Nick never wanted to live forever, and he certainly didn’t want to join the Order of the Sinistra Dei. Unfortunately, before he’s able to get used to the idea of immortality, the High Judge from the Vatican arrives in New Orleans to investigate the strange events of Fat Tuesday. If Nick doesn’t play his cards right, his forever could be a whole lot shorter. Marin, a relatively new immortal, hasn’t had time to settle into the idea of living forever, and she doubts she ever will. When she’s forced to assist the High Judge in his investigation, she’ll do what she has to do to protect her clutch. However, her efforts bring her closer to facing the executioner’s blade. As their world spins out of control, Marin and Nick struggle to reconcile past hurts and hold onto their budding relationship. With new enemies, new abilities, and new desires threaten to tear them apart. It isn’t long before they realize … Loving someone means you want the best for them...but what happens when what’s best isn’t you? Feast of Mercy is the third book in the Sinistra Dei series. If you like mysterious supernatural creatures, conflict-ridden romance, and a lot of heat, then you’ll love this Urban Fantasy series.

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Trusting the Currents

Posted July 31, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Trusting the Currents

ASIN: B00GH15WB8

Awards: Awesome Indies: APPROVED, B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Category: Metaphysical & Visionary

Publisher: SageHeart Media

Published: November 4, 2013

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk269

Author: Lynnda Pollio

Author's Twitter: @lynndapollio

Trusting the Currents is a unique visionary novel that guides readers into their own truth and transformation. Narrated by Addie Mae Aubrey, a Southern, African American woman, Trusting the Currents is a universal story of faith, courage, forgiveness and the uneasy search for one’s place in life. There are three levels to the book: the story of Addie Mae’s teenage years in the late 1930s rural South, spiritual life messages woven throughout the story, and high energetic frequencies embedded in the writing that shift consciousness into the heart when reading. Addie Mae reveals how life blossoms when we have the courage to not only accept but also learn from our mistakes and sorrows. Her story may belong to one woman, but the lessons it teaches belong to everyone willing to open their hearts and listen to the truth within their souls.

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The Locksmith’s Secret

Posted July 30, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: The Locksmith’s Secret

Awards: Awesome Indies: Seal of Excellence, B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Categories: Magical Realism, Metaphysical & Visionary, Mystery, Romance, Steampunk

Tags: magical realism, Metaphysical fiction, mystery, STEAMPUNK, YA Romance

Published: April 8, 2016

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk258

Author: Tahlia Newland

Author's Twitter: @TahliaNewland

Ella’s boyfriend Jamie seems to be her perfect match until a death in the family calls him back to England and it becomes clear that he’s hiding something. Can their relationship survive the revelation of something so astounding that it completely changes Ella’s perception of him and his place in her world? While Jamie struggles with family responsibilities, Ella’s steampunk murder mystery develops a life of its own, raising disturbing memories of her time as a striptease artist and a past life as a sexually abused Italian nun. She also dreams of an ephemeral city, where she seeks to unravel the locksmith’s secret and find the key that opens a door to other realities. All these, together with a lost brother, a desperate mother, a demanding cat, and a struggle to live up to Buddhist ideals, weave together in a rich tapestry that creates an extraordinary work of genre-bending treansrealist fiction

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Delirium – The Rimbaud Delusion

Posted July 20, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Delirium – The Rimbaud Delusion

ASIN: B00FKJ1OCE

Award: Awesome Indies: APPROVED

Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Metaphysical & Visionary

Tags: 00-aa Update card with SN, Gay, glbt, history, La Chasse Spirituelle, literature, poets, relationships, Rimbaud, self-realisation, sex, Verlaine

Publisher: Pentalpha Publishing Edinburgh

Published: July 30, 2014

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk141

Author: Barbara Scott Emmett

Author's Twitter: @BSE_Writer

How many times had I dreamt of coming across the yellowing manuscript of La Chasse Spirituelle? Inside an old book on a stall in Paris, perhaps. Or in the attic of some befriended ancient. How many daydreams had I enjoyed over the possibility that one day…? I shook myself. It couldn’t possibly be true. 1872: The explosive love affair between flamboyant French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine rocks French society. They flee to London, abandoning the manuscript of La Chasse Spirituelle to Verlaine’s scorned young wife. When a lawyer’s clerk salvages it from a dusty deed box, the manuscript begins its journey down the decades, revealing the secrets and betrayals of its various keepers. 2004: Andrea Mann, disenchanted with life and love, travels to France. Driven by her obsession with Rimbaud, she’s chasing her dream – the missing manuscript. Beside the poet’s grave at Charleville-Mézières, she meets a beautiful young man who shows her a single page – from La Chasse Spirituelle. Andrea embarks on a desperate quest. Drawn into a manipulative relationship with the youth and his Svengali-like mentor, the mysterious Albert, she faces unwelcome truths. The closer she gets to the manuscript, the further she veers from reality. But is Albert’s copy genuine? And can La Chasse Spirituelle fill the void in Andrea’s soul?

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Another Space in Time

Posted July 14, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Another Space in Time

ASIN: B004VNQD9Y

Awards: Awesome Indies: APPROVED, B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Categories: Metaphysical & Visionary, Science Fiction

Tags: metaphysical science fiction, parallel world, Richard Bunning, second life, Space and Time, Speculative Fiction

Publisher: Writersworld

Published: April 6, 2011

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk116

Author: Richard Bunning

Author's Twitter: @RichardBunning

Murdered, Rodwell awakes to a second life on a parallel world. By the time he understands that this isn't home he is himself being pursued as a killer. How could a story from a parallel world reach us from the body, from the stored cadaver of a dead man? That wouldn’t be possible, right? Well, anything is possible in fiction, and who knows? People don’t suddenly appear in our world, as either children or adults, arriving from another existence. Of course they don’t. There aren’t people, with no history, no family, no identity, totally alienated from society, being immediately pursued as terrorist killers, are there? That wouldn’t be credible would it? Especially if they had ‘arrived’ naked, bewildered, claiming to be looking for a home that doesn’t exist, and conversing in an unknown language about stuff that seems like pure fantasy? This wouldn’t happen, especially if they had never been seen, ever, by anyone, until just two days before. This book must be fiction, mustn’t it? But then again, there is an underlying logic. Perhaps there is even a ‘God-given’ reason. But there can’t be, can there?

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The Commons: Book 1: The Journeyman:

Posted July 9, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: The Commons: Book 1: The Journeyman

ASIN: B00L5RI87O

Awards: Awesome Indies: Seal of Excellence, B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Categories: Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy, Metaphysical & Visionary, Paranormal, Seal of Excellence Recipients, Urban Fantasy

Tags: dreams, metaphysics

Series: The Commons

Publisher: Dinuhos Arts

Published: June 19, 2014

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk097

Author: Michael Alan Peck

Author's Twitter: @michaelapeck

“Paul Reid died in the snow at seventeen. The day of his death, he told a lie–and for the rest of his life, he wondered if that was what killed him.” And so begins the battle for the afterlife, known as The Commons. It’s been taken over by a corporate raider who uses the energy of its souls to maintain his brutal control. The result is an imaginary landscape of a broken America-stuck in time and overrun by the heroes, monsters, dreams, and nightmares of the imprisoned dead. Three people board a bus to nowhere: a New York street kid, an Iraq War veteran, and her five-year-old special-needs son. After a horrific accident, they are the last, best hope for The Commons to free itself. Along for the ride are a shotgun-toting goth girl, a six-foot-six mummy, a mute Shaolin monk with anger-management issues, and the only guide left to lead them. Three Journeys: separate but joined. One mission: to save forever. But first they have to save themselves.

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A Lifetime Last Night

Posted July 8, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: A Lifetime Last Night

ASIN: B00MLDFI38

Award: Awesome Indies: APPROVED

Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Metaphysical & Visionary

Tags: 00-aa Update card with SN, alternate universe, contemporary fantasy, forgiveness, Inspirational, love story, redemption, second chance, suspense, walk-in

Publisher: Blue Knight Media

Published: August 10, 2014

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk087

Author: David Homick

Author's Twitter: @DavidHomick

Every choice has a consequence, a notion Richard Dunham refuses to acknowledge even as his twenty-five-year marriage to college sweetheart Emily falls apart. Forced into a homeless shelter when Emily throws him out, Richard has an unexpected encounter with an eccentric old man who offers him a rare opportunity. A fatal accident leaves Richard between two worlds, but he refuses to leave this one before making things right with Emily. Left with only one option, he embarks on a mission to reclaim the heart of the only woman he’s ever loved, while trapped in the body of a man she’s never met – the man involved in her husband’s death. With time running out, Richard must navigate a minefield of obstacles that stand in the way of reclaiming everything he once held dear. A shocking discovery offers hope, but is it too late? Will Richard let his past determine his future, or will he discover that it is never too late to be what he might have been?

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Thank you, but this book is no longer in print. The revised version is named “Reason to Live”

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Worlds Within Worlds

Posted June 27, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Worlds Within Worlds

ASIN: B00PMPNSIO

Awards: Awesome Indies: Seal of Excellence, B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Categories: Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Metaphysical & Visionary, Seal of Excellence Recipients, Thrillers and Suspense

Tags: Buddhist philosophy, bullying, cat, cyber-bullying, dealing with stress, reviewers, thriller, Tibetan Buddhism, YA Romance

Publisher: AIA Publishing

Published: November 28, 2014

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk160

Author: Tahlia Newland

Author's Twitter: @TahliaNewland

Imagine living in a multi-layered reality of separate but complimentary worlds—physical, mental, spiritual and technological—when a bully you thought safely tucked away in the cyberworld suddenly appears in your physical world looking suspiciously like your worst nightmare. Can you stuff him back into your computer? And if not, can the Magan Lord’s daughter from the fantasy book you’re editing, your dreams of a rabid beast, your visions of a Tibetan Yogi and your reawakened memories help you maintain your sanity and survive the darkest night of your life? Find out in the double award-winning metaphysical thriller Worlds Within Worlds when all this happens to author, editor and reviewer Prunella Smith. This inspirational, transrealist work—a mix of psychological thriller, fantasy and romance—has been awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence and a BRAG Medallion of Excellence in Independent Fiction. Worlds Within Worlds has a unique perspective on the nature of creativity. Its touch is light, its humour distinctive but it reaches deep into the nature of human experience.

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A Matter of Perception

Posted June 18, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: A Matter of Perception

ASIN: B0061V4H9C

Award: Awesome Indies: APPROVED

Categories: Fantasy, Metaphysical & Visionary, Short Stories, Urban Fantasy

Tags: ghosts, magic, sirens, YA Romance

Publisher: S & H Publishing

Published: October 31, 2011

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk102

Author: Tahlia Newland

Author's Twitter: @TahliaNewland

This collection of imaginative and entertaining stories about ghosts, sirens, light spectrum mages, realm-hopping gods, alien monsters and ordinary people will warm your heart and make you smile, shiver, and maybe even wonder about the nature of reality itself. The theme of individual perception as a result of our assumptions, beliefs and emotional experience bind these otherwise diverse stories into a unified whole.