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Good Night Evil

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About Good Night Evil:

Good Night Evil is a collection of five short stories that transcends time and genres. Each tale is a unique world of fascinating characters and their unforgettable stories.
Embraced by the Cemetery: Will the woman who escaped being hanged at the gallows be delivered from evil in the cemetery?Amorosa’s Garden: Amorosa grows magic in her garden that has the power to plant love in peoples’ lives.
Prince of Light: Saint Michael battles with Satan in a fight to rescue the willing from hell.
The bell rang 30 times: Will the peals of the great bell lift the veil of death?
Incorrupt Passion: For eleven years she suffered his death in vain.

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On Deadly Grounds

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On the eve of an international G7 Summit, event coordinator Mattie Maguire discovers that the venue, a century-old estate close to Asheville, NC, is more than simply a picturesque setting. It is also the center of political conspiracies involving a ruthless Russian spy ring that will stop at nothing to steal the massive fortune they believe to be hidden there. The search intensifies and a rogue Russian agent attacks Mattie’s grandmother, still living on the estate. She hovers in a coma, barely clinging to life.

As Mattie struggles to protect her family and ensure a safe event for the most important leaders in the world, her discovery of a fraudulent heir to the estate puts her own life in danger as well. But when her eighty-five-year-old grandfather is kidnapped and held at gunpoint, her path becomes clear. Despite her fear, she must locate the only person who has the information the Russians seek—the estate’s rightful heir, hidden away for decades after the murder of his father. But will the true owner’s return to his childhood home put his life in danger, too?

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The Chameleon Judge: As told to “The Soap Opera Diva”

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About The Chameleon Judge: As told to “The Soap Opera Diva”:

An eeriness is in the air, as a rash of murders has hit the elderly, gay pedophile community. A judge, well respected and admired is struggling to balance his life, family, career and sexual perversions imbued on him from an early age. As shared via an anonymous source; He dons Chameleon like characteristics to disguise, not only who he is, but what he does. Being the conscious professional he is, he seeks out the help of a beautiful young Psychiatrist to help him navigate, mitigate and harness the colors in him that threaten to ruin him, his family and legacy. Can she help him, or will she become infected by the sexual and mental zombies laying claim to him and his family. Read on as we see all of the contributing mayhem from the Chameleon Judge’s past, present and future as they continue the paint his hue.

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Palila

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About Palila:

Growing up Nikki knew the meaning of hardship and disappointment. From her absentee mother, to her unloving father and abject poverty in which they lived. The only succor for Nikki was her grandmother, whom she adored. Her grandmother was her only light in the dreary world until she met Matt, a rich sophisticated older man who introduces her to the world of glitz and glamour.
Would her journey into fame and wealth be all that she envisioned? Or would the darkness that has followed her from childhood penetrate the walls of her castle again?
Find out in this riveting story of love and betrayal.

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A Poor Man’s Supper by Jim Gulledge

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A Poor Man’s Supper by Jim Gulledge

A ballad in prose set in the North Carolina mountains about two people, destined to love each other, but forever doomed to be apart… Vancie Keller is trying to survive on her mother’s failing farm when her life is forever altered by the arrival of two men: Josiah Buckland and Jagger Hill. One, she will love, the other she will marry. Orphaned as a teen, Josiah Buckland came down from the rugged mountains of North Carolina to try to find work and possibly a home. He didn’t expect to find the love of his life. Jagger Hill has secrets of his own. When he comes to town and starts to rebuild, nobody knows him for who he really is, but people will soon learn. Some secrets cannot be kept forever…

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The Cause of Darkness– A Story of the Civil War by John Bebout

About Featured Book: The Cause of Darkness– A Story of the Civil War by John Bebout

THE CAUSE OF DARKNESS blends history with fiction and encompasses a tragic time during the Civil War that residents of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia still call to this day ‘the burning.’ It tells the story of a 16 year-old boy named Teddy Miller who comes of age during this brutal time. Teddy’s single-minded quest to save his father from execution as a spy reads like a grand adventure, full of gun fights, horse chases and 19th century justice. There is even a beautiful Pinkerton detective who plays a major role in Teddy’s exploits. But nearly all the adult characters act solely in their own self-interest and few have Teddy’s welfare at heart. Teddy takes actions to save his father which have consequences that he cannot fully comprehend; and it is the consequences of these actions that drive the novel to its conclusion.

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Meeting Laura – A novel loosely and partially inspired by the life of… by Anna "Annina" Lorenzi

Meeting Laura – A novel loosely and partially inspired by the life of… by Anna "Annina" Lorenzi

“…dedicated to those minds wanting to think, to those hearts wanting to beat, to the brave and the crazy.”

A young writer, a challenge that he can’t not accept and his “crazy” idea to follow that dream with his whole being. In his pocket, a plane ticket for New York, a few bucks, a little bit of fear, and a lot of determination.

A manuscript that he hugs to himself, “as if it were the most important thing on the face of the earth,” a book already written, ready to be consigned to the world, but with a surprise ending that draws the reader in.

A trip with an uncertain outcome, most assuredly unexpected, in order to meet his muse, and to give her his opus, sensations, words, and emotions for a better tomorrow.

An unusual trip, apparently simple, but always intriguing in its “becoming,” narrated among thoughts, memories, emotions, and clear images depicting her, Laura, really that same Laura that the whole world knows and acclaims…

(or maybe not?)

“Meeting Laura” – An “A19” Project
Copyright ©2019-2020 Anna Lorenzi. All rights reserved.

Original Title: “Incontrando Laura – Un romanzo liberamente e in parte ispirato alla vita di…”
Translated from Italian by Starleen K. Meyer

Although the novel is loosely – and only partially – inspired by the life of Laura Prepon, this is a work of fiction, and this book is not authorized and/or endorsed by L. H. Prepon. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, names, characters, businesses, places, locales, and incidents are purely coincidental, produced by the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner.

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Promise’s Letters From The World to Astroworld by Charles Harvey

About Featured Book: Promise’s Letters From The World to Astroworld by Charles Harvey

The ’80s was an era of cute boy bands and singers. Prince, Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears, and The New Edition were just some of the few that made girls swoon. Urban gangs were descending on small-town America. Hattiesburg Mississippi was just such a town. “The Folks” from up north brought their drugs and gang symbols. They also caught the eye of Della and her friend Thelma, a couple of teen girls coming of age. Della falls madly in love with Cheeseburger while he pays her scant attention. What happens when her fantasies take over her heart? Can she face an unpleasant reality?

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Surviving the Fatherland

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Based on the true story of two young people who became heroes, the winner of eight awards – Surviving the Fatherland is the triumphant, epic tale of two youths whose courage and resilience stands for the forgotten childhood of an entire generation.

“This book needs to join the ranks of the classic survivor stories of WWII such as “Diary of Anne Frank” and “Man’s Search for Meaning”. It is truly that amazing!” InD’taleMagazine

Spanning thirteen years from 1940 to 1953 and set against the epic panorama of WWII, author Annette Oppenlander’s SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND is a sweeping saga of family, love, and betrayal that illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the children’s war.

SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND tells the true and heart-wrenching stories of Lilly and Günter struggling with the terror-filled reality of life in the Third Reich, each embarking on their own dangerous path toward survival, freedom, and ultimately each other. Based on the author’s own family and anchored in historical facts, this story celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the strength of war children.

When her father goes off to war, seven-year-old Lilly is left with an unkind mother who favors her brother and chooses to ignore the lecherous pedophile next door. A few blocks away, twelve-year-old Günter also looses his father to the draft and quickly takes charge of supplementing his family’s ever-dwindling rations by any means necessary.

As the war escalates and bombs begin to rain, Lilly and Günter’s lives spiral out of control. Every day is a fight for survival. On a quest for firewood, Lilly encounters a dying soldier and steals her father’s last suit to help the man escape. Barely sixteen, Günter ignores his draft call and embarks as a fugitive on a harrowing 47-day ordeal–always just one step away from execution.

When at last the war ends, Günter grapples with his brother’s severe PTSD and the fact that none of his classmates survived. Welcoming denazification, Lilly takes a desperate step to rid herself once and for all of her disgusting neighbor’s grip. When Lilly and Günter meet in 1949, their love affair is like any other. Or so it seems. But old wounds and secrets have a way of rising to the surface once more.

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Jesus and Magdalene

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Jesus returns to earth and meets activist Magdalene who is fighting for a better world. He finds an extremist ecological group, which is plotting to destroy a maize plantation it believes to be genetical modified. Then, he observes the rise up against a tourist development that is to be built in a forest resereve. Finally, he witnesses an armed conflict between blacks and gypsies.
However, although he limits himself to accompanyng Magdalene attempting only to pacify those in bad terms, even then Jesus is unable to escape the fury of mankind.And only a conman will recognize him.
Using humor, Jesus and Magdalene broaches recente phenomena of social and political conflict.
2020 INDIE READER AWARDS WINNER in HUMOR CATEGORIE

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Arnold Falls by Charlie Suisman

Arnold Falls by Charlie Suisman

ndependent Publisher Book Award Winner
“Arnold Falls has the feel of an instant classic, with shades of Richard Russo and T.C. Boyle but a sweetness and optimism that sets it apart. Charming, delightful, and endless fun” —BlueInk
“Hilarious and poignant…A charming, funny novel.” —BookLife
“Delightful…will make readers want to move to the author’s heartwarming fictional town…incredibly funny.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A quirky ensemble piece, with memorable characters, budding and lifelong friendships and a sharp, good-natured sense of humor throughout.” —Reedsy

Spend time in the funny, oddball village of Arnold Falls, where larger-than-life characters deal with the smallest of problems. Somehow, it all comes out right in the end.

Arnold Falls is a novel that tips its hat to Armistead Maupin and P. G. Wodehouse, creating a world in which food, music, friendship, love, and tending your own garden are connected in surprising ways.

“A madcap environment that reads both as an escapist delight and a tribute to friendships.” —Foreword Reviews
“Brings back fun and enjoyment into the world.” —Feathered Quill Book Reviews

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The Cause of Darkness– A Story of the Civil War

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‘The Cause of Darkness’ is the story of a 16-year-old boy named Teddy Miller set during the last full-year of the American Civil War. Teddy lives with his father and brother in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They lead more-or-less normal lives even while the War rages around them. But everything changes when their farm is burned, and Teddy’s father is arrested and sentenced to hang for espionage. Teddy’s single-minded quest to save his father reads like a grand adventure, full of gun fights, horse chases and 19th century justice. There is even a beautiful Pinkerton detective who plays a major role in Teddy’s exploits. But nearly all the adult characters act solely in their own self-interest and few have Teddy’s welfare at heart. Left without adult guidance, Teddy takes actions to save his father which have consequences that he cannot fully comprehend; and it is the consequences of these actions that drive the novel to its conclusion.

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Open City, Closed Set

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Open City, Closed Set is a comic thriller set in Hollywood during World War II and follows Roberto Balio, an Italian spy sent to the California coast to investigate his predecessor’s disappearance.

Roberto, a charming, handsome man with an innate ability to be trusted, becomes mesmerized by the bright lights of Hollywood, the allure of its beautiful women, and the promise of fame and fortune. When his Nazi superior enlists him in a diabolical plan that will “cripple the American soul,” Roberto must choose between his duty, the strong-willed woman he loves, and his own dreams of stardom.

Brimming with humor and an oddball cast of characters, this unique novel shines a spotlight on Hollywood’s golden age and a lonely man seduced by the American Dream.

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Trinal Academy: Ancient Blood Ties by Erick Phillips

About Featured Book: Trinal Academy: Ancient Blood Ties by Erick Phillips

Deeply rooted in ancient Egyptian mythology, Trinal Academy is a tale of hidden secrets passed down through the blood of afflicted children. It explores the internal struggle of finding oneself, whilst fighting for love amidst an attack from the oldest of evils.

In the unassuming town of Ely, there are bizarre traditions and things hidden within the shadows shrouded in myth and folklore. Things that no high school freshman should ever be exposed to. But unfortunately for Elek Barington, not long after his enrollment into Trinal Academy, myth becomes reality, and old tales become his lessons for surviving it.

At the start of the semester, Elek meets Lucinda Nadir and Sahara Clarice, two female students that are as ravishingly beautiful as they are mysterious. They are polar opposites of each other, but there is a magnetizing quality they share that Elek is drawn to from the very beginning.

Shortly following, high profile senior and sorority captain, Rachel Fergusson, is viciously murdered. Prompting a widespread investigation and generating Elek’s intrigue in the three illusive peer clubs offered at Trinal Academy. He keeps hearing about them, but the way that they’re talked about, makes them sound like an Elitist Cult, rather than the ordinary precollege associations that they are marketed as. Elek doesn’t fully understand why they are so highly regarded in the city of Ely, or why every single member brandishes a very large ostentatious ring on their middle finger, but he’s about to. Because Sahara is driven beyond reason to join the very sorority that Rachel belonged to.

This sets a chain of events in motion, and before he can even process it, Elek is thrust into a dark underworld brewing beneath the perfect exterior of his high school. A world where an ancient supernatural quarrel rages on behind the scenes, and Trinal Academy is at the very epicenter of it all. As Elek ventures deeper into the rabbit hole, he discovers things about his family and the history of mother earth, so shocking, that it permanently alters the coarse of his outlook and his future. But Elek isn’t the only one with family secrets, as he discovers that Lucinda and Sahara are much more than meets the eye. And he learns that his destiny is intertwined with theirs in ways that he could never imagine.

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“Our Bull’s Loose in Town!” Tales from the Homestead by Margaret G. Hanna

“Our Bull’s Loose in Town!” Tales from the Homestead by Margaret G. Hanna

Little did Addie Wright realize what she would face when she came west from Ontario in 1910 to marry her fiancé, Abraham Hanna. Based on entries in Abraham’s diaries, “Our Bull’s Loose In Town!” tells the story of the author’s grandparents as they built their farm and raised a family in the Meyronne district of southwestern Saskatchewan. Through trials and triumphs, sorrows and successes, the horrors of the Great War, the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties and the dark years of the Dirty Thirties, they found strength and courage in their faith, in their indomitable
humour, and in their family and neighbours.

This is also the story of the rise and decline of a prairie village, and of the political and social turmoil of a province and country in the first half of the twentieth century, all as Addie lived it.”

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Wild Hare by Laura Koerber

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Listed as one of the best indy books of 2019 by Kirkus Review: "The story manages to weave together a complex tapestry of themes, from climate change to poverty to what qualifies as morality in a world that’s facing catastrophe. The prose is clear and concise throughout, giving readers a sense of each scene and character through the protagonist’s eyes.
A wrenching, complex novel that any fantasy fan would do well to pick up."
In the year 2032, the US is a one party kleptocracy and the forests are on fire from climate change. Bobby Fallon, half human and half nature spirit of the wild hare clan, fights to protect his little part of the North Woods in Wisconsin.
" Wild Hare is a fast paced work of apocalyptic and dystopian fiction penned by author Laura Koerber. Combining such varied concepts as fantasy and magic with climate change and political domination is no mean feat, but the plot of this adventurous tale does just that," Readers' Favorites

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Charcoal

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“Jess is dead, and it’s my fault.”

Anna Macbeth has spent her whole life trying to escape from her past. She left the rural Yorkshire village where she grew up for life as a family lawyer in London, but what secrets did she take with her?

When a familiar voice telephones her with tragic news, Anna knows that running away is no longer an option, and that she has to return to face her demons.

What led Anna to flee from her home, and what is it that causes her to return?

“Charcoal” unfolds a dramatic sequence of events that demonstrate the consequences of desires.

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Dance of the Restless Soul by Ren’e Fedyna

Dance of the Restless Soul by Ren'e Fedyna

Lola La Fontaine, the rebellious daughter of a rich aristocrat, lives an elegant and sophisticated lifestyle in La Belle Epoque Paris, but at sixteen she will soon be forced to marry one of the richest men in France—a man she doesn’t love. Knowing he will forbid her to pursue her dream to be an entertainer, she defies her father’s wishes and realizes she has no choice. She must escape! But escape to where?
Her dream becomes a nightmare, when Lola finds herself thrust into the gritty Paris underworld of kidnappers and killers.
Her passion is enflamed when she meets Charlie Sloane. Handsome, charismatic and debonair. Lola finds him irresistible, but his deceptive ways plunge her into a life of intrigue and violence.
Is her desire for him worth the price of her life?

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HOW FIRES END by Marco Rafala

HOW FIRES END by Marco Rafala

A dark secret born out of World War II lies at the heart of a Sicilian American family in this emotional and sweeping saga of guilt, revenge, and, ultimately, redemption.

After soldiers vacate the Sicilian hillside town of Melilli in the summer of 1943, the locals celebrate, giving thanks to their patron saint, Sebastian. Amid the revelry, all it takes is one fateful moment for the destiny of nine-year-old Salvatore Vassallo to change forever. When his twin brothers are killed playing with an unexploded mortar shell, Salvatore’s faith is destroyed. As the family unravels, and fear ignites among their neighbors that the Vassallo name is cursed, one tragedy begets another.

Desperate to escape this haunting legacy, Salvatore accepts the help of an Italian soldier with fascist ties who ushers him and his sister, Nella, into a new beginning in America. In Middletown, Connecticut, in the immigrant neighborhood known as Little Melilli, these three struggle to build new lives for themselves. But a dangerous choice to keep their secrets hidden erupts in violence decades later. When Salvatore loses his inquisitive American-born son, David, they all learn too late the price sons pay for their fathers’ wars.

Written with elegiac prose, How Fires End delves into the secret wars of men; the sins they cannot bury; and a life lived in fear of who will reveal them, who will survive them, and who will forgive them.

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Downfall – Book 1 of the Helots’ Tale by David Cairns of Finavon

Downfall – Book 1 of the Helots’ Tale by David Cairns of Finavon

This is a deeply-researched historical adventure story. A true story. It opens in 1814, in the smog-shrouded streets of London. It follows the struggles of Robert Bright and Mary Ann Goulding as they make their way in life. The highs and the lows of growing up, hunger, Dickensian poverty, the resurrectionists, the hustle and bustle of Covent Garden market, riots and Luddites, Newgate prison, a death sentence. They are destined to meet, but not yet. Both convicted of minor crimes within a few months of each other, they are separately transported to Van Diemen’s Land, to serve their sentences. Their stories, with intriguing twists and turns, are interwoven with actual events to create a three-dimensional atmosphere and page-turning historical drama.
The author has created characters that leap off the page and the reader is taken back in time to re-live momentous events that are life-changing for all involved.
Reviewers have commented,
~’the author’s irrefutable ability to bring characters and crucial occurrences to life with his wonderfully descriptive narrative, makes for a most immersive and engaging reading experience’ ~’I’m loving the story and just knowing how important this story is to my being here is quite powerful’
~’found myself transported back in time’.

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