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About Half Notes From Berlin:

Berlin, 1933.
Hans believes he and his family are safe from persecution.

Then, he discovers his family’s dirty secret: his maternal grandparents were Jews who converted to Christianity.

Driven by the desire to understand who he is and whether his mother’s blood is tainted, Hans befriends Rebecca, the only Jewish girl he knows. Perhaps if Jewish blood isn’t evil, his mother will be ok.

To be a Jew in Hitler’s Germany is dangerous.
But to fall in love with one is unthinkable.

Desperate to keep both his family’s true heritage and his love for Rebecca a secret, Hans attempts to navigate this terrifying new world. He’s disconsolate when his Jewish mother is kicked out of the Berlin Conservatory. He’s disgusted by his Aryan father’s aims to acquire Jewish business on the cheap.

Worst, he must watch helplessly as his classmates target Rebecca with increasing violence and malice.

But when his school announces it will expel Jewish students, Hans is determined to fight for Rebecca — and the lives and souls of his family.

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Sylvanus: Book of Alce by R.P. O’Ryan

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Sylvanus: Book of Alce – Rise of the Demon
They thought he was the savior
An ancient prophecy tells of the coming of the Promised One, who would restore peace and harmony to the land. When the twins are born, Michael and Lucero, people believe one will be him.

Lucero travels to the otherworld to spread the word of God, Eyu, where he befriends Dancing Elk, a local native.
When an evil mage meddles, a beast arises, things change, and all belief is called into question. Now, the monster roams, and the fate of all creation is thrust upon Dancing Elk, an unwilling bystander who doesn’t know what to do.

In Rise of the Demon, the trilogy’s first volume, Lucero battles his inner evil during his mission to spread the word of Eyu. In the outerworld, he encounters Dancing Elk, a local native who becomes entangled in the ancient prophecy.
It is up to Dancing Elk to stop the creature’s rampage before all creation is destroyed. The only problem….he doesn’t know how.

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Viral Deceit by Stefan Köbi

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Viral Deceit by Stefan Köbi

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From an experienced scientist comes a timely warning…

Viral Deceit is a pre-dystopian novella covering possible events leading to a truly horrible outcome. The warning applies to any future low-lethality virion release.

Bioweapons are the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. Viral Deceit is a reaction to governments, organizations and citizens of all countries not taking seriously enough the need to find the pandemic origin.

The genesis, development and failure of the Genetic Bioweapon Lab lead to a more focused project. Even the researchers are unaware of the master plan. Ellie, the Chief Scientist, struggles with discrepancies until she uncovers the truth–but it may be too late.

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Merry At The Inn

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A Christmas getaway sounds like her dream come true.

When 46-year-old Bridget discovers a bed & breakfast left to her in her late parents’ will, she seizes the chance to reimagine her life and start fresh on the beautiful wintery island of Colonial Beach.

But from the moment she arrives, it quickly becomes clear that the property needs more than a little renovation. With fearsome winter storms looming on the horizon and an ever-growing list of repairs hanging over her head, Bridget is forced to seek the help of the charming local handyman Anders Simon.

When a harsh blizzard devastates the island, Bridget and her newfound friend are forced to hunker down together and wait for it to blow over. And as they begin to explore the dusty old bed & breakfast, Bridget starts to unravel some surprising family secrets behind her late parents.

Can she restore the bed & breakfast to its former glory? And what will become of the spark kindling between her and the handyman Anders?

With all the feel-good charm of a festive Christmas adventure, Merry at the Inn is a whimsical holiday beach read that’s perfect for anybody who loves clean later-in-life romance, delightful mysteries, and a heartwarming Christmas setting.

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Inspiring Moments: Encouragement for the Soul

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Life is a journey rather than a one-time experience. As we journey through this gift of life we have been blessed to be given, we will encounter many life changing experiences or lessons to be learned. In these moments we can embrace the inspiration and rest that’s available each day. Inspiring Moments: Encouragement For The Soul is a 30 –Day devotional book filled with devotionals on everyday topics and experiences that will bring encouragement for the soul. Inspiring Moments is for both the youth and older age groups. These devotionals are not only encouraging, but they are also Biblical-based lessons with a focus on surrendering to God that will produce the application and transformation we long for. The devotions be a source of inspiration for you and will give you the answers that you need to help you throughout your life. Inspiring Moments is encouragement for today devotions that provides answers for everyday living.

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Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel

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usan is a Jane Austen Prequel (or Pride and Prejudice Variation) brilliantly capturing Austen’s own Lady Susan as a young girl.

As the BookLife review put it for Publishers Weekly: “McVeigh’s prose and plotting are pitch-perfect. Emma mingles with Pride and Prejudice in a delightful confrontation between the two books’ worlds… This Austen-inspired novel echoes the master herself.”

Familiar characters abound – Frank Churchill, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Darcy himself – but Susan – mischievous and manipulative – is the star. This is Austen that even Austen might have loved, with a touch of Georgette Heyer in the romantic sections. Fans of Bridgerton will also relish this classic regency romance, the first in a six-book series.

Sixteen-year-old Susan Smithson – pretty but poor, clever but capricious – has just been expelled from a school for young ladies in London.

At the mansion of the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, she attracts a raffish young nobleman. But, at the first hint of scandal, her guardian dispatches her to her uncle Collins’ rectory in Kent, where her sensible cousin Alicia lives and “where nothing ever happens.”

Here Susan mischievously inspires the local squire to put on a play, with consequences no one could possibly have foreseen. What with the unexpected arrival of Frank Churchill, Alicia’s falling in love and a tumultuous elopement, rural Kent will surely never seem safe again…

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My Beautiful Dangerous by Laila Amlani

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My Beautiful Dangerous by Laila Amlani

“An expertly woven tale of dark romance, tragedy, humor, and suspense.” – Jude McLean, Author

“This book is amazing! I was hooked until the end.” – Jade West, USA Today Bestselling Author

Every sin comes with a price.

I ran away when I was a kid.
Before my family could break me.
Back when I thought I could still be saved.

Now I lie to everyone about who I am.
I lie to myself about the things I’ve done.
My new identity protects me.
But my secrets demand a lonely life.
No man is worth the risk.

Until Chase Hale…

He makes me forget that I’m unwanted.
He makes me forget what I deserve.
He makes me vulnerable.
He makes me weak.

And that’s what makes him Dangerous.

But when he starts making me believe I might be worth saving, that could be the most Dangerous of all.

Because every sin comes with a price, and when my family comes to collect, there will be nothing in this world left to save me.

**This book contains dark themes and language.**

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Take Me To The Rainbow: The Adventure of Joe and Nora In The Beautiful City of Alazka by George Steve

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Take Me To The Rainbow: The Adventure of Joe and Nora In The Beautiful City of Alazka by George Steve

The adventure of Joe and Nora in the beautiful city of Alazka, the rainbow town!
This is the story of Joe and his seven days journey to Alazka known as the rainbow town through the rainbow forests in search of his soulmate who is named Nora. Inside the rainbow forests, Joe encounters many friends along the way who give him different gifts of rainbow colors as presents to the love of his life if he eventually finds her.
In this story, young children will learn about the colours of the rainbow by using repetitions and word associations. This will be the bedtime regular story for your child as this book will help him/her to learn the colours of the rainbow in a very fun and interactive way.
One thing I put in mind while writing this story is your child’s ability to learn the colours of the rainbow. Therefore, To enhance the learning experience of your child, ask your child if he/she knows other items they can name that are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, as Joe goes through the rainbow forests to meet Nora at Alazka.
This love adventure is a charming picture storybook for children aged 3-18 years and this is the very best book to teach your child to learn the colours of the rainbow in a very fun and interactive way.

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My Beautiful Dangerous by Laila Amlani

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“An expertly woven tale of dark romance, tragedy, humor, and suspense.” – Jude McLean, Author

“This book is amazing! I was hooked until the end.” – Jade West, USA Today Bestselling Author

Every sin comes with a price.

I ran away when I was a kid.
Before my family could break me.
Back when I thought I could still be saved.

Now I lie to everyone about who I am.
I lie to myself about the things I’ve done.
My new identity protects me.
But my secrets demand a lonely life.
No man is worth the risk.

Until Chase Hale…

He makes me forget that I’m unwanted.
He makes me forget what I deserve.
He makes me vulnerable.
He makes me weak.

And that’s what makes him Dangerous.

But when he starts making me believe I might be worth saving, that could be the most Dangerous of all.

Because every sin comes with a price, and when my family comes to collect, there will be nothing in this world left to save me.

**This book contains dark themes and language.**

This Romance book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print

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Augland

About Augland:

No matter how hard she tries, Ashton cannot keep her head down. Not after Sheva is dragged off a train in front of her.

Augland 54 is the Pacific Northwest’s most extravagant theme park. Those with Suits choose the body they want and live the life of their dreams…and those without Suits work for the Artificial Existence Center, or AEC. As long as the workers keep their heads down, Augland provides food and shelter from the post-war world outside its domed walls.

When Ashton is sent to the new Land of Legends park, she discovers that Augland is keeping secrets—inside and outside of its walls—and they’re more violent than she ever expected. So she decides to fight back. After all, if Augland is going to make her dress up as a red-headed warrior princess, then she’s more than willing to become one.

In a corporation-ruled world inhabited by the augmented bodies of the wealthy, securely cut off from the rest in life-extending pods, Ashton exposes the sham of corporate success and refuses to remain a cog in the machine. The only thing that matters now is freedom.

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The New Mythic: A Sci-fi & Fantasy Collection by Precipice Fiction

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The New Mythic: A Sci-fi & Fantasy Collection by Precipice Fiction

A brand new anthology full of chilling horror, apocalyptic sci-fi and awe-inspiring fantasy worlds. Six writers, six worlds, six incredible stories.

Now with six beautiful full-page illustrations included in both Digital & Paperback versions!

A pathfinder must navigate his way through intrigue and deceit in the crumbled remains of civilization. A bloodcurdling whisper follows two young siblings looking for their lost father in the bowels of a dark mine deep beneath the earth. A warrior clan tracks a ship full of riches, though when blood spills old debts arise and loyalties are tested. A man before his time alters history irreversibly with his human-like machine but dissatisfaction follows, threatening to disrupt the AI orchestrated paradise that everyone “should have” been happy with. Four mates unwittingly party through the evacuation of Sydney and must now find their way to safety through the zombie horde. A young survivor of the clan war finds a priceless artifact, but when he attempts to barter it with the emperor, he discovers that the most powerful man alive wants something else entirely.

Award-winning, diverse and international young writers bring to you the carefully crafted and unique voice of modern speculative fiction. Get your digital copy now or order a paperback from anywhere in the world!

The collection includes six stories in total:

Cooling Engines by James Healy

Glyphlight by Matan Elul

The Traitor by Paddy Boylan

Enter Elias Schmidt by Phoenix Raig

Town Hall Steps by Alex Eldridge

The Stolen Sword by Alexandria Burnham
204 pages, Kindle Edition

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Victor’s Blessing

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A 6’5″ Half-Osage blacksmith is an unlikely hero for a Civil War story. But many things about Victor’s Blessing are unusual. Set in 1830 in the quaint French and German village of Ste. Genevieve Missouri, Victor Gant’s life is full of twists and turns. Orphaned and uneducated, he pulls himself out of poverty and into the halls of the patent office in Washington D.C.
He marries the town beauty, has 6 children with her, and everything is blessed. But blessings like life can be fleeting. When the war breaks out Victor will have to make choices, and to keep one promise another must be broken, forcing him to bestow an agonizing blessing of his own.

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Friendship or Foul Play

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Sometimes, being the best means putting your team first…

Taylor is a rising basketball star determined to win the most valuable player award. But when a talented new student joins the team, life gets a lot more complicated. Positions are challenged and friendships are tested.

How can she focus on basketball? Her parents are fighting, her brother is a pain, and there’s a toddler and puppy to deal with. Everything is a priority, except for her.

As she struggles through challenging new situations, strained friendships, and troubles at home, can Taylor discover how to put her team first and still win?

Friendship or Foul Play is an exciting, heartwarming story about a girl struggling to learn what being part of a team (and a family) really means. It’s a contemporary coming of age chapter book, ideal for middle grade readers aged 8-12.

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The Voice of a Phoenix

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There have been numerous times when I had the choice of taking my life. I have known pain. But I also know love, hope, and life. If you are in a similar situation, please consider reading my book. I know it will help you because it helped me. Writing this book save my life and I hope it can help you too.Suicide is something that is not talked about enough. It is a Social Illness that is taking lives younger and younger. Veterans that gave their lives for our country, and anyone. This is not an issue that discriminates, and we need to act now. You are not alone
Call National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 or the Military Helpline (get help) 888-457-4838 or text 988.
We want to see you shine.

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In The Name Of

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A fast-paced crime Thriller in the tradition of Lee Child. In The Name Of

A woman returns to London looking for revenge and a way to die. Crawling back into the world of organised crime her murdered husband left behind, she seeks those that killed him and a chance at redemption. She faces childhood demons and past loves on her violent way to finding peace for her own misdeeds.

He wants a way to ease into death. His past is violence, his present is hurt and his future leads only to destruction. He owes a debt to people he loved. A meaning to exist comes from his murderous past.

In The Name Of by Ben Dunn: unforeseen revenge and redemption REVIEW simplygoodbooks.co.uk

A driven woman returns to avenge her husband’s death. An old flame endures brutality and unrequited love. Together they face a terrifying ordeal of life or death.

In The Name Of introduces us to two most unlikely heroes, or should I say anti-heroes. Charlotte, a slender but lethal woman driven by the need for revenge. Raucous, a battered, defeated, violence-for-hire nobody, whose greatest assets are his stubbornness and his ability to take a beating like no one else.

Characters’ inner lives
What I particularly admired about this book was the wistful, regretful, yearning tone of the writing which elevates the story out of the formulaic. We see into the minds of the characters and the alternating voices of Charlotte’s and Raucous’ perspectives gives us a painful insight into their lives and motivations.

In other novels, Raucous would simply be the stupid muscle in the background, taking orders to administer pointless violence. Here, we meet a character who would still repel and appal us, but by glimpsing his inner life we see the man inside wrestling with a decision to attempt the greater good.

Writing a female character administering violence is often a tricky one. So many female characters become one-dimensional, unscrupulous villains. By revealing Charlotte’s thoughts and motives this is avoided, and we feel her doubts and pain, as well as her obsession.

Tense conclusion

Despite the bleak, hopeless prospects facing the unlikely alliance of Charlotte and Raucous, with seemingly no way out of their doomed situation, they never give up. The plot unfolds gradually and builds the tension cleverly. It’s an unusual but satisfying story.

I would recommend In The Name Of to those of you who enjoy fairly raw crime fiction with a human element, provided skillfully through insight into the characters interior lives. It’s not Miss Marple but its much more sophisticated than the ‘shoot-em-up’ genre.

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Use the law of Attraction to Create the life of your dreams

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The Law of attraction is a skill that works that we must learn to develop to achieve our goals and dreams in life.

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The Ghost Whisperer’s Assistant

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Hannah is stubborn and outspoken, and no one will stop her from being who she wants to be.

Hannah left London to live with her cantankerous nan in the country, who isn’t all she seems.
In the first twenty-four hours, she witnessed a ghost dragged into a portal and discovered she was psychic. If that’s not enough, Hannah finds herself investigating two murders. If only the spirits of the victims could tell her what happened. Did she think it would be that easy?

Finding a connection between the murders was one thing after so much time had passed; avoiding being the third would be more challenging. At the same time, adjusting to country life had its hazards in the form of a charismatic eco-warrior who had caught Hannah’s eye, drawn to the individual that everyone agrees is a bad choice.

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Irrelevants An Uneasy Peace, book 2 by Geoffrey Robinson

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Irrelevants An Uneasy Peace, book 2 by Geoffrey Robinson

As the leadership of the three spheres, with the support of their populations, begin to subdue the insurgency, Celta and Tilt continue their search for bad actors across Earth Agency controlled space. The most dangerous of their targets, with his daunting skills at prosecuting war, is a misguided Ventian warrior who has been convinced his contribution to the insurgency is an honorable pursuit. His physical attack on her partner has made his termination an obsession for Celta; to the point she’s been relieved of her assignment by the Ventian Lord of War. Now the Ventian Warrior has gone to ground, and it will take all the detectives’ skills, and more, to track him down and end his imminent threat to the spheres.

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The Christmas Clue

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Christmas brings out excitement, joy, and love of family. For siblings, Ryan and Natalie, it does even more than that. It stirs up anticipation and friendly competition because when Santa visits their house, he leaves clues. He hides them under couches, in cookie jars, outside in the snow, and even in the bathtub. Santa doesn’t simply drop off the presents and leave like usual through the chimney. At Ryan and Natalie’s house, he gives them the thrill of a Christmas morning scavenger hunt. It’s a mad dash after all the other presents are opened, as they take turns reading clue after clue and rhyme after rhyme in hopes to find their last gift.

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Learning How to Fly by Britt Lind

Learning How to Fly by Britt Lind From the time she was three years old living in Norway, Britt loved animals and surrounded herself with them. When she moved with her family to America, she discovered she also loved performing. But she had … [Continue reading]

Christmas with my Best Friend’s Brothers by Kai Lesy

About Featured Book: Christmas with my Best Friend's Brothers by Kai Lesy I should have declined my bestie's invite to the Bishop’s annual Christmas skiing trip. In the breathtaking French Alps.... With the even more breathtaking Bishop … [Continue reading]

The Billionaire’s Pet by Ivy Layne

About Featured Book: The Billionaire’s Pet by Ivy Layne Abigail I was in big trouble. The biggest. Running out of time, I turned to him. Jacob Winters promised he'd solve all my problems. All I had to do was become his pet. With some men, that … [Continue reading]

Brother Against Brother, Civil War by Steven D. Shepard

About Featured Book: Brother Against Brother, Civil War by Steven D. Shepard Brother Against Brother, Civil War is a historical fiction novel about the experience of Captain Douglas Ivey (CSA) at the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana. In this sibling … [Continue reading]

A Christmas In Nantucket

About A Christmas In Nantucket: Some secrets are meant to stay hidden. Zoe’s life is a lie. For as long as she can remember, she’s lived with her parents in the quiet town of Nantucket, helping them run their inn. But when she makes a shocking … [Continue reading]

Remember Our Names by Laurencia Hoffman

Remember Our Names by Laurencia Hoffman His wife’s murder has long since become a cold case. Twenty years ago, Detective Hector Silva’s wife was brutally killed. Despite his tireless efforts to capture her assailant, every lead turned out to be a … [Continue reading]

My Demon, My Jesus: An Extraordinary, True Story of Surviving Suicide, Defeating Depression and Demonic Oppression, and Discovering Real Joy by Blue Tapp

My Demon, My Jesus: An Extraordinary, True Story of Surviving Suicide, Defeating Depression and Demonic Oppression, and Discovering Real Joy by Blue Tapp A near-death experience, a botched suicide that worked… then didn’t. God had another … [Continue reading]

Fallen by Patrick Abbott

About Fallen by Patrick Abbott: An Adventure Into the Stars and the PTSD Mind Intelligence Officer Brendan Sean Murphy has served his country on the Middle East and Central Asia battlefields. However, his hard-won successes overseas came at the … [Continue reading]

Shem’s Quest by Bill Eckel

Shem's Quest by Bill Eckel The time of Tierra's awakening, the sleeping Goddess of the Central Lands, approaches. The once-in-a-hundred cycles Ascendency of Mieze, Goddess of the Western Lands, also nears. If Mieze can prevent the raising of her … [Continue reading]

Uncovering Lily by Rene Webb