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Justina: Daughter of Spartacus

About Justina: Daughter of Spartacus:

Justina. A name lost to history. A young girl, barely a woman, raised in the Roman elite. When her true identity is discovered, the revelation will send her world spinning and propel her down a path toward her destiny…and Julius Caesar.

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Every House is Haunted

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*Includes “The House on Ashley Avenue,” currently in development as a NETFLIX FEATURE FILM!

There are haunted places in the world, all existing in reality and every bit as tangible and accessible as the house next door. Sometimes it is the house next door.

In this brilliant debut collection, Ian Rogers explores the border-places between our world and the dark reaches of the supernatural. A mysterious double murder draws the attention of an insurance company with a special interest in the paranormal. A honeymoon cabin with an unspeakable appetite finally meets its match. A suburban home is transformed into the hunting ground for a new breed of spider. A nightmarish jazz club at the crossroads of reality plays host to those who can break a deal with the devil…for a price. With remarkable deftness, Rogers draws together the deadly and the disturbing in twenty-two showcase stories that will guide you through terrain at once familiar and startlingly fresh.

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The Curse of Conchobar by David Fitz-Gerald

The Curse of Conchobar by David Fitz-Gerald

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Banished by one tribe. Condemned by another. Will an outcast’s supernatural strengths be enough to keep him alive?

549 AD. Raised by monks, Conchobar is committed to a life of obedience and peace. But when his fishing vessel is blown off-course, the young man’s relief over surviving the sea’s storms is swamped by the terrors of harsh new shores. And after capture by violent natives puts him at death’s door, he’s stunned when he develops strange telepathic abilities.

Learning his new family’s language through the mind of his mentor, Conchobar soon falls for the war chief’s ferocious daughter. But when she trains him to follow in her path as a fighter, he’s horrified when his uncanny misfortune twists reality, causing more disastrous deaths and making him a pariah.

Can Conchobar defeat the darkness painting his steps with blood?

The Curse of Conchobar is the richly detailed prequel to the mystical Adirondack Spirit Series of historical fiction. If you like inspiring heroes, unsettling powers, and lasting legacies, then you’ll love David Fitz-Gerald’s captivating tale.

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The Adirondack Spirit Series is an epic, multi-generational family saga, and it all starts with this ancient ancestor, Conchobar. Are supernatural tendencies hereditary? If you guessed yes, maybe you are descended from old souls too.

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She Sees Ghosts by David Fitz-Gerald

She Sees Ghosts by David Fitz-Gerald

A sixteen-year-old with a mystic bloodline. The bloody aftermath of tragedy. Can she master her powers before she loses her grip on reality?

Vermont, New Year’s Eve, 1799. Mehitable Munch basks in a life full of small blessings. Content to grow up slowly in her frontier hometown, the teenager is more focused on building friendships than on her uncanny ability to see the dead. But when a devastating fire kills her entire family, the grief-stricken girl finds herself haunted by a vengeful specter.

Desperate to preserve her sanity, Mehitable flees the village at the edge of the lush woods for a hardscrabble settlement high in the mountains… only to be horrified when she’s pursued by a horde of spirits. And as the soul of the man who caused her home to go up in flames turns demonic, the novice seer frantically searches for a way to purge him from this world.

Can Mehitable set the haunts to rest before she joins them in the afterlife?

She Sees Ghosts is the spine-chilling third book in the Adirondack Spirit Series of supernatural historical fiction. If you like misunderstood heroines, paranormal mysteries, and bittersweet endings, then you’ll love David Fitz-Gerald’s sweeping epic.

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We Are The Storm by John C. Stipa

We Are The Storm by John C. Stipa

Walt Unitus is a decent man trying to navigate the turbulent waters of life. He is plagued by bullies, learning disabilities and depression. But he forges ahead, determined to take care of his family, despite the relentless despair that drags him to unbearable depths, so deep that he contemplates suicide. His family comes to his aid and a fierce battle begins. Will Walt’s demons overwhelm him, or can a family’s love make a difference?

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SOUL OF JUBIE WALKER by D. Davidson – R. Marcano

SOUL OF JUBIE WALKER by D. Davidson – R. Marcano

An entity between two worlds is haunting fifteen-year-old Jubie Walker. This restless spirit of a soldier who died during World War II seeks to claim back his reincarnated soul from Jubie Walker. Jubie is plagued almost nightly with horrible dreams that stem from the last living days of Sergeant Reese Cochran.

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The Legend Is Born by Gerald R. Knight

About Featured Book: The Legend Is Born by Gerald R. Knight

This free book is an introduction to the series Legends of Ḷainjin

This faraway, pre-contact story begins with Helkena, a young, still untattooed girl enduring a typhoon crashing over the only island she has ever known. Her home is Wōtto, one of the dry, windswept atolls of the northern Marshall Islands. The newborn infant Ḷainjin has just been entrusted to her care by his mother, who has sailed her fleet of proas into the open ocean to save them from certain destruction.

Helkena, having barely survived the storm, must now travel to Naṃdik, a wet atoll in the southern rain belt of the Rālik Chain. As Ḷainjin’s surrogate mother, she will sail with the infant by outrigger canoe in the company of his maternal grandfathers. These kind men had recently helped the Wōtto Islanders overcome the terrible drought that typically follows a typhoon. With the trade-wind season approaching, it’s soon time to complete their voyage. The grandfathers begin teaching Helkena the traditional navigational arts along the way.

Her goal is to get her tattoos on Naṃdik and, in time, to find a man there to take home to Wōtto. She will need help to manage her matrilineally inherited lands, and she is related to most men in that small, dry world. But will she entice a man from the lush south to her barren desert island?

Far from being a simple story, this colorful, romantic tale presents a surprising background to the lovemaking culture of the Marshall Islands. It also reveals the early years of young Ḷainjin, the hero of the Legends of Ḷainjin historical literary fiction series.

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Rescuing Honey and Family by Miranda Rose Barker

Rescuing Honey and Family by Miranda Rose Barker

A Heartwarming Dog Survival Story & Hope for a Family

Daisy starts noticing tension growing at home from the demands of work that put her family under pressure. She knows that she and her husband Jon have been drifting apart in their relationship. She realizes that they need to do something about it soon.

And now the situation has started to affect Lyla, their ten-year-old daughter, who is becoming increasingly distant, spending more time alone in her room.

“Jon felt the same as she did. He wanted things to get back to normal. He wanted the good old days to come back.

How could they make this happen, though? It had weighed on his mind.

That was when he came up with his idea. He wanted to surprise Daisy and Lyla with his plan. When they were eating dinner together one day, he told them what he had been planning, now that everything was in place.

“So,” he said, looking from one to the other. “I’ve been thinking.”

Both looked at him. He had their attention.”

With engaging storytelling, and a clear narrative style the author takes you on a captivating journey of a family and a courageous dog they meet, as destiny has some surprises in store for all of them.

How would they react to his plan? Will it even work?

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Rescuing Honey and Her Family by Miranda Rose Barker

Rescuing Honey and Her Family by Miranda Rose Barker

A Heartwarming Dog Survival Story & Hope for a Family

And now the situation has started to affect Lyla, their ten-year-old daughter, who is becoming increasingly distant, spending more time alone in her room.

“Jon felt the same as she did. He wanted things to get back to normal. He wanted the good old days to come back.

How could they make this happen, though? It had weighed on his mind.

“So,” he said, looking from one to the other. “I’ve been thinking.”

Both looked at him. He had their attention.”

How would they react to his plan? Will it even work?

Find out when you read Rescuing Honey and Her Family.

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A Better Heart by Chuck Augello

A Better Heart by Chuck Augello

“Lively, engrossing, fast paced, and spot on when it comes to nailing what’s wrong with animal abuse but in a realistic, not preachy way. A great read, a great beach novel.”
Ingrid Newkirk, founder, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), NY Times Bestselling Author of AnimalKind

For aspiring indie filmmaker Kevin Stacey, it’s another day on the set of his first film, but when his estranged father, a failed Hollywood actor, arrives unexpectedly with a bundle of cash, a gun, and a stolen capuchin monkey, he’s propelled toward the journey that will change his life.

The monkey, Henry, has been liberated from a research lab by animal rights activists. Inspired by his friend Veronica to reevaluate his relationship with other species, Kevin learns about the pain and suffering inflicted on lab animals as he forges a bond with the capuchin. When father and son embark on a road trip with Henry, Kevin is caught between the egocentric father who abandoned him and the temperamental monkey whose fate is in his hands. With both the FBI and his mother’s ghost watching, will Kevin risk his career and his father’s freedom to bring the stolen monkey to safety?

A heartbreaking yet comic family drama, A Better Heart examines the human-animal bond and the bonds between fathers and sons, challenging readers to explore their beliefs about the treatment of non-human species.

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HARRINGTON’S VALLEY by Darrel Rachel

HARRINGTON’S VALLEY by Darrel Rachel

Reminiscent of Lonesome Dove, Cold Mountain and Gone With The Wind, Harrington’s Valley weaves together the lives of three people from very different backgrounds as they embark on an epic journey from the ruins of the defeated South, through the majestic Rocky Mountains, and to the valleys of northeast Oregon. James McKane struggles with the loss of his way of life, his family, and the prejudices of his upbringing. Kate McKane, a woman left on her own, struggles against greed and corruption on the Oregon frontier. Wilford Johnson, a black mountain man, knows the sting of the white people’s prejudices. This unlikely alliance must battle against the forces of nature, prejudices within, and the evil and treachery of men in order to leave a past filled with heartache and despair to triumph against overwhelming odds.Reminiscent of Lonesome Dove, Cold Mountain and Gone With The Wind, Harrington’s Valley weaves together the lives of three people from very different backgrounds as they embark on an epic journey from the ruins of the defeated South, through the majestic Rocky Mountains, and to the valleys of northeast Oregon. James McKane struggles with the loss of his way of life, his family, and the prejudices of his upbringing. Kate McKane, a woman left on her own, struggles against greed and corruption on the Oregon frontier. Wilford Johnson, a black mountain man, knows the sting of the white people’s prejudices. This unlikely alliance must battle against the forces of nature, prejudices within, and the evil and treachery of men in order to leave a past filled with heartache and despair to triumph against overwhelming odds.

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The Portrait Painter by Fraser Oz

The Portrait Painter by Fraser Oz

Mind-reading is dangerous.
Telling people what you see can prove fatal.
Justin Gates is the Portrait Painter. He studies people’s faces for a living. Sometimes he sees behind their eyes, inside their minds, discovering things even they cannot see. Things about the future. Handling such insights isn’t easy. It often leads to trouble.
Imagine knowing that a certain airplane is going to crash, or an entire city is to be wiped out. Should you warn people? Will they believe you? What happens if they don’t? Might they turn against you? If so, how?
Could you tell an investor that he is going bankrupt? An accused terrorist that he will be found guilty? A President that he is going to lose an election?
Justin faces all these issues, and more, in this tale of a child who grows up into a man and learns to live with the gift of seeing tomorrow. But there are two futures he cannot see: those of himself and the woman he loves.

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Espresso Martini by Greg James Coppin

About Featured Book: Espresso Martini by Greg James Coppin

All Clem Wolfson – cad, bounder and knave of Piccadilly – wants is to romance the beautiful and mysterious Caroline. But fate appears to have other ideas for him. So he decides to whisk the lady off to stunning Sorrento. But now he’s mixed up with a priceless, vintage collector's item. An item that seemingly half the world wants – and quite a few of them are prepared to do almost anything to get it. Which does not bode at all well for Clem…

In Clem Wolfson’s first full-length novel, delight in a tale of humour, romance and fiendish skulduggery, all wrapped in an idyllic sheen of continental glamour.

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Return to the Lion’s Den by G.S. Treakle

About Return to the Lion’s Den by G.S. Treakle:

When eighteen-year-old Daniel MacRae escaped his father’s alcoholic abuse in 1981, he left his Indiana hometown, uncertain he would ever return. In the years that followed, he pursued an education and embarked on a very successful career in broadcast journalism.

In April 2005, as Daniel is settling into his new role as a senior network news executive, he receives a desperate plea from his estranged mother to come home and help deal with the affairs of his dying father, Jerome. Despite his reluctance, he returns for a difficult and emotional reunion. While pursuing his new assignment, Daniel resolves to forge a new bond with his father and rebuild his broken family. However, before he can do so, he must first unearth the truth about an unspeakable event from Jerome’s past.

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Starting Over Far Away by Linda B. Myers

Starting Over Far Away by Linda B. Myers

1921. THE ALASKA TERRITORY
Nurse Leona Herkimer arrives in the Tlingit village of Hoonah to help the tribe through frontier plagues and wilderness calamities. Together, she and teacher Ivy Bolton face misfortune, threats to their patients and students, roughhewn men and wildlife. Yet, Leona’s greatest peril is her own past’s hold on her.
1946. WASHINGTON’S OLYMPIC PENINSULA
Ivy, now a senior with attitude, befriends a young amputee fresh from war. She becomes his support through mental and physical recovery. Over lemonade and macaroons on the front porch, Ivy tells him a story of a past he never knew.

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Olive’s Diary: an unputdownable story about hope, loss and second chances

About Olive’s Diary: an unputdownable story about hope, loss and second chances:

Olive is a middle-aged widow living in a small rural city of Canada, who is a lover of good books, cappuccinos and croissants. Olive knows what she is good at and stays in her box. That’s how she has lived her entire life, and after the death of her husband Robert… it’s enough to just keep putting one foot in front of the other.

A year since Robert’s death, Olive’s life looks, on the outside at least, absolutely fine. She lives in the same family house and works at the same local public library. But there is something she hasn’t shared with anyone – even with her good old friend Leila. Ever since her husband passed away, Olive has suffered a lack of self-trust and confidence. To make the matter worse, her step-daughter Lily stopped communicating with her over the past year.

Then quite unexpectedly, on the anniversary of Robert’s departure, something unexpected happens. She meets Maple, a young female mathematician at a local coffee shop – a stranger who helps her navigate one of the worst days of her life. What Olive does not realize is that she and her new friend are about to change her life forever…

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The Munich Girl

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The past may not be done with us. What family secrets is a portrait of Hiter’s mistress hiding? Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after WWII, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna’s. “Hard to put down. Harder to forget.” Ink Drop Reviews

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Waking Up Lost by David Fitz-Gerald

Waking Up Lost by David Fitz-Gerald

Traveling without warning. Nights lost to supernatural journeys. Is one young man fated to wander far from safety?

New York State, 1833. Noah Munch longs to fit in. Living with a mother who communes with ghosts and a brother with a knack for heroics, the seventeen-year-old wishes he were fearless enough to discover an extraordinary purpose of his own. But when he mysteriously awakens in the bedroom of the two beautiful daughters of the meanest man in town, he realizes his odd sleepwalking ability could potentially be deadly.

Convinced that leaving civilization is the only way to keep himself and others safe, Noah pursues his dream of becoming a mountain man and slips away into the primeval woods. But after a strong summer storm devastates his camp, the troubled lad finds his mystical wanderings have only just begun.

Can Noah find his place before he’s destroyed by a ruthless world?

Waking Up Lost is the immersive fourth book in the Adirondack Spirit Series of historical fiction. If you like coming-of-age adventures, magical realism, and stories of life on the American frontier, then you’ll love David Fitz-Gerald’s compelling chronicle.

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(Free Kindle Ebook September 7-11, 2022)

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