Daily Archives: January 27, 2017

Stealing Second (The Amendments Book One 1)by Nicholas Antinozzi

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

The freedom to defend oneself against all enemies, foreign and domestic, is the very definition of liberty. America’s Founding Fathers went to great lengths to ensure this right wasn’t infringed upon by future lawmakers. Still, to this day, politicians seem determined to undermine that freedom. Once that right is stripped away from the American People, freedom as we know it will cease to exist.

Stealing Second takes a look into future America, an unarmed America, where unmanned drones rule the skies and UN troops police the population. Across the country, detention camps spring up like weeds. Americans are given two weeks to turn in their firearms. But those who believe Americans will easily give up their arms have another thing coming. Washington only succeeds in angering the American People and the country plunges into a second revolutionary war. With the odds stacked heavily against them, Americans fight back to preserve their liberty.

Like many Americans, Gary Smith trusts the government to make his decisions for him. He lives in a world of self-imposed apathy, blissfully ignorant, and determined to remain so. Slowly, the blinders are removed from his eyes. Gary wakes up to find that the world he knows has suddenly changed. Too late, he realizes that he was part of the problem. Desperate to take back what has been stolen from him, Gary joins a group of likeminded individuals in a last-gasp effort to turn back the hands of time.

Powerfully written and uniquely entertaining, this timely tale is a story that begs to be read. However you feel about gun control, whatever side of the proverbial aisle you stand, Stealing Second is an important work of fiction. A plausible scenario that all Americans should consider before allowing our politicians to dismantle the Second Amendment.

School, Sex and Secrets: Series eBook Box Setby Sheila Michelle

THE SCHOOL, SEX AND SECRETS SERIES BOX SET: BOOKS 1-3
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SCHOOL, SEX AND SECRETS
18-year-old Rosemont High School senior Vanessa Ellis from Las Vegas, Nevada, learns the hard way when it comes to her secret of seeing two boys at the same time – Brad Johnston and John Catchton – that are good friends and go to the same school as her, and it all starts with someone secretly texting her about it. But when she also chooses to end one of the relationships that she’s in, it leads to more secrets and lies, but she unexpectedly ends up in an open, committed relationship. 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, and this is only the beginning.

SCHOOL, SEX AND SECRETS II
The Killer Has Been Found Out. The Chase Is On . . . .

The killer has been found out by Vanessa, and now the chase is on to make sure that justice prevails and it’s a terrifying chase as the killer is determined not to get caught and will do whatever is possible not to, including killing again. But the killer gets a taste of its own medicine when someone decides to take the law into their own hands, and this leaves everyone wondering now if justice will ever be officially served. Vanessa also wonders if she’ll ever be the same or feel the same about two people that are very important to her after she stumbles upon a secret that happened as the result of a steamy private party between her and three others just the weekend before. And to make matters worse, there’s a stunning development in the original killing, and it leaves Vanessa speechless. Vanessa is also left speechless about one more thing . . . another secret text.

More school, more sex, and definitely more secrets plague this sequel of the School, Sex and Secrets series.

SCHOOL, SEX AND SECRETS III
Time is running out for the killer, and Vanessa and her friends are determined to make sure that the truth is told about what happened to their friend once and for all. With no one on the killer’s side, someone ends up coming to Rosemont in the middle of the school year that could end up changing this. Meadow Wells is a senior, and immediately connects with Vanessa and her friends. She’s very interested in the victim since she’d heard about what happened, and wants to find out from Vanessa and all of her friends about the case since they were friends with the victim. Vanessa and her friends are not sure when the time is right to tell Meadow since all they had was their assumptions and no solid proof, but when Meadow ends up getting very close to the killer, they want to make their move in telling her who her new friend is before it’s too late.

Telling Meadow about who her new friend is becomes Vanessa and her friends’ top priority, and ends up in a series of events that leads to a shocking discovery once again about the killer and about Meadow, which all leads to the shocking conclusion that has her and her friends bonded together forever.

Unfathomedby Ralph Kern

The M/S Atlantica, one of the most advanced cruise ships in the world, is lost.

Land has disappeared. Fuel, food and hope begin to dwindle.

After months recuperating in hospital, US Marine Jack Cohen hoped a Caribbean cruise would help him recover from the horrific injuries he sustained fighting in the Middle East. Instead, when the ship is attacked, he is once again thrust into battle to protect Atlantica against the ruthless enemy hunting her, and the insidious threat already aboard.

On these mysterious and uncharted seas, where even the compass shows the sun rising to the west, Atlantica’s salvation may lie with a Navy warship which is as lost as they are. Together, they must pool their resources and use every means available to defend themselves while discovering what has happened to them.

And the rest of the world.

Unfathomed, a military science fiction thriller which will appeal to anyone who enjoyed Lost, BSG or The Last Ship.

From the international best-selling author of Endeavour and Erebus.

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The Deadliest Hateby June Trop

Winner of Honorable Mention for fiction in the 2016 New York Book Festival.

The Roman Empire may be the least of her enemies.

A secret alchemical recipe to transmute copper into gold surfaces in first-century CE Caesarea. As soon as Miriam sets out to trace the leak, Judean terrorists target her for assassination. Eluding the assassins while protecting a secret of her own, she discovers that she, herself, is responsible for the leak. Moreover she is powerless to stop its spread throughout the Empire and beyond.

But who is really trying to kill Miriam? Is it a case of mistaken identity, or is her late-fiancé’s ex-scribe, now an assistant to the Procurator of Judea, seeking to avenge an old grudge? Or is her heartthrob’s half-brother, a Judean patriot who inherited his mother’s mania, afraid Miriam knows too much?

And how did the recipe find its way from Alexandria to Caesarea anyway?

June Trop (Zuckerman) has had over forty years of experience as an award-winning teacher and educator. Now associate professor emerita at the State University of New York at New Paltz, she spends her time breathlessly following her intrepid protagonist, Miriam bat Isaac, who is back in the underbelly of Alexandria, once again searching for a murderer in The Deadliest Sport while worrying about her brother.

The Woman in the Photograph: The Search for My Mother’s Pastby Mani Feniger

What if a secret photograph and a property stolen by the Nazis unlocked the door to your mother’s buried past and to a family history you knew nothing about?
“A riveting, beautifully written memoir.” – Naomi Lucks
“The story has a heartbeat.” – Sue Bender
“An eloquent account of a daughter’s transformative journey into the heart of her mother’s hidden life.” – Elizabeth Rosner

Mani Feniger steered a deliberate course away from her mother’s German-Jewish roots. But with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, she found herself swept up in a flood of startling revelations from her mother’s earlier life. As she pored through old photographs and documents, she began to ask questions about secrets and omissions. The answers she found both shocked and inspired her, and would irrevocably transform her view of her mother, herself, and the meaning of family legacy.

From Berkeley, California to New York City, to Leipzig, Germany, this compelling memoir takes you across continents and lifetimes.

“The Woman in the Photograph” will make you wonder about the men and women in your own photographs and how your life has been shaped by events you know little about.

Deception of a Highlanderby Madeline Martin

“A promising debut​.​”–​PUBLISHERS WEEKLY​

Scottish Romance doesn’t get much steamier–or more dangerous–than a spy hunting her quarry, and losing her heart to him instead.

To pay a seemingly impossible debt, Mariel Brandon has become a spy for Aaron, one of England’s deadliest minds. Aaron’s latest mission for the sharp-witted and daring Mariel is to find two people in a heavily fortified castle on the Isle of Skye, a castle headed by the clan MacDonald and the powerful Kieran. Mariel is to seduce Kieran and get him to take her to Skye. If she succeeds, Aaron promises to let Mariel’s young brother go, and to free both of them from their debt. If she fails, her brother will die.

What she doesn’t count on is craving Kieran MacDonald almost immediately upon meeting him. Now Mariel must keep a secret from Kieran–one that could get them both killed–as she tries to form a plan that will save her brother, get her out from under Aaron’s thumb once and for all, and keep her in Kieran’s strong arms forever.

Warriors of Odinby Kathryn Le Veque

Five Viking Romances that promise passion, adventure, and all things Viking. Welcome to Warriors of Odin, a collection of five fabulous Viking tales from some of the top authors in historical romance. Visit a world where the men from the north ride the waves in search of conquest, passion, and power. This bundle includes:

Kingdom by the Sea by Kathryn Le Veque: A Viking raider and a warrior maiden square off in this exciting novella of king’s gold, tall tales, romance, and reincarnation.

The Rover Defiant by Anna Markland: Torstein’s bravery has earned him his freedom, but the Viking nobility will never forgive or forget he was once a slave. The high-born woman he loves has too much pride to give herself to a former thrall.

Shieldmaiden’s Revenge by Emma Prince: Madrena burns hot for revenge against the man who attacked her village and shattered her life five years ago. When a dark-haired stranger named Rúnin washes ashore in her village, he promises to be her guide in exchange for his freedom, but when the fires of desire rival those for vengeance, will the fierce shieldmaiden choose love over war?

Love’s Fury by Violetta Rand: Duty, passion, revenge, and seduction create the spellbinding tale of Konal the Red and his conquest, Silvia.

Rise of a Viking by Sky Purington: Hearts are tested and lives forever changed when a modern-day woman is swept back in time to tenth-century Scandinavia. Now a Viking set to inherit the throne must battle a powerful enemy to protect not only her but his people.

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