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Friday Freebies: Children’s, Historical Fiction, and YA

This week, we have a trio of fab freebies sure to please the discerning reader in your life! As always, double-check prices before clicking that magic “Buy Now” button, and please consider leaving a review once you’ve read the book, to thank the author for their generosity. Enjoy!

The_Dark_Shadow_of_Spring_YSG_1_ebookTitle: The Dark Shadow of Spring
Author: G.L. Breedon
Genre:  The Dark Shadow of Spring
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A dragon that foretells destinies, streets suddenly cluttered with thousands of dead birds, a plague of malevolent insects, ghosts arising in the town cemetery, demons haunting the woods of the White Forest — these are only some of the dangers that thirteen-year-old Alex Ravenstar and his friends in The Young Sorcerers Guild must overcome in order save the secluded magical town of Runewood from an ancient, soul-enslaving evil in THE DARK SHADOW OF SPRING.

After a nearly-disastrous adventure to wake the local dragon from its hibernation in hopes that it will tell them their destinies, Alex and his friends accidentally encounter the dark force that was responsible for burning the magic out of the world beyond the Rune Valley thousands of years ago. Known as the Shadow Wraith, the evil force was cast from this world and imprisoned in another realm at the end of the war fought to stop it. Once again, the Shadow Wraith is trying to escape its prison to enslave the world, and Alex and the Young Sorcerers Guild are the only ones who can defeat it.

cat-and-mouse-by-tim-vicary1Title: Cat and Mouse
Author: Tim Vicary
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Set in London and Ulster in 1914, Cat and Mouse is the gripping story of two sisters fighting for their ideals in the turbulent months before the outbreak of war.

When Sarah Becket, a militant suffragette determined to help free Mrs Pankhurst from prison, discovers that her own husband, a respected Liberal MP, is involved in a scandalous prostitution racket, she is devastated. Still weak from imprisonment herself, she takes a knife from her kitchen and goes out into London’s West End, determined to protest for women’s rights in the most dramatic way she can.

Across the Irish sea, her younger sister, Deborah Cavendish, is lonely and unloved. When her husband returns home to join the Ulster Volunteers and fight the government, she faces an agonizing choice – to end her affair with James Rankin, the trade union leader whom she she thinks can give her all the love her husband has denied her, or face social ostracism and the loss of her beloved son. When she reads about her sister’s act of defiance, she resolves to go to her aid.

United by their cause, Sarah and Deborah combine to fight both male corruption and a German plot to foment civil war in Ireland.

NimpFront72Title: Nimpentoad
Author: Josh, Henry & Harrison Herz
Genre: Children’s Fantasy
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Josh and Harrison Herz are elementary school students who enjoy fantasy stories. Josh’s hobbies include parkour, building with LEGOs, and painting Warhammer miniatures. Harrison plays basketball, and collects Yu-gi-oh cards and KidRobot vinyl figures. Both are big fans of The Lord of the Rings, the annual Comic-Con convention, and have an entrepreneurial bent. With design help from their dad, they started three web-based businesses selling LEGO party favors, custom cast bases for Warhammer, and painted concrete yard sculptures. Henry Herz’s love of the fantasy genre began in elementary school with “Where the Wild Things Are” and “The Lord of the Rings,” and continued by playing Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer. Struck by inspiration one day, Henry began a fun project with his two bright young sons, who share his joy of entering the magical realms of fantasy. Together, they wrote this tale. By day, Henry is a management consultant who also teaches after school enrichment for elementary school children.

FREE CONTEMPORARY FICTION! Awesome Indie SUNSPOTS Free April 30 – May 2

sunspotsTitle: Sunspots
Author: Karen S. Bell
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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Blurb: Sunspots is a story of loss and redemption and the ghosts that haunt our lives and our houses.

“One can never be, and should never be, smug about life,” says Aurora Goldberg. An aspiring New York actress who has never realized her dreams, Aurora keeps herself afloat by doing odd temp jobs where her rich fantasy life helps her get through the day. Aurora sees the world through the lens of characters in literature and film and these fictionalizations are woven into her interpretation of reality.

On one of her temp assignments she meets Jake Stein, a man who could “charm the skin off a snake” and she decides to follow her destiny as his wife in Austin, Texas. But Jake’s sudden death after two short years disintegrates her world and Aurora must reevaluate her life and let go of a love that has become an obsession.
With the help of friends, family, and the ghost of Viola Parker (her home’s original owner), Aurora accepts her fate and the secrets revealed about Jake’s true character. She realizes that in this life she will finally break the cycle of pain caused by her love for this man, Jake Stein, through the centuries.
“Sunspots is a moving, beautifully-written mystery about the devastating consequences of obsessive love,” – Tahlia Newland
 
 ”It was wonderfully written and flowed so smoothly that I found it hard to put down. This is a must read for everyone, not just women. Kudo’s to the author,”  — Cindy Holdmann
“This author has a true skill with words that is absolutely beautiful to behold. …READ IT! READ IT NOW! I guarantee you will not be disappointed,” — Jessica H.
Excerpt:

I took a bath. I needed to cleanse myself psychically as well as physically. As I washed, I thought about what Owen said concerning Viola Parker. Thinking of Owen nauseated me and made me feel quite guilty so I switched my concentration to Viola Parker…my ethereal intruder. Funny he should say what he did—like he knew her or of her. I couldn’t figure the connection because she was quite old and, as far as I could discern then, not related in anyway to Jake’s family. Her name had never come up in any conversations, or her existence. So I wondered why Owen thought it odd that I bought her house after she died. But I was sure, Viola Parker herself would reveal her past to me because…she never really left here, never gave up claim to this place.

Shockingly, startlingly, Viola just started showing up, rocking away in that old chair and grinning at me like the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland. She rocked and rocked in that damned chair or Chair of the Damned, as I like to call it. And I was not happy about it. My aversion to Viola’s corporal presence and ethereal spirit might seem odd given my desire to make contact with Jake but I knew nothing about her. She could have been a crazy person in life and be a slasher-type in death like Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy. So, naturally, I was cautious. At first, I thought I was hallucinating. I had placed the chair in the living room right near the fireplace. It looked smart there. It was not a fancy rocker, just plain wood with a worn seat cushion but it had character like an antique. Could have been from JC Penny for all I knew about antiques but it had the look. I never sat in it because that worn seat suggested its heavy use by a now dead Viola Parker and that was creepy. I decided I would sit in the chair when I got a new cushion, but I was too busy studying and being a mentally disturbed hermit to refurbish anything.

The encounters began one night after dark (naturally), exactly one week after my mother left. The chair started rocking by itself. I was walking in the hallway and threw a glance into the living room. The chair had rocked. There was movement. I stopped to catch another look. The chair was still. I looked away and then sensed a one-two rock. I was intrigued and freaked out so I went over to the now stationary chair and felt around for a shot of air or any other logical disturbance. I manually rocked the chair but there was no explanation. I decided that sleep deprivation had distorted my accurate assessment of rocking versus not rocking so I went to bed to get some much-needed rest.

The next night the same thing—edge of vision rocking—straight on looking no rocking. This went on for five nights and I decided to throw out the chair. I took it out to the street for pick up and watched the truck drive away with the chair in its bowels. But my intuition or premonition did not give me a peaceful feeling as I watched the truck drive out of sight. With dread, I walked back into my house and sure enough, there was the chair. I screamed out loud, a summons for Viola Parker to pop into view, sitting in the chair grinning at me, not a Mona Lisa smile, but like that Cheshire cat wide smile. Just rocking and grinning as if she had a secret.

“What do you want?” I asked her and she vaporized. The chair did not. It was solid. I felt it. It was the same chair with the same worn cushion. I thought about going to the garbage dump, but I knew, I would not find it there. This chair belonged in this house and there was nothing to be done. I made crosses out of tree branches and placed it around its base. I don’t know why crosses are always used to fight evil spirits, like in Night of the Living Dead or Damian. I guess it’s because you can’t make a Jewish star with your fingers like you can a cross or easily make a Jewish star with sticks. The Christians have got us on that one. So I made crosses and put it around the base of the chair and stopped using the living room.

About the Author
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Walking with Elephants was my debut novel in 2010, although I am not new to writing. I was a theater critic and celebrity interviewer for a weekly tabloid in Jacksonville, Fl and I earned a Master’s in Mass Communication from Oklahoma State University. For 15 years I worked in Corporate America as a technical editor/editor/writer. I experienced firsthand the politics and intrigue that goes with that territory and the balancing act that comes with being a working mother. I salute all those mothers who are the glue that holds their families together while pursuing the nine to five brass ring. That experience was the inspiration for Walking with Elephants.
With my second novel, Sunspots, I continue to be in awe of the magical and wondrous phenomenon called life. As an observer and obvious participant in feminine values and approach to our human challenges, I bring this perspective to my work. Fascinated by the mysteries of the unseen forces that perhaps play a role in guiding our choices, I search for answers in the mundane as well as in the cosmic forces that surround us.
I am working on my third novel and live in Ponte Vedra, Fl. with my husband and our two furry kids.

Freebie Friday for Kindle, Nook, Kobo & More: Science Fiction, Magical Realism, Quality Shorts

We’re back this week with another Freebie Friday to get this, the final weekend of April, started right. Be sure to double-check prices before clicking Buy Now, and please consider leaving an Amazon review if you enjoyed your free read. Enjoy!

bigsoundtempleTitle: Big Sound Temple
Author: Ben Stevens
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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Blurb: From the author of the #1 Bestselling* ‘A GAIJIN’S GUIDE TO JAPAN’, comes the first book of its kind in the world…
“…Absolutely engaging… a touching story… there is so much mystery here…”
– Joanna Daneman
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runTitle: Run
Author: Tahlia Newland
Genre: Magical Realism
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Blurb: Nick runs from the hidden realm of Diamond Peak to the ordinary world to try to forget his failed battle with Cogin, head of one of the Rasa demon clans. Will immersing himself in the distractions of our world exorcise the terrible memory, and will making a new life for himself away from the hidden realm free him from the attentions of the demons?

This urban fantasy short story is a prequel to ‘Lethal Inheritance’, a young adult contemporary fantasy novel from the same author.

holeinthepavementTitle: A Hole in the Pavement
Author: Tahlia Newland
Genre: Magical Realism
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Blurb: Every morning, Norris watches his goddess walk to the bus stop in front of him, the gap between them far wider than the physical distance. This morning, she stumbles. He wants to run and help her, but finds himself stuck in a hole that appeared along with his self doubt. By the time he gets out, she’s long gone. He vows that if it happens again, he won’t hesitate, but when she falls the next day, he has more than just his own hole to deal with. Can he find his heroic self before she walks away?

This heart warming, humorous and profound magical realism short story (5000 words) is a readers’ favourite from ‘A Matter of Perception,’ a collection of short stories by Tahlia Newland.

the-zul-enigmaTitle: The Zul Enigma
Author: JM Leitch
Genre: Science Fiction
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Blurb: The Zul Enigma, bestselling futuristic science fiction thriller, seamlessly weaves New Age beliefs with hard, physics facts. Set in 2068 it spans two generations following a quest to expose the perpetrator behind a cataclysmic event that takes place in 2012, changing the world forever.

In March 2012, when an alien entity claiming to represent the Galactic Federation contacts Dr Carlos Maiz, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, he thinks it’s a hoax. But Zul persuades Carlos that, without his intervention, the coming month of December will not just mark the end of the year… it will be the end of the world.

impulse controlTitle: Impulse Control
Author: Susan Bischoff
Genre: YA;Urban/Paranormal Fantasy
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Blurb: In the world of the Talent Chronicles, kids born with supernatural powers are taken from their families and forced into government research facilities called State Schools. At one such school, a dangerous experiment has killed two young inmates and threatens others. Ethan, a shape-shifter, is reluctantly recruited by his best friend Karen, a telepath, and Elle, the unique Talent he has a crush on, to thwart the faculty’s plans. If they’re caught they face Detention, and Detention at a State School has a whole different meaning.

“Impulse Control” is a SHORT STORY of approximately 12,000 words and contains some strong language.

lecirqueTitle: Le Cirque de Magie
Author: Marsha A. Moore
Genre: Short Story
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Blurb: The circus is a blur of commotion with last minute preparations for the spring tour. Ravi, the high-wire heart throb, becomes jittery when he meets the company’s newly-hired female dwarf. Hours before departure, his magical perceptions are on fire as he witnesses her involvement in a gory bump off.

The circus manager can’t be found. Ravi is desperate to protect his sweetheart and performing partner, Alice. The train creaks away, beginning the long journey with danger stowed on board. Nicknamed the Great Birdman, Ravi steps forward and exposes his true identity–a real risk during edgy, vigilante times of prohibition. A brave move–but will his Suparna abilities be enough to snuff out this fierce demon?

19 dragonsTitle: The 19 Dragons
Author: SM Reine
Genre: Short Story
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Blurb: Dead gods. War. And the end of the world.

There are nineteen provinces in the Land held aloft by nineteen pillars. Above the earth there is sky, and nobody knows what goes below except the Nineteen Dragons. That is all you need to know, but that is not all there is to be known.

The Device has been stolen and the godlike Dragons have been rendered mortal. Someone is murdering them one by one, and each death brings the world closer to its end. Unless the the Device is somehow restored to its deceased owner, the Dragons are doomed to destruction–and the human world will go with them.

PLEASE NOTE: There are blank pages and unusual formatting as a method of storytelling. This is intentional.

Freebie Friday: 16 FREE Ebooks for Kindle, Nook, Kobo and More!

Today, we’re giving equal time to freebies available for all e-readers: Nook, Kobo, Kindle…  you name it. Here, sixteen fabulous reads for a singularly phenomenal price: FREE. Whatever your choice of e-reader is, today is your lucky day! Be sure to double-check the price before purchasing a book, as free promotions are time sensitive. And to thank these wonderful authors for their words, please take a moment to leave a review on your favorite bookseller’s site. Enjoy!

BeautyTitle: Inhale
Author: Kendall Grey
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy
Blurb: Book 1 in the JUST BREATHE Trilogy
WARNING: 
This book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. NOT SUITABLE FOR READERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

Strangers in reality, inseparable in dreams…
After years of suffocating under her boss’s scrutiny, whale biologist Zoe Morgan finally lands a job as director of a tagging project in Hervey Bay, Australia. Success Down Under all but guarantees her the promotion of a lifetime, and Zoe won’t let anything–or anyone–stand in her way. Not the whale voices she suddenly hears in her head, not the ex who won’t take no for an answer, and especially not the gorgeous figment of her imagination who keeps saving her from the fiery hell of her dreams.

Gavin Cassidy hasn’t been called to help a human Wyldling in over a year, which is fine by him. Still blaming himself for the death of his partner, he keeps the guilt at bay by indulging in every excess his rock star persona affords. That is, until he’s summoned to protect Zoe from hungry Fyre Elementals and learns his new charge is the key to restoring order in the dying Dreaming. He never expects to fall for the feisty Dr. Morgan…nor does he realize he may have to sacrifice the woman he loves to save an entire country.

*The author will donate all profits from the sale of the JUST BREATHE trilogy to programs that educate people about whales and the challenges they face.
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DrasmyrTitle: Drasmyr
Author: Matthew D. Ryan
Genre: Traditional Fantasy
Blurb:
We vampires do not make easy prey. Our weaknesses are few, our strengths many. Fear is something we do not know, and death but a distant memory. So tread softly, pray to your god, and gird yourself with silver when the moons arise and night’s dark prince awakens. We fear not the wizard, nor the warrior, neither rogue, nor priest; our strength is timeless, drawn from darkness and we know no master save the hot lust of our unending hunger. We long for blood, your blood and no blade, nor spell, nor clever artifice, can keep us long from our prize. Feel our teeth at your throat, your life ebb from you, and know as darkness comes to claim you that the price of your folly is your everlasting soul.
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In Drisdak, the city on the Sea of Sorrows, the citizens have much to dread. Unease and foreboding has always been associated with the local wizards guild; peasants have an innate distrust of magic and those who use it. But now, something else is on the rise. A mysterious fire at the guild has left two men dead and a third missing. A small matter, you say? Well, one of those men was the guild master, and his successor wants to know what happened to him. Enter Coragan of Esperia, the renowned bounty hunter. If anyone can unravel this mess he can. But is even he prepared to challenge the horrible evil that lurks at the heart of the mystery? An ancient vampire by the name of Lucian val Drasmyr.
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Adobe Photoshop PDFTitle: All the Blue-Eyed Angels
Author: Jen Blood
Genre: Mystery
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The Amazon-bestselling first novel in the critically-acclaimed Erin Solomon pentalogy. Books two and three, SINS OF THE FATHER and SOUTHERN CROSS, now available!

Investigative journalist Erin Solomon sets out to solve a mystery that’s haunted her since childhood: a fatal fire at the Payson Church of Tomorrow, the isolated fundamentalist community where Erin lived with her father for the first ten years of her life. When what was presumed to be cult suicide turns out to be anything but, Erin returns to her hometown to find the truth behind the tragedy. Now, isolated on the Maine coast with an old flame and a handsome newcomer with his own dark past, Erin will risk everything to uncover the secrets of Payson Isle – secrets someone will kill to keep buried.
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anathemaTitle: Anathema
Author: K.A. Tucker
Genre: Urban/Paranormal Fantasy
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Evangeline has spent her teenage years in obscurity. Her foster parents have the emotional aptitude of robots and her classmates barely acknowledge her existence. About to turn eighteen and feeling like a social pariah, she is desperate to connect with someone. Anyone.

When Evangeline meets Sophie after literally stumbling upon her café, she believes she’s found that connection. Willing to do anything to keep it, she accepts a job as Sofie’s assistant and drops everything to fly to Manhattan, where she is thrust into a luxurious world of Prada, diamonds, and limitless cash.

With such generosity and kindness, it’s easy for Evangeline to dismiss certain oddities . . . like Sofie’s erratic and sometimes violent behavior, and the monstrous guard dogs. She’s even willing to dismiss her vivid dreams of mob-style murders, beautiful homeless people living in caves, and white-eyed demons that haunt her each night as figments of her imagination—especially when one of those figments is the gorgeous Caden. When she wakes up with bite marks on her neck, the fairy tale quickly turns into a nightmare. She slowly unravels the mystery surrounding Sofie and friends, and the reality of the bites and the “dreams.” What she discovers is far more mysterious and terrible than anything she could have imagined. In a world where everyone has motive to lie for personal gain, Evangeline must decide which deception is least likely to get her killed.
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promiseTitle: Promise
Author: Kristie Cook
Genre: Urban/Paranormal Fantasy
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When Alexis Ames is attacked by creatures that can’t be real, she decides it’s time she learns who she really is, with or without the help of her mother, who guards their family’s secrets closely. After meeting the inhumanly attractive, multi-talented Tristan Knight, however, Alexis retreats behind her façade of normalcy…until she discovers he’s not exactly normal either. Then their secrets begin to unravel.

Their union brings hope and promise to her family’s secret society, the Angels’ army, and to the future of mankind. But it also incites a dangerous pursuit by the enemy – Satan’s minions and Tristan’s creators. After all, Alexis and Tristan are a match made in Heaven and in Hell.
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phantom universeTitle: Phantom Universe
Author: Laura Kreitzer
Genre: Dystopian YA
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Phantom Universe is a YA SciFi/Fantasy novel based in a dystopian society and is the first in the Summer Chronicles, an inspiring new series by best-selling fantasy author Laura Kreitzer.

Sold into slavery to pirates at the young age of four, Summer learns to survive the rough seas of subterfuge and thieves through silence. When the boat she’s lived on most of her life is destroyed, Summer finds herself washed up on the shore of a new world, a phantom universe full of the bizarre and extraordinary. She meets Gage, the one boy who understands the girl with no speech. But when their lives are put on the line, will Summer finally call out? Or will all be lost in the fathomless depth of silence?
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soulkeepersTitle: The Soulkeepers
Author: G.P. Ching
Genre: YA – Urban/Paranormal Fantasy
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When fifteen-year-old Jacob Lau is pulled from the crumpled remains of his mother’s car, no one can explain why he was driving or why the police can’t find his mother’s body. Made a ward of his uncle and thousands of miles from home, a beautiful and mysterious neighbor, Dr. Abigail Silva, offers to use her unique abilities to help him find his mom. In exchange, she requires Jacob to train as a Soulkeeper, a gifted warrior charged with protecting human souls. He agrees to her demands, desperate for any clue to the mystery of his mother’s disappearance. But soon Jacob finds himself trapped in a web of half-truths, and questions Dr. Silva’s motives for helping him.
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Beautiful DemonsTitle: Beautiful Demons
Author: Sarra Cannon
Genre: YA – Urban/Paranormal Fantasy
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In Peachville, even the cheerleaders have a dark side…

Harper Madison isn’t like other girls. She has extraordinary powers, but her inability to control them has gotten her kicked from so many foster homes she’s lost count. Shadowford Home for Girls is her last chance, and she hopes Peachville High will be the fresh start she needs.

But when evidence ties her to the gruesome murder of a Demons cheerleader, Harper discovers this small town has a big secret. Beautiful Demons is a fast-paced YA novel with magic, mystery, and a touch of romance. This series will appeal to fans of Pretty Little Liars, Hex Hall, and The Vampire Diaries.
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soulmate-thumbTitle: Soul Mate
Author: Richard Crawford
Genre: Urban/Paranormal Fantasy
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Everyone believes Tommy’s best friend died in a terrible accident. Only Tommy knows that it wasn’t an accident at all. He made a drunken mistake he can never take back. And now he’s haunted, literally. It sounds nuts, and sometimes Tommy is not sure if he is nuts. It doesn’t seem to matter too much until he meets Suki.
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whenwomenwerewarriorsTitle: When Women Were Warriors
Author: Catherine M. Wilson
Genre: Historical Fiction
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In Book I of the trilogy, Tamras arrives in Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many, including Tamras herself, to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman. To make matters worse, the Lady Merin assigns her the position of companion, little more than a personal servant, to a woman who came to Merin’s house, seemingly out of nowhere, the previous winter, and this stranger wants nothing to do with Tamras.
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sablecityTitle: The Sable City
Author: M. Edward McNally
Genre: Traditional Fantasy
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For the first time in a hundred years, Vod’Adia – the fabled Sable City – is Opening. All across the known world, adventurers hungry for gold and relics from the Witch King’s era are making their way to the legendary ruins. For many of them, the Sable City will claim their lives and perhaps even their very souls. But for one heroic fellowship bent only on rescue, entering this deadly place may do worse than destroy them. It may destroy the entire world.

The journey begins in the Miilark Islands, where a most unusual dwarf makes a most unusual choice. Captain Block, charged with finding the exiled heir of House Deskata, picks Tilda Lanai to accompany him – a young woman newly trained in the arts of the Guild, but completely untested. With the help of a rag-tag company that includes a ronin samurai, a semi-competent wizard, a noblewoman in disguise, a healer, a warrior-priest and two ex-soldiers (one in danger of being hanged for desertion), Tilda’s quest leads her into the very heart of the Sable City–where devils and demons roam freely, and very little is what it seems. 
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thegatewayTitle: The Gateway
Author: Glenn G Thater
Genre: Traditional Fantasy
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In The Gateway, Glenn G. Thater transports us to an age of high adventure where knights battle supernatural horrors, magic is real but hidden, and the line between good and evil is all too thin.

This introduction to the epic Harbinger of Doom series is certain to delight fantasy fans everywhere. The Harbinger of Doom saga centers around one Lord Angle Theta, an enigmatic warrior of unknown origins and mystical power. No mortal man is his match in battle. No sorcery can contain or confound him. No scholar or sage can outwit him. But for all his skills, he is but one of us; a man, a human, who shares our faults, our dreams, and our ambitions. He boldly strides across the land, fearless, peerless, and cloaked in mystery; all his will bent on righting such wrongs as he deems fit. Until the day the Gateway opened and turned the world on its head.
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malakhTitle: Malakh
Author: Sharon Gerlach
Genre: Urban/Paranormal Fantasy
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HE HUNTS, SILENT AND UNSEEN. HIS NEXT VICTIM HAS BEEN CHOSEN. AND PREY BECOMES PREDATOR.
Suzanne Harper had wielded supernatural abilities and super-athletic prowess, but that was while she was the lover of an angel. When a string of gruesome murders points to her former lover, Suzanne teams up with Icarus, an angel who hunts those of his kind who have fallen, because the choice of victims tells a terrifying tale: the next murder will be hers.
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The GrimoireTitle: Lichgates
Author: S.M. Boyce
Genre: Traditional Fantasy
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Kara Magari is about to discover a beautiful world full of terrifying things–Ourea.

Kara, a college student still reeling from her mother’s recent death, has no idea the hidden world of Ourea even exists until a freak storm traps her in a sunken library. With nothing to do, she opens an ancient book of magic called the Grimoire and unwittingly becomes its master, which means Kara now wields the cursed book’s untamed power. Discovered by Ourea’s royalty, she becomes an unwilling pawn in a generations-old conflict–a war intensified by her arrival. In this world of chilling creatures and betrayal, Kara shouldn’t trust anyone… but she’s being hunted and can’t survive on her own. She drops her guard when Braeden, a native soldier with a dark secret, vows to keep her safe. And though she doesn’t know it, her growing attraction to him may just be her undoing.

For twelve years, Braeden Drakonin has lived a lie. The Grimoire is his one chance at redemption, and it lands in his lap when Kara Magari comes into his life. Though he begins to care for this human girl, there is something he wants more. He wants the Grimoire.
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FastMovinTrain_KINDLE_BORDERTitle: Fast Movin’ Train
Author: Pam Howes
Genre: Romance
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Interior Designer Mandy Radcliffe runs a thriving business. Her husband is married to his job and her three daughters are adults with lives of their own. Anyone observing would assume they were a happy and successful middle-class family. Then a phone call and a declaration of love leads Mandy into a secret affair that turns her well ordered life upside down.
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scatTitle: SCAT
Author: Jim Graham
Genre: Science Fiction
Blurb:
Grab book one in the SCAT’s UNIVERSE series for FREE ahead of the sequel, ARMY of SOULS, due published in late Spring.

Whose DNA will escape a depleted Earth: yours or the one per cent’s?
Who owns your new world: you or the company?
And do you dare speak your mind on a world where the board owns the very air you breathe?

Welcome to Scat’s universe, where companies rule, regulators are corrupt and democracies are financially bankrupt; where one company will soon turn its back on a desperate, resource-poor Earth to build a galactic empire. As powerful interests collide, outsiders must either keep their heads down or be crushed. Only one bystander has no choice at all. He stands accused of murder he did not commit. A murder that kick-starts a rebellion.

Join ex-Marine killing-machine Sebastian Scatkiewicz as he takes on the biggest corporation of them all in the biggest land-grab ever. For independence. For freedom. For revenge.
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Friday Freebies: FREE Fiction, Fantasy, and Thriller

The first Friday of April finds us with some fabulous, free Awesome Indies finds to keep you happily reading through your weekend. Double-check prices before clicking that magic ‘Buy Now’ button, and be sure to thank the author with an Amazon review once you’ve finished reading!

bird-of-passageTitle: Bird of Passage
Author: Catherine Czerkawska
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb: In present day Scotland, India, a successful folk musician travels back to the small island where she was born, in an attempt to unravel the tragic love story which has coloured her whole life. She finds more than she bargained for.

Back in 1960s Scotland, young Finn O’Malley travels from Ireland to work on a Scottish farm. He and Kirsty, the farmer’s red-headed granddaughter, become firm friends. But Finn is damaged by a childhood so traumatic that he can only recover his memories slowly. What happened at the brutal Irish Industrial School to which he was committed while still a little boy? For the sake of his sanity, Finn must find out why he was taken into care and what became of the mother he loved and lost.

BeautyTitle: Inhale
Author: Kendall Grey
Genre: Traditional Fantasy
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb: Book 1 in the JUST BREATHE Trilogy

WARNING: This book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. NOT SUITABLE FOR READERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

Strangers in reality, inseparable in dreams…

After years of suffocating under her boss’s scrutiny, whale biologist Zoe Morgan finally lands a job as director of a tagging project in Hervey Bay, Australia. Success Down Under all but guarantees her the promotion of a lifetime, and Zoe won’t let anything–or anyone–stand in her way. Not the whale voices she suddenly hears in her head, not the ex who won’t take no for an answer, and especially not the gorgeous figment of her imagination who keeps saving her from the fiery hell of her dreams.

Gavin Cassidy hasn’t been called to help a human Wyldling in over a year, which is fine by him. Still blaming himself for the death of his partner, he keeps the guilt at bay by indulging in every excess his rock star persona affords. That is, until he’s summoned to protect Zoe from hungry Fyre Elementals and learns his new charge is the key to restoring order in the dying Dreaming. He never expects to fall for the feisty Dr. Morgan…nor does he realize he may have to sacrifice the woman he loves to save an entire country.

the-wolfs-sun-215x300Title: The Wolf’s Sun
Author: Karen Charbonneau
Genre: Historical Fiction
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb: In this sweeping historical novel of 17th century France, the wrath and power of Louis XIV are felt all the way to Keltic Brittany near the Bay of the Dead.

Born into the peasant culture, a mixture of ancient pagan beliefs mixed with Catholicism, is the girl Anna, a bastard looking like no one in her parish – her mother would not tell who her father was. Taught the use of herbs by the women of her family, she also has the gift of healing – a power also attributed to French and English kings who were said to heal scrofula with their touch. This ability will cause one man, a physician, to attempt to use her for his own glorification, and another, a Jesuit, to work to send her to a fiery death.

But first, she is caught up in the Breton peasant rebellion of 1675, when a people rose up against the punishing taxes of the French king and local nobles after years of hunger and failed crops. It is the consequence of the violence and retribution by the French that set the wheels of her destiny in motion.

unpunished-william-peter-grasso-paperback-cover-artTitle: Unpunished
Author: William Peter Grasso
Genre: Thriller
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb: Congressman. Presidential candidate. Murderer.

Unpunished is a tale of murder, ambition, corruption, and the redemptive power of love. Leonard Pilcher, a scion of entitlement and privilege, is a congressman, presidential candidate…and a murderer. As an American pilot interned in Sweden during WWII, he kills one of his own crewmen and gets away with it, without suspicion. Two people have witnessed the murder–American airman Joe Gelardi and his secret Swedish lover, Pola Nilsson-MacLeish–but they cannot speak out without paying a devastating price. Tormented by their guilt and separated by a vast ocean after the war, Joe and Pola maintain the silence that haunts them both…until 1960, when Congressman Pilcher’s campaign for his party’s nomination for president gains momentum. As he dons the guise of war hero, one female reporter, anxious to break into the “boy’s club” of TV news, fights to uncover the truth against the far-reaching power of the Pilcher family’s wealth, power that can do any wrong it chooses–even kill–and remain unpunished. Just as the nomination seems within Pilcher’s grasp, Pola reappears to enlist Joe’s help in finally exposing Pilcher for the criminal he really is. As the passion of their wartime romance rekindles, they must struggle to bring Pilcher down before becoming his next victims.

The_Dark_Shadow_of_Spring_YSG_1_ebookTitle: The Dark Shadow of Spring (Young Sorcerors Guild, Book 1)
Author: G.L. Breedon
Genre: YA Traditional Fantasy
Amazon U.S.
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Blurb: A dragon that foretells destinies, streets suddenly cluttered with thousands of dead birds, a plague of malevolent insects, ghosts arising in the town cemetery, demons haunting the woods of the White Forest — these are only some of the dangers that thirteen-year-old Alex Ravenstar and his friends in The Young Sorcerers Guild must overcome in order save the secluded magical town of Runewood from an ancient, soul-enslaving evil in THE DARK SHADOW OF SPRING.

After a nearly-disastrous adventure to wake the local dragon from its hibernation in hopes that it will tell them their destinies, Alex and his friends accidentally encounter the dark force that was responsible for burning the magic out of the world beyond the Rune Valley thousands of years ago. Known as the Shadow Wraith, the evil force was cast from this world and imprisoned in another realm at the end of the war fought to stop it. Once again, the Shadow Wraith is trying to escape its prison to enslave the world, and Alex and the Young Sorcerers Guild are the only ones who can defeat it.

Friday Freebies: Mystery, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction

I’m delighted to present three of my very favorite Awesome Indies titles for this week’s Friday Freebies. As always, double-check your price before downloading, and please consider thanking the author for their time, hard work, and generosity be writing an Amazon review once you’ve finished reading. Enjoy!

WadingHomeTitle: Wading Home
Author: Rosalyn Story
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
FREE on Amazon, Friday March 29, 2013
Amazon U.S.
Blurb: When Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, chef and widower Simon Fortier knows how he plans to face the storm–riding it out inside his long-time home in the city’s Treme neighborhood, just as he has through so many storms before. But when the levees break and the city is torn apart, Simon disappears. His son, Julian, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, rushes home to a New Orleans he left years before to search for his father. As Julian crisscrosses the city, fearing the worst, he reconnects with Sylvia, Simon’s companion of many years; Parmenter, his father’s erstwhile business partner and one of the most successful restaurateurs in New Orleans; and Velmyra, the woman Julian left behind when he moved to New York. Julian’s search for Simon deepens as he finds himself drawn into the troubled history of Silver Creek, the extravagantly beautiful piece of land where his father grew up, and closer once again to Velmyra. As he tries to come to grips with his father’s likely fate, Julian slowly gains a deeper, richer understanding of his father and the city he loved so much, while unraveling the mysteries of Silver Creek.

Blood-Rose-HQTitle: The Blood Upon the Rose
Author: Tim Vicary
Genre: Historical Fiction
FREE on Amazon, Friday March 29, 2013
Amazon U.S.
Blurb: Ireland in 1919 is seething with violence, tension and divided loyalties – and so is the heart of the beautiful, wilful heiress Catherine O’Connell-Gort. For Catherine, by heritage, is a glittering symbol of British rule and oppression – yet by inclination she is a traitor to her class. A fervent supporter of Sinn Fein, she is also the secret lover of Sean Brennan, an IRA volunteer who is being hunted by the police for terrorism and murder.

When the British government decides to meet terror with terror, Catherine finds herself in a position of even greater conflict. Her father, a colonel in British Military Intelligence, recruits Major Andrew Butler, battle-scarred war hero and Irish landlord, to assassinate IRA leader Michael Collins. He also decides that the dashing major would make the perfect husband for his headstrong daughter…

In a violent climax of passion, guilt and betrayal, while her country hurtles towards civil war, Catherine faces an agonizing choice as she makes her final, fateful decision.

Matinicus cover lo resTitle: Matinicus: An Island Mystery
Author: Darcy Scott
Genre: Mystery
FREE on Amazon, Friday March 29, 2013
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Amazon UK
Blurb: Steeped in Maine island lore, this century-spanning double mystery pits a renegade fishing community against an unhappy child-bride of the 1820s, a defiant twenty-first-century teen, and a hard-drinking botanist—Dr. Gil Hodges—who escapes to the island of Matinicus to avoid a crazed ex-lover and verify a rumored 22 species of wild orchid, only to find himself hounded by the ghost of a child some two-hundred years dead.

If Gil’s hoping for peace and quiet, he’s clearly come to the wrong place. Generations of infighting among loose-knit lobstering clans have left them openly hostile to outsiders. When a beautiful, bed-hopping stranger sails into the harbor, old resentments re-ignite and people begin to die—murders linked, through centuries of violence, to a diary whose secrets threaten to tear the island apart.

Friday Freebies: Awesome Indies Available FREE for Kindle

Welcome to another Friday Freebies here at Awesome Indies! We have some great titles on our list today, including contemporary fiction, magical realism, crime, thriller, and even nonfiction! As always, these free promos are fleeting — be sure to double-check before clicking Buy Now, as prices may change without notice. And if you enjoy the book, please consider thanking the author with a review on Amazon!

BangTitle: Bang: Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin
Author: David Wailing
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
FREE on Amazon Friday, March 22
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:
DON’T NEED THE OTHER HALF ANY MORE? TAKE THEM OUT.

So, you’ve hired a detective agency to prove your partner is cheating on you. But there’s no evidence to be found. Who you gonna call?

Me. I am the assassin. Your friend.

Anything your other half secretly desires, whatever makes her give in to temptation… that’s who I’ll become. Get close to her. Take her out. Bang. That’s what a relationship assassin does. Infidelity for hire! But don’t think I’m heartless. I’m a professional. I’ve got Rules to protect my targets. Rules to stop them getting too close to the real me. Rules that were blown away when three extraordinary women – the seductress, the celebrity, and the office girl – turned my world inside out.

And for a relationship assassin, having an other half was like shooting myself in the heart…

not me copyTitle: Not Me, It Can’t Be
Author: Tahlia Newland
Genre: Magical Realism
FREE on Amazon Friday, March 22
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:
A lovely, surprising tale, told with warmth and depth, this surreal short story switches between an ancient world and our modern one. Is the main character an unwilling sacrifice to foreign gods, or a modern woman battling deadly cancer? Who is dreaming who? Through juxtaposing seemingly different life experiences, we find a poignant commonality between the characters as they face death.

This intriguing short story (5,500 words) is a readers’ favourite from ‘A Matter of Perception,’ a collection of urban fantasy and magical realism short stories by Tahlia Newland.

fatal verdictTitle: A Fatal Verdict (The Trials of Sarah Newby)
Author: Tim Vicary
Genre: Crime
FREE on Amazon Friday, March 22
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:
What would you do if someone murdered your child, but the justice system let you down?

Kathryn Walters is faced with this dreadful decision when her daughter, Shelley, is found dead in a bath in her boyfriend’s flat. Despite the best efforts of the Crown Prosecution barrister, Sarah Newby, it seems likely that the boyfriend, David Kidd, will be acquitted. How can her family tolerate this? And how should the investigating detective, Terry Bateson, act when it seems that the murdered girl’s mother is seeking revenge on the man he is certain killed Shelley in the first place?

As the story unravels Sarah Newby is confronted with one of her toughest defence cases yet, with a client who is not only reluctant to give evidence on her own behalf, but also refuses to explain why she chose Sarah to defend her in the first place …

This book is a 2012 B.R.A.G Medallion Honoree

blackoilredbloodTitle: Black Oil Red Blood
Author: Diane Castle
Genre: Legal Thriller
FREE on Amazon Friday, March 22
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:
The thing about cancer is it’s hard to prove somebody gave it to you on purpose—but Chloe Taylor can prove it. In fact, she proves it for a living. She sues oil refineries that would rather save a buck than comply with safety regulations designed to do important things like, you know, keep people alive.

Chloe had a successful career until circumstances forced her to move to the bass-ackwards town of Kettle, Texas (human population: 4,000; gun population: 34,356). Big Oil industry giant PetroPlex employs half of Kettle’s population, and there’s no question the judge in the town’s got oil stains on his hands. It’s no wonder she’s been on a losing streak lately. She suspects she’s been litigating on an uneven playing field, but when her star expert witness turns up dead less than 48 hours before a make-or break hearing, she knows.

What she doesn’t know is the key piece of information that got her expert killed. It turns out PetroPlex is harboring a shocking secret—one that has the potential to skyrocket gasoline prices, spark an energy market meltdown, and trigger riots, chaos, death, and destruction on a global scale. Chloe must discover the secret and expose the villains before she is permanently silenced, all while juggling a troublesome ex-fiancé and a tantalizing new flame along the way.

japanTitle: Japan: A 365 Day History
Author: Ben Stevens
Genre: Nonfiction
FREE on Amazon Friday, March 22
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:
An ‘On this day’, 240+ page guide to the history of a fascinating nation.
Over 365 key events are documented, including famous births, deaths, battles, crimes, discoveries, scandals, inventions, speeches, artists, arrests, disasters and much more. Ideal for anyone with an interest in Japanese/oriental history – ancient to modern.

From the author of ‘A Gaijin’s Guide to Japan’, ‘Big Sound Temple’ and ‘Buddha’s Breakfast: Adventures at a Japanese Temple’.

Freebie Friday: Tim Vicary’s Cat & Mouse – Historical Fiction

For today’s Freebie Friday, we’re delighted to have a mainstay of ours here at Awesome Indies: Tim Vicary, whose novels can be found peppered throughout this site. Today, excellent Tim’s historical fiction novel Cat & Mouse can be found free on Amazon. And once you’ve read and enjoyed the book, don’t forget to thank the author with a review! As always, free promotions are time sensitive, so be sure to double-check prices before purchasing. Enjoy!

cat-and-mouse-by-tim-vicary1Title: Cat and Mouse
Author: Tim Vicary
Genre: Historical Fiction
FREE on Amazon Friday, March 15
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb: Set in London and Ulster in 1914, Cat and Mouse is the gripping story of two sisters fighting for their ideals in the turbulent months before the outbreak of war.

When Sarah Becket, a militant suffragette determined to help free Mrs Pankhurst from prison, discovers that her own husband, a respected Liberal MP, is involved in a scandalous prostitution racket, she is devastated. Still weak from imprisonment herself, she takes a knife from her kitchen and goes out into London’s West End, determined to protest for women’s rights in the most dramatic way she can.

Across the Irish sea, her younger sister, Deborah Cavendish, is lonely and unloved. When her husband returns home to join the Ulster Volunteers and fight the government, she faces an agonizing choice – to end her affair with James Rankin, the trade union leader whom she she thinks can give her all the love her husband has denied her, or face social ostracism and the loss of her beloved son. When she reads about her sister’s act of defiance, she resolves to go to her aid.

United by their cause, Sarah and Deborah combine to fight both male corruption and a German plot to foment civil war in Ireland.

” A gripping novel… which combines authentic history with sexy fiction.”
- The Daily Express

“An uncompromising adventure yarn and a great read – unless you’re a male chauvinist!”
- South Wales Argus

About the Author:
timvicaryTim Vicary is an award-winning author of four historical novels, three legal thrillers, as well as school textbooks and many graded readers for foreign learners of English. He is a university teacher, and and lives in the English countryside near the historic city of York, England.

Friday Freebies: FREE Thrillers, Crime, and More for Kindle

Another Friday is upon us, which means — what else? — FREE books! And, more importantly, free GREAT books, so you’re not just scanning a list with hundreds of titles that will ultimately just sit on your Kindle for the rest of your natural-born life… At Awesome Indies, you can be sure that every title you see here has been vetted by our panel of esteemed reviewers and publishing professionals. So… Check out what we have, download what you like, and don’t forget to thank the authors by reviewing what you read when you’ve finished! As always, the standard disclaimer applies: Books are free for a limited time, so be sure to double-check prices before purchasing. Enjoy! 

weekendinweightonTitle: Weekend in Weighton
Author:
Terry Murphy
Genre:
Mystery/Crime
FREE for Kindle Friday, March 8
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:
First-time private investigator Eddie Greene is having a bad weekend. It’s about to get worse … When he finds the slab-cold body of his first client, he knows something’s up – he only spoke to her fifteen minutes earlier.

Free-wheeling, swash-buckling, trash-talking Eddie is not just out of place in a humdrum northern town. He’s out of his depth on his first case, out of funds from a now deceased client and out of favour with Weighton’s big society. As Friday night slides into Saturday morning, each twist in the case turns a bad situation worse; the police want him for murder, the local crime boss wants him dead, the mayor wants him out of town and his girlfriend wants him out of her life.

Increasingly desperate, Eddie takes on all-comers in a barnstorming bid to crack the case and clear his name. And somewhere between all the froth and fury, his affections are reclaimed by the girl who got away – but will she abide ‘til Monday?

Night trafficTitle: Bad Traffick – A Leine Basso Novel
Author:
DV Berkom
Genre:
Thriller
FREE for Kindle Friday, March 8
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:

BAD TRAFFICK named a 2012 Top 5 Indie Pick by BloodWrites and a Top Pick by Night Owl Reviews

Although Bad Traffick is part of a series, it is a standalone novel and can be read by itself. That being said, if you like the characters, then be sure to pick up Serial Date, the critically-acclaimed first novel in the Leine Basso series.
Identified as a person of interest in three cold case murders she didn’t commit, and required to stay in L.A., ex-assassin Leine Basso accepts a temporary position as a security specialist for A-list actor Miles Fournier, who believes he is the target of kidnappers. Leine finds she has her hands full trying to protect the head-strong celebrity, while at the same time fighting her desire for Detective Santiago Jensen; a game she knows she won’t win.

Soon, a woman contacts Miles, claiming to be his long-lost sister. She confesses her twelve-year-old daughter, Mara, has been abducted by sex-traffickers and she’s desperate to get her back, hoping that Miles will use his considerable resources to find her.

Leine learns from a contact at a rescue organization that Mara escaped and is alone on the streets in the sprawling city of Los Angeles. The traffickers are determined to track her down and deliver her to the powerful client who purchased her for his twisted ends. Running out of time, Leine must find Mara before they do, or she will be lost forever.

BaysEndTitle: Bay’s End
Author:
Edward Lorn
Genre:
Thriller
FREE for Kindle Friday, March 8
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:
What does it take to ruin a perfectly good summer? Four cherry bombs.

When twelve-year-old Trey and his best friend Eddy play a prank on Officer Mack, the resulting chain of events rocks the small town of Bay’s End. Today, Trey Franklin is a man haunted by his past. Tormented by that one tragic, fateful summer, Trey searches for catharsis the only way he knows how – by writing.
A tale of love and loss, bittersweet memories, and the depths of human evil. Welcome to Bay’s End.

scribblingTitle: Scribbling
Author:
Jonathan Gould
Genre:
Humour
FREE for Kindle Friday, March 8
Amazon U.S.
Amazon UK
Blurb:
The sequel to the Goodreads Choice semi-finalist Doodling
Neville Lansdowne pushed the world out of shape.
He didn’t mean to do it. He didn’t even realise he had done it. If you had asked him, he would have said that, as far as he could tell, the world was the wrong shape to begin with.
In a world that is totally the wrong shape, Neville meets a new bunch of eccentric characters, and embarks on another strange and wholly unexpected adventure.

Great Deals on Awesome Indies for Nook, Kobo, and More

This Thursday seemed like a perfect time to venture away from the all-powerful Amazon for a few minutes to check out some great deals on Awesome Indies offered for Nook, Kobo, and Sony Reader. Whether you’re a fan of YA, fantasy, short stories, or something else entirely, there’s sure to be something on this list to strike your fancy!

Goldfish Tears - Front CoverTitle: Goldfish Tears
Author: Curtis Ackie
Genre: Short Stories/Magical Realism
Price: $3.00
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A collection of fourteen fantastical short stories.

puppetparadeTitle: Puppet Parade
Author: Zeinab Alayan
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy
Price: Ranging from $.99 to $1.60,
depending on format
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Blurb: The life of a puppet master is never ordinary. Oliver Deere knew this when he ran away from home to take up the trade of puppetry, but he had no idea just how much his life would change. After his puppets come to life and flee town, Oliver meets up with a masked girl who hides a mysterious past.

As they travel together in search for Oliver’s lost puppets, they find that the line between puppet and master is becoming much less clear – and much more deadly.

When Oliver and his companion enter the strange world of The Parade, they begin to realise that their journey will lead them to discover the truth behind a dangerous villain’s path, and in the end, discover more about each other.

gearsofwonderlandTitle: Gears of Wonderland
Author: Jason G. Anderson
Genre: YA Urban/Paranormal Fiction
Price: $2.99
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Blurb: James Riggs lives a normal life with a mind-numbing job, an overbearing boss, and a demanding fiancée. Then he witnesses the murder of his best friend. Saved from the murderer by a strange man in a white suit, James is cast down a hole and into a world he always believed was a kid’s story. Wonderland.

But things have changed since Alice’s visit. The Knave of Hearts has seized the Heart throne, conquered all of Wonderland with his steam-powered technological marvels, and rules the land with an iron fist.

Aided by the Mad Hatter’s daughter, James journeys to discover why he has been brought to Wonderland and how the tattoo on his arm could be the key to Wonderland’s salvation—or its destruction.

michalswindowTitle: Michal’s Window
Author: Rachelle Ayala
Genre: Historical Fiction
Price: $3.82 – $3.99,
depending on format
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Blurb:Not your Grandma’s Bible Story…

It’s not easy being a woman, least of all princess of Israel. Married as a prize, abandoned as a wife, Michal fights to claim her rightful spot next to King David, the man she loves with all her heart.

Separated by war, concubines, and kingdom politics, Michal embarks on a journey of adventure and heartache where she is befriended by a goddess-worshipping priestess and tempted by a Philistine prince.
From reading scrolls high atop the palace walls to seduction with a henna-painted body, Michal is not your ordinary Bible heroine. Join her in Michal’s Window and let her delight you with her courage, devotion, and outrageous passion in her relentless drive to win back her husband.
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Title: Henrietta the Dragon Slayer
Author: Beth Barany
Genre: YA Traditional Fantasy
Price: $3.82 – $3.99,
depending on format
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Blurb: Henrietta, the legendary Dragon Slayer of the Kingdom of Bleuve, can’t stomach the thought of one more kill. Yet, in order to save her dying mentor, she must go on one last quest. But will misfit companions, seasickness, and an ego maniacal king derail the quest for the healing stone? And will she be able to cut past her conscience and kill the dragon?