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One Last Prayer for the Rays: A shocking and exhilarating crime thriller (A DCI Yorke Thriller Book 1)by Wes Markin

The disappearance of a young boy. An investigation paved with depravity and death. Can DCI Michael Yorke survive with his body and soul intact?

With Yorke’s small town in the grip of a destructive snowstorm, the relentless detective uncovers a missing boy’s connection to a deranged family whose history is steeped in violence. But when all seems lost, Yorke refuses to give in, and journeys deep into the heart of this sinister family for the truth.

And what he discovers there will tear his world apart.

The Rays are here. It’s time to start praying.

One Last Prayer for the Rays is the first novel in the shocking and exhilarating bestselling Detective Yorke series. If you like intense thrillers, flawed detectives and complex killers, then you’ll love Wes Markin’s dark and twisty series. Perfect for fans of L.J. Ross, Peter James, Jo Nesbo, Chris Brookmyre, and Stuart Macbride.

The Family Secretby Lorhainne Eckhart

It’s never a good thing when a corpse appears when you least expect it…especially in this dark romantic crime thriller.

Just what is the mystery behind Raymond O’Connells disappearance?

NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart brings you The Family Secret, an O’Connell family novel, when a body is discovered at the edge of town, rumors, circumstantial evidence and a chance for revenge lead to one family member’s arrest, and an all out effort to take several other O’Connells down as well.

“Wow what drama, what tension, what suspense.” Susan Jordens

“This was a very explosive and heart wrenching story. A body is found and the DA is out for blood. As long as it’s O’Connell blood, he doesn’t much care whose.” KEC200

Raymond O’Connell was the love of Iris’s life–from the day she met him, to the day a year later when she married him, to the tragic night before she never saw him again.



Now, eighteen years later, questions arise about the night her husband disappeared and when a dead body turns up and turns a family upside down. Will the corpse be the linchpin that ruins Iris O’Connell’s perfect life?

Being Authentic: A Memoirby Morhaf Al Achkar

Desire to find your Authentic Voice? Learn the process to participate more authentically in the project we call humanity•••

◆ Rare are the spaces in which we can look inwardly at who we are. There is no horizon to do so more intimately than reading one’s biography. Reflect on what and who you are. What constitutes your core self? What should that be?

◆ While there is no such thing as an “Authenticity Expert,” you now have a viable alternative. Morhaf Al Achkar obtained his Ph.D in education and is currently a practicing family physician at the University of Washington. He was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Since then, his research has focused on the experiences of patients living with cancer. His first book is based on interviews he did with 39 patients who live, like him, with advanced illness. He explored how these patients find meaning, cope, and build resilience. Using his own experiences and deep knowledge of philosophical concepts, Morhaf shares his understanding of authenticity from the perspective of someone aware of his own finitude.

◆ By following along with his fascinating life story, Morhaf invites you on a journey of dialogue and reflection to live a more authentic and purposeful life with integrity.

★ By engaging with the author’s story in Being Authentic™, you will:

• Garner the bravery to look at your own and be more authentic
• Strive to connect with the poet, artist, writer, dancer, and actor in You
• Learn how to heal, forgive, and let go of resentment to live a more positive life
• Develop better-coping skills and become more resilient in the face of pandemic-like events
• And much, much more!

Being Authentic: A Memoir™ is the second book in Dr. Alachkar’s self-help series. The first was on resilience and meaning.

◆ Dr. Alachkar’s Memoir shares genuine emotion, heartbreaks and great successes, and encourages us to be our authentic selves. This Memoir highlights our humanity’s purpose to share our story and of our fear of being forgotten after death and yet to live each day. If you like easy and genuine reads that tell it to you straight, then be sure to get your FREE Kindle Copy of Morhaf’s Being Authentic

✓Get your Kindle copy to find your Authentic Voice Today!

The Alpha (Black Arrowhead Book 2)by Dannika Dark

“ALL MEN ARE CAPABLE OF REDEMPTION; FEW MEN SEEK IT.”
Book 2 in the Black Arrowhead series will leave you on the edge of your seat.

Hope is a young woman on the brink of a successful career as a jeweler. The last thing she needs right now is trouble, but trouble finds her when she’s caught trespassing on private property. Bad luck is following her like a menacing cloud, and the only way to survive the storm is to walk through it.

Tak is a fish out of water in the city, but settling unfinished business with an old friend means leaving tribal land and traveling to Austin. Things heat up after a chance meeting with a captivating woman who commands his attention. Hope is intelligent, unpredictable, and knee-deep in trouble. Instead of burying the hatchet with his old friend, Tak risks everything to protect a woman he barely knows.

Two Shifters are on a collision course with destiny, but will the sins of their past prevent them from having a future?

Love takes courage.

+ Cliffhanger-free
+ HEA

A Love Attempt : Your Practical Guide to Loveby Morhaf Al Achkar

Developing your emotional intelligence? Learn simple and practical techniques to cultivate your love competence…

◆ Everyone wants love. We’re so desperate for it that we are frequently willing to take any deformed shape of it. But what if we can bring in the idea in a developed and genuine form to make it available to every person?

Morhaf Al Achkar obtained his Ph.D in education and is currently a practicing family physician at the University of Washington. He was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Since then, his research has focused on the experience of patients living with cancers. His first book is based on interviews he did with 39 patients who live, like him, with advanced illness. He explored how these patients find meaning, cope, and build resilience. Using his deep understanding of philosophical concepts, Morhaf shares his understanding of love from the perspective of someone aware of his finitude.

◆ By following his easy-to-apply practical exercises, Morhaf invites you on a journey of dialogue and reflection to improve your Empathic Abilities.

Inside A Love Attempt, you’ll learn:

• The Pragmatics of Love
• How to Love by recognizing and capturing the opportunity.
• How to reconstruct what is being and learn about context and biography to communicate with love
• How to become oriented to understanding and agreement to act communicatively with Love
• How to develop a strategy to reinforce and abstract some learning about yourself to Become Authentic with Love
• And much, much more!

◆ A Love Attempt™ is the third book in Dr. Alachkar’s self-help series. The first was on Resilience and Meaning. The second, his memoir, was released only six months before the first draft of this project. In Being Authentic, he wrote ideas about love but did not develop them sufficiently. So he is completing that project here◆

◆ Dr. Alachkar’s elegant but transparent manuscript is packed with thought-provoking insights and concrete action steps to make salient our native competency for loving so we can then orient our next actions toward embracing love. If you want to learn the conceptualization of love and say “My next act is A Love Attempt!” then you can’t afford to miss Morhaf’s essential guide.

✓ Unlock your true love potential with this easy-to-follow guide Today! ♥

ROADS TO MEANING AND RESILIENCE WITH CANCERby Morhaf Al Achkar

Pursuing a more Purposeful Life? Assimilate stories from 39 patients with incurable Lung Cancer as they share their experiences, hopes, and strengths to find meaning in your life. 

Life is an unfinished project, and similarly, finding meaning is an uncompleted task. But how exactly do we find meaning? How do people find strength? The diagnosis of cancer or other terminal cases create significant adversity. So how do people develop resilience? How do they keep going? These questions had been tackled for centuries by philosophy and religion. So what is there to add? 

While there is no such thing as a School of Life Professor, you now have a viable alternative. Morhaf Al Achkar obtained his Ph.D in education and is currently a practicing family physician at the University of Washington. He was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Since then, his research has focused on the experiences of patients living with cancer. This book is based on interviews he did with 39 patients who live, like him, with advanced illness. He explored how these patients find meaning, cope, and build resilience. Using his own experiences and deep knowledge of philosophical concepts, Morhaf shares his understanding of a meaningful life from the perspective of someone aware of his own finitude. 

Inside Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer™, you will: 

• Confront questions about life, meaning, and your legacy before it is too late 
• Gain a new perspective on the meaning of living that transcends culture and social status
• Learn countless coping strategies across various disciplines to build your individual Resilience
• Acquire a positive and realistic perspective on your life that promotes hope and healing for your body, mind and spirit.
• And much, much more!

This is a compelling book by an author who is wearing multiple hats — as a doctor, an academic, a lung cancer advocate, and ultimately, a patient himself. Dr. Alachkar’s knowledge-based, yet deeply personal and relateable book will give you a variety of viewpoints on questions like the meaning of life, finding hope in a terminal diagnosis, building resilience, finding or losing one’s faith in a higher power, and much more! From its heartfelt personal accounts of how these strong individuals cope with cancer, to the thought-provoking search for meaning that underlies it all, this book is sure to run you through your complete gamut of emotions. If you seek a greater capacity for empathy or find relief in shared experiences, acceptance of altering realities and changed identities, then you can’t afford to miss this book. 

                   ♥ This book is about the essence of the human experience at its limits. It is for Every Reader! ♥

Upon a Midnight Dreary: A Halloween Anthologyby Multiple Authors

When doors creak and ghostly whispers can be heard throughout the halls, this stunning collection of haunted Historical Romance novellas is sure to leave you breathless with ethereal, romantic tales…

Welcome to UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY anthology!

Many of your favorite Historical Romance authors have come together for a collection of never-before published stories inspired by true, legendary hauntings of the British Isles. These tales will give you a chill, a thrill, and have you reading them over and over. From the moors of Devon to the ballrooms of Regency London, and far north into the Scottish Highlands, these stories will bring you wistful dreams of legendary and haunting romance. You’ve never before experienced a collection like this by some of the very best authors in Historical Romance.

Authors in this anthology include:

Kathryn Le Veque
Chasity Bowlin
Hildie McQueen
Maggie Andersen
Mary Lancaster
Meara Platt
Violetta Rand
Alexa Aston
Anna Markland
Aubrey Wynne
Elizabeth Ellen Carter
Elizabeth Johns
Elizabeth Keysian
Emily E K Murdoch
Emily Royal
Heather McCollum
Anna St. Claire
Lynne Connolly
Maeve Greyson
Whitney Blake

Light your candle, lock your doors, and settle down to this smashing collection of darkly-tinged romantic stories with unforgettable heroes and magnificent ladies. Romance has never been so daring… or so haunting!

And if you hear a knock on your door… don’t answer it unless you are prepared to welcome a wandering wraith in a tattered wedding gown…

Returning to Earthby Jim Harrison

“The longtime chronicler of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula . . . gives eloquent expression to death and the grieving process.” —Booklist

Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a master . . . who makes the ordinary extraordinary, the unnamable unforgettable,” beloved author Jim Harrison returns with a masterpiece–a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about life, death, and finding redemption in unlikely places. Donald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man slowly dying of Lou Gehrig’s Disease. His condition deteriorating, he realizes no one will be able to pass on to his children their family history once he is gone. He begins dictating to his wife, Cynthia, stories he has never shared with anyone as around him, his family struggles to lay him to rest with the same dignity with which he has lived. Over the course of the year following Donald’s death, his daughter begins studying Chippewa ideas of death for clues about her father’s religion, while Cynthia, bereft of the family she created to escape the malevolent influence of her own father, finds that redeeming the past is not a lost cause. Returning to Earth is a deeply moving book about origins and endings, making sense of loss, and living with honor for the dead. It is among the finest novels of Harrison’s long, storied career, and confirms his standing as one of the most important American writers.

“A deeply felt meditation on life and death, nature and God, this is one of Harrison’s finest works.” —Library Journal

Jack Be Quickby Benjamin Thomas

A picture scrawled in blood pushes paramedic Noah McKeen into a game of hide and seek with someone attempting to honor Jack the Ripper.

Tormented and controlled by little white pills and visions of the woman he had intended to start a family with now in the company of another man, Noah fights to control his sordid selfish behavior and stop a brutal reenactment of history’s most notorious serial killer. A gripping medical thriller with a copycat serial killer…a mystery that will leave you on the edge of your seat through the very end.

ROADS TO MEANING AND RESILIENCE WITH CANCERby Morhaf Al Achkar

Pursuing a more Purposeful Life? Assimilate stories from 39 patients with incurable Lung Cancer as they share their experiences, hopes, and strengths to find meaning in your life. 

Life is an unfinished project, and similarly, finding meaning is an uncompleted task. But how exactly do we find meaning? How do people find strength? The diagnosis of cancer or other terminal cases create significant adversity. So how do people develop resilience? How do they keep going? These questions had been tackled for centuries by philosophy and religion. So what is there to add? 

While there is no such thing as a School of Life Professor, you now have a viable alternative. Morhaf Al Achkar obtained his Ph.D in education and is currently a practicing family physician at the University of Washington. He was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Since then, his research has focused on the experiences of patients living with cancer. This book is based on interviews he did with 39 patients who live, like him, with advanced illness. He explored how these patients find meaning, cope, and build resilience. Using his own experiences and deep knowledge of philosophical concepts, Morhaf shares his understanding of a meaningful life from the perspective of someone aware of his own finitude. 

Inside Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer™, you will: 

• Confront questions about life, meaning, and your legacy before it is too late 
• Gain a new perspective on the meaning of living that transcends culture and social status
• Learn countless coping strategies across various disciplines to build your individual Resilience
• Acquire a positive and realistic perspective on your life that promotes hope and healing for your body, mind and spirit.
• And much, much more!

This is a compelling book by an author who is wearing multiple hats — as a doctor, an academic, a lung cancer advocate, and ultimately, a patient himself. Dr. Alachkar’s knowledge-based, yet deeply personal and relateable book will give you a variety of viewpoints on questions like the meaning of life, finding hope in a terminal diagnosis, building resilience, finding or losing one’s faith in a higher power, and much more! From its heartfelt personal accounts of how these strong individuals cope with cancer, to the thought-provoking search for meaning that underlies it all, this book is sure to run you through your complete gamut of emotions. If you seek a greater capacity for empathy or find relief in shared experiences, acceptance of altering realities and changed identities, then you can’t afford to miss this book. 

                   ♥ This book is about the essence of the human experience at its limits. It is for Every Reader! ♥

Hearts Unleashedby Multiple Authors

Lose yourself in the magic…

Hearts Unleashed brings you 20+ BRAND NEW tantalizing tales of paranormal romance and urban fantasy in this thrilling collection of heart-pounding books featuring Shifters, Vampires, Witches and more.

Unleash your heart, indulge your senses, and satisfy your cravings with this fantastic collection of supernatural fiction featuring sensual heroes and sassy heroines, crafted by some of your favorite bestselling and award-winning authors.

★★★ Authors & Books Featured in Hearts Unleashed ★★★
COMING SOON!

C.D. Gorri
Gina Kincade
Erzabet Bishop
Carrie Pulkinen
Julia Mills
Lia Davis
Skye Jones
Laney Powell
Fiona Starr
Cecilia Lane
Julie Morgan
L.A. McGinnis
Lori King
Theresa Hissong
Rebecca Hefner
Amanda Kimberley
Amy Pennza
P. Mattern
N Gray
Marie Mason
Siren Allen
Sapphire Winters
Melissa Bell
Zoe Forward
Elle Boon

Forgiving You: Moving Towards Your Healing By Processing Your Emotions & Overcoming Offensesby Jacqueline T. Hill

Missing someone after being wronged by him or her is frustrating. Did you know that it takes approximately 6-8 months for the brain to process complete forgiveness for someone who hurt you emotionally? Learn how to choose peace over pain. Move towards your healing by processing your emotions and overcoming offenses from those who have wronged you.

The Alpha (Black Arrowhead Book 2)by Dannika Dark

“ALL MEN ARE CAPABLE OF REDEMPTION; FEW MEN SEEK IT.”
Book 2 in the Black Arrowhead series will leave you on the edge of your seat.

Hope is a young woman on the brink of a successful career as a jeweler. The last thing she needs right now is trouble, but trouble finds her when she’s caught trespassing on private property. Bad luck is following her like a menacing cloud, and the only way to survive the storm is to walk through it.

Tak is a fish out of water in the city, but settling unfinished business with an old friend means leaving tribal land and traveling to Austin. Things heat up after a chance meeting with a captivating woman who commands his attention. Hope is intelligent, unpredictable, and knee-deep in trouble. Instead of burying the hatchet with his old friend, Tak risks everything to protect a woman he barely knows.

Two Shifters are on a collision course with destiny, but will the sins of their past prevent them from having a future?

Love takes courage.

+ Cliffhanger-free
+ HEA

A Love Attempt : Your Practical Guide to Loveby Morhaf Al Achkar

Developing your emotional intelligence? Learn simple and practical techniques to cultivate your love competence…

◆ Everyone wants love. We’re so desperate for it that we are frequently willing to take any deformed shape of it. But what if we can bring in the idea in a developed and genuine form to make it available to every person?

Morhaf Al Achkar obtained his Ph.D in education and is currently a practicing family physician at the University of Washington. He was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Since then, his research has focused on the experience of patients living with cancers. His first book is based on interviews he did with 39 patients who live, like him, with advanced illness. He explored how these patients find meaning, cope, and build resilience. Using his deep understanding of philosophical concepts, Morhaf shares his understanding of love from the perspective of someone aware of his finitude.

◆ By following his easy-to-apply practical exercises, Morhaf invites you on a journey of dialogue and reflection to improve your Empathic Abilities.

Inside A Love Attempt, you’ll learn:

• The Pragmatics of Love
• How to Love by recognizing and capturing the opportunity.
• How to reconstruct what is being and learn about context and biography to communicate with love
• How to become oriented to understanding and agreement to act communicatively with Love
• How to develop a strategy to reinforce and abstract some learning about yourself to Become Authentic with Love
• And much, much more!

◆ A Love Attempt™ is the third book in Dr. Alachkar’s self-help series. The first was on Resilience and Meaning. The second, his memoir, was released only six months before the first draft of this project. In Being Authentic, he wrote ideas about love but did not develop them sufficiently. So he is completing that project here◆

◆ Dr. Alachkar’s elegant but transparent manuscript is packed with thought-provoking insights and concrete action steps to make salient our native competency for loving so we can then orient our next actions toward embracing love. If you want to learn the conceptualization of love and say “My next act is A Love Attempt!” then you can’t afford to miss Morhaf’s essential guide.

✓ Unlock your true love potential with this easy-to-follow guide Today! ♥

Ravens In The Rain: A Noir Love Storyby Christie Santo

Ravens In The Rain centers around Pru and Carney, she’s a woman with a past, and he’s a man with no future. Down on luck and down on love, they meet over a game of chance at an off-strip Vegas casino, and Carney wonders if Pru’s sparkle is what he needs to lift him from his darkness. He doesn’t even mind that she swiped a hundred-dollar bill from an old cowboy. It excites him.

While Pru, disillusioned by her sparkle, is now accustomed to the cynical disposition of vagabond life. She’s not looking for a one-night stand; she’s looking for survival and sizing Carney up as a comfortable solution, for the moment. When she finds out who he really is, she’ll ante up for the game of her life.

This romantic noir is a turbulent flight; like dating in the 21st century, it’s dangerous and daring.

Upon a Midnight Dreary: A Halloween Anthologyby Multiple Authors

When doors creak and ghostly whispers can be heard throughout the halls, this stunning collection of haunted Historical Romance novellas is sure to leave you breathless with ethereal, romantic tales…

Welcome to UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY anthology!

Many of your favorite Historical Romance authors have come together for a collection of never-before published stories inspired by true, legendary hauntings of the British Isles. These tales will give you a chill, a thrill, and have you reading them over and over. From the moors of Devon to the ballrooms of Regency London, and far north into the Scottish Highlands, these stories will bring you wistful dreams of legendary and haunting romance. You’ve never before experienced a collection like this by some of the very best authors in Historical Romance.

Authors in this anthology include:

Kathryn Le Veque
Chasity Bowlin
Hildie McQueen
Maggie Andersen
Mary Lancaster
Meara Platt
Violetta Rand
Alexa Aston
Anna Markland
Aubrey Wynne
Elizabeth Ellen Carter
Elizabeth Johns
Elizabeth Keysian
Emily E K Murdoch
Emily Royal
Heather McCollum
Anna St. Claire
Lynne Connolly
Maeve Greyson
Whitney Blake

Light your candle, lock your doors, and settle down to this smashing collection of darkly-tinged romantic stories with unforgettable heroes and magnificent ladies. Romance has never been so daring… or so haunting!

And if you hear a knock on your door… don’t answer it unless you are prepared to welcome a wandering wraith in a tattered wedding gown…

Rich Fake Witchby Weston Parker

The King of Halloween needs a fake date and this girl needs to be a true witch.

He’s got a killer reputation, social status, unfathomable wealth, fast cars, and all the women he wants.

Hell, he even has a video game character made in his likeness. Brother…

But, he’s willing to pay the big bucks for my high-end escort services.

If the boy needs a monster to prance around his annual Halloween Crawl of Horrors experience, then I’m his ghoul.

The only real problem is that I’m terrified of things that go bump in the night.

Halloween is NOT my holiday.

But, I can swallow my fear for a month and play Barbie to his Ken.

The main thing to keep in mind is that the man is a client. None of this is real.

Not the wealth, the heat, the steamy moments where I want to give up all of my candies and stop being a trick… all fake.

And he is completely off limits.

The fact that he keeps making me feel so safe in the swirls of horror around us isn’t helping anything.

He might be looking for a rich fake witch, but I’m starting to feel forever.

Maybe I’ll just put a spell on him. ‘Cause then he’s mine… right?

Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~ Weston

Between Fire and Pines (The Code Book 1)by Kathleen Sawisky

Fifteen-year-old Natalia Artison knows something she shouldn’t — a secret her mother was murdered for – The Code. Natalia’s father claims the Code is the only thing left to protect her before abandoning her on the side of the road. With nowhere left to turn, Natalia is taken in by the shadowy organization that employed her parents and becomes the ward of reluctant agent Steven Delarno. For his part, Steven would rather be exploring the bottom of a bottle than babysitting a snarky teenager, but the promise of redemption for past sins is too great to ignore.

Natalia and Steven can’t waste time sparring however. The same man who butchered Natalia’s mother is closing in, and is determined to massacre every person standing between him and the Code.

But Natalia is not content to play the victim.
After all, she is her parents’ daughter.

From New York to Alcatraz, Natalia and Steven navigate a violent tangle of lies and betrayal in a desperate attempt to reunite, find redemption, and protect the Code.

Aroon (The Duncullen Saga Book 1)by M. B. Gibson

‘”The haunting family saga of a bullying father and forbidden love. A FINALIST and highly recommended.” -The Wishing Shelf Book AwardsOminous clouds loom over Duncullen Estate.Are they created by mystical forces? Or a family history of insanity?Young heir Richard yearns for an academic life. But his father insists he abandon his foppish dreams and run the estate like a man. Will he defy his father’s tyrannical demands? Or is he destined for a dismal life that is not his own?Fleeing obscene poverty, Eveleen joins Duncullen’s staff where, scrawny and tattered, she is mocked. Yet, Richard’s kindness captivates her. Loneliness draws them together. As their secret, forbidden romance blooms, so does Eveleen’s risk of dismissal. Fiercely in love, she ignores the prospect of eviction and starvation.At the same time, Richard’s father is hell-bent on twisting his son into his own image. Tempers ignite. Pressures intensify. Richard becomes plagued by gruesome visions. It cannot go on. He will stop the torture the only way he can. A killing.You can’t put down this riveting story of love, murder, and betrayal in 18th century Ireland. Get it now!Finalist for 2018 Wishing Shelf Independent Book Award2018 Semi-Finalist in the Kindle Book Awards–Literary FictionWinner of Carrie McCray Literary Award for Novel First ChapterFinalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association’s Literary Contest for Historical Fiction

Matchbox Memoriesby Ray Kingfisher

A gentle mystery story laced with warm and insightful humour.
Ian Greefe has always had issues with his parents – the main one being that they aren’t.
Settled for many years at the other end of the country, out of the blue he gets a call to arms; he has to care for his mother, who now has Alzheimer’s, while his father is in hospital.
Over the course of a week ‘back home’, secrets gradually come out that make him reassess his views on family life, and come to terms with his own shortcomings as a son and father.

A warm, bittersweet comedy drama full of though-provoking contradictions, here are just some of the quotes from independent reviewers:
So much more than just a comedy – a wonderful, intimate blend of emotions wound up in a slice of ‘real’ life, delivered with mastery.
Bittersweet is the perfect description of this. I loved the humour and poignancy. There were so many brilliant lines that I stopped picking them out and just read.
I loved it, the dialogue was very realistic, the characters were easy to picture. This is definitely something I would select in a bookstore.
You’re great at really capturing a character with just a turn of phrase or one or two lines.
A cracker.
An exceptionally well delivered offering in a technical sense – uncliched, crisp, lively prose, top quality construction
A darned good read.
First class.
Absolutely loved it!
Definitely pulled me into the story. Something I would buy.
Professional and a pleasure to read.
A treat to read some genuinely amusing comedy
I really enjoyed this and laughed out loud several times. You demonstrate a compelling wit and kept me amused throughout. Perhaps humour is the best way of dealing with serious issues like Alzheimers but you underpin this with a genuine sense of concern.

The Meeting Pointby Olivia Lara

'An Unputdownable Romance! Wow oh wow one thing is for sure this book NEEDS to be made into a film! … I was totally swept away … Truly is a feel-good, heartfelt, inspiring and heart-warming … Once I started reading I couldn't put it down!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

What if the Lift driver who finds your cheating boyfriend's phone holds the directions to true love?

'Who are you and why do you have my boyfriend's phone?'

'He left it in my car. You must be the blonde in the red dress? I'm the Lift driver who dropped you two off earlier.'

And with these words, the life of the brunette and t-shirt wearing Maya Maas is turned upside down. Having planned to surprise her boyfriend, she finds herself single and stranded in an unknown city on her birthday.

So when the mystery driver rescues Maya with the suggestion that she cheers herself up at a nearby beach town, she jumps at the chance to get things back on track. She wasn't expecting a personalised itinerary or the easy companionship that comes from opening up to a stranger via text, let alone the possibility it might grow into something more…

Come on this 5* journey to love, laughter and back again, perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Josie Silver and Sally Thorne.

September Harvestby Lisa Maliga

In this slice-of-life story set in September 1979, we meet Laurie Caswell, a bookstore clerk at the Northbrook Mall. That Saturday night she goes to the movies with her boyfriend, Dennis Nolan. Later, they go to her house and share some booze. After he leaves, she has a vivid dream of the dying mall in 2021 and is shocked at the darkness that engulfs the future. Is it a dream, a nightmare, a vision, or a prophecy?

The Edict of Scion (Crown of Favor Book 1)by Erin Madison

Maia hasn’t told anyone she’s the long-lost princess betrothed to Prince Connor.

She especially can’t tell them now that she’s used her secret magic to ingrain herself into his elite school.She desperately wants to meet him, just once…

But her romantic hopes are crushed when she finds out that he’s immune to her magic… He actually hates her. He hates everyone. And NO ONE hates Maia. It’s impossible…

But it won’t last too much longer. Soon she’ll have to leave before she is hunted again, before her true identity is revealed. For now she can be a normal kid and enjoy having a secret crush. Until her magic backfires and she is forced to play matchmaker for her soul mate…

Now Connor hates her even more, and she can’t blame him.

But Connor needs her special skills when two intruders enter the school and corner them. Maia knows they’re not looking for Prince Connor. They have magic and know her name, her true name…

The Internet Is Not the Answerby Andrew Keen

The renowned Internet commentator and author of How to Fix the Future“expos[es] the greed, egotism and narcissism that fuels the tech world” (Chicago Tribune).

The digital revolution has contributed to the world in many positive ways, but we are less aware of the Internet’s deeply negative effects. The Internet Is Not the Answer, by longtime Internet skeptic Andrew Keen, offers a comprehensive look at what the Internet is doing to our lives. The book traces the technological and economic history of the Internet, from its founding in the 1960s through the rise of big data companies to the increasing attempts to monetize almost every human activity. In this sharp, witty narrative, informed by the work of other writers, reporters, and academics, as well as his own research and interviews, Keen shows us the tech world, warts and all.

Startling and important, The Internet Is Not the Answer is a big-picture look at what the Internet is doing to our society and an investigation of what we can do to try to make sure the decisions we are making about the reconfiguring of our world do not lead to unpleasant, unforeseen aftershocks.

“Andrew Keen has written a very powerful and daring manifesto questioning whether the Internet lives up to its own espoused values. He is not an opponent of Internet culture, he is its conscience, and must be heard.” –Po Bronson, #1 New York Times–bestselling author

You Can't Stop Meby Max Allan Collins

"NO ONE CAN TWIST THROUGH A MAZE WITH THE
INTENSITY AND SUSPENSE OF MAX ALLAN COLLINS."
–Clive Cussler

Smalltown sheriff J.C. Harrow made headlines when he apprehended a would-be presidential assassin–only to come home that night and find his wife and son brutally murdered. This tragic twist of fate launched his career as the host of reality TV's smash-hit, Crime Seen! But while media star Harrow tracks down dangerous criminals coast to coast–with the help of viewers' tips–a killer with a twisted agenda is making his own bloody path to fame. . .

"A KILLER YARN FROM A MASTER OF SUSPENSE."
–James Rollins

As the trail of violence draws closer, Harrow goes off script in a manhunt for the psycho who slaughtered his family. The cameras are rolling. And all of America is watching–including a serial killer with a very specific target audience. . ..

"Max Allan Collins is masterful. His ability to sustain suspense [is] exceptional."
—San Diego Union-Tribune

"Among the finest crime writers working today."
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Cavanaugh Houseby Elizabeth Meyette

Age-old secrets are locked in this house . . .

And a ghost holds the key.

Why did Aunt Helen leave Jesse Graham this deserted house? The convenience to her new job is uncanny, but people’s reaction to her living there is unnerving.

Questions about her aunt’s death lead Jesse to investigate, and she finds it difficult to trust anyone, even her self-absorbed mother. She uncovers a web of deceit that reaches far beyond the occurrences of twenty-eight years ago.

Her dearest friend Maggie, aka Sister Angelina, SSJ, is her lifeline to sanity. Joe Riley is irresistible, but secrets obstruct involvement with him until Jesse can solve the mystery surrounding her aunt’s death.

As the house slowly reveals its secrets, Jesse’s life is threatened. Someone doesn’t want those secrets unearthed and will stop at nothing, even murder, to keep them hidden.

This mystery will keep you guessing. Start guessing now.

Being Authentic: A Memoirby Morhaf Al Achkar

Desire to find your Authentic Voice? Learn the process to participate more authentically in the project we call humanity•••

◆ Rare are the spaces in which we can look inwardly at who we are. There is no horizon to do so more intimately than reading one’s biography. Reflect on what and who you are. What constitutes your core self? What should that be?

◆ While there is no such thing as an “Authenticity Expert,” you now have a viable alternative. Morhaf Al Achkar obtained his Ph.D in education and is currently a practicing family physician at the University of Washington. He was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Since then, his research has focused on the experiences of patients living with cancer. His first book is based on interviews he did with 39 patients who live, like him, with advanced illness. He explored how these patients find meaning, cope, and build resilience. Using his own experiences and deep knowledge of philosophical concepts, Morhaf shares his understanding of authenticity from the perspective of someone aware of his own finitude.

◆ By following along with his fascinating life story, Morhaf invites you on a journey of dialogue and reflection to live a more authentic and purposeful life with integrity.

★ By engaging with the author’s story in Being Authentic™, you will:

• Garner the bravery to look at your own and be more authentic
• Strive to connect with the poet, artist, writer, dancer, and actor in You
• Learn how to heal, forgive, and let go of resentment to live a more positive life
• Develop better-coping skills and become more resilient in the face of pandemic-like events
• And much, much more!

Being Authentic: A Memoir™ is the second book in Dr. Alachkar’s self-help series. The first was on resilience and meaning.

◆ Dr. Alachkar’s Memoir shares genuine emotion, heartbreaks and great successes, and encourages us to be our authentic selves. This Memoir highlights our humanity’s purpose to share our story and of our fear of being forgotten after death and yet to live each day.

ROADS TO MEANING AND RESILIENCE WITH CANCER: Forty Stories of Coping, Finding Meaning, and Building Resilience While Living with Incurable Lung Cancerby Morhaf Al Achkar

Pursuing a more Purposeful Life? Assimilate stories from 39 patients with incurable Lung Cancer as they share their experiences, hopes, and strengths to find meaning in your life. 

Life is an unfinished project, and similarly, finding meaning is an uncompleted task. But how exactly do we find meaning? How do people find strength? The diagnosis of cancer or other terminal cases create significant adversity. So how do people develop resilience? How do they keep going? These questions had been tackled for centuries by philosophy and religion. So what is there to add? 

While there is no such thing as a School of Life Professor, you now have a viable alternative. Morhaf Al Achkar obtained his Ph.D in education and is currently a practicing family physician at the University of Washington. He was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Since then, his research has focused on the experiences of patients living with cancer. This book is based on interviews he did with 39 patients who live, like him, with advanced illness. He explored how these patients find meaning, cope, and build resilience. Using his own experiences and deep knowledge of philosophical concepts, Morhaf shares his understanding of a meaningful life from the perspective of someone aware of his own finitude. 

Inside Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer™, you will: 

• Confront questions about life, meaning, and your legacy before it is too late 
• Gain a new perspective on the meaning of living that transcends culture and social status
• Learn countless coping strategies across various disciplines to build your individual Resilience
• Acquire a positive and realistic perspective on your life that promotes hope and healing for your body, mind and spirit.
• And much, much more!

This is a compelling book by an author who is wearing multiple hats — as a doctor, an academic, a lung cancer advocate, and ultimately, a patient himself. Dr. Alachkar’s knowledge-based, yet deeply personal and relateable book will give you a variety of viewpoints on questions like the meaning of life, finding hope in a terminal diagnosis, building resilience, finding or losing one’s faith in a higher power, and much more! From its heartfelt personal accounts of how these strong individuals cope with cancer, to the thought-provoking search for meaning that underlies it all, this book is sure to run you through your complete gamut of emotions. If you seek a greater capacity for empathy or find relief in shared experiences, acceptance of altering realities and changed identities, then you can’t afford to miss this book. 

A Love Attempt : Your Practical Guide to Loveby Morhaf Al Achkar

Developing your emotional intelligence? Learn simple and practical techniques to cultivate your love competence…

◆ Everyone wants love. We’re so desperate for it that we are frequently willing to take any deformed shape of it. But what if we can bring in the idea in a developed and genuine form to make it available to every person?

Morhaf Al Achkar obtained his Ph.D in education and is currently a practicing family physician at the University of Washington. He was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Since then, his research has focused on the experience of patients living with cancers. His first book is based on interviews he did with 39 patients who live, like him, with advanced illness. He explored how these patients find meaning, cope, and build resilience. Using his deep understanding of philosophical concepts, Morhaf shares his understanding of love from the perspective of someone aware of his finitude.

◆ By following his easy-to-apply practical exercises, Morhaf invites you on a journey of dialogue and reflection to improve your Empathic Abilities.

Inside A Love Attempt, you’ll learn:

• The Pragmatics of Love
• How to Love by recognizing and capturing the opportunity.
• How to reconstruct what is being and learn about context and biography to communicate with love
• How to become oriented to understanding and agreement to act communicatively with Love
• How to develop a strategy to reinforce and abstract some learning about yourself to Become Authentic with Love
• And much, much more!

◆ A Love Attempt™ is the third book in Dr. Alachkar’s self-help series. The first was on Resilience and Meaning. The second, his memoir, was released only six months before the first draft of this project. In Being Authentic, he wrote ideas about love but did not develop them sufficiently. So he is completing that project here◆

◆ Dr. Alachkar’s elegant but transparent manuscript is packed with thought-provoking insights and concrete action steps to make salient our native competency for loving so we can then orient our next actions toward embracing love. If you want to learn the conceptualization of love and say “My next act is A Love Attempt!” then you can’t afford to miss Morhaf’s essential guide.

✓ Unlock your true love potential with this easy-to-follow guide Today! ♥

Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planetby Jesse Itzler

Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler chronicles his month of living and extreme fitness training with a Navy SEAL in the New York Times and #1 LA Times bestseller Living With a Seal, now with two bonus chapters.

Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler will try almost anything. His life is about being bold and risky. So when Jesse felt himself drifting on autopilot, he hired a rather unconventional trainer to live with him for a month-an accomplished Navy SEAL widely considered to be "the toughest man on the planet"!

Living With a Seal is like a buddy movie if it starred the Fresh Prince of Bel- Air. . .and Rambo. Jesse is about as easy-going as you can get. SEAL is. . . not. Jesse and SEAL's escapades soon produce a great friendship, and Jesse gains much more than muscle. At turns hilarious and inspiring, Living With a Seal ultimately shows you the benefits of stepping out of your comfort zone.

The World Atlas of Coffee: From beans to brewing – coffees explored, explained and enjoyedby James Hoffmann

The worldwide bestseller – 1/4 million copies sold

'Written by a World Barista Champion and co-founder of the great Square Mile roasters in London, this had a lot to live up to and it certainly does. Highly recommended for anyone into their coffee and interested in finding out more about how it's grown, processed and roasted.' (Amazon customer)

'Whether you are an industry professional, a home enthusiast or anything in between, I truly believe this is a MUST read.' (Amazon customer)

'Informative, well-written and well presented. Coffee table and reference book – a winner' (Amazon customer)

'Very impressive. It's amazing how much territory is covered without overwhelming the reader. The abundant photos and images are absolutely coffee-table-worthy, but this book is so much more. I think it would be enjoyable for an obsessed coffee geek or someone who just enjoys their java.' (Amazon customer)

For everyone who wants to understand more about coffee and its wonderful nuances and possibilities, this is the book to have.

Coffee has never been better, or more interesting, than it is today. Coffee producers have access to more varieties and techniques than ever before and we, as consumers, can share in that expertise to make sure the coffee we drink is the best we can find. Where coffee comes from, how it was harvested, the roasting process and the water used to make the brew are just a few of the factors that influence the taste of what we drink. Champion barista and coffee expert James Hoffmann examines these key factors, looking at varieties of coffee, the influence of terroir, how it is harvested and processed, the roasting methods used, through to the way in which the beans are brewed.

Country by country – from Bolivia to Zambia – he then identifies key characteristics and the methods that determine the quality of that country's output. Along the way we learn about everything from the development of the espresso machine, to why strength guides on supermarket coffee are really not good news. This is the first book to chart the coffee production of over 35 countries, encompassing knowledge never previously published outside the coffee industry.

Warrior Entrepreneur: Lessons From The Battlefield To The Boardroomby Zachary Green

About the Book:
Zachary Green’s life experiences in the military, firefighting service and as an entrepreneur helped him realize that these careers have a lot in common. They entail risk, struggle, grit and bravery. The idea behind this book revolves around preparing for your crucible – a turning point in your life – which changes your forward trajectory. Challenge and adversity prepare you for your personal crucible. This is the essence of the warrior spirit no matter if you are a Navy SEAL, an entrepreneur or leader in your business or community. Let this book show how your crucible can help you achieve the best of what life has to offer. Grab a copy for yourself today and learn how others used adversity, grit and the warrior’s spirit to shape your future.

About the Author:
Zachary Green’s experiences in the Marine Corps shaped his destiny. His time in the military, then as a firefighter, gave him the resourcefulness, integrity and grit to become a highly successful entrepreneur. Taking risks, trusting himself and never letting go of his dreams drove him to grow his start-up from the trunk of his car to . Zach lives on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina with his wife and son. He was an elected member of the Wyoming(Cincinnati) City Council and was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and has testified in front of the US House of Representatives Small Business Committee. Zachary’s entrepreneurial journey has been featured on the front page of Yahoo.com and also covered by CNN, USA Today, CBS and many other major news outlets.

Warrior Entrepreneur Testimonials
“Finally, a warrior-entrepreneur roadmap written for veteran’s or active duty service members soon transitioning. Zach Green makes a vivid and daring case that entrepreneurship be the road more traveled vice less – IF you are daring. Green brings his USMC pedigree and ocean of firefighting experience to the cutting edge with this authoritative, eye-opening and informative read. If you are serious about being your “own boss,” then this is highly recommended for your entrepreneur library short list.”
-Colonel Riccoh Player USMC
Desert Shield/Storm, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom Combat Veteran
Emmy Award Winning Producer

“In this superb primer for budding entrepreneurs, the author describes his own trials and tribulations, successes and failures, and takes the reader along on the wild ride that is his own entrepreneurial journey. In the end, he came out on top because of his ability to face adversity, never quit, and because he has grit. As a former Marine, firefighter, and award-winning entrepreneur, he’s not afraid to admit to his own fears and describe how they were overcome. An added bonus are the stories of others: Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Elon Musk, the first female Marine Corps infantryman, and more. Yes, this book is an excellent primer for any wannabe entrepreneur. It will help you recognize that the journey is hard, but not insurmountable. Buy it today and keep it next to you throughout your own entrepreneurial journey.”
Craig Whelden
Major General, U.S. Army (ret)
#1 Best-selling author of LEADERSHIP: The Art of Inspiring People to Be Their Best

“The best teacher in life is adversity. I’ve seen it over and over again mentoring countless startups over the years. The best outcomes are usually found by the companies that have either had the highest hurdles to overcome or the wisdom to know which battles to avoid entirely and find other ways to attack their market. I’ve been fortunate to work with Zach as he’s faced some tough choices over the years – and learn from all of them. Let his entrepreneurial education help guide your journey.”
Tony Alexander
Serial Entrepreneur

The Billionaire Offerby Ali Parker

“Simple awesome! The storyline was so interesting that it had me turning pages in anticipation of where it would lead.”

I’m thinking it’s finally got to be my turn.

I’ve got no man and no money. Nothing but a personality and a smile.

But maybe that’s enough this time.

The richest guy in New York is looking for a secretary, and lucky for me, he’s young and as hot as sin.

Too bad he’s an alpha asshole rich boy who’s stuck on himself. Nothing I do is right.

Throw in a crazy ex and a father that can’t stand anything that breathes in his personal space, and I. Am. Out.

He can find someone else to take notes and get his coffee.

I’m fine being broke and single. I’ve gotten good at it.

Besides, I’m not interested in a billionaire affair.

Or am I already in too deep to leave?

Sure as hell feels that way.

This is book 1 of a 3 book series. You will need to read book 2 and 3 to complete the story.

Dating Advice 360: The Ultimate Hack To Getting What You Want!by DM Woods

I’M DONE WITH DATING AND TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS!
THERE ARE NO GOOD PEOPLE LEFT! I CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
IF THIS IS THE DATING POOL, IT MUST BE POISONED!

The dating market can be beyond frustrating. Whether you are just getting out of a divorce, breakup, been on the market with a fear of going on sale or ready to be discontinued, “DATING ADVICE 360: The Ultimate Hack To Getting What You Want!” is the right book for you. To win, you have to understand the market at its base, foundation, structure, and all the things surrounding it.

•Are You Frustrated With Dating?
•Do You Have Moments Where You Feel Lost?
•Do You Want To Figure Out What Is Going On?
•Are You Ready To Narrow Down and Find Your Person?

DATING ADVICE 360: is the unfair advantage you’ve been missing. This book contains the 12 Types of Daters you never knew existed; why men lie, women lie; why you keep meeting the same type of people, and how to learn yourself. It also contains Developing a Vetting Process; Dating App Crash Course; The good, bad, and hacks of a first date, and learning the flow to the relationship. Purchase a copy for you and a good friend. Let’s take back your time!

DM Woods is an author, speaker, dating coach, life coach, and business advisor who has the gift of inspiring, advising, and motivating people to greater heights. His gifts are disrupting the dating world by breaking the limiting beliefs, circles of frustration, and the confusion of today’s singles and couples.

Dating, Relationships, Mate Seeking, Christian, Self-Help, Communication, Men, Women, Online Dating, How To, First Date, Breakup, Dating Coach, Dating Help, Dating Tips, Dates, Dating Apps

What Lies Beneath (Cassie McGraw Book 1)by David Archer

Fresh out of high school and off to college, Cassie thought she had the world by its tail, and then she met Mike. Tall, handsome and a police detective to boot, he swept her off her feet and into a whirlwind relationship that led to an engagement ring.

But things aren’t always as they seem, and Cassie comes to discover that Mike has a dark side. When she learns just how dark it can be, she comes face-to-face with the greatest forward she could imagine, and it leaves her burned and scarred for the rest of her life.

Cassie isn’t one to wallow in misery. She takes her experiences and a degree in psychology and sets out to help other women avoid the kind of thing that happened to her, but then one of her clients comes to her in desperation. Her abusive husband has kidnapped her daughter, and it’s up to Cassie to find the girl before it’s too late.

Of course, then the only trick is how to survive.

Bourbon Boldby Jessica Mills

She’s got a bucket list, and I’m hoping I’m on it.

Relationships should be short and sweet, or so I thought, until I meet a woman who shows me what an idiot I’ve been.

An enchanting mix of innocence and sensuality, she’s part surgeon, part daredevil.

She wants my help with her bucket list, a list filled with adventure and a hint of danger.

The only thrills I’m seeking are in her bed, but once I find out how hot this filly runs, I know I can’t walk away.

We agreed our fling would last until the last item was crossed off the list, and now the clock is ticking.

But how do I convince her that I don’t want things to end?

How can I show her that I’m not just a toy and actually win her heart?

Time to be bold.

Topwerldby Steve Albert

Topwerld is first up in the six Chronicles. It’s where we join up with the freedman slave Jamaan (he tags it as Jayman) He’s entering the deadly urban landscape of Theograd, once a mighty city state, now in the grip of the pestilence.
Before two sunrises his life will have changed forever, as will his unwilling companions, drawn together by the need to survive. It’s not going to be easy, as the top Narco Baro sinks his talons in. And that’s the least of Jay’s worries, for the clock’s ticking, as this time tomorrow, the world ends!
An ex-slaven, a deadly gutter warrior, a grieving young Lord, and a rave babe, all find their lives irrevocably locked in with each other. It’s a lethal race and there’s only one thing left for them to do . . . run.
Can Jay release the Bladen talisman he’s been missioned to seek?
Can he even find it?
Oh, one last thing, he’s being pursued by a summoned Daemon. A Daemon with it’s own mission.
And it’s not to wish Jamaan happy birthday!

The Women of Chateau Lafayetteby Stephanie Dray

The International Bestseller!

Most castles are protected by men. This one by women.

A founding mother…
1774. Gently-bred noblewoman Adrienne Lafayette becomes her husband, the Marquis de Lafayette’s political partner in the fight for American independence. But when their idealism sparks revolution in France and the guillotine threatens everything she holds dear, Adrienne must renounce the complicated man she loves, or risk her life for a legacy that will inspire generations to come.

A daring visionary…
1914. Glittering New York socialite Beatrice Chanler is a force of nature, daunted by nothing—not her humble beginnings, her crumbling marriage, or the outbreak of war. But after witnessing the devastation in France firsthand, Beatrice takes on the challenge of a lifetime: convincing America to fight for what’s right.

A reluctant resistor…
1940. French school-teacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an orphan’s self-reliance and wants nothing to do with war. But as the realities of Nazi occupation transform her life in the isolated castle where she came of age, she makes a discovery that calls into question who she is, and more importantly, who she is willing to become.

Intricately woven and powerfully told, The Women of Chateau Lafayette is a sweeping novel about duty and hope, love and courage, and the strength we take from those who came before us.

Deep Finance: Corporate Finance in the Information Ageby Glenn Hopper

Deep Finance is informative, enlightening, and embraces the innovation all around us – perfect for trailblazing CFOs ready to dive deep into an era of information, analytics, and Big Data.

ARE YOU READY FOR A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION? LEAD THE AGE OF ANALYTICS WITH DEEP FINANCE.  

Glenn Hopper uses a unique blend of financial leadership and technical expertise to help businesses of all sizes optimize and modernize. Not a software engineer? Neither is Glenn Hopper, but his story shows how any finance leader can embrace the tech innovations shaping our world to revolutionize finance operations. 

Accounting has come a long way since the time of the abacus, computer punch cards, or even the paper ledger. Modern finance leaders have the ability and tools to build a team that harnesses the power of business intelligence to make their jobs easier. Leaders who aren’t aware of these opportunities are simply going to be outpaced by competitors willing to adapt to the 21st century and beyond. 

Deep Finance will take you from asking “What Is AI?” to walking a clear path toward your own digital transformation. 

Elevate your leadership and be a champion for data science in your department. In Deep Finance, you will:  <

• Study the history of accounting–and why the age of analytics is the next logical step for all finance departments.
• Step into the age of artificial intelligence and view the pathway to a digital transformation.
• Expand your role as CFO by integrating business intelligence and analytics into your everyday tasks.
• Weigh the pros and cons of buying or building software to manage transactions, analyze and collect data, and identify trends. 
• Become a “New Age CFO” who can make better financial decisions and identify where your company is moving.
• Develop the language to elevate your entire management team as you enter the age of artificial intelligence.

Don’t get left behind. Your competitors or team members recognize the possibilities that are available to finance departments everywhere. 

Take the first steps toward a digital transformation and evolution to a data-driven culture. Grab your copy of Deep Finance today!

The Shoemaker's Sonby S.A. Marano

In a world where traditions shape your life, your destiny is chosen, and honor is expected, an 8-year-old boy becomes his father’s apprentice. Santino Oberlo is taken under his father’s wing to learn the Artistry of shoemaking. This skill passed down from father to son for generations in Vigevano, Italy 1914. While his life unfolds, he manages his training, school, chores, and playdates with his girlfriend, Isabella Lucci. She is also the same age, and a budding Artist, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, painting landscapes and portraits.On their daily “Gelato” playdates in the Piazza Ducale, they take in the flavors and styles of the day. She sets up her easel painting scenes, as he sketches the new footwear styles of the people walking by for inspiration. Together, they dream the days away, ponder the future to come and discover first Love. But as the hourglass of time passes, they grow older and soon realize that things don’t always stay the same. Duty, circumstance and opportunity take hold – and their paths are changed.

Deep Finance: Corporate Finance in the Information Ageby Glenn Hopper

Deep Finance is informative, enlightening, and embraces the innovation all around us – perfect for trailblazing CFOs ready to dive deep into an era of information, analytics, and Big Data.

ARE YOU READY FOR A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION? LEAD THE AGE OF ANALYTICS WITH DEEP FINANCE.  

Glenn Hopper uses a unique blend of financial leadership and technical expertise to help businesses of all sizes optimize and modernize. Not a software engineer? Neither is Glenn Hopper, but his story shows how any finance leader can embrace the tech innovations shaping our world to revolutionize finance operations. 

Accounting has come a long way since the time of the abacus, computer punch cards, or even the paper ledger. Modern finance leaders have the ability and tools to build a team that harnesses the power of business intelligence to make their jobs easier. Leaders who aren’t aware of these opportunities are simply going to be outpaced by competitors willing to adapt to the 21st century and beyond. 

Deep Finance will take you from asking “What Is AI?” to walking a clear path toward your own digital transformation. 

Elevate your leadership and be a champion for data science in your department. In Deep Finance, you will:  <

• Study the history of accounting–and why the age of analytics is the next logical step for all finance departments.
• Step into the age of artificial intelligence and view the pathway to a digital transformation.
• Expand your role as CFO by integrating business intelligence and analytics into your everyday tasks.
• Weigh the pros and cons of buying or building software to manage transactions, analyze and collect data, and identify trends. 
• Become a “New Age CFO” who can make better financial decisions and identify where your company is moving.
• Develop the language to elevate your entire management team as you enter the age of artificial intelligence.

Don’t get left behind. Your competitors or team members recognize the possibilities that are available to finance departments everywhere. 

Take the first steps toward a digital transformation and evolution to a data-driven culture. Grab your copy of Deep Finance today!

The Women of Chateau Lafayetteby Stephanie Dray

The International Bestseller!

Most castles are protected by men. This one by women.

A founding mother…
1774. Gently-bred noblewoman Adrienne Lafayette becomes her husband, the Marquis de Lafayette’s political partner in the fight for American independence. But when their idealism sparks revolution in France and the guillotine threatens everything she holds dear, Adrienne must renounce the complicated man she loves, or risk her life for a legacy that will inspire generations to come.

A daring visionary…
1914. Glittering New York socialite Beatrice Chanler is a force of nature, daunted by nothing—not her humble beginnings, her crumbling marriage, or the outbreak of war. But after witnessing the devastation in France firsthand, Beatrice takes on the challenge of a lifetime: convincing America to fight for what’s right.

A reluctant resistor…
1940. French school-teacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an orphan’s self-reliance and wants nothing to do with war. But as the realities of Nazi occupation transform her life in the isolated castle where she came of age, she makes a discovery that calls into question who she is, and more importantly, who she is willing to become.

Intricately woven and powerfully told, The Women of Chateau Lafayette is a sweeping novel about duty and hope, love and courage, and the strength we take from those who came before us.

The Granddaughtersby Margaret Belle

Underestimated by crooks and cops alike, three “over-the-hill” women become formidable amateur sleuths when they find themselves entangled in a decades-old, unsolved crime.

Mystery writer Ellie Russo invites her cousins Sandy McCabe and Franny Baker to join her, as she travels to picturesque Orange Lake in Newburgh, New York to research a story for her newest book.

Looking forward to staying in the lake house their grandmother once owned, the mini-reunion turns dangerous for these “women of an age”, when they become targets of the criminals they seek to expose.

Having overcome personal loss, and suffering from ailments not uncommon to older women, Ellie, Sandy, and Franny find that age has not diminished their strength or personal capabilities, and that they are willing to do whatever it takes to protect each other – including murder.

Restaurant Strong: First Principles of Restaurant Outperformance and How to Make Them Yoursby Peter LeSar

Restaurant Strong answer this question: “What do our restaurant leaders know that can help other restaurants to build more financially successful businesses?” Backed by a decade of research into 100+ of the world’s most powerful restaurant brands, Restaurant Strong uncovers 100 insights that literally define who rises to the top and who doesn’t in the restaurant business. Restaurant Strong answers many essential questions such as: What is the true growth model of restaurants? How do restaurants outcompete for talented labor? What is the architecture of high-performing restaurant concepts? And, how do you financially outperform and outlast your competitors so that your brand leads in your market? Supported by independent and chain restaurant leader case studies and valuable training links at the end of each chapter, Restaurant Strong offers a never-before-seen road map of exactly how restaurants shift gears from ordinary to extraordinary outcomes.

The Social Lives of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Companyby Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

The groundbreaking, New York Times–bestselling book on canine behavior and how dogs become family from the author of The Hidden Life of Dogs.

In the sequel to her New York Times bestseller The Hidden Lives of Dogs, anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas profiles the assortment of canines in her own household to examine how dogs have comfortably adapted to life with their human owners–and with each other.

Thomas answers questions we all have about our dogs’ behavior: Do different barks mean different things? What makes a dog difficult to house-train? Why do certain dogs and cats get along so well? How does one of her dogs recognize people he sees only once a year, while another barks at strangers she sees every day? What leads to the formation of packs or groups?

As Publishers Weekly raves, “no one writes with greater emotional intelligence about man’s (and woman’s) best friend than Thomas.”

Hopelessby Colleen Hoover

From the NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling author of SLAMMED and POINT OF RETREAT.

Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies…

That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks buried memories from a past she wishes could just stay buried.

Sky struggles to keep him at a distance knowing he’s nothing but trouble, but Holder insists on learning everything about her. After finally caving to his unwavering pursuit, Sky soon finds that Holder isn’t at all who he’s been claiming to be. When the secrets he’s been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky’s life will change forever.

Restaurant Strong: First Principles of Restaurant Outperformance and How to Make Them Yoursby Peter LeSar

Restaurant Strong answer this question: “What do our restaurant leaders know that can help other restaurants to build more financially successful businesses?” Backed by a decade of research into 100+ of the world’s most powerful restaurant brands, Restaurant Strong uncovers 100 insights that literally define who rises to the top and who doesn’t in the restaurant business. Restaurant Strong answers many essential questions such as: What is the true growth model of restaurants? How do restaurants outcompete for talented labor? What is the architecture of high-performing restaurant concepts? And, how do you financially outperform and outlast your competitors so that your brand leads in your market? Supported by independent and chain restaurant leader case studies and valuable training links at the end of each chapter, Restaurant Strong offers a never-before-seen road map of exactly how restaurants shift gears from ordinary to extraordinary outcomes.

The Granddaughtersby Margaret Belle

Underestimated by crooks and cops alike, three “over-the-hill” women become formidable amateur sleuths when they find themselves entangled in a decades-old, unsolved crime.

Mystery writer Ellie Russo invites her cousins Sandy McCabe and Franny Baker to join her, as she travels to picturesque Orange Lake in Newburgh, New York to research a story for her newest book.

Looking forward to staying in the lake house their grandmother once owned, the mini-reunion turns dangerous for these “women of an age”, when they become targets of the criminals they seek to expose.

Having overcome personal loss, and suffering from ailments not uncommon to older women, Ellie, Sandy, and Franny find that age has not diminished their strength or personal capabilities, and that they are willing to do whatever it takes to protect each other – including murder.

Men Without Hateby Gene Lee

For this military historian Gene Lee’s epic is riveting and true to life — whether he is describing what Confederate soldiers saw, said, and did in the minutes before Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg in 1863, or what it was like to be in a US Army artillery unit in the Philippines in 1944. With scenes as vivid as those in a Michael Shaara Civil War novel, or one of the great World War II novels about the Pacific — think Thin Red Line– Lee seizes and holds the reader’s attention as he guides his story through American history. He compels us to reflect about life motives like family, racism, and the aftereffects of war. — Nick Reynolds, NYT Bestselling Author of Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway’s Secret Adventures 1935-1961.

Frosted Glassby Michael J. Vaughn

A painful break-up/break-down chases high-tech marketing wiz Sandy Lowiltry from her Silicon Valley home. She comes to rest on the Oregon Coast, where she seeks solace in the opera-themed sanctuary of the Hotel Bel Canto and the arms of a handsome eccentric who spends his days combing the beach for sea glass.
Sandy soon learns what the tourist ladies already know – it’s easy to fall for Frosted Glass Man. Besides great sex and alarmingly intricate campsite cuisine, Frosty offers do-it-yourself mythologies that would melt even the coldest heart. But will she really leave behind Silicon Valley for love in such a strange package? From the award-winning author of The Popcorn Girl and Nature Boy.
“A most unlikely tale of discovery and passion. A shimmering fable, as delicate and whimsical as a handful of glass.” — Debra Bokur

SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhereby John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman

The ultimate guide to surviving anywhere, now updated with more than 100 pages of additional material, including a new chapter on urban survival

"A classic. … Addresses every conceivable disaster scenario. Don’t leave home without it” —Outside

Revised to reflect the latest in survival knowledge and technology, and covering new topics such as urban survival and terrorism, the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman is the definitive resource for all campers, hikers, and outdoor adventurers. From basic campcraft and navigation to fear management and strategies for coping with any type of disaster, this complete course includes:

Being prepared: Understanding basic survival skills, like reading the weather, and preparation essentials, such as a pocket survival kit.

Making camp: Finding the best location, constructing the appropriate shelter, organizing camp, staying warm, and creating tools.

Food: What to eat, what to avoid, where to find it, and how to prepare it.

First aid: A comprehensive course in emergency/wilderness medicine, including how to maximize survival in any climate or when injured.

Disaster survival: How to react in the face of natural disasters and hostile situations–and how to survive if all services and supplies are cut off.

Self-defense: Arming yourself with basic hand-to-hand combat techniques.

Security: Protecting your family and property from intrusion, break-ins, and theft.

Climate & terrain: Overcoming any location, from the tropics to the poles, from the desert to the mountains and sea.

Stratotech 027: Book One of the 027 Seriesby M. T. Lancet

Post WWIII. Israel.

Rexala has wanted one thing her whole life: to know how her father died. The details surrounding his death are a military secret. Since the communists won World War Three, the Alliance has kept a lot of secrets. And she’s about to become part of one.

When she is taken to a training facility in the upper atmosphere, Rex discovers she is an Airborne Elite Asset – a cyborg enhanced to survive at high altitudes. She and her fellow recruits are part of a high-tech military experiment that will overthrow the oppressive communist State. With the State having destroyed the internet and now controlling all other technology, this is the Alliance’s last shot at restoring world freedom.

But Rex has her own goal. If she becomes the best fighter in training, she will receive alpha status and gain access to all military information the Alliance holds, including the details of her father’s death. Training will test more than physical fighting ability, however. It will make her fight parts of herself that have been pushed down by abuse and survivor instincts: the ability to trust, to work with others, and even to love. The fact that those around her are involved in sinister plots, determined to win the alpha position, makes that a difficult task.

If she makes it to alpha, she and her team will embark on a covert mission to strike the most dangerous terrorist group in the world. The survival of the free world will be in her hands. But it will all be worth it to find out how her father died.

Or if he did.

The first installment in the 027 series, this fast-paced, apocalyptic military sci fi with cyberpunk and dystopian themes will thrill fans of S.J. Kincaid, K.A. Riley, and Ramona Finn.

Wolf Harvestby J. Michael

Love and friendship take a backseat to survival–especially if you’re a young male wolf on the outskirts of suburban Pittsburgh.
Coda navigates the city and forest, fascinated by these strange creatures called the two-legs and the metal beasts that transport them. He hunts game, encounters new allies, while enduring the brutality of bitter rivals. His routine of blood and stealth is interrupted when a mysterious female from another land enters his world, then turns it upside down.
Observing him is Amy–a beautiful, brilliant, but socially isolated college student–and Sam–a handsome, charming, college basketball star. Under the guidance of their zoology professor, they document the actions and movements of the coywolf species.
When they see Coda heading to northern Canada, Sam and Amy will drop everything during the blizzard of the century to follow him.
Together, these lost souls (human and animal alike) will discover that the only thing more important than knowing how to survive in this dangerous, chaotic world is knowing who you are, and what you’re surviving for.
Wolf Harvest is a tale of suspense, humor, heartbreak, bigotry, and cunning in the face of fear.

Creative and enjoyable for audiences of all ages and species, this book will keep you thrilled to the end. Buy Wolf Harvest and you won’t regret it.

Camp Apocalypseby Aaron Virgin

Summer days can be hell.

That’s what William Ellis thinks when his parents ruin his summer plans by sending him to Camp Apocalypse, a program designed to teach teenagers how to respond to wide-scale disasters.

As he makes friends, however, he realizes it might be better than he’d expected.

But, there’s more to this camp than meets the eye.

Strange things begin happening, and Will can’t ignore his curiosity. Why are so many kids going home sick? What’s in the mysterious basement? Why are the counselors, camp director, and even his own sister being so secretive?

His curiosity leads him and his friends to a dark place from which nobody can return.

When all hell breaks loose, Will and his friends fight to survive against the onslaught of dangers bombarding them as they race against time, the camp staff, and the terrifying monsters they never thought could exist.

This is Camp Apocalypse.

Join Will in this nail-biting genetically modified zombie thriller and prepare for the end nobody saw coming.

Fallen Shroud: An Urban Fantasy Novel: Twisted Curse Series Book 1by D. J. Dalton

A deadly secret. A woman turning her visions tangible. An unbound magic battle …

Orlando, Florida. Keren Stewart longs to get on track. So despite constant intrusions from her imaginary elemental friends, the animation school hopeful is determined not to let talking to thin air ruin her chances. But her plans go sideways when her mother is hospitalized following a treacherous supernatural attack.

With her mom in possession of the book that bestows magical skills to humans, Keren is dumbstruck to discover they’re both under suspicion for connections to the villainous Dark Guild. And as she and her shifter buddies fight to clear her family name, she’ll have to learn to control her own powerful abilities before the truth about her birthright spells a bitter end…

Can she summon a defense against evil before they all fall to their doom?

Fallen Shroud is the explosive first book in the Twisted Curse urban fantasy series. If you like engaging characters, electrifying action, and a plethora of mystical races, then you’ll love D. J. Dalton’s tear through the veil.

All is Not LOSTby Shannon Kenny Carbonell

All Is Not LOST is the story of what happened when one woman set aside a lifelong dream in favor of her kids, only to find herself battling her own ego and unfulfilled ambition. Shannon Kenny Carbonell–wife of actor Nestor Carbonell of LOST, Bates Motel, and The Morning Show fame–knew she was making the better choice for her, no matter how painful, when she decided on full-time motherhood over career. Little did Shannon know she would soon find herself desperate to feed the part of her that was suddenly starved of creativity and accomplishment.

When she found out her family would be relocating to Oahu, Hawaii, while Nestor shot LOST, Shannon helped uproot their lives with as much true love and support as she could muster, thinking, “I’ll just have to be lost in the midst of LOST.” But not long after the move, a torturous family fight revealed the burden of her loss was also weighing upon those closest to her. Just like the LOST survivors, she had crashed on an island that would test her, heal her, and surround her with the people who would eventually show her the way home.

With a no-holds-barred honesty that is raw, sometimes heartbreaking, and often hysterical, former working actress Shannon Kenny Carbonell tells her tale of attempting to reconcile her growing feelings of failure and sudden loss of her identity. This is her journey.

The Black Heart of the Stationby Jay Allan Storey

Delinquent or Prophet? Whichever one teenager Josh Driscoll is, he may be humanity’s only hope for survival.

Josh lives in The Station, a city buried deep beneath the surface of a frozen, lifeless earth, its origins lost in the mists of time. His frequent rule-breaking exploits are focused on a single question – how did we get here?

But Josh goes too far when he steals a space-suit and escapes to the surface to explore.

As punishment, the governing Council, of which his father is a member, forcibly enrolls him as a novice monk at Saint Carmine’s, the Station’s resident monastery. At first desperate to escape, Josh finds himself drawn into the monastery’s ancient texts.

Deciphering an encrypted journal hidden for centuries, he learns that the Black Heart, a mysterious complex sealed off after an ancient asteroid strike, may hold the answers he’s been seeking, and may be all that can save the city from certain annihilation. When the deranged head of the Council is determined to demolish the Black Heart and doom them all, Josh leads a desperate battle to stop him.

But can Josh and his tiny band of followers prevail in time to avert catastrophe?

Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimesby Harold Schechter

Bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a century of classic films.

The necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy; Chicago‘s Jazz Age crime of passion; the fatal hookup in Looking for Mr. Goodbar; the high school horrors committed by the costumed slasher in Scream. These and other cinematic crimes have become part of pop-culture history. And each found inspiration in true events that provided the raw material for our greatest blockbusters, indie art films, black comedies, Hollywood classics, and grindhouse horrors.

So what’s the reality behind Psycho, Badlands, The Hills Have Eyes, A Place in the Sun, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Dirty Harry? How did such tabloid-ready killers as Bonnie and Clyde, body snatchers Burke and Hare, Texas sniper Charles Whitman Jr., nurse-slayer Richard Speck, and Leopold and Loeb exert their power on the public imagination and become the stuff of movie lore?

In this collection of revelatory essays, true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes a fascinating trip down the crossroads of fact and fiction to reveal the sensational real-life stories that are more shocking, taboo, and fantastic than even the most imaginative screenwriter can dream up.

Lotus Effect: A Psychological Thrillerby Trisha Wolfe

From USA Today bestselling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most gripping psychological thriller yet.

Lakin Hale, true crime writer and victim of an attack that left her for dead, helps crime solvers and victims close cold cases, yet there is one crime she hasn’t been able to solve:

Her own.

As she embarks on a new case, working closely with Special Agent Rhys Nolan, the details of the murder begin to eerily resemble the event that nearly ended her life. A silhouette of a man haunts her dreams, but there were only two people there that night–Lakin and her murderer. Is the phantom hero who pulled her from the water a delusion, or is he the only one who can unlock her dark memories?

Buried in a watery grave of lotuses, the victim calls out to Lakin, unearthing painful memories of what was stolen from her that fateful night. For those that played a part, it’s now time to answer for their sins.

Grace by Contract (Once Upon a Duchy Book 1)by Rachel Rossano

After her father uproots the family to the northern duchy of Brackenhurst, Grace Eldon and her four younger sisters struggle with a new life of hardship. Desperate to keep a roof over their heads amid mounting debts, she and her youngest sister seek employment in the Duke of Brackenhurst’s household despite fearsome rumors.

Scarred and maimed from a terrible fire Silas Isling, Duke of Brackenhurst, buries himself in his work to avoid the stares of pity and fear. When one of the new maids shows no fear at his appearance, he is intrigued. That is until his meddling steward gives her the task of cleaning Silas’ bookroom. It is a most unwelcome disruption since he prefers to be alone.

While a thief plagues his castle, an old nemesis reappears, and enemies invade in the guise of guests. Amidst the distractions and chaos, Grace brings some unexpected order. Once convinced his scars had stolen all hope for love, Silas finds his life forever changed by the quiet maid. Could she love a scarred Duke?

A reimagining of Beauty and the Beast

Surreal Absurdityby Jim Lively

What is it about Charles Pierce that makes people want to kill him?

He’s retired from his law practice, does pro bono work for non-profits, and has turned all his attention to focus on his art. He even rented a studio, as part of a gallery where exhibitions are well attended and the wine flows freely.

So why does a mysterious and hostile young man threaten him, while the woman who tried to poison him last year shows up at an exhibition to purchase one of his abstract paintings?

Charles can’t seem to avoid associating with criminals. Even Detective Gonzales believes he is somehow involved in a series of local murders because his business cards are found at the scene.

No one, least of all Charles, can explain it, but the more he seeks clues and answers, the more he finds the whole situation to be a Surreal Absurdity.

Fake It For Meby Weston Parker

I need a woman to help me shut up my big Greek family.

And my new intern is perfect for the job, though pretending to have a relationship with her might be a little taboo.

Good thing I’m in charge.

Being a self-made billionaire, I haven’t spent much time looking for love.

None actually.

Lucky for me, it’s fallen right into my lap.

This pretty American girl has zero sense of direction, but a good heart and a sexy smile.

I’ve always been smitten by a woman that needs rescuing, or so it seems.

Something tells me that she might be more than I bargained for.

Either way, I just need her to fake it for me until it appears real.

Funny how real it quickly becomes.

Every Good Girl Deserves a Bad Boy. ~ Weston