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Two Days of Christmas

About Two Days of Christmas:

Like most children his age, Asher’s favorite day of the year was Christmas. Sure he liked to get presents and eat all the fabulous food just like everyone else, but mostly he loved being with both his parents. You see Asher’s father, Alec Banks, had run off and left his mother almost three years to the date and the ten-year-old boy longed for his family to be whole again.
Asher does his best to ruin Christmas day when he finds out that his father’s twenty-five year old girlfriend will be joining them in the festivities. Unfortunately he doesn’t realize until the day is over what a mess he has caused for everyone, especially his mother, Judith. He learns the hard way that being mean & selfish towards other doesn’t equal happiness for him.
Luckily, on Christmas night Asher meats a jolly fellow named Henry, who is the Spirit of Christmas. The handsome man in a red & green plaid suit mysteriously shows up and grants Asher one wish. He tells the young boy that he will be able to relive Christmas day and fix all the things that he did wrong.
At first Asher is skeptical, but when he wakes up the next morning and it’s the 25th of December, Asher realizes what a golden opportunity he has been given. The ten-year-old boy proceeds to fix all the mistakes that he made the day before. Along the way he rediscovers his faith in Santa Claus and the Spirit of Christmas.

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Painting Deception by Brian Hebbel

About Painting Deception by Brian Hebbel:

Want to read a novel that you know is great that has a 4.37 rating out of 5 on Goodreads. Well than, your feet in the sand and contemplate your legacy as you read this funny, humorous and heavy-hearted novel. On the beach you’ll be laughing and crying between the changing of the tides. Take a trip with the main character and begin to contemplate what you and Lily Clarke will leave behind. Lily Clarke is the elderly mother of three dysfunctional and distant daughters. She makes life altering discoveries regarding her new found wealth and other dark secrets, after she receives a diagnosis that she has a terminal illness. The challenges and decisions she must face in her final months will test her and define her lasting legacy. Contemplate how you’ll create a legacy from your vestige of existence. The book includes family drama, interesting characters, humor and many twists and turns. It also includes historical fiction.

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Ariadne by Daniel Agnew

About Ariadne by Daniel Agnew

A young priestess flees from Crete to Egypt and finally Canaan as the Bronze Age world collapses around her.

Until the skies grew dark and red and the ground shook and cracked, Ariadne’s biggest problems were how to stay one step ahead of her parents and out-think any boys who might come her way. Now she’s part of a desperate plan to bring the world back to balance and save Crete from destruction.

Shame for the world Ariadne had other plans.

Hardened by her trials and forced to leave behind those she cares for, Ariadne struggles on to survive in new lands with new friends. But these lands are just as unforgiving as the one she left, and just as haunted by ghosts from her past…

Ariadne is a novel about a young woman’s journey to find out who she is in a chaotic world full of betrayal and heartache. It is a novel about three turbulent lands at the height of the Bronze Age and the death and suffering they endured. It is a novel inspired by history rather than myth, in a period few know what really happened. It is a novel about the past, yet a past so resonant with our present and future. It is a novel for those who love to ponder the tragic nature of war, and for those who long to see the world made right. It is a novel set to challenge historians and to entertain those who just love a good story. It is a novel about the lives of many people and yet ultimately one, Ariadne.

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Christmas at the Corps

About Christmas at the Corps:

When Suzanne’s husband, Captain Thomas Spencer, is killed in action, leaving her and their six-year-old daughter Joni, she bottles up the pain of her loss for a decade.
Suzanne fights to reconnect with Joni, hoping it’s not too late. She takes her reluctant daughter on a Christmas vacation to visit the historic military academy where she met Joni’s father.
Mama Jane, next-door neighbor and pseudo-grandmother, gives Joni a journal for the trip and encourages her to write a positive word each day about her mother. But who is Mama Jane?
Join Suzanne and Joni on a journey of courage and strength in Christmas at the Corps, as they struggle to work through years of built up pain and anger and delve into the heart and soul of forgiveness.

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Saving Chase

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Three lives on a collision course with destiny…

Logan Construction Services CEO Dan Logan desperately wants to get away and lick his wounds after being dumped by his fiancée and suffering through a devastating jobsite fatality on the same day. He retreats to a secluded island alone, but his vacation takes a dangerous turn when he rescues a teenage boy who shipwrecks on the rocky shore. A battle of wills ensues that threatens both their lives.

Dory Devereaux, a widow of six years, flees Massachusetts with her delinquent sixteen-year-old son, Chase, hoping to keep him from being placed in juvenile detention until he’s deemed an adult at eighteen. Her world crumbles when she finds Chase missing the morning after arriving at her former in-laws’ house in South Carolina.

Anxiety turns to despair when the police take Dory to the morgue to possibly identify a teen boy whose body was found washed ashore by a local fisherman. Can things get any worse?

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Dancing Buddha

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One day Krishna had come to our world again as he was called so many ages back. He brought his Winged Song and has sung it – probably, that was the thousandth time. People don’t remember how he taught them the same, although he had the immensity of new words! He was ready to bring the variety of unique discoveries – his knowledge. Each time, the humankind was shrugging its shoulders in confusion – it seemingly wasn’t mature enough for that. And Krishna had to go. He had been awaiting. His voice was silently singing among thousands of books. Then once, the new time of Unique Changes had come – the humanity achieved that level of development when no book could be lost, no Sacral Wisdom could be concealed from others; he decided to make one more try – the last one. Krishna chose a new place of birth for himself – Japan, to finalize his mission completely. What was after? Let’s imagine together… The parable of Maitreya.

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They Call Me Crazy by Kelly Stone Gamble

About They Call Me Crazy by Kelly Stone Gamble

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Cass Adams is crazy, and everyone in Deacon, Kansas, knows it. But when her good-for-nothing husband, Roland, goes missing, no one suspects that Cass buried him in their unfinished koi pond. Too bad he doesn’t stay there for long. Cass gets arrested on the banks of the Spring River for dumping his corpse after heavy rain partially unearths it.

The police chief wants a quick verdict—he’s running for sheriff and has no time for crazy talk. But like Roland’s corpse, secrets start to surface, and they bring more to light than anybody expected. Everyone in Cass’s life thinks they know her—her psychic grandmother, her promiscuous ex-best friend, her worm-farming brother-in-law, and maybe even her local ghost. But after years of separate silences, no one knows the whole truth. Except Roland. And he’s not talking.

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Snow Sometimes Falls: A Christmas Novel by Brian Ming

About Snow Sometimes Falls: A Christmas Novel by Brian Ming

At age six, Dave was alone swinging in his backyard and heard a heavenly voice, “SNOW SOMETIMES FALLS!” It takes over thirty years, along with several calamities to discover what God was telling him that day. Dave learns, even through the tragic death of his mother, the thirty-year revelation was well worth the wait.

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A Shadow Life by Leta McCurry

About A Shadow Life by Leta McCurry

Dec 1-15, 2018. Free

Run, Laney, run. That’s what Mama said she should do if something really bad happened. What just happened is worse than Mama could have imagined. Now Laney, terrified, covered in blood and alone, is on the run from the law.

She finds a way to hide in plain sight and builds a safe and near-perfect new life. Safe and near- perfect, that is, until three people from the past show up looking for revenge, redemption, and love.

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The Questioner by Andrew Vachss

About The Questioner by Andrew Vachss

An all-new novelette by Andrew Vachss, author of the acclaimed Burke series.

For all secrets created, a tiny percentage is kept against any intrusion. The ultimate extractor of such secrets is The Questioner – a man who has trained himself to become empty, who uses that emptiness to listen fully, to sense what others need to hear, to respond in ways that lead them to reveal their most protected thoughts. Disdaining torture or coercion, he mines those secrets with nothing more than conversation.

For those who meet his price – governments, multinational corporations, and the most complex criminal organizations – The Questioner obtains information. The secrets he learns can create or topple empires, win or destroy fortunes, lubricate the gears of the world … or grind them to a halt.

But as the Questioner moves from one target to the next, just beyond the outer edge of his probes lurks something dangerous to his own emptiness. It will force him to turn his powers inward, to ask how he became what he is, and to find a truth he has never sought.

Praise for Andrew Vachss

“Andrew Vachss’s work is all about horror, outrage, moral indignation and the blood of commitment. Vachss is the voice of righteousness confronting a powerful and cowardly evil.”—James Ellroy

“Andrew Vachss is one of my favorite writers, and I never miss one of his books. He brings incredible passion and flare to the mystery genre.”—James Patterson

“Vachss is red-hot and as serious as a punctured lung.”—Playboy

“Writing in a style so sleekly engineered that it purrs when you pop the hood, Vachss gives us such a smooth ride it’s easy to forget someone is driving.”—The New York Times Book Review

“To read Andrew Vachss at his best is to take a ride on the dark side, where the plight of the oppressed and vulnerable … becomes the catalyst for revenge fueled street justice.”—Los Angeles Times

“There’s no way to put a [Vachss book] down once you’ve begun.”—Detroit Free Press

“Andrew Vachss is a contemporary master.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Vachss reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt beauty of his language.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“There is no other living American writer with prose as razor clean as Andrew Vachss, and there is no other writer willing to go so far into such dark extremes, either. When Vachss turns the juice on, the bad guys sizzle .”—The Austin Chronicle

“Andrew Vachss is unique among modern writers: no one else comes close to the raw power and intellectual ambiguity that he manifests so elegantly, so coldly.”—The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)

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A Rare Diamond

About A Rare Diamond:

From author Amara Russell, comes A Rare Diamond, her debut novel that teaches us all to use the wisdom and insight from within to learn to trust in the plan that God has for our lives. No matter how difficult our circumstances become, never give up—you have the power to make the choice to do whatever it takes to accomplish your dreams.

Readers will meet Celeste, the novel’s startling wise, kind, smart, and inspirational main character, and will follow along with her as she navigates the ins and outs of growing up, all while her faith is tested through many challenges, pain, and suffering. Having lost her mother at the age of five, Celeste was raised by her father and three older brothers. Like many of us, Celeste suffers setbacks—tragedy, broken friendships, and discovering true love, to name a few—yet she learns from her mistakes and always overcomes, as she takes on life by being the light to those around her.

As readers explore, in depth, the challenges Celeste faces, women and men, both young and old alike, will find themselves smiling, laughing, and no doubt shedding a few tears. A Rare Diamond, is a life-changing and fulfilling read and is for anyone who needs the motivation to break through life’s setbacks and sadness to the other side—where it’s possible to discover how to truly connect with life’s experiences.

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Unstoppable Hope

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Fleeing with her daughter from her abusive boyfriend Evelyn Danielson takes the first bus out of dodge. Landing in California she must create a new life for them, but that is easier said than done. Between her daily battle with epilepsy; an invisible illness that proceeds to get worse, struggling to raise her spirited pre-teen daughter and trying to keep her head afloat, Evelyn is on the verge of breaking, her hope of survival diminishing with each passing day. To make matters worse she’s been found by her ex-boyfriend and he’s out for blood; hers. Every time life has kicked her down she has managed to stand back up and dust herself off, but has life finally kicked her too hard?

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The Great Divorce

About The Great Divorce:

The twin Lasserman boys grew up in mid-twentieth century middle America. As children they were as close as one would expect twin boys to be. But as adults their life paths took them to far different destinations, economically, socially and geographically. At a time when they were past middle-aged, a severely divided nation driven by polarizing political demagogues, stressed their moral foundations to the breaking point. What happens beyond the breaking point teaches them a great deal about themselves and each other and has a cataclysmic effect on the nation and the world.

This is a must-read for any open-minded, intelligent individuals who want to explore a fictional world where moral norms are cast aside, racial biases are openly exploited, and society is allowed to deteriorate to an unforeseen nadir of base expression and survival mode behavior.

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Unstoppable Hope

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Fleeing with her daughter from her abusive boyfriend Evelyn Danielson takes the first bus out of dodge. Landing in California she must create a new life for them, but that is easier said than done. Between her daily battle with epilepsy; an invisible illness that proceeds to get worse, struggling to raise her spirited pre-teen daughter and trying to keep her head afloat, Evelyn is on the verge of breaking, her hope of survival diminishing with each passing day. To make matters worse she’s been found by her ex-boyfriend and he’s out for blood; hers. Every time life has kicked her down she has managed to stand back up and dust herself off, but has life finally kicked her too hard?

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Someone Close to Home by Alex Craigie

About Someone Close to Home by Alex Craigie

Talented pianist as it all – fame, fortune and Gideon.
But Gideon isn’t good enough for Megan’s ambitious, manipulative mother, whose meddling has devastating repercussions for Megan and those close to her.
Now, unable to communicate her needs or fears, she faces institutional neglect in an inadequate care home.
And she faces Annie. Sadistic Annie who has reason to hate her. Damaged Annie who shouldn’t work with vulnerable people.
Just how far will Annie go?

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Reckless Beginnings

About Reckless Beginnings:

A sister that runs away and simply vanishes
A forbidden love affair
Turmoil between a father and daughter
An eviction with nowhere to go
A dark secret
Lies and deceit
Drugs, abuse & violence
Hope

Tammy Mellows, a fourteen-year-old native of England, was shocked when her father and troubled older sister, Donna, moved to the States.
With her family now separated by divorce and divided by an ocean, Tammy felt helpless when she learned Donna had run away and couldn’t be found.
Thanks to her father insisting she stay behind in England to finish school, Tammy could do nothing for the next three years but pray that Donna would be found safe.
When Tammy’s lifelong dream of moving to the States was finally fulfilled, she had high hopes of looking for Donna. But with no leads and faced with turmoil in her own life, there wasn’t much Tammy could do.
After a forbidden secret love affair and a catastrophic dispute with her father, Tammy eventually meets Steven, settles down and has his child, only to discover he is a heroin addict. Thrown into a life of drugs and violence. Shadowed by his addiction, she becomes the silent and forgotten one. Living in fear of what Steven might be capable of and struggling alone to provide for her young son.
What consequences might she face if she leaves Steven? Is she ever going to find her sister alive? Will she have enough courage to conquer the impossible challenges of her twisted world and still come out on top?

Reckless Beginnings is a story of fiction based on true events.

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Ancestry: Awakenings (Book 1) by Cullen Kit Alexander

About Ancestry: Awakenings (Book 1) by Cullen Kit Alexander

Magic, passed down from generation to generation through three different families from an extinct tribe, is now at the doorsteps of an unsuspecting family. Danger lurks everywhere as an evil tribal chief, Nuabani, banished to the dark abyss, seeks revenge against those who stripped him of his magic centuries ago. Since the time of banishment, Nuabani has aligned himself with others who will stop at nothing to return all the magic back to him, even if it includes harming or killing innocents. One person stands in his way – one of the descendants of the tribe who wields the magic known as a Magica. Unfortunately, time is running out for the Magica who must pass her magic to a descendant whose own abilities must be awakened. Unknowingly caught in the middle is Dr. Logan Tompkins, a renowned child/adolescent psychiatrist, who is trying to raise three children after recently losing his wife.

Soon after his wife dies, Logan’s daughter Emma begins experiencing nightmares that eventually manifest into psychotic-like behaviors. Hoping to find answers to help his daughter, he moves his family to Virginia. There he discovers that it is not just his daughter with unexplainable psychotic behaviors, but there are several other children admitted to the psychiatric hospital where he works that experienced the same sudden onset of symptoms. Like Emma, none of them have a history of psychosis or predisposing conditions that would explain their behaviors. As Dr. Tompkins digs into his own family’s past to save Emma, he will come face to face with his connection to Nuabani and the Magica. Will Dr. Tompkins find the answers he seeks and strength to save his daughter, the other children, and embrace his ancestry? Can the Magica save the world and find the next descendant before it’s too late?

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The Boy in the Well by Steve Peek

About The Boy in the Well by Steve Peek:

CATCH 22 for VIETNAM
A snarky teenager fails to avoid the Vietnam War.
John Ryan never killed anyone, never even fired a gun.
He just saw things; some funny, others, not so much.
He worked in an airconditioned computer building in the safest city in Vietnam. If you had to fight a war, this was the way to do it.
Friends, parties, weed and rock & roll filled their nights. Laughter and comradeship were plentiful. They thought they would serve their tour and escape back to the real world unharmed.
War leaves no one untouched. No one escapes. All wounds are not from bullets.

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Settling the Wind

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The harsh and rugged Colorado frontier of 1875 is not the type of place most would consider suitable for a recent widow to establish a home of her own. Yet that is exactly what Henrietta Schodde determines she will do as she impetuously buys a cabin in the newly forming settlement of Estes Park. Despite assurances from Henrietta that the locals appear amiable, her relatives are concerned and recruit the assistance of long-time family friend Collan Wallace, who unbeknownst to Henrietta, has also just begun homesteading in the area.
The last thing Collan desires is to watch over the woman who has been his nemesis since childhood. But the pair quickly realize that there is more than each other to fight about when they discover an unscrupulous Englishman, Lord Dunraven, is hungry for their land.
Endearing and engaging, Settling the Wind, is historical fiction based on actual events that reveals the courage of Colorado’s pioneers in the face of more struggles than they could have imagined.

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Apollo’s Raven

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A Celtic warrior princess is torn between her forbidden love for the enemy and duty to her people.

AWARD-WINNING APOLLO’S RAVEN sweeps you into an epic Celtic tale of forbidden love, mythological adventure, and political intrigue in Ancient Rome and Britannia. In 24 AD British kings hand-picked by Rome to rule are fighting each other for power. King Amren’s former queen, a powerful Druid, has cast a curse that Blood Wolf and the Raven will rise and destroy him. The king’s daughter, Catrin, learns to her dismay that she is the Raven and her banished half-brother is Blood Wolf. Trained as a warrior, Catrin must find a way to break the curse, but she is torn between her forbidden love for her father’s enemy, Marcellus, and loyalty to her people. She must summon the magic of the Ancient Druids to alter the dark prophecy that threatens the fates of everyone in her kingdom.

Will Catrin overcome and eradicate the ancient curse. Will she be able to embrace her forbidden love for Marcellus? Will she cease the war between Blood Wolf and King Amren and save her kingdom?

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