Author: Deborah Truscott

Kathleen Findlay is married to a cad, her mother is driving her crazy and her life is falling apart. Then her uncle dies, leaving her the family’s Revolutionary-era home and, she believes, an escape from her chaotic marriage. But one afternoon, while searching for a rake, she discovers a man in her garden shed — and a free fall through the centuries.

As her life spins wildly out of control, Kathleen finds her heart and in the process, her own place in time.

Author: Laura Frantz

Lovely but tough as nails, Lael Click is the daughter of a celebrated frontiersman. Haunted by her father’s former captivity with the Shawnee Indians, as well as the secret sins of her family’s past, Lael comes of age in the fragile Kentucky settlement her father founded. Though she faces the loss of a childhood love, a dangerous family feud, and the affection of a Shawnee warrior, Lael draws strength from the rugged land she calls home, and from Ma Horn, a distant relative who shows her the healing ways of herbs and roots found in the hills. But the arrival of an outlander doctor threatens her view of the world, God, and herself–and the power of grace and redemption.

This epic novel gives readers a glimpse into the simple yet daring lives of the pioneers who first crossed the Appalachians, all through the courageous eyes of a determined young woman. Laura Frantz’s debut novel offers a feast for readers of historical fiction and romance lovers alike.

Author: Karen Witemeyer

Having completed his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed his youthful plans for fame and fortune, Levi Grant looks to start over in the town of Spencer, Texas. Spencer needs a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father’s knee, and he needs a place where no one knows his past. But small towns leave little room for secrets…Eden Spencer has sworn off men, choosing instead to devote her time to the lending library she runs. When a mountain-sized stranger walks through her door and asks to borrow a book, she steels herself against the attraction he provokes. His halting speech and hesitant manner leave her doubting his intelligence. Yet as the mysteries of the town’s new blacksmith unfold, Eden discovers hidden depths in him that tempt her heart.Levi’s renewed commitment to his faith leads Eden to believe she’s finally found a man of honor and integrity, a man worthy of her love. But when the truth about his prodigal past comes to light, can this tarnished hero find a way to win back the librarian’s affections?

Author: Aiden James

William Barrow carries a dark secret. A very dark secret.

An archivist for the Smithsonian Institute and also a part-time operative for the CIA, no one would ever suspect the handsome ‘thirty-ish’ William is in fact the most reviled human being to ever walk the earth. His infectious warmth and sense of humor make such an assertion especially hard to believe.

But long ago, William Barrow had another name…one that is synonymous with shame and betrayal: Judas Iscariot.

Forced to walk the earth as a cursed immortal, William/Judas is on a quest to reclaim the thirty silver shekels paid to him in exchange for Jesus Christ. Twenty-one coins have now been recovered—thanks in large part to the help from his latest son, the esteemed Georgetown University history professor, Alistair Barrow.

Ever hopeful the complete coin collection will buy him a full pardon from God and end his banishment from heaven, William plans a visit to a remote village deep within Iran’s Alborz Mountains to retrieve ‘silver coin number twenty-two’. But the CIA has a different objective for this trip, one that pits both father and son against an unscrupulous Russian billionaire searching for something else that’s just as precious within the ancient mountains of Iran…something that threatens peace in the modern world if William and Alistair fail to reach it first.

Author: Juliet Waldron

Giddy sugarplum or calculating bitch?

Pretty Konstanze aroused strong feelings among her contemporaries. Her in-law’s loathed her. Mozart’s friends, more than forty years after his death, remained eager to gossip about her “failures” as wife to the world’s first superstar. Maturing from child, to wife, to hard-headed widow, Konstanze would pay Mozart’s debts, provide for their children, and relentlessly market and mythologize her brilliant husband. Mozart’s letters attest to his affection for Konstanze as well as to their powerful sexual bond. Nevertheless, prominent among the many mysteries surrounding the composer’s untimely death: why did his much beloved Konstanze never mark his grave?

Author: J.R. Rain

It’s tough being the King.

Which is why in 1977 Elvis faked his own death and endured massive facial reconstruction surgery, and disappeared from the limelight to live a normal life as the unassuming Aaron King. Unfortunately, leaving fame behind also meant leaving his fortune behind, too, and now Elvis finds himself broke and living in near poverty in a small apartment in Los Angeles. Luckily for him, it turns out he’s a pretty good private investigator.

Now in his seventies and contemplating a return to music (discreetly, of course), Elvis is hired to solve a baffling missing person case. The King digs deeper, and soon finds himself surrounded by the seedier elements of Los Angeles, from nefarious Hollywood producers who prey upon the young, to twin brothers with a very dark secret.

And as Elvis pieces the bizarre puzzle together, he slowly makes his singing comeback—and will be reunited on stage with someone even the King himself never dreamed possible.

Author: Doug Bremner

Accutane – the truth that had to be told

In 2001 Hoffman-La Roche’s drug Accutane was selling in its billions worldwide as a treatment for acne. For those who suffered from extreme scarring acne, it was something of a miraculous treatment, however evidence started to mount that for others it was a death sentence. Over the next few years it was estimated that between 300 and 3,000 young people being prescribed Accutane since its launch had committed suicide or killed others.

In 2001 the father of young man in Ireland who had committed suicide approached Dr. Doug Bremner as Professor of Psychiatry & Radiology at Emory University to see if he could find a causal link between the drug and depression. His findings were that the drug did have an effect on the brain likely to cause acute depression in some patients, which was not surprising as it is a molecular cousin of Vitamin A which is known to cause depression in excessive quantities.

One might think that Hoffman-La Roche would have welcomed these findings. After all, no-one was doubting that Accutane was an extremely effective remedy in many cases, it was just that it appeared to have lethal side-effects in others.

You might like to think again on that one.

‘The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg’ is the account of what Hoffman-La Roche did next, which was to prosecute a determined, energetic and vindictive campaign against Dr. Bremner designed to suppress his findings and destroy his career and livelihood.

Author: Vicky Kaseorg, Vicky Kaseorg

“Why am I here…and God, are you there?”
God Drives a Tow Truck is a compilation of true stories about the author’s quest to find God. In her voyage from atheist to believer, she gradually discovers that while God’s face may not be clearly seen, the brush of His fingertips is often felt. In a personal treasure hunt for infinite value, the search for God in the everyday occurrences of life is humorously depicted in sometimes eerily strange situations. The stories unfold from seemingly commonplace events to miraculous conclusions. Most of us won’t find God in a burning bush, like Moses did, but like the author, we may find Him in a burning house…or perhaps, even driving a tow truck.

Author: Glen Krisch, Garrett Cook, Kealan Burke

During a hot summer night in 1934, tragedy strikes when two local boys search for the truth behind a local legend. They stumble upon the Underground, a network of uncharted caverns just below the surface of Coal Hollow.

Time holds no sway in the Underground. People no longer age and their wounds heal as if by magic. By morning, one boy is murdered, while the other never returns home. The Underground is hidden for a reason. Certain locals want to keep their lair secret, no matter the cost.

Below a town struggling to survive both the Great Depression and the closing of the local coal mine, lives an immortal society built on the backs of slavery and pervasive immorality.

Author: Marcia Reece

Say NO to the Relationship Rats…so you can say YES to your Forever Love! Looking for a true and lasting love; the man of your dreams is out there! This book costs less than one month’s membership on most popular online dating sites; and it is 100% money back guaranteed to work. Between the end of her 25 year marriage and finding her Forever Love, Marcia Reece dated 59 men over a ten year span and found out a whole lot about how NOT to find Mr. Right. You’ll laugh along with her as she recounts some of those adventures. Then the Marriage Mouse came into her life…and everything changed. Her perfect mate showed up in the most unexpected place, in the most unexpected way. Since then, she and the Marriage Mouse have helped scores of women find a match as wonderful as hers. Both a heartfelt testimonial and a practical blueprint for the many remarkable women who have lived a little and are on a mission to discover their ultimate love for the first, or the last, time.

Author: Jim Devitt

Van Stone has it all, the perfect family, great friends and the best job in the world. Then, his life falls apart. Thrust into a deadly plot masterminded by unknown enemies, Van is in a race against time to save those closest to him.

As The Card barrels forward, Van, armed with only his best friends, draws on his deductive powers and inner strength, to battle the corrupt forces. Set in Seattle, Washington, this fast paced mystery takes you behind-the-scenes in professional baseball. Full of unexpected twists and high stakes drama, this first in a series adventure will keep you guessing until the final scene.

As fresh as today’s headlines, Jim Devitt, in his debut novel, weaves a suspenseful ride that blows the lid off scientific advancement, in a story of breathtaking action and suspense.

Author: Julie Aydlott

What happens when we die? Will we ever see our loved ones again? Are they really OK? Age-old questions that just about every one asks. True Stories of Messages From Beyond tells 14 different personal stories of the bond we all share with those we love a bond never broken, not even by death. Each story was written by an ordinary person living an ordinary life, who was touched, changed, comforted, and even transformed by their own unique extraordinary encounters with those they love on the other side. Each encounter, whether a smell, a touch, a message in a song or another form of communication are touching, emotional and give hope to those who read them.

Author: Grace DeVoll, Dan Nainan

Becoming a full-time stand-up comedian isn’t usually a formulaic process. Unlike college admissions, law school, or medical school, there is no predictable path. Whether you’ve never written a joke before or are a veteran performer looking to make this a full time profession, learn how to make stand-up comedy your full-time job, and how to make money doing it. Opportunities to perform are everywhere, but they aren’t necessarily easy to find. In this eBook acclaimed and experienced full-time touring performer teaches you how to kickstart your career as a comedian. In his book, Dan Nainan shares the secrets of his business and walks readers through building their own careers in comedy.

Author: B.J. Whittington, Nell Fallcard, Barbara Utzinger

Dragon Soul begins in a small village of the Palmir people. A quiet, productive and peaceful clan with an almost forgotten violent history. The Plague from the North–an attack of powerful, evil creatures–virtually annihilated them generations ago. They defeated the Plague, with the help of mystics and dragons – but at great cost.

What if the Plague returns? There are so few Dragon Souls. Could they defeat the monsters again? And what of real dragons? Will they ever again exist in their own form?

Vedicville serves as a place to mentor Dragon Souls and Hosts, humans who transform into dragons. Thol, a goat herder at Vedicville, never imagined he would start his day as a human and end up as a dragon. Who would? There are usually indications that a person is Host to a Dragon Soul. The first indication for Thol, was when his hands began to elongate and turn into talons. When Rasdor emerges, unexpectedly, and fly’s off in a panic, several villagers commence a journey to find him. The search uncovers more than the lost dragon, the key to saving their entire civilization. If they realize it in time.

Author: Susan Hatler

“Susan Hatler’s books make me laugh out loud while also touching my heart. She reminds me to focus on the joy in life right along with her characters!” — Virna DePaul, National Bestselling Author on Love At First Date

Ellen may not believe in storybook love, but it’s about to rewrite her life . . .

Ellen’s figured out that finding the right guy is all about compatibility. That’s why she signs up for Detailed Dating—the local online dating scene in Sacramento. They ask men the hard questions, compare their answers with hers, then she filters through the profiles of each provided “match.” After numerous email exchanges, she narrows it down to two promising candidates she’s excited to meet in person.

When Ellen’s best friend asks her for a favor, dog-sitting leads to disaster and Ellen ends up at the local vet where she meets a man she can’t get out of her mind. Henry isn’t a logical choice, but she finds herself paying for dog obedience class to spend more time with him.

Ellen knows that in order to have a lasting relationship, she should take the safe route and go for one of the pre-screened guys. But, how can she think with her head when her heart keeps begging her to give Henry a chance?

Author: David Fingerman

The short stories of “Edging Past Reality” will take you on a journey to the precipice of reason – and then push you over the edge.

Author: Leigh Anne Lagoe, Leigh Anne Lagoe

A heartwarming tale about a dog trying to find his place in the world. Drips, the excessive drooler, can’t quite find a place to call home.

Author: Denise Paré-Watson, Urbnspice

Nothing says “home, family and friends” like Chocolate Cookies, Brownies and Squares. The feedback and comments that I have received from my previous book, “Chocolate Desserts Made easy and Delicious – Cakes”, has been extremely gratifying and has been a significant motivating factor with respect to writing this new book, “Chocolate Desserts Made Easy and Delicious – Cookies, Brownies and Squares”. It has indicated to me that home bakers truly appreciate a quality recipe that is simple to follow, tested and tasted, and provides additional understanding of how to make their baking experience easier and more fulfilling. After all, this book is all about making you a hero!

Author: Scott Clements

Have you ever felt your pets are your only true friends? That’s exactly how thirteen-year-old Chet Parker felt every day of his life. After failing at sports, music, and almost everything imaginable, he gave up on ever finding his place in the world. But thanks to an accidental dose of modified dog DNA, things were about to change for Chet. With a new found connection to his six month old dog Zoe, Chet learns that Mr. Fluffy Pants, the cat of the most popular girl in school, has gone missing. Will Chet’s off-the-wall investigative methods drive him further down the social ladder? Or will they lift him up to claim his spot as That Pet Finder Kid?

A delightful detective story, sure to melt the heart of every pet lover.

Author: Denise Domning

One knight’s widow trapped at court and longing for home, one common-born knight determined to marry her.  Add a king who enjoys turning his subjects into pawns and let the game begin.

Author: Preston Waddington, Don Lay, Stewart Cink

THE NOW GOLFER is a new golf psychology book that offers players the essential mental and emotional skills to improve their games and the quality of their golf experience. This book is for golfers…all golfers. Preston Waddington is a well- known psychoanalyst who has helped top professional golfers and other athletes to attain their peak performance. THE NOW GOLFER is an examination of the basic mental principles that apply to the actual playing of this very complex and demanding game. The most important point underlying the book is to make golf more fun for the player. This is the best golf book for players to learn golf skills to manage the mental aspects of the game. The authors acknowledge that every person who picks up a golf club has his or her own unique golf swing, style, and playing ability. Therefore, there are no mechanical instructions in this book. THE NOW GOLFER is about hitting the ball with the golf swing that you already possess while maximizing your ability, your score, and your enjoyment.

Author: Sullins Stuart

Spiritual teacher and author Sullins Stuart explains how we live most of our lives in a form of sleep induced by the ego. The ego is the cause of all problems and suffering. We lose sight of our true nature as spiritual beings when we let the ego dominate our decisions, actions, and lives. In order to awaken from our ego-induced slumber, we must make the effort to live in the Present, the eternal Now. Drawing from eastern and western religious and philosophical thought and his experience as a spiritual counselor and life coach, Stuart shows how living in the Present shatters the illusions of the ego to reveal the Truth. The Present is a mystical place where the divine will, peace, harmony, and unconditional love reign supreme. When we live in the Present we free ourselves from the ego’s prison, engage the soul, and live in conscious harmony with God and the Universe.

Author: E.S. Tilton, Mark Hardman, Karen Swaty

Outcast psychics with a 2,658-year-old objective, the Seven foresee destruction at the end of nearly all time streams. The land of Llayentia, already raped by a single act of betrayal, must escape a future more horrific, more heinous, than all that has come before. Grim with determination, the Seven move to protect their world…at all cost.

Kyra Atar is Freni-Kyn, a race of entertainers genetically modified for survival of the Rage Wars through use of the pleasure skills. This makes for one deliciously irresistible assassin. Wielding Freni-Kyn illusions, she readily slips into the persona of whomever she wants…with one exception…herself.

Haunted by the jagged wreckage of a past too horrific to face, Tahrek lives a fractured life of deception. Born a Half-Frevell, the remnant of his parent’s fleeting passion, he hides his true nature from all, or risks certain death. Recruited into a life he despises, he moves from assignment to assignment. His newest job is simple…

Author: Cynthia James

Every person on this planet has the ability to express and radiate EXTRAORDINARY qualities. Revealing Your EXTRAORDINARY Essence is about moving from the ordinary to the EXTRAORDINARY.

This book is for busy people who want to become more conscious and successful. By busy, I mean that the plate is full with demands and responsibilities that take up an inordinate amount of time. It is for people who feel overwhelmed, overworked and over-committed. It is for people who feel stuck and want to birth “that something” inside of them that is screaming to be released in exceptional ways. The words that come to mind when I think of being EXTRAORDINARY are exceptional, uncommon, unusual, impressive, remarkable and unexpected.

Author: Scott Mallory, Randy Pease, Rob E. Brown

Ben Better is a morning show host who lives and breathes radio. Ben hopes the new company buying his station will be what he needs to finally make it big. Instead, corporate decides to scrap the pop station’s format and fire the on-air staff. Before Ben can make sense of it all, he’s pulling up stakes and heading south to assist his wife’s budding career in retail. Used to the local spotlight and hectic pace of morning radio, the former host must now grapple with being a lost and isolated stay-at-home dad. During the humbling transition, Ben reflects on his broadcasting career filled with backstabbing managers, dead-weight co-hosts, lowlife competitors, insane listeners, and unpredictable celebrities. Can Ben come to terms with his new station in life, or will a familiar enemy return to finish him off? These are the shocking stories of radio, remorse and revenge. These are the Tales of a Washed-Up Neverwas!

Author: John Ferneau-Leinen

A collection of short stories. I dreamed dreams of days gone by, from the thirties to the present. Enjoy a few lines from some of the stories, and relish in your dreams of days gone by: Just beyond the pine grove, poised to pounce like a famished wolf, laid land-devouring suburbia. – The truck hit the water with a “WHOOSH,” and skipped twice like a flat rock. – God, I despised this man. – Moving through life like a clumsy visitor – “Grandpa, ain’t you got no dirt?” – Now, beyond the boundary of familiarity without daytime rivers of sound and smell for guidance and bearing, confused, Ben momentarily ignored the touch of his cane. -The bullet in its flight penetrated the picture window of the Richter’s living room, shattered a lamp on the table inside the window, and lodged between Great Grandpa Richter’s eyes. – Lampert seemed to have the uncanny ability to belch or fart whenever he thought it would get a laugh. It was an ability that made him the envy of the neighborhood boys. – After that day I didn’t care much for God.

Author: Kevin George

Flea has always been different from other students in school. He’s not smart or athletic, he’s shorter than kids five years younger than him and his facial features are so pointy that everyone avoids him. His foster mother constantly warns him to avoid attention, though Flea has no idea who’s after them. But Flea has recently discovered several abilities that change his life forever: snowy weather follows him wherever he goes, he stops snowballs in mid-flight and he builds anything in shop class in the matter of minutes despite his lack of training. An appearance on The Great Build-Off – a popular construction game show – leads him to a magical place he thought existed only in Christmas stories.

At the North Pole, Flea feels even more like an outsider. In fact, this storybook village reminds him of every school he’d ever attended, complete with overachievers and underachievers, popular elves and outcasts, even elves who aren’t afraid to march to their own beat. But during his training to become a proper builder elf, he discovers that the North Pole has an arch-nemesis bent on invading the elfish lands and ending Christmas forever. With a war looming against the South Pole, Flea’s sudden appearance at the North Pole is no coincidence, as he questions his role in the fate of the world’s greatest holiday.

Author: Matthew Eldridge

From his early days as a monk working with orphans, to his final days as Bishop, this historical fiction fantasy novel details the life of the true Saint Nicholas, as never told before.

In an effort to help the poor in Asia Minor, Nicholas makes a risky trip to Byzantium (soon to be Constantinople), but finds himself evading the evil Emperor, Diocletian, who tracks him down across the Middle East.

Escaping to the mountains east of Byzantium and north of Myra, Nicholas finds a winter wonderland where a community of dwarfs live to escape cruel treatment from Rome. The little people are gifted craftsmen and entrepreneurs. The Bishop also falls in love with a beautiful woman, challenging him with the choice of leaving a life of celibacy for an intimacy of a more earthly kind.

The Bishop discovers his monastery burned by Roman soldiers upon his return, and is later turned in by the Cardinal himself.

Imprisoned and sentenced to death, his only hope is the successor to Diocletian, the warrior Constantine.

More than just an adventurous love story, SAINT NICHOLAS, THE CHRISTMAS STORY comes alive with the spirit of Christmas as we follow the world’s greatest gift-giver, reminding us what giving is really about.

Author: Charlie Morelli

Why pay someone hundreds or thousands of dollars to build a mobile Web site for you when you can do it yourself and for less? In this book, you’ll learn how to build your own mobile Web site with or without any programming knowledge. You’ll learn how to do it in one day or less, if you have your own Web space or none at all. If you know how to “cut and paste” things from your Web browser, you can build your own mobile Web site.

Author: Aneesa Price, Mary-Nancy’s Eagle-Eye Editing

“I am female, I am a slut, and most days, I think I’m a loon too, but those are my secrets to keep except from you. … I ask you to play the role of a priest – nonjudgmental, understanding, and to atone me for my sins…” ~ Simone

Simone, the quintessential desperate housewife, is primarily absorbed on settling her family into their new home in the vibrant, metropolitan city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Unbeknownst to her, the greatest threat lurked not outside of the eight-foot walls and electric fencing but within the walls she seeks sanctuary. But the threat comes disguised as tantalizing pleasures of the most carnal nature that challenges her views of love, marriage and sex. Can Simone resist and rescue her family from the evil she’s let into their lives?

This is her first confession.

Author: Lewis E. Lehrman

Lincoln at Peoria explains how Lincoln’s speech at Peoria on October 16, 1854, was the turning point in the development of his antislavery campaign and his political career and thought. Here, Lincoln detailed his opposition to slavery’s extension and his determination to defend America’s Founding document from those who denied that the Declaration of Independence applied to black Americans.

To understand President Abraham Lincoln, one must understand the Peoria speech of October 16, 1854. It forms the foundation of his politics and principles in the 1850s and in his presidency.

Author: Rob Fahey, Nicholas Lovell

Free-to-play is the most exciting thing to happen to the games business for decades. Each week brings new success stories, as creators around the world unleash the potential of free-to-play – building successful, thriving games for mobile, social and even console and PC platforms, all with a single, powerful price tag: free. Yet at the same time, many other creators are struggling to make free-to-play work for them – while some bad uses of free-to-play have even attracted criticism for the entire industry.

This book is designed as a reference for all game creators – whether you’re a veteran of the industry trying to get up to speed with the free-to-play business model, a newcomer learning the ropes, or even an experienced free-to-play creator seeking to polish your knowledge and challenge your perceptions. It’s also a perfect read for anyone – game creator or not – who wants to understand how the free-to-play model works, and what the future of the games business looks like.

Author: Arion Golmakani

Solacers tells the touching story of a 5-year old child’s search for family life and safety following the divorce of his parents in Iran during the 1960’s. The first child of a heartless father and a discarded mother is left to fend for himself on the streets of Mashhad, seeking food and shelter wherever he can. His lonely early years are an unbelievable tale of cruelty and betrayal on the part of nearly everyone who might be expected to help, save for one aunt who does her best to keep him from starving.

But living a harsh and solitary existence has one advantage for this little boy: other than forcing him to be self-reliant, no one attempts to indoctrinate him on rural Iranian society’s archaic cultural values and religious beliefs. And so he never accepts his wretched state as fate, choosing instead to dream big dreams about getting an education, having his own family, and starting a new life – possibly in the faraway land called America. He makes a plan and by the age of 17 he boards a plane to the land of possibilities, where his dreams eventually also take flight.