Daily Archives: October 26, 2016

Salutarisby Gev Sweeney

Priest. Professor. Musician. Vampire. John Hance is damned to life everlasting drinking the Blood of Christ instead of the blood of humans, sealed within a pact that no saint, pope, philosopher or Doctor of the Church had the imagination to include among the punishments of Hell. Until an enigmatic homeless girl becomes his student. She knows too much about him. Is she insane, ingenuous, or a divine emissary on a mission?

Ax & Spade: A Thriller (Raven Trilogy Book 1)by Kurt B. Dowdle

Ax & Spade conjures a world where chaos outstripped order by a wide margin and where the rule of law had yet to take hold: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – 1870. The story takes us back to an unforgettable nineteenth century boom town and introduces readers to a brilliant but flawed detective named Kamp.

When a local misfit is accused by a frenzied mob for a savage double murder, only Kamp, the city’s first-ever police detective, realizes there’s much more to the story. As Kamp digs deeper, it becomes shockingly clear that all three killings served a larger and even more chilling purpose. So goes Ax & Spade, the intense and powerful historical mystery from Kurt B. Dowdle.

Queen Mabby Kate Danley

McDougall Previews Award for Best Fantasy Book of the Year
WINNER – 1st Place Fantasy Book, Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards

Hell hath no fury as a faerie queen scorned…

When Faunus, the god of daydreams, breaks the heart of Queen Mab, revenge can be the only answer. Using the most powerful families in Verona, they wage their war against one another. But when Mab falls in love, this bitter queen will do anything, even if it means destroying the world, to change the story.

USA TODAY Bestselling author Kate Danley weaves a dark, romantic fairytale around the mythology of the fairy bringer of dreams – Queen Mab.

Burning Moonby Jo Watson

There’s a very fine line between blushing bride and mascara-streaked sobbing mess. #beenthere

Lilly Swanson has been planning her perfect life since she was twelve years old: Meet Mr. Right, have the big white wedding, buy a house in the burbs, and raise 2.5 picture-perfect kids. However, when her fiancé bails, leaving Lilly alone at the altar to face five hundred gossipy guests, her dream turns into a nightmare. But then Lilly makes an impulsive decision—she ditches the dress, grabs her passport, and heads off to spend her honeymoon alone.

Or so she thinks . . .

Because Lilly quickly learns that everything in the tropics is very hot: the weather, the merchandise, and especially Damien—the sexy, spontaneous man she meets before her feet even hit the sand. Now with no plan, and nothing holding her back, Lilly lets Damien lead her on a wild, unpredictable ride to the world’s most exclusive party, Burning Moon. But after a week of letting go, indulging her every impulse and desire, Lilly must go back to the girl she used to be. Or can Damien convince her that their party doesn’t have to end?

Not My Lifeby Bob Kat

Right place wrong time…that’s never happened before and what they don’t know could kill them.

On their way home from a trip to the Stanley Hotel in 1911, an accidental detour drops Kelly, Austin, Scott, and Zoey in 1977. They discover that their old friend, Dan Denucci has been arrested for murder. They knew him as a homeless man living under the fishing pier and making jewelry. How had this gentle old man become a killer?

He needs their help, but first they must convince him they have the power to travel through time. But can they trust him?

Reader’s Favorite 5 Star Review

Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite

Not My Life: Time Shifters Book #5 is a romantic time travel fantasy for young adults written by Bob Kat. Scott, Austin, Kelly and Zoey were looking forward to being back in the present day after their last adventure in the twentieth century. They were stunned to find that, while Scott’s app had transported them back to the right location, it had left them in what they would later discover was 1977. Fort Myers Beach was a very different place then, filled with cottages and open space. While they tried to figure out what they would do next, the four decided to get some food at The Cottage Beach Bar, a local landmark that Zoey’s mother had told her about from her high school days. Since the restaurant had sold out all the newspapers for the day, they rescued a customer’s used one out of the trash to determine where in time they had ended up. After a sudden gust of wind scattered the sheets of newspaper, Austin noticed an article about his homeless friend, Dan, an older man who made necklaces from seashells and used a metal detector on the beach at night. According to the reporter, Dan had been a doctor with a wife and child. He claimed to have been sleeping in the study when his wife and child were brutally murdered. After the quartet returned to the present day, they decided to see if they could get the evidence Dan needed to help the authorities find the actual killer and give him back his life.

Bob Kat’s romantic time travel fantasy for young adults, Not My Life: Time Shifters Book #5, finds the time traveling teens once again trying to help others through Scott’s ingenious app. While this is the fifth book in the series, Kat gives ample background throughout the story to enable this book to be enjoyed on its own. I loved the historical aspects covered in Not My Life, and found myself Googling Thomas Edison’s legendary Spirit Radio, which was reputed to broadcast the voices of the departed. Kat’s time travelers, while still teens, seem cognizant of the ethical issues surrounding their activities in the past, and their debates on those issues are thought-provoking. I especially enjoyed the investigative aspect of this book and seeing how four very different people worked so well together as a team with a common purpose. I’m planning on reading the first four volumes in this series and hope that there’s future adventures in the making. Not My Life: Time Shifters Book #5 is most highly recommended.

Dogs with Bagelsby Maria Elena Sandovici

Liliana is the disappointing daughter of hardworking immigrant parents. She’s a girl looking to be rescued from her own insecurities and bad decisions. Unable to afford rent in New York City proper, she craves a life of luxury that isn’t hers, while subsisting on bagels and coffee. In desperate need of support – emotional and otherwise -, she clings to potential saviors, never bothering to question if the attachments she forms really fit her.

In a parallel story-line, her mother, Maria, is trying to reject all offers of help, especially those of her estranged husband. She’s never forgiven him from taking her away from Romania, where she was happy. She’s never forgiven herself for following him to New York. And she’s never come to terms with the ugly fights and mutual betrayals that ruined their marriage. Enmeshed in her own drama, she doesn’t notice her daughter’s troubles until it’s too late. Desperate to keep Liliana from making a mistake that will alter the course of her life, Maria reveals her best-kept secret, a story so shocking it might have the power to jerk Liliana back to reality. It could, on the other hand, alienate her forever.

DOGS WITH BAGELS is a story about the American dream gone bad. It is also a story about mothers and daughters, about female friendships, the struggle to survive in one of the world’s most expensive cities, and nostalgia for people and places one has loved in the past.

All characters in this book are deeply flawed, but they are so compelling that readers asked for a follow-up novel. LOST PATH TO SOLITUDE (coming soon!) revisits the same cast a decade later, to find them facing new problems, yet oddly enough stuck in some of the same patterns.

The Bloodlineby Lorhainne Eckhart

'A 2016 Readers' Favorite Award Winner'

From New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Lorhainne Eckhart comes THE BLOODLINE, a big family romance series that will rock your world.

Andy Friessen has two guarantees in his life:

1. His wife Laura, and his children are safe from the control of his family.
2.A safety deposit box holds evidence that could blow his mother's world apart.

But nothing is ever simple or easy, until one night tragedy strikes, yanking the rug from under him. This time, secrets and lies could destroy the solid foundation he's built for his family.

THE FRIESSENS
The Reunion
The Bloodline (Andy & Laura)
The Promise (Jed & Diana)
The Business Plan (Neil & Candy)
The Decision (Brad & Emily)

Can't get enough of the Friessens? Read all the series beginning with the Bestseller The Forgotten Child. Now translated in two languages. Did you miss the other books in this big family romance series? Start with the worldwide bestseller THE FORGOTTEN CHILD translated in German & French.

Passion’s Furyby Violetta Rand

As the only sister of Jarl Roald Blood Axe, Lady Runa is expected to do her duty and choose a husband from among the five noblemen her brother has invited to a feast in her honor. An advantageous marriage means a new alliance for her family.

Runa has other plans though, including a lifelong dream to join the temple maidens where she can serve Odin and the other gods.

Captain Thorolf is the most respected man in Jarl Roald’s personal guard. Tasked with safeguarding the beautiful Lady Runa, he works hard to keep the obstinate girl out of trouble. But every time he thinks she’s ready to accept her fate, Runa finds another way to disobey her brother, which forces Thorolf to cover up her mistakes.

When an uninvited guest shows up at the feast and insults Runa’s family, she immediately takes matters into her own hands and threatens the intruder with a knife. Thorolf responds quickly, but Runa has gone too far. She’s embarrassed the only son of a neighboring jarl.

In retaliation for her bad behavior, Roald gives her an ultimatum. Choose a husband now or he will marry her off to the most decrepit lord in the farthest reaches of Norway he can find.

Under advisement from Captain Thorolf, Runa asks permission to visit the home of one of her suitors so she can get to know him better before she decides if he’s a worthy candidate for marriage.

However, Runa has no intention of marrying anyone. In fact, she’s secretly infatuated with Thorolf. But nothing can ever come of it.

Jarl Roald reluctantly agrees to let her go, but sends Thorolf along as his eyes and ears.

On the road to the north country, Runa’s party is attacked, leaving many dead and Captain Thorolf missing.

Runa escapes the violence and seeks assistance from the high priest at the temple.

Reunited with Captain Thorolf, Runa realizes she can longer hide her feelings for him. What they find is mutual admiration and an attraction that could cost them both dearly.

Will Thorolf risk everything he’s worked so hard to accomplish for the love of a forbidden woman? Will Runa once again defy her brother and take a chance on true love?

Lowcountry Punchby Boo Walker

The first meeting when you are undercover is like walking out on stage. Only you have to worry about being shot.”

DEA Agent T.A. Reddick’s life is in a downward spiral. Brokenhearted and branded a cop killer after a drug bust gone wrong, he’s haunted by the guilt of hard choices made in a hail of gunfire and the pain of a fiancée who left him on Christmas Eve. Desperate to start over, he returns home to Charleston, South Carolina, hoping to shake off tragic memories. But when a movie star’s death shines a spotlight on Charleston’s underground cocaine trade, T.A. must go undercover to find the main supplier and shut the ring down.

The pressure is on as T.A. adopts an entirely new identity and attempts to earn the trust of the powerful drug kingpin. But things are about to get even more complicated. An ex-lover shows up threatening to blow T.A.’s cover, a budding relationship with the woman of his dreams is about to fall apart, and a deadly hurricane is bearing down on the coastal city.

In a high stakes game where there are no second chances, T.A. will have to leave the downward spiral of his past behind–or risk losing it all.

Word of Honorby Alexa Aston

Become swept away in Alexa Aston’s new Knights of Honor, a medieval series set in the time of Edward III’s reign in England. At its heart are Geoffrey and Merryn, who will find lasting love in Word of Honor. This pair plays a part in each book of the series–sometimes small, sometimes large–as new couples come together to find passion and true love. Each romance focuses on honor and the code of chivalry that bound knights of this era.

1351 A.D. – Betrothed from a young age, Merryn Mantel and Geoffrey de Montfort are that rare couple–a love match. They spend five long years apart when Geoffrey leaves England to fight against the French. Geoffrey returns after the English victory at Poitiers, and he and Merryn wed. They spend one blissful night consummating their love, looking forward to a promising future together.

Yet Geoffrey vanishes the next day. Merryn is left lonely and confused as she clings to the hope that one day her husband will come back to her. Geoffrey finally returns almost seven years later. This new Geoffrey is a stranger to Merryn. He refuses to reveal where he has been and why he stayed away from the woman he loved.

Will her husband’s silence create a rift too large to heal, or can Geoffrey and Merryn recapture the love they once shared?

Join Geoffrey and Merryn as they fight for the love both have held in their hearts despite their years apart.

Note: This book has been previously published under the pen name Lauren Linwood.

Heart in a Boxby Catherine Stine

Each heartbeat leads Joss closer to a shocking truth that will change everything.
Joss Olstad wins the fight to switch from her private school to a public high to “find her pieces” she lost when the Indian artist father she never knew died. There, Joss struggles with a slutty friend, who flirts with her new love; Indian Culture Club girls who press her on her past, as well as her stoner mother’s lies back at home. Armed only with her handmade heart boxes that hold private messages, Joss’s search for identity leads her to a scary industrial section of Queens, and a shocking family secret that changes everything.

School, Sex and Secretsby Sheila Michelle

18-year-old Rosemont High School student Vanessa Ellis from Las Vegas, Nevada loves finding out about other people’s secrets, but never imagined how it would be if people found out about hers. Her secret begins her senior year when she ends up in a secret relationship with 18-year-old John Catchton . . . and then in one with 18-year-old Brad Johnston who has a girlfriend – and that’s not all. John and Brad happen to be very good friends with each other and go to the same school as her. But someone out there knows about her secret and lets her know it by sending her a series of threatening secret text messages, and this is not the only thing that she’s receiving. She’s also receiving unwanted roses that are always put inside of her car, so this now has her very cautious about the two that she’s secretly involved with and about whether or not her secret will be revealed. But it doesn’t take her long to feel uncomfortable about being in a secret relationship with John and Brad at the same time, especially since Brad has a girlfriend and there’s someone out there that knows about her secret, so she chooses to end it with one of them, and when she does, this starts a trail of even more secrets and lies. Also because of this choice, she ends up in an open, committed relationship that she doesn’t ever expect to be in, but what she doesn’t expect most of all is when a dark secret leads to a classmate’s murder.

Vanessa and her friends decide to conduct their own investigation into their classmate’s murder, and forensic science plays a huge part in their investigation, but the DNA results gives them news that they don’t ever expect to hear. Vanessa also doesn’t expect to hear who’s been behind the secret text messages and roses that she’s been receiving, and when the secret identity of the person is revealed, this changes the way she feels about the whole investigation. In addition to this, she also finds out that she’s more connected to this case than she ever thinks she would be, and because of this, she fears that she’ll be the killer’s next victim.

My Friends Are All Strangeby Margaret Lesh

My friends are all strange.

Right now I’m living at Brookside, a place for people like me. I’ve met a kitty girl, a brooding beautiful boy, one who can’t be touched, and others. My new friends. Strange people. People like me.
I’ve always been different, but lately, more so. My hands sometimes don’t seem to be attached to the rest of me. I cut up all of my clothes. I’m hot, so hot, all of the time. If I sleep, a wizard haunts every dream. I don’t sleep. Sometimes I want to run, but where do you run to when you’re trying to escape your own mind? I don’t know if I’ll ever be the same. I’m smart. I’m nice, sometimes. I just want to be normal(ish). But, right now, my friends are all strange… Like me.

Dark, funny, snarky, seventeen-year-old Becca struggles to cope with mental illness in MY FRIENDS ARE ALL STRANGE, the gripping contemporary young adult companion novel to NORMALISH.

No Nonsense Real Estateby Alex Goldstein

“This is a very thorough review of what the intelligent homebuyer needs to know… straight from an experienced pro that has seen millions of dollars exchange hands at the closing table.”

– Peter Voogd, #1 International Bestselling Author of 6 Months to 6 Figures

There are countless real estate books on the market today, so why read this one? What sets it apart from all the others out there?

Bestselling Author, Alex Goldstein, brings a unique perspective that many others do not. As a successful realtor and investor, Alex has been on both sides of a real estate transaction, so he knows what strategies and techniques will lead to a successful deal, and which ones should be avoided at all costs. That’s why he chose the name, “No Nonsense Real Estate,” for his third book.

Goldstein offers practical, proven home buying techniques, free of fluff or confusing jargon.

This book is for anyone who is getting ready to buy or sell a home and wants to be as informed as possible as they get ready to begin the process so there are no surprises – whether they will be working with a realtor or doing it on their own.

9 REASONS TO READ THIS BOOK NOW:

1. AGENT – Go through the pros and cons of working with a real estate agent, and the two ways that they can add the most value,

2. ECONOMICS – You’ll understand the fundamental economics of the housing market in the simplest terms possible

3. INVESTING – Avoid the top five mistakes (almost) all new real estate investors make

4. NEGOTIATIONS – Five critical elements of a successful negotiation

5. FINANCING – Possible financing options, from traditional loans to seller financing

6. SELLING – Seven secrets that make selling a home as painless as possible

7. BUYING – Demystifying contracts and closing costs takes the fear out of the process

8. CLOSING – Walk through eight steps involved in a real estate transaction closing

9. PRACTICAL – Learn how all the different parts come together in a real life case study

You also receive three free gifts. Goldstein has put together a special document answering the most popular questions every buyer, seller or investor has during a real estate transaction. You also get special access to an easy-to-understand glossary of the most popular real estate jargon. Last but not least, every reader is access to a free video training that will teach you how to choose the best home for your family. The free training is available at:

http://Bonus.NoNonsenseBook.com

The Balanced Warrior: A fitness guide to achieving the body you have always wanted, discovering your Inner Warrior Spirit, and becoming the Action Superhero of your lifeby Heidi Moneymaker & Lisa Paul-Newman

Do you want an amazing body and an abundance of energy but don’t think that you have the time to fit it into your schedule? Learn the secrets to our quick sweats, our quick and simple recipes and our stillness practices that will fit into your calendar and give you the body you have always wanted. Whether you are a single mom of three or a career woman struggling to find time to get your sweat on, this book will give you the tools to create your ideal life with your ideal body so that you can be the superhero of your own life!

Heidi Moneymaker, an actress and one of Hollywood’s most sought-after stuntwomen, and Lisa Paul-Newman, financial officer, fitness personality, and mother of two boys, will show you how to live the life you want with the body you deserve in their new Best Selling book, The Balanced Warrior.

As creators of Fierce Lotus Fitness, Heidi and Lisa are living proof that balancing family, career, health and fitness is not only possible, but empowering! The Balanced Warrior gives you the secrets to living the Fierce Lotus Lifestyle, starting with mastering your Warrior Mind, then teaching you how to add the Fierce Lotus Trinity of nutrition, fitness, and meditation into your hectic schedule to earn the mind and body you have always wanted. Together, Lisa and Heidi have over 30 years’ experience in the fitness world.

Lisa, a fitness model, trainer and group fitness instructor and Heidi, a professional athlete and film fight trainer to some of Hollywood’s top action stars, bring you this innovative guide to complete fitness. Learn what to eat, where to shop on a budget, how to get fitness results despite a tight schedule, and how to master the art of meditation with Fierce Lotus’s recommended stillness techniques.

A must read!

Giants At Play: Finding Wisdom, Courage, And Acceptance To Encounter Your Destinyby Curtis Tyrone Jones

A wise woman named Bertice Berry once said, “When you walk with purpose you collide with destiny.” With this in mind, Giants At Play is the opposite of a safety manual, it is rather a dangerous guide to ensure such collisions not only take place but frequent the life of the reader. Part I, “Giants At Play,” is about learning to recognize and courageously encounter the many and ever-accessible giants that passionately live and play among us. In this sense, “giants” can be anything that awakens you to your greatness, destiny, or the unlimited potential that is your life. Ideas, art, mentors, epic novels, movies, philosophies, relationships, spiritual teachers, inventions, meditations, stories, nature, sex, music, gods, and goddesses all flood this world with their magical movements in order to somehow catch our eye and catapult our hearts onto a journey into the sky. In this way, like fireworks our lives bring magnificence, brilliance, and awe to all those within sight. Part II, “A Cure For The Bitter Bones,” is meant to be an ecstasy-inducing elixir for any who’ve grown old, tired, or rigid, having skinned their chin or elbows while participating in the hard game of life. Considering life’s massive let downs and the extreme patience required for the achievement of our goals, self-mastery, and the fulfillment of our destiny, it is a small wonder that we would need such medicinal strong drink for the journey we face. My hope is that together, these two concepts of courageously learning to play among “Giants” and frequently ingesting “A Cure For The Bitter Bones” would help you to find wisdom, courage, and acceptance to encounter your destiny. Live your dream. Order this ebook and “collide with” your dangerous destiny now!

Reviews:

“Giants At Play is a wonderful playground for the mind. Each poem transports you to another world: A place of empowerment, beauty, optimism, sensuality, fantasy, and limitless possibilities. As I read each poem again and again, my enjoyment increases and its meaning deepens. I am gently guided back into the meditative bliss I felt as a child when I would open my window and breathe the summer night air as my mind wandered while gazing up at the stars. Dust off the cobwebs of your imagination and prepare to unlock the limitless possibilities and confident ability you felt as a child. You will believe you can fly again!”
~ Emily Wolfer, (Kansas City, MO)

“Curtis Jones is a modern day Hafiz–creative, engaging, and inspiring. He will touch your soul: a poet who speaks to your highest self, leads you to love, and teaches you to treasure what is good, true, and beautiful.”
~ Josh Kalsbeek (San José, CA)

“Curtis Jones’ Giants At Play is a breath of fresh air. Filled with thought-provoking quotes and eloquent poetry, the reader is moved to examine life inside out. Transitioning from inspiration to declaration, Curtis Jones was able to entertain the idea that life was meant to be lived and not just witnessed.”
~ Solomon Lee (Buena Park, CA)

“Sometimes we forget that even the simplest of words can link together to radiate an idea, a feeling so complex and so genuinely real. It spurs us on to think and feel more profoundly, wake up tomorrow and do it all over again. Giants At Play is precisely this, a thrust into the depths of ourselves and the encouragement to embrace it.”
~ Bianca Anjuli Villegas (West Palm Beach, FL)

“Reading through Giants At Play is like turning the knob on a gumball machine. You know you will receive a piece of the sweet candy inside, but which one will it be? A moving lyric? A poetic picture? A word of wisdom? Curtis Tyrone Jones has paid attention to the world, engaged it as it engaged him, and now shares the richness of his experience with his brothers and sisters. Giants At Play encourages us and dares us to be encouraged.”
~ David Augustus, (Wilmington, NC)