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The Five Lions of the Volta

Posted July 31, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: The Five Lions of the Volta

Award: Awesome Indies: APPROVED

Category: Thrillers and Suspense

Tags: AAAAAA Needs SM Card, africa, thriller

Published: May 29, 2016

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk267

Author: Larry Shields

Allan Sinclair, 40-year-old owner of his biotech firm that desperately needs to develop new drugs, thinks he may have found a cure for Alzheimer’s using the chemical properties of the native West African Nutmeg. A fascinating story of what happens when Western business meets the reality of African society and politics—with a taste of Cold War machinations thrown in for good measure.

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Thrall

Posted July 30, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Thrall

ASIN: B008464TEK

Award: Awesome Indies: APPROVED

Categories: New Adult, YA Fantasy, YA Fantasy Urban, YA Romance, Young Adult

Tags: fairy tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, paranormal, thriller, urban fantasy, YA, YA Romance

Series: Daughters of Lilith

Publisher: Secret Tree Press

Published: June 1, 2012

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk256

Author: Jennifer Quintenz

Author's Twitter: @jennq

When 16-year old Braedyn learns she’s a descendent of Lilith–the mother of all demons—she is swept into an ancient war with no easy answers. Welcome to Braedyn Murphy’s life. She’s a typical—if shy—sophomore navigating the slings and arrows of high school life with her two best friends, Royal and Cassie. Then a new boy, Lucas, moves into the house next door, and Braedyn finds herself falling in love for the first time. But Braedyn’s normal life comes crashing down around her ears when she learns she’s a descendent of Lilith, the mother of all demons – and that she might play a critical role in an ancient war between the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Lilith. Turns out the right answers aren’t always clear or easy. And as for “good” and “evil” – it all depends on how you choose to act. Inspired by the ancient Mesopotamian myths of Lilith and her offspring, Thrall explores first love, strong friendships, and taking on adult responsibilities against the backdrop of powerful supernatural forces and life-and-death stakes.

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Flank Street

Posted July 28, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Flank Street

ASIN: B00TN37XYG

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

Categories: Seal of Excellence Recipients, Thrillers and Suspense

Tags: Australia, thriller

Series: The Sydney Quartet

Publisher: Next Chapter Press

Published: May 15, 2015

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk214

Author: A.J. Sendall

Author's Twitter: @ajsendall

A man with a buried past. A woman with a compulsion for danger. Together, can they con the Sydney underworld and get away with cold-blooded murder? Flank Street is written from the distorted reality of Micky DeWitt, a shiftless career criminal and world sailor. Micky arrives in Sydney, Australia on his rundown boat, broke and on the lookout for opportunity. He takes a job as barman in Sydney’s red light district, where eventually he’s approached by a woman who needs something stolen from a lawyer’s safe. Nothing is what it seems, as Micky falls into a honey trap that spins his life out of control and pushes him to the edge of insanity.

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Come on Home Children

Posted July 27, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Come on Home Children

ASIN: B00LKM2KYQ

Award: Awesome Indies: APPROVED

Categories: YA Dystopian, Young Adult

Tags: dystopian, thriller, YA

Series: Children in Hiding

Published: July 5, 2014

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk185

Author: Victoria Randall

Author's Twitter: @Entlover28

In the year 2042, when an unlicensed pregnancy is a felony, Willa’s little daughter Katy has been confiscated by the ruthless Bureau of Population Management. Unless Willa can rescue her she faces a life of stigma, toil and despair. With the help of some unlikely allies, Willa devises an audacious scheme to hide in plain sight and free Katy, but it will only work if she can find the courage to reinvent herself. When no one is what they seem, the truth can be a dangerous luxury. Come on Home Children, Book Two of Children in Hiding, is a dystopian thriller that tests whether love can outwit bureaucratic greed, and whether Willa can tread the treacherous path between reality and illusion.

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The author has combined her three books, Get on Board Little Children, Come on Home Children, and City of Hidden Children

into a trilogy, The Children in Hiding Trilogy

A New book page has been created at https://awesomeindies.net/bookstore/the-children-in-hiding-trilogy/

Get on Board Little Children

Posted July 26, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Get on Board Little Children

ASIN: B00DAP2TZQ

Award: Awesome Indies: Seal of Excellence

Categories: YA Dystopian, YA Thriller, Young Adult

Tags: 00-aa Update card with SN, dystopian, thriller

Series: Children in Hiding

Published: January 13, 2014

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk168

Author: Victoria Randall

Author's Twitter: @Entlover27

In a future marked by high-tech surveillance, an unlicensed pregnancy is a felony. It can lead to loss of the child as well as devastating fines and imprisonment. Targeted by the corrupt population-control police, Sophie must make a painful decision. She can submit to the state’s harsh demands. Or she can go on the run, relying on the conductors of the revived Underground Railway. Confronted with deception and violence, she must learn to trust her instincts. If she hesitates she risks the loss of everything she values most. Fast-paced dystopian thriller, GET ON BOARD LITTLE CHILDREN takes the heroine from the drone-watched streets of Seattle to the dangerous Tijuana border, while exploring a future that may be closer than we imagine.

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The author has combined her three books, Get on Board Little Children, Come on Home Children, and City of Hidden Children

into a trilogy, The Children in Hiding Trilogy

A New book page has been created at http://j.mp/AwesIndBk484

The Car Bomb

Posted July 8, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: The Car Bomb

ASIN: B00CP5CD5I

Category: Thrillers and Suspense

Tags: bribery, corruption, crime, detroit, murder, mystery, suspense, thriller, urban thriller

Series: The Detroit Im Dying Trilogy

Publisher: TLC Media

Published: May 7, 2013

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk094

Author: T.V. LoCicero

Detroit’s top TV anchor Frank DeFauw hunts down the story of a judge who may be corrupt—and is one of his best friends. Booze, drugs, womanizing and a passion for the news are all part of what makes this brilliant, erratic newsman a major player in this deeply troubled city. Finally, Frank is forced to decide if digging out the truth about his pal the judge is worth risking his own career, family and skin. With supple prose, brilliant dialogue, sharply-drawn characters and a surprising plot, this is a gripping tale of betrayal, murder and redemption.

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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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One Last Lie

Posted June 27, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: One Last Lie

ASIN: B00RN52YEK

Award: Awesome Indies: APPROVED

Category: Thrillers and Suspense

Tags: suspense, thriller

Published: December 30, 2014

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk196

Author: Rob Kaufman

Author's Twitter: @RobKaufmanCT

Angela is beautiful and charismatic on the outside. But on the inside, a demon rages, determined to get anyone and anything she wants. And now with her biological clock ticking, she seduces her old friend Philip, and his partner Jonathan, into having a child with her through artificial insemination. From the moment the parenting agreement is signed, Angela’s mask of deceit slips away and she leads the fathers-to-be on a relentless, agonizing journey filled with lies, anguish and finally tragedy that forever changes the lives of everyone involved.

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Shattered Blue

Posted June 14, 2018 by Awesome Indies Book Awards

Title: Shattered Blue

ASIN: B00BUPUUPE

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

Categories: New Adult, Romance, Thrillers and Suspense

Tags: New adult romance, romantic suspense, thriller

Publisher: Jane Taylor Starwood

Published: March 12, 2013

Short link: http://j.mp/AwesIndBk086

Author: JANE TAYLOR STARWOOD

Shane MacKinnon thought she could escape her dark past by running away, changing her name. She thought the monster of her childhood was dead. She was wrong… Hounded by scandal and haunted by a shameful secret, Shannon Malone fled Manhattan for the mountains of New Mexico, a new name and a new life. Five years later, her new neighbor, wealthy architect Matthew Brennan, is teaching her the meaning of sexual healing. But when her dark past rises from the shadows and threatens to shatter her new life, Shane must find the courage to face her worst fear, or face death.