Of Dust and Tides

Of Dust and Tides
One choice can change the course of a life. In this short story collection, featuring different genres, the characters make the best decisions they can at a certain moment in time. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t. Don’t we all face this dilemma at different points in our lives? We do the best we can and hope for no regrets. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: The Madness of Grief

Free: The Madness of Grief
London, 1969. While men are walking on the moon, a series of dramatic events threaten to have lasting repercussions for 16-year-old Jane and the people she loves. Free on Kindle.

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Free: Mr. Pizza

Free: Mr. Pizza
Most people make at least one really off-the-wall decision in their life. Tony Piza is no exception. Deciding he needs a “paid vacation” for a year after college, Tony lands a job teaching at a Catholic elementary school. Talk about the Moby Dick of miscalculations. His pathetic effort is making him look bad, crimping his love life, and leaving him feeling guilty. A new approach, fueled by his irreverent humor, makes him a hit with his students. But it riles the powers that be. A showdown seems inevitable. Whether he can survive it—well, that’s something else. Free on Kindle.

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Off-Ramp to the Void

Off-Ramp to the Void
Betrayal. Few experiences are as painful, disorienting, and devastating. Reality is shattered and the void stretches ahead: black, unfathomable, and deep. Trust is broken. The women in these seven short stories are subject to different types of betrayal. They respond in distinctive ways, but all face wounds, losses, and life-altering setbacks. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Angel of Mercy

Free: Angel of Mercy
She had her entire life planned until the Great War began and everything changed.

April 1914. Barrie, Ontario. Hettie Steward is feisty, educated, ambitious and stubborn. Her fiancé, Geoffrey Bartlette, the love of her life since childhood, has been a patient man. He waited while she attended nursing school and worked a year, but now it is time to wed. While Hettie is thrilled to be starting her life with Geoffrey, she laments that marriage means sacrificing her beloved nursing career, and domestic life brings her nothing but drudgery and boredom.

When the Great War begins a few months into their marriage, Geoffrey enlists and persuades Hettie to join the Canadian Army Nursing Service and follow him overseas. After all, everyone says the war will be short, and it will be their opportunity to have a proper honeymoon. Returning to work is exactly what Hettie was craving, and she eager accepts.

The war, however, does not end quickly. Soon tragedy strikes, proving true the old adage “be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.” Geoffrey is killed at the Second Battle of Ypres, and Hettie is faced with a choice. Return home or stay in Europe and continue nursing? Moreover, will she discover the person she is meant to be now that her life has been steered onto a new path?

Angel of Mercy is the first in a trilogy following Hettie and her family as they navigate the challenges and heartbreak World War 1 brings. Free on Kindle.

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The Oberllyn’s Overland

The Oberllyn’s Overland

In the first generation of the Oberllyn family series, the ancestors of the modern Oberllyn’s find themselves under siege; first by an unscrupulous, dishonorably discharged vet with an eye for a good farm and pretty slaves, to the long road west by wagon train to escape the Civil war. Elijah Oberllyn is a retired government agent married to a Native American schoolteacher. They have seven children. Unwillingly, Elijah and his older sons become the government’s point men to stop a rebellion in San Francisco. Of course, if you’ve worked for the US Marshal’s office and Alan Pinkerton in your early career, such actions are not entirely unexpected. Follow the family firm as it once was, and see how it began to develop into what is it now…and will be in the future. Find out where the Oberllyn think tank started and why they are so adamant about being free. $2.99 on Kindle.

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The Skyland Chronicles: The First Expedition

The Skyland Chronicles: The First Expedition

This book follows a young mercenary that has grown up on an isolated monolithic floating island in the ocean. The world was destroyed centuries ago in a storm of Wild Magic and the survivors of the Skyland believe that they are alone. On fateful night the Skylands are invaded by the grey dragonflight and manages to drive them off. The revelation that there are living beings outside of the Great Barrier trigger the First Expedition, a group of scouting mercenaries sent to find the resources the Skyland’s desperately require. Our hero, Kyra Zorantis, is one of them. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Odette’s Song

Odette’s Song
Making it as a musician is tough. This story shows the intersection of personal demons and talent. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Nico’s wife and songwriting partner Odette, left him and became pregnant by another man. Her suicide shattered him, and now his addiction threatens to destroy him. Yet she wanted him to be guardian of the six-year-old son she left behind. Can Nico overcome his worst instincts, get sober, and find a place for Hunter? $0.99 on Kindle.

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The Chef’s Secret

The Chef’s Secret

A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, and the nephew who sets out to discover his late uncle’s secrets—including the identity of the noblewoman Bartolomeo loved until he died.

When Bartolomeo Scappi dies in 1577, he leaves his vast estate—properties, money, and his position—to his nephew and apprentice Giovanni. He also gives Giovanni the keys to two strongboxes and strict instructions to burn their contents. Despite Scappi’s dire warning that the information concealed in those boxes could put Giovanni’s life and others at risk, Giovanni is compelled to learn his uncle’s secrets. He undertakes the arduous task of decoding Scappi’s journals and uncovers a history of deception, betrayal, and murder—all to protect an illicit love affair.

As Giovanni pieces together the details of Scappi’s past, he must contend with two rivals who have joined forces—his brother Cesare and Scappi’s former protégé, Domenico Romoli, who will do anything to get his hands on the late chef’s recipes.

With luscious prose that captures the full scale of the sumptuous feasts for which Scappi was known, The Chef’s Secret serves up power, intrigue, and passion, bringing Renaissance Italy to life in a delectable fashion. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Prophecy and Providence; Avenging the Innocent

Prophecy and Providence; Avenging the Innocent

Dan Forester is waging a one-man war on child molesters. After the rape and murder of his son, no pedophile is safe from his wrath. While the FBI is hot on his trail, there is no turning back once he decides to launch his vigilante crusade against child molesters. In this first installment of the Prophecy series, fiction and truth work together to tell the true story of pedophilia and the fact that it is much more prevalent today than most people realize. $2.99 on Kindle.

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You’re Welcome: A Dog Lovers Novel

You’re Welcome: A Dog Lovers Novel

Amazon Best selling Author A.J. Arentz’s You’re Welcome is a heartwarming, inspiring and laugh-out-loud story that’s inspired by true events, and narrated by our furry best friend. Ludo, a German Shepherd and Melody, a young high-spirited woman, find each other needing one another more than they know to make it through the perils life has in store for them! The pair forge an unbreakable relationship, and with it navigate hardship, depression and love! $0.99 on Kindle.

 
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The Blue Rat

The Blue Rat

El Buscador has long been legendary for revealing New York’s secrets. Now he confronts his greatest challenge: the real estate mogul Timothy Terrance Tolland has been erecting skyscrapers at an alarming rate. Aided by a group of investigative reporters, El Buscador looks to bring Tolland down before his building forever transforms the skyline. $0.99 on Kindle.

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I am not the Messiah!

I am not the Messiah!
“I am not the Messiah!” is the intriguing memoir of James Sinclaire, otherwise known as Mr Zootherapy. In his own words, Sinclaire tells us for the first time about the Gorillagram that started it all off, his brief marriage, and his life in New Zealand, culminating in, and going beyond, the dramatic shooting that ended his career. But the real star of this book is Zootherapy. This book tells us how it started and evolved, and how it became the force that it is today.

Most of the action takes place in New Zealand but this memoir alludes to universal psychological and philosophical themes. It can be read as a self-help manual and no knowledge of Zootherapy is assumed. $6.61 on Kindle.

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Free: One Sin Follows Another

Free: One Sin Follows Another
Loosely taking the Seven Deadly Sins as the inspiration for this book, travel through seven interwoven chapters that explore the motivations for people’s actions as you journey through the contemporary stories. The book starts with a tale of Pride and ends with one of Wrath. Events in the former chapter cause the main character in the last one to have murderous intent. Between times you will discover a thought-provoking read which has a clearly tongue-in-cheek aspect.

We begin with two friends, who have each allowed their pride to mar their individual lives. Each sees the fault in the other but fails to see the fault in themselves. Where this leads, is something that you will need to discover for yourself.

Between times, you will (in order) read of Gluttony, Lust, Envy, Greed and Sloth. Each consecutive chapter connects to the previous ones, in ways that may both surprise and delight the reader.

You will encounter possibly the laziest person in existence, plus a variety of other vibrant characters who will leave a lasting memory. With a mainly light-hearted tinge, the seven stories of human failings are sure to enthrall. Free on Kindle.

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Pledge to the Wind, the Legend of Everett Ruess

Pledge to the Wind, the Legend of Everett Ruess

Pledge to the Wind, the Legend of Everett Ruess follows the adventures of the young vagabond from his appearance in the southwest in 1931 when he was only seventeen, until he seemingly disappeared in 1934, shortly before he turned 21. In this compelling narrative, Robert Louis DeMayo has taken journal excerpts and the letters Everett sent to family and friends, and turned them into scenes, and given us a glimpse of the young artist as he lived with Navajo and Hopi, and explored the southwest with a dog named Curly and a couple burros. Upon reading it, Brian Ruess wrote, “In this work of fiction…I saw Everett for the first time, as he might actually have been.” $0.99 on Kindle.
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Free: Pussycat Palace

Free: Pussycat Palace
Remember the 2016 US Presidential Election? How did you vote?

You’ll have an idea how cats in a Louisiana feral cat colony feel when they have an election to choose their leader.

They fight over the influx of immigrant cats into the colony, the roles of males and females, sexual issues and other topics important to us all. Fake news happens!

Which candidate will win–a hefty, outspoken ginger tomcat or a crafty female tabby? Free on Kindle.

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Trying to Live Happily Ever After

Trying to Live Happily Ever After
If you were Cinderella, how would you deal with your stepsisters and the horrors of home life?

Old folk tales are about how to handle evil siblings and handsome princes. And big bad wolves. There are lessons to be learned!

“Trying to Live Happily Ever After” is a collection of 17 adaptations of classic stories in which Cinderella and others face today’s problems. How do they deal with it all? $0.99 on Kindle

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Free: Cover Stories

Free: Cover Stories
Do you love Bowie, Beatles, Stones and classic songs? Then this short story collection takes 8 well-known tracks and “remixes” them as short fiction. Find out who “Major Tom” was, where “Dear Prudence” went to play why The Stones’ “Devil” needed “Sympathy”… Free on Kindle


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Free: Bigfoot Death Squad and Eight Other Stories

Free: Bigfoot Death Squad and Eight Other Stories
In BIGFOOT DEATH SQUAD and eight other astonishing tales of the so-called ordinary world, EDDIE MULNIX transports the reader to a world as strange as it is familiar­—an unsettling landscape of ghostly occurrences, speed-dealing superheroes, strip-club stickups, and more. Free on Kindle.

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Free: City in a Forest

Free: City in a Forest

Two women who grew up together in 1970s Atlanta struggle at mid-life to overcome their past while fighting to save a magical, hidden forest in the middle of the city. Both women fight to protect the place that has tangled itself around their hearts like flowering kudzu vines, achingly sweet as a beloved child. Free on Kindle.

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Free: City in a forest

Free: City in a forest
Hidden in the heart of Atlanta, a pristine forest shimmers with magic, but an unscrupulous developer plans to flatten Silver Park—unless two brave women can stop him. Arden Collier risks losing her home. Parker Gozer owns most of Arden’s secret forest, which is rooted in Atlanta’s rich African-American history. As Arden struggles to reclaim her artistic voice, Parker confronts the man who once preyed upon her—and now wants to spoil a rare urban oasis. Both women fight to protect the place that has tangled itself around their hearts like flowering kudzu vines, achingly sweet as a beloved child.

Ginger Pinholster’s debut novel, City in a Forest, transports the reader through a labyrinth of privilege, racial inequity, and child sexual abuse against a backdrop of Atlanta’s natural wonders. The book explores loss and family secrets over three generations as well as the friendships, places, and moments of comedy that give us shelter.

Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog and The Book of Marie, writes, “I completed the reading of Ginger Pinholster’s City in a Forest with the sense of gladness that always comes with discovering a new and talented writer … Her use of language often begs for the awe of a re-reading. The plotting stays in focus. The tease of turning another page never falters. Recommended? Absolutely.” Free on Kindle.

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The Ghost in the Bakery

The Ghost in the Bakery

After her controlling husband’s death, entrepreneur Kate Mills happily trades big city life for her dream, owning a small-town bakery. The quiet life she envisioned is thwarted by a demanding mayor who hates progress, a sheriff with romance on his mind, and oh, yes, a couple of resident ghosts only her six-year-old son can see. If Kate can’t solve a murder—or two—her dreams will fall as flat as a half-baked cake. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Pianist in a Bordello

Pianist in a Bordello
What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth?

Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers, he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just days before the election.

And what a life he’s had. Born in a commune and named Richard Milhous Nixon Youngblood as an angry shot at his absent father, Richard grows up in the spotlight, the son of an enigmatic fugitive and the grandson of a Republican senator. He’s kidnapped and rescued, kicked out of college for a prank involving turkeys, arrested in Hawaii while trying to deliver secrets to the CIA…Dick Nixon Youngblood’s ready to tell all.

He’ll even tell his readers about the Amandas—three women who share a name but not much else, and who each have helped shape and define the man he’s become.

Are voters really ready for the whole truth?

Are you?

Pianist in a Bordello is a hilarious political romp through the last four decades of American history, from a narrator who is full of surprises. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Free: Bittersweet: A Coming of Age Historical Romance

Free: Bittersweet: A Coming of Age Historical Romance
Bittersweet captures the zeitgeist of 1960: America transitioning from the gray decade of Eisenhower and McCarthy to JFK and Camelot; The House on Un-American Activities Committee versus the flourishing Beatnik counterculture. Its two protagonists, Renny and Max, students at Berkeley, flirt with Beat poetry, Allen Ginsberg and Kenneth Rexroth, Bebop, and student-led civil rights demonstrations. They join the SLATE organized anti-HUAC demonstration turned riot at San Francisco City Hall. The police billy clubs change their lives forever. To escape a withering culture of night sticks, sexual repression and censorship, they sail to France, land of the Enlightenment and sexual liberation where they shed their adolescence and become young men. Join them on their epic, unforgettable journey into an incandescent world of vivid characters, romance, sex and love. Free on Kindle.

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The Making of Theodore Roosevelt

The Making of Theodore Roosevelt

This a fictionalized account of a true story – the tale of how two rough Maine woodsmen took a young Theodore Roosevelt under their wing in 1878 and introduced him to the beautiful but unforgiving woodlands of the Northeast. Under their guidance, the frail but strong-willed New Yorker becomes a worthy outdoorsman, an experience which significantly shaped the world view of the man poised to become the 26th President of the United States thirteen years later. $0.99 on Kindle.

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