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Tuesday's Child by Dale Mayer

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 70 votes
Category: Romance
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What she doesn’t want...is exactly what he needs.

Shunned and ridiculed all her life for something she can’t control, Samantha Blair hides her psychic abilities and lives on the fringes of society. Against her will, however, she’s tapped into a killer—or rather, his victims. Each woman’s murder, blow-by-blow, ravages her mind until their death releases her back to her body. Sam knows she must go to the authorities, but will the rugged, no-nonsense detective in charge of tracking down the killer believe her?

Detective Brandt Sutherland only trusts hard evidence, yet Sam’s visions offer clues he needs to catch a killer. The more he learns about her incredible abilities, however, the clearer it becomes that Sam’s visions have put her in the killer’s line of fire. Now Brandt must save her from something he cannot see or understand…and risk losing his heart in the process.

As danger and desire collide, passion raises the stakes in a game Sam and Brandt don’t dare lose.

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Vampire in Distress by Dale Mayer

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
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This is book II in the Family Blood Ties series. Book one is Vampire in Denial. Both books end on big cliffhangers. Book II picks up exactly where Book I left off.


When Tessa rallies friends and family to find her missing date, they uncover a secret...and start a war that causes ripples in all aspects of their lives.

A vampire with throwback human genes. Sixteen-year-old Tessa finds more than just her friend in this journey...she also finds herself in need of rescue ... Imprisoned, she has to find a way to escape and reunite with her family before this war takes out those she loves.

The youngest of his ancient line. Eighteen-year-old Cody descends from flyer vampires wants Tessa back at his side where she belongs – even as he struggles with conflicting emotions about his best friend's kid sister...

A human determined to protect his people. Seventeen year-old Jared thought his life was over then he finds out that his rescuers are vampires...how can he trust them? And then he finds out the truth about Tessa...and that she's been taken, too...

Three brave souls struggle as war breaks out around them...a war that shows them no mercy.

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Clotho's Loom by Shawn St Jean

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Action and Adventure, Contemporary, Literary, Romance, Thriller
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William Wyrd, an introverted history professor at long remove from his youthful days as a marine sniper, is drafted to serve overseas in the U.S. military at age thirty-nine. Already in a relationship made tenuous by the demands of dual professional careers and their own dearth of interpersonal experience, he and his wife are completely estranged by the blunder on the part of the government. But is this merely human error at work, a bad mix of circumstances—or tangling of the skein of Fate? In the tradition of Robert Ludlum's Bourne Identity and follow-up novels, this literary action-adventure tale tests whether one's present choices, and even ultimate destiny, need be determined by one's past.

CLOTHO’S LOOM tracks the struggles of a husband and wife to reunite against forces arrayed to keep them apart. Will decides to keep his reactivation a secret, and deal with the claims from his dark past alone. Assured by faceless authorities that there has been no mistake, and given a date to report, he falls in with political undesirables and succumbs to their attempt to recruit him. He soon embarks on a quest for identity that leads him around the globe. Meanwhile, his partner, pregnant and abandoned, must navigate the no-less-treacherous task of survival at a highly politicized law office, dominated by two temperamentally opposite bosses, and the glass ceiling they erect over her. The narrative proceeds in an alternating chapter structure, paralleling Will’s masculine adventures with those of a woman enduring both professional and domestic perils. The common solution: a razing of egos, and the tempering of two spirits into alloy, alchemized by the common love of a child.

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Betrayal's Wake by J. Heather Leigh

Rating: 4.7 Stars with 9 votes
Category: Christian Fiction
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After Bethany learns of her husband's secret, she retreats to a lake house with her mother and sister. The pain is familiar for the three women because this is not the first time betrayal has wounded the family. Is forgiveness possible?

  

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Shopping for Love by Lynette Sofras

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 8 votes
Category: Contemporary, Humor, Literary, Romance
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Love can find you in the strangest places - but it's never for sale!

They meet - of all places - buying tomatoes in the supermarket and there’s no denying the attraction is mutual. But Greg, a software developer, is still raw from his painful divorce and Emma, his children’s teacher, is recovering from her own heartache. Then the reappearance of Emma's career-obsessed ex-boyfriend and Greg's spiteful ex-wife threatens to kill their new love before it has even begun.

Is Emma’s love strong enough to survive Greg’s demanding past and the threats to both their careers? What will be the cost of falling in love in a world where everything comes with a high price tag?
 

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Wings of Shadow by Anna Kyss

Rating: 4.9 Stars with 8 votes
Category: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy
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In the struggle for survival...

Meghan's graduation gift is one that any eighteen-year-old would dream of: traveling abroad to England. Her journey turns into more adventure than expected when Meghan meets the mysterious Kiernan and is introduced to a strange society hidden beneath the streets of London.

The fittest win out at the expense of their rivals...

When Meghan's life is threatened, she flees the city and seeks sanctuary in a distant village--a place unseen by human eyes for over one hundred years. Not knowing if anyone can be trusted, Meghan tries to determine who is friend, who is foe... and who has captured her heart. Meanwhile, a battle for survival brews all around her.

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Fearlings Two by Michael Edward

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 5 votes
Category: Horror
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In the world of Fearlings, there is little knowledge of what their reason and purpose is. They travel to our world through the shadows of darkness. Some Fearlings are protectors of their human counterpart and others are attackers.

The humans, known as Vauns, seek out answers and are constantly trying to increase their knowledge, but they do not know everything. They know that they can be attacked and taken like many of their loved ones from the past. They also know that they are never truly safe.

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Storykeeper by Daniel A. Smith

Rating: 4.2 Stars with 9 votes
Category: Literary
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Empowered by a dream, Manaha steps before the village fire. Against the taboos of her tribe, she demands that the children hear the truth about their abandoned homelands. Before she can finish her first story, her fire is doused and the children frightened away by Ta-kawa, a devious but respected warrior. He convinces their struggling tribe of survivors to reject the old woman and her stories. Defiant, Manaha continues her nightly story-fire for listeners hiding in the shadows. They learn about the great lost nations, and the ancient homeland decimated a hundred years before by the arrival of the Conquistadors and Hernando de Soto, the one they called Son-of-the-Sun.

Storykeeper is an epic adventure, based on the translations of historic sixteenth-century Spanish documents. However, it is told from the perspective of the people of the Arkansas-Mississippi River Valley, who lived and survived America’s deadliest invasion.

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And Baby Makes Three by Suzanne Doyle-Ingram

Rating: 4.7 Stars with 19 votes
Category: Non Fiction
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As far as baby books go, this book on taking care of your new baby is ideal for new parents. This baby book will help you to welcome home your newborn baby with less stress and more confidence than you ever thought possible. Written by a mother of three young children, "And Baby Makes Three, Now What Do We Do?" addresses the worries and fears that all new parents face.

Suzanne Doyle-Ingram's first newborn baby was extremely high needs, and she cried for hours and hours at a time. Suzanne was completely overwhelmed and alone and did not know what to do. Although she had read as much as possible before her baby was born, nothing prepared her for the crying and stress of not knowing what to do after her newborn baby arrived. Through trial and error, Suzanne and her husband learned sure-fire ways to get their newborn baby to stop crying, how to put her to sleep, how to calm her down, and much more.

Here are just some of the amazing secrets, tips & techniques this baby book will teach you:

- The sure-fire secret to calming a crying baby
- How to quickly avoid the #1 mistake new parents make
- The absolute ""bullet-proof"" best way for you to get some sleep
- Proven methods for easing irritability
- The "10 Commandments" of Sleep and how one "sin" can cost you plenty of grief

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The Littlest Angel by Heidi Chandler

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 1 vote
Category: Non Fiction, Memoir
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Two weeks before her due date, my unborn daughter unexpectedly died. After the shock wore off, I found myself in the depths of depression, questioning my worth as a mother, wife, and human being. This deeply personal story of love, loss, and redemption follows my quest to find normal after being blindsided by death, and proves that it is possible to live, love, and smile again.

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The Feast by Tiffany Dow

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 14 votes
Category: Science Fiction
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In the aftermath of an infection that tainted food crops and killed off much of the animal food supply for humans, a lucrative black market had emerged selling disease-free human meat. The government has gotten involved, developing five Ranches in the heartland of America. Fourteen-year old Elira is the firstborn member of the human herd, living comfortably in the only world she’s ever known, unable to relate to her Mother’s desire for freedom. It’s not until the young girl’s own world is turned upside down that she feels a desire to break free.

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Gold Mountain by JoMarie Lodge

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 3 votes
Category: Historical, Romance
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Forbidden Love

Against the background of San Francisco at the time of the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 comes a tale of love and loss. Ruth Greer is the spoiled daughter of a shipping magnate who finds a young boy that has run away from his home in Chinatown—an area of gambling parlors, opium dens, sing-song girls, as well as families trying to eke out a living. It is also home of a number of highbinder tongs, the infamous “hatchet men” of Chinese lore.

There, she meets the handsome, enigmatic leader of one such tong, the young boy’s father, and discovers he is neither as frightening, cruel, or wanton as reputation would have her believe. As Ruth’s fascination with the area grows, she finds herself pulled deeper into the intrigue of the lawless area, and Li Han-lin’s life. But the two are from completely different worlds, and when both worlds are shattered by the quake and fire that destroys San Francisco, they face their ultimate test.

JoMarie Lodge is the pseudonym of a USA Today best-selling author.

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Second Batch of Friday Free Books 8-31-2012

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Murder Takes the Cake by Evelyn David

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 1 vote
Category: Mystery, Humor
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What do a sexy mortician, a feisty septuagenarian with a souped-up scooter, and an Irish wolfhound with a nose for murder have in common? They're all helping Washington DC Private Detective Mac Sullivan find out who's trying to kill a very nervous bride-to-be. Mac Sullivan and crew return in an exciting sequel to Murder Off the Books.

""Smart, fast and laugh-out-loud funny, Murder Takes the Cake is another tasty treat from Evelyn David who takes readers on a merry chase from a turkey farm in Virginia all the way to Capitol Hill. And JJ, a goth computer expert, is one of the coolest characters I've met in years!"" - Rosemary Harris – author of Pushing Up Daisies.

""Murder Takes the Cake is another delicious treat from Evelyn David. All of our old friends are back--including Rachel, Mac, and of course, Whiskey--in this tale of murder and deception involving missing caskets, several dead bodies, and a wedding few want to take place. Mac Sullivan, a complicated protagonist with a canine best friend, is good at solving mysteries but not as adept in the romance department. Will Mac and Rachel make the relationship they've been dancing around a reality? But more importantly, will he be able to stay out of the line of fire, even as the body count rises? Evelyn David leaves me hungry for more books in this series!"" - Maggie Barbieri - author of the Alison Bergeron mystery series.

""Murder Takes the Cake is precisely what cozy mysteries are all about! Beautifully plotted, with a splendid cast of characters, this book is another highly entertaining read from Evelyn David."" - Jessica Conant Park - author of the Gourmet Girl mystery series

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A Perfect Mistress by Barbara Mack

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 1 vote
Category: Historical Romance
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Jackson Henry is scarred and lonely. Widowed Sophie Grey is desperate to escape life with her abusive sister. When they meet, her beauty tempts him into making a most improper proposal.

When her sister's jealousy makes her dangerously unstable, Jackson is there for Sophie. Will the passion that flares between them heal their wounds, or will it inflict new ones?

From bestselling historical romance author Barbara Mack comes another soul-wrenching story of redemption and love.

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The Zul Enigma by J M Leitch

Rating: 4.1 Stars with 35 votes
Category: Science Fiction
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The Zul Enigma seamlessly weaves New Age beliefs with hard, scientific facts. Set in 2068 it follows a quest to expose the perpetrator behind a cataclysmic event that occurs on 21 December 2012, end of the Mayan calendar.

A venomous twist reveals the most horrific conspiracy one could ever imagine and Zul is behind it. But who... or what... is Zul? Buried deep beneath layers of subterfuge lurks the shocking truth.""

The Zul Enigma has a total of 36 customer reviews on Amazon US & UK, 27 of which are 5* and 4 of which are 4* and is currently #13 in the Science Fiction/Mystery & Crime category at Amazon UK.
 

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Samantha Hatches the Chicken Egg by Daisy Griffin

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 1 vote
Category: Children's  
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Samantha and her best friend Gerti find some chicken eggs while visiting a farm. Samantha decides to make sure they hatch. How hard can it be to play mother hen? You'll have to read to find out how Samantha Hatches The Chicken Egg.

Samantha Hatches the Chicken Egg is a children's chapter book filled with fun and adventure while teaching about the latest urban pet, the Chicken. It is broken up into 11 chapters, which contain 14 wonderful illustrations by Matthew Gauvin.

Also included at the end of the book are Chicken Fun Facts and a Quiz to help further your child's reading enjoyment.

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Featured Book! Aliens Are Real: Part 2 by Sabrina Sumsion

Rating: 4.9 Stars with 8 votes
Category: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Romance
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The highly anticipated sequel to Aliens Are Real: Part 1!

Jasmine knows aliens are on earth, but she doesn't know if they can be trusted.

When Yumi and her alien housemates ask Jasmine to help them learn more about humans, Jasmine gets the feeling that they aren't telling her everything. Willing to do anything for Yumi, Jasmine agrees to help the aliens keep their cover and do some research. How horrible can pretending to be the girlfriend of Honorio, an alien in a handsome young man's body, get? It's only in front of her father so no problem, right?

Unfortunately, Honorio decides to interfere with Jasmine's budding relationship with her human love interest, Mark. Furious, Jasmine calls off the pretend relationship and puts Honorio's plans in danger.

Honorio and his team need something and the easiest way to get it is through Jasmine's father. He knows he needs to keep a clear head, but his human emotions interfere with his logic. He was only thinking of Jasmine's best interests when he subtly tried to scare off the human interloper. He's sure it's for her own good -and his. Without her dad, Honorio's plans could blow up in his face.

Friday Free Books 8-31-2012

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Catalyst by Joe Salamone

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 1 vote
Category: Action and Adventure, Drama
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An enlightening story told from the perspective of a soldier during the fall of the United States. As war rages between the Americans, Chinese, and Russian Armies, a more important battle rages inside our main characters mind. Jimmy Smith, a former video game playing basement dweller is now part of the United States Army. When injured, Jimmy is thrust out into enemy territory in search of a hospital for rehabilitation. The journey experienced throughout these pages is for anyone willing to witness a man's guided pursuit of meaning in a world less forgiving than our own.

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Secret of the Scroll by Chester D. Campbell

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 12 votes
Category: Thriller
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Retired Air Force OSI agent Greg McKenzie thinks his troubles with the Metro Nashville Police are a problem. Then he brings a "souvenir" Dead Sea Scroll home from the Holy Land and things go from bad to worse. A Palestinian terrorist group invades his home, fails to find the scroll, and takes his wife, Jill, hostage. Greg finds himself with an ancient Hebrew scroll worth millions, wanted by both the Palestinians and a radical far-right Israeli organization. When he tries to exchange it for Jill's freedom, everything goes wrong. Then the police target him as a suspect in his wife's disappearance, and he sets out alone on a perilous chase to save her life.

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Journeys of Wonder, Volume 1 by Ian Kezsbom, Lisa Gail Green, Leslie S. Rose

Rating: 4.7 Stars with 11 votes
Category: Horror, Science Fiction, Anthology
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Journeys of Wonder is a new anthology of genre fiction. We’ve assembled three talented writers to bring you five chilling tales that are guaranteed to keep you up at night – or at least make you turn on the lights.

Featured in this first volume:

The Door: Six people are stuck in a room with no memory of how they got there while a fear of the unknown keeps them from opening the only exit they have.

Blackout: A terrifying tale of a young woman whose memory is shattered and a creepy neighbor who is not all that he seems.

Infinity: Two brothers, forced to travel through time to save the world from an unspeakable evil, have little idea of what they have actually gotten themselves into.

Eye of the Wolf: A young girl struggles against the power of the full moon as she tries to hide her deadly secret from her family.

Afterdeath: In a future where our journey beyond death is no longer a mystery, the promise of eternal love waits, unless you break the rules.

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Old Loves Die Hard by Lauren Carr

Rating: 4.6 Stars with 16 votes
Category: Mystery
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Old Loves Die Hard…and in the worst places.

In Old Loves Die Hard, Lauren Carr continues the rags-to-riches story of Mac Faraday, an underpaid homicide detective who inherits two-hundred-and-seventy million dollars and an estate on Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, from his birth mother on the day his divorce becomes final.

Mac is settling nicely into his new life at Spencer Manor when his ex-wife Christine shows up—and she wants him back! Before Mac can send her packing, Christine and her estranged lover are murdered in Mac’s private penthouse suite at the Spencer Inn, the five-star resort built by his ancestors.

The investigation leads to the discovery of cases files for some of Mac’s murder cases in the room of the man responsible for destroying his marriage. Why would his ex-wife’s lover come to Spencer to dig into Mac’s old cases?

With the help of his new friends on Deep Creek Lake, Mac must use all of his detective skills to clear his name and the Spencer Inn’s reputation, before its five-stars—and more bodies—start dropping!

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Gynocracy by K.J. Blaine

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 2 votes
Category: Science Fiction
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"Juno Colony is a deathtrap, a roach motel for men. Women rule and men have no rights. That's where they've taken Steve."

The year is 2040 and Earth has established colonies all over the solar system. The International Space Alliance is tasked with keeping peace throughout, and the ISA's flagship, Phoenix, is the ultimate power in the solar system. Her mission is both exploratory and military deterrent. But when Captain Jason Armstrong discovers his surrogate son has been kidnapped and taken to the infamous Juno Colony on Luna, he'll stop at nothing to get him back.

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Family History by Hazel Hart

Rating: 4.3 Stars with 3 votes
Category: Mystery
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A locked house and a strangled woman.
Town gossips say the sister did it.

Crystal Sands Marshall is furious. The local historical society has chosen another family as the subject for a book on the town's beginnings. Crystal hires her own writer and then sets off to collect the necessary family records from her eccentric sister, Iris.

When Iris, who has not left the house since their mother's death five years ago, fails to answer the door, Crystal breaks in. She finds Iris unconscious on the kitchen floor. Fearing her sister has attempted suicide, Crystal delays the sheriff's investigation until she can search the house and dispose of anything that might set local tongues wagging. She discovers Iris's diaries and learns her mother committed murder to protect the family name. As increasingly horrible secrets are revealed, Crystal is faced with the same choice: public ruin or murder. Is this a case of like mother, like daughter

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Dawnwind: Last Man Standing by George R. Shirer

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Science Fiction
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When the benevolent Junians came to Earth, they were shocked to discover humanity almost wiped out by a global pandemic. They found only one survivor, a man named John Epcott. The Last Human.

When the Junians left Earth, John Epcott went with them.
This is his story.

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Broken Shell Island by Dalya Moon

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Action and Adventure, Young Adult, Fantasy, Humor, Mystery
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Opal gets a dirty old suitcase for her birthday. She’s not impressed. Her grandfather tells her she’ll need it, because she’s going to live with her great aunt on Broken Shell Island. Opal wonders if her grandfather hasn’t gone senile, because Broken Shell Island is a made-up magical place that their family friend Flora Fritz writes picture books about.

Oh, but the island is real. And magic.

Opal encounters magical plants, animals, and danger, too. The evening she arrives, a body is discovered in the woods, not far from where she passed through. Worse, a terrifying creature has emerged from the ground, and it hungers for the innocent, whether the people of the island believe in it or not.

While young Opal is eager to fit into her new life, perhaps becoming a witch herself, she’s mainly concerned about surviving her first week. Riding a unicorn is not quite the experience she expected, nor is her first encounter with hair-styling pixies.

Life is beautiful, magical, and perilous, on Broken Shell Island.

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White Heat by Paul D. Marks

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 18 votes
Category: Mystery, Thriller
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P.I. Duke Rogers finds himself in a combustible situation in this racially charged noir thriller. His case might have to wait... The immediate problem: getting out of South Central Los Angeles in one piece during the 1992 "Rodney King" riots and that's just the beginning of his problems.

Duke finds an old "friend" for a client. The client's "friend," an up and coming African-American actress, ends up dead. Duke knows his client did it. Feeling guilty, he wants to find the client/killer. He starts his mission by going to the dead actress' family in South Central L.A. – and while there the "Rodney King" riots ignite.

As he tries to trackdown the killer he must also deal with the racism of his partner, Jack, and from the dead woman's brother, Warren. He must also confront his own possible latent racism – even as he's in an interracial relationship with the murder victim's sister. The novel looks at race and racism from everyone involved, black and white, and no one gets off unscathed.

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How to Get Business Credit by Taffy Wagner

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 6 votes
Category: Non Fiction
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Cash is the life line of every business; it is the “juice” necessary for your business growth. Most businesses fail within those first few years due to a lack of capital. Are you the new business owner trying to get business credit yet, you keep hearing no because your business is new? In “How to Get Business Credit: For the Entrepreneur”, you will discover:

• How to establish business credit without using your Social Security Number
• How to build business credit for your small business
• Can you get business credit if your personal credit is bad
• How to establish good business credit scores
• Who the three business credit reporting agencies are
• How to get a business credit card

Being excited about your new business is a good thing. Business owners also need to be self-motivated, self-disciplined and very passionate about their business. Passion will drive a business owner even when things are slow. Now is the time to position your business for growth from the very beginning. Having business credit can make the difference between growing your business comfortably because you have business credit or businesses closing down because they were not positioned with the proper funding and/or vision.

Author Dr. Taffy Wagner is a successful entrepreneur and has implemented the strategies she shares within “How to Get Business Credit: For the Entrepreneur”.

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Viral - The Story of the Milkshake Girl by Mike Player

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 2 votes
Category: Humor, Thriller
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What is it like to become an overnight viral video star? Sixteen-year-olds become moguls and moguls fetch coffee in the dark comedy suspense thriller VIRAL - The Story of the Milkshake Girl.

Teen foster girl Erika Moradi stands up for herself by swatting the milkshake out of the hand of a sexist school bully and becomes famous in a fluke video as "The Milkshake Girl." She unwittingly incites the wrath of her high school and the darker elements of online teen networks. Her home is vandalized and her life is threatened forcing her to run away.

Producer Jack Hawkins loses his job at a network soap opera. He sinks into depression and resorts to living in his car. His only hope: he has several high concept series ideas involving some of the hottest viral stars of the moment (a goat that trampolines, a closeted gay Congressman, a Brazilian who fell into a ditch) of which Erika is the most notorious.

Media mogul Wilson LeCord seeks revenge after an ugly divorce and a makeover of his empire to succeed in the digital age. He posts a sex video of his cheating ex-wife with a marine where she shouts ""Take me to your tree, Bigfoot!"" and worse. He joins forces with his felon son (a sociopath in an ankle monitor), washed-up TV producer Jack, and viral sensation Erika to forge an online media news hub called "Viral Video Outlaws."

As death threats mount, Erika's star rises with a music video anthem against bullying called "Bully Bully." She records the song with high school gay outcast Syd. Lady Gaga's guest appearance rockets the video into the viral stratosphere.

Soon, Wilson is no longer head honcho, Jack becomes his own content, and Erika learns the hard way that there is a terrible price to pay when your videos and your fame go VIRAL.

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Island of Fog by Keith Robinson

Rating: 4.9 Stars with 16 votes
Category: Children's, Fantasy, Mystery
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FANTASY SERIES FOR ALL AGES 9+

A secluded foggy island is home to eight families. Twelve-year-old Hal and his friends have always wondered what happened all those years ago on the mainland, that unseen place Out There beyond the fog, and after an astonishing discovery in the woods the children are more determined than ever to find out what their parents are hiding. But their lives are turned upside down when classmate Abigail reveals her closely guarded secret. According to her, the children are slowly changing into monsters. Are they freaks of nature or subjects of a sinister experiment?

ISLAND OF FOG is a fantasy for all readers 9 and up. The first book in the series follows Hal Franklin as he struggles to accept that he and his friends are something more than ordinary children. With their trust shaken and the unexpected arrival of a strange woman from Out There, the children hide their frightening shapeshifting abilities and pretend nothing is wrong.

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Third Batch of Thursday Free Books 8-30-2012

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Bling, Bling by David DeLee

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 1 vote
Category: Thriller, Crime
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When bounty hunter Grace deHaviland is brought in to locate a cheating, conniving, financial management guru—arrested on multiple fraud and theft charges—who’s skipped out on bail, she finds she has her hands full, not only with trying to track the missing man down, but also in dealing with a street-wise rapper who’s popularity is in decline, his contentious wife and their disintegrating marriage and careers, and a desperate manhunt that might end up getting her killed.

And features the bonus story -- Discreet Fling

Sheriff’s deputy, Suzie Jensen has investigated vicious murders before, so when she teams with BCI agent Eugene Booker to investigate the savage beating death of a woman in downtown Columbus, Ohio, it is not the level of violence that surprises her, it is the secrets the victims had and the length she will need to go to catch a killer, without becoming a victim herself.

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Financial Aid For College Step By Step by Athletic Scholarship Info

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 2 votes
Category: Non Fiction
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Contrary to what you may have been told, financial aid for college expenses is available for almost anyone that really wants to get a college education. However, most high school students and their parents fall victim to the ridiculous myths that exist about how difficult it is to get the financial aid they need to pay for college tuition, books, board and other expenses.

For student/athletes that play sports, college athletic scholarships are not the only avenue for obtaining the funding you may need. Even if you do obtain one of the coveted sports scholarships, it may be only a partial.

Entering college with the money in the form of scholarships, loans, and grants is mainly a matter of starting early, investigating what’s available, planning and applying for the money that is available in any given year. Above all, you cannot wait until your son or daughter is a senior in high school to start applying for the funds to meet university expenses.

“Financial Aid For College” is a financial aid book that gives you all the information you will need to ensure that your child has money for college before he enters his freshman year. This guide to scholarships lists many little known financial aid opportunities and how to apply for them. And it also explains all the many different popular financial aid sources and when and how to apply for them.

From the sophomore through the senior year in high school, you are shown on a month-by-month basis what you should be doing to make sure that the college money you need is in hand and ready when you need it. The book is written in easy-to-use language, and it leaves nothing to chance.

If you have a child who wants to go on to college after high school, and you have no idea where to start looking for the funding, this book is a must for you. It is simply the ultimate scholarship book.

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The Librarian by Eric Hobbs

Rating: 4.6 Stars with 51 votes
Category: Action and Adventure, Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery
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Wesley Bates thinks his life pretty much sucks. He's landed at the bottom of his school's popularity ladder, and bully Randy Stanford seems to be waiting around every corner.

The troubled teen thinks he's found a way to escape his real-world problems when he stumbles upon strange doorways in Astoria's local library that seem to lead into the extraordinary worlds from all his favorite books. Oz, Neverland, Wonderland -- they're all a reality with Wesley's new discovery. Wesley teams with best friend Taylor Williams to embark on a great adventure, both ready to leave the drama of middle school behind.

But the two kids quickly find themselves embroiled in a centuries-old battle for the library and the magic hiding within. Now, fighting alongside the eccentric old man who's vowed to protect the building's power, the pair must help ward off an attack by a shadowy group with a strange tie to Wesley's nemesis, forcing Wesley to face the fears he's been dodging... and one of the most terrifying bullies of all time!

Exclusive to Amazon's Kindle, The Librarian is a thrilling new series that provides kids an opportunity to experience the world’s most beloved fantasy novels in a brand new way – through the eyes of children just like them. And the fun doesn't stop there! Librarian author Eric Hobbs has teamed with The Sylvan Learning Center to launch The Librarian Book Club. Toward the back of the book, each copy of The Librarian contains an exclusive invitation to join. Open to students in grades K-8, the club will bring kids together from around the globe to compete in a monthly reading contest where they’ll have a chance to win exciting prizes: gift cards, autographed books, new toys, video games, DVDs, iPods…even a brand new Kindle Fire! All kids have to do is answer questions about the books they’re currently reading! That’s it! It’s that easy! Pick up the book an join the book club today!

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The Librarian 2 by Eric Hobbs

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Action and Adventure, Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery
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Yesterday, Taylor and Wes turned a boring field trip to their local library into a grand adventure when they found a mysterious portal leading into the fabled Land of Oz.

But that was yesterday.

Today they've learned their actions have had grave consequences. Not only did they alter the Oz mythos, but their deeds may have had unexplained repercussions in the real world as well. Taylor's returned home to find she's living a life that isn't her own. Nothing's as she left it. Her normally warm father has become cold and distant. Her grades have fallen overnight. Teachers who once saw her as their favorite student, now consider her their most problematic pupil. Only Wesley remembers Taylor as she truly is, and together, he and Tay return to Oz hoping they can undo the damage and restore both worlds to the way they were.

But the children quickly find they're in way over their heads. Not only has the Wicked Witch taken control of Oz, but Douglas Stanford has stayed behind to build a small army of storybook villains to help him obtain the magic hidden within Astoria's library. The librarian's returned to stop him, but the old man may need the children's help as the fate of every known world hangs in the balance.

The adventure continues in this action-packed continuation of The Librarian Saga! Exclusive to Amazon's Kindle, The Librarian is a thrilling new series that provides kids an opportunity to experience the world’s most beloved fantasy novels in a brand new way – through the eyes of children just like them. And the fun doesn't stop there! Librarian author Eric Hobbs has teamed with The Sylvan Learning Center to launch The Librarian Book Club. Toward the back of the book, each copy of The Librarian contains an exclusive invitation to join. Open to students in grades K-8, the club will bring kids together from around the globe to compete in a monthly reading contest where they’ll have a chance to win exciting prizes: gift cards, autographed books, new toys, video games, DVDs, iPods…even a brand new Kindle Fire! All kids have to do is answer questions about the books they’re currently reading! That’s it! It’s that easy! Pick up the book and join the book club today!

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Second Batch of Thursday Free Books 8-30-2012

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First Chosen by M Todd Gallowglas

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 32 votes
Category: Fantasy
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"This is really great stuff! The characters seem real, three dimensional people, not typical fantasy types." - James Rollins, Author of THE DEVIL COLONY and MAP OF BONES.

On her twenty-first birthday, Julianna frees Grandfather Shadow, an ancient god of vengeance, from his thousand-year prison. In his ""gratitude,"" the god names her his high priest and commands her to lead his people to greatness once again. However, it has become a capital crime for any of Julianna's people to worship one of the five ancient gods - the punishment is the destruction of the offender's soul. While evading Kingdom Inquisitors and the followers of the god of death, Julianna must survive long enough to learn to use her new power and unite Grandfather Shadow's fractured people.

And so begins, TEARS OF RAGE a dark, epic fantasy saga about the power of faith and belief, where even though the gods can inspire these qualities in mortals, it is those same mortals that truly control the religions that form from any god's divine inspiration. It is also a swashbuckling tale of political intrigue where men scheme against each other and the gods, and how friendship, loyalty, and faith can help people persevere through the darkest times.

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Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate by M Todd Gallowglas

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 18 votes
Category: Fantasy
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Halloween, All Hallow's Eve, the one night of the year the Devil and his kin are free to roam the world. Only one thing keeps humanity safe on that darkest of nights: Jack o' the Lantern, the mythical figure that all demons despise and fear. What if Jack o' the Lantern didn't frighten all of those dark creatures any more?

The Devil's Gate comes crashing down! Jack o' the Lantern is trapped! All the hordes and legions of the darkest realm are free to roam as they wish! With nothing to keep the dark creatures at bay, only Jack's last three descendants can save the world from the Devil and all his kin. To do that, they must create a legend even bigger and greater than Jack o' the Lantern ever was.

Based on one of the oldest Irish legends of Halloween, Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate is a Steampunk adventure story for all ages that will carry you to the heart of how we protect ourselves on the darkest night of the year.
 

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Born Lucky by Christine Dougherty

Rating: 4.0 Stars with 3 votes
Category: Paranormal
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At three days old, JD was blown clear of the explosion that killed his mysterious parents and set him on a path of uneasy discovery. A reluctant psychic, JD chooses to live in the safe world of a mental institution, unable to control the things he ‘sees’…sometimes with unwelcome, and even dangerous, consequences.

Join JD as he tries to help find a young couple who go missing in the forbidding Pine Barrens of South Jersey.

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Counting on You by Lisa Bork

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Contemporary, Mystery
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Truth is stranger than fiction. No one knows that more than storyteller Julia Locke, who travels to the Marshall Islands in order to attend her birthfather’s memorial service and watch his cremains be launched into space. Julia’s real mission is to meet her half-brother and ask him to be tested as a potential donor before kidney disease claims her life. But she stumbles on a dead body the morning of the launch, makes the wrong choice, and ends up discredited when she later tries to alibi her half-brother, who’s under arrest for murder. Now, with her health declining and her mission in jeopardy, Julia must sort through the Islands’ bad blood with the U.S. military, unravel the tall tales everyone else is telling, find the missing ashes of her birthfather and a famous starlet, and identify the real killer before her time runs out.

From Lisa Bork, author of Discovering Nowhere and the Broken Vows Mystery Series: For Better, For Murder (a 2009 Agatha Award Finalist for Best First Novel), For Richer, For Danger, In Sickness and In Death, and To Love and To Perish.

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Thursday Free Books 8-30-2012

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Enemy in Blue by Derek Blass

Rating: 4.1 Stars with 107 votes
Category: Thriller  
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YOU KNOW WHO YOUR ENEMY IS?

The streets aren't safe when your enemy wears a blue uniform and a gold badge.

What if the good guys weren't good?

What if a cop went rogue and killed an innocent man?

What if it was all caught on video and the cop would do anything to cover it up?

Chase this lawless cop through the streets and to a scintillating series of showdowns with Cruz Marquez, a young attorney trying to nail down his enemy in blue.

Will justice be served?

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No Good Deed by M.P. McDonald

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 146 votes
Category: Thriller  
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Mark Taylor discovers first hand that no good deed goes unpunished when the old camera he found during a freelance job in an Afghanistan bazaar gives him more than great photos. It triggers dreams of disasters. Tragedies that happen exactly as he envisions them. He learns that not only can he see the future, he can change it. Then the unthinkable happened and everyone ignored his frantic warnings. Thousands die. Suddenly, the Feds are pounding on his door and the name they have for Taylor isn't urban hero. It's enemy combatant. And, it means they can do anything they want to him. Anything at all.

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Shades of Gray: A Short Story by H. D. Thomson

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 146 votes
Category: Fantasy
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Kennedy Sinclair is given a pair of simple sunglasses. Or so she thinks. Within twenty-four hours, she discovers they are far from simple or normal. The lenses open a door to the dark side of her personality and a serial killer, who turns his focus on her. Can she outwit, outrun a murderer? And if she survives the night, does she have the strength to become the person destiny has created for her?

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KVETCH by Greta Beigel

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Memoir
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In "Kvetch," concert pianist-turned-journalist Greta Beigel looks back, sometimes in horror, often with humor at (dysfunctional) Jewish family life lived under the umbrella of apartheid in South Africa, circa the '50s and '60s. While her memoir chronicles Orthodox Jewry's responses to events during that shameful era, it also explores the rituals, customs--and delicious foods associated with a rich cultural heritage. For Greta, however, danger remains omnipresent. A child piano prodigy then teen concert performer Greta lives at the mercy of a superambitious matriarch, desperate for entree into Jewish Society. With violence never far--and following a failed marriage to a nice Jewish doctor--Greta faces a choice: Stay in Africa and surely die--or flee to California and create anew. She chooses life. The story moves to Los Angeles, where the author metamorphoses into a music journalist, soon covering the arts for the Los Angeles Times. But always in the background a dark familial figure hovers...

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