
Told from alternating perspectives between a Moroccan boy falsely accused of being a terrorist, and a down-on-his luck American who ends up in jail, Loser’s Memorial follows both as they descend into the surreal and self-perpetuating world of war for profit.
What Johnny Got His Gun did for World War I, and Apocalypse Now did for the Vietnam War, Loser’s Memorial does for the War On Terror, CIA black sites and the many secret wars going on now. The novel updates the anti-war novel for the current generation.
Brave the banality of evil and remember, sometimes the only way to escape a twisted situation is to become more twisted. Get the novel today!
FROM THE BACK COVER:
“I promise I will never join the military. I will deal drugs instead. I will steal. I will go to jail. Whatever it takes to survive, I will do, except join the armed forces.”
So goes the oath that Pete’s radical father forced him to take in 2004, but just a few years later, escaping jail by taking advantage of the newly signed “Cons-to-Soldiers” bill, Pete finds himself in the middle of the Iraq War.
Thousands of miles away, an innocent Moroccan boy named Jamil is kidnapped and sold by bandits who collect bounties for capturing suspected terrorists.
Together the two young men descend into the lawless world of unsupervised military contractors and secret prisons, caught in the profiteering born from the War on Terror, where the surreal becomes horrifyingly real.
Both end up fighting a losing battle to retain their humanity as they learn that sometimes the only hope of escaping a twisted situation is to become more twisted.
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Destiny : Arlene Marie Muller
Destiny (Volume I Destiny Trilogy)
Destiny is a contemporary drama that whisks you through the lives of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie, three very distinct and dynamic women seeking the same connection to love and family.
At ease in cowboy boots or high heels, Joanna is an earth mother who longs to be barefoot and pregnant. “At eighteen I was a runway model in Paris. I thought I’d work for five or six years, then marry and start a family. At thirty-five, I wanted to be living on a ranch, with kids and dogs running in and out of the house all day, and a loyal and devoted husband making love to me all night.”
A diva at twenty-one, Kay, reached the height of success as a supermodel, while she broke every heart she met along the way. “I have casual affairs with people I don’t love, and who don’t love me, because if there’s no commitment, I won’t feel like I’ve been deserted when the relationship ends.”
Tender and motherless Maddie, twelve, alone and scared after feeling abandoned at a boarding school far from home, finds solace and companionship in the wild splendor of the Oregon countryside. “I live in a constant state of longing, and a kind look from a stranger, a gentle touch of a housekeeper’s hand, or a reassuring smile from a teacher, make the love I yearn for bearable.” Follow the intricate twists and turns of Joanna, Kay, and Maddie’s lives as their different journeys lead them to the same destiny.
Taming Maddie: Destiny II & Kay Rising: Destiny III also available.
Fire in the Dark : Michael Oldham
Fire in the Dark (Sophie and Marcus Book 1)
In September 1995 during the Yugoslavian Civil War, Serb paramilitaries attack a small town in Bosnia. A French patrol tries to intervene but is captured. Colonel Marcus Tregay, ex SBS and now a Military Attaché serving in Sarajevo is detailed to assist French Special Forces attempting a rescue. They succeed, but whilst doing so they witness an appalling spectacle of rape and mass murder.
Eight years later an attempt is made on his life. It is not the first, but this time it seems that someone in British Intelligence, the CIA, or the French Special Forces has deliberately betrayed him.
Marcus quits England to search for the truth. In Geneva, he meets Sophie Léfevre, the owner of Swiss security business. Initially he is suspicious of Sophie, but an attempt on her life indicates a danger common to both of them. They join forces, but who wants to eliminate them and why? What is it that that they fear so much that they want to kill both of them?
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Millie and Honey : J. D. Means
Millie and Honey – The Blue Angel Planet
A Rescue and a Near Death Experience is not what you would expect to find on a nearly perfect world like the beautiful Blue Angel Planet.
This is a fast paced adventure that has it all.
Millie and Honey begin with a nightmare and rush to unravel the mystery that surrounds the dream they share, only to find that sometimes the real thing is more bizarre than the dream.
Hold on to your seats as this knuckle biting adventure twists and turns, with lots of unexpected outcomes.
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The Last Jump : John E. Nevola
The Last Jump – A Novel of World War II
The Last Jump is a story of discovery as a modern day journalist explores the military experience of his father in World War II. Aware of the existence of a long lost family secret, our protagonist enlists the aid of four aging World War II veterans who knew his father. When he finds out they know about the secret and have sworn an oath never to reveal it, he begins the difficult task of carefully cajoling the information from men he considers to be true heroes. His odyssey takes him back in time to a country vexed with racial and gender issues but united as never before or since.
After the last veteran passes away, his hopes are dashed but one reaches from beyond the grave to identify the only other living person who who knows the secret and he races against death to reach her. A shocking conclusion awaits him, if only he can get there in time!
This book resonates with veterans of all wars and their sons and daughters. Active military and patriotic supporters of our Armed Forces also love this book, especially fans of Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan.
A historical fiction book requires significant research to understand the personalities of the famous participants and the location of various units and the timeframe in which the action is taking place. The challenge is to seamlessly place the fictional characters in historically accurate situations and venues to tell the story. As such, it took 4 years to write this book and a year to edit it.
As part of the research, we met and talked to numerous World War II veterans. They are almost universally humble, modest and appreciative of the gratitude so generously expressed by many, in both America and Europe, so late in their lives. My own life has been enriched and blessed by meeting these men and women. They touched me in so many ways and I was proud and honored to capture and include some of their recollections and memories into the fabric and backdrop of The Last Jump.
So, come and join the adventure as we take a trip through a time in this country when everyone pulled together to achieve the improbable victory against the forces of evil. Learn what it was like to live in and fight for America in the dark days of World War II and enjoy a rousing war story and an elusive mystery. We have much to learn from that generation. The Last Jump teaches us some of it. And keeping their memory alive is something they earned.
Some proceeds from the sales of The Last Jump are donated to assist families of the fallen.
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