EBooks

Death Toll Risingby Terry Keys

Psychological thriller for the ages, fab read will want to read more of this author, at one point I could not read quick enough I was that engrossed (Amazon Customer)

A gripping thrill ride in the tradition of James Patterson, Jack Reacher and Harlan Coben, Death Toll Rising will keep you up all night! HBO’s Homeland on steroids! The suspense will push you to the edge!

US President Jackie Wilson fresh off her election victory wasted no time pushing for the change her campaign promised. World leaders descended to her hometown of Houston, Texas to attend the first World-Wide Religious Summit. As the eve of the summit approached Japan’s Prime Minister, Akio Yoshida, suddenly falls dead… murdered in Houston’s Chinatown. His final moments had been broadcast live for the entire world to see. During the stream a chilling death threat was made to the remaining world leaders and America was named as the mastermind behind the terror sending shockwaves across the globe. Leaping into action the FBI, CIA and Homeland Security attempt to pursue the real murderers but are left with no clues, no leads and ultimately no direction. As promised the following day at noon another world leader suddenly dies. In a desperate attempt to restore order to chaos, HPD Detective David Porter and his team are summoned to help with the case. As global panic sets in and the world begins to lose patience as the possibility of nuclear Armageddon lurks in the shadows.
With everyone paralyzed by fear and time quickly running out, the fate of earth as we know it hangs delicately in the balance. The world could be coming to an end… no one wanted to watch… but no one could look away…

The Perfect Firm : Your Playbook For Building A Perfect Accounting Businessby Rob Nixon

After spending 23 years working with 170,000 accountants in 30 countries Rob Nixon has worked out what a Perfect Firm might look like.

Nixon, who has directly coached 800 firms to success and educated tens of thousand more, is the worlds #1 authority on how accounting firms can achieve peak performance and build a great accounting business.

In these pages, through plain English you’ll discover:

* How to combat digital disruption and build a sustainable business

* How to develop a business model that produced $1M profit per partner

* Strategies from the worlds most profitable firms

* Which numbers are important and which are not

* How to create capacity without hiring more accountants

* How to grow your revenue exponentially

* How to market and sell professionally

* Why Value pricing must be implemented – and how to implement it

* Winning new clients is easy once you know how

* A process for engaging your team in new ways.

The Perfect firm is your playbook for for building a perfect accounting business.

Bounce: Help Your Child Build Resilience and Thrive In School, Sports and Lifeby Kate Lund

Bounce: Help Your Child Build Resilience and Thrive in School, Sports and Life is for parents, educators, community leaders and anyone who has an active interest in helping children to become resilient and realize their potential. The book presents the author’s vision of the seven pillars of the resilient child during the elementary school years, along with specific strategies for bolstering the resilience of your own child or the children you work with.

The Pillars of the Resilient child presented in this book include: Tolerating frustration and managing emotions; Navigating friendships and social pressures; sustaining focus on a single task and a larger goal; developing courage; Building motivation; Building confidence; and Creating optimism.

Highland Wolf Pactby Selena Kitt

Sibyl Blackthorne isn’t afraid of anything–except maybe being sold into marriage to a man she doesn’t love. A man she’s never even met. A man who, by reputation, is one of Scotland’s cruelest lairds in over a century.

But what choice does she have, with her father dead and her uncle now married to his brother’s widow, putting him in charge of not only the Blackthorne fortune, but Sibyl’s future as well?

Then her betrothed turns out to actually be far worse than his reputation, so headstrong Sibyl decides life as a peasant, or even death, would be preferable to a future with such a despicable man, and makes plans to run away.

On an organized hunt for wolves–or, as the Scots call them, wulvers–Sybil escapes her fiancé’s clutches, only to find she’s run into something far more untamed and dangerous in the middle of the woods.

When a big, brawny, long-haired man, who only speaks to her in Gaelic and calls himself Raife, simply picks her up and carries her off with him into the Scottish wild, Sibyl knows she’s in trouble.

When he takes her to a place no human has ever been, she knows she’s gone over the edge.

And when he, at last, marks her as his own, she discovers that only one wild heart can claim another.

Ice (The Diamond Club Book 0)by Lita Lawson

Where secrets are sacred and diamonds are currency.
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Angelina was trained to work undercover, but not alongside sinfully sexy Morgan.

Every day New York City police officer Angelina DiCarlo struggles to make it on her own merits. Between being a female and little sister of two of NYPD’s finest and the daughter of retired chief, overcoming her colleagues’ misconception she was on the force because of her family connections was an everyday battle. An opportunity to work undercover finally comes along, but she will have to model diamonds at the exclusive millionaire’s Diamond Club in a less than ladylike manner.

Millionaire Morgan Sinclair’s world is rocked when his best friend is found murdered. He will do anything to find those responsible and make them pay. As a millionaire and new member of the Diamond Club, the police recruit him to work as an inside mole to help them catch the killers.

Will Angelina and Morgan be able to play their intimate role together without losing control or will their close encounters shatter their control?

What Would a Muslim Say: Conversations, Questions, and Answers About Islamby Ahmed Lotfy Rashed

With Dialogue Comes UNDERSTANDING

There are many books that teach Islam, preach it, criticize it, or academically explain it. The focus of this book is different. This book is a compilation of actual conversation transcripts, showcasing everyday people asking real questions and getting real answers about Islam.

Why This Book is SPECIAL

What Would a Muslim Say is a series of books documenting my experiences as an interfaith volunteer. Ever since 2009, I have facilitated dialogue with many different people, answering questions about Islam and addressing misconceptions. This is the first book in the series. My hope is that this can be a small step towards better understanding and harmony.

The conversations in these books are real. Some are curious, some are concerned, some are hostile, some are academic, and some are soul-searching. The purpose of this book is to share these kinds of conversations with people who might otherwise not have the opportunity to speak to a Muslim about Islam.

Why These Books Matter NOW

These are timely books. There are many questions, fears, and misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. These books can answer questions, build bridges, and promote understanding.

You can find more samples of the author’s work –plus free presentations, lecture notes, and resource guides– at www.WhatWouldAMuslimSay.net

Frostedby Taylor Rose

They promised that dreams could come true.
Forgetting to mention that nightmares were dreams, too.
Demons came in all shapes and sizes.
I learned this the hard way.
I may have been broken, but I was still strong.
Scars are souvenirs that stay with you forever.
Etched on your body.
Etched on your mind.
Etched on your soul.
A constant reminder.
My reminder to never give up. To never forget.

I told myself I was fine, brushing my pain off as unimportant.
I went through life alive, but never truly living.
Until her.
Her haunted eyes pulled me in, familiarity etched in her gaze.
Her beauty hypnotized me, heart and soul.
Snaring me into her trap.

Wanting each other was unexpected.
Needing each other was necessary.

Our broken souls fused together.
Piece by piece.

I could have f****** sworn that she was my salvation.
But was it possible that she was my destruction, instead?

Of Valor & Vice: A Revelry’s Tempest Novelby K.J. Jackson

Her life was charmed, until it was not.
Near destitute after the sudden death of her wastrel husband, Lady Pipworth must find a way to support herself and her young nieces until her brother returns home to assume his role as head of the family. Thanks to her three brothers that raised her, Adalia’s one outstanding skill in life is gambling, and with a dower house now at her disposal, plans to fill the coffers–scandal begetting or not–begin to take shape.

A mysterious duke with one goal in mind.
The Duke of Dellon is interested in nothing more than fulfilling the needs of running his ducal estate. As for a wife and an heir–he will get to it, eventually–as long as it fits neatly into his orderly life. But when a long-ago vow rears, landing upon his shoulders, he obligingly sets out to do what is required of him–stop Lady Pipworth from the foolery of operating a gaming house. And, if he should need to, marry the woman.

A vow invoked from the grave leads to a secret that could destroy everything.
Her gaming house a success, the last thing Adalia wants is an arrogant duke poking into her affairs. But when a sudden death threatens the very thing she holds dearest, can she possibly trust the one man that can save her and her nieces?

Note: The books in the Revelry’s Tempest series by K.J. Jackson are each stand-alone stories and can be read individually in any order. These historical romances are set in the Regency and Victorian eras, and do not shy away from scenes with steamy heat, occasional naughty language, and moments that might possibly make you squirm.

Warwolfeby Kathryn Le Veque

1066 A.D. – Discover the origins of the original de Wolfe pack, led by the man known as WARWOLFE. Before the Duke of Normandy conquered England, a legend arose. A man so fierce, so brave, and so noble, that the mere whisper of his name could strike both fear and admiration into the hearts of all men.

That name is Warwolfe.

Gaetan de Wolfe is this man. A legend from a family of legends, the greatest de Wolfe warrior arises as William the Conqueror sets foot in England to claim what he believes is his birthright. Gaetan brings with him nine of the fiercest knights the realm has ever seen, plowing their way into the English countryside, forging their legacies at the Battle of Hastings. But when one of Gaetan’s men is kidnapped by the rogue brother of the Earl of Mercia, Gaetan refuses to let his man go. His loyalty to his men is above all.

A rescue mission of epic proportions begins.

Guiding the original de Wolfe Pack on this task into deadly enemy territory is a lady warrior known as Ghislaine of Mercia. The sister of the man who kidnapped Gaetan’s knight, her loyalties are torn. Wary of the big Norman knight with the fierce manner, her attraction to Gaetan is nonetheless undeniable. There is a spark between them that refuses to die. Together, Gaetan and Ghislaine embark on a dangerous adventure where myths are revealed, loyalties are tested, and where a growing passion between them becomes all-consuming.

Live the legend.

Meeting Troubleby Emme Rollins

I stared at Rob, who looked at me like he was trying to figure something out, and my heart did that fluttering thing again. Me, face-to-face with Rob Burns! My mind screamed it, and my body was screaming it too. I felt it from my throbbing head to my tingling toes.

TROUBLE ~ Amazon Top 100 Bestselling Series ~ FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR EMME ROLLINS
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Sabrina can’t believe her luck–she’s always dreamed of front row seats to see her favorite band, “Trouble,” and now here she is!

But when she bumps into lead singer, Rob Burns, and he invites her backstage, she finds herself hoping her luck doesn’t run out–and that maybe, just maybe, all her dreams will come true…
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Note: This title the ultimate fantasy comes true when a female fan meets a sexy rock star guitar god with enough pluck to make the g-string on your Stratocaster quiver for days. (This title was originally published as “Happy Accident”)

The Gospel According to Yeshua’s Catby C. L. Francisco

Mari is a cat living by her claws on the fringes of the Judean desert. Yeshua ben Yosef is a man with healing hands, seeking solitude in the wastes beyond Qumran.

Their paths cross when Yeshua drives wild dogs away and rescues the wounded cat, carrying her in his arms to a wadi where he settles to pray. Friendship grows up between them, deepened by Yeshua’s ability to speak with animals. Mari’s observations illumine the road he walks, and when he leaves the wilderness, she rides with him, hidden in a sling beneath his robe. In the way of cats, Mari treasures the hours she spends curled against Yeshua’s heart, dreaming with the rise and fall of his breast.

Yeshua’s understanding of human hearts shapes Mari’s own, and her comments often surprise him into laughter. More than any other, she is Yeshua’s companion in the quiet times.

Mari narrates the story from a cat’s eye-view, frequently losing the thread of Yeshua’s teaching as she drowses, focusing instead on their times alone, or events she finds intriguing. When crowds press close, she withdraws behind the folds of his robes. On her own, she pursues a friendship with Mary Magdalene, chastens loutish humans, and watches as Yeshua transforms the very elements of Earth in his miracles.

Mari learns to love beyond the wont of cats. But with love, she discovers loneliness and fear of loss. How can a cat living in the eternal Now cope with awareness of the future, with its uncertainty and pain?

As Yeshua’s words take hold of the hearts of the people, his enemies’ attacks grow venomous. Tensions between Yeshua and Temple authorities escalate. In the end, all roads lead to Jerusalem, where Mari experiences depths of wonder unsuspected by those caught up in the tumult around her.

The Cats of Rekemby C. L. Francisco

“We are the cats of Rekem, descended from the sacred cats of Egyptian Bast. We bear the Mother’s gift of language, passed down since before time began, to speak our wisdom into the minds of the troubled human race. We gather here to honor Yeshua ben Yosef, friend of cats—He Who Brings Life to the Earth—whose light shines upon all flesh, animal and human alike.”

The Cats of Rekem opens in the fabled city of Petra (Rekem), destroyed by earthquake and swallowed up by desert sands long ago. Francisco brings Rekem to swirling, glittering life, in a kaleidoscopic pageant of exotic characters.

25 years have passed in Rekem since the child Yeshua’s rescue (in A Cat Out of Egypt) by Zaidan, a powerful caravan master, and Tikos, an Egyptian priestess fleeing Egypt with a pregnant temple cat. Tikos and Zaidan have married. The Egyptian cats have interbred with wild cats from the hills, and their descendants settled throughout the city with chosen humans.

In an age of relentless empire building, Nabataea stubbornly holds to its own traditions, defying the Roman Empire and Israel’s tetrarch Antipas. Yet Rekem is caught up in the tide of new religions sweeping through the Roman world. Zaidan’s family worships Yeshua’s One God and cherishes ties with the risen Yeshua, but the dark mysteries of Isis seduce their daughter Hinat into the goddess’ temple. When Tikos tries to protect Hinat, she infuriates King Aretas.

Into this turmoil stumbles Paul—with Maryam of Magdala and Yeshua’s cat Mari—still reeling and confused from his vision on the Damascus road. His arrival in Rekem attracts the palace’s attention and a flood of scandal and violence that threatens everyone around him . . . as well as hazarding his own future before it has even begun.

Cat Born to the Purpleby C. L. Francisco

Yeshua heals young Eliana after sensing her presence, battered and barely alive, in the burning hills near Sepphoris. Seeking a safe haven for her from her husband and mother-in-law, who accused her falsely and incited a mob to stone her, he settles her with his friend Eli. There she begins to put her life back together—except for the memory of her stoning, which she walls away in darkness. A year later, Yeshua returns to her aid when her husband discovers that she has survived.

Eliana accompanies Yeshua and Mari to the Phoenician coastal city of Acco, where her extraordinary gifts for weaving and embroidery attract a prominent merchant of royal purple dye. Eliana finds refuge in the merchant’s workshop under the wing of a devout Jewish widow, sold into slavery many years before. Yeshua discovers that evil has twisted the many cats living in the weaver’s house—cats descended from the sacred cats of a once great temple of Bast in Acco—and for the first time in his ministry, he reaches out to deliver non-human creatures ensnared by human evil.

Eliana—now widowed, her name changed to the Greek “Aeliana”—prospers in her new home, learning how to harvest and brew the priceless purple murex dye. An extraordinary kitten with a fascination for looms and a gift for dreaming becomes her constant companion. After meeting a young Anatolian merchant, Aeliana begins to trust in the possibility of love, in spite of the constant threat of a co-worker’s violence. Although she follows the One’s light as best she can, her life is shattered again by the evil loosed on the world at Yeshua’s death. But along with all creation, Aeliana is made whole in the miracle of the Resurrection.