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A Cowboy’s Fortune by E. Joe Brown

About Featured Book: A Cowboy’s Fortune by E. Joe Brown

The cutthroat world of big oil is very different from the life of a humble cowboy, but if anyone can succeed among all the treachery and danger, KELLY CAN!

It’s 1919 and Charlie Kelly has married the love of his life, Susan, and together the newlyweds hope to grow the business empire that Susan’s father, Walter Kramer, built. Charlie’s dream of starting his own oil company becomes a reality, and Susan takes over the leadership of the Kramer Group, but tragedy soon follows triumph. Charlie discovers that the trail to becoming the best oil man in Oklahoma is not as easy as becoming a top hand at the 101 Ranch. It will take more than just financial backing to be a success in the Oklahoma oil fields, especially when family, competitors, business opportunities, and sabotage all compete for Charlie’s attention. When the success of Kelly Oil puts Susan’s life at risk, Charlie will take the bull by the horns and find a way to save Susan as only a cowboy can.

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Surviving Jane by Rodolfo Del Toro

Surviving Jane by Rodolfo Del Toro

From the author of “Chasing Rabbits.”

Speak Up Talk Radio Award Winner

FREE to download Saturday October 5 2024

Dr. David is looking for a career change. He’s burnt out and is planning a year-long sabbatical to travel and reset before beginning his ophthalmology residency. Counting down the days to his much-needed break, David must contend with all the complications of working at a busy hospital: unruly patients, frustrating senior staff, and growing fatigue.

During these last weeks, David is given a tough patient: young Jane Doe, a heroin addict, is brought in with severe injuries. Jane does not want to be in the hospital. Belligerent, aggressive, and demanding, Jane tests the boundaries of all the medical staff who attend her.

As David grows increasingly disgruntled, a surprising source reminds him why he entered the medical field in the first place: to help people.

An emotional journey featuring addiction, recovery, and hope, Surviving Jane is a richly detailed medical drama that provides an intimate look into life in a busy hospital.

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The Knack by Will Astrike

The Knack by Will Astrike

Frank Bass is a U.S. Deputy Marshal on leave from his district in El Paso, Texas, when he’s asked by an old friend in Cheyenne to investigate the brutal rape and beating of a young girl in Torrington, Wyoming. Bass agrees to travel from Cheyenne to Torrington with the girl’s beautiful Aunt Sally Bloom, and during that trip, their friendship becomes romantic, and eventually, a loving relationship develops. During the story, Bass explains the origin of the Buffalo Robe he carries with him and how it symbolizes his notoriety. Colorful characters come and go, adding humor and insights into prairie life of the 1880s. (see attached)
A crooked lawman and a particularly villainous rancher round out the cast of The Knack. The conclusion is unexpected, satisfying, and a lead-in to the next story in the Buffalo Robe Bass series.

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Refuge from The World (The Beartooth Chronicles, Book 1)

About Refuge from The World (The Beartooth Chronicles, Book 1):

Embark on an unforgettable journey with Ashley and Caleb. When they learn of the government’s plan to use a geoengineering process to cool the planet and of the dangers outside their community, they realize their generation must fight for the survival of Beartooth. Together Ash and Caleb learn about love, tragedy, and grief as they work to protect Beartooth from deadly predators and ruthless neighbors while searching for solutions to a rapidly changing environment and deteriorating world.

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Victor’s Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer

Victor’s Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer

Meticulously researched love story of the Civil War from the neglected northern point of view. Victor’s Blessing offers a unique perspective of a half Osage blacksmith who journeys to the patent office of Washington, D.C, battle of Wilderness, to the Andersonville prison. For Victor to keep one promise, another must be broken.

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The Ship of State: Book One by Richard P. Ley

The Ship of State: Book One by Richard P. Ley

Can the president, a conservative ex-business executive with no political experience, navigate the shark-infested waters of Washington, DC?

President Donald Burlington’s party doesn’t support him, his wife of 23 years has just filed for divorce, and his country is falling apart from within. Both parties and the entire political establishment are eager to take him down because he is trying to eliminate the way the Federal government caters to special interests and emboldens entrenched career politicians to gain and maintain their political power.

Meanwhile, his trusted assistant, Nicole, grows concerned by the president’s fascination with an international film star. Little does he know that the love of his life might be closer than he imagines.

While trying to lead the nation and the free world, President Burlington must deal with contentious policy issues, foreign crises, terrorism, political enemies, and his own personal issues. He’s dedicated to keeping his campaign promises, and he’s not going to go down without a fight, but the water is murky and sharks bite.

Featuring interesting characters and providing conservative solutions to real issues facing us today, this believable political fiction is what the world needs right now. If you enjoyed the movie, The American President or the hit TV series, The West Wing, you’ll love The Ship of State.

*Note: The original title, Escape from Serfdom, was published in 2014, well before Donald Trump hit the national political stage, and has been “bigly” revised and expanded into books one and two of The Ship of State series.

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Tales of American Idiocy by P.R. Infidel

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“Soon the humans will all wear muzzles and be chained to their homes by their great glowing boxes!”

This announcement by Chester stopped the meeting of the pets of Sunnyside Street cold. Not that they were surprised by the neighborhood conspiracy cat. Chester was full of odd ideas, most of which he announced at inopportune moments.

Chester would turn out to be right about COVID, but he is just one of many Orwellian critters and supernatural shorts populating these Tales of American Idiocy, a darkly humorous collection of short stories commemorating the early 2020’s. Here you’ll find President Brandon’s sketch election. Dwight the alligator will fight forced COVID injections. Delilah the deer’s own “Dr. Foxi,” gets his just deserts, and Black Lizards definitely Matter.

Will Chester and friends’ warnings make repeating the early 2020s unthinkable?

If you like clever allegories, not-so-crazy conspiracies’, and darkly humorous satire, you’ll love Tales of American idiocy, a work Bookviral calls: “A cuttingly Allegorical Read!”

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MEGASTAR by R. J. Eastwood

MEGASTAR by R. J. Eastwood

With a twist of fate and a bit of kismet, nineteen-year-old Addison Stone stumbles upon solace when he discovers his extraordinary singing voice that brings him international fame and fortune. As he climbs the ladder to musical acclaim, he finds he is unprepared for his success. His memories remain tethered to his turbulent childhood, having been raised by a mentally unstable mother who was abused as a child herself and has passed her demons onto Addison, leaving him emotionally scarred.
But amidst the blinding lights and thunderous applause, Addison falls in love with a young woman named Hanna, and she with him. As Addison’s star continues to rise, there is a deafening silence as he loses Hanna’s love for his addiction to his newfound fame and fortune. Emotionally crushed, he vows to win her back.
Journey behind the scenes through the ups and downs and demands of international stardom as “MEGASTAR” takes you on a captivating odyssey.

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Seeking Truth at Ardwick House: Inspector Button Investigates by G J Griffiths

About Featured Book: Seeking Truth at Ardwick House: Inspector Button Investigates by G J Griffiths

Detective Inspector Walter Button is called upon to investigate a violent burglary that takes place at the stately mansion called Ardwick House, in the centre of Manchester. Button’s Victorian police team have become known for investigating ‘flash houses’ and their associated killings and violence. These public houses, amongst other establishments, are implicated in a crime wave of fencing stolen goods – a big problem for many big towns and cities throughout England.

The ongoing investigation of the Ardwick House burglary takes its toll on Button and Kathleen, his wife. His step-son Josh is the young copper on patrol in Ardwick Green and the first to be alerted by broken glass at the rear of the mansion. As events proceed, a number of other knotty problems and plots come to the surface; not discounting two dead bodies, a secret business plan and pressure from the inspector's superiors. How does all of this involve the adult sons of the original partners and iron foundry owners, David Fraser and Mitch McCallum? Can Button disentangle it all to the satisfaction of his senior officers and before he loses his wife forever?

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Her Millions Are Worthless by Bela Feketekuty

Her Millions Are Worthless by Bela Feketekuty

Jane is a beautiful, young, intelligent, and wealthy woman searching for true love. By luck, she meets Bill, a poor but proud young man glued to his cell phone for hours every day.

Despite her initial doubts, Jane falls in love with Bill, and soon they can’t wait until they text each other daily. Bill and Jane also discuss cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) issues. As Bill begins to suspect that Jane’s millions are dirty, the young couple is caught in a web of curious questions, evasive answers, and financial secrets. Will their love be strong enough to survive this unexpected challenge?

Explore the complex world of modern romance, financial secrets, and technology. Are you ready for a romance that’s anything but ordinary?

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The 4S Project: Floor One by Marshall Armstrong

About The 4S Project: Floor One by Marshall Armstrong:

In 2150, Armachez Inc. created a widely accepted, and highly encouraged, process of matching up individuals into pairs for propagation, work, and family lineage. This is commonly referred to as “The Whole Seven Floors.” Individuals must be DNA matched with at least one other ‘participant’ to be accepted into the program. The process is completed through a seven-floor interactive program where individuals have the opportunity to interact with others hoping to find a match. This program takes place at one of the many 4S compounds around the world.

Can an insecure guy full of self-doubt find a match in this program? Follow this group of participants as they navigate friendships, controversy, morality and love while trying to complete The Whole Seven Floors.

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Her Millions Are Worthless by Bela Feketekuty

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Jane is a beautiful, young, intelligent, and wealthy woman searching for true love. By luck, she meets Bill, a poor but proud young man glued to his cell phone for hours every day.

Despite her initial doubts, Jane falls in love with Bill, and soon, they can’t wait until they text each other daily. But as Bill begins to suspect that Jane’s millions are dirty, the young couple is caught in a web of curious questions, evasive answers, and financial secrets. Will their love be strong enough to survive this unexpected challenge?

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Town and Country: Voices from the Mid-Ohio Valley by Carl Parsons

Town and Country: Voices from the Mid-Ohio Valley by Carl Parsons

Town and Country presents a set of ten short stories set in a generally neglected and sometimes maligned part of America—the Mid-Ohio Valley, part of Appalachia yet also part of the Midwest. The region has been home to the historic Burr-Blennerhassett Conspiracy and America’s first oil fields.
It is also the home to many wonderful people who were neither famous nor infamous, just human in the fullest sense–ordinary people struggling with a variety of problems that threaten to change their lives: an elderly widower confronting a life of regrets, precocious children forced into separation, a middle-aged couple facing the loss of their generations-old general store, and many others. I have tried to give a cross-section of their stories in their own voices—some tragic, some comic, some romantic, some nostalgic, and one or two utterly sentimental.

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Turfmen and the Prodigal: A Story of Old Mobile

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Bitter, backslidden Christian, Gideon Deshler, spirals toward destruction, his demise hastened by evil Elvira Sturgis with whom he falls in love. She and her father, president of Alabama’s Spring Hill Jockey Club, brutalize their slaves. Two of Sturgis’s slaves, the jockey Ned and his girlfriend Becky, must escape to Canada so they can fulfill their dreams. But how? Alabama is far away from Canada, and it also doesn’t have an Underground Railroad.

Meanwhile, a mystery surrounds the death of a champion Thoroughbred named Green Legs. Before he can solve it, Gideon must get delivered from Elvira’s spell and reconcile with Sam Quarles, with whom he’d fought a duel.

Sam’s brother, Joe, feuds with Gideon’s friend, Owen Washburn, over Green Legs’s death. To keep his promise to his dying father, Joe vows to regain the status of his father’s horse farm in a big match race against Owen’s champion, Comet. Joe’s hope lies in an ornery Thoroughbred, Johnny Boy. If Johnny doesn’t win the Pride of Alabama Stakes, Joe vows to kill himself, for horseracing is his life and he’d have failed his father’s dying wish. Yet, Green Legs’s real killers and their accomplice have other plans.

Will Gideon and Sam reconcile in time to save Joe and Johnny Boy? Will Ned and Becky escape to freedom, or will they continue to suffer the Sturgises’ cruelties?

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The Colors of Friendship by K. R. Raye

The Colors of Friendship by K. R. Raye

Jealousy. Sex. Abuse. True friendship endures all obstacles…right? Naïve, romantic Melody Wilkins aims to find true love at college just like her parents. But will she sacrifice her soul to obtain it?

No-nonsense Imani Jordan strives for good grades and a chemical engineering degree. When a friendship offers more, will she follow her head or her heart?

Lance Dunn is only serious about two things: football and protecting his girls, Melody and Imani. When a threat enters their lives and tests their friendship, can he stop it before it kills them?

After the torrents subside, will their friendship survive? The Colors of Friendship

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Fallen: Quest For The Sacred Stone by Edward Hendry

Fallen: Quest For The Sacred Stone by Edward Hendry

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A magical artifact. A princess from another time. And a flawed soldier on the hunt for his destiny.

The year is 2016, and veteran James “Mack” MacNaughton struggles with a life-threatening medical condition and the ghosts of war. But when he crosses paths with Toey – a beautiful Cherokee Native woman with an enigmatic heart-shaped ruby – he’s plunged into a life-changing mystery that could rewrite history.

After Toey disappears deep in the mountains of North Carolina, Mack stumbles upon a shocking secret: Toey is a princess from the 1700s, and her ruby is an ancient Viking treasure with a supernatural power… and an origin that challenges everything we know about our past.

Her treasure is the only thing that can cure his illness. But Mack isn’t the only one who wants it. Caught up in an international manhunt that paints a target on his back, Mack must go toe-to-toe with Mother Nature’s elements, bloodthirsty mountain outlaws, and the mistakes of his past to locate Toey and unravel the mystery of her ruby.

Can Mack fulfill his destiny and find the woman he loves? Or will he be swallowed up and lost to the sands of time?

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Albuquerque Sings the Blues by James Scott LaFon

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In the heart of Albuquerque, a city brimming with contradictions and unexpected beauty, “Albuquerque Sings the Blues” unfolds a tapestry of interwoven lives and poignant moments. James Scott LaFon masterfully captures the essence of a place where the past collides with the present, and where every soul has a story to tell.

Meet Pastor Brown, a man of faith navigating the tumultuous waters of morality in a city often shadowed by sin. Follow Bianca, a dedicated bank employee trying to piece her life back together after a devastating divorce, and her son Taylor, a young man balancing school and the weight of his fragmented family. From the determined loan applicants at the Western Bank to the gritty, resilient construction workers shaping Albuquerque’s skyline, each character brings their own blues to this soulful narrative.

As these lives intersect, LaFon paints a vivid portrait of Albuquerque—a place where dreams are both shattered and born anew, where love is found in the unlikeliest of places, and where the blues are more than just a genre of music—they are a way of life.

“Albuquerque Sings the Blues” is not just a novel; it’s an immersive experience into the heart and soul of a city that sings its blues loud and clear. Perfect for readers who love deeply human stories filled with rich, complex characters, this book will resonate long after the last page is turned.

Discover the unexpected melodies of Albuquerque—pick up your copy today and let the blues captivate you.

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Phoenix in Flames

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‘Phoenix In Flames’ is a book dedicated to all ordinary women, who with their defiant resilience and fortitude become heroic and extraordinary. Sana, Sahar, Malini, Mrityunjai, Utkarsha and other female protagonists grapple with their personal demons and tragedies. Some arise rejuvenated and reborn like the Phoenix, others perish, consumed by their own torment. Although from different echelons of society, these women are soul sisters as they are united in their grief and their ability to face the adversities of life with a smile. The book also dwells on social evils like gender bias, under-age marriage and domestic violence.

Will the irreparable loss of her son push Malini to the brink of a numbing emptiness, or will she be reborn as the nurturer of all? Will Sana break through the dark clouds of an impending tragedy or will she perish in the flames of her anguish, never to rise again? Will Sahar be able to fight the desire for self- annihilation triggered by an incestuous relationship? Will the scars left by Farhan on Kudrat’s psyche heal? The readers will find the answers to these questions as they traverse the dark landscape of emotional tales of tormented souls.

In weaving together the stories of these women, I also dwell upon the treatment of women in our society today (India & elsewhere). Sahar is disregarded by her father as she is a girl and is forced into marriage with a man old enough to be her father. Safeena is given up by her parents for adoption as she is a girl. Kudrat becomes the vic8m of domes8c and psychological violence in an apparently progressive urban household. Rachna Singh with emotional fervour and heart-wrenching empathy weaves stories that seamlessly connect and find an echo in the lives of all women. The stories at times elicit a smile as ordinary women scale extraordinary heights. At other 8mes they leave you misty-eyed at the tragic turn of events.

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1913 by Carole McEntee-Taylor

1913 by Carole McEntee-Taylor

1913 is the first book in the Secret Lives series set in England and Europe before and through the Great War.

England
Having risked her liberty for the sake of the cause Lady Frances Ashbourne is terrified her parent’s will find out. Her friend Lettie Hallenby has no such qualms. Women’s suffrage means everything to her so she is horrified to hear that Francis parents have ordered her to marry, especially when Francis won’t explain why.

The Hon Edward Pemberton is in even more trouble than usual. But this time he can’t see a way out. Desperate to avoid the consequences of his action he comes up with a solution that will come to haunt him.

Austria
Having fallen in love with Max Sommer, a penniless artist, Rosa Blum is sure she can eventually persuade her parents to accept him. If only she can keep him away from them until he makes his fortune… But her parents have other ideas and when he disappears she is devastated. Will she ever find love again?

Italy
Lucrecia Rossi had never intended for the accident to happen, but it had and now someone was dead, and it was all her fault. Will her father and brother support her or is her life over?

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MEGASTAR by R. J. EASTWOOD

MEGASTAR by R. J. EASTWOOD

With a twist of fate and a bit of kismet, nineteen-year-old Addison Stone stumbles upon solace when he discovers his extraordinary singing voice that brings him international fame and fortune. As he climbs the ladder to musical acclaim, he finds he is unprepared for his success. His memories remain tethered to his turbulent childhood having been raised by a mentally unstable mother who was abused as a child herself and has passed her demons onto Addison leaving him emotionally scarred.
But amidst the blinding lights and thunderous applause, Addison falls in love with a young woman named Hanna and she with him. As Addison’s star continues to rise, soon there is a deafening silence as he loses Hanna’s love to his addiction to his new-found fame and fortune. Emotionally crushed, he vows to win her back.
Journey behind the scenes through the ups and downs and demands of international stardom as “MEGASTAR” takes you on a captivating odyssey.