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BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF THE VIETNAM VET WAR HERO, KNOWN AS THE “AMERICAN GANGSTER” WHO RAN A COVERT CIA OPERATION AND EMERGED AS VIETNAM’S ‘OSKAR SCHINDLER’
A great historical fictional work on ‘Vietnam’s mobbed-up late 1960s – 1970s Saigon, Pearl of the Orient, Vietnam, “American Gangster – Operation Beaucoup Dinky Dau”
In the best-selling tradition of the world’s master historical fiction storytellers, Mario Puzo’s, “The Godfather”; Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”; Winston Groom’s Forrest Gump; Victor Hugo’s, “Les Misérables”; Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”; Norman Mailer’s, The Naked and The Dead; Gore Vidal’s Lincoln: A Novel; and Graham Greene’s “The Quiet American”
Steve Murphy, Network TV and Documentary Film Producer, Writer, and Combat Vietnam Veteran, tells the extraordinary story of a never before told, top secret covert CIA operation, known only as “OPERATION BEAUCOUP DINKY DAU”, that served as the unofficial covert Logistics operation to the CIA’s Phoenix Montagnard fighters, fighting the North Vietnamese forces during 1968-1973.
“This I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-fiction” tale has it all: a Marlboro- Man handsome Vietnam War Hero, a parade of impossibly gorgeous women, sex, spies, copious quantities of booze, drugs, and enough violence to take Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Terminator scriptwriters through several more sequels. It’s both a rip-roaring expose and harrowing.
It’s the story of the underbelly of the Saigon metropolis like few others. Corrupt Generals, shady Politicians, gangsters, prostitutes, bootleggers, opium addicts, jazz musicians, deserters, black marketeers, and your run of the mill criminals, murderers, thieves, and con artists….
Casting light on the Federal Government’s links with organized crime and how a highly decorated American MAT Team Advisor Vietnam Veteran, Johnnie Walker, known in Saigon, as “The America Gangster”, became Saigon’s most successful Criminal Mastermind, as well as the most influential “unofficial” Defense Attaché Office (DAO) “Contractor” to the CIA’s Phoenix Program, and the owner of the famous supper club and casino, “Beaucoup Dinky Dau”, and who had unparalleled connections leading all the way up to Vietnam’s Presidential palace and the CIA.
It’s a story most Americans have never heard of and shines a new and disturbing light on the role of the United States in the creation of communist Vietnam, and their treatment of the indigenous tribes that fought for the CIA’s Phoenix Program.
Johnnie Walker dominated Saigon’s War profiteering, Black Market, Money Laundering, and Drug Trafficking for all the major Vietnamese Crime Lords Generals in Saigon, as well as for South Vietnam’s President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and Air Marshall /South Vietnam’s VP, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
His astounding metamorphosis from criminal mastermind to Vietnam’s ‘Oskar Schindler’ began in 1968 when he discovers that Washington intends to abandon his friends and former MAT Team CIA Phoenix program Montagnards, “The Yards”, fighters that he’d fought side by side with as a MAT Team Advisor in Pleiku. He loved “The Yards” and the War Orphans the Yards took care of, and he was going to make sure he did the “Right Thing” for them.
It was an amazing turnabout for the once money-hungry Walker, because even though he did not begin his journey as a hero, by the time the war was winding down, he became one. He used his cunning to bend the system to help him and his over 600 Yards and 100 Orphans escape Vietnam. He was strong in the face of constant danger and double-cross, and he placed the well-being of The Yards and Orphans above his own well-being.
Based on real historical events, the suspense and intrigue of the story carries larger-than-life qualities and heightened reality. It’s about 90% historical basis and 10% creative license, but it adds up to 100% spellbinding story. It has more political intrigues, more suspense, more intense psychological analysis, and more technological know-how than anything Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum could fantasize about.
And it has something else besides: It’s based on a true story, depicts the courage and shrewdness of an unlikely savior, a man who is a flawed mixture of hedonism and decency and who, in the presence of unutterable evil, transcends the limits of his own humanity, and the pragmatic triumph of good over evil, a triumph in eminently measurable, statistical, unsubtle terms.
Set in his adopted hometown, Saigon, Vietnam, where he spent over six years, American Gangster – Operation Beaucoup Dinky Dau, is the book that Steve Murphy has been building up to for his whole career. From its opening fusillade to its astonishing conclusion, it’s that rarest of literary creations: a book that combines spectacular elegance of craft with a kinetic wallop as fierce as the Monsoons and Tsunamis bringing torrential rains to the Pearl of the Orient.
They were here before us.
They are here now.
They will be here when we are gone.
This is a story of love, laughter, hopes and shattered dreams. Happiness, passion, humor and self-discovery are interwoven in a candid, provocative, and romantic way. It captures the life of Aurelia, taking you thru WWII and ending in the U.S. where her parents’ values conflict with the culture of modern America…. http://amazon.com/Desire-Red-Wine-Lifes…/dp/1600478271 … … … … Trailer: http://youtu.be/R8hmF58s8Vk
The Autobiography of Jimmy Lee.
Jimmy Lee has led some sort of life!
He had a start in life few would have survived; he was taken into care at three years old and by the time he was eleven he had moved home ten times and attended nine different schools.
His early adolescence was hard by any standards. At fourteen, he ran away to join the Royal Navy and was sent, along with 2000 other boys, to the notorious HMS Ganges at Shotley, in Suffolk, a training establishment where a harsh regime held sway.
He had the misfortune to be placed under the care of two particularly brutal instructors, prone to drunkenness, whose continual bullying and abuse proved too much for his emerging free spirit.
Jim fought back and deserted on numerous occasions. Among his many punishments, he suffered ‘cuts’, a particularly brutal form of naval punishment. The next six years passed with regular naval detentions in the Royal Naval Detention Quarters, Portsmouth, involving exhausting routines and solitary confinements, which ended with a twelve month sentence in the infamous HM Military Prison Corradina, Malta, after which he was dismissed from the Service and returned to civilian life.
Then his troubles really began!
Winner of 20 book awards, SHOT DOWN is set within the framework of World War II in Europe and recounts the dramatic experiences of each member of a ten man B-17 bomber crew after their plane, piloted by the author’s father, was knocked out of the sky by German fighters over the French/Belgium border on February 8,1944.
Some men died. Some were captured and became prisoners of war. Some men evaded capture and were missing in action for months before making it back to England. Their individual stories and those of the courageous Belgian people who risked their lives to help them are all different and are all remarkable.
Even before the dramatic battle in the air and the subsequent harrowing events on the ground, the story is informative, insightful, and captivating. Prior to the fateful event, the book covers the crew’s training, their journey to England, what life was like on base as well as in London and the English countryside, and the perils of flying combat missions over occupied Europe and Germany.
Through personal letters, oral and written accounts, declassified military documents, and interviews – all from people who took part in the events that happened over 70 years ago (even the German Luftwaffe pilot who shot down the Susan Ruth) – the stories come alive. Adding to the feeling of “being there”, are more than 200 time period photographs interspersed throughout the book.
To add background and context, many historical facts and anecdotes about and surrounding World War II are entwined throughout the book so that the reader has a feel for and understanding of what was occurring on a broader scale. SHOT DOWN is an account about brave individuals, featuring pilot Howard Snyder, set within the compelling events of the greatest conflict in world history.
An American family in crisis and how they deal with it. An aging WWII veteran with dementia, a pregnant daughter bein stalked by her meth using boyfriend, and a preteen becoming a teenager are what we see. Behind the scenes, a greater crisis is gathering as an old enemy of one of the family gets ready to take revenge from his post as manager of a security firm contracted to the NSA. By the end of the story you will be wondering who has your information and what are they going to do with it. Available in both Kindle and paperback.
The Warramunga’s War is a sweeping narrative of the friendship that forms between a young Australian army officer, Jamie Munro, and an educated half-caste Warramunga aboriginal NCO, Jack ‘Jacko’ O’Brien, during the Syrian campaign against the Vichy French in World War II. Jacko rescues a wounded Jamie after which they are conscripted in Cairo by MI6. Here, Jamie and Jacko learn about the seamy side of war in counterespionage as they track down German spies. The principal fictional characters interact with actual historical figures and events throughout the story.
As the desert war escalates to the west of Cairo, the MI6 team confuses the enemy with misleading radio messages using German codes and using local entertainers as undercover agents. On one of his day leaves, Jacko meets a beautiful young Syrian-French girl and a strong romantic bond forms between the two during his time in Cairo.
Following the end of the desert war, Jamie and Jacko are assigned to wartime intelligence work in Southeast Asia. After the end of the Pacific war, they initiate the Darwin operations of the CIS, the Commonwealth Investigation Service. On the trail of two suspected wartime German agents, they discover the agents have formed a dangerous criminal gang with an individual they had known during their time in Cairo. The tracking skills of the Warramunga are needed to finally catch up with the murderous gang in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Are you one of the elect?
Dr. Helen Hope is a lecturer in eschatology – the study of death, judgement, and the destiny of humankind. She is also a Calvinist nun, her life devoted to atoning for a secret crime.
When a body is found crucified on a Liverpool beach, she forms an unlikely alliance with suspect Mikko Kristensen, lead guitarist in death metal band Total Depravity. Together, they go on the trail of a rogue geneticist who they believe holds the key – not just to the murder, but to something much darker.
Also on the trail is cynical Scouse detective Darren Swift. In his first murder case, he must confront his own lack of faith as a series of horrific crimes drag the city of two cathedrals to the gates of hell.
Science meets religious belief in this gripping murder mystery.
After being left at the altar, Jade Roberts seeks solace at her best friend’s ranch on the Colorado western slope. Her humiliation still ripe, she doesn’t expect to be attracted to her friend’s reticent brother, but when the gorgeous cowboy kisses her, all bets are off.
Talon Steel is broken. Having never fully healed from a horrific childhood trauma, he simply exists, taking from women what is offered and giving nothing in return…until Jade Roberts catapults into his life. She is beautiful, sweet, and giving, and his desire for her becomes a craving he fears he’ll never be able to satisfy.
Passion sizzles between the two lovers…but long-buried secrets haunt them both and may eventually tear them apart.
Welcome to Whistle Stop…where anything can and most likely will happen.
The notorious cowboy meets his match…
Cord Lawson instantly distrusted the young woman in a smart suit who’d just arrived in Whistle Stop. She was very pretty and clearly a city girl—but with memories of his failed marriage still darkening his mind, he’s determined to steer clear! But she’s sniffing around his land—land that has been in his family for generations.
Alexis Greer had one mission—close the deal on the Lawson ranch; without it, her father’s land development company would go bankrupt. But the word around town is to keep clear of Cord and to stay away from his precious land. However, determination was Lexi’s middle name. She just had to keep on trying to breach Cord’s barriers, to appeal somehow to his head and heart—even if it put her in danger of losing both of hers…to him.
An Amazon bestseller with more than one million pages read.
It’s always darkest before the Dawn.
When the Blackout arrives, Dax Harper finds himself alone and fighting for survival on the chaotic streets of New Orleans. He is on the run, desperately searching for his estranged sister as the riots intensify. An unexpected encounter with his ex-girlfriend thrusts Dax into a leadership position—one he’s not sure he can accept. As the hours pass, the city floods, pitting Dax in an epic battle against time and a mysterious new enemy threatening the future of humankind.
Dawn is the new post-apocalyptic thriller from bestselling authors, J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon, the first book in the Final Awakening trilogy.
The war between mankind and beast is over. And mankind lost.
Earth lies in ruins. Billions of people are dead. Enormous creatures–behemoths–tower over everything, devastating cities and feeding on the scattered remnants of humanity.
Zach Caplan is a survivor. After war broke out, he fled to Maine’s remote wilderness. Hiding in the shadows, he salvaged supplies and lived off the dying land. He thought he was safe. But a sudden and brutal attack proved otherwise.
Rising from the ashes, he launches a desperate search for answers. Unfortunately, the stakes are higher than he could ever imagine. For a terrifying new threat is on the horizon. And Caplan is the only thing standing between mankind and a fate worse than extinction.
Survival expert Zach Caplan faces the Behemoth Apocalypse in this spectacular new novel from international bestselling author David Meyer!
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Will Ian and Cassie get their second chance at love, or will her secret destroy them both?
When Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Ian Chase returned home disillusioned after a brutal tour in Afghanistan, he assumed the helm of the private security company he co-founded with his brother. A brief encounter with the unavailable art historian Cassiopeia Ellis left him smitten, and now, six years later, an unexpected second meeting proves his feelings for her still linger.
Six years was a lifetime of hell for Cassiopeia. Now an FBI Agent, Cassie is plagued by nightmares and fear. Seeing Ian again only serves to confuse her further. Her heart tells her one thing, but her brain overrides her feelings. Can she afford to trust a man again? Is she damaged beyond repair?
When tragedy strikes, it’s up to Ian to uncover what Cassie is hiding before her secret takes her life. Will her desire to protect him destroy them both? And can they get their second chance at love?
Wattys Award Winner – nearly two million readings in portuguese version across the trilogy on Wattpad.
What mysteries are hidden beyond the stars?
While most of the youngsters are concerned with faculty, friendships and even girlfriends, Nìcholas spends his hours with his head out of orbit; literally. Nicholas never had a father and he is sad because of this. His dream is to know the space. the course of Astronomy, he feels better among gaseous bodies, supernova stars and black holes, dreaming in one day to unravel the great enigmas of the Universe. Until a mysterious girl enters the classroom …
And Nícolas discovers, excited, that he finds his own star.
Zara is her name, the one whose hair looks like rays of sun, the only one capable of wringing the air – and the voice – of the young protagonist of this story. And, against all possibilities, something arises between then. But do not think that this is a teenage romance like so many that you have read, because Zara, contrary to what Nícolas thinks, is not what it seems. Coming from an unknown galaxy, she has a mission: To attract Nicholas and take him to her planet, alive. At any cost.
The success of her mission depends not only on her future, but on everything she believes in … including the future of humanity.
When the truth appears, Nícolas is wrapped in a web of lies and intrigue that goes beyond everything he dreamed of. Between telekinetic powers, time gaps, and scientific data, space folds, revealing that the aliens we know are closer – and more like us – than we imagine.
Dive with Chaiene Santos in this dizzying story, in which the author was able to unite, with perfection, incredible theories about the future of humanity. You will be surprised with this series, which is the most read in Wattpad in the science fiction category (Portuguese). Check and get ready to change your concepts.
In 2093, small-town North Wales, Destry Warwick discovers that being different finally has its advantages. As the techno-bubble world ends, she is yanked off the sofa and propelled across the country, on a quest to Megacity London against diabolical adversity to discover why and to save the world.
In a future where everyone is permanently connected to the Importal™ network by devices embedded in their heads, Destry, a young, movie-watching layabout and her best (and only) friend Weasel, an aged, paranoid Rastafarian, are dragged out of their mundane schedule of debauchery by the end of all things. Being un-Importaled™ they are the only ones in Spamlington that survive the breakdown unscathed. They are accompanied by Derek, her father’s solicitor when Weasel saves him by rebooting his brain, which is not entirely successful. They take off in Destry’s deceased father’s taxi cab, following his enigmatic instructions and using items that he left for them in his will. Over-protected by her father, Destry is thrust into an ecologically damaged, technologically twisted world she never knew existed.
Alsed has known nothing beyond the enchanted walls of Sakaret. None of the citizens of the ancient hidden city have seen the outside world since their home was sealed over two millennia ago. But an outsider named Jeresa, on a mission to save her people, shatters Sakaret’s isolated bliss as Alsed and his friends become entangled in a sinister plot set into motion by a psychotic demigod bent on vengeance.
Few of the citizens of Sakaret will rise to the challenge of trying to save a people they’ve never known. Those that do will face unimaginable terrors that most will not survive. Guided by a mysterious stranger, hunted by a sadistic predator, and besieged by an army of assassins and swarms of the undying, Alsed and Jeresa must survive the bloody path that will lead them and their companions to the ultimate confrontation. The only small hope of success requires that Alsed be reborn, becoming something the world has never seen, and changing the fate of nations forever.
This is a story about a brave woman who Time travels to the 16th century. She had suffered a great loss in her own time, and goes on a journey to find her grandfather with the help of his friend, to bring him home to her grandmother. In her search, she experiences many different events, some traumatically and some in triumph. She also finds love unexpectedly and has a hard decision to make.
When superheroes fall in love, anything can happen.
Daniel Hecht doesn’t belong in this century. Catapulted into the present from 1943, he’s out of place and out of touch. Still, he was the American war hero called “Lionheart” and his heroism has followed him into the modern world. He now leads an underground group of superpowered misfits, but the misfit he keeps turning to is Nina Asher.
Nina has a vast knowledge of history, yet no idea who she is or where she’s from. She has become the target of dangerous creatures that have appeared all over the world. As she and Daniel work to decipher an ancient, cryptic myth, they experience flashbacks to things that never could have happened. They are falling in love, but there’s something they’re sure they need to remember, and it’s keeping them apart.
The key to saving the world may begin with the act of remembering.
“Janowsky has the ability to create a gripping narrative which is rich in details and shines with romantic intrigue.” –Prairies Book Review
What happened when Angela lost her birth certificate? Why did it take Hans 54 years to tell the truth to his son? How did Farzad end up being stateless? Why did Charlie decide to walk from Denmark to Tanzania? What was life like for an American soldier in Germany? How did Murat avoid being deported? What were the things that surprised Michael in Belgium? How did Rasa meet her boyfriend?
Ridvan Cinar has spent the last 10 years living in 5 different countries and travelling frequently. He has met great people, of a kind that he would characterise as global citizens. These people have taken a step forward, out of their comfort zone and have moved abroad. Their reasons have been manifold: to look for better opportunities, to seek refuge, to search for happiness, to reunite with their loved ones, to improve their career, to experience another culture and to volunteer. He has been delighted to listen their stories and could not keep his amazement at their experiences to himself. It was time to share these fascinating stories with you.
Stories of Global Citizens presents a collection of 32 interviews carried out between 2016 and 2018 with people living abroad. From Americans living in Germany and Poland, to Mexicans living in Austria and Brazil. From Colombians living in USA and Turkey to Canadians living in Thailand and Germany, and many more. The interviews reflect on their stories with insights into culture shocks, their motivations to move abroad, funny experiences they have had and thoughts on what is going on back at “home”. While reading these interviews, you will be surprised, amazed, at a loss for words, saddened, sympathetic, and you will find a little bit of yourself.
Rise the Phoenix is a story of when everything seems lost and that seems left is despair and helplessness a new bright glory can come when people start to come together and believe.
When a group of complete strangers find themselves at the doorstep of a retired ministers house after a series of devstating earthquakes strike thier hometown, he and his wife welcome all into thier home, as if they were expecting them. After all the people have gatherd in his home the minster warns them that they must leave Charolette and go further inland because the ocean will soon flood.
The minister and a young boy named Dylan become close as the days pass on the long and sometimes difficult journey. Dylan is slowly and reluctantly becoming the leader of the group. As his role grows more important his growing love for Sarah a girl in the group his own age becomes more challenging.
When they arrive in a new community and join with other survivors the scope of the damage to the earth is realized and the people find themselves as center of the the final war, the war between heaven and hell.
This new community must do everything they can to defend themselves from the onsaulght of satan’s army. In-between battles Dylan struggles with is unrealized love of Sarah and the battles he faces with his own inner demons as well as the demons that visit him at his weakest moments tempeing him to turn on those he sworn to protect.
It is often the lowest road that leads us home!
Cattle rustler and gunslinger Benjamin Hunter lived for only one reason: to thwart Deputy Marshal David Miller. Leader of an outlaw gang, he set out on a few daring escapades which soon dragged him and his men down an unexpected road. Before he knew it, the lawman’s daughter and granddaughter were involved, and bloodthirsty bounty hunters were on their trail.
Set in the early 1870s in the Colorado territory, this is a story of surrender and hope, where unconditional love leads the way home.
Chasing the Orchid is a story of a man, Chris, who had a traumatic accident as a child that caused him to be a little less than a man’s man. His inner conflict with his father caused much emotional trauma. He is a successful business man in rural Mississippi married to Black Southern woman. He is an atheist and she is a southern Baptist. But things are about to change for Chris, when he suddenly finds out that his wife, Tory, is profoundly unhappy with her life and is often the subject of bigotry and racism. They move to LA to find acceptance and fulfill Tory’s dreams, but the traumatic memories of his childhood accident suddenly resurface, setting in motion a chain of events that he is powerless to explain or to halt and he finds that he has traded Tory’s nightmare for one of his own which is much worse.
Their relationship falls apart and Chris heads to the Everglades to confront his nightmare!
This story has many aspects that set it apart including interracial relationship, differing religious beliefs, the south vs. LA nightlife, and the deep swamps of the Everglades. Chasing the Orchid will leave you guessing what is real and what is an illusion. Witness a man reach his breaking point and find out if love will see him through his nightmare.
Can he find a way to deal with his past before it is too late, or will the events escalate and culminate in a shocking conclusion?
For the record, this is not a “John Parker hates white people” book. Anybody who knows me at all knows that to be the farthest thing from the truth. This book is meant to spark (if you so desire) an open, honest and painfully true conversation about the most polarizing subject in American society; Race and Racism. My hope is that after reading it (both white people and black people alike) will seek to find common ground and understand that we do have two different cultures and that we can “disagree without being disagreeable.”
If we are to succeed as a country in the future, it is time that everybody “got comfortable being uncomfortable”
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He wanted to be my secret and so did she. They wanted me quiet, wanted me pinned, wanted my insides, wanted me to bleed. The secret is out! Only this time it is not just mine. If I’m going to tell it, I’m telling it all. I just hope they are ready for what is to come!
This book is about Mastering self-doubt and understanding the process of developing an intentional conscious harmony of the mind. The benefits of this publication are as follows:
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It will allow you to start learning how to uncover the deeply rooted thought patterns and limiting beliefs that have prevented you from getting ahead with your goals in life.
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You will obtain effective techniques about rewiring your mind in order to pursue your life more courageously.
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You will have opportunities to apply your personal knowledge to your own circumstances so you to can manifest better thoughts patterns about yourself and achieve clarity daily moving forward.
5-stars from READERS’ FAVORITE Book Reviews
“An emotional and page-turning story of passion, ambition, and desire.”–MEGAN CHANCE, bestselling author of Bone River and Inamorata
A striking and deeply human portrait of racial and gender inequality in ragtime-era New York City from the author of The Beauty Doctor, Finalist for the 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Award, 2017 AZ Literary Awards, and a Medallion Honoree of the Book Readers Appreciation Group
Seventeen-year-old May Convery, unhappy with her privileged life in turn-of-the-century New York City, dreams of becoming a poet. When she meets the talented young Mike Bernard, an aspiring concert pianist, she immediately falls in love. But after their secret liaison is discovered, neither is prepared for the far-reaching consequences that will haunt them for decades. As Mike abandons serious music to ruthlessly defend his hard-won title, Ragtime King of the World, May struggles to find her voice as an artist and a woman. It is not until years after their youthful romance, when they cross paths again, that they must finally confront the truth about themselves and each other. But is it too late?
The book follows the events in DeadSpace 3.
Isaac Clarke is awakened on a unitology space ship and discovers that the Earth has been infected by the Necromorph mutation and the Church is engaged in an orbital war against EarthGov.
the book has 80.000 words, 250 pages and it’s free. My email address is in the book purchase link, if anyone is interested, drop me a line, and i will send the pdf to you.
Charlie MacLeod, a young and beautiful girl, was gifted at birth with the power to set the world alight; a power she neither wants nor can easily control. A victim of tragedy, Charlie is adopted by David and Catherine McAuliffe, a young couple with similar god-like powers who only wish to live a quiet, normal life. Events quickly spiral out of control as Charlie is marked for death by the NSA, and later pursued by another, far more dangerous entity that seeks to exploit her power for its own dark ends
Steve’s days are numbered.
The illness has consumed him.
Would this stranger’s offer give him a second chance?
It looks like a game. Looks can be deceiving. Paul Nelson, the CEO of Tempest Inc, has developed another world and he’s ready to send in another consciousness. This time, though, things are different. Those that came before have caused some troubles and his world is in peril.
For Steve, it’s a last chance. He’s got nothing to lose. And who knows, it might be fun?
As a warrior named Abalonious, his body gone, Steve must adapt, learn, and grow to survive. But this world isn’t exactly as advertised. There’s a darkness coming. It looks like fun will have to wait.
And there’s a secret nobody wants to talk about.
Will Steve piece together enough to live?
If you like unforgettable fantasy heroes, pop culture references, epic battles, and immersive gaming worlds, then you’ll love this LitRPG adventure.
“To sum it up, Jeremy took a Fantasy, SciFi, and a gaming idea, and mashed them together skillfully, pushing Legend of the Sword Bearer to the same quality of Ready Player One.
We at NeoLeaf Press give this book our Gold Recommendation and rate it 5 out of 5 stars.” -NeoLeaf Press
On the morning of October 08 2015, Alpha Intercontinental Flight AHA 113 was approaching Cape Town International Airport at 09:15 in the morning. It had originally departed New York the previous night on schedule. From New York it traveled to Dubai and after its regular stop for refueling and fresh catering etc, it departed Dubai and fourteen hours later, approaching Cape Town and due to touchdown in the next ten minutes, simply vanished from both visual sight and radar. It was not the only disappearance of aircraft in the surrounding space.
But, it is the one I know about.
Flight AHA 113 was never seen or heard from again, despite extensive rescue efforts mounted. No wreckage was ever found, no traces of luggage were ever seen. It was as if Flight AHA 113 had simply never existed.
But … Flight AHA 113 had existed. It did in fact crash into the sea, close enough to land that while 237 passengers perished either as a result of the crash itself or trying to make it to shore, 28 survivors eventually made it to safety.
This is their story told through the ‘When the Sun Blinked’ 3 book series.
When the Sun Blinked : Search for the Truth
When the Sun Blinked : The Soldiers
When the Sun Blinked : The Lions
Follow Jesus, Mary, and Joseph on a riveting adventure as they narrowly escape the clutches of King Herod and proceed on the harrowing journey to Egypt. While based on biblical facts, this fictional account of Jesus’ early years on this earth allows readers to join the holy family through some of their most difficult journeys. The descriptive text will make you feel as if you were an eye witness to history as our world transitioned from before Christ (BC) to the year of our lord, Anno Domini (AD).
–WisePath Books
In 1930, the rag-tag riffraff of a railway stop called Las Vegas need a fighting man to shepherd their tiny church after their pastor is murdered. Might David Gold, a washed-up boxer and Bible-school dropout who fights as the Pummelin’ Preacher, be the answer to their prayers?
At the same time, Luke, a native Alaskan boy, is on a quest to find his father, who has abandoned his family for a beautiful woman his mother vows to kill. Little do mother or son imagine that their journey will take them to a small town in Nevada where demons and angels walk among men.
In 2011, Science Cable T.V. producer Tim Faber is determined to prove that mankind has no need of God, while his lover, Joan Reed, strives to regain the faith of her youth. They’re bound for Las Vegas to meet with a 99-year-old man who holds the key to a mystery they must solve–and answers that will forever change their lives.
Hearts Set Free is a coming-of-age story and love story, with strong female characters and historical figures (including Jack Johnson, Georges Lemaitre, and Bugsy Siegel) who interact with an unforgettable fictional cast.
“…a riveting ride…Christian fiction fans will enjoy this book.”
—BlueInk Review
“…uplifting and compelling…a powerful and inspiring novel.”
—Foreword Clarion Reviews
The God Process is a Memoir where the reader gets to discover again why faith matters. In the mystery of our soul we find our hope, our miracles and the why we pray.
The God Process spans four generations and Ethereal messages… Angels, premonitions, near death, the answers to prayer and in this Whisper that speaks. When we stop, look back, look in and look up, the Whisper comes. The desires of our heart become grounded in our prayers and it is here that we see this movement of God in all our lives. In the depths of our soul comes the why we are here and what it is that God is trying to do.
Although I am Christian and I see my life lessons from my faith, The God Process is inspiring to all readers.
https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/the-god-process
Read the real stories of real people who survived the Santa Rosa Fire Storm. These accounts are not interviews, These are accounts written by the people themselves: In Their Own Words. Grab a box of tissues before you begin reading. You will need it!
Called a book for all ages, Green Kitty was written for children ages 8 to 12 to help explain Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, and is both entertaining and educational. It was a finalist for both USA Book News “Best Books 2011” and “International Book of the Year 2012” in children’s fiction, and is filled with true, laugh-out-loud animal antics. Green Kitty will please any child who loves their pets and parents will enjoy reading it out loud to younger children.
It is a series of stories within a story with a grandmother that recalls old anecdotes, mostly about family pets, for a visiting grandchild. The grandmother has recently been placed into assisted living due to her dementia and their bond grows stronger through the visits despite the illness. Helpful information about Alzheimer’s disease is deftly woven into the work.
Green Kitty will capture the imagination of both boys and girls. Overall the books shows what true family love is all about.
From the moment Alana met him, she knew her life would never be the same. For the universe never allows a dream to go unanswered, but remember be careful what you wish for. You might just get more than you expect.
This is my second book called “All those Tears we can’t see” which addresses a lot of topics – immigration, opportunity, spirituality, myth, wisdom, class, customs, poverty, corruption and physical assault in India. It is a story of India and USA. The book displays these two countries under microscope so that we can see clearly the differences between beliefs and way of life in each country and began to understand the challenges immigrants face. It was difficult and traumatic for Samantha (The immigrant in my book) to leave everything behind and start a new life where the language, culture, traditions, morals, beliefs and everyday way of life are totally foreign. To assimilate into a new country while still retaining one’s culture and beliefs, as Samantha puts it that it is her destiny to come to this wonderful country to serve her even though it is not her country.
“All Those Tears We Can’t See” is also a story of a first generation Indian-American girl and how she figures out her life and finds out that she has love for both sides of her cultures. We follow Monica, who believes that she is all American at heart, even though both her parents are Indian. Although she loves both her parents and respects their beliefs and their customs wholeheartedly, there is a cultural gap that seems to never fill. Samantha and Monica both like the Spirituality, wisdom, music, dance, cousin and ancient culture in India but do not like many customs like dowry system, corruption in all level, poverty and marriage system. When English left India many families still followed the English culture in their household. Now the modern India brought many technologies to enhance middle classes wealthy life. The fragile and loving relationship between daughter and mother broken over interracial relationship with an American boy named Brandon because her mother feared that her Bengali culture will be lost. To understand her mother better Monica now a journalist undertook a remarkable journey to India from her job assignment in finding out about her mother’s root that resists all American value and culture. In India, Monica, thought she had found her own identity as an American, as she describes it “she is all American in heart” but she was partially wrong. She fell in love and felt attachment, and was fascinated by Indian people and their spirituality. Later when she faced physical assault (based on 2012 gang physical assaults in Delhi, India) everything went upside down for the whole family and Samantha chooses the ultimate justice for her daughter. What will happen now? Can Monica go back to America and share her new found love with her mother and Brandon? Will she even get the chance?
With all those tragedies there was a silver lining in this book when Samantha realizes that love between two people had no boundaries. She made a big mistake by pushing her daughter to think like her eastern belief but Monica has grown up with western belief and morals. Would Samantha embraces and accepts Brandon who was Christian as her own family by breaking her predefined set of value about race and religion?
It’s a helluva job, but someone has to do it. And for Rhune it’s a small price to pay for his past sins. He’s taken a new name and a somewhat normal life, except at night when he transforms into a hellhound to take souls to the City of the Dead for purgatories legions to deliver them to Hell. For fifteen centuries he’s lived in happy solitude until Hanna, a paralegal with the most amazing eyes, rear ends him in the small town of Rio Morden. He’s seen those eyes before, but it’s been years since the last time. Now she’s all grown up and involved in a murder trial that has its sights set on her becoming its next victim. What’s a hellhound to do? Surely not fall in love—and certainly not with a Dreamwalker. And is that all she is?
Mix in a diabolical lawyer and his lover, some Voodoo magic, and it’s a recipe for mayhem and murder.
Can Rhune keep Hanna safe, or is she destined to be Hellhound Bound?
Hellhound Bound is a Supernatural Thriller.
Detective Barry Marshall hunts for a hardened serial killer with the ultimate endgame, one intended to strip Marshall of everything he holds dear—his career, his wife Erin, and his reputation. Unbeknownst to Marshall, the killer had dated Erin years ago, and seeing Marshall with her pushes him over the edge. Determined to punish Marshall for stealing his beloved, the killer plays a deadly cat-and-mouse game of murder. As the body count rises, Marshall is forced to face his worst nightmare.
Three Novellas in One Book. Check out the review at the Online Book Club.
A stolen artifact. A lethal banshee. A murderous demon. A giant fairy hunter who hears voices in his head. And a mysterious redhead with an otherworldly agenda. Then it gets complicated. Doesn’t every love story? Screamer is an international sci-fi thriller!
The King of the otherworld, Manannán, witnessing changes to how the love between those who chose differently was being accepted, intervened. Wanting the world to have love and hope eternally, ensuring that soulmates connected without restrictions regardless of the person they chose to love, he created the Manx Cat Guardians.
Maximillian, born in the eleventh century, King of his kind, he struggled to always follow the rules King Manannán had laid down. Given no choice about his destiny like his fellow guardians, he’d been granted a Wiccan guide to aid him.
Never having had any problems with his past charges, Maximillian finds himself struggling to get his current charge, King Óláfr the Black, to accept his soulmate Magnus, a lowly servant. The connection is strong between them, but the changing times that Manannán witnessed and the introduction of Christianity had Óláfr struggling to accept his soulmate.
Ignoring the dire warning from Christina, his Wiccan guide, about interfering, Maximillian finds himself creating ripples from his actions with untold consequences that cause devastation. As he is left to wander this earth, his role irrevocably changed by his actions. He must now ensure promises that were made are honoured, no matter the length of time that passes.
Can he help fulfil those promises made by another without breaking the rules again? Or will the souls searching for love be destined to never find each other?
Only time will tell.
“The Vampyre Blogs – Coming Home” introduced a new cast of characters to the Para-Earth Series. This anthology answers and raises questions about their backstories and relationships.
What otherworldly threats has the Professor dealt with? How did Nathan’s altered self affect his service in the Civil War? What other mysteries linger on Nathan’s estate? What did a German like the Professor do during WWII? Who are some of the other people Nathan has met over his unnaturally long life? Are Nathan and the Professor the only ones who’ve had close encounters with Para-Earth beings?
These and more, including the return of certain characters from “The Bridge” and “The Ship” will be explored within these pages.
In 1861 sixteen year old Nathaniel Steward joined the 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment to help end slavery and preserve the Union. Before he left, Nathaniel promised his little sister Isabella that he would not let the war change him… he was wrong.
While serving the Union Army, Nathaniel found himself fighting on many battlefields. But his toughest fight took place on a parallel version of Earth (a Para-Earth) where evolution took a very different turn. Although he managed to get back to his own world, this particular battle leaves him so altered there was no going home. For now he needed to drink blood, sleep in the ground, and avoid sunlight.
Today, after 150 years of wandering and touching the lives of others, he is finally coming back to claim his family mansion which has stood empty for decades. But unknown to Nathaniel, his homecoming will not be as lonely as he anticipates. For someone has been waiting all this time to welcome him back.
But, there is another who wishes to meet up with Nathaniel again as well. A creature he faced in that Para-Earth, back in 1862, has found its way into this world and has caught his scent. Now it is drawing closer to his hometown, bent on his destruction. For this foe knows he is the only force that can stop it from enveloping this world and its dead.
Infinite Possibilities – A Spiritual Awakening is Bill Geringswald’s attempt to put our beautiful world back on track. Bill Geringswald’s chief role in life has been to identify issues in companies and put them right. With this book, he puts that experience, knowledge and skills to work for the world.
We all know that this world needs fixing. However, there’s a distinct lack of blueprints for us to follow. But, when you put Bill Geringswald’s business experience to work on the world’s issues, Infinite Possibilities – A Spiritual Awakening is what you get.
He poses that well-known theory, that we have the tendency to do the same things over and over again, but expect different results and realises how insane this notion is. In Infinite Possibilities – A Spiritual Awakening Bill Geringswald’s covers four areas:
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Foundations – Life Passages: In human terms, we need to understand the world we experience has been created by man’s free will. Today’s events serve as a ‘push-back’ to our collective consciousness. We can reverse it anytime we choose.
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Inner Workings – Generational Slide: Every day our perceptions and decisions based upon them bring about the lifestyle we experience. What we empower in the world, we become.
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Infrastructure – A Kaleidoscope: Everything we experience acts as a guiding message from God. When following God’s guidance, all is possible. Here, I’ll provide a plan of action for our nation’s future.
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Choices—Empowering Prosperity: Each one of us can choose to focus on specific events to happen in our lives. Our choices draw people and situations into our lives. When in God’s will the extraordinary becomes ordinary.
Buy this book if you want humanity to get back on track.
Love at first sight. It’s every girl’s dream. But Tara Simpkins is finding out it’s not as easy as it seems. Is this truly the man God sent to be her husband, or is she just desperate to escape her loneliness? The recent loss of both parents has left her reeling, and close friends don’t think she’s in any position to make major life decisions. She and her new-found love are convinced they can live happily ever after in the home of their dreams. His family thinks he’s moving way too fast and might disappoint the kind-hearted woman he’s fallen head over heels for. And then there’s Leah. Leah is supposed to be part of his past, but what if she decides she’s his future? Tara’s match made in Heaven may be over before it truly begins.
EDITORIAL REVIEW-
Which line stood out from all the others in the book?
“He once confided in me that he would prefer to die standing up.” The reason for this, he was told, was “So the world would know that I managed to stay busy on my last day… or that I died trying.” In the end, Percy Miller got his wish.
The book The Plainview Lottery by Markas Dvaras is an interesting read. I found this book very reminiscent of a young adult novel I read many years ago called The Wish Giver by Bill Britain. In both stories, the authors are trying to teach the reader a lesson on human behavior. Each time the easiest route turns out to be the one of most peril. The book starts off with the introduction of mysterious strangers to a nearly perfect town. The strangers introduce a new concept, the lottery. The lottery slowly wheedles its way into everyone’s lives and brings the town to its knees creating litter, layoffs, and laziness. The town never discovers the origin of the strangers or how they were able to do what they did in the time period given. As predicted with any lottery, no one wins the enormous pile of gold and overnight the men and gold disappear. The town slowly returns to normal with a greater appreciation of what they had. The connections between the last two chapters or short stories mostly point out and reinforce those lessons that were learned and that the reader may have missed. I did find that Dvaras’ overuse of the verb ‘was’ weakened his prose just a bit. This story took a hard look at society as a whole and how “we are the generation that would rather just sit there.”
-International Review of Books
How Could a Lottery be a Mistake?
Welcome to Plainview– a town with everything going for it, and with none of the problems one would expect to see in a typical American town. No poverty, no homelessness, no unemployment– not even a litter problem.
But all that changes when five mysterious strangers show up in the town square one day, pulling a wagon-load of gold bars behind them. They’re going to run a lottery for Plainview, with the gold as the grand prize. With little discussion, Plainview readily agrees– and that’s the first in a series of hilarious mistakes.
Is the Lottery a Scam?
Now meet James Henderson– he’s an award-winning journalist for Plainview’s local paper, The Plainview Review. He suspects they are being swindled after he notices there are no winning numbers being drawn. Yet the residents of Plainview are becoming obsessed, and soon start losing their jobs while focusing on the gold bars.
Can James prove anything for his article? Can he stop his hometown from succumbing to “Lottery Fever?” Does it even matter?
A satire on economics and the human condition, The Plainview Lottery will have you rethinking how money is supposed to work.
ROCK IS DEAD THEY SAY. . . VOL. I explores rock ‘n’ roll’s history, with a focus on rock’s early ’90’s “last wave” as the National Soundtrack, before becoming the B-side to Hip Hop. Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Joey Kramer (Aerosmith), Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), and Kosmo Vinyl (the Clash’s major-domo and occasional manager) bare their rockin’ souls in never-before-published COMPLETE interviews, spurred on by the probing questions of writer Mark Barsotti, ex-music critic for Denver’s Westword, whose work also appeared in Musician, D.J. Times, Request, Livewire, Syracuse New Times, Bad News and New Times (Miami).
Highlights from the original stories intro the long form interviews, which are followed by a “Re-Listenability Index” and the writer’s current take, two decades into the 21st Century.
Barsotti’s passionate, sometimes outrageous opinions also crackle through features on AC/DC, censorship, the ’60’s vs. the ’80’s, loads of album reviews, rock’s greatest movies, and his unique take on the past and future of rock ‘n’ roll. . . if – facing the coming Great Die-Off of the ’20’s – it still has one.
But hey. . . What can a poor boy do but TURN IT UP!
“Every party plate of cocaine strapped to a midget’s head cost 10,000 days of dogged, road warrior work, as bands schlepped to gigs in overcrowded vans with no ac but plenty of beer farts and insane drummers explaining that Jackie killed JFK (or maybe it was the Masons). Rockers worked their asses of, wooing their muse and chasing the dream, even if precious few ever rose to penthouse cocaine-midget status. So who better to tell the story than the musicians themselves?”
– from ROCK IS DEAD THEY SAY. . . VOL. 1
Set in the rural south in the 30’s, Mulberry Creek washes away and reveals the true story of one mans family secret and exposes his own worse fears thru a series of brutal actions.
From starting his career as U.S. Border Patrol agent patrolling the mountains near the San Diego and Mexico Border to going on to become a U.S. Customs Service/ICE special agent disrupting major narcotics-smuggling organizations to landing an assignment to the prestigious White House Security Council’s Human Smuggling Cell. Piccolo’s homeland security career ended abruptly in 2015 when he uncovered thousands of alien children were released to criminals, including sex offenders, by members of the very government he served, and blew the whistle, putting a target on his back.
Follow Piccolo from the front lines of the southwest border to Iraq and back again. Piccolo details the never ending border war as someone who witnessed it for decades.
Abandoned by his part-Cherokee Ma, Charlie Kincaid escapes servitude with his uncle. He jumps a boxcar, accompanied by his schoolmate Roxy, who is escaping troubles of her own. Charlie becomes a US Navy Diver.
Mattie Blanc is from a genteel New Zealand family. But when her brother’s friend persuades her to take a ride, it all goes horribly wrong. Desperate, she flees her family’s stifling expectations for a new life in Auckland.
After the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, Charlie sets sail for Auckland aboard the USS Rigel. And there she is, the girl of his dreams. Mattie is everything that Roxy isn’t—sophisticated, tender, and patient. But the war intervenes… Rigel embarks for the Pacific war zones.
Charlie’s letters are sporadic. Mattie is tormented by doubts; did he truly love her, or was it only a dream?
The Rigel Affair produces a rip-roaring wartime romance and chilling danger unknown to most.
Author Website: https://lmhedrick.com/
Love, War, and Glory 3 things that we all have seen, experienced or been a part of. As with life, in general, all 3 of these concepts have their ups and downs. This book explores those themes via poetry and spoken words and examines what these themes mean for everyday life. Explore what it means to go beneath the surface and find out what you are truly capable of and how to rationalize life events, both good and bad. This book also explores how to keep your perspective when you achieve your life ambitions and aims. From dealing with heartbreak and finding your true love, to tales of warriors fighting never-ending battles, making dreams become a reality, overcoming the odds to finally reach your goal, to tales of supreme champions and reviews of global figures of interest and understanding the changes and the journey we all go through in life you will find it in this book. We believe there is something in here that everyone can relate to.
A German spy in Atlanta? It is 1917. The US has just entered the Great War. Two young women, bored with their place in Southern society, play a deadly game of cat and mouse to unearth a dark secret. From the well-known neighborhoods of genteel Atlanta to the seedy warehouse district they try to uncover a spy in their midst. Actual key figures, locations, and events of Atlanta 1917, documents and memoirs from that critical time in Atlanta history, intermingle with mystery, suspense, and ultimate horror of the Great Atlanta Fire in this gripping romantic suspense page-turner.
Brion never meant to start a war. But when they murdered his parents and enslaved his sister and his sweetheart, they left him no choice.
Brion of Wexford is the son of a crippled trapper living a quiet life on the edge of the vast and unruly heathland. But when Salassani raiders destroy his world, he must venture into the heathland to attempt the impossible task of finding the girls, rescuing them, and conveying them safely home across hundreds of miles of enemy territory.
Now Brion finds himself pursued by men bent on his destruction, deprived of his protectors, and haunted by the knowledge that his murdered father has hidden a dark secret that could reshape Brion’s entire identity. Brion must find a way to stay alive long enough to get the girls safely home.
“Is life itself merely a dream? Are we the pawns within that dream?”
In the year 1979, Reinah is only focused on her future. She is moving across the country in pursuit of the path towards her dream job with the F.B.I. in Washington, D.C. Leaving her roots at home may be a little hard, but she knows they run deep within her. Her whole life she has felt a deep connection to her ancestors and those that came before her. As many things are about to change, she knows the main thing she can count on is her spirituality and strong familial roots. Now in D.C., she is facing more challenges than just settling into a new city and a new job. Strange things around her are beginning to happen and unaware to her, this move may test Reinah’s faith in more ways than she thought, and may reveal a greater future than what she could have prepared for.
Meanwhile in the spiritual realm, a battle bigger then good versus evil is about to begin. The Council of Innocent Souls is forced to make difficult decisions while they continue to search for the Written One, the only soul who has the power to save not only their realm, but all of humankind. At the forefront of this battle are two brothers; one who is fed by his greed and thirst for want, and will stop at nothing to destroy the Written One, while the other brother must do everything in his power to push his brother back as he and his defenders search and prepare for the Written One. What happened on 13 Cornfield Road?
In this first novel of the Fourteenth Floor Book Series, join award-winning, genre-bending Autor R.A. Monday as she confronts us with questions about our own mortality, death, and our souls.
Rain is a collection of 30 short stories. From the sorrow of heartbreak and broken relationships to mysterious disappearances and alien visitations; from the strangeness of the open badlands to the magic of lands that never were; from ethereal beauty to Gothic horror – let Steve Carr take you on journeys into little worlds which seem like keyhole glimpses of much larger universes in this, his third collection of short stories.
In a remarkably personal and intimate story, Jerry Tillinghast talks about his life and the choices he made.
Battling alongside his brothers on the streets of Providence. Enlisting in the United States Marine Corps, fighting in Vietnam, and becoming a victim of the politics of that war. Returning to Providence as an angry young man and his choice to hang with the wise guys.
The cost of his reputation as a “feared mob enforcer” and the effect on his family. Meeting Raymond L.S. Patriarca, the notorious head of New England Organized Crime family, and how he came to embrace him as a father figure.
He reveals the inside story of the two of the most infamous cases in Rhode Island history; BondedVault and the George Basmajian Homicide.
Jerry was found not guilty after the Bonded Vault trial, but his luck ran out with theBasmajian murder. Convicted with Jerry was his brother, Harold Tillinghast. Since the moment of their arrest, Jerry has said just one thing.
Harold wasn’t in the car.
Jerry Tillinghast, a featured character on the Crimetown podcast, one of the most downloaded podcasts in the world, tells his life story with honesty and emotion. Setting the record straight after forty years of silence.
Silent no more…
Don’t like the company or boss holding back your career and income? Looking for independence, flexible hours, and more choice in how you make a living? Has your advancement been blocked by someone in power who doesn’t like you? Have you ever asked yourself whether you could make it on your own?
All these challenges are covered in the book: $250K Consulting
IT management consultant and business author Bill Yarberry, CPA, will show you how to plan your move to independent consulting. He guides you through steps to acquire clients, survive the critical first year, create trust and most importantly – avoid breaking the unwritten rules.
This book is written for people who are competent in what they do but frustrated by all the roadblocks built into corporate jobs. Have you: Been blocked by fixed (and low) ceilings on raises? Been asked to move to a city when you’d rather stay where you are? Made a small mistake early in your career and then been held back ever after? Been stressed by possible layoffs? If you want to escape corporate life’s straight jacket and dramatically increase your income, $250K Consulting is for you.
Imagine growing your earnings over the next five years by 100% or even 200%. Imagine working on own your terms where you can …
●Choose where and when you work.
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●Eliminate the possibility that career crushing, negative people will limit your growth and income.
●Take time off on your schedule.
If you want to improve your life financially and get more satisfaction from your work, download a copy of $250K Consulting today.
Why You Should Check Out $250K Consulting
This book will be a good fit if you:
●Feel boxed in and unable to advance in either your company or your profession
●Prefer to work in specific business or technical domains that interest you rather than whatever you have been assigned to by your employer
●Are interested in expanding your subject matter knowledge by working with a variety of other organizations, each with a different culture, business structure and technology
●Would like to take those same long hours you are now working and apply them to your own business, making a lot more money
This book gives real-life examples of what brings in clients and keeps them satisfied. Caution: $250K Consulting is not a fairy tale or random event, like winning the lottery. It is about hard work, continuous learning, some risk taking and, in the beginning, some uncertainty. But success in independent consulting is both achievable and likely if you follow the guidelines. You don’t need to be any particular age or gender or even good looking. Just do the work, satisfy all the needs of the client and watch your reputation and referrals work their magic; see your net worth grow, slowly at first, then faster each year.
Mercy’s last few months have been the hardest of her life. Her mother tried to kill her on the night of her graduation, and now someone is following her. Every sound, every shadow, every movement makes her feel unsafe, even in her own home.
As she tries to convince herself it’s all her imagination, the handsome and enigmatic Caleb Blackwell stepped out of the shadows and tells her the truth about her past . . . and her identity. Caleb not only tells her that she once belonged to him, but that she’s part of a centuries-old coven of witches whose sole purpose for existence is to seek out and destroy a supernatural force which threatens mankind.
Mercy has a choice to make. She can run and hide from her calling, or stand and fight for her life.
Former DEA agent Hardin Steel is now the duly elected sheriff of Cameron County, Texas. Life along the Rio Grande is good. His two ex-wives are behaving, his girlfriend is beautiful, owns a condo on South Padre Island, and is helping him win—most of the time—his battle with booze. But then the Ochoa Cartel shoots down a DEA Blackhawk helicopter using a US-made Stinger missile, the wife of a corrupt judge dies in a mysterious accident, and Steel’s friend, Dennis Deleon, is found murdered on his fishing boat—his privates impaled on a large fish hook.
Steel’s life is turned upside down as he goes after the killers the only way he knows how—down and dirty—winner take all….
Across from Boston Common, nestled into the corner of a cobblestone mall, sits The Bookseller, a bookstore owned by a lovable rare book dealer and his wife, who runs a coffee parlor inside the store. The parlor is the morning greeting place for business people from around the mall where the complementary coffee is hot and delicious, the croissants are a quarter and the lively banter is free. George and Elizabeth lead a happy life surrounded by many friends. Their happiness is about to be shattered by a violent South American drug cartel with a new, high tech process for smuggling cocaine.
When the village of Little Upham comes under attack, Tatty Moon must try to save it – difficult when you’re only three and-a-bit inches tall!
A wonderful middle grade adventure that both children and adults will love.
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Alison Freeman met Keene Marshall because of a dare she wholeheartedly regrets accepting.
As her family’s corporate lawyer, Alison discards the idea of love as quickly as she negotiates contracts. Brutally. She realizes she’s been a fool over Keene—who is now intimately embedded in her family. It only adds to the enormity of emotions churning inside about her life.
Keene Marshall is arrogant enough to know his time with Alison left a lasting impression. He has yet to determine what place she’s going to hold in his life, but he knows there will be one. They burn too hot for there not to be.
Having closed himself off from his humanity for so long, finding Alison again presents its own set of challenges. Keene struggles with everything from his family to the walls Alison persistently builds between them. And he can’t handle the emotions that come with being denied what he wants.
Alison’s wary of Keene. Something is holding her back, except every time his lips touch hers, she’s flung into the race of her life for the one thing she claims she never wanted to win.
During the depths of the Great Depression in Ypsilanti, Michigan, a seven-year-old boy is found frozen to death under the Frog Island footbridge in Depot Town after being reported missing the night before by his parents. Upon closer examination, the Washtenaw County Coroner discovers the child was the victim of foul play. Local gossips and some police were convinced they knew who the guilty party was, but proving it in a court of law was a different matter.
Book eleven in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery Series
Jealousy… Drugs… Murder…
At the reservation to make final arrangements for her upcoming wedding, potter Shandra Higheagle gets caught up in the murder of a young woman about to turn her life around.
Having no jurisdiction on the reservation, Detective Ryan Greer pulls in favors from friends in the FBI to make sure there is no delay in their wedding.
However, the death occurs in a sacred place and could place the nuptials on hold. Following the clues may not only stop the wedding…
But separate Shandra and Ryan for life.
“This is a truly impressive and inspiring travelogue.” – Anne Cater, Books are Cool
“Wow, what a book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading about David and Helene’s amazing around the world adventure.
David’s writing style was friendly, while being informative, funny and also conveying sometimes sad historic events which happened in the 15 countries they visited”. – The Spoonie Mummy
“An entertaining must-read for any discerning traveller” – Audley Traveller magazine
“New book ‘Turning Left Around the World’ has just made the TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2018 list” – Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews.
“A book well worth reading, it has geography, history, adventure laughs and pathos, a truly enjoyable read. – E.M.Parker, Amazon Reviewer
“David writes with a warmth and humour that charms the reader from tears to laughter and back again with a turn of the page. An easy to read guide of their travels with an often tongue in cheek view of the countries visited. A truly entertaining and informative read with a good dose of humour – highly recommended. – Emma Jane, Book Reviewer
Sammon gives Trump common sense advice on how he can become a more effective leader by becoming a human being instead of a jerk.
Trump doesn’t think he needs to be honorable. Sammon tells him different.
As in the first book Oh Don, installments of Oh Don, Once Again were posted weekly to Trump’s Facebook page where they were erased by someone 10 minutes after posting.
Trump or his cronies can erase the comments in Oh Don, Once Again, off of his website. But they can’t erase the difference between right and wrong. That’s what this book is all about.
Logan’s Choice is a contemporary romance, the first in a series of five books dealing with the great love stories of one family. When Chelsea Collins’ grandfather Joshua Collins dies, he leaves her his business empire which she doesn’t want. She tries her best to get herself thrown out of the company, but all of her attempts fail. Logan Sherwood wants Collins Industries and presents a codicil to Chelsea’s grandfather’s will stating that if he marries her for a year the company will be his. Logan wants the business. Chelsea wants Logan. Will they both get what they want?
Blood of the Unknowns, a sequel to Guns of the Abyss, is the second of two novels of political intrigue and warfare that follow a woman’s attempt to prevent the spreading cataclysm of events that ignite World War I. In Blood of the Unknowns, we visit the outcome of her vain political activism, and the misfortunes of her husband, a former assistant to the German Chancellor, now consigned to the machine of war as a low-ranking army private fighting at the behest of militarist aristocrats supportive of the imperialist government’s expansionary view of a European continent.
Under the moonlight, he and a fellow German soldier, a dark-skinned Gypsy recruit, share the same crowded stand in a muddy, hand-shoveled trench on the deadly Western Front. As oddly paired as two men of different backgrounds and experience might be, Privates Frieslaven and Maruska hunker in protective friendship, a vital, cooperative defense against enemy sniper fire, bombs and bayonets, and the failures of German leadership that result in the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men pushed beyond human capacity.
The human toll of death and gruesome injury soars on a daily basis as constant waves of courageous soldiers snip through braced lines of rolling barbwire, crawl across pock-marked fields, and watch in war-weary horror as compatriots ordered to charge are felled by machine gun fire so thick that retreat is inevitable for those few left standing. Unilateral surrender is not a choice, however bloodied the troops.
REVIEWS:
An absolutely staggering account of soldiers at war. Makes you seem to be there, gasping with fright, sick to the stomach at the horror of war in having to kill and killing advancing ground troops. A must read for any soldier.
Keith Reeve
Wow! Powerful! Well written, scary, sad.
Larry Bryan
Brings the horror of trench warfare to“ life”; no pun intended.
Mike Cooke
THE WOMAN IN THE YELLOW DRESS is a Private Eye story set in 1948 Los Angeles. A beautiful wealthy woman, Rachel Stone Barbieri, hires Patrick Miles Atwater to discover if her husband, Cesar is cheating on her. Patrick senses she is lying but takes the case to find out what her true agenda is all about.
The romance between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre has been celebrated as one of the greatest of the 20th century. From the beginning, their relationship was a tumultuous one, in which the couple’s excesses were as widely known as their passion for each other. Despite their love, both Scott and Zelda engaged in flirtations that threatened to tear the couple apart. But none had a more profound impact on the two—and on Scott’s writing—as the liaison between Zelda and a French aviator, Edouard Jozan. Though other biographies have written of Jozan as one of Scott’s romantic rivals, accounts of the pilot’s effect on the couple have been superficial at best.
In The Gatsby Affair: Scott, Zelda, and the Betrayal That Shaped an American Classic, Kendall Taylor examines the dalliance between the southern belle and the French pilot from a fresh perspective. Drawing on conversations and correspondence with Jozan’s daughter, as well as materials from the Jozan family archives, Taylor sheds new light on this romantic triangle. More than just a casual fling, Zelda’s tryst with Edouard affected Scott as much as it did his wife—and ultimately influenced the author’s most famous creation, Jay Gatsby. Were it not for Zelda’s affair with the pilot, Scott’s novel might be less about betrayal and more about lost illusions.
Exploring the private motives of these public figures, Taylor offers new explanations for their behavior. In addition to the love triangle that included Jozan, Taylor also delves into an earlier event in Zelda’s life—a sexual assault she suffered as a teenager—one that affected her future relationships. Both a literary study and a probing look at an iconic couple’s psychological makeup, The Gatsby Affair offers readers a bold interpretation of how one of America’s greatest novels was influenced.
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BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF THE VIETNAM VET WAR HERO, KNOWN AS THE “AMERICAN GANGSTER” WHO RAN A COVERT CIA OPERATION AND EMERGED AS VIETNAM’S ‘OSKAR SCHINDLER’
A great historical fictional work on ‘Vietnam’s mobbed-up late 1960s – 1970s Saigon, Pearl of the Orient, Vietnam, “American Gangster – Operation Beaucoup Dinky Dau”
In the best-selling tradition of the world’s master historical fiction storytellers, Mario Puzo’s, “The Godfather”; Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”; Winston Groom’s Forrest Gump; Victor Hugo’s, “Les Misérables”; Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”; Norman Mailer’s, The Naked and The Dead; Gore Vidal’s Lincoln: A Novel; and Graham Greene’s “The Quiet American”
Steve Murphy, Network TV and Documentary Film Producer, Writer, and Combat Vietnam Veteran, tells the extraordinary story of a never before told, top secret covert CIA operation, known only as “OPERATION BEAUCOUP DINKY DAU”, that served as the unofficial covert Logistics operation to the CIA’s Phoenix Montagnard fighters, fighting the North Vietnamese forces during 1968-1973.
“This I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-fiction” tale has it all: a Marlboro- Man handsome Vietnam War Hero, a parade of impossibly gorgeous women, sex, spies, copious quantities of booze, drugs, and enough violence to take Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Terminator scriptwriters through several more sequels. It’s both a rip-roaring expose and harrowing.
It’s the story of the underbelly of the Saigon metropolis like few others. Corrupt Generals, shady Politicians, gangsters, prostitutes, bootleggers, opium addicts, jazz musicians, deserters, black marketeers, and your run of the mill criminals, murderers, thieves, and con artists….
Casting light on the Federal Government’s links with organized crime and how a highly decorated American MAT Team Advisor Vietnam Veteran, Johnnie Walker, known in Saigon, as “The America Gangster”, became Saigon’s most successful Criminal Mastermind, as well as the most influential “unofficial” Defense Attaché Office (DAO) “Contractor” to the CIA’s Phoenix Program, and the owner of the famous supper club and casino, “Beaucoup Dinky Dau”, and who had unparalleled connections leading all the way up to Vietnam’s Presidential palace and the CIA.
It’s a story most Americans have never heard of and shines a new and disturbing light on the role of the United States in the creation of communist Vietnam, and their treatment of the indigenous tribes that fought for the CIA’s Phoenix Program.
Johnnie Walker dominated Saigon’s War profiteering, Black Market, Money Laundering, and Drug Trafficking for all the major Vietnamese Crime Lords Generals in Saigon, as well as for South Vietnam’s President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and Air Marshall /South Vietnam’s VP, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
His astounding metamorphosis from criminal mastermind to Vietnam’s ‘Oskar Schindler’ began in 1968 when he discovers that Washington intends to abandon his friends and former MAT Team CIA Phoenix program Montagnards, “The Yards”, fighters that he’d fought side by side with as a MAT Team Advisor in Pleiku. He loved “The Yards” and the War Orphans the Yards took care of, and he was going to make sure he did the “Right Thing” for them.
It was an amazing turnabout for the once money-hungry Walker, because even though he did not begin his journey as a hero, by the time the war was winding down, he became one. He used his cunning to bend the system to help him and his over 600 Yards and 100 Orphans escape Vietnam. He was strong in the face of constant danger and double-cross, and he placed the well-being of The Yards and Orphans above his own well-being.
Based on real historical events, the suspense and intrigue of the story carries larger-than-life qualities and heightened reality. It’s about 90% historical basis and 10% creative license, but it adds up to 100% spellbinding story. It has more political intrigues, more suspense, more intense psychological analysis, and more technological know-how than anything Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum could fantasize about.
And it has something else besides: It’s based on a true story, depicts the courage and shrewdness of an unlikely savior, a man who is a flawed mixture of hedonism and decency and who, in the presence of unutterable evil, transcends the limits of his own humanity, and the pragmatic triumph of good over evil, a triumph in eminently measurable, statistical, unsubtle terms.
Set in his adopted hometown, Saigon, Vietnam, where he spent over six years, American Gangster – Operation Beaucoup Dinky Dau, is the book that Steve Murphy has been building up to for his whole career. From its opening fusillade to its astonishing conclusion, it’s that rarest of literary creations: a book that combines spectacular elegance of craft with a kinetic wallop as fierce as the Monsoons and Tsunamis bringing torrential rains to the Pearl of the Orient.
This is a story of love, laughter, hopes and shattered dreams. Happiness, passion, humor and self-discovery are interwoven in a candid, provocative, and romantic way. It captures the life of Aurelia, taking you thru WWII and ending in the U.S. where her parents’ values conflict with the culture of modern America…. http://amazon.com/Desire-Red-Wine-Lifes…/dp/1600478271 … … … … Trailer: http://youtu.be/R8hmF58s8Vk
The Autobiography of Jimmy Lee.
Jimmy Lee has led some sort of life!
He had a start in life few would have survived; he was taken into care at three years old and by the time he was eleven he had moved home ten times and attended nine different schools.
His early adolescence was hard by any standards. At fourteen, he ran away to join the Royal Navy and was sent, along with 2000 other boys, to the notorious HMS Ganges at Shotley, in Suffolk, a training establishment where a harsh regime held sway.
He had the misfortune to be placed under the care of two particularly brutal instructors, prone to drunkenness, whose continual bullying and abuse proved too much for his emerging free spirit.
Jim fought back and deserted on numerous occasions. Among his many punishments, he suffered ‘cuts’, a particularly brutal form of naval punishment. The next six years passed with regular naval detentions in the Royal Naval Detention Quarters, Portsmouth, involving exhausting routines and solitary confinements, which ended with a twelve month sentence in the infamous HM Military Prison Corradina, Malta, after which he was dismissed from the Service and returned to civilian life.
Then his troubles really began!
Winner of 20 book awards, SHOT DOWN is set within the framework of World War II in Europe and recounts the dramatic experiences of each member of a ten man B-17 bomber crew after their plane, piloted by the author’s father, was knocked out of the sky by German fighters over the French/Belgium border on February 8,1944.
Some men died. Some were captured and became prisoners of war. Some men evaded capture and were missing in action for months before making it back to England. Their individual stories and those of the courageous Belgian people who risked their lives to help them are all different and are all remarkable.
Even before the dramatic battle in the air and the subsequent harrowing events on the ground, the story is informative, insightful, and captivating. Prior to the fateful event, the book covers the crew’s training, their journey to England, what life was like on base as well as in London and the English countryside, and the perils of flying combat missions over occupied Europe and Germany.
Through personal letters, oral and written accounts, declassified military documents, and interviews – all from people who took part in the events that happened over 70 years ago (even the German Luftwaffe pilot who shot down the Susan Ruth) – the stories come alive. Adding to the feeling of “being there”, are more than 200 time period photographs interspersed throughout the book.
To add background and context, many historical facts and anecdotes about and surrounding World War II are entwined throughout the book so that the reader has a feel for and understanding of what was occurring on a broader scale. SHOT DOWN is an account about brave individuals, featuring pilot Howard Snyder, set within the compelling events of the greatest conflict in world history.
An American family in crisis and how they deal with it. An aging WWII veteran with dementia, a pregnant daughter bein stalked by her meth using boyfriend, and a preteen becoming a teenager are what we see. Behind the scenes, a greater crisis is gathering as an old enemy of one of the family gets ready to take revenge from his post as manager of a security firm contracted to the NSA. By the end of the story you will be wondering who has your information and what are they going to do with it. Available in both Kindle and paperback.
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The Loc Princess deals with the traumatic life events and eternal healing process for Princess Brianna and her twin sister Tianna. Through the heartfelt affirmation “You are smart, You are loved, you are beautiful. Don’t think that you are, know that you are,” they are constantly reminded of who they are.
Every mom is a warrior. A biblical account of a mother who found well beyond what appeared to be the end.
For Beauty, all she wants is for her life to go back to normal. However, life has different plans for her.With her estranged husband, Caleb’s return, she is struggling with the idea of him faking his own death. Feeling hurt and betrayed, she is not sure who she can trust anymore. Now, everything has turned upside down as an unexpected enemy creates another problem for Beauty.As her younger sister, Kyra, is abducted, Beauty and Caleb, along with Kyra’s boyfriend Luke, and best friends Trace and Shy, will have to put their differences aside as they work together to find Kyra. Only, finding out who is behind Kyra’s abduction won’t be an easy task. With her previous mental instability due to previous violent events, the group has no idea what is in store for them. Discover this suspenseful sequel to the novel, I, Beauty.
Some things are meant to be — others are just never going to happen.
Aaron Adler’s marriage is over, but his super sexy ex-wife keeps calling him. Whatever she has in mind, he’s not interested. Is he? Things get even more complicated when Jane Barloc enters his life. There’s something about her that seems so familiar. As much as he tries to ignore his attraction, the immediate connection he feels is too strong to be denied.
When Jane’s counseling client Connor needs a ride to his parents’ house, she’s happy to help him out. But, after the young man drags her into the beautiful home, Jane is shocked when the man who’s been haunting her dreams for years is standing inside. She had no idea Connor Adler was related to Aaron Adler, the famous author.
Can the woman who’s always seen herself as a “Plain Jane” win the heart of the handsome and über wealthy man she could never seem to forget? What’s the shockingly erotic surprise Aaron’s ex-wife has in store for him? Will he be able to resist temptation?
Just the Way You Are is the first in a series of deliciously sensual full-length romances with happily-ever-after endings readers will love.
Billionaires – Musicians– Lovers – Best Friends – Manhattan Society Kit Ramsey, a public relations veteran, understands that donations from wall street wonders are as key to non-profits’ success as good social work. After all, its donors who help keep the doors open. This fast-paced satiric novel offers a unique viewpoint and some unexpected revelations about the social not-so-niceties that occur between the wealthy Manhattan society patrons and the social workers to whom they condescend.
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GAY MEMOIR – “BEING GREEN” A COLORFUL JOURNEY from the street lights of the Bronx to the bright lights of Hollywod. Read about my long, hard journey from a formerly closeted and confused gay man to the happy, well adjusted man I have become. I never knew my mother as a sane woman. My father mentally and physically abused me. I wore the mask of “normalcy” by leading a conventional married life for seven years, and finally at the bursting point, I volunteered myself into a mental hospital for 30 days. After much mental turmoil I finally came out and lived my truth and found myself working with such Hollywood luminaries as CLINT EASTWOOD, LUCILLE BALL, JOHN DENVER, JACK LEMMON, JOHNNY MATHIS, BARBRA STREISAND and a host of others. In addition I developed a friendship with my lifetime obsession, singer-actress DORIS DAY. The book is available in all formats, and can be purchased on the following web sites: Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com and I-tunes. It can also be ordered at your neighborhood book store.
Battling my mental demons was not easy, but I persevered, saw a few analysts along the way, meditated, made a habit of positive thinking and have turned my life happily around. For anyone who feels that there is no light at the end of the tunnel, I believe overcoming my lifetime struggles may prove to be inspiring. That’s my hope.
Terrorists as we know them are social misfits, undisciplined. But what if they were well-trained, organized, and blended in like your next door neighbor? Meet the most wanted killers in America, targeting “soft targets” like an iconic mall. “Too realistic,” readers say.
A short novel that entwine poetry, drama, suspense and romance all in one place can only be called… “Love & Trust- A Poetic Novel”.
Beto Hernandez’s objective: Break the human trafficking ring plaguing Skagit once and for all. He’s not in Skagit to make friends—he’s kicking ass first and taking names later. Maybe. He crosses paths with an intriguing and sexy man, the first in years to spark Beto’s interest. It’s ultimate bad timing, though; no one in Skagit can be trusted.
Who is Carsten Quinn, and where does he fit in Beto’s investigation? Beto tries to stay away from Carsten but their undeniable chemistry keeps him close.
Carsten Quinn survived years in hell to return to “normal life,” and he has his own mission in Skagit. The only problem is he’s hiding, not living anything like a normal life. When his closest friend is severely injured it’s up to Carsten to finish gathering evidence to put some very bad people behind bars and he knows all too well he can’t trust anyone, especially not the law.
Ironically, the law appears anyway, in the form of a sexy cop he can’t stop thinking about; when Carsten’s past comes back with a vengeance, he has no one else to turn to.
Is happiness too much to hope for? Are Beto and Carsten too different and too broken to trust anyone, much less each other?
mm romance, LGBTQA, 18+
For centuries, Earth has served as the battleground for a secret war between a reptilian alien species and the clandestine human organization dedicated to eradicating this extraterrestrial threat. But when a single woman becomes the focal point of this brutal conflict, the fate of the planet alters forever…
Life hasn’t been easy for Riley Anbar since her grandmother’s death. Between struggling to run the family business, dealing with troubling psychic visions, and puzzling over unanswered questions about the parents she never knew, Riley is doing her best just to get by. After a pair of chance encounters with two mysterious men, Riley finds herself thrust into danger as both human and alien forces converge on her once-ordinary life.
But in this war, there is no clear boundary between good and evil. Both factions are determined to use Riley for their own ends, and they’re willing to endanger everyone around her to achieve their goals. Caught between the two men who have captured her heart and the secrets of her own past, what choice will Riley make when she discovers neither side is in the right?
After growing up heartbroken with an endless series of struggles, Maria Michaels creates a picture-perfect family of her own. But life changes too quickly, and she loses her grip on herself and her two troubled sons. In spite of her desire to give them a better life, they spiral downward on the paths they choose. They must fight through sadness, mistakes and tragedy to find redemption and the love that only a mother can give. Told from a dual perspective of mother and son, we follow the family’s battles with divorce, drugs and depression. You will laugh and cry, and probably want to call your mom to tell her you love her.
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Morgan isn’t expecting romance when she accompanies her friend for a week of skiing, but when she meets Jared all bets are off.
Haunted by the loss of his parents, werecat Jared Catterick earns his keep working for the Catclaw Clan. Jared has secrets that he doesn’t mind sharing with a special lady, and he hopes Morgan is that special someone. When his past and present collide it’s worse than he imagined, and he’s forced to fight for his life.
In a dark and unforgiving fantasy world, plagued by tyrant kings, genocidal religion and brutal oppression, a young, happy-go-lucky girl sets out to become the world’s next hero.
Join brave yet naive adventurer Erisian Hestia as she quests to become the greatest hero in the world. In the bleak and gritty world of Elaria, she must overcome terrible truths and chilling realities as her storybook view of the world is bloodied and tarnished.
Standing reluctantly at her side is Caesia Lacroix, a noble mage with an utterly useless gift. Despite her every attempt to deter Erisian from her suicidal path, the power of guilt tripping will see her a fish out of water as she is dragged into one conflict after another. As she battles against fear and struggles to hold herself together, Caesia must find her place in this dark world.
This is a tale of hope in the darkest places. Pick up the first volume of this five part series now, and join Erisian and Caesia in their battle against the world of Elaria.
Candace Jennings is a small-town matchmaker on a mission to revitalize her struggling hometown. Her plans hit a snag, forcing Candace to accept help from Damian Baxter, the man who broke her heart ten years ago. Candace makes the fateful decision to pretend to be his weekend wife, leading her on a battle to keep her heart safe from Damian this time around.
Damian Baxter promised himself that he would never return to Silent Springs. The town held nothing for him except heartbreak. And Candace Jennings, his biggest heartbreak of all. But Damian knew that he owed Candace after leaving her without an explanation ten years earlier. However, he didn’t plan on spending a weekend with Candace. Now Damian’s only hope is to walk away with his battered heart intact.
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From the time he was a boy, he knew he was something special; different. When he committed his first crime and got away with it, he became something else.
Jay had been called many names, The Marcavillian Hunter, Sunshine State Killer, Eastside Rapist, but for him, he was always the shadow in the night…the figure just out of normal perception. A ghost, someone not seen until he wanted to be.
Learn from inside the mind of one of the greatest criminal minds of the 21st Century and how until only recently, he managed to escape detection for over forty years.
You can’t protect yourself from what you can’t see.
While in Monte Carlo, a brilliant Saudi playboy starts having dreams and auditory hallucinations. During these visions, he believes that the Archangel Gabrial is commanding him to resurrect a modern-day Caliphate, establish a new Islamic world order and become the first global Caliph. As the frequency and intensity of his dreams increases, he starts hearing a single, overpowering voice which lays out a plan for horrific terrorist attacks against the United States. The plan centers around a plot to attribute the attacks to North Korea forcing the United States to retaliate. The result will be an all-out nuclear war with China and Russia. The 21st Century Caliphate will emerge from the ashes of this exchange, subjugate or destroy surviving infidels, and establish its Caliph as the undisputed ruler of the planet.
At the same time, a despised, increasingly unstable POTUS loses a bid for a second term in office. The POTUS vows revenge and intends to immortalize himself as the president who surgically removes a “tumor of a dictator” before a new administration takes office. He has the determination and commands the military might to do so. He also has a radical strategy to contain the conflict and to restore what remains of North Korea once the dust settles.
These forces run parallel until they intersect at a terrifyingly plausible, explosive conclusion.
When the Dark Lord rises, few will survive. The only ones with the power to stop him are the elves but they have long disappeared from the land. The Lord Bowen is the only remnant of their power but he is weak. Suddenly two boys appear. They possess a unique Magic, the Magic of an Initiator . . .
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The title is shocking. It is meant to grab you by the shoulders and blow a breath of a foul stench in your face. If the word immediately offends you that means that you have become part of a large segment in society who have grown to intentionally ignore it, put it in the back of your mind, thinking it will go away, or even worse: you associate it with a certain race or ethnic group. You have unknowingly become a part of the problem. Not only is this book a wake up call, it also provides support and therapy for teachers, parents, employers, relatives, and friends who work with or are in relationships with people who constantly refer to themselves as niggas. This book asks the questions that you would get in trouble for asking and speaks for those who would lose their jobs attempting to confront this hip hop fueled mindset. This book is written by a teacher who shares his experiences in and around the classroom where he refused to sit in silence or stand in the shadows of neutrality by simply watching and listening. Mr. Carter decided to live on his feet rather than die on his knees in this extraordinary literary confrontation with the endearing term that makes you squirm.
Teachin’ Niggas is the no-holds-barred narrative from a public secondary school teacher in urban America. Contending that niggas are multi-ethnic young people fueled by the hip hop culture, author/educator Wesley D. Carter recounts the complete apathy for traditional education and the challenges this ever-growing population presents to both schools and society. The book explores the characteristics observed in students who define themselves as niggas, delineating their culture from the language they use, the materialistic dreams they aspire to achieve, the music and social media that motivates their behavior, and the pitfalls that the world presents to this generation trying to find its voice. Teachin’ Niggas reveals the frustration of the secondary educator refusing to legitimize the controversial term nigga, while acknowledging the word’s transformation from racist origins to an identifying and cultural phenomenon embraced by millions of all colors, genders, and socio-economic strata.
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Fly to the stars in your very own rocket ship. Wave at the mean, green Martians. Picnic with Moon Men. Play tag with the comets. Win a blue ribbon space race. Just before your bedtime. Inspired by the palette of Vincent van Gogh, let’s go on a colorful space journey as we explore the colors and planets in our solar system through the power and wonder of a child’s whimsical imagination.
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“Stray not beyond the village wall.
For the woods are dark and the night is long.
Beware, beware, the Goblin King’s call.”
Take a trip down the yellow brick road and revel in the beauty, horror and madness that awaits…four beloved fairy tales with a bonus story inspired by Angela Carter’s The Erl King.
Golden Eyes- A reckless young girl ignores the warnings and is captured by the Goblin King in the mysterious forest of many names. will she ever escape? Will a handsome prince charming come riding to rescue her or a knight in shining armour save her?
Sleeping Ugly– inspired by Sleeping beauty. A case of mistaken identity. A spoilt, murderous prince lifts up the first beauty he sees, and unable to wake her, carries her away and marries her anyway. Little does he know, she’s a kitchen wench.
Cinder- A rat with dreams larger than her front teeth. A fairy gives her an opportunity to live as a human and marry the handsome prince. But the price is hefty. A life for a life. Who will she kill in order to take their place in the human world?
Snow White-. A psychopathic princess with severe Mommy issues. Her mother, an abused Queen-turned-Regent, was a mere kitchen wench when her husband stole her away. Murdering him did not slake her thirst for vengeance and a newfound greed for everlasting life and power. Thus, she asks her daughter to do the unimaginable.
Beauty and the Beast- Beauty became a wizard and the Beast turned green, torn asunder by the crimes Beast committed throughout her life. As the only daughter of the fearsome Erl-King, she carried in her the seed of evil. Will Beauty’s love save her?
And its shadowed claim stretching over these many kingdoms and lurking on the edge of all these tales, lies the great and terrible forest of many names. At its heart, a Goblin King ensnares the hearts of the youth he seduces into his trap, weaving their cages and casting their souls into madness. Until one day, he meets his match in a frightened young girl with golden eyes.
Connecting all four of these tales is the winding, twisting yellow brick road, with no end and no beginning and a propensity to take one exactly where they have no business going.
About the Author
Aneesa Yasin is an author living in Yorkshire, the grandest county in the UK. Just a short distance away is Haworth, birthplace of the famous Bronte Sisters. She credits the auspicious location of her residence and a first time reading of ‘Wuthering Heights’ as one of the strongest reasons behind her love of writing growing up. After graduating from the University of York in 2017, she has turned all her energy towards fulfilling her two life long dreams: becoming an author and adopting a dog, a cat and a kangaroo. (Editor- She says she’s kidding about the kangaroo but I’m not so sure she is.)
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The Duchess of Bentley is just out of mourning. As a widow, she has certain freedoms other women do not. But she has neither the time nor inclination to look for dalliance. She’s much too busy overseeing the very special properties left to her by the late duke—including the elite gaming hell known as Dante’s Inferno. Until another nobleman returns to London, and reminds her that she is still a young, passionate woman.
The Duke of Evermont has returned from his sugar plantations in the Caribbean. His life is full, running his estates and seeing to his investments. The last thing he’s searching for is a wife. That is, until he sees Eleanor again, and other society beauties fade in comparison. The last time he saw her, Eleanor was walking down the aisle to another man. This time, Evermont is determined not to let the beautiful and vibrant lady slip through his hands.
Fortunately for him, the duchess turns to him for help—and he’s more than willing to sweep her under his ducal cloak of protection. Whether his assistance is required in shielding her from members of society foolish enough to gamble away their fortunes or from the heartless schemes of her own father—Evermont will do what it takes to show her their future together is a sure thing.
Faith, her name in itself is an oxymoron to her belief system. With her mother dead from an overdose and a birth certificate reflecting a “father unknown”, Faith is constantly reminded that she’s all alone. She’s never followed the rules, instead chooses to live her life based on moments without any regard to the consequences of her decisions.
Vanessa hates the reflection she sees in the mirror, an overweight woman who’s a wallflower, barely seen and heard until she meets the man of her dreams. He is her sign from God, Vanessa’s turn to have the perfect husband and more importantly the PERFECT life. A stark contrast to her childhood filled with emotional and physical abuse. Once the betrayal shatters her world, will she view her faith differently?
LEAH
I’d known him my whole life, but I never expected to fall in love with him.
I did. Deeply and irrevocably.
It was both the worst and best decision of my life.
He gave me no choice, but to walk away.
I spent my life since justifying it with being immature.
But I knew it was all a lie
When he re-entered my life by chance I thought fate was playing a cruel joke.
He saved me.
He destroyed me.
But he unknowingly revived me.
LEO
Falling in love with her was never in my plan.
I had plans, big ones, but she became my only focus.
I lost her and along with her my willingness to love and be loved.
I swore I’d never again give my heart to anyone.
When we’re thrown together, I know karma is messing with me.
But when I laid my eyes on her again, all I wanted to do was give.
I wanted to give so much more than I had to offer.
Joanna Vivian Meyrick and Atticus Weston Haynes III grew up in two, completely different worlds, maybe even different planets. This is their story. Joanna does everything off the cuff, her life is a bit of a mess…at-all-times. She is spontaneous and gets herself into seemingly impossible situations. Joanna has had a rough life, but most of her mishaps are brought on by her clumsiness or absentminded nature. She takes everyone at face value and does not think anyone could betray her…until they do. And it always devastates her. Maybe she has no control of what happens to her and it has all happened to bring her to one defining moment in her life. Atticus is a methodical person, he likes everything in it’s right place, but has been through tragedy in his life. He is rich, but he views money as nothing compared to what he has lost in his life. What brings Joanna and Atticus together is something out of the ordinary, something other worldly, something that only happens in dreams….or nightmares.
This short story is a prequel to the upcoming novelette, by Johnathan Roth, called The Place Between. It is a sneak peek at what lead up to the couple’s meeting and their encounter with an unforeseen beast and a life altering chain of events.
She is a tortured soul buried under the crippling weight of a deep southern Baptist
upbringing, replete with sexual, physical, and emotional abuse along with a healthy helping of good ole Christian guilt. However, like magma under intense pressure, she burst forth in a fiery jet, destroying her bonds and emerged as a low-key badass!
Check out Two-Bit Stories Volume 1: Loopers, which contains the following stories:
Tomorrow – there’s always another tomorrow
Angel – if she’s too good to be true …
Demon – from whence doth demons come?
Fate – love always triumphs
Each Two-bit Story is 1000 words long, making them easy to read when you only have a few minutes. Loopers is the first of nine Two-Bit Story collections. Get them all!
Terrorism in one of the world’s flashpoints
Dotan Naor, a former Israeli security agent, now private investigator, agrees to locate the missing son of ruthless Israeli arms merchant Willy Mizrachi. Willy is desperate to find his only son, Itiel, who has headed to an ashram in the Himalayas.
The Himalayas are also host to groups of young Israelis who have completed their mandatory military service—a sort of rite of passage. Now, those innocent kids are being hunted down by violent terrorists.
India and the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan is familiar territory to Dotan, as he searches for Itiel and for the source of these heinous attacks on Israeli youth.
International repercussions escalate as Dotan races to find the connection—or is there no connection at all?
Praise for Death in Shangri-La:
ISBN: 978-1-60809-299-4
“Dotan Naor is a character Steve McQueen would have fought to play: tough but insightful, ruthless but spiritually striving. Death in Shangri-La is a passport to a world most thriller readers haven’t seen before, and it’s a fascinating trip.”
—Joseph Finder, New York Times best-selling author of The Switch
“Death in Shangri-La is a gripping read, part hard-boiled detective mystery and part contemporary thriller. Yigal Zur ventures down exotic lanes few have seen, but in the end readers will swear they’ve been there. Richly satisfying.”
—Ward Larsen, USA Today best-selling author of Cutting Edge
In DEAR AMERICAN BROTHER, an historical fiction novel based on a true story, the Communist Revolution explodes across Russia, and Hans Gerein is rocked by the same reverberations felt around the world. In a Russia rife with danger and treachery, he overcomes starvation, a lengthy sentence to a gulag camp and many devastating twists of fate. The gruesome choice he must make to save his young daughter’s life cannot weaken his resolve to survive the Stalin and Hitler era, no matter the cost to his heart or his humanity. When Hans finally sees an end to 30 years of separation from a brother sent to America while still a child, a secretive clause in the Yalta agreement threatens to turn his dream into a nightmare.
A delightful story in Emily’s own words.
Emily Pope is Thirteen years old and lives near the South Downs. Ever since she can remember she has dreamt of owning her own pony. The pony will be her best friend and they will share many adventures together. Emily’s parents think she is too young for the responsibility of owning a pony and needs to gain more experience before they will consider it. So the adventure begins. Emily starts work at the nearby riding stables, works hard and learns everything she can. Will her parents relent when they see how single minded she is? Will Emily find her dream pony? This story will touch the heart of any youngster who loves ponies and take them on a delightful journey. There will be tears, laughter and joy along the way. Will it be worth it in the end?
Zoetic Soul
Do you feel like you’re always “this close” to achieving something only to fall short? Do you feel as though you are always struggling and not moving forward or feeling fulfilled?
Making changes that will turn your life around takes an understanding of the universal energies and how the soul and spirit interact and connect to everything.
Author Jan Mayfield channels the energies and voices of souls who have evolved and transcribes them. Read the dialogue of the souls who pass on valuable messages and worldly predictions.
As you read Zoetic Soul, goose-bump reactions that resonate with the dialogue and Jan’s life experiences will begin to open your thoughts revealing your soul’s reactive patterns. You will understand how to:
- Initiate proactive changes that will turn your life’s story from one of struggle and sacrifice to one of fulfilment
- Make mindful decisions instead of reacting automatically based on past experiences
Zoetic Soul’s intentions are to empower mind changes which enable life changes potentiating your soul’s passion to create your own rightful miraculous adventure!
A very humorous and romantic novel set in St. Louis at the time of the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993.
A young girl has a paranormal experience that leads her to investigate the cause of her sisters death.
Looking for Alaska meets arson (a lot of it)
Danny knew his sophomore year would be stressful . . . but he didn’t expect his school to burn down on the first day.
To make matters worse (and they were about to get a lot worse), he — and his three best friends — receive an email in their inboxes from the principal of their rival, King’s Academy, offering full-rides to attend the town’s prestigious boarding school. Danny wants nothing to do with King’s Academy and says no. Of course his mother says yes. So off he goes to be bullied and picked on for not being part of the popular and rich “in crowd.”
From day one at King’s, Danny encounters hazing, mocking insults from girls at the “popular and pretty” table, and cafeteria food that, for such a prestigious school, tastes as if it were purchased from a military surplus supply warehouse. If he survives, Danny will have to overcome his fears of failure, rejection, and loneliness—all while standing strong in his beliefs and walking into the fire.
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MR. POTTER AIN’T GOT NOTHING ON ME!
I am a woman, the one you seek.
I am a protector, for which you keep.
I am a skin walker, where darkness thrives.
I am a dream killer, who’s force can keep you alive.
I am the earth mother, who replenishes what’s dead.
I am judge, juror and executioner of the order.
I am the head.
I am the power, where magic grows.
I am the strength, that nobody knows.
I am a secret, until I am not.
And now I am in danger of being caught.
I am the key.
I am their freedom.
I am Onyx Fairchild.
I am The Dawn.
🔥Don’t miss the sizzling
FAMILY IS EVERYTHING…OR IS IT MONEY IS EVERYTHING?
Once, I had a few dollars.
Gained some more little by little.
Then one day I found a way to have it all.
Funny, how a good idea only sounds good when you haven’t actually done it.
But I had you.
After our mom died you were all I had left.
I stood by you, fought for you and tried to make our lives better.
The whole time you were with me. Rooting for us to succeed. Chasing the dream by my side like a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.
You were my brother.
But how stupid was I to think that blood and the word family would be thicker than water.
Some say people change.
But in this story, the only one who’s forced to change is me.
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A sneak peek:
Why should a total stranger gain a profit selling something that wasn’t theirs to sell? Those were the thoughts of Izabella Shaw, a young sales clerk from Brookdale Nevada. After overhearing a conversation one night, her normal humdrum trying to make ends meet life, suddenly fell into downward spiral, of hurt and torment at her own hands. She thought that with the money they made, she and her brother Reed could gain financial freedom from all the debt their drug addict mother left behind after her death. So the plan was set and a few weeks later she was sold.
With one year spent in captivity and the death of a man on her hands, she found freedom with the help of a mysterious stranger, who had her charmed by his good looks and his ability to make her wet with one kiss. With her freedom and a better life now on the horizon, her happiness was once again cut short when she realized that Reed should not have been trusted. There was no money, and she was now being sold again. Only this time without her permission.
Sisters Niki (10), Beth (8) and Lolly (nearly 6) are excited to spend the whole summer holidays with their grandparents and Aunty Anna in the New Forest.
They can’t wait to ride their aunt’s ponies out on the open Forest, and Anna has promised to teach them jumping and gymkhana games so they can enter a children’s show.
They know they will also be able to help Anna at her One Day Event on her big black diva of a horse, Summer.
First, Niki has to learn how to stop naughty Bracken who loves to gallop, and Beth has to gain confidence in her ability to stay on Magic.
Lolly hates the lead rein but is happy for Anna to run with her – as long as she’s fast enough for them to win!
Will there be rosettes or tears at their competitions?
“When Hearts Connect” is a guide that provides knowledge on h ow to have and keep a healthy relationship. It outlines a variety of tips on maintaining a successful relationship as well as what mistakes to avoid. It demonstrates steps in effective communication and how to resolve conflict. It also discusses the importance of couples meeting each other’s needs. A healthy life partnership can open a new sense of love and happiness in two people’s lives.
Salem And The Sphinx War is about a boy warrior and his angel dragon Medea that have to set out to fight evil and to protect the light. Salem is a young orphaned boy and Medea is a solid white angel dragon, as well as the princess of the northern angel dragons, she is a fireless type of dragon with fur instead of scales. Angel dragons didn’t possess the ability to breath fire and they had very little defense since they didn’t have scales, but fur instead. The angel dragons did posses the ability to use advanced magic however and could easily summon a lightning bolt, or turn the enemy to stone.
Together Salem and Medea will set out to defend Delmore and the light from the rise of the evil sphinxes sought on destroying the human race and everything good.
They will also have to fight against an evil country called Tarkay as well, a country sought on spreading it’s darkness and burying the light. Tarkay seeks to defeat Delmore and all the other peace loving countries, they want to kill anything good and extinguish the light. Tarkay is lead by the evil King Grevill, the evil king of Tarkay that wants to spread his evil and destroy the powers of the light, the force of good.
During their quest both Salem and Medea would face hardships along the way, they would have to defend themselves against the darkness or they would perish.
Salem and Medea would prove to be the perfect companions to each other, Salem for his wise, but brave personality and Medea for her caring, but loyal and protective personality over her dragon friend. She would save his life countless times during their quest and would fit the role of fates’ decision about being his guardian.
Widowed too young, childless, and hurting for money, Leigh Ann Lacie leaves the city behind and travels back to her home town of Wild Horse, Montana. She hadn’t planned to bump into her high school sweetheart Frank Ferguson, now the famed Rodeo King. Fame is something she never wanted. It killed her husband.
Frank never quite got over Leigh Ann’s rejection when he proposed marriage all those years ago. Though he’s riding high on his career as a rodeo star, he’s bitter at her return. When his flighty sister dumps her twin toddlers on him, Frank makes Leigh Ann an offer she can’t refuse: to care for the children in exchange for financial aid.
Leigh Ann won’t rekindle the rocky romance with her old flame, but she has a secret reason for needing money – a secret that would devastate Frank if he knew.
God only gives you what you can handle, right? So single mom Angel Le Blanc knows she can make it through the nightmare of post-rape PTSD. She has to. The sadist who fathered her child will strip her of everything if she doesn’t keep her mouth shut. But when Angel’s framed for terror trafficking and marked for murder, she knows she needs help — the flesh and blood kind.
Roham Arshad, the CIA’s contribution to the Diamond Dog black ops task force, isn’t convinced Angel is innocent. Trusting comes hard since Angel dumped him like a hot rock to have another man’s child. An innocent who could drive them apart once the truth is uncovered, and the secret of the baby’s paternity is revealed.
With terrorists trailing their every move, they could all end up dead. Unless they learn to trust in the promise of faith and family, holding on until the nightmare is over.
In a remote town on the Suffolk coast, the local residents are stalked by a brutal killer. After the sighting of strange lights in the sky, the dismembered burnt remains of the local RAF base commander are discovered in his car. An autopsy reveals that the victim showed signs of exposure to high radiation levels. Assistant Chief Constable Angela White enlists the aid of both John Handful and a local reporter Yazmin Nash. The level of radiation the killer leaves in its wake should have killed any normal man by now, but the murders continue: the killer appears to be both more and less than human. And then when a leading government minister arrives the pressure is on for Handful to solve the case not only quickly but also quietly, by any means possible. Until a strange craft is discovered . . .
Handful then turns from hunter to hunted, where everyone is playing for the highest stakes, and where violence becomes the only solution…..
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The terrifying reign of the shadows has ended. But in their exit, they awakened something unseen, something sinister, something malevolent. The malevolent spirit, hell bent on revenge, seeks to possess and live in the human flesh. One name recurs through its consciousness—Susan. In addition, Susan is unaware that her doppelganger has penetrated the walls of her home. The other Susan lingers, unseen, contemplating the right moment to reveal herself.
Meanwhile, Tahoe has foreseen a face to face confrontation between the two Susans. Worried about Susan, the team faces other dilemmas. Tahoe has undergone a silent but obvious change since channeling the great chief’s spirit and battling the shadows. Dylan, haunted by dreams of the night on Eagle Rock Mountain, begins to remember. Yet all of it must wait.
Tahoe’s prediction comes to pass. As two identical beings meet, the malevolent force intercedes, and a showdown begins, leaving Susan’s life hanging in the balance, and the investigators embroiled in a battle between life and death.
This beautiful illustrated Animal/insect/bug in nature Children’s ABC book, teaches children to recognize the letters and sounds of the alphabet. Perfect for kids 0-7 years of age.
B.B.’s best friend Atty goes missing and he doesn’t know what to do, but then luck is on his side when the new coven leader Fabian Valentine and his brother, Silas show up asking questions about Atty’s disappearance. But when B.B. talks to the vamps, he brings trouble down on his head in the form of two thugs showing up at his door and beating the crap out of him.
When the gorgeous B.B. arrives for their private meeting, away from prying eyes, and shows up badly beaten, Silas is suddenly filled with a sense of protectiveness he has never known. Then getting one whiff of B.B.’s blood explains everything he needs to know about the sharp tongued hottie. B.B. is his mate.
The Valentine brothers take B.B. back to their home where Silas helps him heal and explains that B.B. is his mate. At first B.B. is excited, knowing what that means, even though he is just a human, but suddenly his is consumed with fear of what could be. Not that he doesn’t want Silas, because he does, B.B. is just afraid that he will hurt the gorgeous vamp because his parents were not the most faithful people, so B.B. is afraid of Silas tying himself to B.B. for eternity.
When Atty is rescued, but suddenly his new friend and one of Silas’s brothers, Jasper, is captured, and Silas beats himself up over Jasper’s kidnapping, B.B. can’t just sit back and do nothing. He wants to help find his new friend and in turn also help his mate from the guilt he suffers.
So B.B. sets out alone to find some answers, but ends up in the same predicament as Jasper. The two are now the captives of the same sick bastards that held Atty, a group of human traffickers, who want to sell them to the highest bidder.
When Silas and his brothers find out what has happened to B.B. and who is holding him and possibly their youngest brother Jasper, they know they are working against the clock to get them back before they are sold and never heard from again.
Can Silas find B.B. and Jasper in time? And if he does, will they be the same or will the horrors they had to face changed them forever?
When a ghost reaches out to Jessica, she knows she can’t turn away from him.
“…plenty of depth to the characters, plenty of action in the story, and a very surprising end…characters that will resonate with most of us. If you enjoy Dan Brown’s books, then I guarantee you will enjoy this.” – Readers’ Favorite, 5 Stars
Pursued across continents by Christian, Jewish and Muslim extremists, all seeking a priceless relic, antiquities dealer David Greenberg must decipher the sole clue to its whereabouts. Is humankind’s future at stake? Who is behind the plot — and why?
When Miriam Solomon, the love of David Greenberg’s life, phones him at his antiquities gallery in St. Louis, the black hole at the center of his heart shudders. Twenty years earlier, Miriam had inexplicably run off to Israel with his best friend, Solly, a brilliant but nerdy young scientist. Now she tells David that Solly has committed suicide and she needs his aid on a secret research project Solly left unfinished: to acquire the one remaining nail from the crucifixion of Jesus. Is she telling the truth? And why does that nail have such significance? (Available in paperback & Kindle; audio book coming soon!)
Could you go 21 consecutive days without complaining? Not a word about your best friend’s new shoes or the neighbor’s noisy kids? I took the challenge thinking “How hard could it be?” Read my hilarious, heart-breaking journey to achieve a more positive life!
Love Land is a set of poems that focuses on pain, love, depression, and confidence.
Kara is thrust into a decision of being a White Woman and the unbridled passion to a Red Man. Read as Mt Shasta also known as “The Lady” called by many locals and the tales of spheres where she lays at rest. While folklore says she harbors giants, magical elves, mystical creatures if all sorts and a gateway to the energy of lands beyond time. From her snowcap Mt. top she is majestic to anyone who lays eyes upon her. From skiers to hikers, from locals to worldwide travelers, she captivates her glory with spell bounding effects. Book 1 of 2 part series
Home should be the safest place for a child. Home should be the place they run to for protection from the outside fears. But what happens when home becomes the place of fear? When you’re too young to comprehend the things happening around you, and they’re too sick for any child to have to endure.
I’ve come to understand that you can learn from just about any one. Perhaps you can learn of good practices in a person that you want to imitate. Or perhaps you can learn of practices or mistakes you hope to never imitate in your life. Either way, you have learned something worthy from every individual that crosses your path in life. Well, what I learned was quite different. I was taught a very valuable life lesson by a three-year old girl by the name of Lynn. This little caramel complexion, dimpled smile, curly hair little girl experienced much in her young life. What could I possibly learn from this young child? Well, why don’t we start from the beginning shall we?
Part religious study and part scientific study The Age of Aquarius: The Golden Age of Mankind is a fascinating insight into religion, science and the stars. Split into chapters, providing tips on how to meditate, information on astrological symbolism, the Seven Seals and the planets, there is sure to be something to interest everyone in this book. There are chapters on each of the individual planets, and the book also contains diagrams and illustrations throughout, which will fascinate readers.
Karen was a witness and participant in the 1960s political protests, ecological, sexual and feminist revolutions that liberalized society and changed not only the way we dress but the way we think. In her third year of art school in Canada, inspired by Kerouac’s On the Road,she took off hitchhiking to San Francisco where she met Ferlinghetti and beatnik poets. From there to New York and Paris, as an artist in training, she attended art classes, hung out at the Beat Hotel and participated in Poetry and Art Events, becoming friendly with many artists and musicians. In London she became a highly successful designer, first in her own boutique – Twiggy modeled her clothes – with sales to Carnaby Street and Kings Road, Paris’ and boutiques and across America. She partied with the Pop world of Pink Floyd, Beatles and Rolling Stones and frequented Indica Bookstore and Gallery where Yoko Ono met John Lennon. With her Maoist friend Adrienne, she manned the 1968 Paris barricades. In 1969, she established the first textile design studio in London. In 1976 after winning awards and gaining international recognition, she moved back to Paris. In 1985, she created Trend Union, a design consulting and forecasting firm that became world famous for predicting trends for famous fashion houses. TIME magazine named Trend Union as ‘One of the world’s most influential fashion futurists’. Her Technicolor Dreamin’ in her own fashion has been published in Canada, US, Spain and England.
With World War II at an end, private eye Patrick Miles Atwater thinks he has left violence behind him. But then- enter a mysterious woman who drags him into a dark world of intrigue, suspicion, and danger.
The beautiful tragic Rachel needs his help. Everything inside Patrick- the very instincts that kept him alive during his wartime experience as a Marine- screams that this woman is not on the level. But who can turn down a good looking doll with eyes like hers?
Rachel’s case takes Patrick deep into the Los Angeles’ grimy underbelly where he discovers a convoluted web of lies, greed, and murder that threatens his very existence. Can Patrick wrap up the case before it takes a devastating turn?
Find out in THE WOMAN IN THE YELLOW DRESS.
Andrew Osher was just a normal guy. He ate lunch at the deli down the street, grabbed coffee from the coffee shop by the bus stop on his way to work at the bank, and played video games with his buddy. His was an ordinary life filled with ordinary things…until he fell asleep. His dreams carried him into a reality that was bizarre and certainly not ordinary. An
alternate reality…or was it something more?
Want to make money creating videos? Do you consider yourself creative? Are you serious about starting a creative business? Author Brien Lee has spent 40 years creating corporate videos, video tributes for industry leaders and family and friends, major meeting extravaganzas, and documentaries. In this book he shares everything he learned about running a creative video business, from getting business, writing and creating videos, growing a business, and the care and feeding of clients and co-workers. This is a book where Brien lays bare the lessons he has learned, and the way he survived 40 years in the business and the founding and operating of three separate companies. He shares his methods and techniques that led he and his compadres to major success, and confessed his failures (and the lessons learned) as well. The book includes samples of scripts, proposals, timelines, and actual videos. He offers links to additional helpful resources, equipment, and free video library sources. And he does it all in a breezy, anecdotal style. This is an honest book.
Brien details the keys to success, but shares some real life failures, and what he learned from them, as well. If you have ever considered using your creative talents to make money, this book is for you. The book covers 5 main “super topics”, each carrying many chapters on the subject. These include:
MINDSET: Examining what it takes to run a business, and deal with the challenges a creative business represents
THE BASICS: The basics of both the business and creative aspects of a Video Biz.
YOUR BUSINESS MATURES: Once you hit your stride, you will need to grow the business. Learn the various ways to create growth, and the new challenges growth brings.
REAL LIFE INSIGHTS: Anecdotes from the Author’s Life that represent various successes, failures, and the lessons learned.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS: Sample proposal, budget, schedule, listing of web resources, listing of suggested audio, video, and picture libraries, and links to samples accompanied by case histories from the author’s career.
You’ll also gain access to a private facebook group where you can discuss your issues with the author and fellow producers.
Middle grade school adventure.
Emily is in her second year at West End Academy, struggling to come to terms with her brother Robbie’s near fatal road accident and her increasingly distant mother. Everything around her is changing and so is she. The behaviour of little Jacob Gilbert whom Emily vowed to protect is leaving her feeling worthless and a failure. She is racked by guilt and self-doubt but begins to discover her identity and strength she never knew she had.
The arrival of new teachers at school, with a very different way of teaching, inject laughter, encouragement for Emily and her small group of friends, struggling with the onset of their teenage years.
While lost on an hilarious, school camping trip, the small group are forced to come face to face with their worst fears – but how will they cope with the reality?
Discover How To Start Your Own Business!
Although it took me a few years to build, I was able to go from making tens of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars while continuing to work a full-time job. This book is all about equipping you to take your side business (or “side hustle”) to the next level. From finding gyms/fields to figuring out how to obtain more clients, for some of you, this book is your last attempt at making it work. The good news is that you have come to right place. There is a great short story entitled “3 Feet From the Gold” by Napoleon Hill that tells the story of an ambitious man who went out to strike it rich during the gold rush. However, the man quickly became frustrated by his lack of results and decided to sell off his claim. He would later find out that his claim was indeed lucrative, and he was only 3 feet from the gold before he quit! The moral of the story? Don’t give up. I know you are working hard – trust me, I’ve been there. So instead of giving up, stay motivated and get going. You may only be 3 feet from the gold.
Here Is A Preview Of What You’ll Learn…
- How to Get Started
- Find the Right Gym/Field
- Insurance and Banking
- Website Development
- How to Find Clients
- Logos and Branding
- And More…
If you have a hobby that involves sports training and you think that you could turn it into a thriving and successful business, then get a copy of Answer The Call and see how it can be done.
When Julia Ballard meets Kelly Nichols, she believed he was the man of her dreams. Julia’s best friend has doubts, and her investigation into Nichols’s life encourages her suspicions. Despite Jessica’s warnings, Julia is convinced he is sincere and cares for her. Nichols is hiding secrets from a legacy he cannot escape, and Julia is the key to a sinister plan. When two homicide detectives combine forces to search for a serial killer, it becomes a race to see who accomplishes their goal first.
Clarence Flannery was luckier than most men his age to discover his life’s ambition, particularly in the unpredictable years just following the Civil War. Born with an unmatched skill to play pool, he left his home in Kansas when he turned twenty-six and traveled throughout the Southwestern United States to make his mark as a legendary pool hustler, with every intention of amassing a fortune in the process.
Clarence needed help for both support and protection, and recruited James Skinner as his partner, along with nine other highly-skilled pool players to assist him in his quest.
Wanting to be included in the same sentence as Attila the Hun and Alexander the Great, Clarence changed his name to Hustle Henry, Skinner became the Cue-Ball Kid, and the eleven men would go down in history as The Hole-in-the-Table-Bunch, known far and wide for hustling wannabe pool sharks out of their life savings.
All goes to plan and life has a rosy and profitable outlook, but Henry and his men want more than what pool halls and saloons offer, so they decide to challenge the more affluent clientele on a riverboat.
Initially, the venture proves profitable, but the millionaire tycoon and owner of the fleet of riverboats, takes exception, and intends to bring down the Bunch and thrust Henry and The Kid into a life of destitution.
Taking along the Kid’s girlfriend, Penelope Henderson, the Kid and Henry flee to South America – where there will be a final showdown…
Hustle Henry and the Cue-Ball Kid is a fiction work of Western humor with an interesting and amusing cast of characters.
| Chicago Homicide Inspector Aaron Randall faces his toughest case while dealing with doubts about his career and the potential of a romantic relationship. Jared Prescott, a Heisman Trophy winner and Vice President of a large and respected pharmaceutical company, is found murdered at a seedy motel. The investigation uncovers multiple suspects with multiple motives. When the body of his close friend and informant is found stabbed to death in a deserted alley, followed by the murders of two women, Randall suspects a conspiracy. Randall is hamstrung during the investigation by pressure from the commissioner down the chain of command because the president of the pharmaceutical company, anxious for resolution to Jared Prescott’s murder, is a close friend with a Senator whose sights are set on the Oval Office. |
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A two-story collection from the World of Strangers and Pilgrims.
FIRST: What happens when darkness and malcontent come between two friends.
SECOND: Jonah, a known assassin, escapes a prison transport in search of the one who had set him up on his last job. He needs to find who is responsible before he is recaptured.
Book 3 in erotic Paranormal Romance series – Circle of the Red Scorpion
Dawned, Book 3 – is the love story that started it all and the prequel to the series.
Deep in the forest, Broderick Devereaux found her so unexpectedly and was instantly mesmerized.
He was the dark, handsome stranger Elise Munro dreamed of but never thought she’d find.
Putting Solomon in prison became Broderick’s obsession as his relationship with his wife imploded.
Broderick and Elise loved each other but was their love enough?
Book 2 in erotic Paranormal Romance series – Circle of the Red Scorpion
AVENGED, Book 2 – is the shocking conclusion of Drake and Ebony’s story.
Drake and Ebony are living the life they both dreamed of until Ebony vanishes.
As Solomon initiates his daring plan, Drake, his father Broderick and the Circle of the Red Scorpion race against time to find Ebony and stop the Rogue vampire from destroying Drake’s life.
A fierce battle between the two factions comes to a surprising end, and the shocking conclusion of Avenged brings Broderick to his knees. Can his team help him stop the new menace threatening to destroy the world?
Book 1 in the erotic Paranormal Romance series – Circle of the Red Scorpion
Drake Devereaux was haunted by a tragedy in his past until Ebony Jordan.
Drake and Ebony meet by chance and forge an unforgettable connection. As their relationship heats up, Drake realizes he’s falling in love. Instead of embracing it, he allows his fear to drive him away from the one woman who can heal him. After months of being apart, Ebony’s attempt to reach out to Drake ends with a heartbreaking discovery and an unexpected accident that nearly ends her life. Faced with another tragedy, Drake finds out what is truly important.
As Drake and Ebony plan a life together, Solomon Blackwell, a Rogue vampire plots to possess her and shatter their love forever.
A literary historical novel set in London 1860, where soon-to-be-widowed Adelaide Hadley seeks to stave of the suffocation of genteel poverty in a patriarchal world of contradictions, culture and corruption.
Fly, Lily, Fly explores the life of a young girl forced to face the harsh realities of a life filled with divorce, mental illness, poverty, chaos and uncertainty. Longing for love and acceptance, Lily creates a world a whimsy and make-believe. As Momma cycles from the depths of depression to the fevered highs of mania, Lily holds on for dear life and prays to sprout wings and fly away.
Destiny is a powerful epic with love stories, battles, testimonies, drama, politics, history, and even humor.
The sweeping family saga spans four centuries.
Inspired by true stories.
For the past twenty-five years supernatural beings have been kidnapped on Earth and otherworldly realms. The Facility imprisons them & experiments on them for the sole purpose of creating a super-warrior. A weapon of mass destruction.
But ten years ago, their super-warrior Pandora escaped, bringing down the walls and freeing all the other experiments, residents. Now Pandora’s only mission is vengeance, to annihilate The Facility and everyone involved for the pain and torture of all the residents.
In order to do so, Pandora must recruit the Elite Warriors, demons from the Underworld to aid in taking down the one’s behind this atrocity.
AWAKENED BY BLOOD- Book 1 of the Blood Series
A rogue vampire is targeting young women, murdering anyone who gets in his way. The Alliance, police force made up of hybrids, vampires and human warriors monitor the supernatural population are currently hunting this vampire. Determined to end his deadly rampage.
The feisty Dr. Sofia Pierce crosses paths with one of their own, a lethal vampire-hybrid Gage Gallegos, nicknamed Lucifer. He is one of the leaders & founders of The Alliance.
Now the killer is getting bolder, he ordered a mass murder of almost thirty women. The Alliance realizes Sofia may be in danger because they discover that the killer has been tracking Gage.
But why the killer has tracked Gage for the past one-hundred-fifty years is what’s disturbing.
And now Sofia and Gage are set on a path of discovery. They are forced to learn things about each other’s past that could tear them apart or bind them forever.
But they will have a fight ahead of them as their world begins to unravel.
Will her past catch up with her?
When Amelia Bailey moved to Cape Charles she fell in love with the beautiful small town. But what none of the residents know is that she’s in hiding from some people she wished she’d never met. People who want revenge and will do whatever is necessary in order to get it. Unable to trust anyone, she keeps everyone at a distance. Then Liam walks into her life, and try as she might, she can’t help her feelings of attraction toward him.
Liam Miller is a first-class criminal law attorney. But he’s reached a point in his life where he wants to step back and reevaluate things. So he takes a break from his job and agrees to help a friend whose construction company is doing some work in Cape Charles. While there he meets a woman who not only intrigues him, but attracts him more than any woman ever has.
Liam can sense that something is frightening her, but he has no clue what it is. Then not one but two bombs are deployed, and the only connection between them is Amelia. Soon Liam learns that she’s running for her life. Someone wants her dead. But he’s determined to protect her.
Content Warning: Contains adult language and explicit sex
Reincarnation in a Nutshell explains the argumentation and logic for reincarnation, it reveals how reincarnation takes place and it presents the evidence. It is a book based on spiritual science and it is not religious. It argues why the one-life theory is unsustainable and it explains why we are not identical to our physical body. Our consciousness survives the death of the body and after some time it reincarnates. The book also presents the master plan of life.
Z.O.S. is a memoir about Sex Blood Money and the CIA in Southeast Asia. Kay Merkel Boruff tells the story from her perspective of wife and widow of a Air America pilot killed during covert operations in Laos. She takes the reader there as only one who has been there can. You experience the highs, understand the efforts to escape the constant fear of the dangerous reality these American heroes face daily, feel the anguish of her loss and the isolation of the “zone of silence” she is required to live in for the rest of her life.
Kay Merkel Boruff, as a teacher at The Hockaday School 1973-2010, studies with Naomi Shihab Nye, Li-Young Lee, Tim O’Brien, Madeleine L’Engle, and Robert Olen Butler. She unveils the Air America Memorial at UTD with CIA Director William Colby. Armed with the philosophy “Carpe Diem,” she attends Burning Man and climbs Wayna Pichhu, chasing another adventure in her “zone of silence.”
“…an utterly compelling and smartly written tale of the Viet-Nam War and its aftermath.” –Robert Olen Butler, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize A Good Scent from a Scared Mountain.
Whilst dealing with a chaotic home life, Emily is having to adjust to life at her new comprehensive school. Her new school is noisy and she feels lonely and isolated from friends she left behind at her old school. She becomes friends with young Aled, a boy who is sensitive and bullied. When Aled is found dead, Emily blames herself. Emily hopes her big brother will look after her, but Robbie has problems of his own. How will she cope? The incidents portrayed are accurate representations of school life in 21st century and based on the author’s personal experiences of helping young people cope with the stresses and challenges of school. Through the medium of the story, self-help tips show how even the most traumatic experiences can be overcome. Emily provides a shining example for all 11-14 year old pupils of how to cope with what life throws.
Zak can see ghosts and talk to spirits from long ago. While on holiday in the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Zak discovers the tormented spirit of the Victorian Lady Agapantha Claypole. With the guidance of the ancient wizard, Osran and the spirit that lives in the fountain of knowledge, Zak strives to set free the tormented soul of Lady Claypole. Zak’s investigation triggers a series of events that will take him on a terrifying ride to set right past wrongs and smooth the spectral journey of Lady Claypole to a better place of peace and eternal happiness.A must read for all those who love a spooky tale or the Harry Potter series.
- This second Zackery Grimm adventure sees Zak and his young cousin, Amelie enjoying an idyllic holiday in and around the seaside town of Whitby; a place steeped in myths, folklore and legend.
Amelie meets the strange Billy Peanut and the even odder twins, Pearl and Boyd. But is there something even weirder about these people – do they even exist?
Zak is forced to use his mystical powers, guided by his guardian, the powerful wizard, Osran when Amelie suddenly disappears whilst out riding on the North York moors.
With his connection to the spirit world, Zak’s enhanced senses enable him to discover the reason for her disappearance, which is connected to mythical creatures of the sea and to embark on a hair-raising quest to rescue her.
Full of drama, suspense and adventure, this book will appeal to a wide readership, especially young teens and fans of the mysterious and spooky.
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Matthew Abuelo’s Forever Turn the Midnight Carousel is a head-spinning depiction of harshest reality in New York City. Reading his sequence of poetry and stories is like “visiting the world of the forgotten.” In subway tunnels, psychiatric wards, and single occupancy rooms are individuals depicted in such brutal honesty by Abuelo that the reader cannot turn away or forget. Those of us fortunate enough to live “ordinary lives with ordinary fears” won’t easily file away this writer’s images-a “shut-in” dreading an eviction notice, a depressed tenant conceding “the instinct to survive but with no will to live,” a suicidal pedestrian for whom no cab stops. Forever Turn the Midnight Carousel is poetic recognition of lives cordoned off from meaning by urban excess and corruption. Through his searing poems and unflinching narratives, Mathew Abuelo speaks for those who know “the voice can become a severed limb.” His stark reminder of desperation just up the block or down the hallway is a jolting call for compassion.
—Judith Austin Mills, author of Accidental Joy: a streak of poetry, and the Texas Revolution trilogy How Far Tomorrow, Those Bones at Goliad and The Dove Shall Fly
Makenna Grace Gold is just your average 12-year-old girl. That is, until she is told that she must protect her newborn brother and sister to safeguard the future of the world. Armed with a mysterious weapon, three Fairy mentors, and a wisecracking earthworm named Fluffy, Makenna must battle the forces of evil and became a defender for hope. Can Makenna truly be ‘The Virago’?
Fifteen-year-old Kendra Sibley is suicidal. Her frantic mother, Helen admits her to a posh psychiatric hospital near Philadelphia. They both quickly discover that instead of getting her the help she needs, they have placed her in harm’s way. Helen reaches out to her best friend and journalist/writer, Madison Blythe, Kendra’s godmother. Madison and Kendra are soon pitted against the controlling and corrupt Dr. Victor Aiken, putting both their lives at risk. Can Madison use her resourcefulness to save both of them before Aiken’s Haven becomes their final resting place?