Friday, December 30, 2011

A Lady of the Realm by Sharon E. Mamolo

Bethany Boudreaux is tired of being a damn peasant. Her mother, a born again human who rejects her witch bloodline, has kept Beth secluded and ignorant for most of her life. Beth wants to eat, preferably twice a day. She’d like a grand home, with a fully stocked bar. She’s tired of eking out an existence while the rich freaks get all the breaks. She’ll do anything to claim what is, by law, hers. She needs help, lots of it, because paperwork can be a bitch.
When Beth learns Lord Aleksander is coming to visit her club, she grabs a stiff drink and waits. The dark elf of Losalfar is the perfect solution to her current legal problems. He’s obscenely rich, a top member of the hierarchy, about to inherit region two, including New Orleans, but most importantly to her … he’s a man. Men are so easy, regardless of race. With his help, she can attain the privileges and powers only those with a title are born with. All she needs to do to gain his assistance is agree to three measly conditions.

A Lady of the Realm is an Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance Novel
(Approx 80, 000 words / 393 pages)
Find out more about Sharon at www.houseofdede.weebly.com
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Sea of Storms (Book 1 in The Lodestone Trilogy) by Mark Whiteway

On the planet Kelanni, life is cheap.
With the aid of the fearsome "Keltar" enforcers,in their flying cloaks, a ruthless invader is forcing the native people to mine the colloquially named "lodestone" - a substance from another universe with infinitely destructive power.
The only ones who can stop him are a tiny girl with fiery disposition, a former Keltar, a failed revolutionary, a musician and the mysterious creature, Boxx, who seems to speak only in riddles.
The Sea of Storms is a 
Science Fiction Novel
(Approx 363, 000 words / 752 pages **for complete trilogy**)





Find out more about Mark and his writing at www.markwhiteway.weebly.com
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

A Proper Charlie by Louise Wise


“Charlie watched as he fell back onto her settee, and then straddled his lap. Oh my God! What was she doing! She was having an out-of-body-experience, she thought. Only she wasn’t dead. She was alive. Very much so. She wriggled against him wonderingly and excitement flared in her body as his own rose to her teasing.”
Charlie Wallis has everything a girl could wish for. A loving boyfriend, a nice flat and a fantastic job as a journalist for London Core. Trouble is, Charlie's boyfriend's a waster, her job title really reads 'clerk' and her flat, at the top of a high-rise, isn't that nice after all.
Her new boss, Ben, is a huge bear of a man. A gentle giant, with chocolate brown eyes that hold a secret.
While London Core investigates the murders of local prostitutes, Charlie wants in on the action, deciding that dressing as a hooker and walking the streets is good research.
Bumping into Ben was the last thing she expected.
A story of opposites that not only attract…
… but ignite!



A Proper Charlie is a Chick Lit Novel
(Approx 80, 000 words / 406 pages)
Find out more about Louise and her writing at www.louisewise.blogspot.com
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas (and FREE ebooks thru 12/31) from the following indie authors! Enjoy!

Elliott is a mystery. For Lilly, he is an obsession. Lilly's life starts to change dramatically when Elliott moves in next door. Weird things start to happen, and Lilly finds herself questioning her reality. But things aren't what they seem. Packed with hidden codes, Atlantis is a paranormal romance worth getting lost in. 


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Single mom Lauren Frazier’s house is falling down around her. So when handyman Caleb Hunter shows up at her door, he’s a godsend. Old wounds have kept Caleb away, but when he receives word of his mother’s unexpected death, guilt and regret bring him home for good. Lauren excites him like no woman ever has, but she’s a package deal, and he’s not sure he’s ready for such a commitment. 


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Ready for a nice, quiet life in small town USA, reformed gang member Wes Carter feels Redemption is the perfect place to relocate his financial business. Tara Russell has decided to add some excitement to her life and get a little wild—no matter how uncomfortable it makes her or her overprotective family. Opposites attract when they meet at the local fair one warm summer night. 


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SNAP, a multinational celeb TV show and magazine, is the holy grail for Maxie Gwenoch. When she snags the job as managing editor, she's looking for fame, fortune and Jimmy Choos. What she finds is a media empire owned by Baron Kandesky and his family. A family of vampires. They're European, urbane, wealthy and mesmerizing. And when she meets Jean-Louis, vampire and co-worker, she's a goner. 


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In the summer of 1995, young American writer Martin Paige agrees to chaperone a group of high school seniors on their graduation trip to Paris as a favor to his best friend, teacher Diane Jacobs. Diane hopes Europe will act as a catalyst to lift Martin from his grief following the suicide of his lover, Peter. The trip proves to be so much more... 


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Simon is having a bad day. A very bad day indeed. He's been fired from work, dumped by his girlfriend and kicked out of his house. And to top it all off, a cat has just pushed him through a wormhole into an alternate reality filled with Orcs, Elves and Dwarves. And for some reason they think he's a wizard... 


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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Dragonfly Dreams by Stacey Joy Netzel


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Can a family connection to the ill-fated Titanic bring new hope to sinking dreams?
With his antique shop on the brink of bankruptcy, Jake Coburn knows he shouldn’t buy costume jewelry at a price that won’t turn a profit. Then again, it’s Christmas, and he hasn’t been able to say no to Loral Evan’s since the first time she entered his shop.
Desperation is what drives Loral Evans to sell precious family heirlooms, but Jake’s offer of one thousand dollars for a dragonfly brooch she knows is fake stings her pride. If only she could afford to walk away from the handsome antique dealer.
During a season of giving, Loral learns there’s a big difference between pride and dignity, and Jake’s determination to do the right thing brings rewards beyond what either of them ever dreamed of. 
Dragonfly Dreams is a Christmas / Romance Novella
(Approx 35, 000 words)
All sales for Dragonfly Dreams in the month of December are going to the White Family.  
Help Stacey help the White Family’s Christmas by buying the ebook HERE
Find out more about this Christmas Donation at http://staceyjoynetzel.blogspot.com

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

SCARS: An Amazing End-Times Prophecy Novel by Patience Prence

ARE YOU READY?
Global Financial MELTDOWN,
Political TURBULENCE,
CATACLYSMIC Natural DISASTERS,

And that's just the beginning,
of the End Of The World,
The Apocalypse has just begun….
Sixteen-year-old Rebekah Silver is just your average teenager living in Southern California.  Her only worries are learning her cheerleading routines and passing her math test.  But, as world dictators rise to power and devastating disasters claim millions of lives, she is inspired to search for answers.  Becky soon discovers her world is quickly coming to an end, just as it was prophesied. Now she must decide whether to risk her life to follow the laws of God or surrender her soul to the law of man.


Revelation comes to life in this adrenaline-fueled thriller weaved with End Times prophecy. A heart-wrenching story of a young girl set during the Tribulation, SCARS chronicles the beginning of the End of the World, as earth-shattering events lead up to the Apocalypse as foretold in the Bible.
Scars is a Thriller / Christian Fiction Novel
(Approx 192 pages)
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Runaway Christmas Tree by D. Washington-Jones

The Kent family wants to purchase a real Christmas tree this
year.  When they finally pick one from Nick’s Magic Christmas Tree Grove, they get more than what they bargained for.  They wanted a real tree, but just how does one define “real”?  That is precisely what the Kent family is about to find out!  
The Runaway Christmas Tree is a Children’s Fantasy / Christmas Book
(Approx 3, 500 words / 26 pages)
Find out more about this book at www.therunawaychristmastree.com
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**Note from Lisa:  I realize that this book is nowhere near 50k words but thought it might be a fun Christmas read for those of you with little ones.  Happy Holidays.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Something Most Deadly by Ann Self

Jane Husted tries to live her dream of becoming an international show rider, but life on the lavish Springhill Estate is more like a nightmare, and it brings to the fore an unrealized psychic gift.  Prior to this, ESP was hocus-pocus, and not something she needed or believed in. Now it could help her stay a step ahead of a killer.

Madeline Fanning, Jane’s best friend and fellow survivor of their tattered childhood on public assistance, is now a clinical psychologist on staff at a large Boston Hospital. Each woman  has fought tenaciously to get out of the swamp of poverty and free herself from the stigma of welfare.  Madeline is already attaining success, but Jane is still grasping for the brass ring, her life complicated by the snobbish, backstabbing elite on Springhill Estate.

Madeline recognizes Jane’s psychic ability before she does, and encourages her to use it to navigate the cutthroats and savage jealousy hidden just beneath the surface on the deceptively beautiful estate with its rolling hills, nineteenth-century stone mansion, and gothic barn.

State Police Detectives Westerlund and Russell are brought to the estate when someone falls into a diabolical trap intended to kill, and kill it does. The detectives face a myriad of oddball personalities to sort through: The Whitbeck family, owners of Springhill and inhabitants of the mansion; very rich and not missing an opportunity to remind you.  Lars Wallenberg, Austrian coach and trainer fresh from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Sam Noone, former jockey from Louisville Kentucky, now the barn manager.  Dylan Ripley, young, smart-alecky, full of wry humor and observations as he cleans stalls and cares for the horses.  Owen Flint, irritable, misogynistic trainer and coach whose temper is legendary; feared by horses and women alike as he struts around in tight breeches and impossibly long boots.  Lucinda Whitbeck, narcissistic, domineering, and pickled with jealousy over Jane’s superior talent.  Gladys Barrett, Lucinda’s grandmother, determined that Lucinda will find glory and her day in the limelight even if they have to stomp everyone else into the dirt.

Jane is shocked when wealthy businessman Brian Canaday shows up as an investor in European sport horses the estate is importing and breeding. Brian was an obsession of her high-school years, but so far out of her reach he’s in the stratosphere. She tries to avoid him so as not trigger memories of the dreadfully thin, poorly dressed ‘Plain Jane’ of the past, and ruin her new image. Knowledge of her seedy, impecunious childhood would make her prime gossip fodder for the well-heeled denizens of Springhill.

Genuine love story, no graphic sex, no forensic gore. Mild language.

Something Most Deadly is a Romantic Mystery Novel
(Approx 171, 000 words / 310 pages)
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Beta by Stephen L. Brayton

Private Investigator Mallory Petersen, a fourth degree black belt with her own taekwondo school in Des Moines, Iowa, splits her time between teaching martial arts and her often inane cases. It's not that she wants bad things to happen to people, but it makes life more interesting when they do.
When Mallory accepts a case to find Cheryl McGee's kidnapped eight year old daughter, she is pulled into the dark underworld of child pornography. The trail soon leads to the Quad Cities, where Mallory partners with an officer from the Special Case Squad.
As the investigation deepens, Mallory discovers there's more to the girl's disappearance than her client let on.


Beta is an Action / Mystery Novel
(Approx 73, 000 words)
Find out more about Stephen and his books at www.stephenbrayton.com
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Maverick by Greg Curtis

Exiled for accidentally killing a fellow student wizard during a magic duel, Marjan has had to forge himself a new life, a quiet life deep within the Alyssian Forest and far from the Guild. As a maverick wizard his life is far from perfect, and its never what he dreamt of as a student in the Guild, but its peaceful and he doesn’t have to fear crossing the laws of the Guild.
Then one day seven young children and their teacher came crashing into his life, fleeing a monstrous enemy of seemingly limitless numbers. Armies of dire beasts led by hideously transformed soldiers are sweeping down from the north, overrunning the cities and driving all before them in an orgy of death and destruction.
To protect his new charges, Marjan must escort them to safety in the southern lands, leaving his home behind perhaps forever, and taking up arms as a wizard, risking the wrath of the Guild as he does so.
So begins Marjan’s journey, where he must not just do battle with an enemy to protect the children, but must also face down the demons of his past, and ultimately do battle with the darkest of all enemies.
Maverick is a Fantasy Novel
(Approx 185, 000 words)
To find out more about Greg click HERE
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Eco Station One by Edwin Stark

Meet Eduardo Sinnombre, a regular jobless shmoe who lands an accounting job at a shady ecological research operation, deeply seated in a Venezuelan rainforest. The guys running it really don’t care if he’s qualified for the task; they only want him as a scapegoat since they’re heavily plucking a big software company’s pockets.
Eduardo has gone through life shrugging many things off… until now, when he suddenly finds something to care about; Eco Station One is facing certain doom in the form of a modern highway that threatens to expose the entire setup.
In Eco Station he meets a cast of zany characters which include Dr. Farmington, the eccentric doctor in charge of the camp; Harry, the helpful genetically enhanced gorilla that becomes Eduardo’s best friend; Marina, his future lover and the Mendoza Clan, four cousins that promptly take sides in Eduardo’s struggle to delay Eco Station’s untimely destruction.
Along the way he faces many adventures, including Marina’s kidnapping by the native Ikawiri Pygmies, fighting an awesome rainforest fire and some strange experimentation with a curious aphrodisiac poison.
Can Eduardo cope?  Find out by reading Eco Station One today!
Eco Station One is a Humor / Satire Novel
(Approx 90, 000 words)
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Monday, December 12, 2011

Johnny Oops 11 - Timeless by Arthur Levine

Johnny Oops 11 is a rocket scientist who flies a spaceship to a far away Planet with his inner self, Outy, and marries a bald Blue lady by the name of Ala who never ceases asking Johnny funny questions. They have a son called Johnworld who is Magenta colored, has Yellow hair and perceives his mission in life to be to propagate different races. They spend most of their lives trying to ward off the prejudice and bigotry that follows people of color.

Discriminated against back on Earth, Johnny Oops 11 sets off once again in another spaceship together with millions of Indolts—Ala’s people, and the Magentas of which Johnworld is the first. They have to shrink all their people temporarily down to their essence—in the case of the Indolts no more than the equivalent of an eighth of an ounce and convert each of them to bar codes laminated on to blue plastic disks one inch long by two inches wide. They travel through time rather than space enabling their trip to be timeless.

When they reach their destination they reconstitute the Indolts and Magentas back to normal size using giant scanners. On their new home of Everworld they meet other races of various colors and stripes called the Fugats, the Juicers, and the Three Tribes.

Before long they form a Great Society, which is intent on not color-coding their emotions. After fighting off skeptical suicide bomber Mimon birds who don’t believe they can succeed, they discover a new reality and enter the Paradise of their dreams.

Johnny Oops 11 - Timeless is a Fantasy Novel and book 2 in the Johnny Oops Series
(Approx 51, 000 words)
Find out more about Arthur and his writing at www.johnnyoops.blogspot.com
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Friday, December 9, 2011

Murder on the Danube by William S. Shepard

"Robbie" Cutler, a thirtyish American career diplomat, is beginning an assignment as Political Officer at the American Embassy in Budapest. He previously served as Consul in Bordeaux (where he was yanked out for his own safety after exposing a Basque terrorist leader, in Vintage Murder, the first in this series of Robbie Cutler diplomatic mysteries).
The return to Budapest of a prominent Hungarian-American, Janos Magassy, sets off a train of events. Magassy had been the leader of a resistance group during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Before its members can meet again, Magassy is brutally murdered in a side street in Obuda. Given the murdered man’s national prominence, American Ambassador Eleanor Horton tells Robbie to keep a close eye on the police investigation. Working in tandem with Inspector Racz of Central Budapest Police Headquarters, Robbie develops leads in the murder.
The 1956 circle linked Eva Molnar, whom Robbie's father, a former diplomat, had failed to save in 1956, and the murdered Magassy. Included also are a currently rising Hungarian politician, Imre Mohacsi, a Ministry of Justice official, Attila Nemzeti, and a prosperous German banker, Attila Szepvaros. Their stories are played out in a continuing flashback to the events of 1956. 
Complicating Robbie's investigation is the refusal of the Hungarian Government to open its own intelligence files from the period. Who was the police spy that betrayed them? The search takes him and his visiting sister Evalyn to the border fortress town of Gyula on the Hungarian plain, and even into the Hungarian ethnic regions of Transylvania, for a dramatic encounter with the reclusive Eva Molnar.
A socially adept bachelor, Robbie is much in demand at the many receptions and dinners given by the Budapest diplomatic circuit. He feels himself increasingly drawn to Julie Kovatch, the neglected young wife of the Australian Ambassador, Alexander Kovatch, a violent man, and himself an ethnic Hungarian who had fled that country as a teenager after the 1956 upheaval.
His romantic life complicates the mystery as Robbie gradually unearths Kovatch's 1956 past. Robbie's Uncle Seth Cutler, a nationally prominent former intelligence official, finds out from CIA biographic records that Kovatch is the brother of another member of Magassy's 1956 resistance group, the missing Csaba Kovacs. Ambassador Kovatch is also trying to find the intelligence agent who killed his brother in 1956. The trouble is that Kovatch is a driven but mistaken Count of Monte Cristo who is being set up by the real killer, as he investigates the banker, the politician, and the government official who were members of his brother's resistance group. 
Post Cold War Hungary is a compelling place to be. Hungarian domestic politics involves an uneasy transition to democracy. The old Warsaw Pact intelligence connections are still there, as Robbie begins to suspect that the real motivation in the Magassy killing is a contemporary one. Is someone protecting money laundering by the Russian Mafia? Like neighboring Vienna of "The Third Man" period everyone, it seems, has something to hide, or to blame on the past. And the Russian Mafia will not hesitate to intervene when their interests seem threatened.
Murder On The Danube is a Mystery Novel
(Approx 110, 000 words / 320 pages)
Find out more about William and his writing at www.diplomaticmysteries.com
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Last Chance by Ramon Ballard

In the weeks preceding an historical presidential election, Horace, a patriotic 115 year old man honored for never missing an election and the son of a prejudiced southern gentleman must make a tough decision, whether to vote for a heroic veteran or to take a chance on an up and coming young black man. 
As Horace relates the story of his life to a reporter and his friends in the nursing home, he ponders the people he has met, the lessons he has learned, and how they have coincided with the growth of a nation’s soul. Horace will tell you himself, “I have lived a long life, not an extraordinary one.” As you read this story of a man conquering prejudices developed as a child, you will note the parallels between the development of his ideals and those of a nation finally understanding the true meaning of: “All men are created equal.” Horace’s life might be more extraordinary than he believes. 
It’s been said that your life ain’t worth a damn unless you touch the souls of those you meet along the way.  Horace begins life on a dilapidated southern mansion and in the course of 115 years, he touches the lives of extraordinary people, from a couple of young bicycle shop owners on the barren dunes of North Carolina, to the White House, the baseball diamond, Tin Pan Alley,  early Hollywood, and finally to a young black Southern preacher with a dream.  
Horace’s life also reflects the influences of lost friends that have brightened his journey and lost loved ones that made his life worth a damn and ultimately left him, The Last Chance. 
The Last Chance is an Historical Fiction Novel
(Approx 105, 000 words)
Find out more about Ramon and his writing at www.raballard-mymind.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Aloisius by Jonathon Charlap

What makes us human?
How far will we go for the ones we love?
Are we willing to die to protect them? 
Tori is a Watcher. A young genetically engineered soldier who is at the pinnacle of her life. But when she fails to kill Spencer Estornel, a fugitive from The Assimilated Nations, she must confront a terrible truth that her agency never viewed her as anything more than expendable. Now, those who created her will do anything to kill her. And the closer she grows with her new lover Spencer, the more she realizes that protecting him may be easier than losing him.




Aloisius is a Science Fiction Novel
(Approx 314 pages paperback)
Find out more about Jonathon and his writing at http://www.wix.com/jonathoncharlap/jonathon-charlap#! 
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Monday, December 5, 2011

I, Senias by Samuel Drury Owens

Senias is the son of a prominent family living in first century B.C.E. Gaul.  It is he who relates to the reader the often tragic story of a mighty army of warriors called the Romans, who roamed the Gallic countryside murdering folks, plundering villages, snatching women and children to sell as slaves. The deep spirituality of Senias leads to his selection as an apprentice philosopher and thrusts him into the cryptic world of Celtic mythology.  On an eventful journey to the capital city of Gergovia, Senias meets the feisty Savrina.  Though opposites in temperament, a deep bond develops between the two lovers.

Once the conflict between the marauding Romans and the people of Gaul reaches the point of all-out-war, Senias observes the intense personal struggles between Vercingetorix and Caesar for dominance and power.  The last significant battle between the two ancient civilizations is fought at the hill fortress of Alesia.  The struggle for Alesia stands as an eternal testament of the determination, courage and sacrifices of the Gallic people in the defense of their independence.  An independence so fierce that it lies, ironically, at the very heart of their eventual defeat.

I, Senias is an Historical Fiction Novel
(Approx 101, 000 words / 239 pages)
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Friday, December 2, 2011

Blood Rhapsody by Nancy Morse

Prudence Hightower is the daughter of London’s music master. Betrothed to a man she does not love, grieving over her mother’s suicide and worried for her father’s mysteriously declining health, she turns to her father’s gifted pupil, enigmatic Nicolae Tedescu, finding comfort in his music and passion in his arms. 
But is he a man or a monster? 
Longing for the love denied him because he is a vampire, Nicolae is intrigued by the prim young mortal, but when he offers her the dark gift, she refuses. Can he live for all eternity without her? Can Pru survive a dangerous plot to use her as bait to destroy Nicolae? Beneath the bloodlust is a hunger for love that defies the centuries. Within the music lies the strength to mend a broken heart. In a witch’s chant is the secret to reclaiming a lost soul. When all else is lost, taking a chance on love becomes the most dangerous choice of all.





Blood Rhapsody is a Paranormal Romance Novel
(Approx 101, 000 words / 177 pages)
Find out more about Nancy and her writing at www.nancymorse.com
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