Scar Tissue: Paradise Falls, Book 1by Abigail Graham

When the Paradise Falls bridge fell, Jennifer Katzenberg lost her husband and her happiness. The only thing she has left is her job as a high school teacher, but even that isn’t safe. Eliot, her abusive brother-in-law, stalks her every waking moment waiting to pounce.

But then she meets him. Jacob, the new math teacher. He’s quick witted, sensitive, and smart. But he’s also built like an MMA fighter, drives a car worth ten times his salary, and is covered in scars. Something doesn’t add up.

Jacob Kane skipped town when the bridge collapse claimed his family too. Everyone said it was an accident, but he isn’t so sure.

Now he’s back in Paradise Falls. Not to teach math, but to get revenge. Everything was going according to plan. At least until he saw her. Jennifer.

Jacob never thought he would see Jennifer again, but he discovers someone trying kidnap her–Elliot. One of the men he came here to kill. Falling in love was never part of the plan, but there’s a new plan now: Fix it. Save her.

Scar Tissue is the first part of a serial romance comprising five volumes: Scar Tissue,…

Open Wounds: Paradise Falls, Book 2by Abigail Graham

All Jennifer Katzenberg had to look forward to was a dreary life as a widowed teacher in a dying rural town, under the thumb of her abusive, politically connected brother in law. All that changed when Jacob Kane came crashing into her life, rescuing her from a kidnapping attempt in the process. There’s something brewing behind the scenes in Paradise Falls, and Jennifer is part of it whether she wants to be or not.

With her home destroyed, Jennifer has nowhere else to turn but Jacob- the scarred, mysterious stranger who lost his family in the same tragedy that took Jennifer’s husband.

With her world already turned upside down, Jennifer finds herself tagging along on a murder investigation. Death has come to Paradise Falls to claim an innocent teenage couple, and Jacob will not stop until justice is done and the people responsible for the misery in Paradise Falls pay for what they’ve done. How far is Jennifer prepared to go?

Open Wounds is the second part of a serial romance comprising five volumes: Scar Tissue, Open Wounds, Turning Point, Spy Games, and Shock Waves, now available.

Turning Point: Paradise Falls, Book 3by Abigail Graham

What’s the worst that could happen?
Jennifer Katzenberg is about to find out.

She’s been arrested at the funeral of her favorite student, by the corrupt cop responsible for her death. The only man Jennifer knows that could get them out of his has been taken prisoner alongside her. Jacob Kane, the man who came to town to turn her life upside down and rescue her from an obsessive stalker.

If they are to survive, Jennifer will have to push herself to the absolute limit and leave her old life behind.

Turning Point is the third part of a serial romance comprising five volumes: Scar Tissue, Open Wounds, Turning Point, Spy Games, and Shock Waves, now available.

Spy Games: Paradise Falls, Book 4by Abigail Graham

Jennifer Katzenberg never imagined herself fighting for her life, rescuing captives or learning martial arts. All that changed when Jacob Kane came roaring into her life just in time to rescue her from an abusive stalker.
Now she’s paid him back with a rescue of her own.Together, they face even greater challenges as Jacob’s investigation into the bridge collapse that destroyed their families leads them down roads best untraveled.
Everything Jennifer knows about her lost husband, her family, and her life is about to be turned upside down.
As Jennifer and Jacob grow from partners into a couple, Jennifer must face her own fears and the sinister forces that threaten to destroy them both. In the end, all they may have is each other.

Spy Games is the fourth part of a serial romance comprising five volumes: Scar Tissue, Open Wounds, Turning Point, Spy Games, and Shock Waves, now available.

Shock Waves: Paradise Falls, Book 5by Abigail Graham

Jennifer has been taken. Jacob has been left for dead.

What began as a quest for justice has become a race against time to stop a vast plot that reaches far beyond the limits of a sleepy Pennsylvania town.

Outnumbered, outgunned, and on the run, Jacob must find a way to Jennifer, while Jennifer finds a way to survive and escape the sadistic psychopath holding her captive, but even if they find each other, a disaster of terrifying proportions looms on the horizon.

This is the end. In this book, paradise falls.

Shock Waves is the final installment in Abigail Graham’s action-adventure romance serial.

One is Come (Five in Circle Book 1)by C. H. MacLean

One is Come is the first installment in a YA fantasy saga full of hidden plot twists and turns. The centuries-old prophesy of the One is being fulfilled, and the ancient dragon clans are coming out of hiding to remake the world. The king of the magic users will stop at nothing to be sure the prophecy is fulfilled the right way–with his oppressive government ruling. As they struggle for power, Haylwen (14) and her brother Cadarn (16) just happen to be caught dead center.

In this first book, meet fourteen-year-old Haylwen Rightad. She doesn’t think “crazy” runs in her family, but she might be wrong. Fish seem to listen when she talks. She finds herself wearing jewelry she can’t remember putting on. And then there was the explosion at school…and her ex-principal trying to kidnap her…and her brother? Don’t even ask. All she wants is to be an ordinary teenager. Live a normal life. Go to school, make friends, and not have to move a zillion times. Oh, and getting the bullies off her back? That’d be nice, too.

What Haylwen doesn’t know is WHY all this crazy stuff is happening to her. But she’s about to find out. The bad news? Things aren’t going to be “normal” any time soon!

With a mysterious prophecy, magical secrets and more than a few dragons, ONE IS COME is the first book in the adventures of siblings Haylwen and Cadarn as they come to discover they have powers they never dreamt of — and a destiny only they can fulfill.

Spirituality 101 For The Dropouts of the School of Life: Review for the Final Examby Ivan Figueroa-Otero

Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?

We all have asked ourselves these questions, but few have sought the answers that truly make sense. Dr. Ivan Figueroa-Otero not only dares to answer them, but humbly presents a guide to understanding these and other questions about our spiritual nature, while closing the apparent gap between the religious and scientific vision with an eclectic and original delivery.

“I invite you to explore your soul in the infinite dimensional spirals of knowledge of the School of Life. I hope that the fruits of my failings help you to surpass your exams with fewer burdens and more joy.”

A New Kind of Zealby Michelle Warren

On a hot, humid day, Tristan Blake is sweating it out trying to hitch a ride past Kerikeri, up north. It is summer in New Zealand, 2030: the temperature is rising, and Tristan is looking to get away from it all, after retiring from Peace-making army duty in the Middle East.

An old red Holden Ute pulls up on the side of the road, with fishing lines strapped in the back. Tristan goes to the driver’s window, and a Maori priest, Rau Petera, invites him on a ride to Ninety Mile Beach.

Keen to fish, Tristan agrees: but there on the expansive sand, trying to escape the rising tide, Rau and Tristan stumble across Joshua Davidson from Kaitaia. Rau follows Joshua back into the rising sea, and Joshua catches him a record snapper, with no bait.

Now Rau and Tristan find themselves driving Joshua on a once-in-a-lifetime road-trip down the centre of the North Island, toward the Beehive in Wellington. Joshua is reminding Rau of someone: he is finding a new kind of faith. But Tristan is being thrown into increasing confusion and dismay, when he finally realizes what he must do to end the growing threat…

Confessions of a Hollywood Nobodyby Dan Bronson

Everyone has read biographies and memoirs of Hollywood celebrities–the lucky ones who have actually made it to the top. Dan Bronson’s book is different. It tells the story of all the others–the ninety-eight percent who’ve worked hard and well but below the radar, the “nobodies” without whom movies and television would cease to exist.

Dan’s fun, funny account of his wild ride on the rollercoaster of Hollywood is littered with stars, both behind the camera and in front of it–actors like Natalie Wood, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Bateman and, yes, Tori Spelling; directors like George Seaton, Alfred Hitchcock, George Cukor, Gil Cates, Francis Ford Coppola and John McTiernan; executives like Dawn Steele, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Eisner and Ned Tanen. And along the way, Dan provides behind-the-scenes glimpses of the making of films both big and small–everything from Galaxy of Terror to Godfather III and Die Hard: With a Vengeance .

But his real story is how the dream factory works and what it takes to avoid being crushed in its gears. A survivor’s guide to Hollywood, it is a must-read for anyone interested in film.

Spectacle of the Extensionby Andy Reynolds

A young painter armed with a sarcastic tongue and the ability to pull amazing espresso shots, Em has moved across the country to shed her past and lose herself in her artistic process.

One night the painting she’s been working on for months comes to life, its presence causing her to question the decisions she’s made and her relationship with reality. Is this creature merely a work of art, or something else entirely?

As the creature travels through Em’s world and she is drawn ever deeper into its own reality, they both unearth secrets about each other and the worlds around them.

Living with Your Past Selves (Spell Weaver Book 1)by Bill Hiatt

He’s haunted by the past, but he has an enemy very much in the present.

Danger lurks around every corner for the seemingly ordinary teen who is anything but.

Many teenagers struggle to find their identity, but for Taliesin Weaver, that struggle has become life or death–and not just for him. Tal, as he prefers to be called, believes in reincarnation, and with good reason. When he turned 12, his mind was nearly shattered by a flood of memories, memories of his past lives, hundreds of them. Somehow, Tal managed to pull himself together and even to make good use of the lessons learned and skills developed in those previous lives. He even had the ability to work magic–literally–and there was no denying that was cool. No, his life wasn’t perfect, but he was managing.

Now, four years later, his best friend, Stan, has begun to suspect his secret, and Stan isn’t the only one. Suddenly, Tal is under attack from a mysterious enemy and under the protection of an equally mysterious friend whose agenda Tal can’t quite figure out. An apparition predicts his death. A shape shifter disguised as Stan attacks him. An old adversary starts acting like a friend. He and…

Fire Signby m. a. petterson

A beautiful forensic engineer hiding a tragic past reluctantly teams up with a troubled cop to stop a serial arsonist targeting churches.

Dr. Anja Toussaint believes that her own dreadful youth foretells who the arsonist is and the shocking motive behind the fires. But Detective Gil Dolan stubbornly sets his sights on a white supremacist previously convicted of arson and just released from prison.

Unfortunately, when Anja blocks his efforts the arrogant cop sets his own plan into motion that leads them both into a fiery trap.

* Please note: Fire Sign is a novella and about one quarter the length of regular novel.

For more info on upcoming books in this series check out http://www.mapetterson.com

Thieving Forestby Martha Conway

2014 North American Book Awards Winner for Best Historical Fiction

On a humid day in June 1806, on the edge of Ohio’s Great Black Swamp, seventeen-year-old Susanna Quiner watches from behind a maple tree as a band of Potawatomi Indians kidnaps her four older sisters from their cabin. With both her parents dead from Swamp Fever and all the other settlers out in their fields, Susanna makes the rash decision to pursue them herself. What follows is a young woman’s quest to find her sisters, and the parallel story of her sisters’ new lives.

Thieving Forest explores the transformation of all five sisters as they contend with starvation, slavery, betrayal, and love. Fast-paced, richly detailed, with a panoramic view of cultures and people, this is historical fiction that is sure to enthrall and delight.

How to Lose 100 Pounds – 6 Book Bundle + 2 BONUS Books (Creating YOUR Plan, Motivation, Goal Setting, Eating, Exercise, Getting Back on Track + How to Be Motivated and Resolutions in the New Year)by P. Seymour

*** Special price for a limited time! ***

This book is a compilation of the 6 Book Series “How to Lose 100 Pounds”.

*This special bundle edition also includes 2 bonus books that will be very helpful for anyone getting ready to start on their journey to weight loss and health.

*The first bonus book, “How to Be Motivated” is taken from the 6 book series called “The Personal Transformation Project: Part 1 How to Feel Awesome!” The second bonus book, “Resolutions in the New Year…or Any Time: How to Make a Plan for Transformation” will help you get fired up to make a change ANY time of year.

Losing 100 pounds is NOT easy! This book is NOT filled with the latest promises and solutions for fast weight loss. You can find plenty of other books on those topics if you’re not ready to give up the rollercoaster ride just yet.

What you will find here is a series of blueprints to help you to find the motivation and tools that you will need to go the distance with any weight loss plan.

This book is written by a “regular” woman losing 100+…

What If It’s True?by Dixie Burns

Cedar Hill is a good town, a solid town. Neat and efficient in all its circumstances and the citizens go along to get along. “Nothing” happens over and over. That is, it seems until Clarissa Clooney moves to town. A recent divorcee, she is looking to start all over where nobody knows her name. She suffers the fate of all newcomers in a small Southern town where tongues wag, but few heads think.
Trigger Ray Foley, born in Cedar Hill, is the city’s Chief of Police. He and most of Cedar Hill’s residents live in a comfortable rut. The explosive growth of a new church, lead by a flamboyant minister begins to ruffle the surfaces of tranquility. Suspicion and sordid rumors appear to move in with Ms. Clooney causing Chief Foley and Clarissa to do a little more than cross paths.
The victims do not act like victims.They are not likable or trustworthy. And what do we do with an unlikable victim? What do we do with an outlandish rumor? Like sand in our shoes, we ignore it. But, the grit in our soles whispers, “What if it’s true?”

Sugar Valley: Hollywood’s Darkest Secretby Stephen Salamon

When a farm boy from Mississippi, Damen Schultz, decides to embark on a journey with his best friends, Jose and Darell, to make their dream of becoming famous movie stars come true, they leave more behind than their families and the Valley they grew up in; their innocence. Remembering their secret spot called ‘Sugar Valley’, a place where their dreams began, they arrive in Hollywood and attain fame rather quickly, each in different ways. The different paths they chose to get there cause them to be hunted by the rich and powerful, entwining and manipulating them as they fight to keep their purity that their Valley once gave them. Only one will attain the coveted Oscar trophy and return to Sugar Valley to tell about the horrors they went through. Fame and fortune, wealth and power, come with more than a price. And in the end, they learn that it is only the beginning of a story that the business never wanted to get out. All they knew of was a Valley they called ‘Sugar’ that they fought to leave to attain their desires. And now, all they want to do is return to it, for what they had all…

Revive (The Sheysu’s Gold Series Book 1)by Sunita Venchard

A YA upwards, fantasy, action & adventure, romance novel.
5 star reviews from Amazon.co.uk
“I have just finished this book and I think it’s brilliant. It would make a fantastic film. The story is good, imaginatively written and a real page turner which would appeal to people of all age groups. Looking forward to the sequel”
“This book is something special! I bought it after reading the reviews although it was completely different to my normal “read” where I follow crime and thrillers. This book is outstanding. It is one of those where you are curious to turn each page and revel in each scenario. You are drawn into the plot, which although simple, has a series of adventures with different mystical creatures who are strangle believable. Another reviewer is quite right – this would make a superb film.”

Sheysu is thrust from her peaceful family life onto a dangerous quest to find a cure for her dying twin sister. The illness is strong and threatens to claim Sheysu’s life too.

Terrified and alone, she travels through unfamiliar kingdoms in search of the elusive, legendary healer, Similia—her only hope of survival.

Queen Platina of Mineralia offers her help and assigns her number one, the reluctant Aurum, to accompany her. But can Sheysu trust either of these Mineralians she just met?

Their journey pulls them through a maze of emotions and terrifying battles against the deadly tribes of Animalia, who live by a different code. Sheysu uncovers a dark secret from her past, causing her to question everything she has ever known.

Will Sheysu find the cure in time? What is the secret from her past and how will it change her future?

One is Come (Five in Circle Book 1)by C. H. MacLean

One is Come is the first installment in a YA fantasy saga full of hidden plot twists and turns. The centuries-old prophesy of the One is being fulfilled, and the ancient dragon clans are coming out of hiding to remake the world. The king of the magic users will stop at nothing to be sure the prophecy is fulfilled the right way–with his oppressive government ruling. As they struggle for power, Haylwen (14) and her brother Cadarn (16) just happen to be caught dead center.

In this first book, meet fourteen-year-old Haylwen Rightad. She doesn’t think “crazy” runs in her family, but she might be wrong. Fish seem to listen when she talks. She finds herself wearing jewelry she can’t remember putting on. And then there was the explosion at school…and her ex-principal trying to kidnap her…and her brother? Don’t even ask. All she wants is to be an ordinary teenager. Live a normal life. Go to school, make friends, and not have to move a zillion times. Oh, and getting the bullies off her back? That’d be nice, too.

What Haylwen doesn’t know is WHY all this crazy stuff is happening to her. But she’s about to find out. The bad news? Things aren’t going to be “normal” any time soon!

With a mysterious prophecy, magical secrets and more than a few dragons, ONE IS COME is the first book in the adventures of siblings Haylwen and Cadarn as they come to discover they have powers they never dreamt of — and a destiny only they can fulfill.

A New Kind of Zealby Michelle Warren

On a hot, humid day, Tristan Blake is sweating it out trying to hitch a ride past Kerikeri, up north. It is summer in New Zealand, 2030: the temperature is rising, and Tristan is looking to get away from it all, after retiring from Peace-making army duty in the Middle East.

An old red Holden Ute pulls up on the side of the road, with fishing lines strapped in the back. Tristan goes to the driver’s window, and a Maori priest, Rau Petera, invites him on a ride to Ninety Mile Beach.

Keen to fish, Tristan agrees: but there on the expansive sand, trying to escape the rising tide, Rau and Tristan stumble across Joshua Davidson from Kaitaia. Rau follows Joshua back into the rising sea, and Joshua catches him a record snapper, with no bait.

Now Rau and Tristan find themselves driving Joshua on a once-in-a-lifetime road-trip down the centre of the North Island, toward the Beehive in Wellington. Joshua is reminding Rau of someone: he is finding a new kind of faith. But Tristan is being thrown into increasing confusion and dismay, when he finally realizes what he must do to end the growing threat…

Confessions of a Hollywood Nobodyby Dan Bronson

Everyone has read biographies and memoirs of Hollywood celebrities–the lucky ones who have actually made it to the top. Dan Bronson’s book is different. It tells the story of all the others–the ninety-eight percent who’ve worked hard and well but below the radar, the “nobodies” without whom movies and television would cease to exist.

Dan’s fun, funny account of his wild ride on the rollercoaster of Hollywood is littered with stars, both behind the camera and in front of it–actors like Natalie Wood, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Bateman and, yes, Tori Spelling; directors like George Seaton, Alfred Hitchcock, George Cukor, Gil Cates, Francis Ford Coppola and John McTiernan; executives like Dawn Steele, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Eisner and Ned Tanen. And along the way, Dan provides behind-the-scenes glimpses of the making of films both big and small–everything from Galaxy of Terror to Godfather III and Die Hard: With a Vengeance .

But his real story is how the dream factory works and what it takes to avoid being crushed in its gears. A survivor’s guide to Hollywood, it is a must-read for anyone interested in film.

How to Lose 100 Pounds – 6 Book Bundle + 2 BONUS Books (Creating YOUR Plan, Motivation, Goal Setting, Eating, Exercise, Getting Back on Track + How to Be Motivated and Resolutions in the New Year)by P. Seymour

*** Special price for a limited time! ***

This book is a compilation of the 6 Book Series “How to Lose 100 Pounds”.

*This special bundle edition also includes 2 bonus books that will be very helpful for anyone getting ready to start on their journey to weight loss and health.

*The first bonus book, “How to Be Motivated” is taken from the 6 book series called “The Personal Transformation Project: Part 1 How to Feel Awesome!” The second bonus book, “Resolutions in the New Year…or Any Time: How to Make a Plan for Transformation” will help you get fired up to make a change ANY time of year.

Losing 100 pounds is NOT easy! This book is NOT filled with the latest promises and solutions for fast weight loss. You can find plenty of other books on those topics if you’re not ready to give up the rollercoaster ride just yet.

What you will find here is a series of blueprints to help you to find the motivation and tools that you will need to go the distance with any weight loss plan.

This book is written by a “regular” woman losing 100+…

What If It’s True?by Dixie Burns

Cedar Hill is a good town, a solid town. Neat and efficient in all its circumstances and the citizens go along to get along. “Nothing” happens over and over. That is, it seems until Clarissa Clooney moves to town. A recent divorcee, she is looking to start all over where nobody knows her name. She suffers the fate of all newcomers in a small Southern town where tongues wag, but few heads think.
Trigger Ray Foley, born in Cedar Hill, is the city’s Chief of Police. He and most of Cedar Hill’s residents live in a comfortable rut. The explosive growth of a new church, lead by a flamboyant minister begins to ruffle the surfaces of tranquility. Suspicion and sordid rumors appear to move in with Ms. Clooney causing Chief Foley and Clarissa to do a little more than cross paths.
The victims do not act like victims.They are not likable or trustworthy. And what do we do with an unlikable victim? What do we do with an outlandish rumor? Like sand in our shoes, we ignore it. But, the grit in our soles whispers, “What if it’s true?”

Sparrow Manby M. R. Pritchard

A girl who thinks she’s trailer trash, a crazy dude who sings Bon Jovi and zombies

Meg Clark has turned out to be everything her father and the people of her little North Country town of Gouvernour, NY, have been saying her whole life: nothin’ but a piece of white trash. In an effort to hide her past and turn herself around, she spent her inheritance from her dead mother on the perfect little house with a white picket fence. Then something terrible happened and Meg got sent to county lockup so her fiancé, Jim, wouldn’t have to. And then everyone started waking up…dead.

Good thing escaping from County wasn’t hard. Jim told her exactly how to get free. Now Meg is running and the walking dead are following. In a last ditch effort to find weapons to protect herself, Meg finds Sparrow instead. A tall, strange man with a quirk, Sparrow has an obsession with feathers and the only goal that’s on his mind is finding an old barn on Route 37 with a snowy owl in its rafters.

Meg’s headed to Kingston, where she and Jim agreed to meet if they ever…

The Boy who Lit up the Sky (The Two Moons of Rehnor Book 1)by J. Naomi Ay

Lydia Kalila, the Princess Royal of Mishnah, is forced into marriage with the son of her country’s mortal enemy for the sole purpose of producing an heir. Duty comes before personal choice for a princess, especially when her country has been at war for more than a thousand years. Lydia’s pregnancy removes her brother and new husband from their respective lines of succession, placing her yet unborn infant at the head of both queues. No one is happy about this, especially Lydia who dies during childbirth from wounds caused by the talon-like toenails of her very strange newborn son.

Grief stricken at the loss of his daughter, the Mishnese King hastily sends Senya, his infant grandson off to a decrepit inner city orphanage with the intent to retrieve him much later when things got sorted out. At the orphanage, Senya is protected by the invalid Sister Meri who instantly falls in love with the little fellow. She’s not bothered at all by his strange telekinetic and telepathic powers, flickering pupil-less silver eyes, or wicked clawed toenails. The House Father takes a shine to the lad too, and when Senya is six years old, he…

Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, oh my! (Xoe Meyers Fantasy/Horror Series Book 1)by Sara C. Roethle

Xoe Meyers had a normal life. So she was stuck going to high school, and she only had a few friends to call her own. She liked her normal life. Things were about to change though, because there’s a new guy in her small town, and he is anything but normal. Before Xoe can say, “Werewolf,” her best friend’s life is in peril, and Xoe’s world is turned upside-down. Then, of course, there’s Jason. Xoe doesn’t trust him as far as she can throw him, and given that he’s a vampire, she’d have to be able to catch him first.

(This book falls under the “Teen and Young Adult” category for Urban Fantasy, but is suitable for any who love Paranormal Romance and Adventure, no matter their age. Xoe is available for free to all.)

Breath: The inner essence of meditation and prayerby Jonas Yunus Atlas

This little gem beautifully elucidates the flow of our mind, heart and soul during meditation and prayer. It explains how we can guide our inner being to moments of spiritual contemplation.

In a concise and poetic language, Jonas Yunus Atlas clarifies the core aspects of meditation and prayer. He does not discuss their outer forms or technical sides, but reveals their mental forms and deeper spirit. And, while doing so, also rephrases our relationship with the divine.

Many meditation books focus on bodily exercises and physical postures that are needed to open distinct energy channels. The verses in this book, however, describe the different ‘spiritual postures’ that open the ‘channels of the soul’ between ourselves and God.

Editorial Reviews

“I will read it before I start my day, and when I end my day. I trust it will prepare me for the day, and soothe me after a long day. Jonas and I share our love for meditation and prayer.” - Imam Abdul Feisal Rauf, founder and Chairman of The Cordoba Initiative.

“Original, delighting, deep, a book to own. (…) Jonas Y. Atlas writes beautiful things. That he does this in religious-spiritual…

And The Earth Moved: Celebrity + Crime = Call The CCIA (Amber Reed CCIA Mystery Book 1)by Zanna Mackenzie

“Romantic comedy meets celebrity murder mystery”

Can a barmaid convince a secret agent she can help him solve a celebrity murder mystery?

When celebrities need a crime solving quickly and discreetly they call in the specialists, the Celebrity Crimes Investigation Agency, otherwise known as the CCIA…

One desperate phone call is all it takes to turn Amber’s day from boring to completely crazy.

The call? Her old university boyfriend Ennis, now a heartthrob actor, begs for Amber’s help.

His brother Joel is dead and Ennis has to discover the truth about his death before the world’s media hear about it and batter his door down demanding answers.

The CCIA has already assigned its top agent, Charlie Huxton, to the case.

Amber’s mission? Ennis doesn’t trust a stranger to keep quiet so he pleads with Amber to shadow and help Charlie throughout the investigation. Ennis was her first love and she still has a soft spot for him – how can she refuse?

Scarily out of her depth Amber knows she needs to somehow get Charlie on side with her involvement in the case – and fast.

Plunged into the world of crime…

Scar Tissue: Paradise Falls, Book 1by Abigail Graham

When the Paradise Falls bridge fell, Jennifer Katzenberg lost her husband and her happiness. The only thing she has left is her job as a high school teacher, but even that isn’t safe. Eliot, her abusive brother-in-law, stalks her every waking moment waiting to pounce.

But then she meets him. Jacob, the new math teacher. He’s quick witted, sensitive, and smart. But he’s also built like an MMA fighter, drives a car worth ten times his salary, and is covered in scars. Something doesn’t add up.

Jacob Kane skipped town when the bridge collapse claimed his family too. Everyone said it was an accident, but he isn’t so sure.

Now he’s back in Paradise Falls. Not to teach math, but to get revenge. Everything was going according to plan. At least until he saw her. Jennifer.

Jacob never thought he would see Jennifer again, but he discovers someone trying kidnap her–Elliot. One of the men he came here to kill. Falling in love was never part of the plan, but there’s a new plan now: Fix it. Save her.

Scar Tissue is the first part of a serial romance…

Open Wounds: Paradise Falls, Book 2by Abigail Graham

All Jennifer Katzenberg had to look forward to was a dreary life as a widowed teacher in a dying rural town, under the thumb of her abusive, politically connected brother in law. All that changed when Jacob Kane came crashing into her life, rescuing her from a kidnapping attempt in the process. There’s something brewing behind the scenes in Paradise Falls, and Jennifer is part of it whether she wants to be or not.

With her home destroyed, Jennifer has nowhere else to turn but Jacob- the scarred, mysterious stranger who lost his family in the same tragedy that took Jennifer’s husband.

With her world already turned upside down, Jennifer finds herself tagging along on a murder investigation. Death has come to Paradise Falls to claim an innocent teenage couple, and Jacob will not stop until justice is done and the people responsible for the misery in Paradise Falls pay for what they’ve done. How far is Jennifer prepared to go?

Open Wounds is the second part of a serial romance comprising five volumes: Scar Tissue, Open Wounds, Turning Point, Spy Games, and Shock Waves, now available.

Turning Point: Paradise Falls, Book 3by Abigail Graham

What’s the worst that could happen?
Jennifer Katzenberg is about to find out.

She’s been arrested at the funeral of her favorite student, by the corrupt cop responsible for her death. The only man Jennifer knows that could get them out of his has been taken prisoner alongside her. Jacob Kane, the man who came to town to turn her life upside down and rescue her from an obsessive stalker.

If they are to survive, Jennifer will have to push herself to the absolute limit and leave her old life behind.

Turning Point is the third part of a serial romance comprising five volumes: Scar Tissue, Open Wounds, Turning Point, Spy Games, and Shock Waves, now available.

Spy Games: Paradise Falls, Book 4by Abigail Graham

Jennifer Katzenberg never imagined herself fighting for her life, rescuing captives or learning martial arts. All that changed when Jacob Kane came roaring into her life just in time to rescue her from an abusive stalker.
Now she’s paid him back with a rescue of her own.Together, they face even greater challenges as Jacob’s investigation into the bridge collapse that destroyed their families leads them down roads best untraveled.
Everything Jennifer knows about her lost husband, her family, and her life is about to be turned upside down.
As Jennifer and Jacob grow from partners into a couple, Jennifer must face her own fears and the sinister forces that threaten to destroy them both. In the end, all they may have is each other.

Spy Games is the fourth part of a serial romance comprising five volumes: Scar Tissue, Open Wounds, Turning Point, Spy Games, and Shock Waves, now available.

Shock Waves: Paradise Falls, Book 5by Abigail Graham

Jennifer has been taken. Jacob has been left for dead. What began as a quest for justice has become a race against time to stop a vast plot that reaches far beyond the limits of a sleepy Pennsylvania town.

Outnumbered, outgunned, and on the run, Jacob must find a way to Jennifer, while Jennifer finds a way to survive and escape the sadistic psychopath holding her captive, but even if they find each other, a disaster of terrifying proportions looms on the horizon.

This is the end. In this book, paradise falls.

Shock Waves is the final installment in Abigail Graham’s action-adventure romance serial.

HUMANITY EMERGENCY: POETRY OF A MEDICAL STUDENTby SARAH FRASER MD

Medical school is like a combination of a hug, a slap in the face, going to church and trying to survive. I graduated medical school earlier this year, but wrote these poems throughout the course of my training. With the busy life of being a health care professional, it can be easy to lose compassion in medicine. Studies show that empathy decreases during the process of becoming a doctor. However, it’s an emergency to have more humanity in medicine and in the world more generally. This journey begins with recognizing what is human in ourselves. These poems and stories have helped me to hold on to my own humanity in a seemingly chaotic world.

The time is now. The person is you. Situation – emergency.

Go.

Fire Signby m. a. petterson

A beautiful forensic engineer hiding a tragic past reluctantly teams up with a troubled cop to stop a serial arsonist targeting churches.

Dr. Anja Toussaint believes that her own dreadful youth foretells who the arsonist is and the shocking motive behind the fires. But Detective Gil Dolan stubbornly sets his sights on a white supremacist previously convicted of arson and just released from prison.

Unfortunately, when Anja blocks his efforts the arrogant cop sets his own plan into motion that leads them both into a fiery trap.

* Please note: Fire Sign is a novella and about one quarter the length of regular novel.

Spectacle of the Extensionby Andy Reynolds

A young painter armed with a sarcastic tongue and the ability to pull amazing espresso shots, Em has moved across the country to shed her past and lose herself in her artistic process.

One night the painting she’s been working on for months comes to life, its presence causing her to question the decisions she’s made and her relationship with reality. Is this creature merely a work of art, or something else entirely?

As the creature travels through Em’s world and she is drawn ever deeper into its own reality, they both unearth secrets about each other and the worlds around them.

Living with Your Past Selves (Spell Weaver Book 1)by Bill Hiatt

He’s haunted by the past, but he has an enemy very much in the present.

Danger lurks around every corner for the seemingly ordinary teen who is anything but.
Many teenagers struggle to find their identity, but for Taliesin Weaver, that struggle has become life or death–and not just for him. Tal, as he prefers to be called, believes in reincarnation, and with good reason. When he turned 12, his mind was nearly shattered by a flood of memories, memories of his past lives, hundreds of them. Somehow, Tal managed to pull himself together and even to make good use of the lessons learned and skills developed in those previous lives. He even had the ability to work magic–literally–and there was no denying that was cool. No, his life wasn’t perfect, but he was managing.

Now, four years later, his best friend, Stan, has begun to suspect his secret, and Stan isn’t the only one. Suddenly, Tal is under attack from a mysterious enemy and under the protection of an equally mysterious friend whose agenda Tal can’t quite figure out. An apparition predicts his death. A shape shifter disguised as Stan attacks him. An old adversary starts acting like a friend. He and some other students get hurled into Annwn (the Otherworld), face Morgan Le Fay, and only just barely get back alive–and that’s just during the first month of school!

By now Tal knows he is not the only one who can work magic and certainly not the only one who can remember the past. He realizes there is something that he is not remembering, something that could save his life or end it, some reason for the attacks on him that, as they escalate, threaten not only him but everyone he loves as well. In an effort to save them, he will have to risk not only his life, but even his soul.

Thieving Forestby Martha Conway

2014 North American Book Awards Winner for Best Historical Fiction

On a humid day in June 1806, on the edge of Ohio’s Great Black Swamp, seventeen-year-old Susanna Quiner watches from behind a maple tree as a band of Potawatomi Indians kidnaps her four older sisters from their cabin. With both her parents dead from Swamp Fever and all the other settlers out in their fields, Susanna makes the rash decision to pursue them herself. What follows is a young woman’s quest to find her sisters, and the parallel story of her sisters’ new lives.

Thieving Forest explores the transformation of all five sisters as they contend with starvation, slavery, betrayal, and love. Fast-paced, richly detailed, with a panoramic view of cultures and people, this is historical fiction that is sure to enthrall and delight.

Spirituality 101 For The Dropouts of the School of Life: Review for the Final Examby Ivan Figueroa-Otero

Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?

We all have asked ourselves these questions, but few have sought the answers that truly make sense. Dr. Ivan Figueroa-Otero not only dares to answer them, but humbly presents a guide to understanding these and other questions about our spiritual nature, while closing the apparent gap between the religious and scientific vision with an eclectic and original delivery.

“I invite you to explore your soul in the infinite dimensional spirals of knowledge of the School of Life. I hope that the fruits of my failings help you to surpass your exams with fewer burdens and more joy.”

Murder at Jade Cove (Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Book 2)by Dianne Harman

Was it the environmental activist enamored with spotted owls, someone from the local Native American tribe, Jeff’s son, Jeff’s wife, or his wife’s lover? Join Kelly, the owner of Kelly’s Koffee Shop, her boxer dog, Rebel, and her fiancé, Mike, the county sheriff, as they try and catch the person who killed Jeff Black.

Well, it’s not as if no one wanted Jeff dead. He had enemies. There were a lot of people who didn’t want to see his property turned into a commercial hotel and spa. Finding suspects won’t be hard to do, but finding out who killed him will be. No one would ever nominate Jeff for the “Most Popular Citizen Award.” This is going to be a nightmare for Mike. I wonder how I can help him, Kelly thought.

Murder at Jade Cove is another mouth-watering Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery with recipes and a

surprise at the very end!

A Touch of Menage: A Ménage Romance Box Set Series – Ultimate Six-Book Collectionby Jan Springer

*****SIX Erotic Romance Ménage Stories! INCLUDES A BONUS MENAGE EBOOK***** Available for a Limited Time Only

TOP 100 Kindle Bestseller!

Step into The Key Club’s Ménage Nights where naughty fantasies come true and two men are hotter than one. Includes FIVE bestselling The Key Club stories; Ménage, Marley’s Ménage, A Merry Ménage Christmas, Sophie’s Ménage and Jewel’s Ménage.

BONUS Ménage BOOK “Cowboys for Christmas” book 1 of Jan’s new Cowboys Online series. Jennifer Jane is getting THREE Cowboys for Christmas ~ What more could a girl want?

Jennifer Jane Watson has spent the past ten Christmases in a maximum security prison. The last thing she expects is to get early parole along with a job on a secluded Canadian cattle ranch serving Christmas holiday dinners to three of the sexiest cowboys she’s ever met!

Please note: These stories have been previously published.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

HUMANITY EMERGENCY: POETRY OF A MEDICAL STUDENTby SARAH FRASER MD

Medical school is like a combination of a hug, a slap in the face, going to church and trying to survive. I graduated medical school earlier this year, but wrote these poems throughout the course of my training. With the busy life of being a health care professional, it can be easy to lose compassion in medicine. Studies show that empathy decreases during the process of becoming a doctor. However, it’s an emergency to have more humanity in medicine and in the world more generally. This journey begins with recognizing what is human in ourselves. These poems and stories have helped me to hold on to my own humanity in a seemingly chaotic world.

The time is now. The person is you. Situation – emergency.

Go.

Fire Signby m. a. petterson

A beautiful forensic engineer hiding a tragic past reluctantly teams up with a troubled cop to stop a serial arsonist targeting churches.

Dr. Anja Toussaint believes that her own dreadful youth foretells who the arsonist is and the shocking motive behind the fires. But Detective Gil Dolan stubbornly sets his sights on a white supremacist previously convicted of arson and just released from prison.

Unfortunately, when Anja blocks his efforts the arrogant cop sets his own plan into motion that leads them both into a fiery trap.

* Please note: Fire Sign is a novella and about one quarter the length of regular novel.

Spectacle of the Extensionby Andy Reynolds

A young painter armed with a sarcastic tongue and the ability to pull amazing espresso shots, Em has moved across the country to shed her past and lose herself in her artistic process.

One night the painting she’s been working on for months comes to life, its presence causing her to question the decisions she’s made and her relationship with reality. Is this creature merely a work of art, or something else entirely?

As the creature travels through Em’s world and she is drawn ever deeper into its own reality, they both unearth secrets about each other and the worlds around them.

Living with Your Past Selves (Spell Weaver Book 1)by Bill Hiatt

He’s haunted by the past, but he has an enemy very much in the present.

Danger lurks around every corner for the seemingly ordinary teen who is anything but.
Many teenagers struggle to find their identity, but for Taliesin Weaver, that struggle has become life or death–and not just for him. Tal, as he prefers to be called, believes in reincarnation, and with good reason. When he turned 12, his mind was nearly shattered by a flood of memories, memories of his past lives, hundreds of them. Somehow, Tal managed to pull himself together and even to make good use of the lessons learned and skills developed in those previous lives. He even had the ability to work magic–literally–and there was no denying that was cool. No, his life wasn’t perfect, but he was managing.

Now, four years later, his best friend, Stan, has begun to suspect his secret, and Stan isn’t the only one. Suddenly, Tal is under attack from a mysterious enemy and under the protection of an equally mysterious friend whose agenda Tal can’t quite figure out. An apparition predicts his death. A shape shifter disguised as Stan attacks him. An old adversary starts acting like a friend. He and some other students get hurled into Annwn (the Otherworld), face Morgan Le Fay, and only just barely get back alive–and that’s just during the first month of school!

By now Tal knows he is not the only one who can work magic and certainly not the only one who can remember the past. He realizes there is something that he is not remembering, something that could save his life or end it, some reason for the attacks on him that, as they escalate, threaten not only him but everyone he loves as well. In an effort to save them, he will have to risk not only his life, but even his soul.

Thieving Forestby Martha Conway

2014 North American Book Awards Winner for Best Historical Fiction

On a humid day in June 1806, on the edge of Ohio’s Great Black Swamp, seventeen-year-old Susanna Quiner watches from behind a maple tree as a band of Potawatomi Indians kidnaps her four older sisters from their cabin. With both her parents dead from Swamp Fever and all the other settlers out in their fields, Susanna makes the rash decision to pursue them herself. What follows is a young woman’s quest to find her sisters, and the parallel story of her sisters’ new lives.

Thieving Forest explores the transformation of all five sisters as they contend with starvation, slavery, betrayal, and love. Fast-paced, richly detailed, with a panoramic view of cultures and people, this is historical fiction that is sure to enthrall and delight.

Malevolent (Lieutenant Kane series Book 1)by E.H. Reinhard

Malevolent: Book 1 in the Cases of Lieutenant Kane Series of Police Procedural Novels

Tampa Homicide Lieutenant Carl Kane has a tough job. His day to day consists of decomposing dead bodies and removing murderers from the general public. But, when two women’s bodies are found under similar circumstances, it quickly turns into more than your average case. The killer is clearly looking to make a name for himself, and his plans for these women go far beyond death.

When the media runs with the story, the killer’s moment in the spotlight arrives.

It’s up to Lieutenant Kane to bring the man the press has dubbed the ‘Psycho Surgeon’ to justice. Yet, being the lead on the case has its drawbacks–like becoming the focus of the killer yourself.

As Lieutenant Kane closes in on his suspect, he soon realizes that the case has become far more personal than he could have ever imagined.

Cases of Lieutenant Kane Series:

Note: All books are standalone stories. They are best enjoyed chronologically, but can be read out of order.

#1 Malevolent

#2 Requite

#3 Determinant

#4 Animus – coming soon

#5 Malign – spring 2015

Mazie Babyby Julie Frayn

When Mazie Reynolds was a young girl, she believed monsters lived under her bed. Now a grown, married woman, she discovers one sleeps in her bed.

Mazie schemes to save herself and her daughter. Her plan will work, if she can out-maneuver the monster who is a master of manipulation and control. She’s got one thing going for her, the one thing she truly owns. Mazie has moxie to the bone. But will it be enough?

Things We Didn’t Say: A Novelby Kristina Riggle

“Things We Didn’t Say is impossible to put down, and even harder to let go of.”
—Julie Buxbaum, author of The Opposite of Love

Kristina Riggle’s star continues to rise. Tiffany Baker, the New York Times bestselling author of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County, says that Riggle, “writes women’s fiction with soul.” In her novel Things We Didn’t Say, the acclaimed author of Real Life & Liars and The Life You’ve Imagined (an Indie Next Notable Book) explores the messiness of life’s love stories, especially those involving teenage almost-stepchildren, a unreliable ex-wife, and the words no parent ever wants to hear: “Your child is missing.” A poignant, honest, and unforgettable novel that fans of Katrina Kittle and Elin Hildenbrand will take into their hearts, Things We Didn’t Say is exactly the sort of well-written, complex relationships story that women love to read, discuss, and share with their friends.

Gods and Monstersby Christopher Bram

Previously titled Father of Frankenstein, this acclaimed novel was the basis for the 1998 film starring Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, and Brendan Fraser. It journeys back to 1957 Los Angeles, where James Whale, the once-famous director of such classics as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, is living in retirement, haunted by his past. Rescuing him from his too-vivid imagination is his gardener, a handsome ex-marine. The friendship between these two very different men is sometimes tentative, sometimes touching, often dangerous—and always captivating.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Things Remembered: A Novelby Georgia Bockoven

“Bockoven is magic.”
—New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter

A fabulous repackaging of this deeply emotional novel from the bestselling author of Beach House and Another Summer, Georgia Bockoven’s Things Remembered is a heartrending tale of family and the healing power of love. This intensely moving story follows a young woman’s difficult homecoming to Northern California where, despite painful memories of her past, she must make peace with her ailing grandmother before it’s too late. An enduring masterwork of women’s fiction, Things Remembered is Georgia Bockoven at her very best. They say you can’t go home again—but Bockoven fans will find this heartfelt return to be well worth the journey, as will readers of Elin Hilderbrand, Juliette Fay, and Karen White.

The Thirteenth Step: Zombie Recoveryby Michele W. Miller

Eight people escape decimated New York. They have only one thing in common: the addict gene. The same genetic quirk that makes alcoholics and addicts susceptible to booze and drugs gives them a mysterious ability to evade the undead. But that’s not enough to unite them. They’re an unlikely crew: A Botoxed rich woman; a drug dealer; a resentful daughter of addicts; a recovering AA guy; a Japanese ex-dope fiend; an addicted Ivy Leaguer; and a Mexican immigrant. They dodge zombies, toxic wastelands, drugged lunatics, their personal demons and sometimes each other, only to find themselves in a cult that takes A.A. to fundamentalist extremes. They have to make a choice…one they may not survive.

“A humorous and surprising satire of both the zombie apocalypse and the culture of addiction” — Kirkus Reviews

Over 100 Amazon five-star reviews:

“An addicting read”

“Action-packed”

“Thought-Provoking”

“Vivid, believable characters”

“Gripping”

“Truly a thriller”

The Stone Thread (The Stone Thread First Chronicle Book 1)by J. Evangelisti

Dr. Elizabeth Wellstrom risks everything, her career, her life, and her love in an attempt to uncover the truth about a murderer who appers to transcend time.

In 1980 her scientific study becomes a fight between good and evil, and a struggle between sanity and falling into madness. A harrowing suspenseful story unfolds. This is a fast paced intricate plot with many discussion points that will intrigue book club members or the individual reader.

This is part one of a series that takes place in 1980 A.D. and continues far into the future. The second novel in the series takes place in the year 3000 A.D.

The Stone Thread: Second Chronicle (The Stone Thread Second Chronicle Book 2)by J. Evangelisti

Post-apocalyptic dystopia…3000 A.D.

What was once New York City in the past has become a new and protected home in 3000 AD for the survivors of this world but with a cost as impossible rules are made to follow and without question. The world outside New York City is unfit for human survival.

This is a harrowing tale of survival in a post-apocalyptic dystopia.This story will appeal to readers of suspenseful thrillers, and the writing of Philip K. Dick, (Blade Runner). The mysteries within the plot are enthralling due to the powerful writing and compelling characters. Expertly crafted details surround and pull the reader into action. There are many parallels that can be drawn between this world depicted in The Stone Thread and today, so the story will possibly call the audience’s own assumptions about government and society into question. With gripping dialogue and descriptions, the readers will ask questions, think critically, and find themselves immersed in emotion. The characters are believable shades of gray, as the argument of what makes good versus evil is analyzed.

A brilliant sci-fi thriller, this story is engrossing, and filled with detail.

Twilight Visitorby Réal Laplaine

When China invades Iran for its oil – Iran retaliates with a nuclear warhead fired at Beijing. As the crisis spirals out of control, North Korea threatens its own nuclear reprisal if America attempts to interfere with China. An international panic erupts as global powers are suddenly helpless to stop the imminent debacle.
Novelist David Luddington says… “Twilight Visitor is a high concept thriller that is comparable with the best of Dan Brown or Jack Higgins.”
SWNS.com says… “Twilight Visitor is quickly becoming a cult classic on Amazon…”
While thrilling to the end, the book also poses philosophical questions about the future of mankind, as well as introducing us to an enigmatic and beautiful off-world visitor, one who has come to earth to help save it from disaster. The alien visitation is seamlessly introduced, while the focus of the story remains on two simultaneous theaters; as the world edges toward nuclear meltdown, and that of the life of one man, a bioengineer vacationing on the shores of Portugal, challenged by his own mid-life crisis, who suddenly finds himself facing off with this mystery woman, who tries to convince him that he and his team alone have the means of stopping the imminent global war.
Book-Reviewer.com says… “The story races along with (the) pace of a Tom Clancy thriller.”
Amazon Hall of Famer Top Reviewer, Grady Harp, says… “Though there are many reasons why Réal Laplaine’s writing is so captivating – his sense of bizarre stories, his ability to make the surreal seem more real than our known reality, the underlying philosophical issues about the future of mankind his stories raise, his seeming grasp of the unknown – but chief among the qualities of his success is the eloquence of his manipulation of language.”

Strange Magic: A Yancy Lazarus Novel (Pilot Episode)by James Hunter

PRAISE FOR STRANGE MAGIC:

“Move over Harry Dresden because there’s a new wizard in town. Yancy Lazarus a chain-smoking, take no prisoners S.O.B. with a heart of gold and a fistful of primal power.”
—Rick Gualtieri, Author of Bill the Vampire (The Tome of Bill)

+++++++

Yancy Lazarus is having a bad day: there’s a bullet lodged in his butt cheek, his face looks like the site of a demolition derby, and he’s been saran-wrapped to a banquet table. He never should have answered the phone. Stupid bleeding heart—helping others in his circles is a good way to get dead.

Just ask the gang members ripped to pieces by some kind of demonic nightmare in LA. As a favor to a friend, Yancy agrees to take a little looksee into the massacre and boom, he’s stuck in a turf war between two rival gangs, which both think he’s pinch-hitting for the other side. Oh, and there’s also a secretive jerk with some mean ol’ magical chops and a small army of hyena-faced, body-snatching baddies. It might be time to seriously reconsider some of his life choices.

Yancy is a bluesman, a rambler, a gambler, but not much more. Sure, he can do a little magic—maybe even more than just a little magic—but he knows enough to keep his head down and stay clear of freaky-deaky hoodoo like this business in LA. Somehow though, he’s been set up to take a real bad fall—the kind of very permanent fall that leaves a guy with a toe tag. Unless, of course, he can find out who is responsible for the gangland murders, make peace in the midst of the gang feud, and take out said magical jerk before he hexes Yancy into an early retirement. Easy right? Stupid. Bleeding. Heart.

Memories of a Brainless Girlby John Summons

A park. A murder. We enter a world of shadows, a world in which a young woman faces the deepest mysteries and conflicts of her life – the truth about the unsolved death of her father, her crumbling religious faith, her awakening sexuality and an extraordinary yet real brain disease that should have killed her but has left her miraculously intact. “Memories of a Brainless Girl” is a story that is sometimes humorous, satirical, thought-provoking and moving, about mind, God, miracles, mystery, murder and a girl with “no brain”.