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How Fires End

About How Fires End:

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 redemption. A ”beautiful, mesmerizing” novel (Alexander Chee), that is ”a moving depiction of multigenerational loss and love, grief and gratitude, heartbreak and hope.” (Kirkus Reviews).

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Sins in Blue by Brian Kaufman

Sins in Blue by Brian Kaufman

A young man on a mission. An aging musician with a dream. Society perched over a racial divide. Sins in Blue is a novel about lost dreams, crippling grief, and the healing power of an unlikely friendship. It’s an engaging tale about two music lovers trying to set the historical record straight.

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Stories From The Edge by James Sherwood

About Stories From The Edge by James Sherwood:

This anthology is a collection of thirteen short stories and a novella. The stories are cross-genre, and include crime, humor, horror and satire.
A woman flees her abusive husband to start a new life.
A detective hunts a phantom serial killer.
A young man on death row revisits his life.
A detective, assaulted by her superior, takes revenge on him.
Contestants in a futuristic TV game show must autopsy a dead body.
In the novella, William Bunsen enters hospital for a routine operation and wakes to find his life changed forever.
These and other stories explore the dark side of human nature, often with a bizarre or humorous twist.

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A Savage Kultur

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Ava, a Jewish art student at Oxford University in England, receives a heart-wrenching letter from her grandfather after he dies. From the letter, she discovers that her grandfather has left her his London art gallery, which he says will secure her future, as well as provide a place for her to grow her artistic talents and follow her passion for art. The letter also describes his one last wish—that she recover a treasured Vincent van Gogh painting, The Lovers: The Poet’s Garden IV, that belonged to her grandparents and was deemed degenerate and looted by the Nazis in 1937.

Arriving for the first time at the gallery, she discovers old photographs in a secret room that recount the harrowing past—a Nazi propaganda parade in 1937. She quickly becomes aware that the room and the gallery, with an empty frame for the missing van Gogh, hold such rich memories of her grandparents. As conversations with grandmother and those connected to the painting spur memories, the book switches back and forth between the current timeline and the timeline during the war to tell the stories of those affected by the painting and its fate.

On the train to her grandfather’s funeral, she meets Gordon Rose, an FBI agent, disguised as an art restitution lawyer. He helps her track down the missing van Gogh, while at the same time, he apprehends a Neo-Nazi, albino art forger named Luther who is connected to the painting.

Ava pays several visits to her grandmother, her only living relative who lived through the war and who now battles dementia, hoping she remembers something about the past that will be a clue to the missing painting and their lives in Germany during the war. It is in these hours that she sits with her grandmother that she learns about her grandparents finding refuge on an Austrian farm after they flee Munich and of Charlotte, a local farm girl who lives at Lake Toplitz.

Horrified by what she witnessed, Charlotte tells her new friends how she was forced to help the Nazis sink looted treasures in Lake Toplitz. Ava’s grandmother recalls Charlotte’s last name. With this information, Ava tracks down Charlotte at her home at Lake Toplitz and questions the old woman about what happened at the lake. On her last breath, Charlotte speaks of the secrets hidden in the lake.

When Gordon breaks into Luther’s Austrian hideout, he believes Luther has forged the missing van Gogh painting. Luther claims it is the real deal, but Gordon believes otherwise. Luther is forced to return the painting to Ava.

Ava takes the van Gogh painting to her grandmother, still not sure if it’s the real thing or not, but she wants to bring her grandmother closure and peace during her last days. A bittersweet ending brings the painting back into the lives of Ava and her family, and Ava and Gordon reveal their true feelings for each other.

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Just A Happy Camper (Hetta Coffey Series, Book 11) by Jinx Schwartz

Just A Happy Camper (Hetta Coffey Series, Book 11) by Jinx Schwartz

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht and she’s NOT afraid to use it! She’s cruising Mexican waters when she gets a job offer she can’t refuse. Not only is the in her Texas Hill Country, but comes with an RV for living quarters.
Join Hetta’s posse—her dog, parrot, and friends—as they teach some bad guys not to Mess With Texas.

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Tiptoe Stance by Attila Péter

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During the height of the civil rights movement in 1963, Raymond Reed, a philosophy professor at the University of Alabama, experiences at first hand that freedom is more than just an abstract concept meant for scholarly discourse – for some, it is a matter of life and death.

Struggling to abandon the idea of the white man’s supposed superiority, Reed increasingly reflects on the trials and tribulations of his fellow Americans while trying to cope with the difficulties that his personal microcosm presents. He needs to juggle his roles as the divorced father of an eight-year-old girl, the academic who suddenly questions his ability to make sound professional decisions, and the man eager to embark on a relationship with an African-American activist. Each role tests his integrity and challenges his apathetic, cynical attitude toward life. As he becomes embroiled in the movement, circumstances force him to face up to the stark reality that holding his ground could prove fatal.

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Cornered in Shallow Water: One Man’s Journey from Crippling Fear to Freedom and Faith by Steve Wilmot

Cornered in Shallow Water: One Man’s Journey from Crippling Fear to Freedom and Faith by Steve Wilmot

What do you do when you’re afraid to next step on your spiritual journey? You know what you need to do, but that’s not the problem. Fear is. The risks of taking this step are almost more than you can handle. You like the comfort zone…and hate it at the same time.

Meet Gabriel Williams, a man cornered in the shallow end of the pool when God calls him to jump in over his head, and he’s not even sure he can swim. Gabriel realized he couldn’t let his fear of taking this step be one more item on his list of life regrets.

But could he must the courage to take the leap?

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Antonio’s Wait

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Suspended between fiction and nonfiction, Antonio’s Wait recounts the twelve hours before the birth of the protagonist’s first child. In this lapse of time we are offered a snapshot of the lives of various characters who gravitate around him, examining their fears and their expectations. Antonio himself, thanks to a dream, will manage to make peace with part of his past.

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The Peach Creature

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Following the mysterious narrator’s journey throughout the last few months of high-school, The Peach Creature is a nuanced and profound exploration of adolescence and it’s tribulations.

Written in Donnie Maddox’s signature vivid and cinematic style, The Peach Creature constructs a powerful commentary on the nature of addiction, sexual repression and isolation.
From the school – to the girlfriends – to the night life – to the drugs – to the pornography – to the violence … follow, The Peach Creature.

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

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

“I felt this was one of the best historical fiction stories I have ever read with exceedingly high tension as well as low points all mixed with dramatic twists and turns which produced a cornucopia of emotions.” –Bruce Miller, Team Golfwell, member Independent Book Publishers Association

‘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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While The Gods Slept by James E. Sanford, Jr.

While The Gods Slept by James E. Sanford, Jr.

While the Gods Slept brings together many of the disparate anomalies, myths, and religious beliefs that confound and confuse those who would like answers to age-old questions. The story begins some four hundred thousand years into our past when a great civilization occupied this planet. After a great cataclysmic event, the few survivors begin a project to rebuild and repopulate the Earth. Their efforts are recorded throughout the book, but there is a parallel story. One that is taking place around our globe today. One man, Simon Krall, is discovered to have unique DNA. His DNA could hold the secret to increased longevity, immunity from most diseases, and the end to dementia and Alzheimer’s. He meets a beautiful scientist named Dr. Irina Bronstine, who wants to study his unique genetic make-up. When Simon travels to Washington, DC for some physical tests, it sets off a chain reaction of deceit, betrayal, and chaos. With Dr. Bronstine at his side, Simon travels halfway around the world to escape from an eccentric billionaire who wants to dissect his body for all its secrets. Pursued by cruel and merciless men, Simon begins to tell a tale that is so fantastic, that Dr. Bronstine believes he is crazy or delusional. Through Simon’s on-going chronicles, a few scientists begin to see the possibility that Simon was preprogrammed genetically. Aided by a growing number of scientists and researchers around the world, Simon’s story slowly comes out. He answers questions that have plagued curious minds for ages. Some of the answers are difficult to accept. Others are completely outrageous to his listeners. All responses he shares come straight from information programmed into his DNA thousands of years ago. Recorded history goes back a mere five thousand years, yet researchers keep finding evidence of older structures, cultures, art, and remains. Much of what is being discovered today does not fit the accepted account of human history. Debates continue to rage between archaeologists, paleontologists, geneticists, paleo archeologists, geologists, and scientists from many other fields. In addition to arguing amongst themselves, they are also bombarded with theories from those who believe ancient aliens created mankind. One theory, that has always held intrigue for those interested in the subject, is that there were great advanced civilizations here long before recorded history. There is a belief that an earlier society gave us our knowledge of engineering, math, astronomy, agriculture, and science. The question has always been asked but never answered. How did a group of nomadic farmers suddenly develop the skills and knowledge to build the great monolithic structures found around the world? While the Gods Slept gives plausible answers to the questions of the ages. It is an intriguing, fictional story wrapped in real history. The many characters in this book are based on real people who ask the hard questions about man, every day. Buckle up and hang on, you are about to go from outer space to the Earth and back.

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Pink Panthers: The Greatest Thieves in the World by Neboysha Saikovski

About Featured Book: Pink Panthers: The Greatest Thieves in the World by Neboysha Saikovski

Ocean's Eleven meets The Italian Job in this real-life story thriller about the infamous Pink Panthers gang of diamond thieves which has it all, shocking war and political drama, sweeping dialogue, dark humor, well-placed twists and flashbacks, and sufficient heist action scenes and crime thriller suspense to keep you constantly engaged.A powerful blend of real-life situations and crime thriller. One elevates the other, making this novel's theme all the more important in today's world… In the end, you will wonder who are the real greatest thieves – diamond thieves or corporate and political elites?

After the thieving team of the Pink Panthers successfully carried out diamond robberies in Antwerp, London, and Tokyo, they are recruiting an elegant logistics expert and a top make-up artist to prepare for the robbery at the Diamond Biennale in Paris. After successfully completing the job in Paris, they carry out two more spectacular robberies together, at the Amsterdam airport and in Saint Tropez, after which discord and attrition occur within the gang over the division of the loot. If there is no reconciliation, the rest of the gang is forced to forgather and train a new crew for another robbery, this time in Dubai.

A WORD TO THE READER
Diamond. A symbol of strength, durability, value, success, happiness, and love.
Imagine the world you know as one side of the street, where diamonds on display in expensive urban neighborhoods of the world's metropolises evoke a desire for wealth, fame, and, above all, a desire for power.Cross the street and meet the dark world behind all that glitter and glow. Find out how diamonds are made and come to that array of glittering shops and the blood, sweat, and tears that they represent in reality.
From the hot sands of Africa where greedy corporations exploit human and mineral resources in collaboration with corrupt politicians, through shining modern Europe all the way to Dubai, embark on an action-adventure with our heroes, the Pink Panthers, and personally experience the world’s most famous diamond robberies.
If you want to know what it's like to be a Pink Panther, read this book. As well as if you are interested in how the flows of money and the destiny of diamond robbers intertwine with the interests and activities of drug cartels and human trafficking, the white-collar crime of banking and corporate magnates, and diplomatic-political machinations.
One thing is guaranteed.
For those of you who read this book, the world will never look the same again.

AUTHOR’S NOTE
This novel is the first part of a trilogy that deals with the socio-historical context of emergence, rise, and (temporary) fall of the famous and powerful international robber group, Pink Panthers, created in the whirlwind of war during the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. In close-up are the Pink Panthers characters, their principles, a system of work and organizational structure, tactical patterns of action and logistical processes, described through the example of adventures in preparing and carrying out robberies in Antwerp, London, Tokyo, Paris, Amsterdam, St. Tropez and Dubai. The background story shows the entire process of the diamond business, from relentless exploitation of rich deposits of poor third-world countries to the intertwining of the diamond business with other criminal cartels.

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Survivor by LJ Byrne

About Survivor by LJ Byrne:

When Juliet receives a scholarship to attend the prestigious Breaker Academy, she accepts without hesitation. But the moment she arrives on campus, it’s clear that the students who rule the school despise her. But if the Kings of Breaker Academy think they can bully her, they’re mistaken. Juliet’s been to hell and back and survived to tell the tale.

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Harry’s War

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Is this what DEATH feels like?

Experience the raw emotions of air to air combat. Feel the tension as Harry flies against seven enemy aircraft. This book will place you inside the cockpit of an F-15 fighter as Harry must decide how to deal with incoming seven state-of-the-art Su-27 Iranian fighters. Even though he faces insurmountable odds, Harry chooses to stay and fight. The reader can feel his muscles tense as he put his fighter plane through its paces facing the enemy threat.

The US president has declared the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist threat. The Air Branch of the Revolutionary Guard is part of that force. Many wonder if the attack described in this novelette is the first salvo of War with Iran.

Many reviewers have described the air battle scenes as the best description of air-to-air combat they have ever read.

The question, “Will Harry survive?” remains with Harry as he enters the battle and afterwards, he must deal with the unexpected consequences.

This is the story of a broken warrior – a warrior victorious in battle but broken and defeated in peace!

It tells how a man wins a great victory in combat, and then loses life as he knows it as a result.

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Good Night Evil

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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”

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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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

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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