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The Treemakersby Christina L. Rozelle

“Stay on guard. Be aware of your surroundings. Notice the nuances. Cover your tracks. Always be prepared. Question everything. This is how you stay alive, Joy. This is how you keep the ones you love alive.”

The words of sixteen-year-old Joy Montgomery’s late father, Zephyr the Magnificent, urge her onward in this quest for truth and freedom, with the allusion that all is not as it seems in Bygonne.

Faced with the exhausting task of building mechanical trees that produce the precious oxygen they breathe, the Greenleigh orphan slaves piece together clues about the existence of a possible forbidden paradise beyond The Wall. To find the truth, shatter the illusions, and free the children, Joy must entrust the aid of an unlikely ally who harbors dangerous secrets.

This is the first book in the Treemakers Trilogy, a series that appeals to fans of Divergent, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, and other dystopian/scifi favorites who are looking for something refreshing and new. With heart-pumping action and spine-tingling plot twists, it’s sure to leave you flipping pages until the wee hours of the morning.

**Content Advisory: This series contains themes which may be too intense for younger readers, and/or disturbing to those sensitive to violence, language, or gore.

If you enjoyed this book make sure to pick up book two, “The Soultakers,” and book three, “The Seeker’s Keys.”

Big in Japan: Accidental Sumo: A Sports Underdog Comedyby Jennifer Griffith

Beverly Hills Ninja Meets Sumo

Author Academy Awards Top 10 Finalist 2018
He’s big. He’s blond. He’s suddenly a sumo wrestler.
At 300+ pounds, good-guy Buck Cooper is nobody in Texas. Not at work, not in love, not anywhere…until a fluke trip to Japan and tickets to a sumo match change Buck’s life forever and makes him the first blond sumo wrestler. Sucked deep into the extraordinary world of earth’s biggest sport, it’s all fun and games – or so he thinks. Life in the sumo ring proves more thrilling–and dangerous–than he could ever imagine.

BIG IN JAPAN takes readers into the secret world of sumo as Buck journeys from the seedy underbelly of Japan’s mafia to alleyways full of hired ninja assassins. This sports underdog story plants the reader square in the ring with Buck as he fights–sometimes for his life–against some of the biggest enemies alive, and maybe even as he finds love. Go with this big, blond hero on a journey not to be missed.

The Hooligans of Kandahar: Not All War Stories are Heroicby Joseph Kassabian

“Not Every War Story is Heroic”

During the peak of the Afghanistan War, a group of soldiers is dropped by helicopter into the remote mountains outside of Kandahar City. Mismanaged and overlooked by command, the squad must rely on each other to survive.

Their mission is to train and advise the Afghan National Police and help rebuild the country of Afghanistan. The Afghan Police station they are assigned to live in is falling apart and disease-ridden. Many of the police officers they are supposed to train are Taliban sleeper agents or the family of Taliban fighters. The ones that aren’t are often addicted to drugs, illiterate, or smuggling child slaves.

The squad is led by Slim, a Staff Sergeant in his late twenties who has so many mental issues his insanity is his most dominant personality trait. An alcoholic with a penchant for violent outbursts against both his own soldiers and the Afghans, he is more comfortable at war than at home.

Joseph Kassabian is the youngest and most junior fire team leader in the squad. He’s charged with leading a team of soldiers not even old enough to drink. He himself is only 21 years old. As a combat veteran from previous deployments with four years in the Army, he assumes he has seen it all. But he has no idea how bad things can get in war-torn Kandahar.

In the birthplace of the Taliban, some men lose their lives, some lose their sanity, and others their humanity. They are The Hooligans.

Acclaimed for its humorous, grim, sardonic, yet honest recollection of the Afghanistan war Hooligans of Kandahar is a Jarhead, and The Hurt Locker, meets I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

ALTDORF: The Forest Knights: Book 1by J. K. Swift

A druid priestess enlists the help of an ex-Hospitaller warrior and a charismatic outlaw to fight Austrian tyranny in medieval Switzerland. A subtle blend of fantasy and history, Altdorf tells the events leading up to one of the greatest underdog stories of the medieval age, the Battle of Morgarten.

“Re-imagining the William Tell legend–without William Tell.”

At the end of the thirteenth century, five hundred orphans and second sons are rounded up from villages in the Alpine countryside and sold to the Hospitaller Knights of St John. Trained to serve as Soldiers of Christ, they fight in eastern lands they know nothing about, for a cause they do not understand.

Thomas Schwyzer, released from his vows by the Grandmaster of the Hospitallers, returns to the land of his birth a stranger. Once a leader of men, and captain of the Order’s most famous war galley, he now settles into the simple life of a ferryman. He believes this new role to be God’s reward for years of faithful service fighting the Infidel in Outremer.

Seraina, considered a witch by most, a healer by some, is a young woman with a purpose. A Priestess of the Old Religion, and the last Druid disciple of the Helvetii Celts, she has been gifted by the Great Weave to see what others cannot. Her people need her guidance and protection now more than ever. For Duke Leopold of Habsburg, in his efforts to control the St. Gotthard Pass, builds a great Austrian fortress in Altdorf. Once finished, the Habsburg occupation will be complete, but the atrocities visited upon her people will have just begun.

Set in medieval Switzerland, ALTDORF, a novel of The Forest Knights, is the first book in a two-book series.

The Witching Hour Box Set (Complete Collection Books 1-5)by Joanna Mazurkiewicz

An irresistible billionaire dhampir who doesn’t take no for an answer–check.
An innocent half elf with explosive magic–check.
A placement agency for paranormals–check.

Vampires and elves don’t mix, but Julia and Nathaniel cannot stay away from each other– danger is lurking nearby, and it seems Julia is always in the thick of it. She’s determined to do whatever it takes to protect her family, but will she need to protect her heart from the half vampire who has his sights set on her?

Fans of Charlaine Harris will devour this sexy and spellbounding box set filled with enigmatic characters, dark magic and vicious villains.

Welcome to the Apocalypse – Pandoraby D L Richardson

Over 100 players enter a virtual world to play a game – survive 24 hours of their chosen apocalypse. Instead of game over at the end, they’re plunged straight into another game, and then another.

They have no communication with the outside operators. Their simulation pods are designed to only last 3 days. The artificial intelligence is tapping into their minds and creating ‘death dreams’. And they’re trapped in a dangerous world with strangers they can’t trust.

It’s clear something is keeping them inside the game, but who or what? Everyone dreams of escaping reality but this game has far greater risks than they could have imagined…

Read the complete the series:
Welcome to the Apocalypse – Pandora (Book 1)
Welcome to the Apocalypse – CyberNexis (Book 2)
Welcome to the Apocalypse – Primal Scream (Book 3)

Please note book one of this series has a cliffhanger ending and leads straight into book two.

The Joy Of Imperfection: A Stress-Free Guide To Silencing Your Inner Critic, Conquering Perfectionism, and Becoming The Best Version Of Yourself!by Damon Zahariades

Would you like to finally silence your inner critic and eliminate your fear of failure?

The Joy Of Imperfection is a step-by-step guide that’ll show you how to finally overcome your perfectionism and become the best version of yourself in the process.

Amazon bestselling author, Damon Zahariades, offers a complete action plan for curbing your perfectionistic tendencies and living without fear of others’ criticism and disapproval.

Copper Kingby Vivian Arend

From New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend, a new series in the Takhini Wolves/ Granite Lake Wolves world. These stand-alone stories are filled with humour and heart-felt adventures, and the sexy happily-ever-afters are sure to make you smile.
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Three things make billionaire Jim Halcyon’s to-do list: women, work…and more women. It’s a perfect agenda for a rich shifter who has no problem letting his inner grizzly out to play. From the bright lights of Vegas, to the sophisticated action of New York–he’s got the money and the power to do anything he wants.

Anything, except resist the lure of Lady Luck, an ancient copper coin he gambles yearly to possess. Jim is determined to regain control of the pretty penny, and damn if he’ll let any bit of eye candy distract him from his goal. Not even the mesmerizing woman in the middle of the casino floor with the shimmering hair and enormous green eyes.

With a life-changing move ahead of her, Lillie’s finagled a temporary layover en route to her future. She’s got five days to soak in new experiences, and while Vegas is too big and shiny and loud for her shy bear self, she’s eager to do this up right. It’s the last chance she’s got to let her hair down.

Until his challenge begins, Jim is more than willing to oblige Lillie’s wish for a final fling. Only Lady Luck has some twists of fate planned for them both…