Monthly Archives: November 2016

Twelve Days of Fruitcakeby Nancy Hill

A delightful Christmas story that begins when an old woman gives a special fruitcake to her friend. The friend, in turn, gives it to someone else. For twelve days the fruitcake exchanges hands, improving the life of everyone who receives it. Charming, heartwarming, and magical.

Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Lifeby Neil Strauss

Featuring all new material not included in the print edition, including: two deleted chapters, the contents of Neil’s Bugout Bag, a disaster survival cheat sheet on how to survive 35 catastrophic events, and ten emergency-preparedness myths that can kill you.

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation.

What can you do when it all hits the fan?

You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system.

**I’ve started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes.** So begins Neil Strauss’s harrowing new book: his first full-length worksince the international bestseller The Game, and one of the most original-and provocative-narratives of the year.

After the last few years of violence and terror, of ethnic and religious hatred, of tsunamis and hurricanes–and now of world financial meltdown–Strauss, like most of his generation, came to the sobering realization that, even in America, anything can happen. But rather than watch helplessly, he decided to do something about it. And so he spent three years traveling through a country that’s lost its sense of safety, equipping himself with the tools necessary to save himself and his loved ones from an uncertain future.

With the same quick wit and eye for cultural trends that marked The Game, The Dirt, and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Emergency traces Neil’s white-knuckled journey through today’s heart of darkness, as he sets out to move his life offshore, test his skills in the wild, and remake himself as a gun-toting, plane-flying, government-defying survivor. It’s a tale of paranoid fantasies and crippling doubts, of shady lawyers and dangerous cult leaders, of billionaire gun nuts and survivalist superheroes, of weirdos, heroes, and ordinary citizens going off the grid.

It’s one man’s story of a dangerous world–and how to stay alive in it.

Before the next disaster strikes, you’re going to want to read this book. And you’ll want to do everything it suggests. Because tomorrow doesn’t come with a guarantee…

Hack Your Habitsby Joanna Jast

“If you’re struggling with temptations or short on self-control, the traditional approach to habit building using willpower will not help you much. You will continue lapsing and struggling, and feeling like a failure. It’s time for a new approach, one that will provide lasting results.”

Habits (good and bad) run our lives.

Until now, most strategies for habit formation relied on motivation and willpower. But in today’s world where we are surrounded by temptations, self-restraint and self-discipline have become even harder. In order to build better habits, break old ones and transform your life you need a system not motivational fluff.

Bestselling Author, Joanna Jast’s Hack Your Habits is a must-read that includes expert contributions from Hal Elrod, Stephen Guise, Martin Meadows, and Steve S.J. Scott.

This book is for you if you:

You’ll look forward to learning how to:

Hack Your Habits is your roadmap to tackling common problems so you can achieve your habit goals faster, with less effort and more enjoyment, finally putting an end to your struggles.

A Wave From Mamaby A. Robert Allen

The early reviews are in, “Soul Touching—Introspective and fascinating—Powerful, like no other book that I have read!—Poignant and compelling”

A former slave gets his dream job building the Brooklyn Bridge, but finds himself at war with the gangs of Irishtown. Will the corrupt Metropolitan Police save or sacrifice him?

˃˃˃ 1863 Weeksville, Brooklyn:

The free Black community of Weeksville becomes home to an unusually small boy and his mother who fled Manhattan during New York’s Draft Riots. When his mother succumbs to her injuries, the boy swears revenge against everyone and everything that contributed to her death. His diminutive size and acrobatic climbing abilities make him a spectacle to behold, while his awkward social habits make him an outcast to everyone in Weeksville, except the adopted family he swears to protect.

When his stepbrother is attacked, the boy becomes embroiled in a battle between the Irish Gangs and Whiskey Kings of Irishtown while the corrupt Metropolitan Police sit on the sidelines. The backdrop of the action is the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the racial tensions of the period.

Will the boy survive the ordeals of the day and achieve his dream of being a high-flying tower man on the bridge project? Or, will he become another victim of the Irish gangs and never know the joy of standing atop the tallest structure in North America?

˃˃˃ A Wave From Mama is a stand-alone story only connected in concept with Volume 1.

Crematory for Phoenixes: Not a word for the dead (The burned chronicles Book 1)by Nikola Yanchovichin

In a world where time travel is readily accessible, the rich landscapes that fostered the beginnings of human civilization become the battleground for a silent war that rages through the eons as time travelers each carve their own paths for history to follow.

Yet even time travelers are not immune to the ravages of time. For these manipulators of fate, aging is the least of the horrors that await. As their DNA becomes as unstable as the time line they’ve created, man himself becomes the monsters of classic myths and legends.

Several isolated groups of strangers and outcasts travel the sweeping deserts and raging seas, connected by their mission to destroy these monsters of man’s own creation. Their harrowing journey takes them through ancient lands to the grotesque monsters that lay within. At stake is the course of the human race and possibly its very existence.

Air: The Elementals Book Twoby L.B. Gilbert

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author L.B. Gilbert.

Despite being the junior Elemental, Logan’s never had to worry about failing a mission before. Not until an overgrown and annoyingly attractive shifter comes along.

Being an Elemental is in Logan’s blood. Hers is the gift of Air, a vast power she’s still struggling to control. Then a Were named Connell hunts her down. His wolf is missing, and he blames her.

A den of werewolves is the last place Logan wants to be. The testosterone alone is enough to make her choke. But she has a mystery to solve. She will find out who is stealing wolves even if kills her.

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what the enemy has planned…

Guarded by the Warriorby Eliza Knight

A lady in need of protection…

Suffering through a short marriage to an enemy of Scotland, Lady Emilia MacCulloch manages to escape just before her husband dies. But the Ross clan will stop at nothing to get her back, for she plays a big part in their plans to thwart Robert the Bruce. She fears for her own family being labeled traitors and for her life. Placed by her king as a governess in the household of a devastatingly handsome warrior, Emilia finds herself drawn to the man, when she had previously sworn off love all together. His passion, charisma, loyalty and strength shake the very foundation she’s built around her heart.

A warrior in need of saving…

Ian Matheson has spent his entire life trying to prove himself. To belong. When his father passes away and his mother takes her vows at a nearby abbey, he is suddenly left in a position he was wholly unprepared for. And then his father’s dozen illegitimate children arrive on his doorstep in need of a father figure of their own. They are adorable and reckless, and he’s certain they’ll drive him mad. Just when he thinks he might actually need to find a wife to help him, Lady Emilia is presented to him by the king. She needs his protection, and he needs her help with the bairns. Ian is tempted by her angelic face, her fiery tongue, and the secrets that surround her. He must resist the growing desire that’s laying claim within him. He must prove to his clan that he is a worthy leader. But maybe, just maybe, he can have the respect of his people, and Emilia, too.

My Name Is Joeby Stefan Bourque

Everything about Joe is average. Middle-aged and single, Joe thinks little of his average life until a routine medical test returns a shocking diagnosis. When Joe’s doctor advises him to get his affairs in order, he faces two choices: leave this world full of regrets, or find redemption for a life unlived.

Struggling with guilt over his perceived wasted existence, Joe plans an extraordinary event that he believes will redeem him, after which he plans to end his life while he still has his dignity. The event goes according to plan until he meets Rebecca, a young, single mother struggling with guilt over the death of her own mother.

Their meeting sets them at odds with each other – Joe fights against forming new bonds with others as he faces his own mortality, while Rebecca remains frozen in the past, unable to share her feelings. Despite their misgivings, they come to realize that the other may hold the key to forgiveness and salvation — if they can find the courage to trust one another.

A profoundly moving novel about the power of human kindness and perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You, My Name is Joe deftly navigates the unspoken thoughts and fears that connect us all and defines what it means to be human.

Beautiful Darknessby Victoria Zak

Step into the sexy world of the Fae Vampire sisters from the Scottish Highlands….

The Highlands are full of magic and fae trickery. Adaira, Leana, and Masie Keith know this all too well. Destined to change their fate, but unprepared for the truth, their journey begins as the sisters grow accustomed to their dark sides–forever beautiful–forever blood drinkers–forever Baobhan sith.

Accused of murdering their laird’s son, Masie and her sisters flee their home.

Masie is immediately conflicted, especially after she’s captured by Clan Gunn and falls in love with the laird’s brother. Her true identity must remain a secret. For if she tells her Highlander who and what she really is, she could be burned as a witch. And Masie would never endanger her beloved sisters.

The last thing Commander Kerr Gunn saw in his future was falling in love with a lass from Clan Keith, his greatest enemy. The moment he laid eyes on her, he was under her spell. With the woman he loves wanted for murder, will he surrender Masie to her clan to stand trial or protect her with his sword and fierce heart?

Cold-Bloodedby Lisa Regan

Fourteen years ago, high school track star Sydney Adams was gunned down in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. The investigation yielded useless clues, and the case went cold. But homicide detective Augustus Knox never gave up on finding Sydney’s killer. Now, retired from the police force and with only months to live, he enlists the help of private investigator Jocelyn Rush to clear the case once and for all.

Armed with little more than a theory as to who murdered Sydney, Jocelyn tries to lure a killer into the open. But unraveling the mystery means facing off against a cunning psychopath whose ruthlessness knows no bounds. When more bodies start to pile up, Jocelyn has to decide just how far she’s willing to go to catch a cold-blooded killer.

The Sword Brothersby Peter Darman

Jerusalem may have fallen to the Saracens but in the Baltic Bishop Albert of Riga has created the crusader state of Livonia to bring the word of God to the indigenous pagans. The battle to convert the natives is savage and unrelenting and into this holy war is thrust Conrad Wolff, a young native of the city of Lübeck whose family has suffered a terrible injustice.

Forced to leave his homeland to seek sanctuary in Livonia, Conrad’s fate is soon entwined with that of the Sword Brothers, the order of warrior monks that fights to defend and expand Christendom in the Baltic. But as Conrad begins his training to become a member of the brethren, the enemies of the Bishop of Riga gather and soon Livonia is surrounded and battling for its very existence.

Conrad and the order soon find themselves fighting for their lives as the enemies of the Sword Brothers close in on all sides.

This, the first volume in the Crusader Chronicles, tells the story of Conrad Wolff and the Baltic Crusade during the first years of the thirteenth century.

Garden of Shadowsby Meara Platt

Danger lurks for Julia Marsden, the daughter of the late vicar of St. Lodore’s Church in the quiet village of Borrowdale.

Julia doesn’t believe in faeries or magic or dreams coming true, but odd things have been happening at the vicarage lately that cannot be explained. Her orphaned cousin, Charlie, believes in mythical creatures and claims that faeries now inhabit the vicarage’s bluebell garden. The boy also claims the faerie king, Cadeyrn, has promised to make him a prince in his kingdom and teach crippled Charlie to walk again if he will cross into the Fae realm.

As the faerie king’s influence on the boy grows stronger, another threat emerges from the boy’s uncle – Douglas Hawke, the Earl of Eastbourne, who has come to wrench him from Julia’s guardianship. Julia is determined to fight both men, but as she and the boy begin to fall under the spell of the faerie king, Julia realizes that only her love for Douglas can save them.

But is Douglas capable of loving her, even at the cost of his own life?

Cage Lifeby Miles Watson

It’s the punch you don’t see coming that drops you. Any fighter can tell you that. And Mickey Watts isn’t just any fighter; he’s one of the best in mixed martial arts, a top contender who seems to have it all: looks, brains and rich girlfriend who’s crazy about him. The fact his family is mobbed-up to its Irish-Italian eyebrows has never been a problem…until Mick throws one punch too many and finds that some debts can only be paid in blood.

Knuckle Down: A Cage Life Novel (Cage Life Series Book 2)by Miles Watson

When mixed martial artist Mickey Watts returns to New York after three years in exile, he just wants to forget his bloody days with the mob and do what he does best — fight. But when his ex-fiancee is threatened by the same vicious gangsters that ran him out of town, he gets a chance not only to win her back, to but to settle some old scores in the process. Trouble is, Mick’s not the only one with vengeance on his mind. Because the city that never sleeps, never forgives.

The Frog Prince (New Modern Wicked Fairy Tales)by Selena Kitt

“You’re a very bad girl, princess.” He slipped a hand down to her hip to keep her still. “Knock that off or I’m going to have to discipline you again.”

FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING & AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SELENA KITT

♛ MODERN WICKED FAIRY TALES ♛

Do you love fairy tales? Then don’t miss these happily ever afters!

In this modern version of the fairy tale classic, The Frog Prince, heiress Darcy Haverford and ex-military beach bum Daniel Colvin find themselves shipwrecked on a desert island together.

Daniel may have the skills to keep them alive–but after living alone with Darcy for a week, he’s not sure he has the patience to keep from wringing her spoiled neck.

But the longer they spend together, the hotter it gets on the island, until the friction between the two of them rises to a fever pitch.

What neither of them knows is that a storm is coming and the key to their survival may involve both discipline and surrender.

Unbreakable Bondsby Selena Kitt

“You have to go to him. Tell him you love him. You have to be with him, Ruby. If you don’t… I’m not sure what will happen.”

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FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING & AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SELENA KITT
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In the not-so-distant future, working at N.A.S.A. has its perks. For Ruby, who isn’t an astronaut nor does she have any aspirations to be, the biggest perk is meeting Sebastian.

The minute their eyes meet, Ruby feels herself attracted to the man–who is a man and yet so much more–before they even exchange hellos. It’s Sebastian’s alien, lavender-colored eyes that draw her in, and their relationship burns so fast and hot, they’re bonded before she even knows what’s happening.

When Ruby sees Sebastian with a very tall, pretty blonde, she suddenly feels just how deeply their bond goes. The pain is so unbearable, she begins wishing she could be taken back to a time and place when the idea of life on other planets was just a dream–when the invention of hypersleep and traveling at the speed of light were nothing but ideas in the minds of fiction writers.

Is she ready to be the human mate of an alien being? Does she have a choice anymore? Conflicted Ruby wallows in her pain until an unlikely someone intervenes–and Ruby comes to fully understand just how unbreakable her bond with Sebastian really is.