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Downside Up: A Novel of Suspense (None of the Above Book 1) by Jane Thornley

Jenna’s back on the roof again. But she’s no longer a troubled child. This time she’s hunting a killer.

Jenna Elson has tried to escape her troubled past, but her uncle’s sudden death has brought her home to London.
The police have ruled the death accidental but Jenna’s aunt is screaming murder. Wheelchair-bound and as formidable as ever, Aunt Clair urges Jenna to play their old game of “be my eyes” and search for clues from her childhood refuge far above the city streets.

Though Jenna knows every chimney and every dormer of those Victorian rooftops, the night landscape has changed. Renovations and skylights have made spying on the neighbours easier–even addictive–but navigating her old sanctuary has become treacherous: a killer lurks nearby and nowhere is safe.
When Jenna’s sleuthing comes to a crashing end, leaving her memory damaged, she knows she’s lost something crucial amid her brain’s scrambled images. Dark revelations challenge her trust in those closest to her and danger is stalking her every step. But time is running out and Jenna must pull herself together before death strikes the final blow and takes everything she loves with it.

Downside Up, Book 1 in a trilogy, is a pulse-pounding psychological suspense. If you like character-driven thrills, lavish settings, and twists that will leave you guessing, then you’ll love this addictive new series.

“The storytelling is fantastic. There’s a wonderful blend of description rooting you firmly in each scene and character voice and action.”

“A thrilling page-turner that leaves you wanting more…”

“Excellent, suspenseful story!”

“Wow!”

“…her descriptions put you there … exactly there!”

The Longest Road: A Novel by Jeanne Williams

“An evocative and darkly beautiful story” of a young woman’s trek across America in the Dust Bowl years by a New York Times–bestselling “master novelist” (The Denver Post).

After a violent dust storm leaves their mother dead and the family farm in ruins, twelve-year-old Laurie Field and her younger brother, Buddy, believe their world has ended when their grieving, debt-ridden father brings them to live with their reprobate grandfather in the Oklahoma Panhandle, promising to send for them when he finds one of those fabled jobs luring thousands to California.
 
Abandoned and afraid, the children find hope in the songs taught them by Johnny Morrigan, an itinerant oil field worker who hitched a ride with the family on his way to Texas. Desperate to escape their brutal grandfather, Laurie and Buddy hop a train clanging west and become fall in with a hobo named Way after he saves them from a sinister tramp. 
 
In California, the children find only heartbreak, so they and Way set out for Texas in the hopes of reuniting with Johnny Morrigan. Like the fellow travelers they encounter on the roads and rails crisscrossing America, Laurie, Buddy, and Way take joy in simple pleasures such as a campfire meal, a starry night, and a song. They learn firsthand the kindness ordinary folk can show to those even poorer. At last, in lusty Texas oil field towns, they find work, Morrigan, and a deadly menace as Laurie grows from innocent girl to vibrant woman.
 
A riveting story of hardship, adventure, and romance, The Longest Road pays glorious tribute to the men and women who kept the American dream alive during the Great Depression.

Legendarium by Kevin G. Summers

In every generation, certain writers are chosen to be protectors of The Legendarium, a metaphysical library that exists at the nexus of the multiverse. Inside this library are doorways that lead to every world ever created in literature. There are forces of evil constantly at work to destroy the library and send the world back into an age of darkness. Now, in a time of growing illiteracy, two heroes are chosen to defend The Legendarium. Bombo Dawson, newly published author and the hero of Michael Bunker’s novella Hugh Howey Must Die!, and Alistair Foley, aspiring author and Bombo’s harshest critic, become unlikely partners in a mission to protect The Legendarium. Their adventures will take them across the worlds of literature, but will hostile enemies learn to work together before the accumulated knowledge of all of humanity is lost forever?

This is the first book in the Legendarium series.

Faces in the Waterby Tonya Macalino

Who created that slide of silk across your skin as you reached for your cinematic lover? Who recorded the crushing weight of the grizzly as you fought for your life in the fictional wilderness? It is Lone Pine Pictures’ Alyse Kate Bryant who wraps your body in the story only your mind was privy to before.

A brilliant sensory immersion artist and a wild daredevil, Alyse will do almost anything for the perfect sensory file, but the violent death of her father has her teetering on the very edge of reckless sanity.

For just one night, Alyse seeks refuge in the arms of a beautiful stranger.

And her recklessness finally has consequences.

Now Alyse finds herself trapped in the flooded ruins of Venice, a quarantine camp for the carriers of Sleepers’ Syndrome. But it can never be that simple. Because the Sleepers’ Syndrome carriers who populate the camp are no longer as human as they seem.

The city of legend is bringing its legends back to life.

They come now, Alyse.

Run.

Rearranging Change: How You Market to an Ever-Changing Worldby Steve McChesney

This book is like having a business marketing coach at your disposal 24/7.

It helps you understand the different communication styles that people relate and react to. Learn how you can apply them to your business.

It includes innovative marketing strategies to target your audience no matter what generation they are from.

There are copywriting techniques that are sure to get results. If your business includes sales, marketing, or copywriting of any kind, this is a must have for your marketing library.

For copywriting – Learn how to:
Be concise and easily understood
Convert your reader’s into paying customers
Overcome writer’s block
…And much more!

For marketing – Learn how to:
Communicate effectively
Fully understand features and benefits
Discover what really motivates people
…And much more!

‘Rearranging Change’ is a book that will reshape the way you think about marketing and advertising. It is written with the reader in mind. The information is relevant, easily understood, and exciting to apply.

Master Storytelling: How to Turn Your Experiences into Stories that Teach, Lead, and Inspireby Mark Carpenter

“I predict that this book will surprise you. The authors have discovered how this well-recognized form of communication can be deeply utilized to improve your interactions in powerful ways. Through the effective use of well-prepared stories, data dumps or boring meetings can be turned into inspiring, memorable, motivating experiences.”-From the foreword by Ron McMillan, best-selling author Your life is full of experiences that can teach principles, lead teams, and inspire action. But instead of tapping into these experiences, you use facts, numbers, and reasoning – numbing your audiences into a coma. Whether you’re a speaker, leader, teacher, coach, or anyone else who needs to instruct and inspire, this book is for you. In Master Storytelling you’ll learn: -Why stories are so enticing to our brains. -How to find experiences that can teach, lead, and inspire -A simple process to craft those experiences into compelling stories -How anyone can become a good storyteller