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Crystal Promise : James Funfer
Crystal Promise: The Shattered Crystal: Book 1
The country of Novem is in a dire state of affairs. Still recovering from a great war in which they were the aggressor, an economic depression has swept the continent and leaves Novem in the throes of poverty. The republic struggles to hold back a revolution, but strong socialist sentiments threaten Novem’s stability, and many seek to return Novem to its former glory as a powerful totalitarian empire.
Novem runs on crystals mined from the ground, but many consider them to be more than just a power source. The Church of Novem worships a ‘Great Crystal’, which is thought to be a liaison between the gods and humanity. Those who can alter crystals at will, known as crystal-speakers, are an important part of that link between the earth and the divine.
For finishing school students Jacoby, Timori, Racquela and Crystara, concerns about revolutions and the church are overshadowed by school, dances, sports and summer vacations. But when the Great Crystal selects its arranged marriages that year, a chain of events is set into motion that threatens to upset the entire nation. Betrothal promises are made with rings of crystal, but if they shatter, hearts are not the only things that will break…
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Senseless Confidential : Martin Bannon
Senseless Confidential
“Hardly a day goes by when some f&%#head doesn’t want to shoot me. Today is no exception.”
Meet Nick Prince, who wants nothing more than to go drown his sorrows at the Safari Club and pine for Beth, his lost college love. But before he can do that, his job with the U.S. Census Bureau requires him to face down reluctant respondents in the remote forests of Oregon, who repel him with everything from pit bulls to shotguns.
When a chance encounter in the tiny town of Elwood lands him in the midst of a loopy polygamist clan, it sets off a wild, wacky race to save himself, his job, and his bleeding heart. You won’t know whether to laugh or cry as Nick struggles to sort out the multiple warrants and women that stand between him and his sanity.
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Henrietha : Joyce M. Johnson
Henrietha
A pair of novellas about friendship and endurance in the face of hardship.
In the titular story, Johnson introduces an unlikely pair of friends: Joanna White, a white Canadian journalist struggling to overcome the breakup of her long-term relationship, and Henrietha Browne, a Jamaican woman who has seen her share of troubles. Henrietha relates her history of oppression and abuse as well as her quest to find autonomy in a world beset with racism, sexism and poverty.
In the process, Joanna comes to a deeper understanding of her own oppression and how her identity, while playing a role in both her successes and failures, is more of a bridge than a barrier to her communion with women of all races and backgrounds.
A smaller novella follows, Waiting for the World to Change, with a similar structure as black lawyer Susan Ottawa seeks counsel with Jamaican housekeeper Anita Kingsley. As they share their feelings about men, religion and racism, Susan sees her life in a new light and slowly opens her heart to Anita’s brand of optimistic spirituality.
Cathartic and politically thoughtful, the stories it contains look pointedly at injustices that go ignored and say things that need to be said.
Bottled Abyss : Benjamin Kane Ethridge
Bottled Abyss
Bram Stoker Award winning author Benjamin Kane Ethridge’s highly anticipated second novel.
Herman and Janet Erikson are going through a crisis of grief and suffering after losing their daughter in a hit and run. They’ve given up on each other, they’ve given up on themselves. One afternoon, to make a horrible situation worse, their dog goes missing in the coyote-infested badlands behind their property. Herman, resolved in preventing another tragedy, goes to find the dog, completely unaware he’s on a hike to the River Styx, the border between the Living World and the world of the Dead.
Long ago the gods died and the River dried up, but a bottle containing its waters still remains in the badlands. What Herman discovers about the dark power contained in those waters will change his life forever…
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Bentwhistle The Dragon: In A Threat From The Past : Paul Cude
Bentwhistle The Dragon In A Threat From The Past
Bentwhistle the Dragon in A Threat from the Past is an adventure story children and adults alike will love. It’s set in the present day, when dragons across the world disguise themselves as humans using magical mantras. Blending in this way, they have infiltrated the human race at every level, to uphold an ancient charge to guide and nurture humanity. Three young dragon friends in their human guises become caught up in an evil plot to steal something very precious from the dragon community. How will the reluctant hero and his friends fare against an enemy of his race from far in the past?
Peter, Tank and Richie risk everything to thwart a scheming human who always seems one step ahead of them. With a dragon councillor making demands and an old man turning up out of the blue, the three friends barely have time to play hockey, lacrosse and rugby, or watch their favourite dragon team compete at laminium ball, let alone save the world. Will Peter and his friends be able to put the pieces of the puzzle together in time?
Fascinating insights into the dragon world are interspersed throughout the book. Ever wondered how dragons travel below ground at almost the speed of sound? Or how they use magical mantras to transform their giant bodies into convincing human shapes?
In an action packed adventure that features both human and dragon team sports, you’ll get a dragon-like perspective on human social issues and insight into what to do if you meet a giant spider grinning at you when you’re wearing nothing but your smile! You’d be flamin’ mad to miss it.
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Amsterdam… The Essence : David Beckett
Amsterdam… The Essence
“Nobody wants to be labeled a tourist – whether you’re visiting, or living in Amsterdam as an expat. This book gives you the inside story on why the city is so diverse and fascinating.”
David Beckett, author.
Combining his own experience with that of a diverse group of creative locals, Beckett tells the story of Amsterdam in the words of the people who shape the city. Over 150 photographs bring the locals’ stories to life. NOTE: an enhanced version of this book is also available for iPad, with 17 movies, 28 sound clips and 100 more photos than the print version: Check this version on iBooks and iTunes.
25 Amsterdammers share their experience of life in Holland’s capital – including tattoo king Henk Schiffmacher; musical fashion superstar Bas Kosters; street artist Laser 3.14 ; former Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen; founder of the Prostitution Information Centre, Mariska Majoor: comedian and columnist Youp Van ‘t Hek; Hollywood actress Halina Reijn; ‘Mr Ajax’, Sjaak Swart; rapper and artist Def P; singer/songwriter Lake Montgomery; and world famous shoe designer Jan Jansen.
Get the inside track on the most enigmatic city in the world by hearing what the locals have to say.
Cowboys, Armageddon, and The Truth : Scott M. Terry
In Cowboys, Armageddon, and The Truth, Scott Terry shares his unforgettable story of being raised a Jehovah’s Witness and surviving parental abuse, homophobia, and religious extremism.
Through a series of adventures and misadventures, Terry left the Witness religion—a religion which calls itself “The Truth”—as a young adult, and found happiness as a cowboy riding bulls in the rodeo, and living as an openly gay man.
Cowboys, Armageddon, and The Truth is the compelling story of one man’s harrowing struggle to trade “The Truth” for a life of honesty, integrity, and self-acceptance.
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Before The Daisies Grow : Micki Street
Before the Daisies Grow (Comedy–Capers of the Glamor Grans. Book 1)
Toss the bloomers, get a bikini wax and slip into a thong: life begins at sixty-ish.
Dotty, Wilma and Nora are going on holiday to the island of Brazzina. Unfortunately for them, their charming host Lucas is a drug baron who plans to use his silver beauties as opium mules.
Enter Major Milestone, a yummy gentleman who has Dotty’s heart doing the tango. Although he’s going to Brazzina too, he keeps resisting her amorous advances, and it’s giving Dotty the vapours. But after the Major [does something dramatic], Dotty realizes she and her friends have just been kidnapped, and it’s up to her to engineer their escape. Dotty enacts a hare-brained scheme only to discover two things. One: she may be hot, but she’s not so hot at fool-proof plans, and two: the Major was on a covert mission to capture Lucas and destroy the island’s opium plantations.
With the mission near-scuppered and Milestone now suspicious the ladies are in cahoots with Lucas, Dotty must find some way to win her Major’s heart back. If she doesn’t, the soft Brazzina surf is going to be the only thing kissing her toes anytime soon!
The Hideaway : Mary Reason Theriot
The Hideaway
Before you settle in to read this book make sure your doors are locked and draw the shades. The Hideaway will keep your heart racing in this spine-tingling murder-mystery filled with gripping suspense and intense romance.
A nightmare is about to unfold in the idyllic town of Hope, Louisiana. Somewhere in the night, evil is in on the hunt. Suddenly Hope has become a dumping ground for the mutilated bodies of young women. Only the killer knows what sick and twisted tortures he has planned for his victim.
With each murder this psychopath becomes even more ruthless. The killer is too precise, leaving behind no trace evidence. Who among the residents of this small town is doing this? Surely it can’t be someone who lives here?
Detective Jordan Sanders is ambitious, stubborn and been told she is far too seductive to be a cop. Detective Sanders was not happy when the sheriff asked the FBI for assist. She has become obsessed with catching this sadistic killer.
The FBI has sent in its top Profiler to help with the case. FBI Profiler Alex Hamilton is relentless during his investigations. He will stop at nothing put this maniac behind bars.
Agent Hamilton is not what Detective Sanders was expecting. He is tall, dark and handsome. He knows he should stay far away from the determined Detective Sanders. The sexual attraction between them is too strong. Their passion burns hot and fast. Detective Sanders stirs a fire in him unlike any other woman and he can’t resist her.
Agent Hamilton shows Detective Sanders a passion she never knew existed. Just a touch from Agent Hamilton sets her body on fire. If only he hadn’t entered her life at the wrong time. Could he possibly be the man needed to tear down the wall she has built around her heart?
As they hunt for this elusive killer, Agent Hamilton soon realizes Detective Jordan Sanders has become hunted herself. The Hunter watches her every move, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Will they be able to stop this maniac before Detective Sanders becomes his next victim?
Loving Therèse : Ju Ephraime
Loving Therèse
Loving Therèse is about an intensely passionate English woman, who refuses to follow convention and choose instead to select her man from the natives of the French Caribbean island of Martinique, Foxx LaCasse. But when she began to receive threatening notes, asking her to stay away from him, she fled back to her home in England, without giving Foxx any explanation.
Now two years later, Therèse is back on the island, trying to pick up from where they’d left off, but Foxx was having none of it. He had one goal in mind; to have his way with her, and discard her, as she had him, two years ago. But when he finally reunites with his beautiful, passionate, elusive target, he finds himself offering his protection among other things.
Filled with Ju Ephraime’s trademark sensuality, characters you love to hate and men you wish to love, Loving Therèse will have you enthralled with its unexpected plots and refreshing style, as these two destined lovers, recaptured and embraced their love.
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