Daily Archives: May 1, 2020

Jigsaw Soulby Scott Middlemist

Jigsaw Soul follows a soldier’s quest to recover the lost pieces of his soul in an epic that echoes “Apocalypse Now” and “The Odyssey.”

In a black ops unit, Arthur Logan calls bullets and bombs from the sky over Iraq. The corpses created by his lethal rain send ghosts after Arthur’s soul, but he avoids their revenge…until returning home.

Civilian life seems perfect, but the echoes of war slowly dissolve his sanity, and Arthur causes a disaster that kills hundreds of people.

While imprisoned for his actions, Arthur discovers his shattered soul is scattered between life and death in a slipstream called The Scale. On a quest for redemption, Arthur hunts for his soul in supernatural versions of San Francisco, New York, Camelot, Valhalla, and even into hell.

In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoirby Bobi Conn

A clear-eyed and compassionate memoir of the Appalachian experience by a woman who embraced its astonishing beauty, narrowly escaped its violence, and struggles to call it home.

Bobi Conn was raised in a remote Kentucky holler in 1980s Appalachia. She remembers her tin-roofed house tucked away in a vast forest paradise; the sparkling creeks, with their frogs and crawdads; the sweet blackberries growing along the road to her granny’s; and her abusive father, an underemployed alcoholic whose untethered rage and violence against Bobi and her mother were frighteningly typical of a community marginalized, desperate, and ignored. Bobi’s rule of survival: always be vigilant but endure it silently.

Slipping away from home, Bobi went to college and got a white-collar job. Mistrusted by her family for her progress and condescended to by peers for her accent and her history, she was followed by the markers of her class. Though she carried her childhood self everywhere, Bobi also finally found her voice.

An elegiac account of survival despite being born poor, female, and cloistered, Bobi’s testament is one of hope for all vulnerable populations, particularly women and girls caught in the cycle of poverty and abuse. On a continual path to worth, autonomy, and reinvention, Conn proves here that “the storyteller is the one with power.”

The Jerusalem Creed: A Sean Wyatt Archaeological Thrillerby Ernest Dempsey

Could you sacrifice the lives of millions to save your daughter?

When an archaeologist’s daughter is abducted, he must help them find a powerful ancient relic to save her life but at the cost of millions of lives. Or is there another option?
Enter Sean Wyatt.
Thousands of years ago, Babylonian armies invaded Jerusalem. They ripped through the city, leaving a swath of destruction in their wake and taking almost everything Israel held sacred. Almost.

Under the cover of darkness, the high priest dispatched two of his most trusted friends to the far reaches of the empire and beyond to hide three of their most powerful relics. But now the relics are being sought by a modern evil.

Sean Wyatt and his band of part-time heroes are thrown into a global conspiracy that could mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Race from Tennessee to England, Scotland, Bhutan, and Iran with Sean and his sidekick Tommy Schultz as they unravel ancient clues, fight their way through assassination attempts, and takes on a band of terrorists who are plotting their own kind of world war.

Will Sean be able to track down the ancient relics before the terrorists? Will he save the archaeologist’s daughter? Or will the killers recover one of the ancient world’s most powerful and mysterious combination of artifacts?

There’s only one way to find out.

The Casanova Club Boxed Set 1-3by Ali Parker

Join Ali and her newest bestselling series, Casanova… 12 men and 1 girl’s heart. Who will win?

Piper

The Casanovas.
Twelve of the world’s most eligible bachelors are personally invited to take a seat in this exclusive, private match-making club. (Piper: Sharing is caring?)
The purpose? To find the perfect wife. Ten women are considered, but only one is chosen. Each of these men are after one lucky girl’s heart. Vetting these ladies is a yearlong event. Contests. Forms. Interviews. Demonstrations. Galas. (Piper: All of which I missed. Darn.)
The prize? One million dollars or a ring from the bachelor of her choice after the yearlong multi-engagement period is over. Lady’s choice. (Piper: Show me the money.)
The problem? Me. I need cash more than anyone could possibly understand, and there’s no way in hell I’d ever be invited to woo twelve men for a chunk of change. (Piper: Good thing I know the coordinator.)
The promise? To save my family from losing their house, their business, and their hope. All I need is a shot at the position. (Piper: Determination, haircare products, and a strut like I own the place will do the rest.)
Piper: These boys are in for a treat. Maybe. Possibly. What did I just get myself into?
The Casanova Club – Only one can win her heart.

Joshua
January 1st, 2019
The journey has begun–in the frozen north.
All the way to Canada to meet my first Billionaire Bachelor.
Joshua Curtis. Dark hair. Beyond hot. An artist?
How in the world do you make a billion dollars in art? I’m clearly in the wrong business.
This new journey is thrilling. Scratch that. Terrifying.
What does he expect from me? Or think of me?
Probably that I’m a cookie-cutter version of everyone else on their long list of “must-have” qualities. Yikes. He’s about to get a lovely wake up surprise.
Like signing up for a purebred horse and getting delivered a half-ass donkey. Ha!
I’ll just keep my cool and breathe deeply. It’s just a month.
It doesn’t matter. I have to keep my eye on the prize.
There’s a million dollars at the end of the road waiting for me. And it has the power to fix everything.
I got this. I think. Oh hell, I have no clue what I’m doing.
But I just have to survive the month, and then the months after that, and I’ll be right where I need to be.
Accepting the check from Jackson Lee at the end of the year.
Then I’ll walk away. No regrets. Or will I?
What if he’s romantic? The kind of guy that lives out of love and isn’t shy about it?
Oh man. Please let him NOT be that guy. I can’t fight against that kind of guy.
This year is about money and helping the family.
After it’s over, I’ll fall in love. Unless I do before it ends. Ugh.

Easton
No way in hell.
If someone had told me at the end of last year that I would have already fallen hard for one of the Casanova Billionaires, I would have called them a liar. A dirty, dirty liar.
But they would’ve been right.
Who wouldn’t fall for Joshua? I’m never going to make it through this.
It’s the second month in the year, and I’m faltering. Fast.
But Easton Price, NFL superstar and playboy hottie isn’t interested in where I’ve been. He wants to know where I’m headed and with who.
Hunky. Abrasive. 100% alpha male.
But there’s something else lurking in those deep brown eyes of his.
Something soft and warm, loving and dominant. He doesn’t show the public any part of the real him.
It’s better that way.
And his lifestyle? Good grief and gravy.
I’m out of my element. Yachts. Wealth. Fancy-people food.
But I’m quickly learning to love it and play the part. Or maybe I’m not playing at all.
Maybe poverty was just the card I was dealt, but after this year, everything will change.
I might miss Joshua, but Easton has taken my full attention.
Damn him and his pretty boy smile.
I have no clue who I like more.
Neither. I’m only in this for the money.
Right…

The Strawberry Roadby Ritch Gaiti

I reached skyward to touch the universe . . . it wasn’t far at all.

The Strawberry Road – a unique and provocative journey of the world as we know it but as we rarely see it- told through the vision of an ancient wanderer.  The picturesque tranquility of prose and verse is a rare exploration and insight on a visual journey that we all should take.

The night humbled. I felt small yet I felt like I belonged to something greater than I could understand — a smaller part of a much greater whole.
During the day, the sky belonged to the Earth… At night, the Earth belonged to the sky.

The journey unveils an appreciation of beauty and structure and nature from the perspective of innocence as it explores the wonders and paradox of time. It is about the universe and butterflies and Aspens and the wind. It is about the past and the future and that moment in between.

The past has always just ended, while the future was forever a moment away. Yet I experience neither but cherish what was solely within my grasp, a sliver of now

The wanderer, who may be a man or a woman from the 60’s or 90’s or a distant era, provides a first-person account of the experience through the picturesque tranquility of prose and verse. It is a rare exploration and insight on a visual journey that we all should take.  Choices are in the moment, without any particular goal other than to meander and explore and understand. The wanderer’s revelations along the way are deeply perceptive, beautifully visual and occasionally ethereal — yet they are all relevant to those of us who accompany the journey.
 
Through the wanderer’s eyes and thoughts we build upon the gathered knowledge to yield a greater understanding of the universe that we all touch.
 
Looking back, it seemed so obvious. The Strawberry Road, once mysterious, puzzling, stressful, joyful and confusing, was now so clear. But such was the nature of the road — it provided the opportunities and the obstacles. The knowledge and the decisions were all mine.The Strawberry Road is about appreciating what is, and envisioning what could be. 

Living in the Middleby A. Robert Allen

Rejected by his race. Hunted by the Klan. Yet, standing up to hatred is still the only choice.

New York, Early 1900s: Jimmy Montgomery comes from old New York money and grows up among the Manhattan elite. At the age of eighteen, Jimmy discovers he’s been living a lie. He follows his roots back to Tulsa, Oklahoma to answer the burning questions in his life. Who is he? What is he? Where does he belong? He finds love and friendship along the way, but full acceptance from either the White or the Black world eludes him. When trouble pits the White population of Tulsa against the Black community of Greenwood, Jimmy must finally make a choice—he can no longer live in the middle. His decision will alter the course of his life and those he’d come to love. What will he decide? Pick up a copy to find out.

LIVING IN THE MIDDLE is a powerful African American historical novel based on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. If you like passionate heroes, no-holds-barred history, high-stakes emotional tension, then you’ll love A. Robert Allen’s eye-opening story.

LIVING IN THE MIDDLE is a stand-alone story connected by theme to the other volumes in A. Robert Allen’s Slavery and Beyond series.

Nojanby Liza Probz

Mayra:

I’ve known three things about myself forever.

I’m a slave, slated to serve the feline king as oracle, and I’m hideous.

The last one hurts the most, but the people in the palace never fail to make sure I know it and know it well.

But things always change, and finally, it’s my turn.

Unfortunately, a snap decision brands me a murderer.

I’m forced to flee, but fate shines her face on me.

In the process of running, I bump into the most handsome human male I’ve ever laid eyes on.

Even in my embarrassment as a murderer, I am more concerned with hiding my ugliness than getting help, but he will have none of it.

Is he the savior my mentor spoke of? The one that would free me from myself completely?

I sure hope so.

Nojan:

I’ve always been the smart one in the family. Such is life.

But a chance arises to help my brother’s new mate, and I’m all in.

Adventure calls and gives me a task.

To kidnap the oracle of the Vanfian race. A feline race of beings that’s said to be deadly and disgusting.

And this witch happens to belong to the king of the felines himself. Lovely.

Supposedly, the oracle is said to be grotesque, but someone got the definition wrong.

This woman is beyond beautiful and needs my help unlocking her powers.

And there’s only one way we can make it happen… her loss of innocence.

The Vartik King Chronicles is planned as a sexy Sci-Fi Standalone series where eight brothers get an adventure and find love in the galaxies beyond home. Come join this new adventure and fall in love with the world I’ve created. Each book can be read separately and out of order! Enjoy.