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End July with a Bang! 10 Must-Read Kindle Books
July 31, 2014 | Filled under Kindle Books |
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End July with a BANG! 10 Kindle Books that are sure to please every reader…
Dark Mind – Vigilante detective Emily Stone continues her covert pursuits to find serial killers and child abductors, all under the radar while shadowing police investigations. Emily searches for an abducted nine-year-old girl taken by ruthless and enterprising slave brokers. Following the clues from California to the garden island of Kauai, she begins to piece together the evidence and ventures deep into the jungle. It doesn’t take long before Emily is thrown into the middle of murder, mayhem, and conspiracy. Locals aren’t talking as a serial killer now stalks the island, taking women in a brutal frenzy of ancient superstitions and folklore. Local cops are unprepared for what lies ahead. In a race against the clock, Emily and her team must identify the killer before time runs out.
Get On Board Little Children – Kindle Countdown Deal starts August 1st! In a future marked by high-tech surveillance, an unlicensed pregnancy is a felony. It can lead to loss of the child as well as devastating fines and imprisonment. Targeted by the corrupt population-control police, Sophie must make a painful decision. She can submit to the state’s harsh demands.Or she can go on the run . . . Confronted with deception and violence, she must learn to trust her instincts. If she hesitates she risks the loss of everything she values most. Fast-paced dystopian thriller, GET ON BOARD LITTLE CHILDREN explores a future that may be closer than we imagine.
IMMOLATION – Late one night Doug King picks up a red-headed ghostly hitchhiker on Route 44 who passes a herpes virus called PseudoRabies to his daughter’s injured cat, Ponce De Leon. As the virus takes hold, Ponce begins to froth at the mouth and becomes filled with rage first savagely attacking Doug and then his wife. As his friends and neighbors are brutalized and slain, Doug decides to take matters into his own hands to destroy and contain this plague.
Into the Darkness – Magic. Darkness. Choices. Whether or not you believe, there are more mysteries in the universe than man will ever be able to explain. From wanting the truth, to facing demons, Into the Darkness is a dark paranormal story that will take you on a journey to explore your psyche, thrill you, scare you, and leave you with a satisfying read that haunts you. The stories all revolve around a magic object—cursed or blessed, you make the decision.
Memoir of an Unlikely Savior – Where Melting Crayons and Burning Battleships Come Together – a novel about the salvation of an autistic child Frank would like to be successful with women and with writing, but his autistic childhood, visual impairment, dismissive parents, and narcissistic brother are too much to overcome. Then on vacation in Hawaii, Frank has what feels like a paranormal experience on the Arizona Memorial that starts him down a path of psychological and spiritual self-discovery. In making the transitions from weird to respected, awkward to insightful, brainy to wise, his relationships with women shift from fearful to erotic, and through them doors open to unexpected opportunities with his writing. Lifting himself from the purgatory to which his past had banished him, he inadvertently helps free those he connects with from their own shadowed depths, making his story the Memoir of an Unlikely Savior.
Seeking Patience – Do people prove their self-worth by strength or character? A Romany leader confronts the English heritage he has denied when he lands, beaten and powerless, in the path of a high-spirited young widow. Will the prim countess agree to hide the charismatic rogue in her home and jeopardize her safety while her stepson accuses her of murdering her elderly husband? Patience Blakwell is not beautiful. As a dutiful young countess in Regency England, she endures her husband’s cruelty. She struggles with her faith, trying to understand why God is not following the plan she had for her life—to be loved and cherished by her husband. After her husband’s unexpected death, her grown stepson charges her with her late husband’s murder. Luca Boldor, more Gypsy than English, is determined to prove that he is strong and capable and doesn’t need anyone. But once he is forced to depend on Lady Patience Blakwell, a woman who represents all he loathes, he must decide whether he should turn away when she needs him, or risk his most vulnerable, forgiving self to keep her safe. By denying his English heritage, has he denied a part of himself?
The Haunting of Hockomock Swamp – Janie Williams falls upon a sensational news story involving a childhood epilepsy epidemic raging across several towns in Massachusetts abutting The Hockomock Swamp. Problem is: she’s a newbie and her bosses don’t think this story is quite “newsworthy.” As Janie investigates and researches this phenomenon, she falls deeply in love and experiences her first orgasm. Suspenseful, erotic, and provocative, The Haunting of The Hockomock Swamp will captivate your imagination as you follow an Indian ghost deep into the woods.
The Man Who Built Boxes – “This is a writer you’ll want to know, writing a life you’ll be happy you’ve lived in for a while.” -Jack B. Bedell In these twelve stories, you’ll meet a remarkable cast of complex, quirky characters tangled up in the limits they’ve put on their lives. Driven by love or loneliness, like the man in the title, they’ve boxed themselves in. Frank Tavares tells their stories with humor and compassion.
The Pregnant Pope – In the year of Satan, 2066, the structure of the physical world is cracking, and inexplicable paranormal forces are interfering with humanity. The Trinity Investigation Organization, or TIO—a paranormal detective society—is the last protection against the demons, evil spirits, fanatical criminals, and sadists who are trying to destroy the world. The 92-year-old Pope is pregnant. Although he hasn’t undergone any medical procedures, he carries a human fetus in his abdomen. Is this a case of self-cloning, or is it a mutation? Is this an immaculate conception, or is it Satan’s work? Claire, Travis, and Prescott, the members of the Capuchin Trinity Team of TIO, are tasked with uncovering the truth about this unusual case and resolving the mystery of whether the Pope is carrying the new Messiah or the Antichrist, and who did it. Their job is to go beyond the physical world into the mind and the spiritual realm, discover a thousand-year-old connection, perform an exorcism, and fight the devil Zepar, while evading the villains who keep trying to assassinate them.
Womanhood – What would you do? Your home-life has suddenly turned into a nightmare and you have become a lonely, silent victim. And you know it will happen again, and again… Just like any threatened being, you have just three options. You can take FLIGHT. You can FIGHT. Or you can accept fate, and FREEZE… Choose! – But do it now! For seventeen year old Lauren Hart this has just become her reality – Her life. Barely on the edge of WOMANHOOD she is forced to make decisions that will dramatically change and shape her life forever. For Lauren – FREEZE – might appear to be her only alternative, but, to just accept what is happening is NOT an option. Her choices and decisions might astonish you, but her courage and fight, against overwhelming odds, will uplift you. Life is too good, too full of promise, to not fight for it. But, get it wrong and WOMANHOOD might turn out to be an impossible dream.
10 Amazing Kindle Books to Read NOW
July 24, 2014 | Filled under Kindle Books |
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The weekend’s almost here. Time to fill up your Kindle with 10 amazing books…
•Urge to Kill – A psychological thriller set in Stratford-upon-Avon and featuring Detective Inspector Matt Turrell.
•STATUS: The Game – ONLY $.99 for a Limited Time! Following its beta test the hottest MMORPG in America is about to go nationwide and everyone wants a piece of the action. Students battle students and teachers to vie for top dog as they try to gain status points. How far will people go for fame and fortune? Ask a gamer at Madison High!
•Mazie Baby – Mazie Reynolds has moxie from the top of her bruised face to the tip of her broken wrist. She married a man she adored, and who adored her in return. But over fourteen years, her happy marriage soured with each new beating. When his attentions shift to their twelve-year-old daughter, Mazie knows it’s time to get the hell out. She hatches a plan to escape. But can she outwit the man she vowed to obey until death do they part?
•Lilac Lane (Stutter Creek Book 2) – Ella and her son survived her ex-husband’s drunken wrath. They are starting a new life in a new town, Stutter Creek. She’s even met a real man. A gentle wild life biologist named Chet Boone. But now, her ex has been released from prison early. Is that him driving past their new house late at night? Is he the one causing the strange sounds and flickering lights? Can they survive a second round with a madman?
•My Lord’s Invitation to Passion – Consummate rake, Lord Richard Craven, has his heart broken when the woman he loves is forced into an arranged marriage to a violent brute. To make matters worse, circumstances force him to marry Lady Madeline Knight—a woman he views more like a sister-only for fate to play the cruelest of tricks. Shortly after his wedding his former lover is widowed, and Richard learns she could be pregnant with his child. Consumed with guilt over trapping Richard, Madeline Knight tries her best to be the perfect wife and win his heart. If she fails she loses everything, she loves him too much not to set him free… While Richard and Madeline confront the reality of their marriage, Madeline’s life comes under threat. A family enemy is set on revenge. Will Richard learn the truth of his heart, and what is truly precious to him, before the unknown enemy destroys their world?
•Image of Deceit – Bygie Hudson’s isolated life as an artist was perfect… except for her husband. Her seclusion is shattered when the police arrive to tell her there has been an accident. The man she’d been married to for fifteen years, and considered divorcing for fourteen, is dead… and they believe she may be behind it. As she fights to clear her name, she learns her husband has been selling far more than cars through their successful dealership, and the corruption is linked to a prominent judge… with tentacles reaching straight into San Diego PD. The deadly fallout puts her life in jeopardy. When a witness disappears, and the threat of a reporter on the hunt for headlines is removed, lead Detective Tom Hall is told to walk away from the case. But the widow is an enigma. Unwilling to let go, he risks what’s left of his stalled career by following leads on his own time. He refuses to let Bygie walk away until he uncovers the truth. Sometimes, you just can’t see crazy… even when it’s staring you in the face.
•God’s People, Today’s Culture – It can be tough living in today’s society of seduction and at the same time, be a Christian. We are inundated with things—we as believers—sincerely believe are wrong and yet, if we dare speak our convictions, we are labeled intolerant.
•Garrett & Sunny – Garrett is a fun guy; a bit of a rogue and a ladies-man. Sunny is a bit ‘different’ in that she likes to play mind games and is clearly looking for a guy who can give as good as he gets. They seem destined to become perfect for each other. But..! Family business interrupts their fledgling romance when Garrett has to make a rush trip away with his best friend Truf, and his worst brother-in-law, Tim. The trio has quite an adventure in Australia as they try and help a longtime friend of Garrett’s aging grandmother. It is part romantic comedy, part adventure and designed to entertain you until the very end. Just normal people like you and me, having a lot of fun and an exceptional life. If you liked movies like “Four Weddings and a Funeral – Love Actually – Notting Hill” then you might want to give Garrett & Sunny a try.
•Boyfriend from Hell – Fifteen year-old Megan Barnett and her single mom, Suze, have a special relationship—they are friends, close friends, who do almost everything together. Enter two mysterious young men, Megan’s new classmate, sinfully attractive bad boy, Guy Matson, and the dangerously handsome art dealer, Armando. Before long Megan and Suze both wind up in steamy relationships. But neither of the handsome pair is quite what he seems. In fact, one of them is Satan, with his sights set on a new bride. Megan has precious little time to figure out how to stop him. If she doesn’t, either Megan or Suze are quite literally going to HELL.
•Beyond Death – Our planet is full of people getting on with their lives like little ants, heads down and totally oblivious to the world around them. Perhaps it’s just as well. If they did look up they’d see someone bigger deciding whether or not to squash them… Claire Sylvester’s perfect day comes to an abrupt end. Finding herself suspended between Heaven and Hell she has to come to terms with the secret lives of her family and decide how to save those that deserve saving. While others make decisions about where she’ll spend eternity Claire, with the helping hands of an unlikely partner and heavenly guidance, faces betrayal, violence and evil. ‘Beyond Death’, a paranormal tale of life, death, deceit and danger.
10 Kindle Books Offer Great Escape
July 21, 2014 | Filled under Kindle Books |
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Looking for a great escape? Look no further. These 10 Kindle Books offer the perfect summer distraction.
A peaceful, lakeside summer home… A gruesome murder… Valerie Davis, wife of prominent Minneapolis businessman, Paul Davis, is dead. Very dead. Personal demons in tow, Ray Schiller of the Widmer P.D. follows the evidence to the Twin Cities, joining forces with Minneapolis homicide detective Dick Waverly. They discover many are suspect, few are innocent. The widower has good reason to keep his personal life private, and he isn’t the only one—not by a long shot. “Sweet nothings” become weapons in a war of words as intimates turn on one another. Ambition, love and hate turn the case on its head when consequences turn lethal. In the midst of the investigation, Ray’s involvement in an unthinkable incident makes him the subject of an Internal Affairs. investigation. With his personal and professional life in the balance, he soon learns the devil is in the details, and the details aren’t what anyone expected.
When his fiancee disappears leaving no trace she ever existed, Jack Keeler discovers his perfect life is only an illusion. He suddenly finds himself in two different worlds which offer only one reality-certain death.
A mind-bending mystery…A woman’s search for answers
Lust, betrayal and pride shatter a 1928 Italian family, forcing the husband to seek his fortune in America while his wife remains in Italy with their young twins. Twenty-nine years pass before he returns as a wealthy man with an American son.
Late one night Doug King picks up a red-headed ghostly hitchhiker on Route 44 who passes a herpes virus called PseudoRabies to his daughter’s injured cat, Ponce De Leon. As the virus takes hold, Ponce begins to froth at the mouth and becomes filled with rage first savagely attacking Doug and then his wife. As his friends and neighbors are brutalized and slain, Doug decides to take matters into his own hands to destroy and contain this plague.
MADNESS! That time of Midsummer-Midnight when all is revelry and debauchery in Macedonia. That unbelievable moment when Damon Demetrios kidnaps Helena Hamilton, a journalist whose by-line draws as much interest as her subjects. He wants her to cover the Macedonian struggle for freedom. She wants him for all the wrong reasons ~ the worst being the freedom fighter, irrevocably wedded to his country, has the ability to make her forget the independent principles she believes in. Then there is the knowledge she won’t ever be able to forget him, that long after she escapes he’ll haunt her like a madness.
Prince Charming was a putz. Prince Charming number two was even worse. After the last prince ran off without any notice, breaking her heart and their engagement along the way, Nemesis Mussolini swore off men and passed the time kicking ass and slinging drinks, something her mafia father would never approve of. But, when her boss Clancy ups his flirtations, it’s difficult to remember she’s not interested, especially when he gets that delicious evil glint in his eye that has her melting. Just when Nemy starts to think all men might not be bad, she hears whispers about Clancy’s less than legal past, and wants to run like hell from the idea that he could be just like her father. Great . . . Prince Charming number three may possibly be on FBI’s Most Wanted. While Nemy and Clancy tumble down the romance road, hitting potholes every step of the way, Nemy discovers how much of her heart already belongs to Clancy, and how much of a Don’s daughter she really is. But she must learn to trust again. Can Nemy surrender in time to get her happily ever after, or is she hell-bent on letting her past keep her from the one man who could be her true Prince Charming?
Janie Williams falls upon a sensational news story involving a childhood epilepsy epidemic raging across several towns in Massachusetts abutting The Hockomock Swamp. Problem is: she’s a newbie and her bosses don’t think this story is quite “newsworthy.” As Janie investigates and researches this phenomenon, she falls deeply in love and experiences her first orgasm. Suspenseful, erotic, and provocative, The Haunting of The Hockomock Swamp will captivate your imagination as you follow an Indian ghost deep into the woods.
“Paul Reid died in the snow at seventeen. The day of his death, he told a lie—and for the rest of his life, he wondered if that was what killed him.” And so begins the battle for the afterlife, known as The Commons. It’s been taken over by a corporate raider who uses the energy of its souls to maintain his brutal control. The result is an imaginary landscape of a broken America—stuck in time and overrun by the heroes, monsters, dreams, and nightmares of the imprisoned dead. Three people board a bus to nowhere: a New York street kid, an Iraq War veteran, and her five-year-old special-needs son. After a horrific accident, they are the last, best hope for The Commons to free itself. Along for the ride are a shotgun-toting goth girl, a six-foot-six mummy, a mute Shaolin monk with anger-management issues, and the only guide left to lead them. Three Journeys: separate but joined. One mission: to save forever. But first they have to save themselves.
Unravel the mystery of Dust, Texas in this heart-warming adventure about an enduring friendship between two boys as they seek the truth behind a sinister presence haunting their town.
Snazz Up Your Summer Reading List
July 11, 2014 | Filled under Kindle Books |
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10 Kindle Books to Read this Summer – Scroll down and Start NOW!
Set in northern Wisconsin, ‘Treehouse’ is a mystery/thriller that follows Detective Henry Sauter as he attempts to solve a string of child murders eerily similar to the killing of a young boy he investigated years ago as a rookie cop. Demons have chased Sauter since that fateful night when he loosened the noose from a dead child’s neck and lowered the limp body to the forest floor beneath the menacing door of a ramshackle treehouse. Now, more than two decades later, children are once again turning up dead beneath the same treehouse Sauter had torn down himself in the wake of the first child’s death. Finally confronted by those persistent demons, Sauter finds himself in a life and death race to solve the recent murders before the next child ends up dangling from the noose.
Thomas Gunn (ex-Special Forces) and his partner Julie are running for their lives. Who are they running from? And why? It all starts when Thomas decides to investigate the mysterious murder of his billionaire father. He’s shocked when his every move is blocked, especially by top levels of the UK government. But when his attempts to track down a supposed American business partner of his father’s turn lethal, he and Julie become moving targets, racing to outwit those who clearly want them dead. The danger rapidly escalates when Thomas is reluctantly compelled back into working for British Military Intelligence, exposing an international conspiracy that puts the freedom of the western world at grave risk. But who are these ruthless conspirators? How did they get to wield such unimaginable power? And what dark secrets from the past will Thomas uncover in his relentless quest for the truth? This action-packed thriller spans the UK, USA and Europe, and keeps you guessing to the very end! “…another 5-star novel by a 5-star author. If you have never read AFN Clarke, do yourself a favor and pick up this book, you won’t be disappointed.” orchard studio “…full of action…with thrills and wonderful unexpected twists.” San Francisco Book Review As the son of an MI6 operative, a former officer in Britain’s elite Parachute Regiment, a pilot, yachstman, race car driver and bestselling author, AFN Clarke brings his own unique and eye-opening experiences to this first book of the Thomas Gunn thriller series that’s fast -paced, thought provoking and frighteningly real.
Joss Whedon’s Firefly meets Flash Gordon as bestselling authors Michael Angel and Devlin Church take you on a space western with more aliens, robots, cyborgs, and gunfights than you can shake a blaster at.
It’s wonderfully weird and dark. Enjoy!
When art restorer Simone Darling, her boyfriend Kevin in tow, travels to Florida for a family reunion she doesn’t expect to find a man in her mother’s fridge. A man who is not only dead, but a dead ringer for Kevin. Too late she realizes they have walked into a trap—and Kevin is both the bait and the target. But who is out to get him? And can her artistic skills save him? A zany, cozy mystery.
Arizona astronomer Claire Welland is anything but starry-eyed about love–until Blake McKenzie makes her an offer she can’t refuse.
Vampire vigilante justice like you’ve never read before.
Winner of six awards, including the International Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel of the Year, and the Hollywood Book Festival Best Book of the Year!
When hacker William Wing’s apartment is burglarized, the thief steals the plans for a nano-device
Three great romance stories at the bargain price of $0.99. Enjoy!
10 Kindle Books to Add to Your Collection
June 28, 2014 | Filled under Kindle Books, Uncategorized |
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10 Kindle Books you must add to your collection today. You’ll be glad you did.
From his base on the riverboat BELLE CHASSE, former Navy SEAL Glenn Kenney mounts a search for the man who brutally murdered Kenney’s ex-wife. His search brings him into confrontation then collaboration with Detective Sergeant Connie Mellor of the New Orleans Police Department. The manhunt stretches from the banks of the Mississippi River to the depths of the Caribbean Sea and uncovers a brand new kind of sunken treasure.
Vigilante detective Emily Stone continues her covert pursuits to find serial killers and child abductors, all under the radar while shadowing police investigations. Emily searches for an abducted nine-year-old girl taken by ruthless and enterprising slave brokers. Following the clues from California to the garden island of Kauai, she begins to piece together the evidence and ventures deep into the jungle. It doesn’t take long before Emily is thrown into the middle of murder, mayhem, and conspiracy. Locals aren’t talking as a serial killer now stalks the island, taking women in a brutal frenzy of ancient superstitions and folklore. Local cops are unprepared for what lies ahead. In a race against the clock, Emily and her team must identify the killer before time runs out.
Lyrissa is a woman on a mission with a haunted past. Peggy is a woman in a new world on a quest. The Agency and the Guard both want Peggy. Will Lyrissa help the Queen and the Guard for a healthy sum or will she find the courage to let Peggy leave so they can both go home?
Kathleen and Josie Colby stand alone in the boom-town of Skagway. They are newly arrived and penniless amid the violence and greed of the gold miners and those who prey upon them. It is 1899 and the gold rush has transformed Alaska into the favored destination for the dreamers and desperadoes of the world. Strong and spirited, Kathleen will do anything to protect her helpless sister Josie. When it appears that Josie may be placed in an asylum, Kathleen turns to a handsome and plausible man for help. She believes he will marry her and help her care for her sister. But he is not to be trusted. In a drunken rage, he assaults her and leaves her bleeding on the muddy streets of Skagway. With both her parents dead, Kathleen resolves to make her way to New York City, where she believes her father’s parents live. She does not know them, but she cannot think of anywhere else to turn. In a journey full of dangerous adventure, she travels across the breadth of America, on foot, on horseback, and in that astonishing innovation called the passenger train. She and her sister experience first-hand the amazing changes that come with the birth of the twentieth century. Though she begins her journey thoughtless and innocent, Kathleen learns to survive in a savage world. She will shoot to kill if she must in order to protect her sister and herself. A man of many secrets intrudes upon her journey, riding with her as she crosses America by train. He helps her out of trouble more than once, but she refuses to care for him. Will the hardships she has endured forever close her heart to love?
Flaming hair, and a knot on the back of the head would have been enough to discourage most boys, but it only lit the fire under Robert’s passion for inventing. Robert’s first invention was a rocket plane.
The child ran through the dark forest, sobbing, breathless, oblivious to the driving rain that soaked his matted hair and plastered the flimsy shirt against his skin. Jagged streaks of lightning cut across the night sky, creating a stark backdrop for the swaying black oaks silhouetted above him. He ran, stumbled, fell, and ran again, heart pounding in his thin chest, the sound of his own blood roaring in his ears. Cold rain stabbed like prickly needles at his face and bare arms, and clutching fingers of underbrush tore at his clothing. But still he ran, driven not by reason or logic but by basic primal instinct—the instinct to survive.
Hex signs protect the town’s barns and outbuildings. A local tannery spews poison on land and in the river. And babies disappear at birth. Wump Hozer, an orphan and one-time felon who earned his nickname from the sound a crowbar makes when it hits a man’s head, is the custodian of Our Lady of the Innocents parish in Three Bridges, PA. Wump fought all his life against the tannery’s waste, against God, and against the blind eyes of his good neighbors. Childhood memories and strange presentments plague him when a brick wall unearthed at the site of a new restaurant collapses and raw sewage carries hundreds of bones into the pit left behind. It looks like the Devil has made Three Bridges his new playground; a blasphemous bible will tell Wump why.
California Territory, 1848. Gold has been discovered, emptying the village of San Francisco of its male population. Steam-powered technology is still in its infancy. At 19, Englishwoman Sensibility Grey has spent her life tinkering in her father’s laboratory and missing the finer points of proper British life. But when her father dies in penury, she’s shipped to San Francisco and to the protection of an uncle she’s never met. The California Territory may hold more dangers than even the indomitable Miss Grey can manage. Pursued by government agents, a secret society, and the enigmatic Mr. Krieg Night, Sensibility must decipher the clockwork secrets in her father’s final journal, unaware she’ll change the world forever. Magic, mayhem, and mechanicals. STEAM AND SENSIBILITY is a pre-Steampunk novel of paranormal suspense set in the wild west of the California gold rush.
In the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, eight kids must work together to survive. Kirkus Reviews calls The Doomsday Kids: “A strong start to a post-apocalyptic series”. Nineteen five-star reviews.
A story of friendship as two boys struggle to find their way home.
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