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Job	by J. Pizarro-Cruz May 19, 2012	$0.99	41436 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: J.Pizarro-Cruz is the author of the Job series as well as the Lisa Hernandez chronicles. For more information about J.Pizarro-Cruz as well as his online E-Book store visit: http://www.facebook.com/JPizarroCruzBooks http://www/Twitter.com/JPizarroCruz
His Wrath is Come (P&R5)	by Tim Ellis May 19, 2012	$1.54	82230 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Tim Ellis is a retired soldier, bean counter, and teacher who has been writing fiction for five years.
The Shadow of Death (P&R4)	by Tim Ellis May 19, 2012	$1.51	88595 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Tim Ellis is a retired soldier, bean counter, and teacher who has been writing fiction for five years.
The Skulls Beneath Eternity Wharf (Quigg 4)	by Tim Ellis May 19, 2012	$3.04	84578 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Tim Ellis is a retired soldier, bean counter, and teacher who has been writing fiction for five years.
The Twelve Murders of Christmas (Quigg 1)	by Tim Ellis May 19, 2012	$0.99	34001 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Tim Ellis is a retired soldier, bean counter, and teacher who has been writing fiction for five years.
Mutation	by Suzanne Morrison May 19, 2012	$4.99	141552 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Suzanne Morrison was brought up in the town of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, then moved to England in 1997 to read Natural Sciences at Cambridge University. After Cambridge, she moved, via a year in advertising, into the world of finance â€“ she worked in the City for almost six years, first at Enron, then at a small trading house and latterly as a derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs. In 2007, wanting a change of pace, and to pursue her lifetime passion for fitness, she set up her own Personal Training business, FlameFitness. Her career change gave her the opportunity to produce MUTATION and the forthcoming novel DREAMT. Following in the footsteps of both her father and grandfather, Suzanne has always been an avid fan of both spy and crime thrillers. Mutation was inspired by the idea of how small changes and seemingly simple decisions can lead to huge change both in our character and in our circumstances. In addition, Suzanne studied viruses extensively as part of her degree and, like Amanda, is both awestruck and terrified by their diversity, durability and their ability to devastate. Suzanneâ€™s next novel, DREAMT, will be coming out in 2013.
Seven Devils	by Matthew Christopher Benner May 19, 2012	$2.99	93711 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Matthew Benner's from the east coast somewhere. I'm thinkin' Maine but that's prolly cause I'm confusin' him with Stephen King. Pretty sure he lives near a West Chester but google maps showed a helluva lot of West Chesters so that piece of information proved not-helpful. If I had to guess, I'd say... West Chester, Illinois... but I'm basing that on nothing. In fact, Illinois might have been one of the states without a West Chester. He has children, too. Several of them. Matthew Benner, not Stephen King. (Though Stephen King has kids, too. I think. Did you know he got hit by a car a few years back? Poor guy...) And he's a massage therapist. And a bartender. And an avionics technician. He might be a Goddamn superhero at this point.
Quatre petites histoires improbables	by Ledi Pascal May 19, 2012	$2.99	6523 words	Sample 15%
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Saving The President	by Miles David May 19, 2012	$2.99	92894 words	Sample 20%
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Hawk Moon - A Robert Payne Mystery	by Ed Gorman May 18, 2012	$2.99	59698 words	Sample 20%
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Stone Cold (A Madison Keith Psychological Suspense Novella)	by Cathryn Grant May 18, 2012	$3.99	34950 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Suburban Noir fiction author. Cathryn's suburban noir fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and in the eZine Every Day Fiction. One reader described her work as, "Making the mundane menacing."
Unsaved: The Small Hours, Book One	by Raven McAllister May 18, 2012	$3.95	35176 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Raven McAllister is a licensed clinical therapist hailing from southwest Louisiana. He is married, and has one son.
The Night Strangler	by Dallas Releford May 18, 2012	$1.99	119728 words	Sample 20%
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The Call	by Nick Cullen May 18, 2012	$0.99	70322 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Full time Dad, author, blogger, contributor to websites and magazines.
Del Rio Con Amor (Lost DMB Files #14)	by David Mark Brown May 18, 2012	$0.99	10859 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: I wrote my first award-winning story in 4th Grade, titled â€œThe human bean.â€ It wasnâ€™t a play on words. Intending to write a profound piece about the human condition, it turns out I wrote a mutant story about a human/legume crossbreed. (Curse you, phonics!) Now I write from the unique perspective of being born and raised on a cattle ranch in Texas while attending University in Missoula, Montana, thus spawning the worldâ€™s most self-proclaimed redneck granola. The years in between havenâ€™t improved my spelling, but theyâ€™ve created a hell of a human bean. My first book, Tainted Love: God, Sex and Relationships for the Not-so-pure-at-heart (written from all my soiled experiences) was published in 2002 by InterVarsity Press. After several years of retooling myself as a novelist (by drinking more and making less money) I reemerged in 2009 with the concept for Reeferpunk. My lovely wife and I adopted our first child from Vietnam and recently produced a second boy through more traditional means. When not spinning genius into the aethernet I obsess over home wine making, earthen construction, gardening, social justice, ultimate Frisbee and the promotion of industrial hemp. Pull up a chair at www.thegreenporch.com.
The Watch	by Tyner Gillies May 18, 2012	$4.99	84720 words	Sample 10%
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Wadmalaw: A Ghost Story	by Bart Bare May 18, 2012	$9.99	100629 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Bart Bare brings a perspective both broad and deep to the written page. As a child of mid-western factory workers, he experienced the passions and pleasure of an extended Italian family as well as the rich ethnicity of first and second generation immigrant neighbors. His early years were with people who desperately wanted to become part of the greater America. Bart's mother was first generation Italian, and his father the son of Appalachian German ancestors who came to American in the early 1700s. Bart's paternal grandmother was of American Indian heritage. His mother's second marriage brought Bart Bare to a small, semi-rural community in Florida, where he quickly adapted to the culture and environment of what was once a tropical paradise. He finished high school with a close-knit group of friends, and attended college in a number of Florida institutions of higher learning as he moved around the state and the south. He completed degrees in psychology from the University of South Florida, and Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Before completing his college degrees, Bart worked as a shrimper, salesman, bulldozer operator, landscaper, and in community organization. He also served three years as a paratrooper in North Carolina, and in Germany where he picked up another language. Bart retired as a college educator after twenty-seven years, and elected to follow an ancient Chinese adage which holds that the retiree, rather than stop working, must take on a completely new life: New profession, new friends, activities, and orientation. Writing is Bart's second life work which he does in his home at Blue Moon Gap on the Eastern Slopes of Grandfather Mountain just west of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Bart, recently widowed, enjoys the wooded mountain vista and fields teeming with wildlife. His hobbies are bee-keeping, reading, and walking mountain paths. Bart Bareâ€™s first novel, Satanâ€™s Bargain, was first published in 2007. His second, Girl: A Novel, was released May 1, 2010 and his third novel, Wadmalaw: A Ghost Story is forthcoming March 2011.
Phantoms Can Be Murder: Charlie Parker Mystery #13	by Connie Shelton May 18, 2012	$4.99	66983 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Connie Shelton has been writing for more than twenty years and has taught writing (both fiction and nonfiction) since 2001. She is the author of the Charlie Parker mystery series and has been a contributor to several anthologies, including Chicken Soup For the Writer's Soul. "My husband and I love to do adventures. He flew helicopters for 35 years, a career that I've borrowed from in my Charlie Parker mysteries. We have traveled quite a lot and now divide our time between the American Southwest and a place on the Sea of Cortez. For relaxation I love art -- painting and drawing can completely consume me. I also really enjoy cooking, with whatever ingredients I find in whatever country we are in at the moment. We walk every day and love watching and photographing wildlife."
Monomania - The Autobiography of Tom Dory	by Tim Dunn May 18, 2012	$9.49	72641 words	Sample 14%
Author bio: Timothy R. Dunn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is married and the father of three adult children. Tim and his wife currently reside in Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin â€“ Milwaukee with a BBA. He spends his free time on evenings and weekends serving his community, writing, watching sports or movies and preparing for the next dayâ€™s events.
Ghost Shadow: Unfinished Sins	by Bob MacKenzie May 18, 2012	$2.99	64029 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Canadian novelist, poet, and arts commentator and critic Bob MacKenzie has been widely published across North America in newspapers, magazines, and journals, as on regional and national radio across North America. Bob has published seven books of poetry and prose and his work has been featured in numerous anthologies. His poems have been reproduced by visual artists and sculptors and a public art gallery has devoted an entire visual arts exhibition to his poetry. He is possibly the only poet to have visual-art versions of his poetry owned by the Canada Council's National Art Bank. Bob has received a number of awards for his writing, including Ontario Arts Council grant for literature. With the performance ensemble Poem de Terre, he has performed much of his poetry live with original music and has released six albums. Throughout his career, Bob has also presented performances by other artists.
The Green Parrots	by Alan Melton May 18, 2012	$3.99	99559 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Retired foreign service officer, served in both Europe, SE Asia and Latin America. Presently a consultant to DoD, living in Williamsburg, VA.
Raid	by Grayson James May 18, 2012	$5.99	52988 words	Sample 20%
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Serial Quiller 3 (Bad Mojo Series)	by Sharon A. Austin May 18, 2012	$2.99	13532 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Sharon A. Austin is the author of three novels in the Hellfire mystery series, Smoke on the Water, Fire Flicks, and Ashes of Vengeance: Interwoven tales of love, murder, and lies. Featuring Sheriff Josh Wolfe of the Hellfire Trilogy, Killing Summer, a stand-alone mystery novel, is a gritty tale where one partner in crime concocts a plan to extricate himself from murder. Inspired by a true story. She also writes the Bad Mojo psychological thriller series (Serial Quiller): Spooky tales of voodoo magic, murder, and make-believe.
Torn In Two	by Brit Sigh May 17, 2012	$3.99	54646 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Brit Sigh earned a bachelorâ€™s degree in psychology from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. An avid reader of genre fiction his entire life, he currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
Convicted: Impact Series - Book One	by Tim Hughes May 17, 2012	$2.99	66067 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: I've read the About Me page of plenty of other fiction authors and I've noted the common thread. They were born with pen in hand and literary prowess oozing from their pores. They knew from the beginning that writing fiction was what they were meant to do and began honing their craft seemingly the moment they were born. Their daydreams were full of book plots and their characters lived at the forefront of their imaginations, begging to be put on paper. I don't quite fit that mold. The son of an accountant and an information systems professor, creative writing isn't exactly a family pedigree. Following my parents' example, I got my bachelorâ€™s degree in business administration and immediately went to work as a computer programmer at a now defunct retail company. Since then, Iâ€™ve enjoyed a successful career as an information technology consultant and had the pleasure of working with hundreds of wonderful people along the way. Godâ€™s blessings have been undeniable in both my professional and personal lives. But something was missing, and I knew it. My wife and I began praying for God to use us for His purposes rather than being content with our own path. We learned quickly that you should be careful what you pray for, because you might just get it. I will never forget that morning in the shower, eyes still drooping shut as I washed my hair, when God planted His will in my spirit. He wanted me to write books. Fiction books. Books with creative plots and interesting characters. Really? Me? Surely He had chosen the wrong person. As the rest of the week progressed, the Holy Spirit made it clear He was serious about the assignment. I asked for direction, and God provided. I had so much to learn. However, learning about writing was the easy part of my undertaking. Learning to trust God was the more difficult matter. I didnâ€™t have the skillset to produce a readable book. I was scared and completely out of my element. That is exactly how God wanted it. It was His intent all along for me to have to rely on Him. As with everything else in life, relying on Him is the only way we can truly be on target with our undertaking. It required me to swallow some of my self-sufficient pride and actually listen to God for a change. So here I am, writing my About Me page, utterly amazed at Godâ€™s grace and patience as he guides me forward. What I have learned so far is amazing. I look forward to the rest of the journey under His tutelage. I pray these stories not only entertain, but also deliver Godâ€™s intended message. Enjoy!
Shadow Walker,The First Encounter	by tony alonzi May 17, 2012	$0.99	9988 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Writer, author, story teller, embedded content marketing applications and social media content creator.
Allah's Revenge	by Pete Barber May 17, 2012	$2.99	83076 words	Sample 5%
Author bio: I was born into a blue-collar family in Liverpool, England. Like my peers, I grew up working with my hands until an uncanny aptitude for building computer software allowed me to trade overalls and hard-hat for a suit and tie. I immigrated to the US in the early 90s, became an American citizen, and lived the American dream. After twenty successful years in the corporate world, I turned my back on eighty-hour weeks and quarterly results and bought a run-down, dog-friendly motel in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. A close friend still refers to this decision as a brain fart; but life is a one-time play, and no one can write, and run a public company. When the worlds of finance and real estate went stir-crazy in 2005, I sold the business and moved to Lake Lure, North Carolina where, in addition to helping my wife manage a small herd of llamas, I am, at last, fulfilling my life's ambition to write speculative fiction.
The Babysitter	by Michael A. Walton May 17, 2012	$4.99	35739 words	Sample 25%
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Destitution Intensified	by James Gervois May 17, 2012	$4.99	97260 words	Sample 10%
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Sins of the Mind	by L.J. Garland and Debbie Gould May 17, 2012	$5.99	87766 words	Sample 10%
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Burnout	by Jeannine Kadow May 16, 2012	$4.99	124182 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Jeannine Kadow, a former television journalist and Warner Brothers executive, is an internationally acclaimed author of suspense novels. She recently returned to the US full time following more than 22 years in Europe.
Hell's Fury	by P.D. Martin May 16, 2012	$3.99	92087 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: I write the Sophie Anderson series - fast-paced police/FBI procedurals with lots of profiling and forensics. My books have been described as similar to Kathy Reichs, Karin Slaughter, Patricia Cornwell's earlier books and James Patterson - with a hint of TV's Medium and lots of Criminal Minds. I live in Melbourne, Australia, and developed a passion for crime fiction and storytelling at an early age. This interest was backed up through a Bachelor of Behavioural Sciences (with majors in psychology and criminology) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Writing (Creative Writing). I also hold a black sash from the Australian Tiger and Crane Kung Fu School, however I haven't studied kung fu for about three years now - naughty me. And in case you're wondering, PD Martin stands for Phillipa Deanne Martin. So far I've written five novels featuring Aussie FBI profiler Sophie Anderson. Body Count, The Murderers' Club, Fan Mail, The Killing Hands and Kiss of Death have all received glowing reviews in Australia and overseas. I've also written a sixth book in the Sophie series, a novella called Coming Home that's only available as an ebook. Prior to becoming a full-time author, I worked as a corporate writer for over ten years, writing award-winning copy for brochures, newsletters, websites, training CD-ROMs, flyers, ads, media releases and magazines.
Park Ave	by Tyler Dylan May 16, 2012	$0.99	97370 words	Sample 20%
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Twitch and Die! (Lost DMB Files #26)	by David Mark Brown May 16, 2012	$2.99	66587 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: I wrote my first award-winning story in 4th Grade, titled â€œThe human bean.â€ It wasnâ€™t a play on words. Intending to write a profound piece about the human condition, it turns out I wrote a mutant story about a human/legume crossbreed. (Curse you, phonics!) Now I write from the unique perspective of being born and raised on a cattle ranch in Texas while attending University in Missoula, Montana, thus spawning the worldâ€™s most self-proclaimed redneck granola. The years in between havenâ€™t improved my spelling, but theyâ€™ve created a hell of a human bean. My first book, Tainted Love: God, Sex and Relationships for the Not-so-pure-at-heart (written from all my soiled experiences) was published in 2002 by InterVarsity Press. After several years of retooling myself as a novelist (by drinking more and making less money) I reemerged in 2009 with the concept for Reeferpunk. My lovely wife and I adopted our first child from Vietnam and recently produced a second boy through more traditional means. When not spinning genius into the aethernet I obsess over home wine making, earthen construction, gardening, social justice, ultimate Frisbee and the promotion of industrial hemp. Pull up a chair at www.thegreenporch.com.
The CarlyleDeception - no profanity version	by Andrew M. Williams May 16, 2012	$3.99	79785 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Andrew M. Williams b. 1958, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Influenced at an early age by Dr Seuss and the masterpieces of Goscinny and Uderzo, Williams alleviated boredom and amused classmates through high-school by writing, and drawing caricatures of teachers, students and anyone else he could outrun. After six enormously satisfying years in university, he surprised everyone by graduating in 1983 with a BSc in Kinesiology. Writing took a back seat for the next dozen years, as he opted for the action and adventure of the Royal Canadian Navy. Creativity was limited to the occasional farewell roast of senior naval officers--a valuable experience in the art of skewering a subject diplomatically, thus retaining some prospect of career advancement. After the Navy he attended MBA school, worked as a cartoonist, became a stockbroker (8 years--great clients), and then realized a long-lost ambition of becoming a writer. The Carlyle Deception is his first full-length novel, and is available in the Original Version and a non-profanity edition (nothing spicier than the occasional "what the hell" or â€œdamnâ€). A number of other stories are in the works, including the sequel to The Carlyle Deception. Favorite pastime: Exploring the universe. Favorite places: Australia & The Bahamas. Background: Varied, but includes the military, financial, high-technology, cartooning, and writing.
Mind****	by Graham Black May 16, 2012	$2.99	35358 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Graham Black is the pen-name of a twenty-something thriller writer working to expand into a new market. He specializes in intense thrillers featuring adult topics and situations. Follow Graham on Goodreads and check out his work on Smashwords and Feedbooks.
No Lying Quiet	by Hugh G. Allison May 16, 2012	$6.99	88178 words	Sample 10%
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The Fury	by John Farris May 16, 2012	$3.99	120775 words	Sample 20%
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SHADOLIS: The Kingâ€™s Story	by CB Six May 16, 2012	$4.99	70877 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: CB Six Six is a graduate of the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s Security Forces Technical and Geospatial Intelligence Schools. He served four years as an active duty Air Force Security Forces member, three and a half of which were spent in overseas assignments and deployments. His duties ranged from being an M249 machine gunner in the Middle East, to assisting the Secret Serviceâ€™s preparation for President Obamaâ€™s 2009 visit to Ramstein, Germany. After completing his long tour overseas, Charles Six joined the 234th Intelligence Squadron and currently works as an Intelligence Analyst at Beale Air Force Base. His greatest passions are faith, writing, and every moment with his wife and children. He also enjoys life in the California sun and shooting at local pistol ranges. The Six family name has been known for writing in Holland since the 17th century due to the playwright Jan Six, who is also famous for his portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn. Jan Six was close friends with the poet Joost den Vondel as well as Rembrandt and remained devoted to the arts all his life. His most famous plays being Medea, published in 1648 with an etching by Rembrandt and Onshult, meaning Innocence, published in 1662. HH Zvonec Holly is a certified counselor with a Masterâ€™s degree in Counseling Psychology. She is an expert communicator and encourages each person to pursue their unique destiny through a refreshing perspective of their struggles and their victories. She encourages teens, men, and women to move into a greater level of personal authenticity. As a coach and as a counselor, she delivers clarity for those seeking a healthier point of view. Her message is a hope-filled invitation to agree with the process of transformation and to emerge into authentic identity. Holly has great confidence in the resiliency of the human spirit and the power of faith to transform a life and fill it with direction, peace, and purpose. She has launched WisdomWeaverBlog.com; a website with principles for living a life of freedom and a forum for question and answers. Holly serves as a hospice volunteer by supporting those in the final stages of life. Her hobbies include designing gourmet meals and hiking in the North Cascade Mountains. She encourages everyone to dream big, never give up, and to believe God for the impossible.
44 Book Four	by Jools Sinclair May 16, 2012	$2.99	46464 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Jools Sinclair lives and writes in the in-between world of Bend, Oregon, where sunlight kisses snow, mountains reach for the desert, and long summer days cascade into night. She watches it all, perched atop her butte, with her giant orange cat.
Psychonaut I: Mercury	by Nabeel Afsar May 16, 2012	$2.99	54397 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Nabeel Afsar is a writer & musician currently living in Los Angeles, CA. Born in Michigan, Afsar grew up in Boston and studied film & writing at Emerson College. He is also the lead singer of indie rock band White Lights.
Lucidity	by Wayne Smallman May 16, 2012	$0.99	7576 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: When you're young, you think you know everything and life is indistinguishable from a game. It's only when you get older â€” when you begin to doubt the authenticity of the event and question the rules â€” that experience begins to count for something. And to quote the inimitable Forbes Bingley, a recurring character of several novels: "Life makes you stronger, at a price." In a sense, life has been preparation â€” practice, perhaps â€” for this wild stab at being an author. After all, how hard can it be, putting one word after another? Of course, like anything else in life, you only get out what you put in. At times, writing is both cathartic and semi autobiographical, where I catch myself looking backwards whimsically, lustily, with regret, a wry smile, a despondent glower or growing doubt. But writing is also a journey, one with no intentional destination, just waypoints I may navigate towards from time to time, at leisure. Though I must admit, it's a journey I would prefer not to make alone.
Got Your Name On It	by DK Lesperance May 16, 2012	$7.99	66060 words	Sample 20%
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Glimmer of Gold	by William Nikkel May 16, 2012	$6.99	81915 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: William Nikkel is a veteran officer of the Kern County Sheriffâ€™s Department in Southern California. Heâ€™s hunted vicious killers and put them behind bars, heâ€™s taken down armed bank robbers, heâ€™s been held at gunpoint, and heâ€™s faced men armed with knives. William has looked the devil in his eyes and sent him packing. An amateur scuba enthusiast, gold prospector, and artist, he can be found just about anywhere. He and his wife Karen divide their time between California and Maui, Hawaii.
Mind Game	by Phillip Manning May 15, 2012	$0.99	79302 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: I am an aspiring writer. Also I am a 2010 graduate of Winston-Salem State University. I love to write and spend my free time acting out scenes to my stories (yes, weird I know.) I do this because it helps me see what seems logical and was is far-fetched. I am a Christian and it shows in my writing. I am not an anti-anything Christian; I like to think that I am open minded. Comic books, sci fi, and fantasy are awesome to me. I also love comedies and lately I've been laughing at Happy Endings, New Girl, Community, Arrested Development reruns, as well as 70's sitcoms. I love LOTR movies, tried reading the book. It was awesome, but a daunting task, took a break and am now reading the Elvis Cole series, The Alex Cross series, Ender's series, and The Percy Jackson series.
The Carlyle Deception	by Andrew M. Williams May 15, 2012	$3.99	79707 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: Andrew M. Williams b. 1958, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Influenced at an early age by Dr Seuss and the masterpieces of Goscinny and Uderzo, Williams alleviated boredom and amused classmates through high-school by writing, and drawing caricatures of teachers, students and anyone else he could outrun. After six enormously satisfying years in university, he surprised everyone by graduating in 1983 with a BSc in Kinesiology. Writing took a back seat for the next dozen years, as he opted for the action and adventure of the Royal Canadian Navy. Creativity was limited to the occasional farewell roast of senior naval officers--a valuable experience in the art of skewering a subject diplomatically, thus retaining some prospect of career advancement. After the Navy he attended MBA school, worked as a cartoonist, became a stockbroker (8 years--great clients), and then realized a long-lost ambition of becoming a writer. The Carlyle Deception is his first full-length novel, and is available in the Original Version and a non-profanity edition (nothing spicier than the occasional "what the hell" or â€œdamnâ€). A number of other stories are in the works, including the sequel to The Carlyle Deception. Favorite pastime: Exploring the universe. Favorite places: Australia & The Bahamas. Background: Varied, but includes the military, financial, high-technology, cartooning, and writing.
Provocateur	by Charles D Martin May 15, 2012	$8.97	61567 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: â€œI love writing about strong, intelligent, independent women â€¦ they are sexy and fun.â€ Charles Martin grew up in a small Ohio town. His parents were poor, but by working two jobs, he was able to put himself through college. He has been fortunate to enjoy much success in life. He had a distinguished career in venture capital and private equity, founding two highly successful investment firms that he managed during the decades of the 1980s and 1990s. Currently he runs a hedge fund, Mont Pelerin Capital, LLC, and serves on the investment committees of prominent universities. Mr. Martin has extensive background in finance and technology, and has traveled to the exotic locations featured in the novel. However, the novel itself is more about the intrigue in the story and the alpha female that takes on dominant males and conquers them. Mr. Martin lives with his wife Twyla in a coastal town south of Los Angeles, California.
The Rot is Deep: An O Line Mystery	by M. Saylor Billings May 15, 2012	$2.99	59279 words	Sample 15%
Author bio: M. Saylor Billings is a writer and producer for Billibatt Productions. She lives with her family in Northern California. Other titles include: Saint Charles Place, The Disaster Relief Club, and Nobody, really, likes you. A guide to insouciance.
Secrets of the Elephant's Eye	by Ulma Ruzicka May 15, 2012	$5.99	76882 words	Sample 20%
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Dark Kiss	by Jordan Dane May 15, 2012	$0.99	4483 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Avon/Harpercollins launched Jordan Daneâ€™s debut suspense novels in a back to back publishing event in Spring 2008 after the 3-book series sold in auction. Ripped from the headlines, Jordan's gritty plots weave a tapestry of vivid settings, intrigue, and dark humor. Publishers Weekly compared her intense pacing to Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner, and Tami Hoagâ€”romantic suspense that â€œcrosses over into plain thriller country.â€ Pursuing publication since 2003, this national best selling and critically acclaimed author received awards in 33 national writing competitions. Her debut novel NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM was named Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2008 and Romantic Times Magazine nominated NO ONE LIVES FOREVER as Best Intrigue Novel of 2008, with EVIL WITHOUT A FACE named as winner of the 2009 National Readers Choice Award. IN THE ARMS OF STONE ANGELS (Apr 2011, Harlequin Teen) is Daneâ€™s first release for young adult, followed by ON A DARK WING released in Jan 2012. Her next YA books with Harlequin Teen will be a series â€“ THE HUNTED, release slated for fall 2012 through 2013. Formerly an energy sales manager in the oil and gas industry, she now is following her passion to write full time. Jordan and her husband share their residence with two cats of highborn lineage, two rescue dogs named Taco and Sancho, and the sweet memory of an impossible to forget canine.

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