Thaddeus Murfee Box Set Vols. 1-3 - 3 legal thrillers book promotion by Amazon Best Seller John Ellsworth

Thaddeus Murfee Box Set Vols. 1-3 - 3 legal thrillers book promotion by Amazon Best Seller John Ellsworth
Books 1-3 of the Amazon bestselling Thaddeus Murfee series by John Ellsworth are offered in a box set at a very fair price. “The Defendants,” “Beyond a Reasonable Death,” and “Attorney at Large" have received a combined 350+ FIVE-STAR reviews from readers in less than nine months. All three of the novels are consistently rated among the top-50 bestselling legal thrillers, mystery, suspense, crime, and all three are among the most highly-rated novels on Amazon.

Enjoy a quality set that will offer you more than twenty hours of pleasure and entertainment -- nearly 900 gripping pages of legal mystery, mystery series, organized crime danger, and intrigue.

"If you like Reacher, the Lincoln Lawyer, Jake Brigance and Paul Madriani, you will love this Thaddeus Murfee crime thriller!” — Five-Star Review

“Already John Ellsworth’s name is mentioned with Lee Child, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, and Steve Martini when critics talk about legal/crime fiction.” --Five-Star Review

"Every bit as good as Grisham! Superb characterization, suspense, drama.” - Five-Star Review

Real Names With a Culinary Accent - a non-fiction historical/ biographical work by A. Tennessee Nutt

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QQPM402

In the course of doing American genealogical studies I stumbled across dozens of fascinating names-- fascinating because they were beautiful or funny or just unusual. Then I found myself wondering who were these people with the names that caught my attention. The next thing I knew I was researching the lives of people named Almond Fudge and Icy Beer and Hartie Bacon. For the most part, they were people who lived in the United States, most of them in the nineteenth century, and came from all walks of life. I came away with an awareness of American history and culture that was never as real in the history books. As an American raised overseas, I found the experience very enlightening. It's a quirky collection because I decided to focus on names related to food and drink and sorted them into categories like a cook book. I could have just as easily gone with another theme, cars for example with people like Otto Mobile, Nice Carr, Carr Chase, etc, but I love food. I found myself trying to imagine recipes in honor of Perfect Crabb, Lemon Lamb, Fancie Fries, Hardy Beets, Olive Stuffing... You get the picture. It would be really interesting to look at recipes from the lifetime of the person for the named dish and bring that to bear on the process. But I haven't gotten further than an experiment with orange flavored barbequed chicken wings for Orange Wing. This is not the usual way biographies are sorted, but it does make for an interesting read.

Felix the Comet, Children's Novel Book Promotion by Cathy Coley

Felix the Comet, Children's Novel Book Promotion by Cathy Coley
Felix is an enthusiastic sixth grader who loves his dog Cosmo, school, and two best friends, until the November day Dave Spangler moves to town. Spangler gives him a horrible nickname, and Felix begins to doubt everything. On Thanksgiving night, he walks his dog, looks up in the sky, and notices something that takes the rollercoaster ride of the week back up again. However, Spangler isn’t through with him yet. Tai and Kelsey have his back, and so do a lot of others, even if he doesn’t know it. He tries to handle everything himself, especially being picked on, because being called a name really can’t be that bad, can it? The last thing he wants to do is tattle.

 “A sixth grader’s Space Odyssey carries you with him on this exciting trip.”~Laurie Krebs, The Beeman, We’re Roaming the Rainforest

“Cathy Coley has written a heartfelt book about elementary school age boys, friendship and respect. This is a book parents should read and then share with the young readers in their lives.” ~Veronica Chambers, co-author of the New York Times best-seller, Yes Chef, author of Mama’s Girl

Ribbons of Death by Edita A. Petrick

FREE today ! (May 31, 2015)

http://www.amazon.com/Ribbons-Death-Edita-Petrick-ebook/dp/B00T87E16A

Stella Hunter is a disgraced academic, hiding in a small town-nowhere Montana. She is bitter, filled with self-doubt and can’t face the world or herself in the mirror. Then one snowy evening, a stranger with a horribly scarred face stomps on the porch of her bright-yellow-siding house, holding her controversial book. Then he shows her the bloody fingerprints left by the book’s now-deceased owner, marking a passage that claims Peacetaker myths and legends are anything but. In fact, the product of mythological revenge has survived to threaten modern-day man. And suddenly, not just Stella’s fate but the fate of humanity depends on whether she was right or wrong when she wrote her infamous book.

Bite the Big One - A Paranormal Romantic Comedy by Sharon Karaa

http://www.amazon.com/Bite-Big-One-Paranormal-Romantic-ebook/dp/B00MRLX7PA

Jennifer Owens has her fair share of troubles, what with being pestered by dead people and having to dodge the spells cast by her best friend, Becky, who is the worst witch in the history of witchcraft. On top of that, she has to contend with a sex-mad octogenarian who seems to be stalking her. She doesn't think things can get any worse. But then she becomes the target of a band of vampires who wanted to protect a secret that only she can unlock, if only she can figure out what it is! A steaming hot vampire slayer is determined to be her knight in shining armour, but is he real or another one of Becky’s silly spells? And would they be able to figure out the vampire secret before she becomes their dinner?

Rejection Reset: A Strategic Step-By-Step Program for Restoring Self-Confidence, Reshaping An Inferior Mindset, and Thriving In a Shame-Free Lifestyle

http://www.amazon.com/Rejection-Reset-Step-By-Step-Self-Confidence-Shame-Free-ebook/dp/B00V0U8J84

What this book provides you with is a program full of actionable steps that can you begin to put into action right away...and see real results. You will learn to identify the triggers and behaviors that perpetuate the cycle of defeat, why you feel inferior, and what you can do get over this and start to live a more fulfilling life.

Life is short. You don't want to waste any more of it suffering with the pain of living a dysfunctional lifestyle. This book is going to move you from that place of pain to a life you can fully enjoy. You deserve the best and, when you follow the system I have provided in this book, you will start to see massive results in a short time.
Don't put your life on hold anymore; it is time to make a serious shift in the way you think, behave and act. So take action TODAY and push through the obstacles that are defeating you!

Here is a preview of what you'll learn in this book......

  • Crush your self-defeating inferior mindset;
  • Break your fear of social anxiety;
  • Remove the barriers of a negative mindset focused on fear and integrate a new mindset full of positive energy;
  • Make massive changes to your life in just ten minutes a day with simple-to-use actionable steps;
  • Lead a more energized lifestyle without feeling trapped;
  • Utilize my 12-Habit Strategy to create positive routines to add more vitality and re-energize your life;
  • Reverse disempowering beliefs;
  • And much, much more!

Who's Loki? - Thriller Suspense by Ian Doyle

http://www.amazon.com/Whos-Loki-Mr-Ian-Doyle/dp/B00VXUYU3O

Now a young man, orphan Tristan Sky is an exemplary student studying under the tutelage of the brilliant Professor Damian Ruthers. For a while he has been receiving cryptic messages from a mysterious contact called 'Loki', but despite his best efforts to discover their meaning, all attempts have failed.

One day the message ‘It begins tonight’ arrives, and with it events over which he has no control. Through no fault of his own, Tristan soon finds himself the prime suspect in a murder, but not before unwittingly unleashing a virus.

Within hours, the world is plunged into chaos and a standoff between China and the United States occurs. With the clock ticking and neither side wishing to back down, the threat of all-out war becomes very real.

With his life in danger and only a random code as a clue, he must attempt to unravel the mystery and finally answer the burning question.

Who's Loki?

"More twists than meets the eye" - The Kindle book review

Alien Affairs - Science fiction by Scott Skipper

Alien Affairs is free on KDP Select April 30 thru May 2

http://www.amazon.com/Alien-Affairs-Scott-Skipper-ebook/dp/B00WFIEYGQ

The 1947 flying saucer incident at Roswell, New Mexico, was a secret so closely held that even future presidents were denied access to the truth.  The key to that secret fell to the protection of the CIA under the mercurial Allen Dulles who compiled an Alien Affairs team to discover the invaders’ intentions.  They do so by deciphering a reading device recovered from the crash site.  The extremely devout, yet promiscuous Dulles did not like the answer, but the revelation propelled us to the moon to make sure there was not an alien base there with malignant intent.

In his retirement one of the original Alien Affairs team amuses himself by teaching the aliens’ language to his young niece, Carrie Player, but conceals its origin from her.  On his deathbed he reveals the truth and charges her with the minor responsibility of saving humanity.  Twenty years later the CIA has fallen complacent, the threat from space becomes eminent and only Carrie can intervene on behalf of the human race.

Georgia Turnbull is the hard-bitten director of the CIA under a weak and indecisive president.  When Carrie explains the facts of the approaching aliens’ purpose, Turnbull puts her in charge of the newly revived Department of Alien Affairs and together they devise a two-pronged plan to protect the planet.  Since the end of the Space Shuttle program the United States has had no way to send astronauts into space and has to pay the Russians to carry them to the International Space Station, so Turnbull is forced to rely on the private sector to launch weapons capable of  intercepting the alien craft.

Carrie’s Alien Affairs staff realizes that she is the only person on earth who might negotiate for our survival.  Their plan puts Carrie in a very precarious position—a middle-aged divorced CIA linguist becomes the spokesperson for the planet earth and she finds herself involved in an alien affair that no one could have ever predicted.

Golden State Blues - Political satire by Scott Skipper

http://www.amazon.com/Golden-State-Blues-Scott-Skipper-ebook/dp/B00JMQGUMA

Can two guys dismantle California’s political quagmire from the bar of an Italian restaurant in the predominately-liberal town of Claremont? Can they survive if they do? The plot they hatch takes everyone, including Madam President, by surprise, and outrages just about everyone in America’s most left-leaning state. However, the results speak for themselves, and while their capital is rising, our heroes find the time to indulge in the newly legalized sport of sniping taggers caught in the act of spraying graffiti. But there is always trouble in paradise and the governor’s past catches up with him in the form of an ultra-sexy young blond with a habit of causing trouble as well as getting into it. Trouble, that is, with the media, the entrenched Democratic legislature and the radical Islamists at the mosque down the street. It would have been only a minor indiscretion if the tabloids hadn’t been taking videos with a drone. Despite the scandal, with the California National Guard as his personal army, the chimerical governor runs roughshod over the deep-seated dilemmas that perennially plague the Golden State. With the wave of his hand he eliminates the welfare state, the homeless problem, illegal immigration, broken schools, high-speed pursuits, traffic gridlock and the budget crisis. Come see how he does it.

Airion, Book 1 of Carrie: A Magickal Series by L.M. Halls

http://www.amazon.com/Airion-Carrie-Magickal-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00W8XH6JK

Hi there! I ordered the Gold Membership for Airion and I write under the name L. M. Halls.

Have you ever felt like you had a mission in life, that feeling in your gut that your meant to do something? Carrie did. She was already on the outside of life as an empath, a psychic and a practicing witch. This drive inside her to feel like she made a difference in the world pulls her into something she could never imagine.

This fantasy walks the line of magical realism by placing the supernatural in the contemporary life of a modern witch. Astral projection and battles with demons over ley lines become the norm from Carrie as she embraces her mission and confronts the issues of what is the real nature of right and wrong.

Join Carrie as she fights for more than her life after meeting her soul mate and struggles to achieve her spiritual mission in the realities of the modern world.

See You Later, Jeffrey by Fran Caffey Sandin

http://www.amazon.com/Later-Jeffrey-Fran-Caffey-Sandin/dp/1941733239

When the plans and promises of a lifetime are shattered…can enduring hope still be found? Is it strong enough to conquer the overwhelming pain and loss?

Following the sudden and untimely death of her 17 month-old son, Jeffrey, author Fran Caffey Sandin struggled to find answers to nagging questions such as:  Is God punishing me?  Will I ever get over this devastating event in my life? How can I conquer fear? Does God really answer prayer? Am I becoming bitter? Could God possibly use this experience for good? In desperation she searched and found some answers that she shares with readers of this book.

Many have experienced deep agony, such as the death of a family member or loved one, but seldom has the overwhelming peace from God and hope to rebuild the future been so profoundly expressed. Fran explores the nature of God’s healing grace and peace, showing how He turned her greatest loss into unimaginable good in her life and in the lives of others.

Touching The Clouds: true stories to strengthen your faith by Fran Caffey Sandin

http://www.amazon.com/Touching-Clouds-Stories-Strengthen-Faith-ebook/dp/B00WKFYSJW

When life’s difficult situations leave you hanging by your emotional and spiritual fingernails, it’s hard to believe you’re not alone. Powerful and touching stories of women who have lived out their faith highlight the panorama of God’s mercy, grace, provision, and peace.

Author Fran Caffey Sandin wrote her own heart-rending stories. Then she interviewed fifteen admirable women who had exercised faith through their trials. Topics included suicide, homosexuality and AIDS, death of a child, husband’s job loss, handicapped child, adultery, chronic illness, eating disorders, death of a husband, and more.

With their permission, Fran wrote the women’s true stories in first person and followed each with a “Faithlifter” examining the aspect of faith demonstrated in the story. The section “In Her Shoes” connects the reader more intimately with the struggle, “In His Word” gives Biblical affirmation, and “In Your Life” provides practical suggestions for the reader to apply to his own life. These qualities include love, joy, courage, forgiveness, grace, obedience, trust, patience, mercy, commitment, and others. Authentic examples will challenge readers to embrace the healing power of God’s Word and keep touching the clouds.

Charming Billy by Gerald Lane Summers

http://www.amazon.com/Charming-Billy-Gerald-Lane-Summers-ebook/dp/B00WKHJFBG

"Charming Billy," is an historical military romance set in Great Britain during the Battle of Britain, 1940.  Billy Brand is a Canadian/American from Nebraska who, after completing his Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, joins the Royal Air Force.  He quickly becomes an ace and fights many realistic battles in his Spitfire against the Germans attempting to invade Britain.  Billy becomes a great hero and is awarded the Victoria Cross all while falling in love with Moira Sinclair, heiress to the Sinclair House and estate.  Moria's father, the Earl of Sinclair, insists she cannot marry Billy because she needs to marry a wealthy aristocrat to save the family titles and prevent the estate's bankruptcy.  Billy acquiesces to the father's wishes and leaves Britain at the end of the war.  He does not know Moira is pregnant with his child before he leaves.

Billy suffers from PTSD due to his many scrapes with death and by 1977 is about to commit suicide. His wife of thirty years has just passed away and he has only his son and daughter for company.  His daughter, a psychologist, advises him to return to Britain to face his demons and attempt to re-unite with his old love.  Moira has in the meantime been forced to marry the Earl Lewis, who's estate is just down the road from Sinclair.  He is a homosexual and adopts Moira's child as his own in order to retain his title.  By the time Billy returns, Moira is the Countess of both Sinclair and Lewis estates.  She does not know it, but a cabal of anti-aristocracy men, posing as trustees of her estate, are trying to bankrupt her and force her to sell of her land.  Billy discovers the plot and with his own son, an agronomist, must figure out how to save her from the conspiracy.

Charming Billy is Gerald Lane Summers' fourth book.  His first, Mobley's Law, is highly rated with over a hundred twenty five star reviews.

Downsteam - a thriller by Charles Winstanley

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Downstream-Charles-Winstanley-ebook/dp/B00XU687WO

http://www.amazon.com/Downstream-Charles-Winstanley-ebook/dp/B00XU687WO

'In the next 48 hours there will be dozens of deaths in one of the UK’s northern cities. This is intended to demonstrate our capabilities. There will be future demands. Reply to avoid_armageddon@yahoo.com to acknowledge receipt.’

So reads the first in a series of chilling emails to the British government from an unknown group. They use a lethal agent to poison the water in major UK cities as their ultimate demands emerge.
As the UK civilian death toll mounts and the country’s social fabric disintegrates, it becomes clear that political relations across Europe and Russia are at stake. At first the government rashly tries to cover up the nature of the threat and incompetent minister Charles Potter claims that militant Greens are behind the attacks.

Special Branch officer David Rockbourne and MI5 agent Laura McAllister lead the search for the perpetrators, their hunt ranging from Scotland to London. Can they help the UK avoid Armageddon?

The Libertarian - an anarcho-capitalist love story by Jaroslav Tucek

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y8DZD2K

Available from Amazon for free until 31st May.

This is a love story of two characters with very different ideas about human society and the roles they should play in it - an anarcho-capitalist tale of civil disobedience, tax evasion, justice, love and one man's love of justice.

Based on the great strike motive of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Luca Segreti has "gone Galt" and refuses to produce in a world where he is treated like a slave. Struggling with the hopeless loneliness of his self-imposed exile, he finds an unlikely chance of deliverance in the person of a charming woman - who turns out to be a talented engineer but, to Luca's dismay, happily lends her immense ability to support, and to produce for, the kind of world he has abandoned...

The text - part novella, part Platonic dialogue - explores themes of Rand's Objectivism, as well as several more broadly considered libertarian topics, in both political and interpersonal relationships.

Martini Regrets - a Mystery/Thriller by Phyllis Smallman

http://www.amazon.com/Martini-Regrets-Sherri-Travis-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00NDYCIBY

It’s nearly midnight when Sherri Travis turns onto Last Chance Road and into a run-down gas station. Instead of the routine stop she expects, her pickup is stolen, and she is left stranded in the Everglades. Sherri is desperate for help, but the men who show up are just as dangerous as the swamp she is forced to flee into. When she stumbles upon a gruesome murder, she must depend on her wits to escape the Glades and the evil men who are stalking her.

Phyllis Smallman, winner of an Independent Publisher Book Award, brings you Sherri’s most frightening and spinetingling misadventure yet. It will transport you from a gritty crime scene in the Florida Everglades to a black-tie masquerade ball in Sarasota before reaching its shocking conclusion on a remote island in the Gulf of Mexico. Martini Regrets is the sixth book in the series.

Fast Money, Slow Money, No Money: 11 Steps to Passionate, Passive Income - A Non-fiction Self-help/Motivational by Mark A. Douglas, Jr.

*Free until 05/28*  

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y7M5MZA

Fast Money, Slow Money, No Money will change your life if you let it.  Too many of us wander aimlessly without a solid financial footing.  We’re working longer, and retiring later.  Student loans, a seemingly endless mortgage, and unexpected events keep us from gaining the traction we want, and we end up stuck in a job we don't like in order to pay the bills.  Sound familiar?

It doesn't have to be this way.  What if you could create multiple streams of passive income with little to no maintenance?  Better yet, if you had a resource to steer you through the process - would you make it happen?  This guide is just such a tool.  If you follow these realistic methods, you will end up with a product of your choice that alleviates some or all of the financial stress you've been carrying.

No one wants to worry about money.  There are simple ways to dramatically improve your financial standing.  Let's get this in order.

The Funding Is Out There! a funding self-help book by Tiffany C. Wright

http://www.amazon.com/The-Funding-Is-Out-There/dp/1614488207

The Funding Is Out There! Access the Cash to Access You Need to Impact Your Business

You’ve spent time, money, and effort to get your business where it is today. You’ve hired employees, established outsource relationships, developed products or services, marketed, sold, and delivered.

Along the way—perhaps without realizing it—you’ve been building a valuable, marketable asset – your business. Assets such as your relationships with suppliers, your customer list, your industry insights and acumen, your service delivery, your key employees, your sales force . . . and everything else that affect your business are all components. To maximize your asset, you need cash flow, funding, or both.

The Funding Is Out There! Access the Cash to Access You Need to Impact Your Business  provides more than 30 in-depth yet succinct case study examples of what actual business owners have done to raise capital to grow their businesses - covering not just what is available but the “how to” to obtain it, what works best, and why for a particular business type. Including everything from pursuing business-friendly community banks and forming strategic alliances to tapping supplier financing and using crowd funding (both donation and equity-based), it shows business owners how to raise the capital they need to grow their businesses.

Did you know that more than half of businesses fail because they do not have the funding they need to grow or continue operating their businesses? The Funding Is Out There! will help ensure that doesn’t happen to your business. Most small and medium businesses are unaware of the variety of financing sources that exist for their business types or they are unprepared to meet the requirements from a relationship and financial packaging perspective. The Funding Is Out There! shows business owners how to do just that. Owners of mom and pop businesses, small businesses, and growing businesses with millions in revenues will tap into:

  • Information that increases their odds of obtaining the financing they need to grow their businesses
  • Step-by-step options based on their business type
  • Options for each stage of growth
  • Advice that enables them to optimize their banking relationships

The Funding Is Out There! shows business owners how to get the capital they need to flourish in today’s competitive operating environments. Learn how to lay the financial framework to create a viable, sustainable business to sell or pass on!

Willows: The Creole - A historical fiction by Cyndie Shaffstall

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YAJ639O

Brand new release. On sale for .99 through 30 June. Regularly $3.17

In the decades before the Civil War, Louisiana was the most advanced in the rights of people of color—Africans and Indians—and women, including the right to vote. Marriage between races was legal, and mulatto, quarteronne, and octoroon children were recognized by their white fathers and often became business and landowners through gifts or the wills of patriarchs.

The Civil War brought change—any black lineage became cause for discrimination—and many blacks were relegated to occupations not unlike those of their ancestors. The women’s rights movement lost momentum as well, and it was only through the sheer will of women such as Stanton and Anthony, that organizations were formed and the voices of women would come to be heard.

The Arceneauxs have a long history of falling victim to circumstance, but heir to the family home, one woman is determined the legacy needs to end. An abandoned house, a fractured family, and an oppressed people, she leaves New York for New Orleans to confront change head on.

Embroiled in the fleecing of New York’s bridge funds, she seeks out a new life in New Orleans, but in her pursuit, realizes change is not something needed only for her, but for many. The plantation, still worked by the descendants of the slaves who built it, becomes the anchor for her efforts.

In a story spanning five generations, author Cyndie Shaffstall, takes you on a journey through abolition and suffrage. A Voodoo priestess, a French artist, the first woman presidential candidate, and the world’s fair shed light on issues and provide opportunities for change.


The Miss Fortune Series: Hiding in the Bayou (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Riley Blake

Miss Fortune
http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Fortune-Hiding-Kindle-Novella-ebook/dp/B00YAVMCAQ

Created by New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon, The Miss Fortune series is now part of Amazon’s exciting Kindle Worlds program! Riley Blake, author of the #1 bestselling Kindle Worlds short story Bayou Babes, returns with a brand new novella--Hiding in the Bayou, a Miss Fortune series novella.

Short Preview:

From petty theft to murder mysteries, Gertie and Ida Belle loved solving crimes, but I wasn’t entirely confident about their level of expertise. Sure they possessed covert military training in clandestine operations which suggested they were intelligent and knowledgeable, but they were also older than the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Ida Belle rose to her feet, appearing stronger by the second. She went to her pantry and retrieved a few bottles of ‘cough’ syrup. She kept one for herself and placed the other two on the table. “Help yourselves.”
“Look at you,” I said, opting to stick with coffee. “Moonshine and a murder to solve and what do you do? Shelve your illness for a more convenient time.”
“I’ll rest when I’m dead. This town needs leadership right now,” Ida Belle said, swinging her gaze at Gertie. “You’re positive Carter was arrested?”
Gertie nodded so rapidly her glasses slid down the bridge of her nose. Pushing them up again, she said, “You know how this town works. If there isn’t a suspect, they arrest the one who was standing closest to the victim. If Carter hadn’t been there, the town would’ve lynched poor little Peanut for sure.”
I wasn’t ready to preface Peanut’s name with ‘poor little’ just yet. She’d been the one to drag her domestic disagreement straight into the streets of Sinful. Plus, my mind had already been churning with ideas. I didn’t know designer labels or high priced fashions but since moving to Sinful, I’d spent some time with Walter at the General Store.
Walter had recently started stocking a few pricey items—Gator Hoppers which were cutoff boots, Bayou Britches which were cutoff shorts, and Fishnets which were… well, I wasn’t entirely sure what they were supposed to be but Peanut had worn hers as a double-layered shirt. Trashy attire didn’t come cheap…..

Rectifier the Birth of a Hero by William Garrett

http://www.amazon.com/Rectifier-Birth-Hero-William-Garrett-ebook/dp/B00HFKIY4C

 Getting revenge or protecting the innocent? Secrets coming into the light and a destiny unfolds. Will their first emprise be their last? Will a group of humans a werewolf and a merfolk have what it takes to stop this evil from retaking the region?

Sins of a Priest - A Mystery by Brian Robert Smith

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QHF6GY6

He dropped the camera and stared at its monitor. The video paused. His face, in lustful pleasure, was frozen on the screen.

Marcus grew up a gangster kid, but now he's a Priest. He's come back home to re-start a 19th century Catholic church that has been completely vandalized. He finds out the community is heavily influenced by Satanism—something Marcus intends on changing, but his past lingers and sin is in his blood.

Jada is a Satanist, and she seduces Marcus. Sex is the result. Jada has a history with Marcus's brother, Louie, involving drugs, money, and murder. She plans revenge against Louie by using Marcus as bait.

Daniel, an old bum who hangs in the streets with goth kids, is the reason for the urban decay; the crime and hate. He's a satanic leader and the church is his palace. When Daniel finds out a new priest has surfaced, he uses Jada to drive Marcus out by exposing the Sins of a Priest.


The Friend Request - a contemporary romance by Charles Soto

$0.99 on Amazon 4/27/15-6/1/15

http://www.amazon.com/Friend-Request-Charles-Soto-ebook/dp/B00T75WA8E

Chase has it all. Owner of a successful business, social standing and respect, killer looks and now the fiancé of any man’s fantasy. His life is in control, just the way he planned; but everything is not as it appears. His brother, also his business partner and closest friend, is angrily rejected when he attempts to tell Chase the truth. As Chase blindly races toward an empty future based on lies and deceit, his brother makes the dangerous decision to protect him.

Carly, a single and struggling mom, has always sacrificed personal happiness in an effort protect her son. Lonely and stuck in a dead-end job, her life revolves around her special needs child; until his abusive father threatens to take him. Carly decides to take a chance on life and accept a friend request from her high school sweetheart. Can she let down her defenses and open her heart, or will the past cloud her future?

Will a simple Facebook friend request bring Chase and Carly the happiness they so desperately desire, or will secrets from their past threaten to keep them apart… forever?

Hush Enhanced - a romantic suspense novel by International Bestselling Author Cherry Adair

http://www.amazon.com/Hush-Enhanced-Lodestone-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00U4ZRK9K

In the sultry heat of a deadly jungle, lovers must pull off a dangerous and daring rescue.

National bestselling author Cherry Adair introduces an edgy, sexy new suspense series with this exhilarating international tale of hide and seek.

A reckless adventure in a deadly paradise.
Thrill seekers Zakary and Gideon Stark travel the globe in search of extreme adventure, but a trip to Venezuela to jump off the world’s highest falls catapults them into a perilous game of life or death – where they don’t know the rules.

A one-night stand that will change his life forever.
Kidnapped with a woman Zak knows nothing about, the brothers are held prisoner deep in the jungle.  A risky, death-defying escape separates them and nearly claims Zak’s life…until his recovery reveals a baffling new sixth sense.

An unexpected diversion with lethal consequences.
Now, to find his missing brother, Zak and the mysterious Acadia Gray will have to out-smart, out-gun, and out-maneuver not just the brutal kidnappers but also a new player who joins the adrenaline game: a ruthless opponent who wants the Stark brothers dead – at any cost.

Tears Of Paradox (Storms Of Transformation Series, Book 1) by Daniella Bova

http://www.amazon.com/Tears-Paradox-Storms-Transformation-Daniella-ebook/dp/B00KLEIFIO

$.99 Kindle promo 6/10/15 - 6/15/15

The Storms of Transformation are here, bringing upheaval, division and isolation. As the nation fundamentally transforms, small-town America is caught in the whirlwind.

Jason married the girl next door. He and Michelle dreamed of raising their children among family and friends in their idyllic, peaceful hometown. But then the Storms begin. Friendships disintegrate, fathers and sons become enemies, and trust is a thing of the past. The old ways have become what those in power term evil. What used to be evil is now the law. The evil brings with it a creeping darkness, gradually overshadowing the town’s inhabitants and turning their lives upside-down.

The Storms force pregnant Michelle to hide alone in a basement, far from home. Jason remains in town, living a lie as he tries to conceal the truth from the authorities. But will their own flesh-and-blood betray them? The town keeps many secrets. How did such a thing ever come to pass?

Many Colored Glass - Romantic Fiction by Theresa Jenner Garrido

www.amazon.com/Colored-Glass-Theresa-Jenner-Garrido-ebook/dp/B00QL155U2

Horribly injured in a car accident, Grace Hammond is abandoned by her fiance and left with nothing. Expecting a dismal future, she is elated when a childhood friend invites her to relocate to the low country of South Carolina to help run their B&B. Grace jumps at the chance for a fresh start. The colorful locals charm and intrigue--especially the handsome pastor of a rural church. It isn't too long before Grace is head-over-heels in love and only has romance on her mind. But someone in their sea-island community is insane and women are dying. What's more, Grace on the killer's list.

Ominous Borders Coffee - a psychological thriller by Peter Standish Evans

$2.99 on Amazon 5/1/15-5/30/15

http://www.amazon.com/Ominous-Borders-Coffee-Thriller-Novel-ebook/dp/B0087Q4U7I

An obsessive and beautiful classical violinist and a malevolent killer each spend summer in Paris. The cafés and bistros hum with robust and colourful energy. Girls are murdered after midnight on bridges over the River Seine. Cryptic messages are left on their stage-set bodies. Inspector Vasseur sits at his favourite table on a battered sidewalk. He faces a puzzle whose myriad facets challenge his special gifts, intuition and ingenuity. In other parts of the city, a Stalker trails her female targets, hell-bent on seduction. Two beautiful women, violinist Camille and new acquaintance Edith, a woman of steel, form a coffee society. Camille leaves the prison of her insular creativity to venture into the streets, exploring the grand city. Edith, who relishes life, determines to protect Camille’s back. A rogue psycho-analyst has set his patients loose in the city, as the sweltering days turn to night. The darkness shivers.

Pathspace by Matthew Kennedy

After failing alien technology has caused a fall of civilization, exposure to it finally produces humans capable of replicating and fixing it. In a struggle to bring together the shards of America, will it be reunification under democracy - the revival of the Union? Or will it be consolidation by conquest,
as a tyrant pursues dreams of empire?

Long after alien tech failed and crashed civilization, war is coming to the remains of the Midwest. The court "wizard" of Rado fights not just for his Governor, but for his dream: a school to train adepts to weave the psionic magic needed to forge a new hybrid infrastructure.

Pathspace at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Pathspace-Space-Paths-Metaspace-Chronicles/dp/1503147630

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Gamers and Gods: AES by Matthew Kennedy

A demigod fights for Earth's freedom -- in the mind of a computer -- as two pantheons fight for the right to guide the future of humans. But can Asklepios -- Homer's "Blameless Physician" -- defeat the The Devourer of Millions?

AES is the story of a man who wakes up after 3,000 years to find himself thrust into a fight for the independence of Earth from the control of alien superbeings.

His battle is real and the stakes are real, but he will fight in a simulated battlefield -- in the memory of an online gaming computer. He is as real as his comrades, but while they have real-world bodies, his self-driven avatar is all he has -- an incarnation as living software. For the mortals who log in to help him, the prize is freedom from the aliens who want to control humanity's development to further their own power. For Aes himself, the reward for success is his own apotheosis -- the right to dwell with the superbeings of Olympus.

His only chance is the help of Darla Kaplan and her gamer friends. In this struggle for the freedom of mankind, the most powerful weapon of all may be the love of a woman for a man who is only a ghost in the machine.

AES at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OZ4C1Y0

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To Stir the Wind by PA Morris

http://www.amazon.com/Stir-Wind-P-Morris-ebook/dp/B00MX8OPZS

Get Fantome - a new title of P.A. Morris now free on Amazon!

This book was just released a few weeks ago.  My wife/editor says it is my best "by far".  Now, I'm trying to figure out what the hell she meant by "by far".  Looks like I am adding another 5 Star book to my others.  Hope you choose to enjoy it.

When the members of the homeless community are seemingly being murdered for no reason at all, they band together only to uncover a major plot emanating from the rich side of town.
The plot twists and the list of suspects constantly changes, as two sides of the town collide only to be drawn together in a unique way with Jake right smack in the middle. The killer is conscienceless, his boss is ruthless and the police are no help . . . until!
Readers need to be prepared to search their soul, have their heart tugged upon, and smile after meeting some new fictional friends.

When we were young we were taught that reading is fundamental. As adults I believe reading should be fun. I've tried to keep the pace brisk, the plot developing with a twist here and there, and the characters . . . well, being characters.

Quit Smoking, Before and After - self-help by Lorraine Beth Walker

http://www.amazon.com/Quit-Smoking-Before-After-Strategies-ebook/dp/B00XRHX6D6

A quit-smoking guide with a difference - focusing on the period leading up to and following your quit day.  Anyone can quit smoking - it's staying quit that's the hard part!

So - you've decided to quit smoking - congratulation! - but now what? What you need are strategies to help you plan in the days and weeks leading up to your big day, and to help you navigate those following.

There's no such thing as someone who can't quit smoking!  Whether you've tried many times without success, or have never had the courage to try but wish you could - this book is for you!

Things that go bump in the night: Here there be monsters - Suspense/Horror/Thriller book marketing by Wilson Jackson

Things that go bump in the night: Here there be monsters - Suspense/Horror/Thriller book marketing by Wilson Jackson
A TALE OF 2 KILLERS

One city. Two killers.

A serial killer who preys on adulterers. A supernatural killer who kills unknowingly once it becomes human again.


The city knows about the serial killer calling himself SIN KILLER and leaving a weird poem on his victims. He is blamed for all the murders including the ones committed by his unknown partner.
Questions surface about whether the Sin Killer is capable of cannibalism since the victims are now eaten and mutilated.

As the body count continues to grow. Police Captain Frank Penn is under heavy fire. He knows there are two killers in his city. With a plate full of trouble, he tries to withstand pressure from the mayor, the FBI, a city in fear, and two killers on the loose. Plus being related to one of the killers.

Holy Fool, Holy Father - a historic, christian romance by Nicholas A. Marziani Jr.

$0.99 May 25-28th

http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Fool-Father-Nicholas-Marziani-ebook/dp/B00NWZ4SJE

The Roman Curia may be the only hope for the world to survive after a cataclysmic event. But, that success hinges on the participation of the Eastern Orthodox churches and the Holy Women of the world, all led by a modern-day Holy Fool and the woman who gave up all to serve at his side.

Is there REALLY any hope?

"I loved this book and read it in just a couple of sittings. I loved how relatable and realistic Mr. Marziani has made the characters and I felt invested very quickly." - Amazon 5-star review

Her Name is James - lgbt romance / coming of age by CJ Heath

http://www.amazon.com/Her-Name-James-CJ-Heath-ebook/dp/B00O2658BO

Running at 99c / 99p from now until 31/05/2015

     Her Name is James is an emotional journey for the lead character and for the reader alike. It is an involved tale that avoids the sensational aspects of the life of a transgender teen and concentrates on the needs and compromises James has to face up to.

     At fifteen years old, James Farrow was removed from home by social services for his own safety. Now he is eighteen, he is no longer the responsibility of the welfare state. Returning home to an uncertain reception, James finds his father has mellowed and his brother is delighted to have his hero back.

     Life could run smoothly for James now he is home again but he has a painful truth to confess; James is transgender. He’s always known he wasn’t intended to be born a boy but now he wants to begin his transition into the woman he should be.

     Even before he faces his family, a ghost from his past emerges. A friend who seeks to blackmail him for an act recorded he wishes hadn’t happened. Fear of his past being exposed, he agrees to the friend’s demands with unpleasant repercussions.

     Just as things couldn’t get worse for the young teenager, his brother learns his hero is much less than he though and the younger sibling’s anger becomes physical.

     James has one confidante, a friend since childhood; Tina is his support through all his anguish but she too rocks his world when she admits she loves him. Confused and struggling to come to terms with his own feelings, James needs to find a resolution that both meets his needs and is accepted by friends and family alike.

Escape from Netherworld - a fantasy adventure by David Kuklis

$0.99 on Amazon 4/24/15-4/26/15

http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Netherworld-David-Kuklis-ebook/dp/B00MYNNF0S

For David Kuklis the love of science fiction and fantasy began at an early age, when he and his brother, inspired by the game Dungeons and DragonsTM, staged similar games in their backyard and nearby woods. His uncle, a marine paralyzed from the neck down in Vietnam, usually ran the indoor games around the table, and his father was the inspiration for Twiggy, a major character in this book.

Those fond memories laid the groundwork for Escape from Netherworld, a thrilling tale of a group of friends whose simulated war games go awry one weekend, sending them into an alternate realm from which there appears to be no escape.

Travel along with these friends as they embark upon one harrowing adventure after another, befriending druids along the way and battling ogres and orcs with the help of an array of magic weapons. Watch them try to outwit the evil wizard who seems determined to keep them in this alternate world.

The battle scenes are vividly drawn and charged with suspense. Will the group ever escape from this alternate world? You will find yourself rooting for them until the final outcome!

Dawn of Wonder - An Epic Fantasy Novel by Jonathan Renshaw

http://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Wonder-The-Wakening-Book-ebook/dp/B00VV63K22

When a high-ranking officer gallops into the quiet Mistyvales, he brings a warning that shakes the countryfolk to their roots. But for Aedan, a scruffy young adventurer with veins full of fire and a head full of ideas, this officer is not what he seems.

The events that follow propel Aedan on a journey that only the foolhardy or desperate would risk, leading him to the gates of the nation’s royal academy – a whole world of secrets in itself.

But this is only the beginning of his discoveries. Something is stirring in the land, something more ominous than the rising threat of hostile nations. Fearful travellers whisper of an ancient power breathing over Thirna, changing it, waking it. In the very heart of these stirrings, Aedan encounters that which defies belief, leaving him speechless with terror – and wonder.

Fleeing Cat Spring - a historical fiction mystery with romance by Jerry Minshall

$0.99 5/22-6/1

http://www.amazon.com/Fleeing-Cat-Spring-Special-Escape-ebook/dp/B00PW9GKV2

Corrina Elgin, at twenty-two, was a happy spring bride in May, 1963. Her happiness lasted for ten days... then she made a shocking discovery that triggered a violent response by her husband. Fearing for her life, she escaped on board MKT’s top streamliner, the Texas Special heading for the “Big D.”

Months before Lee Harvey Oswald would kill President John Kennedy and Jack Ruby would kill Oswald, Corrina landed a job in a Dallas nightspot, the “Carousel Club” owned by Jack Ruby. That job put her at an intersection with monumental historic events and threatened her very life.

"A terrific read with a very likable yet flawed heroine who's easy to root for. Set partially in Dallas circa '63, the author not only creates an interesting mystery/romance he also brings Jack Ruby's infamous "Carousel Club" to life." - Amazon 5-star review

Abducted: Twin Moons of Andove Book 1 - Sci-Fi Romance by Cassandra Logan

http://www.amazon.com/Abducted-Twin-Moons-Andove-Book-ebook/dp/B00WBWBTFK

Kindle Countdown Deal running June 1-5

Abducted is a toe curling sci-fi romance filled with shifters, aliens, and alpha-males, oh my.

Anika's life has finally fallen into place. She has a career she loves, an apartment that, while small, meets her needs, and a best friend that is helping her find someone to spend the rest of her life with, or at the very least someone to have a good time with.

Zeke is only on Earth long enough to make repairs to some salvaged equipment and relax with the local natives. Just a few, short weeks and then he, and his shipmates are on their way back to their home world. Then he catches Anika's scent and his wolf is gone.

Unable, and unwilling, to fight the instant attraction Zeke soon finds himself head over heels, but will the secret he's keeping cause him to lose his mate? Meanwhile, Anika has a secret of her own that could end up having a huge impact on the couple’s future.

Murder in the South of France by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

http://www.amazon.com/Murder-France-Maggie-Newberry-Mystery-ebook/dp/B005GY0Y8S

Maggie Newberry is a whip-smart advertising copywriter who’s fast on her feet and a little stunned to realize that she’s over 30 and still hasn’t found true love. When her long-missing sister ends up dead, Maggie flies to the south of France to find the little niece that no one in the family even knew existed. Along the way, she finds handsome, sexy Frenchman Laurent Dernier to help search for the girl. Meanwhile, her sister’s murderer sets his sights on the little girl—and Maggie.

The Adulteress - Christian Fiction by Lucinda Weeks

http://www.amazon.com/Adulteress-Women-who-Jesus-Book-ebook/dp/B00XIVX9BA

Adina is young and in love. Her twin sister has just married the man of her dreams. Adina Hopes to soon marry her childhood love Yeichiel. But her greedy father doesn't approve of Yeichiel who is a thief and a drunkard. Adina is very beautiful and her father knows that beautiful daughters bring a hefty bride price. Determined to keep Adina away from Yeichiel her father arranges to sell her into marriage to rich Eleazar against Adina's wishes.

Adina soon finds herself trapped in a marriage to a man she doesn't love and longing for Yeichiel the man she does love. Yeichiel’s life of crime catches up with him and Yeichiel is condemned to die. Grief stricken and alone Adina finds herself longing for the affections of other men dreaming that true love will one day come again.

Adina finds herself lost in a life of sin and indulgence is one day caught in the act of adultery. Guilty and betrayed Adina is brought before Jesus to be stoned to death.

Eruption - Technothriller by Adrienne Quintana

Kindle sale $0.99 5/18-5/22

http://www.amazon.com/Eruption-Adrienne-Quintana-ebook/dp/B00S5K0CF0

Information terrorism. Complete network blackout. Global panic. Above the chaos, one company rises to restore order, achieving complete political and military takeover:  Omnibus.

Stanford graduate and new Omnibus employee Jace Vega faces these sobering images, appearing to show her future, when a cutting-edge Omnibus tablet mysteriously falls into her hands.  Reeling from the recent tragic death of her mother, socially reclusive Jace struggles as she carries the weight of this foreknowledge.

When Corey, an acquaintance from Stanford shows up, he becomes central in helping Jace try to stop Omnibus.  But because the plan involves getting close to Damien, the charming, smooth son of Omnibus founder, Victor Trent, Jace becomes conflicted with a barrage of new emotions.  Both men profess allegiance, but she doesn’t know who she can trust.

As Jace wrestles to understand how to change the future, vivid dreams and waking visions unmask her obscured past and her true identity.  In the ultimate test of self-trust, Jace must harness her unique internal power and use it to stop Omnibus.

The Baby Doctor - Medical Romance by Bobby Hutchinson

$0.99 (reg. $2.99) only on May 21st to 23rd

Thirty-six-year-old obstetrician Morgan Jacobsen has had only two serious romances in her entire life, and they both ended years ago. Doctor Luke Gilbert is also thirty-six, but his perfection is a facade. His daughter is pregnant by his best friend’s son, and Luke’s relationship with her is beyond stormy. Can two baby doctors deliver a happy ending?

http://www.amazon.com/BABY-DOCTOR-911-MEDICAL-ROMANCE-ebook/dp/B008MTIS2S

The Complete Adventures of SHELBY F. SQUIRREL and Friends - Kids 3-11 - by Eleanor Lawrie

The Complete Adventures of SHELBY F. SQUIRREL and Friends - Kids 3-11 - by Eleanor Lawrie
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Adventures-SHELBY-SQUIRREL-Friends-ebook/dp/B00UY8VQOW

SHELBY F. SQUIRREL is very upset to be told that the F. initial in his name stands for FLYING!! He is positive he'll never be able to do that!

Off we tear into his first adventure, which ends with a dramatic leap off an upper floor balcony in a high-rise, and the miracle that he CAN FLY!

After that there is no stopping SHELBY, the lovable, naughty, ever-curious flying squirrel child. Children and even adults will discover facts about Flying Squirrels while enjoying these rollicking tales, which have been described as 'having a certain timeless quality' about them.

This is NOT a picture book, but children as young as 3 and 4 love to listen. The writing is NOT childish but is entirely readable by children from age 7 to 11, depending on individual levels.

There ARE, however, excellent captioned photographs throughout, depicting a character or subject from the stories they preface.

The many subjects of childhood growing pains ARE NOT CENTRAL to these stories, but appear subtly because of situations with which SHELBY is confronted, and subsequently manages to survive. Both his own ingenuity and the help of friends serve to bring about happy endings.

Each story is approximately 1000 words, complete on its own with total closure and reader satisfaction. At the same time, we do follow SHELBY'S progress through 2 years, while he has every imaginable kind of adventure and learns gradually that he is actually growing up.

These stories are classic examples of excellent additions to school classrooms and libraries, and delightful repeated reading in any home where there is a child.

The Sparkle in Her Eyes Plus Six more Short Stories - Christian Romance by Aileen Friedman

Amazon Kindle Free Promotion 20th - 21st May 2015

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SMW7KOM

The devastating disease, Alzheimer's, that ravaged her mother, left the author, Aileen Friedman, inspired to share her emotional rollercoaster ride. A heartfelt and non-fictional short story told from the depths of her heart also includes humorous encounters with other residents of the home in which her mother spent her remaining days.

Included are six more short stories, all designed to encourage and inspire the reader. From the story about a beautiful but selfish model who loses everything in an accident, to an actress who finds true love on an airplane, and an alcoholic who returns to her hometown for a school reunion. The reader will also meet a woman whose life is changed when renovating a house, an elderly lady who returns home after sixty years and who is haunted by her past, and a young lady who by discovering a cosy bookstore discovers much more.

Be uplifted by seven wonderful stories, share the author's tears and happiness, and rejoice in the strength of Jesus as her characters overcome the obstacles placed in their paths.

The Ruby Brooch - Time Travel Romance by Katherine Lowry Logan

Kindle Countdown Deal – May 20-26, 2015

http://www.amazon.com/Brooch-Travel-Romance-Celtic-Series-ebook/dp/B007QMSONK

Audiobook Available

One of my favorite writing experiences happened a few years ago during the Christmas holidays. I was working on the stampede scene in THE RUBY BROOCH, and I needed gun information, so I went to a local gun store. My first visit ever! The store was crowded with holiday shoppers. I stood at the door not knowing what to do. The cashier asked if he could help me. I said, "I need a gun that will kill as many cows as possible in the shortest amount of time." The store went completely silent. The men stared at me. I had a lot of explaining to do. After they discovered I was a writer, everyone wanted to give me advice, and their advice is in the book.

Shortly after finishing the first draft, I took a road trip from Lexington, KY to Portland, OR. I drove the backroads and followed the Oregon Trail historical markers. In many places, the ruts made by wagon wheels are still visible. It was an amazining adventure.

Relentless - Young Adult Paranormal by Karen Lynch


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJ9N3JU

Sara Grey’s world shattered ten years ago when her father was brutally murdered. Now at seventeen, she is still haunted by memories of that day and driven by the need to understand why it happened. She lives a life full of secrets and her family and friends have no idea of the supernatural world she is immersed in or of Sara’s own very powerful gift.

In her quest for answers about her father’s death, Sara takes risks that expose her and her friends to danger and puts herself into the sights of a sadistic vampire. On the same fateful night she meets Nikolas, a warrior who turns Sara’s world upside down and is determined to protect her even if it’s the last thing she wants.

Sara’s life starts to spin out of control as she is hunted by an obsessed vampire, learns that her friends have secrets of their own and reels from the truth about her own ancestry. Sara has always been fiercely independent but in order to survive now she must open herself to others, to reveal her deepest secrets. And she must learn to trust the one person capable of breaking down the walls around her.

Romancing the Paranormal - Thirteen sizzling-hot paranormal stories

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TUI7KK6

Thirteen sizzling-hot paranormal stories filled with danger, laughter, spine-tingling suspense, and sexy Alpha males all by your favorite NYT, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling authors!

On Mars: Pathfinder - Science-Fiction by Jim Melanson

http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Pathfinder-Mike-Lane-Stories-ebook/dp/B00WJ3L7H6

I have been frustrated by great sci-fi being out of time, and out of place. Set far in the future and in the far reaches of the galaxy, though enjoyable, those books seem out of reach for my methodical imagination. So, I decided to write my own science-fiction. I decided to write something different.

"On Mars: Pathfinder", is the first installment of a space-opera trilogy. It is set nearby (on Mars) and in the near-future (2019). Good character development is something I aspire to every time I sit down to write. I like my characters to have depth, to be relatable. Even the human-alien hybrids are as endearing and believable as the human characters are. I do "geek out" once in a while on the technology of colonizing Mars, or going to Mars, depending on the chapter. I also love to throw in humour, foibles, and haunting ghosts from a person's past.

When I was writing the first installment, I had Nathan Fillion's character "Richard Castle" in mind. His witty mind, his helpless optimism, his "do-the-right-thing" mentality, they all appealed to me. I wanted to install that sense of faith, bravado, and hope in the person that I crafted. I also, much to the shock of some readers, bring up God and faith fairly regularly.

In this first installment of "The Mike Lane Stories, Volume 1", our hero Mike Lane goes to Mars alone. He goes on a proof of concept mission, to show the world that humans can go to Mars and survive there. It's a one-way trip though. The Corporation that sends him is not able to bring him back. In fact, all of their future colony missions will be one way. That's okay, Mike Lane accepts this and doesn't look back.

The day he arrives on Mars, six minutes after arriving, to be exact, his landing craft explodes. Surviving the destruction by being cocooned in the airlock, the hero soon finds out he's not alone on Mars... and he isn't welcome.

Bad aliens, good aliens, beautiful alien-human hybrids, the US Air Force, the North Koreans, the Swiss government... nothing about his adventure is going to be easy. Oh, yeah, the Men in Black show up in the strangest places.

My friend Monique says that I made the intricacies of space flight seem almost understandable. The very first person to buy a copy of the book said that I "rocked the action scenes". I think the best words of praise to be received yet, from someone who posted on my facebook page, was that I had crafted a "plausible" story.

As I write this (May, 2015), I'm almost halfway through the sequel. It's going to blow the socks off of volume 1. If you like science-fiction, action, drama, romance, and good old shoot 'em ups, this book is an excellent choice... even if I do say so myself.

The Evolution of the Modern American Black - a historical non-fiction book by Richard Castagner

http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Modern-American-Black-history-ebook/dp/B00T6QLAW6

My latest book “The Evolution of the Modern American Black” will hopefully bring some closure to a racial problem in America that will not go away.

The study of Black history in the New World has to be seen primarily in the context of American history. It was in the US that slavery and the fight for civil rights had its most profound effect.
The American Civil War in 1865 and the liberation of the slaves, although a triumph, was merely the end of the first chapter in American Black history.
Ahead lay a struggle of epic proportions, as American Blacks fought deep-seated discrimination, violence, and intimidation to assert their political, cultural, and economic identity.
Black prehistory is rich and glorious. When Blacks know more of their prehistory, hopefully, they will love and respect themselves. When Black contributions to world civilization are truthfully revealed, it will be realized that African Blacks, in prehistory, made major contributions to the development of the world.

The prehistory "African" mind is alive and well for a large percentage of Black people today.
My hope is that the remainder of Black people who are still of slavery generated "Negro" mind will decide to rise up and see themselves in a new light. Their new perception of blackness will be based on spiritual and mental enlightenment, rather than on victimization, violence, negativity and racism. They will reclaim their history. They will reappoint themselves to positions of royalty and once again become real kings and queens. In this book, we are beginning the exploration of the American Blacks deeper, uncharted history.... The history that the American Black has lost.

Billions and billions of dollars have been poured into our Black communities with no real positive effect on Black family structure, economy, jobs, poverty, crime or education. A copy of this book provided to every Black family in our Black communities in the US would have a very positive effect at a fraction of the cost. The problem would be addressed from the family level, bottom to top changes, rather than the top to the bottom changes the government is trying unsuccessfully to implement.