Online Novels

Introduction

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Online Novels contains the titles of more than 1000 online books written by both published and unpublished authors who have made their work freely available on the internet. The novels listed here are organized by category, with brief descriptions taken from the websites on which they can be found.

Kindle for Mac

March 19, 2010. Amazon has now made available software that will enable you to read Kindle books on your Mac. To install the reader, click on the download button here and follow the directions. To finish the process, register your email address and password with Amazon. On Amazon's "Manage Your Kindle" page, the country must be set to "United States" in order to access most of the free content. (BTW - I don't think they verify the location, but don't quote me. Indicating one lives in the UK will probably give access to UK-only books).

On March 4, 2011 a reader wrote (see Comments) of setting his/her address to the United States, successfully downloading a book and then getting an email from Amazon asking for proof of residence. I live in Europe and have never had a problem downloading the freebies, but I have a credit card with a U.S. address registered on Amazon's site. Although I don't live in the U.K., I successfully registered with Amazon's British site and have downloaded books from them as well. Do you have an experience to share? I'd like to hear from you.

September 21, 2010: a reader wrote to tell me that this software is available only for Intel Macs, not for PowerPCs. My apologies to those who tried to install it in vain.

Kindle for PC

November 11, 2009. As you may be aware, for some time free books have been available from Amazon for downloading to their electronic reader. Until now, the 6 billion or so people who don't own a Kindle were out of luck, but Amazon recently introduced "Kindle for PC," software which allows the user to download these same books to his computer (Windows 7, Vista and XP - the Mac version is now available. To install the PC reader, click on the download button here and when prompted, click Save file. The setup file will then download. When download is complete, double click KindleForPC-installer.exe to run the install. To finish the process, register your email address and password with Amazon. On Amazon's "Manage Your Kindle" page, the country must be set to "United States" in order to access most of the free content. (BTW - I don't think they verify the location, but don't quote me. Indicating one lives in the UK will probably give access to UK-only books).

These books are free at the time I list them, but they change status fast, often in a matter of days, so if you see something that interests you, grab it now!

December's Most Popular Novels

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November 2011. When I started the Online Novels blog, more than three years ago, the principal sources for the books were individual authors' web pages, Lulu, Feedbooks, Public Bookshelf and Scribd; most of these books were available permanently and many of them are still on the blog today.

Now, however, the overwhelming majority come from book distributors such as Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Sony and these books are commonly offered free for only a short time. Until compiling this month's "Most Popular" list, I have always excluded the short-timers since they weren't likely to be available for more than a week or two, but given the fact that they now make up most of the newly added books and are in general the most popular as well, I have decided to include them in the list.

Adventure Novels
1. Peace Warrior by Steven L. Hawk

It’s the mid-21st century when Sergeant First Class Grant Justice is killed during an ambush on an enemy tank column.

Six hundred years later, his body is retrieved from the frozen, arctic lake where he perished. Re-animated by a team of scientists, Grant awakens to a civilization that has abolished war. A civilization that has outlawed violence and cherishes Peace above all else. A civilization that has been enslaved by an alien race called the Minith.

Grant is humankind’s final hope against the alien menace. He must be… the Peace Warrior.

This book is also available from Kindle in the United States, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada, India, Middle East, Latin America & Caribbean*, Africa (surcharges may apply in asterisked regions), Sony, Diesel and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes.

2. Berserk Revenge: A Norse Saga by Mark Coakley

Free, full-length Norse Saga in modern English. Based on the earliest-known history of Norway. Thoroughly researched (the author is half Norwegian and has lived in the places here described), and with a fast moving, violent and unpredictable plot, Berserk Revenge is the best Viking-themed story written since 1399 A.D.

Fantasy Novels
1. Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur

In this exciting debut, author Keri Arthur explodes onto the supernatural scene with a sexy, sensuous tale of intrigue and suspense set in a world where legends walk and the shady paths of the underworld are far more sinister than anyone envisioned.

A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, an organization created to police the supernatural races–and protect humans from their depredations. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, a.k.a. assassin, Riley is merely an office worker–until her brother goes missing on one of his missions. The timing couldn’t be worse. More werewolf than vampire, Riley is vulnerable to the moon heat, the weeklong period before the full moon, when her need to mate becomes all-consuming.…

Luckily Riley has two willing partners to satisfy her every need. But she will have to control her urges if she’s going to find her brother….Easier said than done as the city pulses with frenzied desire, and Riley is confronted with a very powerful–and delectably naked–vamp who raises her temperature like never before.

In matters carnal, Riley has met her match. But in matters criminal, she must follow her instincts not only to find her brother but to stop an unholy harvest. For someone is doing some shifty cloning in an attempt to produce the ultimate warrior–by tapping into the genome of nonhumans like Rhoan. Now Riley knows just how dangerous the world is for her kind–and just how much it needs her.

2.80AD - The Jewel of Asgard (Book 1) by Aiki Flinthart

Take a very ordinary, very unhappy 14 year old boy, Phoenix. He's bored by school, hates his step-father, feels like he has no control over his life. In fact, the only things he does like are computer games and martial arts.

Add a smart, miserable 14 year old girl, Jade. She's the youngest of seven girls; teased and picked on; a misfit; her own mother doesn't get her. All she likes is books and botany.

Throw both these kids into a computer game - 80AD - AND into their avatar's bodies. Phoenix and Jade aren't 14 year old kids any longer. They're 17 year old warriors, confused and trapped in an ancient world of warfare, magic and death. They're stuck in 80AD Britain To Phoenix, it's fun - a gamer's dream come true. To Jade, it's a nightmare.

In order to get home, they have to play out Level One of 80AD. They have to find the Jewel of Asgard.

To do that, they must face murderous thieves, creatures of the Dywyllwch Brennau, uncanny powers of the Druids and the might of the invading Roman army.

Can they master their new bodies and survive in Iron Age Britain?

Can they beat the Romans to the Jewel and win Level One?

Will they make it home or will they be defeated by their arch-enemy, Feng Zhudai? If he wins, they are stuck in 80AD forever - but is that so bad?

3. Dragon's Pupils - The Sword Guest by Martin Chu Shui Smashwords - NEW

When East and West combine…

Half-Chinese, half-Australian, Liz is not interested in her father’s ancient Tao wisdom, or his cryptic tales. She is more concerned with environmental issues—particularly the plan to mine one of Australia’s great landmarks, Wave Rock. Her father’s latest gift, a Chinese calligraphy pen, seems set to take its place in her bottom drawer forever.

Then Wave Rock is blasted open by something more than a mining operation, and Liz finds that she must battle monsters from ancient times as well as creatures from other worlds, all intent on destroying Earth. She must call on all her powers, from both her Eastern heritage and her Western upbringing, to save her world. Her pen becomes her way into a new and magical world, and Liz discovers she has powers—and allies—that she never could have guessed.

An exciting, fast-paced tale that combines the wisdom of ancient tradition with the pace of a Kung Fu movie and brings them to life in contemporary Australia, this exciting tale takes the best of two cultures and blends them to open up a new world of adventure and mystery.

This book is also available from Kindle in the United Kingdom, Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/4/11.

Gay and Lesbian Novels
1. Bridges by M.J. O'Shea

With names like Dallas and Brooklyn they could've either been best friends...or worst enemies. The war started in third grade, with a surprise punch to the face and lasted until the summer after high school when Brooklyn and Dallas are stuck working at the same store. At night. Together. It should've been a recipe for disaster. But instead of outright war, they slowly start to notice that not only do they not hate each other, but perhaps they have more in common than either of them knew. Soon, amidst unexpected laughter and camaraderie, Dallas realizes that maybe the guy who used to be his number one enemy could actually be his perfect match.

2. The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer

Three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. Now, only a goddess can tell the truth.

Persephone has everything a daughter of Zeus could want--except for freedom. She lives on the green earth with her mother, Demeter, growing up beneath the ever-watchful eyes of the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. But when Persephone meets the enigmatic Hades, she experiences something new: choice.

Zeus calls Hades "lord" of the dead as a joke. In truth, Hades is the goddess of the underworld, and no friend of Zeus. She offers Persephone sanctuary in her land of the dead, so the young goddess may escape her Olympian destiny.

But Persephone finds more than freedom in the underworld. She finds love, and herself. The Dark Wife is a YA novel, a lesbian revisionist retelling of the Persephone and Hades myth.

3. Bernard: Diary of a 46-yr-old Bellhop by S.L. Danielson

Bernard Covington, suicidal and not the most-handsome man in the world would be happy to leave the world behind altogether. That is until he meets Dr. Jack Larson. The physician takes his wounded heart and soul and patches them back together, but is he Mr. Perfect?

Bernard and Jack develop a romance, but soon the tide begins to shift as Jack’s past is revealed and it becomes a game-changer for the couple to deal with.

Will Bernard and Jack have a happy ending or will he succumb to his desire to end it all or will dealing with Jack's phantoms keep him going? Only Bernard's diary knows what secrets lurk in his soul...

General Novels
1. The Ad Game by Joshua D. Dinman

They say that sex sells. But when Max Cohen takes a job in a Pittsburgh ad agency he learns that sex kills too. Max is hired to work on the account for a multinational steel corporation, but when the client fires the agency, he finds himself on the "Muffler King” account, promoting a local chain of muffler and auto service centers. It isn’t long before Max learns that Big Jim King, founder and president of Muffler King, is a sexual voyeur who uses the agency to source young subjects for his sexual escapades. Max must carefully negotiate big Jim’s desires, the agency’s need to keep Muffler King as a client, and the advances of Kitty Wells, Muffler King’s marketing manager and Big Jim’s duplicitous lover. The Ad Game is both a rollicking look at the world of advertising and a cautionary tale of uncontrolled appetites.

2. Nameless by Sam Starbuck

Christopher, the only bookseller in the small farm town of Low Ferry, lives an uneventful life -- until one day he encounters a shy newcomer named Lucas, and accidentally sells him the wrong book. What follows is a journey for both men, in vastly different ways, set against the strange, ritualistic, magic backdrop of a midwestern winter. A tale about the masks people wear and a meditation on the power of magic, Nameless revels in the simple pleasure of storytelling.

Historical Novels
1. Someday Soon by David Crookes Kindle - NEW

The bombing of Darwin by the Japanese in 1942 was Australia's Pearl Harbor. Faith and her brother, Joe, escape the devastation and chaos aboard Joe's island trading ketch, Faraway, along with Joe's lifelong friend Koko, an Australian-born Japanese fleeing internment.

They are soon separated by the fortunes of war and face their own personal battles against espionage and injustice: Joe in a special army unit serving in the inhospitable wilds of the Northern Territory against a brutal, covert enemy; Koko in a POW camp against a society that appears to have deserted him, and Faith against the machinations of an ivy league American officer intent on keeping her from the man she loves, a Navaho Indian commissioned as a U.S. Army Air Force Pilot.

HISTORICAL.

2. The Crown of Isis by M.J. Mauborgne Diesel - NEW

246 BCE. In order to seal a political alliance, Princess Berenike, sister of Pharaoh Ptolemy III, is betrothed to King Antiochus. However, Antiochus must first repudiate his lawful spouse and Queen Laodike, as we can expect, will not accept that decision gracefully. Added 12/17/11.

Horror/Vampire Novels
1. Winds of Change by Jason Brannon Diesel - No Longer Available

A shooting star marks the beginning nightmares for the small town of Crowley’s Point. Those who venture outdoors instantly transform into piles of salt. Is it the result of biological experimentation gone awry? A terrorist’s plot? Or is it the fulfillment of a horrific Biblical prophecy?

Among those stranded in the local hardware store are a newlywed couple who may be hiding a secret, a hard-living family of four who are known primarily for their aversion to the law, and an elderly man that found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. As the carnage spreads and the mystery deepens, those trapped inside stumble across clues that hint at fallen angels, omens, and widespread bloodshed. And all signs indicate that one of the group who isn’t what they seem.

Will the survivors root out the impostor before it’s too late? Or will they all themselves transformed into piles of salt, blown asunder by Winds of Change?

This book is also available from Kindle in Africa, Asia & Pacific, Australia, India, the United States, Canada, Middle East, Latin America & Caribbean* (surcharges may apply in asterisked regions) and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/8/11.

2. 36 Hours by Anthony Barnhart

April 23, 2004. The sun creeps over the sleepy spring valleys of the American mideast. Americans go to work, go to school, go to baseball games and parties and bars. The world is peaceful, serene. Nothing could go wrong. In 12 hours a third of America's population is dead. Another 12 hours, two thirds are dead, and the survivors are fighting for their lives. In another 12 hours, the world's population has been all but massacred. It is the End of the World - and the beginning of the reign of the dead.

3. The Second Coming by Griffin Hayes

Jack Barrow has traveled back in time to save his family from a sadistic killer. All he has to do now is convince Dr. Sims at Bellevue Heights Mental Institution that he isn't crazy.

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes.

Humorous Novels
1. My Gay Sparkly Vampire Romance: A Twilight Parody by Zoe E. Whitten

Bella Wong is a young lesbian moving to the Bronx, where she hopes to meet hot older women. She's in luck, because her neighbor Edwina Sullen is the prettiest and coolest older woman Bella's ever seen. No, she's really cool, like room temperature. And she's really old, like 218. A 2010 NaNoWriMo "winner," this book has it all; action, romance, martial arts, Triads. And yes, there will be SPARKLES.

2. Bad Boys & Dream Girls by Tom Anstead

Kevin Dougherty has college life figured out—from nickel beer night to all-night parties to knowing just what to say to girls. Kevin even has a cedar chest way back in the quiet part of his brain where he keeps the most relevant information - pictures and videos of all the girls he’s met, sticky notes about when to meet Lauren for lunch and of course, his numerous rules for surviving college. Like rule # 6 - Never ask a girl to feed your ego. You're just setting yourself up for a letdown.

But when his best friend Jack asks Kevin to help him land a date with the hottest girl on campus, Kevin is suddenly thrown off his game and finds his neatly packaged theories on college life unraveling right in front of him.

3. I Thought My Uncle Was A Vampire, But He Was Just A Creep by Richard Cassone No Longer Available

In the great tradition of War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Crime and Punishment comes another novel chock full of slapstick, smelly lawyers, sexy-crazed babushkas...and vampires.

When Nicolai inherits a fortune from his weird Uncle Rooka, he decides to chuck it all and head for America. But the American dream isn't all it's cracked up to be, and neither is his inheritance.

He is suddenly cast amidst unscrupulous lawyers, zealous detectives, sex-crazed babushkas, and the memory of an Uncle who had a taste for blood.

They all want his money...and some want his soul.

Added 12/3/11.

Mystery/Thriller Novels
1. Deeds of Deceit by Kathleen Rowland All Romance - NEW

Danger awaits her around every corner, and he knew this day would come.

A half tank up the mountains, Big Bear winters are isolating for heiress Bayliss Jones. Circled by the same cult that murdered her parents fifteen years before, death awaits her around every corner. Her shirttail relative and trustee of her estate, Sheriff Byron McGill, never agreed with local hearsay that made her a suspect. Air crackles between two people who clash, but the spoiled princess needs his help. Besides hers, the life of a young man, her secret baby, hangs in the balance. There’s no time for error.

Added 12/10/11.

2. Open Season by Archer Mayor Kindle - NEW

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction.

Lt. Joe Gunther of the Brattleboro, Vermont police force has a serious problem: in a community where a decade could pass without a single murder, the body count is suddenly mounting. Innocent citizens are being killed—and others set-up—seemingly orchestrated by a mysterious ski-masked man. Signs suggest that a three year-old murder trial might lie at the heart of things, but it’s a case that many in the department would prefer remained closed. A man of quiet integrity, Lt. Gunther knows that he must pursue the case to its conclusion, wherever it leads.

Open Season is the first of Archer Mayor’s Joe Gunther novels, a series of gripping police procedurals set in New England, where small-town charm, stoicism and civility sometimes conceal brutal truths.

This book is also available from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/4/11.

3. The James Charade by James McLaughlin Smashwords - NEW

It's Burton James to the rescue when he comes to the aid of his lifelong friend David Weber. David suspects his mother's fortune may be at risk, thanks to Simon and Simone Rappaport, a pair of shady investment brokers.

Disguised as Dr. Wilson Tanner, a silicon valley business tycoon, Burton will take you on a wild ride as he maneuvers the Rappaport duo into a con of his own that is so outrageous it will make you roll your eyes in disbelief. Complicated by a mysterious double homicide, Burton finds himself almost in over his head in a charade so hazardous that even his own life may be at risk. But nothing will stop him until he uncovers the truth. You may find Burton James to be a bumbler at times, but one thing you will not deny is his farcical romp will make you laugh out loud.

This book is also available from Diesel, Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/19/11.

Romance Novels
1. Aiden's Bayou by Kimberley Reeves

Venturing out alone for a short boat ride on the Louisiana bayou hadn’t seemed like such a bad idea, not when it meant escaping the pressure her parents were putting on her to marry a man she didn’t love. But that was before the storm blew in, and the motor went out, and the boat took on so much water she’d been forced to row to land where hungry alligators milled around hoping for a midnight snack. Rescued from certain death by the mysterious Quinten Hawke seemed like a Godsend…until he informed Aiden she’d have to spend the night in his bed.

Quinten had spent the last two years trying to bury his past and he wasn't about to have it drudged up again, especially not by a smart mouthed, mule-headed woman who didn't have the sense to turn around and go back where she came from as soon as the storm threatened. Still, it was his house and his bed, so she could either sleep with him or take her chances outside with the alligators!

2. Double Dare by Rhonda Nelson Smashwords - NEW

Runaway bride Louisa Honeycut is looking for a quick escape when she passes the Double Dare, Inc sign and the slogan "Are you ready for the time of your life?" seems like divine intervention. Sheltered by her overbearing father, Louisa has years of catching up to do and can think of no better person than gorgeous Sam Rawlins to show her. Is she ready for the time of her life? Hell, yes.

Ordinarily unflappable adventure guide Sam Rawlins makes his living showing the wealthy how to have fun, but nothing in his experience could have prepared him for the "adventure" Louisa Honeycut asks for. He might be showing Louisa the time of her life, but the quirky little snack-cake heiress is soon turning Sam's own life upside down...and perversely, he likes the new vantage point.

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/7/11.

3. Advertising for Love by Darcee Tana

A woman who could not forget her past, and a man who would not give up on their future -Tizzy McKenzie a shy but talented consultant in an advertising agency loved her work. She had a wonderful boss in Grant Mallaby and a great friend in Becky Whitman. And then one morning she gave him a lift and suddenly their sensible world is turned upside down. And that was before the 'cupids' stepped in.

This book is also available from Diesel, Sony and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes.

Romance Novels Harlequin/Mills & Boon, Etc.
1. Blackmailed by the Boss by Raye Morgan

A Mills & Boon Online Read. Chynna owes everything she has to her older sister, Melinda. So when Melinda asks her to sneak into Trent Payton's office one night to retrieve a file she left behind, Chynna can't say no.

When Trent unexpectedly returns to the office, catching Chynna red-handed, he offers Chynna a choice — agree to his terms or face arrest for burglary. His request seems simple enough — accompany him to a party, pretend to be in love with him, and he'll forget all about the incident.

Trent just needs an escort for one night, to convince his mother that her attempts to marry him off to an heiress of her choice won't work. Finding Chynna in his office offers him the perfect opportunity.

Imagine their surprise when they find it easy to pretend to be in love — so easy that it's difficult to stop when the night is over...

2. All the Right Reasons by Sandy James

Can love heal all wounds? Lucas Mitchell returned from Iraq a bitter, changed man, wracked with guilt over his friend's death. He buys an old mansion and deals with his injuries and grief by restoring his new home and rehabilitating retired racehorses.

Joy Kovacs falls in love with Lucas at first sight. Descended from gypsies who are still influenced by the lingering effects of the Holocaust, her family follows the traditional ways. A husband has already been selected for her, and her father insists she work at their ethnic restaurant. But Joy wants to use her talent and be an artist, and she wants no one but Lucas.

How can Joy find a way to help Lucas break out of his prison of grief? Although they've committed their hearts to each other, can the growing love and passion between Lucas and Joy survive her family's insistence that she marry within her culture?

Science Fiction Novels
1. After Life by Simon Funk

"A postcyberpunk Extropian sci-fi with psychological and philosophical suspense" -- Sandra Kiume "One of the best stories I have ever read." -- Johnny Authement "Frankly it was just brilliant." -- Chris Pugmire, author of The Sentient Advantage "An excellent and gripping novella which I quite literally could not stop reading...the most interesting thing I have read in ages." -- Adam Jackson "One of the best books that I've read in a while." -- Eric Rauch, lawyer "I was bummed when I had finished because my mind-blowing trip had come to an end...gotta be the best story I've read in years." -- Aaron Kinney, Kill the Afterlife.

2. The Castle Mount by Karla Karanza

Imagine if porn star Jenna Jamsson had starred in Quantum Leap. Making right what once went wrong, and making 'sexy time' wherever she can. Our hero, Ashlyn Miles, is a genetically enhanced detective from the 22nd century who makes sure that time-hopping criminals don't change history.

In Book 1 The Castle Mount, Ashlyn helps a 13th century Celtic prince regain his castle from a scheming land-baron-wannabe. When she realizes the perp has brought back some rather sophisticated tools, however, she realizes there may be more to this mission than she bargained for. Adult content. You've been warned.

Western Novels
1. The Cattle Baron's Reluctant Mistress by Lietha Wards

Leah was trying her best to help her father's meager ranch survive the drought, but without the neighbor's help it seemed impossible. She gathered her courage to ask him for aid, but his terms were impossible. It was either become his mistress or let her father go bankrupt. Maybe the decision would have been easier if he wasn't so drop dead gorgeous!

2. The King's Lady by Lietha Wards

Kate was born of sophistication, but when she traveled to the wilds of Northern California, she didn't expect to fall in love with Everett King.

Women's Novels/Chick Lit
1. All I Want for Christmas is You by Lisa Mondello No Longer Available

Sometimes fate needs a little hand…

Santa Claus is going to have a rough season... Lauren Alexander is raising her daughter alone. Abandoned by her family for her decision to keep her daughter Kristen, she has done a pretty good job for the last six years. Or she thought she had. That's why she is crushed when little Kristen gives up her wish for a toy or goodie and instead asks Santa for a present for her mother. She wants Santa to bring a Daddy. Delivering Daddies isn't Santa's bag.

But this Santa has a plan...

Kyle Preston knows what it is like to be abandoned too. Luckily he found the support of loving adoptive parents and has turned himself into one of the most successful Real Estate developers in town.

Building a house is easy. Building someone's trust is a whole other story. But with a little helping hand, a little Christmas magic can make all the difference in the world.

2. Priced to Move by Ginny Aiken

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Available in the United Kingdom, the United States, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada.

Gemologist Andrea Adams is suffering a bad case of burnout at her plum job in the New York Diamond District. So she swaps the Big Apple for Louisville, Kentucky, and joins the S.T.U.D. television shopping network as its newest host. When she's paired up with a hunky but clueless Ken doll of a cohost, Andrea wonders if she made the right move. Top it all off with foul play, a trip to Myanmar, and lots and lots of rubies, and you've got a story any woman would like to read. This exciting and fast-paced novel kicks off Ginny Aiken's Shop-Til-U-Drop Collection.

This book is also available from Sony, worldwide from Christianbook and Barnes & Noble.

Young Adult Novels
1. The Trouble With Spells by Lacey Weatherford Smashwords - NEW

Portia Mullins had always lived the life of a normal teenager, up until her sixteenth birthday. She is then informed by her grandma that she is actually a witch who is a descendant of a long line of witches and warlocks.

After overcoming her disbelief she finds that being a member of the coven comes with one great perk in the form of the school’s handsome bad boy, Vance Mangum. Vance and Portia have an immediate connection as a budding romance begins, only to be threatened by turbulent skies on the horizon as Vance’s checkered past rears its ugly head to haunt them.

Portia is forced to use her untried powers in defense of everything she loves in a desperate attempt to hold on to the one thing that really matters in her life.

This book is also available from Kindle in Asia & Pacific, Australia, India, the United States, Canada, Middle East, Africa. Added 12/6/11.

2. Voices Beckon, Pt. 1: The Voyage by Linda Lee Graham

The year is 1783. Passengers are swarming the Bristol quay, anxiously awaiting the call to board.

David Graham, a Scot indentured for the next six years to a Philadelphia printer, waits among them, as does Elisabeth Hale, a young Englishwoman making the passage with her father, and Liam Brock, an orphaned Scot with a dubious past and a keen eye to the future.

Thrown together despite differences of class and religion, these three forge an unwavering bond of friendship, love, and loyalty while onboard the brig Industry.

This book is also available from Kindle in the United States, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada, Latin America & Caribbean*, Africa, India, Middle East (surcharges may apply in asterisked regions) and Barnes & Noble.

3. The Gifts by Patria Dunn-Rowe No Longer Available

Nine gifts were stolen from a mythical man with wings ages ago. Those nine gifts found themselves transferred into human eggs, delved out through in vitro fertilization. These newly made beings were born into the world unbeknownst to man. There are dark spirits searching for those gifts, ready to reclaim them from the humans who have been created to bear them...

When twenty-one year old Nahla Marks decides to start her junior year at Wake Forest university as an education major instead of continuing on the path to pre-med, everything seems to fall apart. Her world is turned upside down as this strange "thing" begins to manifest within her. Nahla fears she is losing it until she meets Gideon, the man with the silky smooth voice and chocolate brown hair, who seems to understand exactly what Nahla is going through.

Gideon knows the answers, but can Nahla trust him as her body begins to betray the fact that she may not be quite as human as she thought? Will Gideon be able to save Nahla from the dark spirits that are hunting them both?

Three months ago no one even knew her name, but now, bound by a curse and on the run, there was no one else she could trust…but him.

This book is also available from Kindle in the United States, Australia, Canada, Asia & Pacific, India, Middle East, Latin America & Caribbean*, Africa (surcharges may apply in asterisked regions) and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/5/11.

TEMP Most Popular

2008-11-22T11:31:00.155+01:00

Adventure Novels
1. Peace Warrior by Steven L. Hawk LIMITED TIME

It’s the mid-21st century when Sergeant First Class Grant Justice is killed during an ambush on an enemy tank column.

Grant is humankind’s final hope against the alien menace. He must be… the Peace Warrior.

2. Berserk Revenge: A Norse Saga by Mark Coakley

Fantasy Novels
1. Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur

2.80AD - The Jewel of Asgard (Book 1) by Aiki Flinthart

Add a smart, miserable 14 year old girl, Jade. She's the youngest of seven girls; teased and picked on; a misfit; her own mother doesn't get her. All she likes is books and botany.

In order to get home, they have to play out Level One of 80AD. They have to find the Jewel of Asgard.

To do that, they must face murderous thieves, creatures of the Dywyllwch Brennau, uncanny powers of the Druids and the might of the invading Roman army.

Can they master their new bodies and survive in Iron Age Britain?

Can they beat the Romans to the Jewel and win Level One?

Will they make it home or will they be defeated by their arch-enemy, Feng Zhudai? If he wins, they are stuck in 80AD forever - but is that so bad?

3. Dragon's Pupils - The Sword Guest by Martin Chu Shui LIMITED TIME

When East and West combine…

This book is also available from Kindle in the United Kingdom, Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/4/11.

Gay and Lesbian Novels
1. Bridges by M.J. O'Shea

2. The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer

Three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. Now, only a goddess can tell the truth.

But Persephone finds more than freedom in the underworld. She finds love, and herself. The Dark Wife is a YA novel, a lesbian revisionist retelling of the Persephone and Hades myth.

3. Bernard: Diary of a 46-yr-old Bellhop by S.L. Danielson

Bernard and Jack develop a romance, but soon the tide begins to shift as Jack’s past is revealed and it becomes a game-changer for the couple to deal with.

General Novels
1. The Ad Game by Joshua D. Dinman

2. Nameless by Sam Starbuck

Historical Novels
1. Someday Soon by David Crookes Kindle - LIMITED TIME

HISTORICAL.

2. The Crown of Isis by M.J. Mauborgne Smashwords - NEW

Horror/Vampire Novels
1. Winds of Change by Jason Brannon Diesel

Will the survivors root out the impostor before it’s too late? Or will they all themselves transformed into piles of salt, blown asunder by Winds of Change?

2. 36 Hours by Anthony Barnhart

3. The Second Coming by Griffin Hayes

Jack Barrow has traveled back in time to save his family from a sadistic killer. All he has to do now is convince Dr. Sims at Bellevue Heights Mental Institution that he isn't crazy.

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes.

Humorous Novels
1. My Gay Sparkly Vampire Romance: A Twilight Parody by Zoe E. Whitten

2. Bad Boys & Dream Girls by Tom Anstead

3. I Thought My Uncle Was A Vampire, But He Was Just A Creep by Richard Cassone Smashwords - NEW

In the great tradition of War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Crime and Punishment comes another novel chock full of slapstick, smelly lawyers, sexy-crazed babushkas...and vampires.

When Nicolai inherits a fortune from his weird Uncle Rooka, he decides to chuck it all and head for America. But the American dream isn't all it's cracked up to be, and neither is his inheritance.

He is suddenly cast amidst unscrupulous lawyers, zealous detectives, sex-crazed babushkas, and the memory of an Uncle who had a taste for blood.

They all want his money...and some want his soul.

Added 12/3/11.

Mystery/Thriller Novels
1. Deeds of Deceit by Kathleen Rowland All Romance - LIMITED TIME

Danger awaits her around every corner, and he knew this day would come.

Added 12/10/11.

2. Open Season by Archer Mayor Kindle - LIMITED TIME

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction.

This book is also available from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/4/11.

3. The James Charade by James McLaughlin Smashwords - NEW

This book is also available from Diesel, Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/19/11.

Romance Novels
1. Aiden's Bayou by Kimberley Reeves

2. Double Dare by Rhonda Nelson Smashwords - NEW

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. Added 12/7/11.

3. Advertising for Love by Darcee Tana

This book is also available from Diesel, Sony and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes.

Romance Novels Harlequin/Mills & Boon, Etc.
1. Blackmailed by the Boss by Raye Morgan

Imagine their surprise when they find it easy to pretend to be in love — so easy that it's difficult to stop when the night is over...

2. All the Right Reasons by Sandy James

Science Fiction Novels
1. After Life by Simon Funk

2. The Castle Mount by Karla Karanza

Western Novels
1. The Cattle Baron's Reluctant Mistress by Lietha Wards

2. The King's Lady by Lietha Wards

Kate was born of sophistication, but when she traveled to the wilds of Northern California, she didn't expect to fall in love with Everett King.

Women's Novels/Chick Lit
1. All I Want for Christmas is You by Lisa Mondello

Sometimes fate needs a little hand…

But this Santa has a plan...

Kyle Preston knows what it is like to be abandoned too. Luckily he found the support of loving adoptive parents and has turned himself into one of the most successful Real Estate developers in town.

Building a house is easy. Building someone's trust is a whole other story. But with a little helping hand, a little Christmas magic can make all the difference in the world.

2. Priced to Move by Ginny Aiken

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Available in the United Kingdom, the United States, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada.

This book is also available from Sony, worldwide from Christianbook and Barnes & Noble.

Young Adult Novels
1. The Trouble With Spells by Lacey Weatherford LIMITED TIME

Portia is forced to use her untried powers in defense of everything she loves in a desperate attempt to hold on to the one thing that really matters in her life.

This book is also available from Kindle in Asia & Pacific, Australia, India, the United States, Canada, Middle East, Africa. Added 12/6/11.

2. Voices Beckon, Pt. 1: The Voyage by Linda Lee Graham

The year is 1783. Passengers are swarming the Bristol quay, anxiously awaiting the call to board.

Thrown together despite differences of class and religion, these three forge an unwavering bond of friendship, love, and loyalty while onboard the brig Industry.

3. The Gifts by Patria Dunn-Rowe

Three months ago no one even knew her name, but now, bound by a curse and on the run, there was no one else she could trust…but him.

Recent Additions (most for a limited time)

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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Because It Makes My Heart Beat Faster by Peter Michael Rosenberg Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

When Jonathan Fairchild is disturbed one night by a strange noise, he doesn’t really believe it could be a burglar – after all, there’s nothing much in his house worth stealing. It’s more likely, he thinks, to be Liz, his wife, who walked out on him two days ago. So he heads downstairs, only to be surprised by a man who hurls him against the wall, puts a gun to his head and tells him it’s “your time to die...”

Thus begins the longest night of Jonathan’s life. It soon transpires that the uninvited guest is not a burglar at all, but a man with a mission. Jonathan has been “chosen”; it’s the Intruder’s duty to carry out the execution. But before he kills Jonathan, he has to know what it is that Jonathan is guilty of. Jonathan’s protestations of innocence fall on deaf ears; “everyone’s guilty of something” and Jonathan must pay.

But as the night progresses, Jonathan begins to suspect that there are darker reasons for his predicament; that this is in fact a game of psychological torture. Not knowing whether he has much longer to live, Jonathan’s life flashes before him as he is forced to contemplate his past actions and behaviour and link them to the present.

As the truth slowly starts to emerge, it is not clear who is victim and who is culprit, who is right and who is wrong, in a battle of wits, conscience and will to survive, in which there can be only one winner...THRILLER.

Cameo the Assassin by Dawn McCullough-White Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction.

Cameo the Assassin, a historical novel from Dawn McCullough-White, is an engaging, fast-paced romp about highwaymen, assassins, Lockenwood vampires, their victims, and their evaders in an age when "who knew there were so many vampires running around."

Cameo, an alias for Gwen, "the thrall of a vampire," has two masters to serve. One is Wick, the aging, spell-casting head of the Association of Assassins, who assigns missions to the battle-scarred Cameo. The other is Haffef, Cameo's vampire "Master," who years ago rescued her from certain death after her vicious rape and beating and a deadly attack upon her younger sister. The one wants her to kill the prince of the Kingdom of Sieunes; the other wants her to unearth her sister's bones and return them to him. Her life is further conflicted when she agrees to become the bodyguard for Kyrian, a fifteen-year-old acolyte healer who needs to travel to the Temple of the Sun at King's Basin. As she balances her missions and battles the forces of evil set against her on all sides, she overcomes assassins sent to kill her, seeks revenge against highwaymen who have robbed her of her namesake cameo brooch, develops an arms-length relationship with one of the brigands, and confronts Wick in a deadly duel.

FANTASY.

Chasing the Bard by Philippa Ballantine Smashwords

Sive, the goddess of battle, hopes that William Shakespeare may be able to change the fate of her people. The Fey are dying, killed by something beyond the boundaries of worlds. But a dark power imprisoned by human and Fey, plots to destroy both worlds, and unmake all that they have created. Can the magic of word and imagination save creation?

This book is also available from Kindle and Diesel. FANTASY.

Courting the Darkness by Karen Fuller Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

She was wanted by everyone...

All she wanted was to be left alone, or at least that's what Desiree Dupuis thought she wanted. She was born a very powerful witch. It figures the one back fired spell she cast would make her a very wanted woman. Drake, the Vampire King, wanted her for her magic. Jason Hargrove, the witch hunter, wanted to see her burn. Caleb Jenkins, the shape-shifter, wanted to possess her. Mica Sinclair, the Rogue Vampire...Well...Mica wanted her heart.

Danger and adventure awaits...

Desiree had no trouble finding danger, suspense, lies, deceit, and most of all romance...She found love where she least expected, but at what cost? Are the risks too great?

After being tugged in four different directions, all Desiree wanted was to Court the Darkness. PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

Djinn by Poppet Smashwords

Cindy's life changes the minute she receives the book Djinn from Sasha. Within hours the forces of darkness infiltrate her life, forcing them to run for their lives.

Sasha doesn't know it's her he has to save, because evil hides in the strangest places.

This is an insider's view of possession, and the tension of two lovers battling it.

This book is also available from Kindle, Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. HORROR.

Finding Kate Huntley by Theresa Ragan Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

During a vacation in the Caribbean, fifteen-year old Kate Huntley's father, a prominent U.S. scientist, is murdered before her eyes. For the next ten years Kate grows up alone in Haiti, one of the most dangerous and poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Not a day goes by that she doesn't think of her father. Kate pushes herself to become stronger, mentally and physically. Every day is a struggle for survival. And yet she lives for only one reason...revenge.

While looking for a drug lord via satellite in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, Jack Coffey, rookie FBI agent, spots Kate Huntley. Jack is sent by the agency to find Ms. Huntley and bring her back to the States. They have many unanswered questions about her father's death. A professional and responsible man, Jack is confused by Kate's lack of cooperation. He wants to help her return to the States where he believes she'll be safe, but she treats him like the enemy and refuses to go. Everything about her is a contradiction. She looks fragile and innocent, but every time he turns around she's putting another thug in his place. In the beginning Jack wonders if Kate's distrust of his superiors is warranted or just simple paranoia. In the end, Jack realizes nothing is as it seems. ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.

The Further Adventures of Desa by Lee Willard

Desa has had a few more adventures in her life besides meeting a starman. Here in one volume are three of them.

The Captive House - Desa returns from over a decade in distant Kassidor Yakhan only to find a friend she thought she could trust has sold her beloved home and disappeared. With no such thing as law enforcement, she must try to get it back.

The Pass - She would follow a hunk like Rendrak anywhere, even thru the wild and unknown Kinsheeta Pass. They would meet unspeakable dangers out there, including the worst of all, feral humans. A very tense adventure tale.

The Perfect Song - Desa has been playing and performing for centuries before she finally released a song that became a hit. Suddenly she has to face her ambivalence toward fame and re-examine the promises she made to her long-time bandmate.

SCIENCE FICTION.

A Gift of Ghosts by Sarah Wynde Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

"Vampires? Werewolves? Ectoplasmic blobs?" Akira asked.

Zane grinned. "No, no, and you'd probably know better on the last."

Could this be a practical joke? Akira Malone was a rational, logical scientist. Okay, so yeah, she could see ghosts (unless, as she sometimes worried, she was simply a highly competent schizophrenic.) But that didn't mean she was ready to believe in auras, telepathy, or precognition. In the small central Florida town of Tassamara, though, residents took the paranormal for granted.

In a place where she didn't have to keep her secrets, could Akira also let down her walls? PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted by Andrew E. Kaufman Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

SHE ONLY STEPPED OUTSIDE FOR A MINUTE...

But a minute was all it took to turn Jean Kingsley's world upside down--a minute she'd regret for the rest of her life.     

STEPPING INTO HER WORST NIGHTMARE...   

Because when she returned, she found an open bedroom window and her three-year-old son, Nathan, gone. The boy would never be seen again.      

A NIGHTMARE THAT ONLY BECAME WORSE.

A tip leads detectives to the killer, a repeat sex offender, and inside his apartment, a gruesome discovery. A slam-dunk trial sends him off to death row, then several years later, to the electric chair.       

CASE CLOSED. JUSTICE SERVED...OR WAS IT?

Now, more than thirty years later, Patrick Bannister unwittingly stumbles across evidence among his dead mother's belongings--it paints her as the killer and her brother, a wealthy and powerful senator, as the one pulling the strings. 

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO NATHAN KINGSLEY?   

There's a hole in the case a mile wide, and Patrick is determined to close it. But what he doesn't know is that the closer he moves toward the truth, the more he's putting his life on the line, that he’s become the hunted. Someone's hiding a dark secret and will stop at nothing to keep it that way.

The clock is ticking, the walls are closing, and the stakes are getting higher as he races to find a killer--one who's hot on his trail. One who's out for his blood.   MYSTERY.

Lucien's Fall by Barbara Samuel Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

A SINFULLY APPEALING RAKE

Lord Lucien Escher is a renowed London rake who believes there is not a woman in the world who cannot be seduced--he is determined to prove it, come what may.

AN INTELLIGENT AND DETERMINED WOMAN

Madeline is determined to save her treasured ancestral home and has no use for love or the tricks of an unredeemable scoundrel. Against her better judgment, however, she is powerfully drawn to the elusive and dangerous Lucien, whose hard-hearted façade hides a tragedy that is slowly devouring him from within.

As Lucien and Madeline circle each other in a magnetic play of desire and denial, their passion will rise to a crescendo of longing and sacrifice that will change their fates forever. HISTORICAL ROMANCE.

The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

Cameron Winters is a freak. Fortunately, no one but her family knows the truth …that Cameron can read minds. For years Cameron has hidden behind a facade of normalcy, warned that there are those who would do her harm. When gorgeous and mysterious Lewis Douglas arrives he destroys everything Cameron has ever believed and tempts her with possibilities of freedom. Determined to embrace her hidden talents, Cameron heads to a secret haven with Lewis; a place where she meets others like her, Mind Readers.

But as Cameron soon finds out some things are too good to be true. When the Mind Readers realize the extent of Cameron’s abilities, they want to use her powers for their own needs. Cameron suddenly finds herself involved in a war in which her idea of what is right and wrong is greatly tested. In the end she’ll be forced to make a choice that will not only threaten her relationship with Lewis, but her very life. YOUNG ADULT PARANORMAL.

Moonlight and Oranges by Elise Stephens Kindle

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Lorona Connelly is ready for a change from her carefully planned, bookish life. When sparks fly at a costume party, she embraces a chance for romance with the handsome Kestrin Feather. However, she quickly realizes that even love and destiny may not be enough to overcome the reality of an overprotective mother-in-law and Kestrin's long, tarnished history of relationships.

When Lorona's curiosity leads her to Kestrin's journal, doubt plagues them both with insecurities and threatens the relationship. Can true love overcome the odds, or was their whirlwind romance just a frivolous crush? Author Elise Stephens shares a journey of young love, fate, and wounded trust in the story of Lorona and Kestrin, a couple who must learn to overcome their fears to share a life together. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.

Murder in Store by D.C. Brod Barnes & Noble

Preston Hauser, owner of a famous department store, asks his head of security, Quint McCauley, to investigate some threatening letters he has received. No sooner does Quint take on the job, than Preston is poisoned by one of his own vitamin pills. With Quint looking on. Suspicion falls on Hauser's young wife, Diana, but Quint quickly learns she's not the only one who might benefit from the millionaire's death.

This book is also available from Kindle, Sony and in the UK from from Amazon UK .

My Lady Gisborne by Charlotte Hawkins Smashwords

Lady Evelyn Gisborne desires to be a proper young noble-woman, but independence runs strong in her blood. She follows her heart as well as her head, and temptation soon beckons her in the form of a handsome rogue. René Jean-Bastien is clever, bold...and forbidden, for she has been promised to another.

Simon Jean-Carré, Marquis of Laroque, is a born soldier. His life is commited to the pursuit of battle and the honor of the knight's code. When he journies to the Gisborne estate, his only intention is to meet his promised bride. But he soon finds himself entwined in the life of a most unusual family...and falling in love with the woman he has sworn to keep at a distance.

Evelyn is torn between two loves. Will she choose the man to whom she is promised...or the dashing thief who has stolen her heart?

This book is also available from Diesel, Sony, and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. HISTORICAL ROMANCE.

Rex Rising by Chrystalla Thoma Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

In a world where parasites create new human races, Elei leads a peaceful life -- until a mysterious attack on his boss sends him fleeing with a bullet in his side. Pursued for a secret he does not possess and with the fleet at his heels, he has but one thought: to stay alive. His pursuers aren't inclined to sit down and talk, although that's not the end of Elei's troubles. The two powerful parasites inhabiting his body, at a balance until now, choose this moment to bring him down, leaving Elei with no choice but to trust in people he hardly knows. It won't be long before he realizes he must find out this deadly secret - a secret that might change the fate of his world and everything he has ever known - or die trying.YOUNG ADULT - SCIENCE FICTION.

Ros by Dee DeTarsio Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

When a plane crashed behind Micki Cramer's house, in San Diego, California, she kept waiting for the sirens and rescue team to show up. As the first responder, it was up to her to tug on the arm that was waving out of the broken wreckage. Holding her breath against the choking smoke, she managed to get the pilot out and carry him to safety into her backyard. He wasn't that heavy; he was about the size of her 10-year-old nephew, who did play a lot of video games and ate nothing but Flamin' Hot Cheetos, but still. As it turns out, he wasn't a guy after all.

Ros, the pilot, was on a mission to find her missing brother who had crash-landed at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Seems she was a bad driver, too, missing her target by nearly a thousand miles and more than half a century.

If Ros can teach Micki how to use eleven percent of her brain, how can Micki help Ros? ADVENTURE - HUMOR.

Skeleton Key by Jeff LaFerney Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

After a tragic train wreck, Depot co-owner, Adrian Payne disappears. Seven years later, Clay Thomas meets Payne’s beautiful wife and determines to help her by using his mind powers to solve the mystery of Payne’s disappearance. With the help of Clay’s son, Tanner, the local chief of police, and Adrian Payne’s ghost, Clay discovers the body, catapulting the investigators into a mystery—a mystery with more questions than answers. If there was foul play, why do the coroner and Adrian’s ghost disagree?

If there wasn’t foul play, why do all the suspects appear to be guilty? A twisted plot, full of surprises and interesting characters is the result. Lessons of faith, friendship, personal growth, and peace give meaning to a one-of-a-kind mystery. MYSTERY.

The View from Here by Rachel Howzell Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

The View from Here focuses on the beauties and hardships of marriage; the betrayals and promises made between husbands and wives; and the grief of one woman haunted by secrets.

Nicole Baxter has always tried to control every element of her life, but that control is slipping away. She has issues. Abandonment issues. Marital issues. Conception issues. And she thinks her house in the hills is haunted. It doesn't help that her husband Truman spleunks and climbs, making her worry more with each adventure he takes. As the two grow apart, Nicole makes decisions that may ultimately shatter her fragile marriage.

Her life changes on the afternoon she receives a phone call from the harbor. During a scuba dive, Truman disappears. No one -- not his diving instructor, not the Coast Guard -- can find him. Is he still alive? Or is grief making her believe the impossible? WOMEN'S FICTION - MYSTERY.

When Pigs Fly by Bob Sanchez Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

Retired cop Mack Durgin used to bust perpetrators in Massachusetts, but now he’s widowed and living in Arizona. When a FedEx driver drops off an urn filled with his friend’s ashes at his front door, Mack reluctantly knows he must fulfill George Ashe’s final wish: to have his remains spread over the Grand Canyon. But Mack has no clue what lies hidden within the urn besides his friend’s ashes. On his journey through the desert, Mack meets the entrancing Calliope Vrattos, a former waitress in a bar that holds Elvis impersonation contests.

Diet Cola is an ex-con who loves greasy food, but more than anything else, he desperately wants what he hid in the urn. Cola hooks up with a pair of loony housebreakers, a bald Elvis impersonator, and a dopehead with an outline of his brain tattooed on his skull. With a bit of luck and a lot of junk food, they trace Mack to the little town of Pincushion, Arizona. George Ashe may not be alive, but his remains are having the adventure of a lifetime. As Mack encounters one crazed character after another in his quest to fulfill his friend’s last wish, he realizes that life is a gamble and that pigs really do fly. HUMOR.

Zombies Don't Cry by Rusty Fischer Barnes & Noble

In the sleepy small town of Barracuda Bay, Maddy Swift leads the life of a fairly typical teenager, but while attending a party one night, Maddy is struck by lightning and awakens to realize she has been reanimated and turned into a zombie. While becoming acquainted with her new "lifestyle," Maddy stumbles upon two unexpected undead chaperones, fellow students Dane and Chloe, who begin to teach her the ways of zombie life, including defending the populace from Zerkers—the bad zombies. Together, on prom night, the three teens must ultimately defend Barracuda Bay High from an all-out zombie Armageddon.

This book is also available from Kindle. YOUNG ADULT.

Friday, January 27, 2012
The Aluminum Quest by Lee Willard

In this sprawling sequel to the Tdeshi Quest, Jorma and Venna are living quietly in the home they bought from Ava when he finds a fortune stuck in the treads of some sandals she had given him. When Ava and her Brazilian former lover arrive looking for some old paperwork Ava left at the house, Jorma finds nothing is as it seems and his quiet life is shattered. Venna disappears after they accuse her of working for a rogue Brazilian colonel, and soon after that he learns that a giant asteroid is threatening to destroy the entire planet.

It takes eight different people involved in this incident before we finally know all that is happening. We travel across the planet and into the magical universes of three Angel starships before all the parties searching for the tons of lost Brazilian aluminum come together to resolve the threat.

This examines the tension between the group and the individual in any society, and between cooperation and coercion.

SCIENCE FICTION.

Hollywood Confessions by Gemma Halliday Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

Allie Quick has high aspirations - much higher than reporting on the latest celebrity gossip for the L.A. Informer, Hollywood's most notorious tabloid. But if she's going to join the ranks of the real reporters, she's going to need a headline worthy story under her belt.

Which is just what she gets when the producer of the trashiest reality shows on TV winds up murdered, and Allie convinces her editor, Felix Dunn, that this story has her name written all over it. Between an aging dance-off judge, a family with sextuplets and triplets, and the star of a little person dating show, Allie has no shortage of reality stars to question. But when she finds herself falling for her prime suspect, Allie's relationship with her editor is suddenly on the rocks, and her life is in danger. This is one deadline Allie can't afford to miss! MYSTERY.

A Lawyer’s Dessert by Lynelle Clark Obooko

Anabella Anthony was a potential Olympic Swimmer with a dream for her life both professional and personal but her dreams turned into nightmares when her parents wanted to draw her into their choice of life, a life she did not want.

Aldrich Hagin was a young and upcoming lawyer who was ready to settle down. He fell in love with her hoping to help her, but her nightmares and age stood in the way.

Could they get past their own pain to become a couple?

ROMANCE.

Lockdown by Sean Black Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction.

A DEADLY MISSION

It may be Christmas Eve in New York, but for ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock it's business as usual. His task: to protect the CEO of the world's largest bio-technology company from a group of radical, and highly determined, activists.

A BLOODY SHOOTOUT

But when a failed assassination attempt leaves the streets of midtown littered with bodies, and hours later the son of the company's chief research scientist is abducted from his Upper West Side prep school, Lock's hunt for the boy turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse.

ONLY ONE MAN CAN SAVE NEW YORK

Through the corporate corridors of power and dark alleys of Manhattan, Lock's search leads him towards a deadly confrontation with one of the world's most dangerous women. As the clock ticks towards midnight on New Year's Eve, and the crowds gather in Times Square, Lock realizes that not only is his own life in terrible danger but so are the lives of millions of others...THRILLER.

North Rim Delight by Regina Duke Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

Terri Baker is through with men! But her abusive ex-boyfriend has other ideas. Meanwhile, she is grieving for her beloved German shepherd. She heads for the Grand Canyon to get away from it all. Three men are chasing her. One wants her money. One wants her life. And one wants her heart.

Russ Camino is a bounty hunter with a haunted past. He made a promise that he must keep, and he has no time for women. Not even when he meets one who makes his pulse race. When he discovers that the hit man he is following is after Terri, he knows that he must protect her at all costs. ROMANCE.

Replica by Lexi Revellian Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

Beth Chandler, bright, attractive but unassertive, is accidentally replicated in a flawed experiment at the government research institute where she works. A second Beth comes into being, complete with all her memories. To Sir Peter Ellis, MI5 chief, the replica is an embarrassment that must be hushed up and disposed of. Overhearing him, Beth Two goes on the run. With no official existence, homeless, penniless and pursued by Sir Peter’s agents, she has to find the inner strength and aggression to survive on icy London streets.

Meanwhile the original Beth, unaware of what has happened, becomes romantically involved with Nick Cavanagh, the spec op she believes is there to protect her. In fact, he’s hunting her double. Nick refuses to face his moral doubts about Beth Two - as far as he’s concerned, it’s not his problem. As events unfold, and the situation grows more complicated, he has to decide whose side he is on. ROMANTIC SUSPENSE - SCIENCE FICTION.

Right Name, Wrong Man by Mona Risk Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

What’s a girl to do when she whispers another man’s name in her fiancé’s arms?

When forbidden dreams about the sexy French Dr. Yves Malroux assail her at every turn, Mary-Beth puts her wedding plans on hold. The man would probably not even remember the plump nerd she was three years ago, before she lost her illusions faster than her pounds. Regardless, to be able to marry her fiancé without any reservations, Mary-Beth needs to confront her past, and flies to France for a summer training program in surgery with Yves.

But Yves never forgets an organ he removed from a patient or a woman he dated. And he never forgot the pretty student of Harvard Medical School who has turned into a stunning beauty, and now seems in serious need of coaching about spicing her serious life with some fun and passion.

While too many questions still swirled in her mind, her jealous fiancé summons her back home. Will Mary-Beth let her heart decide who’s her right man? Will Yves break his no-strings-attached rule to offer love and commitment? ROMANCE.

Running by Patrice Fitzgerald Kindle

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THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE A WOMAN...

Catherine Young, Vice President and newly-anointed Democratic nominee, is surging in the polls. The race is on against GOP candidate Jerusha Hutchins, known for her big blonde hair, who is the darling of the far-right Liberty Party. But with political wunderkind Zane Zarillo running her campaign, Catherine is sure to hold onto the lead.

Suddenly a medical emergency puts the President in the hospital and forces Catherine to act in his place… a perfect opportunity for her to show her Oval Office stuff. Just when her election looks like a sure thing, Catherine's romantic fling from decades ago comes to light. Will the American public accept a woman with a past? POLITICAL THRILLER.

Running Home by Bill Sanderson Smashwords

Miriam Nadif, head buyer for her family's grocery stores in Lebanon, had thought she would be the spinster aunt, content to support her father and help him build up the family business.

But her father's untimely death transferred her guardianship to her uncle, a Hezbollah supporter who refuses to allow her out of his house. When they find her Bible, she is threatened with stoning and is forced to flee. She thinks immediately of her best friend from university in Canada, Jerry Ernst, whose gentle example led to her conversion to Christianity. Will the spark between them still exist? Will her troubles follow her across the ocean? Will he even want to help her?

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. CHRISTIAN ROMANCE.

Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead by Christiana Miller Kindle

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A little magic can go a long way -- to really screwing up a girl's life!

Mara is having the worst month of her life. At least, that's what her cards tell her and they've never been wrong. She's evicted from her apartment, loses her job and is banned from Beverly Hills. So when the tarot cards predict her imminent demise, she uses a little magic to make her world right.

Suddenly, an aunt she's never met dies, leaving Mara as her sole heir. But when Mara moves into her inherited home, she discovers Aunt Tillie never moved out. She's still one pissed-off old lady, even post-mortem, and she blames Mara's magical meddling for her death.

When Mara accidentally releases a demon and awakens the spirit of the most powerful witch in history, Tillie's ready to kill her -- literally. It's the only way she can think of to save the girl from herself.

The witch and the demon, however, have other plans for Mara's body! URBAN FANTASY.

Touched by Fire by Gwyneth Atlee Kindle

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TAINTED BY SCANDAL

Divorced, disgraced, robbed of her legacy and her pride, a desperate Hannah Shelton stages her own death and leaves the Pennsylvania home town that scorns her. Passing herself off as an innocent mail-order bride, she arrives in Wisconsin to meet her future husband--never anticipating the flames of passion that will sear her soul, and send her into the arms of another man.

TEMPTED BY DESIRE

Strong, steadfast John Aldman is pleased with his pretty bride-to-be, but it is his brother, Daniel, whose every glance, every gesture touches Hannah's heart with fire. Just when desire threatens to burn out of control, Hannah's deception is discovered, sparking off bitterness that may cost her Daniel's love. Now, while raging brushfires blaze through the land-as red hot and unstoppable as the passion of two lovers-Hannah knows she must confront her past...before she can claim a love destined to burn brightly forever. HISTORICAL ROMANCE.

Viking Warrior by Judson Roberts Kindle

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In 9th century Denmark, a child born to a slave is also a slave, and the property of his mother’s master. Halfdan, the son of an Irish noblewoman and the Danish chieftain who captured and enslaved her, has grown up a slave in his own father’s household. But the Norns, the weavers of the fates of all men, have different plans for him--although rarely do they give a gift without exacting a price.

The Strongbow Saga is an epic tale of one man’s unstoppable quest for justice and vengeance that carries him across the 9th century world of the Vikings. In Viking Warrior, book one of the Saga, a cruel twist of fate both frees Halfdan and robs him of the mother he loves, setting him upon the path to a new destiny. But a brutal act of treachery and murder upends Halfdan’s new life, sending him on the run with ruthless hunters hot on his trail. ACTION & ADVENTURE.

Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Chevalier d'Argentolle by Harry Samkange Kindle

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Nicolas de Montferraud, Chevalier and Vicomte d'Argentolle was born into a world in turmoil. Shunned by the court because of his father’s scandalous marriage, he is determined to restore the greatness and honor of his family’s proud name. Sérolène, Vicomtesse de La Bouhaire is beautiful, headstrong, willful, irresistible. She is the spark of passion that ignites the torch of Nicolas' destiny. Defying age-old customs, they pledge themselves irrevocably to each other. All that stands in their way is family opposition, blood vendettas, a secret brotherhood of assassins, English frigates, a murderous psychopath and a disapproving King and court. Can their love survive these challenges? Can they? HISTORICAL ROMANCE.

Rejection: A Lou Drake Mystery by Thomas K. Matthews Kindle

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Lou Drake was once the pride of the NYPD detectives until the high profile Hennings murder case went terribly wrong, nearly ending his career. Ten years later, fifty pounds heavier and three months from retirement, Drake works patrol in the backwater borough of Malcolm New York. He spends his idle time reading crime novels and writing one of his own. When Drake breaks protocol on another brutal murder scene, endangering his rookie partner, his captain demotes him to the booking cage.

But when another body is discovered and both victims are identified as struggling literary agents, the NYPD Chief of Detectives decides Lou's writing experience could benefit the case and pairs him with his old partner one last time. As they look for clues in the struggling publishing industry, Drake finds himself thrust into the middle of a serial murder case where a methodical perpetrator is systematically killing those who rejected him. Drake must revive his old detective prowess and trust his writer's intuition to try and solve the case, while possibly exposing the truth about the old Hennings investigation - a secret that would expose a web of corruption that could shake the NYPD to its core. POLICE PROCEDURAL.

The Tdeshi Quest by Lee Willard

Leand was a respected man in the town of Sinbara who befriended Jorma after a bad burn out. Jorma treasured his friendship and the chance for a new start he'd been given.

Then Leand had a beautiful, smart, lusty and driven daughter named Tdeshi who bacame Jorma's lover once she was grown. But after only a year sharing his cabin, she became determined to continnue her education in the distant city of Kassidor Yakhan. Neither Jorma nor Leand could convince her to change those plans and his friendship with Leand was hurt when she left. When she erased her mind with the drug called shonggot, that had been the end of his friendship with Leand.

Twenty one decades later, Tdeshi returns, claiming to be Tdeshi's clone daughter raised in the Kassikan. Jorma fears that distant lair of powerful wizards, but is determined to win Tdeshi back in hopes of restoring his friendship with Leand as well as re-living their passionate affair. To do so he must journey with her to the Yakhan and investigate the circumstances of Tdeshi's loss. He must face his fear of the Kassikan and his denial of the role he played in her loss.

SCIENCE FICTION.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Escape by M.K. Elliott Kindle

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Emergency Room doctor, Lucy Grey, thinks she has it all figured out. She has a great job, a flat in London, and a boyfriend who loves her. But one night at the hospital changes everything.

On impulse, she runs away to Koh Tao, a small island off the coast of Thailand, hoping to figure out what to do with her life.

What she hasn't bargained on is meeting dive instructor, Rudy. With big brown eyes, a lop-sided grin and a seriously sexy body, he instantly takes her breath away. He helps her escape into a new, underwater world, but, as they grow closer, Lucy is riddled with guilt.

Should she tell him about the boyfriend back home and her early mid-life crisis, or pretend to be someone she's not? When a storm hits the island, Lucy has to make a decision.

But Rudy has secrets of his own and secrets drive people apart... ROMANCE.

The Frog, the Wizard, and the Shrew by MaryAnn Myers Kindle

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With a combination of insight and magical realism, author MaryAnn Myers propels her readers into the mysterious and provocative world of Anne Marie Light. The young woman's purchase of a second-hand prom dress initiates a chain of events during which strange, unfamiliar memories surface: a recurring song of longing, a teen pregnancy, and a dearly loved, but perhaps abandoned baby.

When Anne Marie sets out to discover the source of these haunting thoughts, her journey leads to the streets of New Orleans for answers. Unforgettable characters along the way include the eccentric ex-circus performer, Miss Colorado, an intriguing telephone installer named Danny, a voodoo queen called Rosalee, and Anne Marie's caustic mother, with whom a reconciliation must be made if there is to be a true resolution. FEMINIST FICTION.

Her Master's Touch by Patricia Watters Kindle

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She's the mystery debutante of the season, who arrived on the London scene as if from out of nowhere. But Lord Damon Ravencroft knows her dark secret. Two years before, when she was roaming with Gypsies and living by her wits in India, he'd hired her as a housemaid in his manor house, and she stole from him a rare and valuable opal once belonging to Empress Josephine. Damon intends to be compensated for its loss, which set him back years in his quest to prove his innocence in a crime he's accused of committing.

The sizable dowry that comes with Lady Elizabeth Sheffield's hand in marriage is a start. It's also his price to keep her secret from all of London. But there's more to the marriage of convenience that Damon proposes than Elizabeth had anticipated, but by the time she learns what it is, she's already Lady Damon Ravencroft, and she's trapped in a marriage with a man who both stirs her passions and fuels her resentment toward the man she was forced to wed. ROMANCE.

The Meter Maid Murders by Andrew Delaplaine Kindle

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In this comic thriller about a serial killer loose on South Beach murdering meter maids and starring Jake Bricker, the most ineffective detective ever, the first meter maid murder was thought to be an accident. The second one, a coincidence. But when a third meter maid is killed, Chief Raffy Ramirez knows he has a serial killer on his hands.

And when that meter maid, Samantha Succubus, turns out to be the sister of Sara Succubus, the lead anchor of the XYZ Network’s top-rated morning news program in New York, the story becomes an international sensation.

Stuck in a difficult re-election campaign, Miami Beach Mayor Johnny Germane leans on Chief Ramirez to solve the murders, and now! But Ramirez has every man on the Force working the case, except Jake Bricker, a cop Ramirez has labelled “The Ineffective Detective.” Finally, giving in to pressure, Ramirez puts Bricker on the case. “What harm can he do?”

When Bricker tells his high school buddy, Billy Willoughby, that he’s on the case, Billy is overjoyed. In fact, Billy (chief investigative reporter for the local XYZ affiliate, Channel 69, WHY-TV) has just developed a lead himself and he shares it with Jake.

A year earlier, Billy had covered a ceremony at which Mayor Germane presented awards to the top 12 meter maids who wrote the most tickets in the last fiscal year. These meter maids were featured in a splashy color calendar. When the meter maids started dying, some of the victims looked familiar, so Billy did a little research and discovered that the meter maid murderer was killing the meter maids in the calendar, one by one, month by month, starting with January. Jake can’t believe his good fortune. “You mean ... we know who his next fuckin’ victim will be?” “Yep,” says Billy, “Miss April.”

Billy wants to go tell Chief Ramirez the news, break the story and win an Emmy, but Jake gets him to sit on the scoop so Jake can catch the killer red-handed and take all the credit. “Billy, my career really needs this,” he begs.

Of course, even though he knows the killer’s next target, Bricker somehow misses nabbing the killer, one meter maid after another, till by Miss November, Billy is losing patience with his high school buddy. COMIC THRILLER.

Piety and Murder by Thomas Drinkard Kindle

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Mack Brinson, a former Green Beret is not easily intimidated. When a smarmy televangelist’s organization is legally stealing from his family he takes action.

He is first threatened, then ambushed. After surviving, one of his family is kidnapped. Fearing a clumsy rescue effort will result in her death, he mounts a raid by calling in his old Special Forces buddies. During the action, Brinson’s sweetheart, Pattie, proves to be an excellent sniper.

Nothing is ever as it seems. Revelations about past deceptions and current fraud lead to excruciating revenge.SUSPENSE.

The Secret of Mount Traygol by Lee Willard

Four hundred centuries ago the new god Pronna brought helpers to the Keda to help them till the land. They were everything the god promised and more, but still FiveCircleUp was determined to have Pronna take them home. He has to undertake many desperate missions to try and free his world of the human plague, he has to use skills no human has seen a Keda use in centuries and overcome the resistance of his own kind, though it is for their own good.

The Pronna world of Om is troubled by what has happened on the keda's world even though they cannot fix it. The remainder of the galaxy is troubled by the plague of humans that they have set loose in the universe, and Om fears retribution from several powerful forces. Their situation is made more desperate when they find humans of their home world on the verge of discovering technology.

Oblivious to all that, Esher finds the woman of his dreams on the way to a festival and they spend two decades building and planning a wonderful life together. Their only problem, the tendency of their keda to stray on them. They never find out what his plans are for them until too late. SCIENCE FICTION.

Spellbound by Patricia Simpson Kindle

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As the host of a popular TV show, Tara Lewis has learned to control every aspect of her life. But all that changes when she goes to Scotland to get married and encounters a time-traveling knight intent upon stopping her wedding.

Tara is not accustomed to roadblocks. Or to idealistic Knight Templars. Or to terrifying events like the ones set in motion when her car veers off a lonely road in Scotland.

As Tara's wedding day approaches, she realizes not just her career is in jeopardy, but her life and her heart as well. She must find a way to stop running—from her past, the evil that threatens her, but most of all—from the forbidden love of a spellbound knight. TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A Feral Darkness by Doranna Durgin Kindle

As a child, dog-loving Brenna Fallon naívely invokes an ancient Celtic deity to save her beloved hound--and inadvertently anchors the new-found power at a spring on her family's farm.

She doesn't know she's also left an opening for a far more malevolent force.

Years later, thanks to the actions of several angry young men, Brenna discovers the terrible potential of that gateway. With a devastating plague unfolding abruptly around her, she must depend on her wits, a stranger she doesn't trust, and a mysterious stray dog who becomes more than just a faithful companion as she struggles to drive back the threat of a modern Black Death.

Welded by a desperate sacrifice, woman, man, and dog face the feral darkness together.

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. FANTASY.

The Ghosts of Varner Creek by Michael Weems Kindle

In the summer of 1909, in the small town of Varner Creek, Texas, twelve year old Solomon Mayfield awoke one morning to find his mother and sister had disappeared. Through a series of cover-ups and denials, some aimed at protecting Sol, others at hiding the worst of secrets, Sol lived the rest of his life in a fog of half-truths and shadowed lies, haunted by ghosts of the dead with whom he suddenly found himself sharing an inexplicable bond with that he could never fully understand.

But when Sol passes away as an old man so many years later, the truth is waiting for him, as are the ghosts of his past. Sol finally discovers what really happened that summer and it is a truth that will change everything he thought he knew about the life he lived and the people he thought he knew. For as Sol is about to find out, even the dead have secrets. This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. MYSTERY.

A Holiday to Remember by Rosesof Prose Smashwords

She watched her mother work herself to death to give her daughter a better life and is determined to make her proud. If that means not risking her heart, not letting any man get too close, then so be it.

Mitch Johnson lives a simple life in rural Georgia. Holding his secrets close. Hiding from the life he left behind. The last thing he wants or needs is a woman to remind him of his past.

When the two are thrown together in a freak snowstorm, sparks fly. Mitch is everything she's worked to escape. Candy is a reminder of his painful past. But the attraction between them won't be denied. Will love thaw their frozen hearts, or will secrets tear them apart? One thing is certain; it will be a holiday to remember….

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE NOVELLA.

Hollywood Vampires: Unholy War by Matt R. Jones Kindle

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A rock 'n roll hellride of hilarity and humanity, Unholy War follows the cataclysmic clash between the high-spirited, hard-rocking vampires of Hollywood and a brutal, bloodthirsty cult of Old World zealots out to convert -- or kill -- any vampire who doesn't see things their way.

Inspired by 80's rock 'n roll like L.A. Guns, over-the-top action films such as Desperado, and the profane comedy of classics like Clerks, Unholy War tosses the usual angsty brooding and trembling romance out the window and instead treats you to a skull-smashing story of defiance, friendship, and standing up for what you believe in.

Told through the eyes of Steele -- a tough, streetwise old vampire who sings in a glam rock band -- Unholy War introduces you to immortals both powerful and playful, loyal and loving, tender and treacherous. These aren't the usual cape-clad cardboard cut-outs or dark-eyed forever-teens...

The Hollywood Vampires are -- at their hearts -- human. People who've found a city they can call home, away from the madness and prejudice that plagued them throughout the centuries... a place where they can be happy and finally enjoy their long lives.

And when the Crimson Order comes knocking with an army of revenants and werewolves, looking to tell our fanged champions what to believe and restart old battles, there'll be absolute and utter hell to pay. No quarter will be given -- this unholy war is for KEEPS.

Unholy War isn't about what you lose when you become a vampire... it's about everything you GAIN, and why that's worth fighting for. FANTASY.

Moon Spell by Samantha Young Kindle

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Enter a world of fierce wolves, stunning magic and romance...

It’s bad enough feeling different among the human crowd, but feeling different among wolves?

No one said returning to her pack would be easy, especially after ten years without them, but seventeen year old Caia Ribeiro is unprepared for the realities of the transition. Raised in a world where kids aren’t scared by bedtime tales of the bogeyman but by the real life threat of enemy supernaturals who might come creeping into their community to kill them in their sleep, Caia is used to the darkness; she’s used to the mystery and the intrigue of the ancient underworld war she’s bound to by chance of birth. What she’s having trouble with are pack members treating her with wary suspicion, the Elders tucking secrets behind their backs, and her young Alpha, Lucien, distracting her with a dangerous attraction from her decision to uncover the truth.

But as the saying goes ‘the truth will out’ and when it does, Caia will only have so long to prepare herself before the war comes pounding on their door threatening to destroy the safe, secret lives of the wolves… and the girl they protect. PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

Survival by A.M. Hargrove Smashwords

Survival, Book 1, The Guardians of Vesturon. A normal backpacking trip turns deadly for nineteen-year-old- Maddie. Her boring life suddenly takes a turn down a dark and twisted path. Will it lead her to her dream come true, or end up in tragedy? Follow Maddie as she discovers places unknown and a love that will defy all odds.

This book is also available from Kindle, Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. YOUNG ADULT PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

Wizard Run by Lee Willard

The wars of magic are in the past but still remembered, and the possession of ancient knowledge is the greatest crime in the new lands to which people have fled. When an old miller and his lovely daughter are accused of possessing ancient magic, they must flee for their lives from the fear crazed peasants they have lived among for thirty years. Soon the king sends his armies after them and they cannot show themselves anywhere in the kingdom.

The daughter's charms capture the lover she has always wished for to aide them, but they must take him into their confidence to win thru to freedom. But even greater danger stalks them and a simple farm boy and the king's soldiers find themselves facing powers they cannot comprehend.

SCIENCE FICTION - FANTASY.

Monday, January 23, 2012
Bronwyn's Stand by E. Kelly Smashwords

Bronwyn Barrister has her life in order. She has loyal friends, a successful business, and a family who loves her beyond measure. She has everything she has ever had the courage to dream for. One man, however, has begun to threaten it all. She sent him to prison for eleven years, but now he's free to exact his revenge. With menacing phones call and vile threats, he stalks her. He is a monster from her past, the past she tries to hide.

When Vincent Lane and his team are hired by Bronwyn's uncle to keep her safe, he finds himself drawn in by her beauty, strength, and wicked intelligence. And when he allows himself to look beyond the surface, he discovers the woman behind the defenses; a woman who strips him bare and makes him want more than he has ever wanted in his life. As the stalking and danger escalate to arson, Vincent is torn between ecstasy and terror. He must find a way to stop this madman before it's too late.

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.

Highland Mist by Donna Grant Kindle

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An honorable laird… Conall MacInnes was born to a clan that for centuries has been charged with the guarding of the sacred Druids. It’s a duty he has always met with a willing heart, until the day his sister, a Druid priestess, goes missing and the very Druids he has protected refuse to help him find the last remaining member of his family. Then a three-hundred-year-old prophecy places a Druid in his hands for safekeeping. It’s the chance at revenge he’s been waiting for, but is he willing to pay the cost his revenge will demand—the loss of his mate and the future of Scotland?

A willing lass… Glenna MacNeil wants only to be free, to find the purpose of her life. When she is told to look for the dark laird who would free her, she eagerly goes with the powerful Highlander who fights her clan, not realizing she has set in motion events that will change the course of history.

PARANORMAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE.

Letters To My Mother by Rebecca Heath Smashwords

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Kate is a college junior, a gifted student who skipped two grades in school, a naval officer's daughter who's lived in more places than she can remember. Shy and bookish, she's never had a boyfriend, let alone been kissed or gone on a date. Kate thinks falling in love is something that only happens to other girls.

David is a college professor, a sailor, a brilliant scientist trapped in a failed marriage; he buries himself in teaching and research. David's convinced that love has passed him by and he'll go through life with an empty heart.

When Kate gets a campus job as David's typist, they discover they're both mistaken. Letters To My Mother is the story of a May-December romance set in 1950s Seattle. ROMANCE - COMING OF AGE.

Sunday, January 22, 2012
Anna's Strength:Choosing Love Series Book 2 by E. Kelly Smashwords

Interior designer, Anna Davis has spent three years developing her career. When she is hired by Vincent Lane and his fiancé Bronwyn to redesign their new bookstore, Anna sees this as an opportunity to catapult her career from obscurity into distinction.

The last thing Anna needs or wants right now is a man. And Daniel Spears, a friend who is helping Vincent with security for the store, is most definitely a man. One built for long hot nights and seduction. Unfortunately, even though Anna is undeniably attracted to Daniel, she isn’t interested in accidental sex or casual intimate arrangements. Determined not to lose her, Daniel formulates a plan to ensure that he is never far from Anna’s mind… or her body. He’s not going to let anything stand between them, not ex-lovers, intruders, thieves, or even Anna herself. Daniel has waited an entire lifetime to find her and now that he has, he’s never letting go.

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble, and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.

Finders Keepers by Catherine Palmer Kindle

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Antiques dealer Elizabeth Hayes hopes to expand her shop by purchasing and refurbishing the Chalmers House next door. Zachary Chalmers, an architect who recently inherited the house, wants to tear it down and build an office.

The resulting feud drags the town into a battle of historic value vs. personal property. The only one who doesn't care is Nikolai Hayes, Elizabeth's adopted Romanian son. He's interested in persuading Zachary to be his father and in listening to Boompah's stories of the "nachos" who tyrannized Europe during World War II. Nikolai's endearing attempts to master English provide levity in a romance that tackles deeper issues than land rights.

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble. CHRISTIAN ROMANCE.

Saturday, January 21, 2012
All Mye Queen's Men by Brenda Stokes Lee All Romance

After throwing caution and good common sense to the wind,‭ ‬Pre Med Student Mye Queen boldly elects to transfer colleges her senior year in an attempt to avoid boy toy trouble and baby mama drama.Her long standing relationship with her first love ended badly when he is named in a paternity suit.‭ ‬Distraught, brokenhearted and pissed she embarks on a journey to a place called far-‭far away from him.‬ Little did she realize that trouble has a way of catching up with you. Torn between the new and the familiar, the incredible and the delicious, Queen tries to sort out her feelings for two incredible men while another lurks in the shadows adoring her from afar waiting for his chance to love her.ROMANCE NOVELLA.

Hannah's Blessing by Collette Scott Smashwords

Following her husband's scandalous death, a devastated Diana Somerset makes a promise at his funeral to never trust so easily again. However, she was not prepared to meet her husband's enigmatic step-brother, Devlan Doyle. He was a man accustomed to getting whatever he wanted, and he wanted Diana. Not only was her child his heiress, but Diana's stubborn pride and disinterest intrigues him.

Following a near-tragic accident that throws them together, Devlan sets out to conquer her distrust. Whisked away on a fairytale of a lifetime, Diana and Hannah find out that they are not immune to his charms. But is his determination alone strong enough to win their trust and love, or will he lose the two people he has grown to care for the most?

This book is also available from Diesel, Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.

The Nail Knot by John Galligan Barnes & Noble

The going has gotten tough, and Ned "Dog" Oglivie has gone fishing. Fly fishing. For trout. All across America. At least until his money runs out . . .

Driven by tragedy to turn his back on human society, the Dog is on a quest to fish himself into oblivion. And he's nearly made it. Playing the back highways of America in a wounded old RV . . . provisioned with a supply of peanut butter sandwiches, bad cigars, and vodka-Tang . . . armed with a loaded pistol (for when the money runs out) . . . the Dog is nearly at the end of his tether when he rolls into little Black Earth, Wisconsin, intending to fish the yellow sally stonefly hatch . . . and finds a body instead.

Who killed Jake Jacobs, fellow fly fisher and late-coming agitator who was trying to save Black Earth Creek? Why was Jacobs disfigured in such a peculiar way? Why does the Dog give a damn? Can he rekindle his faith and interest in humankind? By caring about the death of a stranger, can the Dog recover his own life? Can he untie The Nail Knot?

This book is also available from Kindle. MYSTERY.

Pink Eye by Carla Herrera Smashwords

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Something is going on at Central Laboratories. Smart rats and a deadly virus do not mix well and when two of the infected animals escape to a nearby city, the good citizens of Gilbert, Indiana are suddenly in for a very bad time.

As a single mom and an assistant to the director of the Arts Alive Program, Connie Benson leads a quietly satisfying, but average life. That changes one Saturday afternoon, when she takes her son to the carnival.

Thrust into a bizarre chain of events this ordinary woman transforms through extraordinary and tragic circumstances. With the help of her brother Frank and her mother, Marguerite, Connie returns to the quarantined area to help a friend. HORROR.

The Twelve Stones by R.J. Johnson Smashwords

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Twenty two years ago, Alex McCray found the first of the Twelve Stones, a set of powerful artifacts left for Humanity to find and use to save Earth from certain destruction.

Returning to his hometown of Onyx, California, Alex reunites with his father who returns the stone Alex found so many years ago. Their reunion is cut short however after Alex's father is murdered by billionaire industrialist Rupert Kline, a madman who will stop at nothing to collect all twelve stones for himself.

Driven by revenge, Alex McCray vows to bring his father's killer to justice and keep the remaining Twelve Stones out of Kline's hands.

A thrilling tale that mixes romance, cutting edge science, and oh yeah, the fate of human civilization. SCIENCE FICTION.

Friday, January 20, 2012
Gabriel's Redemption by Steve Umstead Kindle

Can a disgraced Special Forces soldier find redemption, and will redemption cost him more than just his own life?

North American Federation Navy Commander Evan Gabriel was dishonorably discharged after losing his covert team on a far off world called Eden. Now, he’s being offered an opportunity to command a new team, on a new world, with a new mission, but the true motives behind the mission are unclear.

From the decaying Caribbean to politically-charged South America, from the slums of Mars to a tiny colony on a planet six hundred light years from Earth, Gabriel's Redemption follows the disgraced Commander Gabriel as he leads a Special Forces team to an ice-bound world. Their given mission: to eradicate a drug cartel that is producing a highly-addictive stimulant brutally extracted from the bodies of the native inhabitants. Upon arriving, Gabriel and his team find the mission isn't exactly what it appeared to be, and that they weren't the only force dispatched to the planet.

Gabriel’s Redemption is a near-future military science fiction story of a personal journey seen from the perspective of a soldier who has lost everything; one who desperately needs to redeem himself not only in his government’s eyes, but also his own. Interstellar action and political intrigue mix with one-on-one battles on the surface of a frozen planet in this exciting tale of salvation.

SCIENCE FICTION.

One Heart ~ Two Souls by E. Kelly Smashwords

Concert pianist Julia Gable has spent her life on stage. Exceptional, brilliant, beyond compare; she has captured the hearts of millions of people around the world. But when she loses everything to the careless actions of a drunk driver, Julia leaves notoriety and a failed engagement behind in search of anonymity. All she needs now is time and a chance to heal.

Unfortunately, New York Times best-selling mystery writer Grayson Taylor can’t give Julia time. A fan since their early teens, he is inexplicably drawn to her, and he won’t be dismissed; won’t be denied. Together they face secrets from her past, an ex fiancé’s personal vendetta, intrusive media and the shocking truth of her accident. And when Julia suddenly vanishes without a trace, Grayson will stop at nothing to find her.

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.

Test Pilot's Daughter: Revenge by Steve Ward Kindle

Romance, adventure, murder and revenge, Christina Matthews does it all. An obsessed fly-girl with the Right Stuff and True Grit finds love in the oddest place, the cockpit. A beautiful and brainy college girl born with jet-fuel in her blood is haunted by a gripping family tragedy and the violent murder of her best friend. The only thing she truly fears is sleep. Tortured by nightmares, this test pilot’s daughter has to find a way to save her sanity or die. Mike Clark, call-name Lazer and a real Top Gun, looks to be the best kind of therapy.

With dreams of becoming an Astronaut-Commander, Christina struggles through heart-stopping perils in the cockpit and crash-lands on a deserted island. Without hope for rescue, she concocts an oddball plan to return survivors to civilization.

Risking her future at NASA, Christina delivers on a promise to a dying friend and faces her evil nemesis in the sky. Only by overcoming deep-seated fears can she exorcise her ghosts and pursue a lifelong dream of flying in space.

Will true love conquer Christina’s curse, or will she auger in?

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble. ADVENTURE.

Thursday, January 19, 2012
What She Doesn't Know by Jaime Rush Smashwords

Rita Brooks has her life in control, with a satisfying job and an Internet relationship with a man a safe distance away. But before she can meet Brian LaPorte in person, Rita is nearly killed in a horrific accident. She emerges from a coma remembering a cryptic message given to her by another soul. When Brian’s brother, Christopher, shows up, demanding to know what part she played in his suicide attempt, she’s sure that soul was Brian. To make sense of his urgent message, she must go to New Orleans.

Christopher is the shadow to Brian’s light, everything that intimidates … and draws her. Unfortunately, she needs his help, because Brian had shadows, too, and someone is trying to kill her to keep those shadows secret.

Amidst the chaotic revelry of Mardi Gras, she is plunged into a bizarre masquerade where masks conceal dark secrets, deep longings … and murderous intent.

This book is also available from Diesel, Sony and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. SUSPENSE.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Big Easy by Eric Wilder Diesel

When someone begins killing New Orleans street people, it affects the City's tourist trade just recovering from Hurricane Katrina. More than simple acts of murder, voodoo is involved, the killer likely an actual Vodoun deity. Homicide detective Tony Nicosia seeks the help of gumshoe, and Big Easy insider Wyatt Thomas. Wyatt enlists Mama Mulate, Tulane English professor, and actual voodoo mambo. Together, they try to unravel the strangest mystery to hit the venerable City since the era of Marie Laveau.

HARD-BOILED.

Evernight with Bonus Materials by Claudia Gray Kindle

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom. For auto-delivery to your electronic reader on February 21, 2012.

At the eerily Gothic Evernight Academy, the other students are sleek, smart, and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in.

When she meets handsome, brooding Lucas, he warns her to be careful—even when it comes to caring about him. But the connection between them can't be denied. Bianca will risk anything to be with Lucas, but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart . . . and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed.

YOUNG ADULT - PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

In Her Name: Empire by Michael Hicks Smashwords

In the first book of an epic futuristic fantasy trilogy, this is the coming-of-age story of Reza Gard, a young boy of the Human Confederation who is swept up in the century-long war with the alien Kreelan Empire. Nightmarish female warriors with blue skin, fangs, and razor sharp talons, the Kreelans have technology that is millennia beyond that of the Confederation, yet they seek out close combat with sword and claw, fighting and dying to honor their god-like Empress.

Captured and enslaved, Reza must live like his enemies in a grand experiment to see if humans have souls, and if one may be the key to unlocking an ages old curse upon the Kreelan race. Enduring the brutal conditions of Kreelan life, Reza and a young warrior named Esah-Zhurah find themselves bound together by fate and a prophecy foretold millennia before they were born.

This book is also available from Kindle, Diesel, Sony, and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. SCIENCE FICTION.

Legacy Lane by Robin Lee Hatcher Smashwords

Angie Hunter left Hart's Crossing for college and never looked back. So when her widowed mother needs care following surgery, Angie is more than ready to hire a nurse rather than return to her antiquated hometown. But when she is passed over for a promotion at work, an angry Angie quits and heads home anyway.

Francine Hunter is both excited and nervous about having her daughter home for the next two months. She sees this as her chance to make a new connection with her estranged daughter. Will she be able to nudge Angie toward faith without overdoing it? Or will Angie pack up and leave for a new job as soon as Francine has recovered?

This book is also available from Kindle. CHRISTIAN ROMANCE - NOVELLA.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Edwina by Patricia Strefling Smashwords

Small town librarian Edwina Blair found herself stranded and alone In Edinburgh, Scotland. When the hotel clerk told her she no longer had a room, she fainted - right into the arms of a tall Scot standing behind her. Anxious to meet his fiance, Alex Dunneginm whisked Edwina off to his castle and that's when the trouble began.

The handsome Laird became the hero for the novel Edwina was writing. And Cecelia, her beautiful, entrepreneurial sister, the heroine. Could it be any other way?

Edwina would find out that the stubborn Scot did not always play the part she wrote for him.

This book is also available from Kindle in Australia, Middle East, Asia & Pacific, the United States, Latin America & Caribbean, India, Africa, Canada, Sony, and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. CHRISTIAN ROMANCE.

Exposed: Misbehaving with the Magnate by Kelly Hunter Mills & Boon

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Forbidden desire…Seven years ago Gabrielle was the housekeeper’s daughter, and Luc Duvalier, as the heir to a vast fortune, was forbidden! One hot kiss got Gaby banished, but she’s returned home determined to face Luc as an equal – in every way!

Unleashed passion! The heat between them is all-consuming, and they both know it is only a matter of time before they give in – despite the scandal this will cause. But this maverick magnate doesn’t care – he aims to keep Gaby so busy that she never leaves again!

Hot Bed of Scandal – Modern Heat™ introduces Kelly Hunter’s deliciously sexy new duet! ROMANCE.

Ice Man by KyAnn Waters Kindle

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Feeding and sex go hand in hand when you’re a blood slave to a vampire. It’s like a drug and Rowan is hooked. With the vampire Theron, Rowan has never wanted for more than his next fix. Until he meets Brett. Brett is hot, the sex is incredible and he’s human.

Brett is looking for kinky sex when he goes to The Catacombs, an exclusive fetish club for men. Flair bartender Rowan, also known as Ice Man, is sexy and mysterious. Brett isn’t ready to complicate his life with a lover outside The Catacombs and Rowan isn’t interested in club-scene sex but coming together and giving in never felt so good.

Rowan’s dark secret could destroy everything. He must never allow Brett to learn of his symbiotic relationship with the vampire. He has to choose—tell Brett the truth or remain a blood slave. He can only hope that Brett will trust in love enough to forgive him. This book is also available from Ellora's Cave (two-week promo), All Romance and Barnes & Noble. GAY PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

The Reluctant by C.S. Splitter Smashwords

Action, adventure, suspense, and thriller, in one story told with a liberal dose of humor.

Tom’s problems are not unique. His business is failing and his wife has to work too many hours to make ends meet. He is under some rather large financial pressures and wants more from his marriage and his life.

He finds his respite in the air as a private pilot. Unfortunately for Tom, he is behind on payments for his plane and is forced to take odd jobs from a local crime boss. Tom is no criminal, but the errands he is running are just slightly on the wrong side of the law.

Just as things begin to come under some semblance of control, he meets a woman who just might represent the adventure he seeks. He soon discovers that appearances, and beautiful women, can sometimes be deceiving.

This book is also available from Kindle, Diesel, Sony, Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. HARD-BOILED MYSTERY.

Rent-A-Stud by Lynn LaFleur Kindle

It isn't Jade Talmage's idea to accept her daughter's offer to hire an escort for the hospital gala. But the absence of her brother Paul—her usual companion—leaves her with no choice.Enter Zachary Cooper, one-third owner of Coopers' Companions, a professional escort company. Despite his good looks and sex appeal that make her hormones scream, Jade has no intention of being the next in a long line of the rent-a-stud's conquests.A weekend of mind-blowing sex has Jade's heart crumbling. Zach is exactly the type of man she wants in her life. Yet she's sure a relationship with a man ten years her junior would lead to nothing but heartache.Zach doesn't care that Jade is older than he. He wants a lifetime with the woman he's fallen for so desperately. All he has to do is convince Jade that he's much more than a rent-a-stud…he's the man who loves her.

This book is also available from Ellora's Cave (two-week promo), All Romance and Barnes & Noble. EROTIC ROMANCE.

Veiled Eyes by C.L. Bevill Smashwords

Anna St. Thais has always wondered who she was; an orphan or abandoned child. As she travels to New Orleans she quickly realizes that the dreams she's had of a strangely attractive man are very real and that he has a strong psychic connection to her. She finds the the enigmatic Lake People and there she will unravel the mystery that is her life.

This book is also available from Kindle in Australia, Middle East, Asia & Pacific, the United Kingdom , the United States, Latin America & Caribbean, India, Africa, Canada. FANTASY.

Monday, January 16, 2012
Her Vampire Husband by Michelle Hauf Mills & Boon

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She may resist his bite, but she can’t resist his charms…

Werewolf princess Blu won’t allow her seductive husband to consummate their marriage with his bite, marking her forever. Blu curses the marriage arranged to bring their rival nations together, especially since Creed calls out to her darkest desires.

Yet when Blu uncovers her pack’s secret plot to destroy the vampire nation – and Creed – she is forced to confront her growing feelings for him. Will she choose the only life she’s ever known or accept his sensuous bite?PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

The Misconception by Darlene Gardner Smashwords

A man is good for only one thing.

Dr. Marietta Dalrymple wants a baby, but all she wants from a man is his sperm. A professor of evolutionary biology, Marietta can explain away romantic love with scholarly theories of why men and women are compelled to copulate. Monogamy, she believes, is a state most males can’t achieve.

So what is Marietta to do after she mistakes Cash “Jax” Jackson for the carefully screened sperm donor she hired to impregnate her? Especially when Jax doesn’t know anything about the legal document the other man signed relinquishing all rights to the child.

Jax soon sets his sights on more than Marietta’s unborn baby. But can he prove to her that romantic love truly does exist? Or will the secret he’s keeping destroy any chance these unlikely lovers have at happiness?

This book is also available from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. ROMANTIC COMEDY.

Sunday, January 15, 2012
Directed Verdict by Randy Singer Barnes & Noble

For information on Kindle for other reading devices, see this blog's introduction. Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany.

In Saudi Arabia, two American missionaries are targeted by the infamous religious police—Muttawa. The man is tortured and killed; his wife arrested on trumped-up charges before being deported to the United States. Compelled by the injustice of her plight, young attorney Brad Carlson files an unprecedented civil rights suit against Saudi Arabia and the ruthless head of the Muttawa.

But the suit unleashes powerful forces that will stop at nothing to vindicate the Arabian kingdom. Witnesses are intimidated and some disappear; jurors are bribed; and a member of Brad’s own team may be attempting to sabotage the case. As Brad navigates a maze of treachery and deception, he must gamble his case, his career, and the lives of those he loves on his ability to bring justice to one family, challenge the religious intolerance of a nation, and alter the course of international law.

Directed Verdict is a Christy Award–winning novel. This book is also available from Kindle.

LEGAL THRILLER.

Highland Guardian by Melissa Mayhue Pocket After Dark

This is an online read and requires a free membership in S&S's Pocket After Dark book club. To read, click on "Full Book" under the book image. Available until February 15.

Ian McCullough is neck-deep in his own trouble. A half-mortal descendant of Faeries, he's been a Guardian for more than six hundred years, but he's never encountered a woman like Sarah. Assigned to protect her, he finds the job tougher than he could have imagined. Oh, he can handle the stalker, and even the renegade Faeries trying to kidnap her. But falling in love means forsaking his role as Guardian -- which is some-thing he could never do.

But there is no denying the passion that exists between two souls fated to be together. PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

Northern Exposure by Mari Carr and Jayne Rylon Barnes & Noble

Silas Compton always had his eye on Lucy, the veterinarian’s daughter. He was even content to wait for the girl of his dreams to grow up before getting anywhere near her with his family’s double-edged legacy.

Waiting around led to fooling around with his best friend—and an impulsive eruption of desire that Lucy’s innocent eyes weren’t meant to see. Figuring Compton Pass wasn’t big enough for either the three of them or the pain he’d caused, Silas let loose his tightly reined wanderlust and headed for Alaska.

Ten years later, when an oil rig accident sends him home, he braces himself for the reopening of old wounds. Instead he finds himself in the care—and welcoming arms—of Lucy and Colby, whose marriage has plenty of room for the man they both still love. And forgive with all their hearts.

As things start to unravel at Compass Ranch, Silas must dig deep for the strength to assume his rightful place in the Compton family…and lay the foundation for a future with his lovers. If he can forgive himself.

Warning: This book is overflowing with sexy cowboys who like to saddle up and ride each other as well as the woman of their dreams. The likelihood of becoming addicted to their ranch family is high. With three more stories yet to come, beware. You won’t be able to read just one!

This book is also available from Kindle and in the UK from Amazon UK. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.

The Way They Were by Mary Campisi Smashwords

He hasn’t spoken her name in fourteen years. She keeps a journal hidden in the back of her closet and permits herself to write about him once a year—on the anniversary of the first and only time they made love. They promised to love one another forever, but tragedy tore them apart. Now, destiny may just bring them back together.

This book is also available from Kindle and Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.

Wedding at King’s Convenience by Maureen Child Mills & Boon

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In one unforgettable night, Jefferson King, movie mogul, had made Maura Donohue pregnant. Worse, he’d been avoiding her phone calls. Naturally he’d give the expectant mother a wedding worthy of a King’s bride. But Maura wouldn’t marry without love… ROMANCE.

Adventure Novels

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Arctic Heat by Martin Lesser

A romantic adventure novel about the exploitation of geothermal energy. The main location is in northern Sweden though the action moves from NY to Sweden to Switzerland and Finland. The main protagonist is a science journalist who, along with his female assistant, is investigating some suspicious activity in the Arctic. They quickly find themselves involved with some mysterious events, murder and a number of shady characters.

Berserk Revenge: A Norse Saga by Mark Coakley

The Champa, The Kharga And The Katana by Bibhas De

Near the beginning of this story set in British India, on the rugged mountain highway at Vairengte in the Lushai Hills, Deputy Commissioner Shamsul Huda Khan looks out on the vast expanse of primitive jungle, and says to his childhood friend, the Hindu monk: "... The jungle is very old - it is the first sentient life nature created..."

The Cossack by L. Ron Hubbard

Young and handsome Lieutenant Mertz Komroff thinks he has left his past behind when he enlists in the Chinese army—only to stumble onto the vengeful Duchess he had spurned in pre-revolutionary Russia. And she has nothing but his immediate death in mind...

The Courier by Brad Walseth

Requires free registration on Obooko. The broken survivor of a terrible tragedy suddenly finds himself struggling to make his way back to the U.S.border, when the plane he is riding in is hijacked and crashes in the remote Copper Canyon region of Mexico. He has six hours to make it back, while a group of paramilitary thugs have other ideas regarding his survival. Action, heart-pounding adventure and wide cast of characters make this book a real page-turner.

Dangerous Sky by Alex Napoli

A pilot flies for his life after stealing a fortune from a drug baron in the Amazon jungle, but he ends up in prison empty-handed and facing the vengeance of the powerful mobster. Desperate to get out and recoup the hidden money, he makes a deal with an inmate-doctor who is leaving prison and has an ingenious escape plan to get him out.

The Dead Isle by Sam Starbuck

Jack Baker is an engineer in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence. Clare Fields is an expatriate from a country that has no contact with the outside world. Ellis Graveworthy is a famous novelist and a spy. Purva de la Fitte is a pirate princess with a sensible soul. Join them in a steampunk adventure spanning three continents in search of the answer to the puzzle of Australia.

The Devil's Rescue by L.Ron Hubbard

When the crew of a spectral old clipper ship rescues Lanson from his drifting lifeboat, he discovers that they are all faceless—except for the captain. Then the dark one and a fateful roll of the dice decides Lanson’s destiny in this chilling encounter with the unknown. . .

A Few Quiet Days by Paul Azul

An adventure novel about a Mid-Western Attorney who is swept into an international adventure of murder, kidnapping, sex and high finance.

The First Genesis by Mark Macpherson

The world was created for, and because of, an incredible woman. The creator god Hachakyum lived among the ancient Mayans and these are the stories of his life among them.

The god's love for one human woman caused the world's beginning, and his loss will ordain its destruction.

There is a sex scene. Please don't read this book if that concerns you!

Book 2 of the five book At the End of the World series.

Book 3 - Hamish and Kate - is also available here. At the End of the World, Book 1, can be found at Amazon or Smashwords.

Flores Girl: The Children God Forgot by Erik Bertel

There is something in the jungle of Irma Flores that has terrorized Sarah for years. As a scientist she needs to know what it is and by confronting this evil she is about to be awakened from her nightmare. She doesn’t know it but she will also begin her first faltering steps toward enlightenment. Along the way, she will have to contend with a strange dwarf people, pirates, corporate raiders and an obstinate lover. Her road to nirvana will be a raw and bruising journey that is certain to be both entertaining and moving for the reader. This is the first novel in the Flores Girl Trilogy. (Webmaster's note: this is a real page-turner/mouse-clicker).

The Larna Fox Adventures by S.J. Aucott

Action adventure stories (with a slight science fiction twist) chronicling the adventures of a young, sexy firecracker of a heroine.

Last of the Good Guys by Mark Irwin

Murder, money, shipwrecks, and storms. Chasing the big one means staying one step ahead of trouble. Bobby Rafferty escapes custody in Canada and goes on the run to Mexico, taking his young daughter with him. But he soon realizes he’s jumped from the frying pan into the fire. Homeless and broke, he leaves his daughter in the safety of a convent and enters the world of unscrupulous marine salvagers where he unwittingly becomes involved in the violent death of a Lloyds insurance inspector. Left for dead by dangerous psychopath Howie Morgan, Rafferty teams up with Rachel Forster, the Lloyds man’s sister. She wants answers and she’s willing to brave a hurricane lashing the Texas coast to get justice for her brother. Rafferty just wants the money Morgan owes him. It’s kill or be killed as the last of the good guys hunts a very, very bad guy through the swamps and dunes of south Texas in this fast-paced thriller.

My Name's Jack by J. Charles Cripps

An abused teenager finds a home, adventure, a run-in with modern day pirates, and romance on a Tall Ship in the Caribbean.

Night of Knives by Jon Evans

Veronica Kelly came to Africa to start her life over. Still reeling from her divorce, she is grateful when a handsome stranger invites her to join a tour to visit gorillas in Uganda's wild Impenetrable Forest. A trip that goes desperately wrong when their group is captured by brutal gunmen.

Then one tourist is executed.

And then another.

This is no random kidnapping: their abduction is only the first move in a deadly strategic game. A game in which Veronica's ex-husband is somehow involved.

Now she must embark on a wild journey across Africa, to unveil a malignant conspiracy before it consumes entire nations - and thousands of lives...

Peace Warrior by Steven L. Hawk

It’s the mid-21st century when Sergeant First Class Grant Justice is killed during an ambush on an enemy tank column.

Grant is humankind’s final hope against the alien menace. He must be… the Peace Warrior.

The Pirate of Panther Bay by S.R. Staley

This novel chronicles the exploits of Isabella, an escaped slave who leads a band of pirates against Spanish colonists in the Caribbean Sea in 1780. In the first book -- The Pirate of Panther Bay -- readers are introduced to Isabella, the lead character and captain of the pirate ship the Red Tide in 1780. They also meet Juan Carlos, a Spanish army captain dispatched as an advisor to the Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean. They start out as enemies but soon realize their have more common interests as Isabella fights the corruption of the Spanish colonists on the Caribbean Sea.

Pirates of the Narrow Seas by M. Kei

Lt. Peter Thorton of the 18th century British navy must struggle to come out gay while surviving storms at sea, ship to ship battles, duels, kidnapping, and more in his quest for true love and honor. Pirates of the Narrow Seas is an expertly crafted swashbuckler brimming with authentic detail and fully realized portraits of life at sea, written by a tall ship sailor and internationally acclaimed poet. Winner of a Sweet Revolution Award for 'best full cast' and 'Judge's Pick.' Book 1 in the Pirates of the Narrow Seas Trilogy.

The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a patriotic British 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. It is a novel that "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain"; perhaps more significantly, it was a spy novel that "established a formula that included a mass of verifiable detail, which gave authenticity to the story – the same ploy that would be used so well by John Buchan, Ian Fleming, John le Carré and many others." Ken Follett called it "the first modern thriller." [Webmaster's note: I don't usually list novels in the public domain, but I read this book years ago and enjoyed it greatly].

San Saba by Michael Eichenberg

A fantastic adventure into West Texas. Charlie Wade is a small town lawyer with small town clients. That is until Joe Rollins walks in and everything changes. Before you know it, Charlie is in the middle of a high stakes poker game over oil leases that are tied to the predictions of Edgar Cayce. At some point he must decide if he can put an old feud behind or risk everything to get even with the wealthiest family in the region. San Saba is fun and full of twists and turns.

Search for a Ghost Ship by Tony Crowley

Whilst exploring the River Blackwater on a small yacht, three companions discover an old beachcomber camping on a deserted island. Fascinated by his curious tale of a voyage to the South Pacific which ended in disappointment, they embark on a search for a lost treasure map and a haunted sailing ship. But why are they being watched so closely, and by so many people?

The Silver Ring by Robert Swartwood

17-year-old David Beveridge is in the wrong place at the wrong time. When a gunman storms into a convenience store demanding money, he becomes spooked and shoots the cashier before shooting David. Only David doesn't die. Neither does the cashier. She dies, yes, but David manages to bring her back to life. How? With the help of a mysterious silver ring he found earlier that night — a ring with amazing powers that David cannot control, a ring he cannot even take off his finger…and a ring that the darkest evil in the universe wants for its very own. It's coming for the ring. It's coming for David. It's coming to destroy us all.

Snowplow Extra by Wes Boyd

In the middle of the worst snowstorm of the decade, the whole town was burning down. The only hope lay on two rusty steel rails . . . Nonstop action and adventure -- no sex or violence as railroad workers and firemen struggle against fire, storm, and failing equipment to relieve an isolated northwoods town. If you have trouble accessing this site, copy the address http://www.spearfishlaketales.com/02sx/sx.htm and open it in another window.

Special Forces: Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov

This is the epic story of a Soviet Spetsnaz soldier and a Scottish SAS soldier. Vadim Krasnorada and Dan McFadyen are two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow...but that's only the official version.

The reality of these two men is dark, brutal, fueled by aggression and insane lust. Steeped in pain and killing, these Special Forces soldiers meet in 1980. Their intense hatred caused by rape, revenge and torture turns into lust and years of secret encounters in the dangerous labyrinth of Kabul and the Afghan mountains. Time, despair and desolation smooth down the sharpness of hatred, its venom drained with each physical encounter; lust helps to form an understanding that only two men of the same kind can share.

Special Forces: Soldiers is the first book in the Special Forces trilogy.

Special Forces: Mercenaries Part I by Aleksandr Voinov

Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. This epic spans across over twenty-five years of their lives. Special Forces: Mercenaries is the second cycle of the Special Forces epic, the first cycle is Soldiers and the third one is Veterans.

Special Forces: Mercenaries Part II by Aleksandr Voinov

Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. This epic spans across over twenty-five years of their lives. Special Forces - Mercenaries is the second cycle of the Special Forces epic, the first cycle is Soldiers and the third one is Veterans.

Special Forces: Veterans by Aleksandr Voinov

Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. This epic spans across over twenty-five years of their lives. Special Forces - Veterans is the third cycle of the Special Forces epic, the first cycle is Soldiers and the second one is Mercenaries (in two parts).

Tarzan of the Apes Reswung by Edna Rice Burroughs

A Tarzyn the Apewoman story

Joan Clayton and husband end up stranded in Africa, unable to survive. Their young daughter is taken in by a band of smarter apes. Raised to adulthood by her beast family, she becomes Tarzyn the Apewoman, one of the greatest heroes the world has ever known. Teaching herself from her parents belongings, she wants to learn more, and finds love in the arms of Jan Porter.

A Gender Switch Adventure.

The Treasure of the Manila Galleon by John Kackley

It's 1883, and the trail of German agents in England leads to a South Seas island with a hidden treasure in silver.

Trouble Brewing by Edward Winslow

Dave's no superhero, even if he does have a very unusual talent. But when a major New Zealand crime lord comes looking for two million dollars that Dave's wife embezzled, he needs to learn to act like one.

The Twins Paradox by Sco Thorson

Dave Richards lives on a tropical island, makes obscene amounts of money, and has gorgeous girlfriends, all thanks to the emails he regularly receives from himself three days in the future. But a new message warning that Washington D.C. will be destroyed by an atomic bomb tumbles him into turmoil as he races to stop the unknown perpetrators. Finding the shadowy bomber is impossible enough, but his investigation puts him squarely in the crosshairs of a cyber mobster who learns of the emails. Even more dangerous, he must convince the three women he needs to stop the bomber to forbear killing him themselves long enough to save the Capitol.

Ultimate Pirate Adventure by Mark Simulis

1718. The dreaded Blackbeard is unaware that in one week he will be killed in a naval battle off the coast of South Carolina. 1783. Captain Edward James Yoke, once feared pirate and now British Royal Navy officer, abandons his ship and crew. 1993. An aging John Seamore, the last legitimate pirate threat sailng the ocean, is about to be thrust into an ultimate adventure to rival all time!

The Upraised Hand by Michael Steptoe

After a disaster at sea and the failure of a "get-rich-quick-plan" two fisherman find themselves involved in a wave of crime that has them running for their lives across the high seas off New Zealand's eastern coastline and through the rugged wilderness of the Raukumara Ranges.

Based on true events, the Williams brothers will lead you on an adventure that will take you from the commercial fishing grounds of Mahia Peninsula to the summit of Mount Hikurangi, the first place in the world to catch the morning sun.

Through the drastic economic downturn of the 1980's, that at the time created high unemployment, this fast paced drama will bring you into the obscure drug world of the Rastafarian society who live on the isolated East Coast. ADVENTURE

Vultures in the Playground by A. Sparrow

Mugged fresh off a plane in Liberia, Archie Parsons is lucky to limit the damage to a scalp contusion and a stolen passport. Turns out, these weren’t ordinary thugs. They work for a powerful and shadowy industrial consortium that specializes in political assassination. Through a series of mishaps, Archie's identity becomes confused with that of their lead assassin - a man named Black.

This book is also available from Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes.

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80AD - The Jewel of Asgard (Book 1) by Aiki Flinthart

Add a smart, miserable 14 year old girl, Jade. She's the youngest of seven girls; teased and picked on; a misfit; her own mother doesn't get her. All she likes is books and botany.

In order to get home, they have to play out Level One of 80AD. They have to find the Jewel of Asgard.

To do that, they must face murderous thieves, creatures of the Dywyllwch Brennau, uncanny powers of the Druids and the might of the invading Roman army.

Can they master their new bodies and survive in Iron Age Britain?

Can they beat the Romans to the Jewel and win Level One?

Will they make it home or will they be defeated by their arch-enemy, Feng Zhudai? If he wins, they are stuck in 80AD forever - but is that so bad?

80AD - The Hammer of Thor (Book 2) by Aiki Flinthart

Book 2 of the 80AD series sees Jade, Phoenix and their companions flung into the frozen wastes of northern Europe. Here they must somehow reach Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, in order to steal the Hammer of Thor. They are far from civilisation, snowbound, hunted, lost and on a deadline. If they don't reach Asgard in time, bad things will happen: Ragnarok - the end of the world. Unending winter, followed by hellfire and an almighty battle between the gods and giants.

If this world is destroyed, Phoenix and Jade die with it and their bodies, back in their own world, die as well.

Standing in their way are trolls, wolves, their old enemy Feng Zhudai and a new one - Loki, god of mischief and chaos.

To save this world and themselves, they must get to Asgard in time. Of course, it would help if they knew where it was. Then, somehow, when they do find it, they have to steal Thor's Hammer - and everyone knows that stealing things from Gods is a bad idea.

80AD - The Tekhen of Anuket (Book 3) by Aiki Flinthart

80AD Book 3 finds Phoenix, Jade, Marcus and Brynn trapped inside a pyramid in ancient Egypt. No pharaohs here, this is Egypt as you've never see it. Rome has taken over and the country is far from peaceful.

This adventure is the most insane yet. It has everything you'd expect and more: mummies, secret passages, treasure, an evil high priest, human sacrifice, walking undead and more.

Together they must escape the clutches of the high priest of the Egyptian god, Set and release the imprisoned goddess of the Nile, Anuket.

Without Anuket, Egypt suffers endless drought and the country will die. An ancient prophecy predicts 'the Phoenix' to be the savior of Egypt, but our Phoenix doesn't think he's up for it.

To make matters worse, Phoenix and Jade's old enemy, Feng Zhudai, is manipulating the Roman leader of Egypt, weaselling his way into things, trying again to upset the balance of this world by causing chaos.

If they fail to release Anuket and the Nile, Feng Zhudai will win this round and trap them in Level 3 of the game forever.

Above Ground by A.M. Harte

Life above ground is something Lilith has never experienced. When she gets the chance to visit the outside world, to see, firsthand, the monsters that roam the surface, she’s understandably ecstatic. But the infected have a reputation for being dangerous for a reason, and Lilith is about to find out why....

This is the story of Lilith, and her struggles for survival as she is plunged into an unfamiliar world that is far more dangerous than she could ever have imagined.

Akin to Pity by Paul Francis Stewart

Chamberlain Llyr's assassination squads have suffered heavily losses but limp on, bloody yet resolute, to their destination - Caliban's End.

The plot to kill Caliban Grayson has come undone and all the Myr's heroes can do is cling to the tattered threads that bind each of them to a desperate hope for survival.

Akin to Pity is the third book in the Caliban's End trilogy, a sweeping, unconventional epic fantasy penned by Melbourne author Paul Francis Stewart.

The first book and second books in the tale are What Lies Beneath and Into the Endless; both are available on this site.

Alien Among Us by Kim Bellard

Chris Dixon has a problem: he's not sure he is human. He looks human. He acts human. He always thought he was human -- until one day a crazy old man tells him that he is not. Of course, at first he is naturally skeptical, but the old man keeps turning up unexpectedly, in a variety of disguises and knowing more about Chris than he has any right to. The old man, in turn, is relentlessly pursued by a group of paramilitary thugs. To complicate things further, a new love interest -- Ellen Baskin -- conveniently happens along, and Chris can't be quite sure that she won't think he is crazy…or that she might be an alien too. Chris comes to trust the old man -- who calls himself "Pete" -- and does fall in love with Ellen. He comes to realize that future each offers him is very different, and he has to make a choice about staying true to his nature versus staying true to his heart -- a very difficult decision indeed.

Alisiyad by Sarah R. Suleski

Twenty-year-olds Liseli Luenford and Russell Markson are living mundane, disappointing, lonely lives in a small midwestern town, working jobs better suited for high school students. Both want something more from life, though what exactly they cannot name, or even begin to achieve. Liseli finds solace in the Mill, a building on the edge of town, long abandoned and all but forgotten. Russ comforts himself with thoughts of Liseli. One day both of their dreams seem to come true, when together they stumble into a strange otherworld hidden in the doorway of the old Mill. But dark secrets and mysteries from the past haunt the land of Alisiya, and dreams turn to nightmares as the two become entangled in a feud that has spanned decades.

All Things Impossible: Crown of the Realm by D. Dalton

In this first volume of the All Things Impossible series, an ancient evil has returned. An ancient war has resumed. And for the first time in elven history, the Crown of the Realm has been stolen. But young Derora Saxon knows nothing of such things. When she sets out from her village with her best friend Kelin, she knows only that she wants to be a warrior. She does not know the immortal chemmen have escaped the realm of darkness to which they had been banished for millennia. She does not know chemmen armies are already exacting revenge on their hated enemies, the elves, or that chemmen assassins have already killed the elven king and queen. And she does not know that by helping a young stranger, she will be drawn into a struggle that began long before she was born, and take the first steps on her path to destiny. In the fires of an ancient war, a new hero will be forged… To read, click on the image.

Amber Moon by C.L. Bevill

Mirie is a Committee agent and sent to watch a handsome elvish prince. The prince allegedly has the Eyes of the Amber Moon, a dangerous magical artifact, that can be used to destroy the world. She quickly learns that all is not as it seems and the mystery of who she really is is connected to the enigmatic elfish realm. She must fight for herself, the relic, and her love for the halfling prince.

Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium by Robert Rodgers

In an era of bygone anachronisms and steam-powered ambulatory engines, a sharp-witted street thief with a heart of semi-precious metal must match wits with a cryptic cryptozoologist, an amoral assassin, a masked menace, and a secret plot to bring the city she loves to its knees.

Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium is both a cautionary tale against reckless mathematics and an accurate historical account all rolled up into one. In fact, the story is so accurate that you might consider it more a history lecture than an illustrated novel. To download, click download tab at top of page, or read online.

Ashes of Dearen by Jayden Woods

A red-eyed assassin, an unready princess, a sadistic politician, and an adulterous queen all desire the secret behind a magical dust known as safra. Safra is said to bring happiness, but these characters’ quest to obtain it will cost them dearly. All four characters soon find themselves in a violent competition for power that brings their Three Nations to the brink of warfare. And little do they know, their scrambling efforts are being carefully watched by a much greater power: the gods behind the beguiling drug that ensnares them all.

Autumn's Fall by Jaye Patrick

Season of Change Book 3. Akiko Sakamura thought she had an honourable employer. Betrayed, she has only one way to regain face: find the secret lab trying to resurrect Project Genesis. Major Nathan Hawk doesn't believe in 'mystical' powers, even genetically manipulated ones. As far as he's concerned, Akiko Sakamura is, at worst, a criminal, misguided at best. But his boss demands he take Sakamura on the mission. How can he find the lab and destroy it, when they both knows Akiko is a liability?

Avenhal-Return of the Taneen by Bram Floria

In a quiet corner of New England, nothing important ever seems to happen. But with the arrival of fascinating, ancient carved doors, and a mysterious letter addressed to Minda, Evie and Dallas Bridger, adventure is about to explode all around them. In a world far away, unscrupulous men have released an ancient evil. A relentless march to the world of men has begun. The race is on.

Avion - Book One of the Crystal Rose Chronicles by Emma Daniels

When Alecsis Rose finds himself washed up on an unknown beach, he has no idea who he is, or how he got there. Alone in a strange tropical land with people who look nothing like him and don't speak his language, Alecsis has a lot to learn.

Join Alecsis on a magical, danger fraught journey of discovery, as he fights against prejudice and hatred to remember who he is in time to save his friends and the woman he loves from terrible evil.

This book contains wizards, warlocks, knights in shining armour, wicked pirates, damsels in distress, and enough myths and magic to create a legend.

Awake by Egan Yip

What if the whole world was still asleep and couldn't wake up?

Meet Kevin, just a kid who slacks off a lot. But when he stays up all night to finish his homework, he finds everyone else still asleep the next morning!

After failing to wake up his friends and parents, Kevin gets very depressed. But soon things get even crazier when a dog and cat begin speaking to him. The pets have formed an alliance and a searching for a way to save their masters, and they need his help! However, when they start investigating the problem, they are warned of a great danger: the forest animals are coming...and they intend to keep the humans asleep for good! With the help of a few drowsy classmates and some furry pals, Kevin must fend off hordes of wild animals and search for a cure...before he too will fall asleep and never awaken.

Bakkian Chronicles, Book I - The Prophecy by Jeffrey Poole

Griffins, Dragons, and BNPs (Bugs of Nightmarish Proportions). Who knew? It seemed harmless enough. See a mysterious door and step through to see what happens, right? Now stranded in a magical kingdom, husband and wife search for a way home. However, enlisting the aid of the king and queen has given them their biggest shock yet: Royal Babysitters. Some days it didn't pay to get out of bed.

This book is also available from Kindle in Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada, Latin America & Caribbean*, United States, India, Middle East, Africa (surcharge may apply in asterisked regions), Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes.

Betrayal by Christopher Ames

Proud, peaceful and living a simple life off the land; the Stone Axe clan might have been these things once, but with a worsening shortage of food and threats of war from a rival tribe, their survival must come before others. Faced with dirty tactics, desperate measures have become commonplace, and drawing the line long forgotten. As the day of battle draws ever closer all that really matters for two thousand barbarians is not honour, but absolute victory. And among them all is Garrack, an outcast who owes his life to the clan, with a temper but a peaceful tone, who cannot make a difference except, perhaps, in the very worst way.

Birthrights by Christine M. Butler

In the middle of the night Caislyn Vadoma auto-sketches a scene in which her parents are kidnapped from the family bookstore. She awakens in the morning to find that her sketch, a rare glimpse into the future, has already become reality.

Jasmine DeLaney leaves her life behind when an abusive boyfriend puts her in the hospital. She becomes Jaxon, an art consultant in a new town, always looking over her shoulder for the danger she knows will catch up to her eventually.

As Caislyn scrambles for clues to her parents' whereabouts, she casts a spell that leads her to Jaxon. From the moment they meet, the girls are immersed in a world of chaos and secrets. Finding out they are part of a very dangerous prophecy not only has them on the run, but discovering their own hidden pasts as well.

While trying to come to grips with who they are, how they fit into this prophecy, and where Caislyn's parents are the girls must also face the fact that the stalker vampire who appears to be helping them, may just be putting them in more danger.

This book is also available from Diesel, Barnes & Noble and from Apple for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on a computer with iTunes.

Black Crusade by Ari Marmell

They moved through a world of endless mist, and the mist moved around them in turn. It cradled them like a mother guarding an errant child—or a cyst forming defensively around an intruding splinter.

The vardos of Clan Hanza, late of Barovia, originally of gods-alone-knew-where, appeared single-file from the sea of white. Gypsies, they were called by some; Vistani by others, who pretended to know them. They trod the Mists via paths invisible to other mortals, heard the deep secrets of the world whispered on the winds, and Saw truths to which others remained blind.

Today they followed a road—if road it could be called—well known to them. Each of their great wagons swayed, the wheels running across divots and potholes unseen in the heavy fog. The bright paints that rendered each wagon distinct from the next were muted, as though viewed through cataracts. The creaking of the wheels and the jingle of the harness bells were muffled, barely audible from one vardo to the next. Even the scent of the horses seemed to waft from afar, as if carried by some distant wind, rather than from the animals a mere few feet away.

The horses shivered, and not just from the clinging cold and damp. They wore blinders so they might not realize that they moved through the proverbial kingdom of the blind. Be-fore each team of two walked a young Vistani girl, one hand on her horses' halters to guide them. Blouses and skirts of white blended perfectly with the surrounding haze. The girls went barefoot, that they might feel the path beneath them, and many walked with eyes firmly shut. It made no real difference in the Mists, and besides, these were Vistani. The Hanza always traveled thus, and they needed no eyes to See.

The Black God's War by Moses Siregar III

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Her father-king wants war.

Her messianic brother wants peace.

The black god wants his due.

She suffers all the consequences.

King Vieri's war against the lands of Pawelon rages into its tenth year, and with the kingdom's holy savior, his son Caio, en route to the fighting in the storied canyon, victory ought to come soon. Feeling abandoned by his god, King Vieri forces young Caio to lead his army to victory.

The Black One, Lord Danato, tortures Lucia with nightly visions promising another ten years of bloodshed. She can no longer tell the difference between the waking world and Danato's nightmares. Lucia knows the black god too well; he entered her bed and dreams when she was ten.

As the epic battles rage, Lucia struggles to understand the messages of The Black One, while Caio wrestles with his conscience: Can someone who only wants to heal the world bring himself to kill another man? This book is also available from Kobo.

Black Mask & Pale Rider by Tim Holtorf

Elven magic meets gunslinger grit. What happens when two elven travellers find themselves in the United States in the middle of the Civil War? The Adventures of Black Mask and Pale Rider tells the story of two elven women whose curiosity gets the better of them.

The wild ride takes them from the Union to the Confederacy and back again. Along the way they make enemies and friends and learn a little bit about this world, and about themselves. An adventure of six guns and sorcery.

Black Moon (Moon Trilogy Part I) by C.L. Bevill

Donovan is a werejaguar sworn to fight against his enemies, the dreaded werewolf clan - the Whitelaws. Isabella is an uncommon librarian, a member of the Committee. When she faces down the Whitelaws to retrieve a very dangerous book, she encounters Donovan and their lives will never be the same.

Blood and Bronze by David Guyton

The price of this novel is regularly $.99 to download, but it is FREE on Smashwords by entering coupon code CC73Y at the time of checkout.

The doom of the western world is on the horizon. Hope that was promised has turned to dust, and the violent storms of rebellion begin. Beings from hidden realms demand their freedom, or threaten all of mankind with their legions of the dead. Will Medora fall to shadow and flame? Or can our heroes bring the light of freedom to the fallen realms?

Bone Shop by T.A. Pratt

Marla Mason is the chief sorcerer of Felport, a woman who's tangled with gods and monsters and come out on top (if a bit damaged in the process). But she wasn't always a formidable engine of brute force and pragmatism; she started out alone, in a strange city, without allies or any more power than the average teenage runaway on the street. Marla was always willing to do anything necessary to survive, and it didn't take long for her to stumble into a world of magic, danger... and even the occasional moment of grace. Bone Shop tells the story of Marla's evolution from runaway to sorcerer's apprentice to mercenary magician and beyond. Fans of the urban fantasy series from Bantam Spectra that began with Blood Engines will find surprising secrets revealed about Marla's past, and new readers can get to know the character from the very beginning.

The Book of Deacon by Joseph Lallo

Myranda is a young woman more interested in staying alive than being a hero. Orphaned by a continent-spanning war that has gone on for decades too long and shunned for failing to support it, she has been on the move since she was only a child. One can hardly blame her when she thinks that the chance discovery of a fallen soldier's priceless cargo is the moment that will change her life. No one could predict just how great that change would be. It will lead her through an adventure of rebels and generals, of wizards and warriors, and of beasts both noble and monstrous. Each step of the way will take her closer to the truth of her potential, of the war, and of the fate of her world.

This book is also available from Kindle in the United States, Africa*, Australia, Canada, India, Latin America & Caribbean*, Middle East,* (surcharges may apply in asterisked regions), from Barnes & Noble, from Diesel, from Kobo, and from Sony. It is also available to customers in the U.K. from Amazon UK.

Bound in Stone: Volume One by K.M. Frontain

Tehlm Sevet, the Shadow Master, the most potent summoner the world has ever known and the Earth Goddess’s valued slave; she has sent him to conquer the coastal kingdoms of the northeastern crescent where her worship has been eschewed, and he must risk all peril, even the destruction of his immortal soul. But a child walks the earth who should not have been born and he will set himself in Sevet’s path and do his utmost to thwart the Goddess’s will. This child will become the man predicted to destroy the Shadow Master. This is Herfod’s story. (Second Edition. Content warning: Adult fiction.)

The Breaking by Dusk Peterson

The prisoner knew that the Eternal Dungeon was a place where suspected criminals were broken by torture, and he was prepared to hold out against any methods used against him – except the method he could not anticipate. . . . The Breaking is a sample novella from The Eternal Dungeon, a historical fantasy series set in a land where the psychologists wield whips.

Bridge at War by Trevor Hopkins

A prequel to New Bridge to Lyndesfarne, Bridge at War is set in 1946, immediately after the end of the Second World War. The story follows three young men - Tom, Alistair and Bram - who were comrades in the Army during the war. Bram gently introduces the world of Lyndesfarne to the others, and engineers their recruitment into the Guardians, one of the secretive organisations whose purpose is to protect the crossing to Lyndesfarne.

Bridge of Stone and Magic by Trevor Hopkins

Bridge of Stone and Magic is partially a prequel to Bridge at War, set in Napoleonic times, when the original Lyndesfarne bridge was being constructed. It is also partially a sequel to Death on the New Bridge, set in the present time, with Kevin, Bret and Tanji investigating a suspected new crossing between the worlds, a crossing which was supposed to have been closed permanently several centuries ago.

A Bridge of Time by Lou Tortola

Was it physics, mysticism or maternal bonds that transported William back into 19th Century America? Will his love for his modern day family be strong enough to grant his return passage to the second millennium or will the Natural Bridge tie him to a past he never knew? "Lou Tortola's wonderful imagination keeps each scene moving, always leaving the reader wanting to turn the page". -- Eillen Kraatz, Author of A Spy in the Nursing Home. "This is a powerful time-travel fantasy and gripping tale of love and family. Tortola is a promising new novelist!" -- Tony Frassand, Producer, Former CNN Anchor.

The Broken World - Children of Another God by T.C. Southwell

In a perfect world, the breaking of the laws brings retribution to the alien race - Truemen. A girl befriends a denizen of this strange land, not knowing that she holds the key to her people’s fate. Truemen hate the immortal Mujar and cast them into Pits, and the Hashon Jahar sweep across the land, slaughtering all in their path. One thing is certain: Truemankind is doomed unless fate changes.

This book is also available from Kindle in India, Australia, Middle East, Latin America & Caribbean*, United States, Africa, Canada. Surcharges may apply in asterisked regions.

The Buried Pyramid by Jane Lindskold

Offered by Tor Books. Requires free registration on site. An archeological suspense novel set in the time of Queen Victoria.

Butcher Bird by Richard Kadrey

Spyder Lee is a happy man who lives in San Francisco and owns a tattoo shop. One night an angry demon tries to bite his head off before he's saved by a stranger. The demon infected Spyder with something awful - the truth. He can suddenly see the world as it really is: full of angels and demons and monsters and monster-hunters. A world full of black magic and mysteries.

These are the Dominions, parallel worlds full of wonder, beauty and horror. The Black Clerks, infinitely old and infinitely powerful beings whose job it is to keep the Dominions in balance, seem to have new interests and a whole new agenda. Dropped into the middle of a conflict between the Black Clerks and other forces he doesn't fully understand, Spyder finds himself looking for a magic book with the blind swordswoman who saved him. Their journey will take them from deserts to lush palaces, to underground caverns, to the heart of Hell itself.

Call of the Herald by Brian Rathbone

Book One of The Dawning of Power trilogy. Echoes of the ancients' power are distant memories, tattered and faded by the passage of eons, but that is about to change. A new dawn has arrived. Latent abilities, harbored in mankind's deepest fibers, wait to be unleashed. Ancient evils awaken, and old fears ignite the fires of war.

The Castle of Secrets by Michelle Siva

"About 3 yards away I stopped, wondering what had changed about him. Looking closely, I noticed his skin shimmer, particles constantly moving around and around his skin. I slowly backed up, but it was too late. With lightening speed, he reached out and grabbed my arm in a vise like grip." Alyssa, a regular 15 year old girl, has never stayed in one place for more than a semester. It's not her fault, and frankly she has no idea why she has to go through with it, but she goes along with the flow, except when she shows up at Duncan High School. Her English teacher and a newly found friend named Tristan show who she really is: magical.

The Code Breaker by Rachel Hatch

Marin Lindrine lives in a world where she knows things are not always as they seem. Manuscripts contain hidden messages, couriers carry encoded news of the war, and even Mr. Rosings, the man who saved her from a life from poverty, may be hiding something from her. But Marin too is caught up in something much too large for her trusting temperament. Forces have mobilized to snatch Marin from the shadows of obscurity and launch her into the heart of the pivotal conflict that will decide the future of Mykolia. Journey back to the beginnings of Mykolia to a time when the world was new, when myth was still reality, where the trees and mountains still bore the marks of the kings and queens who lent their craftsmanship to their formation, and where even Marin Lindrine herself may be more than what she seems.

The Confederacy of Heaven by Margaret Taylor

There has been no rain for two hundred years. Nasan Rattlingbones has been exiled from her clan and left to fend for herself in the waste. She discovers she may be at the heart of a heavenly conspiracy involving the curse on her world.

The Coranite Chronicles: The Judge by Egan Yip

The Judges are a secret order. As assassins of justice, they command the elements and wield powers beyond all imagination. They can never be seen, never be touched and never be killed. They seek to destroy evil and evil alone.

They are fictional characters in a fable, simply part of a story used to impress morals upon children. That is what everyone believes. And that is what Darek believes—until he sees one for himself!

Stuck in the industrial slums, Darek Wayker has scraped up a meager living for the past three years by working as a delivery boy. However, an unexpected meeting with one of the mythical Judges spins everything out of control: he is arrested, put on trial and sentenced to death for a crime he never committed. With the help of his friends, Darek escapes alone to a distant planet, far from the reaches of the Federation. But is he any safer?

Much to his surprise, Darek soon discovers he is trapped on a post-apocalyptic world where fearsome monsters lurk at every corner and all traces of civilized life have vanished. Unable to go home, he wanders through the desolate land and stumbles across two others—a ruthless killer and a reckless heroine—who are also stranded on the planet. Together, they embark on a wild journey that takes them across the continent…to a place they never imagined possible. With only a handful of unlikely allies by his side, can Darek escape the perilous world?

Corvus by L. Lee Lowe

In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy. Zach is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor. Laura is a homo sapiens. Their story is part odyssey, part tragedy, part riff on the nature of consciousness. Corvus is available as weekly podcasts, narrated by the wonderful Welsh actor Ioan Hefin.

The Crimson Wrath by Grant Salo

In the darkest reaches of the ominous north, a strange and powerful force is brewing. Cities crumble before its overpowering might and tales of madness and despair haunt the once peaceful lands of Oldenor. One fateful night the mighty city of Salanbonia is overwhelmed by the Crimson Wrath. Homes are plundered and set alight and the people are enslaved and forced to mine under unbearable conditions. Can the descedants of the legendary King Rabanar seek out the root of all evil and eliminate it? Or will they fall prey to the cunning traps that lay before them?

The Cyber Chronicles - Book I: Queen of Arlin by T.C. Southwell

When Queen Tassin is forced to flee her kingdom on the backwater planet of Omega V, she has no idea that the strange warrior who helps her is a cyborg; the deadliest hi-tech killing machine ever created. Her world has forgotten the technology that almost destroyed it, but then a freak accident damages the micro-supercomputer that controls Sabre, and he is free to take charge of his destiny…

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Dark Reflection by Daniel Cobb

When Princess Angel finds a mirror in a haunted castle, her dark reflection comes to life. Her simple life shatters – she must find the missing pieces. Unless she puts it back together in time, she’ll fade away forever. Facing Shadow the Witch, she becomes her own worst enemy. Will she be able to defeat the dark side of her soul that she can’t control? Until her heart is broken, it will never be whole!

It’s up to a brave prince (named Paladin) and a white unicorn (named Starlight) to slay the Dragon King, who kidnapped her. Now she has to dream the darkness away, or she’ll be trapped in a nightmarish reality turned upside-down. With the fate of her world hanging by a thread, she gets caught in a web of confusion. Can he save her before it’s too late?

The Darkling Band by Jason Henderson

Offered by Dragon Moon Press. Two best friends in 13th-Century Germany set out across towns, tundra and mountains to find one of the friend’s two sisters, who have been kidnapped by a raiding party of winged men locked in a war with the exploding human population. A fast, violent, big, romantic project—fantasy with sweat and rivets! A race of winged men wreak havoc on Earth and fight for their survival. In the middle of this epic struggle are two friends driven by love and loyalty to opposite sides. An adventure full of surprises, from the creator of Sword of Dracula and Soulcatcher.

Darkside by S.K.S. Perry

James Decker just won’t stay dead. Slain while rescuing a young woman from a would-be rapist, he finds himself in a pseudo-life, caught between two realities, belonging to neither.

Haunted by the ghosts of his father and grandfather, he learns that the woman he rescued is in fact an Innocent, the physical embodiment of hope. As it turns out, seeing dead people is the least of James' worries. It's the trolls, goblins, vampires, and other assorted creepy-crawlies that make being dead a living nightmare.

When a Madness Demon kidnaps the Innocent to sacrifice at the Blood Moon ritual, it's up to James and an odd assortment of Otherworld companions to rescue her. If they fail, humanity will be without hope for the next thousand years.

To succeed, James must first battle his own inner demons, and come to grips with who and what he has become. After all, when you're dead, wishing you were is kind of counter-productive.

Darkside: Waking the Dead by S.K.S. Perry

The sequel to Darkside.

Zombies—in Kingston? Okay, so there were always zombies in Kingston, but now they’re antiquing?

While shopping for Drat’s wedding gift, James and Leanne are drawn into a battle with a biker zombie at Ye Olde Antique Shoppe no doubt looking for that perfect knick knack to set off his crypt.

James and the gang are drawn deeper into mystery as they battle foes on a journey that will lead them from the Isle of Skye, home of Skatha—she who strikes fear—to the Cataraqui Town Centre, the largest shopping center in the greater Kingston area!

It’s a journey that will force James to confront his own conscience as he struggles with his burgeoning powers, and the realization of just what it might mean to live forever. After all, being dead isn’t nearly as much fun as it looks.

Darmorsk: Uprising by Daniel Sampson

The land of Darmorsk is an assailed fortress in the midst of countless lengthening shadows. In the Outer Lands, beneath the infamous Troll Hills, a brave Knight from far off lands arrives at a pivotal time. He is destined to walk the lands, dispersing the evil lurking in their shadows with a powerful weapon of old days. But as he walks the delicate line between justice and mania which always accompanies great power, a darker threat is rising in the dark hills above…

Daughter of the Sea by Mira Zamin

Calista does not know why the sea sings in her veins—or why her parents have affianced her to the insidious Lord Avaritus. She watches, powerless, as he ruthlessly annihilates all she loves.

When Calista tries escape with the remnants of her family, a storm strikes their vessel and Calista is hurled overboard. She reemerges in Atlantis, summoned by the leaders of the undersea domain. The very fiber of her identity shudders after she learns that she is the daughter of Neptune—and not quite mortal.

Despite the manipulation of Atlantis’s leaders and the romantic temptations of a pair of smirking grey eyes, Calista must find a way to return to Portus Tarrus to rescue her family and seek revenge against the man who destroyed everything she held dear.

Daughter of the Sun by Lonnie Ezell

As memories of her mother's horrible death manifest themselves into reality, Elena, a candle-maker cursed with outlawed magic, is forced down a path that pits her against the most deadly men and magic in the land. Johan, her drunken, ex-hero of a husband chases after her but soon realizes that she will have to face this destiny alone, as he is thrust into leadership of a failed rebellion that must stop the Overlord and Duke from destroying the one thing that holds the fabric of their broken lands together.

Dawn of Avalon by Anna Elliott

He would become the most powerful wizard in the history of Britain—Merlin. She would become Britain's most storied sorceress—Morgan le Fay. But before they were legends, they were young. And they were lovers. Together, in the sunlight of one day long ago, they saved a kingdom. Dawn of Avalon. A stand-alone story from the universe of Anna Elliott’s Twilight of Avalon.

Dawn of War by Tim Marquitz

For hundreds of years, the bestial Grol have clawed at the walls of Lathah without success. Now armed with O'hra, mystical weapons of great power, they have returned, to conquer.

Witness to the Grol advance, Arrin can abide his exile no longer. He returns to Lathah, in defiance of death, with hopes to save his beloved princess and the child born of their illicit affair. He finds her unwilling to abandon her people. At her behest, Arrin searches for a sanctuary for them only to be confronted by the Sha'ree, a powerful race long thought gone from the world. Through them, he learns it is not just the Grol that threaten the land.

Empowered by a magic never before seen, the savage nations spread chaos and ruin across the realm. With Lathah under siege, and the world on the brink of cataclysmic war, Arrin must strike a deal with the Sha'ree to take the fight to the Grol, or forever lose his one true love: his family.

Dawning by D.A. Caldwell

The land of Unedea has known peace for many years, but as the kingdoms of the land enjoy prosperity, a threat in the north grows secretly. As this collective of evil searches out the Untouchable Stave, its influence spreads to the many cities of the land.

Arum, a young half-elf living in the countryside of Artemia, leaves his childhood home to seek out a new life and finds unexpected adventure. With a ragtag band of companions, Arum must fight to save the city of Helsing from becoming a beacon of evil.

This is book one of The Untouchable Stave Trilogy.

Daystrider by Jaye Patrick

In an alternative world where myths and legends are real, Daya Scott, Heir to a Gargoan Regency is partnered with a human cop who hates all monsters, but especially her. To solve the brutal slaying of a family, secrets long held will be revealed. And, monster or not, Daya is going to find the killer... but the killer may just find her first.

Death on the New Bridge by Trevor Hopkins

A sequel to New Bridge to Lyndesfarne, Death on the New Bridge once again follows Kevin and Tanji, who are asked by Bret to assist with the investigation of the mysterious death of Andrew Wollack, a microbial epidemiologist who was found in the exact centre of the new bridge shortly after its official opening.

Death's Little Tea Party by Gertrude Teaspoon

It's the end of the world, but absolutely nobody is ready for it. How embarrassing! The catering hasn't been organized in the slightest, and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse are completely ignoring all the well mannered religious warfare going on in favor of opening a strip club. Is this the way the world will end? Not with a bang, but a lukewarm cup of tea?

Delver Magic - Book I: Sanctum's Breach by Jeff Inlo

A rolling tremor passes through the land of Uton signaling a return of long absent magic as well as an ancient evil that accompanies it. Ryson Acumen, purebred delver, senses the changes throughout the land. In his investigations, he learns that legends he considered fables hold more truth than fantasy. The delver encounters elves and learns the Sphere of Ingar, a talisman that captured all magical energies long ago, is free from its tomb in Sanctum Mountain. As violent, evil creatures return to shred the very fabric of reality, the sphere gains awareness and chooses to spew corrupted magical energies to obliterate all life.

The sphere must be destroyed, but it rests within Sanctum, a hollow mountain with a single path to its center. The way to the sphere remains defended by devices created long ago, forged by members of each race to thwart entry to the mountain's core. Those that wish to defeat the sphere must not only overcome these barriers, they must conquer the mistrust which has flourished during the long period of separation. Human, elf, dwarf, algor and delver must reunite to defeat the obstacles that now protect the sphere. Magic, though corrupt, is harnessed to fight off strange beasts of evil that once again walk this land. Once inside Sanctum, representatives of each race face the secrets of the ages that once undone will change their lives forever

Delver Magic Book II: Throne of Vengeance by Jeff Inlo

The Sphere of Ingar has been destroyed and pure magic now flows freely throughout the land of Uton. Magic casters arise as do the dark creatures that need magic to exist in this land. As the land changes and its inhabitants adapt, a growing wind of rebellion leads to potential disaster for all the races. The dwarf queen, Yave, declares war on the algors, blaming the desert dwellers for the tragedy which took the life of her eldest son. She leads a revolution against what remains of her own family. Dwarf separatists eager to assert their own superiority follow blindly as she begins her quest for revenge.

Ryson Acumen, the pure bred delver who saved the land from Ingar's sphere, attempts to intervene. In response, human towns are attacked by the dwarf army of Dunop. Raids against the elves lead to escalated tensions. Even as the algors plan a response to protect their very existence, the elves threaten to unleash their own weapon of sheer terror against the dwarf city. The overriding need that brought the races together to defeat Ingar is gone as the land of Uton fractures into chaos.

Delver Magic - Book III: Balance of Fate by Jeff Inlo

Ryson Acumen finds that his time of service to the Land of Uton and its people is not yet complete. Together with Holli Brances and Lief Woodson, they must work together once more to end a growing threat and to meet their own undeniable destinies. It is not without loss or sacrifice as they struggle to battle grotesque forces of malevolence. Enemies once forgotten return to hold sway over each ensuing conflict.

Under the conniving guidance of the serp Sazar, legions of dark creatures rise out of Dark Spruce Forest. Allying himself with a sorceress of power in the Lacobian desert, Sazar finds the strength to rule and turns his lustful eyes eastward. Targeting the outposts and farmlands surrounding Connel, the serp forms a dark army to bring terror to the humans.

Even as Ryson and his elf friends struggle against such foes, they look to the powerful wizard Enin for aid, but the spell-caster remains withdrawn from nearly every clash. It is within him to decimate the entire horde, but the consequences of such intended actions trouble his very soul. An understanding of balance has taught the wizard more than caution, it has led him to the presence of a being of equal power, but a creature with intentions of malice. Enin's unwillingness to interfere in the choices of individuals is born of the belief that he must allow all those around him to seek their own path. While these paths may differ, each will lead those that travel them to their ultimate fate.

The Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher

Rae Wilder has problems. Plunged into a world of dark magic, fierce creatures and ritual sacrifice, she is charged with a guarding a magical amulet. Rae finds herself beaten up, repeatedly, and forced to make a choice: to live and die human, or embrace her birth-right and wield magics that could turn her into something wicked, a force of nature nothing can control.

Demon Lord by T.C. Southwell

Seven blue wards have imprisoned the Black Lord in the Underworld for aeons. Now he has stolen a human child and made him a mortal god. After eighteen years of torturous training, Bane sets forth to break the wards with aid of a dark army. The Demon Lord will release Arkonen and destroy the Overworld unless an innocent young girl can turn him from his savage path...

Demonsouled by Jonathan Moeller

For fans of Robert E. Howard, David Gemmell, and Raymond E. Feist, here is a new story of sword and sorcery.

Banished for fifteen years, the wandering knight Mazael Cravenlock returns home at last to the Grim Marches, only to find war and chaos. His brother plans a foolish and doomed rebellion. His sister hopes to wed a brutal and cruel knight. The whispers speak of living corpses that stalk the night, of demons that lurk in darkness, and a sinister snake-cult that waits in the shadows.

Yet Mazael's darkest enemy waits elsewhere.

Within his own tainted soul...

First published in 2005 from Gale/Five Star, now updated and revised in a new electronic edition.

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Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner

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An anthropologist and his alienated brother reunite in a Mexico torn apart by earthquakes and revolution to reenact an ancient Mayan myth of the end of the world in this surrealistic fantasy by the author of Frontera. Shiner captures the complexities of both modern and ancient reality in a story that should appeal to general as well as fantasy audiences. Recommended. Library Journal.

Finalist 1989 Nebula Award for Best Novel.

Finalist 1989 Crawford Award for First Fantasy.

Deviations: Appetite by Elissa Malcohn

Volume 2 in the Deviations Series. The Covenant has been destroyed and Crossroads' way of life along with it. The Masari face starvation in the depth of winter. Without Crossroads' tithes, the Basc Yata are equally helpless. In the midst of famine, Promontory and Destiny Farm prepare to conquer the valley.

A secret and uneasy alliance remains the only option. Unwillingly thrust into power, HigherBrook must now trust Gria, the very person who had led the massacre of Crossroads' hunters.

Another partnership proves even more disturbing. As Gria and TripStone plot to destroy Destiny Farm, what began as a fringe militia has expanded into a fullblown Yata army. Destiny Farm's meat keeps Crossroads alive, but every sale bankrupts Crossroads further and increases the risk of Basc's Yata becoming livestock.

TripStone's ticket into Promontory is the meat trader BrushBurn. Each seeks to manipulate the other, but their mutual attraction and unsettling intimacy place both at risk.

Unaware of the fate that has befallen Crossroads, TripStone's comrade Ghost and his pregnant wife Piri search for a home where they can raise their hybrid child in peace. But no place is safe, and Piri risks giving birth in the deepest heart of danger.

Deviations: Bloodlines by Elissa Malcohn

Volume 4 in the Deviations Series. Destiny Farm has fallen. Promontory's people must hunt down the escaped "Farm Yata" or starve, but they must also integrate with the Skedge Yata or their industries will fail. Their very independence relies on dangerous compromises.

Enter Jirado, a Skedge Yata and valued employee of the now-destroyed Destiny factory. Her kin, captured by the Farm before its fall, might yet be alive. But they are at risk unless she can destroy Promontory's hunters. The drive toward integration gives her an opening she cannot resist, and her first target is TripStone.

The other end of the region begins to crack under its own tensions. Crossroads and Basc struggle to maintain peace through controlled predation. Ghost's quest to end Masari dependence on Yata flesh leads to new avenues of cannibalism, while specially-trained Yata soldiers hunt Masari down in the far woods. But their rules of engagement begin to crumble, and a rogue element brings the valley to the brink of all-out war.

Deviations: Covenant by Elissa Malcohn

Volume 1 in the Deviations Series. TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata.

Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increases when he shelters a teenage runaway sickened by fasting.

Their worldview shatters when they harbor a Yata woman raised to be livestock instead of a god. But Crossroads itself is imperiled. Hidden in the far woods, a secret Yata militia is preparing to alter the balance of power.

Deviations: Destiny by Elissa Malcohn

Volume 3 in the Deviations Series.Unrest simmers in the region. Repeated acts of sabotage threaten Promontory's Destiny supply, while Crossroads teeters on the brink of bankruptcy.

Bent on destroying Destiny Farm, TripStone arrives in Promontory as an advance scout for Gria's forces. But the more she learns about that city and its history, the more she doubts her mission. And the more she learns about BrushBurn, the more her feelings for him tear her apart.

Unaware of the mission, Ghost fears TripStone dead as he struggles to protect his new family. The very people hiding them are under pressure to unlock Destiny's secrets, giving Masari control of the drug...

... while back in Crossroads, HigherBrook must find a way to save his people as they face certain invasion.

Deviations: Second Covenant by Elissa Malcohn

The voices of the new generation speak out.

Bless struggles to govern Crossroads, now that her father HigherBrook is gone. TelZodo chronicles the Masari's decline as Yata gain control of the region. Caught up in an unpopular argument for increased predation, he doesn't know what to believe in any more.

Abri, Zai's eldest son and a Preserver, must reconcile his sworn oath to hunt Masari with his growing worship of them. He finally understands the true meaning behind his people's ancient myth of the man who had killed his own kind to feed the predators.

Abri's younger brother Evit, following in Ghost's and Piri's footsteps, stumbles on a way to end Masari dependence on Yata flesh. At long last, he can end the curse that has torn the region apart for generations. But his solution throws the valley into chaos.

He has unleashed a power that could destroy the region utterly, even as more and more Yata and Masari embrace it. And in an atmosphere of murder and political intrigue, only the victor will get to rewrite history.

Deviations: TelZodo by Elissa Malcohn

Vol. 5: TelZodo comes of age in Crossroads. Unable to follow in his parents' footsteps and cursed with sterility, he seeks his salvation and sanity in Promontory. Hobbled by poor health, TripStone's life is equally bleak. TelZodo's arrival plunges them into a battle of wills that leaves them no choice but to face their personal demons together -- if they don't kill each other first.

Die, My Love by Penelope Fletcher

If you had to become a monster to be with the man you loved, would you? Or is that a question you cannot answer? You see, for me the problem was never should I be reborn, but when. That and I knew the moment I saw Ben I would die. Let's be honest, rumors blood drinkers are real have had the world in a grip of terror for years, and I'd always known I was waiting for him. Despite a somewhat excruciating rebirth and a, well, let’s call it a “disagreement” with the Lycanthropes, I am embracing my new world. I'm excited even. But there are ... things about my kind I do not yet know. This frightens me. Whispers of what these creatures really are is one thing, but the reality of what I have chosen to become? That is something else entirely. This book is also available from Kindle.

Dragon Haint by Brad Beals

A mountain sheds its top and crushes flat the little house in its shadow. At the time, the cottage is “brim full” with the Malricke Clan, so without warning, Ebenezer Cornshuck and his ragtag group of companions find themselves freed from their lives of slavery. But this redemption is only the beginning of Ben's transformation into a life of freedom. The rest must be fought for, inch by bloody inch.

Dragon's Pupils - The Sword Guest by Martin Chu Shui

When East and West combine…

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Dragons' Truth by Teel McClanahan III

When two young boys decide to skip school and seek adventure one day, they end up finding much more than they ever bargained for. More than the dragon and the mountain of riches they see at first, one of the boys finds the entire course of his life changed. That boy, Larry, finds himself at the center of an adventure bigger than anything he’d ever dreamed of. And when Larry’s continuing adventure begins to affect his schoolwork, and then his teachers and his entire school, Larry’s not sure what he’s gotten himself into. When the effects of that seemingly innocent day begin to spread throughout - and then to threaten - his entire nation, Larry is forced to take action or face the destruction of the entire human race as a result of a single day of hooky. Contains some violent content.

Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Elven Princess by Wesley Allison

Eaglethorpe Buxton, famed adventurer and story-teller, friend to those in need of a friend and guardian to those in need of a guardian. He is a liar and braggart, not to be trusted, especially around pies. Who are we to believe? Buxton himself leads us through his world as he comes to the aid of… a poor orphan? An elven princess? Who can guess with Eaglethorpe himself telling the tale?

Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Sorceress by Wesley Allison

Eaglethorpe Buxton, famed adventurer and story-teller is back, this time to put on a play about a sorceress. When the sorceress, subject of his play arrives with fire in her eyes, Eaglethorpe must pretend to be his good friend Ellwood. Will he pull off this charade and survive? And what happens when the real Ellwood shows up? One can never tell, especially when Eaglethorpe tells the story.

Eikasia by Illise Montoya

A free web novel, available to read online. Follow the story of Nyx, a werecat, as she aids her friend Elmiryn in her quest for revenge. Humor, romance, and fantasy blend together in an interesting tale about the things we see and the things we don't. "Eikasia--Sometimes, all you need is a little perspective."

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

The kingdom of Ile-Rein lies in peril, menaced by sorcerous threats and devious court intrigues. As the weak King Roland, flattered and misled by treacherous companions, rules the country, only his ruthless mother, the Dowager Queen Ravenna, guards the safety of the realm. But now rumors arise that Urbain Grandier, the dark master of scientific sorcery, has arrived to plot against the throne. And Kade, bastard sister of King Roland, appears unexpectedly at court. The illegitimate daughter of the old king and the Queen of Air and Darkness herself, Kade's true desires are cloaked in mystery. Is she in league with the wizard Grandier? Or is she laying claim to the throne? It falls to Thomas Boniface, Captain of the Queen's Guard and Ravenna's former lover, to sort out who is friend, who is foe in a deadly game to keep the Dowager Queen and the kingdom she loves from harm. But is one man's steel enough to counter all the magic of fayre?

The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker

Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed.

Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious assassin is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her superiors order her to hunt him down. Either they have an unprecedented belief in her skills... or someone wants her dead.

Encala: Book 3 of the Heku Series by T.M. Nielsen

Encala, Book 3 in the Heku Series, finds Emily and Chevalier settled into the palace and life as one of the ruling heads of the Equites begins. The Equites elect Damon to the Equites Council and he immediately finds himself at odds with Emily. Her independence and head-strong personality harshly conflict with his strict nature as one of the ‘old ones’.

As the Council City Cavalry struggles to keep tabs on Emily, the Encala begin their mission to gain her confidence and then jump to drastic measures to pull her into the Encala Faction. The V.E.S. emerges, and come to believe that Emily and Allen are being controlled by the vampires. They quickly intertwine themselves closely with the city outside of Council City, the home of the Equites.

Emily and Allen head to New Mexico to attend the wedding of Emily’s cousin, and find themselves in the company of a strange heku. This heku befriends Emily, and comes to her defense when Chevalier finds out, and the Equites Council threatens to turn against her. Emily’s abilities strengthen, and her immense value as a weapon becomes evident to all three factions and the relationships become more tense and volatile.

Ether by Kristine Williams

The day Daniel Harper inherited his uncle’s old farm, he also inherited a strange key. When he used that key on the cellar door, he found himself not on the rotting wooden steps, but in the path of an oncoming car on a dark city street. He's just stepped into Ether, a world of steam powered cars and wooden ships that sail the skies. The key to going home is the key that brought him there, but he’s left it in the cellar door. Now his best chance of finding the way back is to go along with Ether's most wanted criminal and former bodyguard to the murdered King in the hopes of finding another key.

A Faerie Fated Forever by Mary Ann Graham

A faerie curse means a perfect love awaits Laird Nial Maclee. He must find her and avoid schemes of females lured by the legend. Failure condemns him to craving the love he can’t have or forget. He should wed Heather the Hag who can't possibly be his fated forever. Before his solution sends her to London, Nial should have recalled that faeries can make the impossible the inevitable.

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Fairytale by Maggie Shayne

A chance to believe...

As a boy, Adam Reid stumbled into an enchanted forest - and met a magical lady who showed him his destiny. Now he is a sober and serious adult. And memories have faded of a childhood event that could not possibly have occurred...could it?

Brigit Malone is on a mission - a dangerous, larcenous quest that leads the mysterious lovely into Adam Reid's home...and heart. For sparks fly when her warm ebony gaze meets his sapphire stare - and a passionate enchantment binds them with invisible chains. But it would be insane for Adam to believe Brigit's arrival had been foretold - or that the sensuous minx is truly half-fairy - even as they travel together down an impossible path toward a dire peril only the magic of love can overcome..

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Fifth World by Marya Wolfman

Global warming threatens to destroy the world. Ecologist Meredith Markey sets out on a vision quest through five mythical worlds seeking wisdom of the ancient Anasazi to heal Mother Earth's painful wounds and shield her from Father Sun's burning rays. Illustrated eBook.

The Final Dragonkeeper: Quest for the Relic by José J. Amador

The Final Dragonkeeper: Quest for the Relic is the story of Drake and Madison Wallace, a brother and sister finding themselves in a magical and fantastic situation, and with a destiny to fulfill. Early on Drake and Madison learn there is another world, related to ours, where the reign of Dragonkeepers is coming to an end and where the signs foretelling the arrival of the Final Dragonkeeper are coming true. Quickly they discover that he is the Final Dragonkeeper and she’s his Protector, and together, they are the only ones that can save this other world, the Realm of Faerie, from a former, traitorous Dragonkeeper known as the Evil One.

Drake and Madison then, with aid of a grand advisor, enlist help from a cast of extraordinary creatures and peoples, and of course dragons. The dragons come from seven different clans, each with their own personality and quirk, and although these dragons are well-mannered and behaved, without a Dragonkeeper they would quickly become ferocious and violent. To defeat the Evil One, they go on a quest for the one and only thing that will assure victory – the mythical Dragon’s Eye (which as it turns out has more to it than well…meets the eye.) They encounter great danger along their quest as the Evil One does everything to crush them in his path to absolute rule. But an ancient horror awaits the Final Dragonkeeper, poised to destroy him and end the quest before it even begins.

The Final Song by B. Cameron Lee

You’ve been to University but you are down on your luck. Unemployed, car dead and shortly, no place to live. This is how Chris finds himself. A cassette tape comes to him during a fatal accident, played out in front of where he is sitting having coffee with a friend, and he picks it up unsuspectingly. Later he plays the introductory song and the one following and receives a job offer immediately. Another song played results in an apartment coming his way. Yet another song played results in him getting the car of his dreams. Side ‘A’ is most generous to Chris, resulting in all his dreams coming true and he is on top of the world.

However, human nature being what it is; when is enough, enough? He starts to play side ‘B’ of the tape cassette.

What Chris doesn’t know is that the Devil and his demon children have moved into the twenty first century and contracts are no longer thousand page documents. A tape cassette could be all it takes for the Devil to get your soul. The Final Song is a fast and wicked romp through the world of human foibles, demons, death and a new way of collecting souls. After all, Armageddon is coming and the Devil definitely needs more soldiers.

Findo Gask by Trevor Hopkins

Down these mean streets - and these even meaner tunnels - a Goblin must go; tough, street-smart, one whose pride and honour separates him from the dregs, the scum of both worlds with whom, regrettably, he finds it necessary to associate. A Goblin with contacts both on and below the surface, and on both sides of the Law. A Goblin who gets the job done, asking only his usual fees, plus expenses.

You have a problem? You want it dealt with quickly and very discreetly? Don't want to involve the cops or lawyers of either world? And you can afford the very reasonable fees? Then Findo Gask is the private eye you need.

The First Dragoneer by M.R. Mathias

When two young men go on a hunt that they know will be the last hunt of their youth, they decide they want it to be an unforgettable outing. When they cross a ridge leaving the protection of their kingdom behind, they find a cavern that looks like it needs to be explored. In the cavern they find exactly what they were looking for. In this stony hole lives something they will never forget!

The Fisherman's Apprentice by Rebekah Berry

A simple fisherman's apprentice finds herself in the middle of a war and a race to find the crystal that could end it all. When Raenth realizes the fate of all the Islands of Inoacia rests on her shoulders, she must find the strength within herself to rise to her true calling. Book One in the Islands of Inoacia Series.

Five Falling Eagles by David Leyva

Apocalyptic Fairy Tales For Adults

Flash Gold by Lindsay Buroker

Eighteen-year-old Kali McAlister enters her steam-powered "dogless sled" in a race, intending to win the thousand-dollar prize and escape remote Moose Hollow forever. The problem? Fortune seekers and airship pirates are after her for the secret to flash gold, her late father's alchemical masterpiece.

With a hand-modified rifle and a pocketful of home-made smoke bombs, Kali wouldn't normally hide from a confrontation, but taking on a whole airship single-handedly is a daunting task. Unfortunately, the other racers won't assist her--they're too busy scheming ways to sabotage her unorthodox sled.

When a sword-slinging stranger shows up, wanting to hire on as her protector, she's sure he has ulterior motives, but he's the only one interested in helping her. The question is...why?

A Frequent Traveller's Guide to Jovan by Ellipsis

Welcome to Monsilys…

… capital of an Empire racked by intrigue, facing invasion from abroad and treason from within.

A young Empress recalls her two uncles to the capital, hoping their presence will help her keep her throne…

Cassius, a seasoned military commander with an impulsive temper and a decided preference for the company of men, and

Valentin: politician, diplomat and spy.

Seventeen years ago, their brother the Emperor banished them to separate corners of the Empire for a crime few people know the truth of.

But now they’re back.

A Frequent Traveller’s Guide to Jovan

The adventures of Valentin and Cassius, who face traitors, tyrants, bandits, femmes fatale and manage to prevent roughly as many wars as they start — all in service of the Empire. More or less.

From the Night, the Prince Rises by Rae Lori

For centuries, a group of immortals consisting of Nightwalkers, Lycans and Shifter Elves have lived under mortal eyes. Banning together for safety and survival, they created the group of houses lead by a select group of Patriarchs and Regents. Outside of the mortal realm lives the Aziza fairies. A benevolent race of immortals whose main job is to assist human hunters on their quests. Much of what they know of humans are from their studies and what they know of other immortals are from books about fairytales and mythology.

The world of the mortal realm and the fairy realm are about to collide.

Includes a 3-chapter sneak peek of A Kiss of Ashen Twilight (Book 1 in the Ashen Twilight Series).

Fulcrum Shift by Will Kalif

Fulcrum Shift is a fantasy novel filled with dark terror, mythical creatures, and pulse-pounding, sword-wielding action. The Fulcrum is a magical stone with tremendous power that was created by a race of people now long gone from the earth. They created it and the nine nexus stones to control the earth, but the Fulcrum's power destroyed them and nearly destroyed the earth. The Fulcrum and the nexus stones were buried and nearly forgotten for many generations.

Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur

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