New Book Releases 2013

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Exposure – A Jackson Chase Novella

Jackson Chase served with the New Zealand SAS for many years, but a mission in Afghanistan leads him into a world of intrigue and betrayal that will put all of his skills to the test.

From a high stakes rescue mission to a worldwide manhunt and ultimately to the potential assassination of a foreign leader, Chase and his team relentlessly pursue a deadly traitor who always seems one step ahead of them.

The action is true to life and hard hitting as Connor Black introduces Jackson Chase, an exciting new character with a quick wit and fierce sense of loyalty and duty.

(Please note that Exposure is a novella. On paper, it comes to about 140 pages.) Read more on Amazon.

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The Sea Inside (Cerulean Songs)

Book 1 in the Cerulean Songs series.

Time is all we have; it flows – it cannot stop.

Jayne wakes up in hospital following a terrible accident, which changes her life as she knew it. While struggling to recover, she is visited by a mysterious woman who offers her a gift. To the girl’s astonishment, she finds herself on a journey, on both the physical and mental plane. It brings her to the mystical realm of Entyre, where life is very different and power lies with the creatures of the deep. While the threads of time keep flowing, Jayne must decide what is real, who to trust, and regain her inner strength in order to find herself and her true destiny. Read more on Amazon.

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Colts, Cadillacs & Consequences

Clayton Dawson recounts the ups and downs of a childhood filled with racketeering, gambling, robbery and bootlegging in rural Alabama. It all started the night of his thirteenth birthday. When his Aunt Jackie, also known as the Queenpin, killed his father.

Kim Karter’s short stories have been published in various literary magazines, including Folly, Dew on the Kudzu, New Voices, and Twisted Dreams. She praises ‘Not in My Kitchen’ as the start of her professional writing career. Read more on Amazon.

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Sometimes We Ran

Our hero had it all: A great job, a beautiful wife, and even a nice car. As he approached middle age, all the comforts of a fantastic life were within reach.

Then the zombies came, destroyed the world, and it all disappeared in a flash.

Now he walks in a shattered world filled with hungry undead, dead towns, and desperate survivors. He is low on supplies, running out of time, and with slim hope of long-term survival.

His long walk to escape the dead is slowly becoming a death march.

Then one day, he meets another survivor. A young, starving former college co-ed walking the other way. This is their story. Read more on Amazon.

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Deadly Fun

DEADLY FUN
Exotic luxury cruises to the Bahamas are supposed to be fun and relaxing. This trip starts as a routine investigative job for a woman who works in disguise and undercover, using her beauty to entice men to reveal their secrets. The exciting and sometime harrowing is expected, but this job will be like no other.

Her boss is aboard–as is a mafia enforcer with murderous ties to her own family. She chases suspects through the tropical islands, finds herself in physical confrontations with knife, fist and firearms. By the end of the cruise, the deck is awash in blood. Can she survive a deadly fun cruise–and her boss? Read more on Amazon.

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Change in Management (Jim Meade: Martian P.I)

Murder, betrayal, the fate of humanity… it’s all in a day’s work for Jim Meade, Martian P.I.

In 2097 humanity is ruled by two major powers: The Consortium and Coalition. But Jim Meade is a Runabout – someone who doesn’t care who’s running the show so long as he can earn his keep peacefully in the deadly Zero-G fights that keep the Martian colonists entertained on a nightly basis.

After one of his fights goes horribly wrong, Meade finds himself deep in debt to one of the most dangerous warlords on Mars. When a beautiful Coalition officer asks to help clear her father’s name, he seizes the opportunity to make some easy money.

However, Meade quickly finds out that he’s entangled within a dark conspiracy that gets stranger at every turn and if he wants to survive the change in management, he’ll need every ounce of wit, whiskey and guts he’s got. Read more on Amazon.

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Above and Beyond: A Novel of the Civil War

Another timeless novel about commitment, honor and faith from Jessica James, winner of the coveted John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction.

A raging war
An unexpected love
A selfless sacrifice

Charismatic Confederate cavalry commander Douglas Benton would much rather flirt with a woman than work with one. But Rebel spy Sarah Duvall soon teaches him that faith is more important than glory—and love more important than life. Read more on Amazon.

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Planetary Assault (Star Force Series)

Sometimes defending those you love means risking everything and attempting the most dangerous task in the universe—making a planetary assault against a heavily entrenched enemy. It’s grim and always ugly. But as long as men refuse to bow their heads to conquerors, they will take the fight to the enemy or die trying.

Three masters of military science fiction have come together to tell harrowing tales of high-tech mayhem. In BV Larson’s “An Army of One” the Macros of the Star Force series invade from the skies, forcing a nanotized assassin into a deadly decision. David VanDyke’s “First Conquest” tells of a bitter battle as EarthFleet smashes into an alien star system in a desperate first strike to save humanity. Vaughn Heppner’s Space Marines of the Doom Star series race to the Oort Cloud in “Cyborgs!” For them, the hour of desperation has arrived.

Planetary Assault drips of glorious victories and grim defeats as humanity forces its way into the galaxy through sheer fighting ability. Despite their opponents, mankind will not be denied. Read more on Amazon.

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Hero To Zero

Zach Fortier is back with more true crime accounts from the streets. This time with true stories of Cops gone bad. Join Zach as he meets a cop who will be a future member of the FBI’s 10 most wanted, hunted for a brutal quadruple murder and that is just the beginning!, Zach details Cops that make every mistake possible, Theft, Murder, Fraud, Drug Abuse and more.

Cops ending up in prison themselves. Proving the point that “Anyone is capable of anything given the right set of circumstances”.

Take a ride on the dark side of Law Enforcement. The side the cops rarely talk about. Read more on Amazon.

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Dead Ringers 1: Illusion

An Original Publication. This is a 25,000-word novelette that is the first volume of a nine-volume New Adult serial with mystery, romance and missing memories.

Do you know who your friends are?

Jade Greene remembers nothing from the time she went missing except a blinding headache and an evil clown with a syringe. Not exactly the stuff to convince others of your sanity.

Nobody at the summer carnival believes Jade was even in danger except her secretive co-worker Max Harper. Max offers to help Jade solve the mystery, but he’s sidetracked by the case of a Black Widow.

When Jade and Max stumble across a body on the beach, only two things are certain. People in town aren’t who they seem. And things for Jade are about to get much, much worse. Read more on Amazon.

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Rare Atmosphere

When, at age fifty-nine, Rachelle Rogers was told in a channeled conversation about a man she didn’t know, yet felt she’d been waiting for all her life, it initiated an extraordinary six year inter-dimensional affair of the heart.

The rich tapestry of events, which unfolds through ongoing conversations with angelic beings affectionately called The Dead Guys, weaves through a world of classical music, poetic inspiration, synchronistic interludes, and unexpected landscapes including Paris, Provence, and the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.

In an authentic and lyrical voice, Rare Atmosphere recounts a story of passion, vision, and the courage to mine for a grander truth. Read more on Amazon.

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Faces

What if you could no longer recognize faces?

Following a head injury from a rock climbing accident, Jessica faces a disturbing future where everyone looks like a stranger.

When a team of embezzlers stumbles upon her diagnosis of prosopagnosia – face blindness – they seize the opportunity to entangle her in their scheme.

As she discovers the scam and alerts the authorities, she becomes a target in a masquerade far more dangerous than the extreme sports she loves. Read more on Amazon.

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SIXTY-NINE DAYS More Fear & Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’12

“A scathingly satirical look back at the contentious final weeks of the Obama/Romney presidential race.

Irreverently raw and wickedly funny, SIXTY-NINE DAYS is a literary cousin to The Daily Show/Colbert Report minus the censors.

A must-read for political junkies and those still vexed by the most absurd national election in modern American history.” Read more on Amazon.

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To Beat the Devil – A Mick Murphy Key West Mystery

With Mick Murphy recovering from near death, his black-ops friend Norm Burke assists him on his quest to kill Russian mobster Alexei, the man Murphy holds responsible for Tita’s death.

Almost close to goal, Murphy gets Alexei’s journal from a Mexican drug lord and it leads him back to Key West where he must choose between his quest and savings the lives of innocent people caught up in a terrorist plot.

A plot that involves terrorists, Iranians, government agents and makes Murphy, Norm and all involved question their ideas on conspiracy theories. Read more on Amazon.

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Sanctuary 12 (Fallen Gods Saga)

FOLLOW HER VOICE

Nine strangers, linked by the inner whisperings of a mysterious little girl. Each must piece together the origins of their other-worldly abilities and the location of the white manor, where they will be reunited, and the questions that have plagued their existence will finally be answered. But someone else marks their every step. The sinister Mr Cradleworth has other plans for them, plans that could bring about catastrophic consequences, not just for earth, but the whole universe.

This epic tale covers half the globe, as it follows each character into the darkest recesses of their soul. Combining eighties-style horror with science fiction, this dark fantasy will take you on a journey you will never forget. Read more on Amazon.

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THE ORANGE MOON AFFAIR (A Thomas Gunn Thriller)

The Orange Moon Affair – by the bestselling author of CONTACT – is the first book of a compelling new thriller series, an action-packed conspiracy with a hero and heroine you hold your breath for. If you enjoy the action of Robert Ludlum, the intensity of Brad Thor and the international intrigue of Daniel Silva, then this book’s for you!

Ex-British Special Forces soldier Thomas Gunn is drawn back into his old life of international intrigue and danger following the murder of his billionaire father. The deeper he digs the more complicated the puzzle becomes until he finds himself working for MI5 uncovering a global conspiracy that puts the freedom of the western world at grave risk. His girlfriend Julie becomes his accomplice surprising him with her loyalty, strength of character and physical prowess.

While traversing the globe being shot at, shot down and losing loved ones – a haunting question tears at his soul – was his father really at the heart of this evil conspiracy? Or was he a pawn in a larger more insidious game that even he could not control? Seeking the final answer could cost Thomas dearly, ripping from him all that he most loves and cherishes and leaving him questioning his past, his future and what kind of person he is or wants to become. The final outcome depends on him. Or does it?

As a former Captain of Britain’s elite Parachute Regiment and son of an MI6 operative the author brings his own unique and eye-opening experiences to the character and exploits of Thomas Gunn, as well as an unsettling blurring of the lines between fiction and reality when exploring the ruthless abuse of power and position for personal gain. Read more on Amazon.

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Trouble in Paradise

A Brand-New Madison Westin Novel, with More Craziness in Tarpon Cove…

Remember Madison? What she had to go through… inheriting her aunt’s cottages was peanuts compared to what awaits her in TROUBLE IN PARADISE, the latest addition to the Paradise Series.

What is big news in small town Tarpon Cove? An accidental drowning or maybe even a ruthless murder? When a dead fisherman rolls up on the shore of Tarpon Cove, Madison cannot resist but to jump into her new role as Private Investigator, with only one goal in mind: to solve this intriguing mystery of the dead guy. But things do not go as Madison wants as she discovers that people in small towns are usually tight lipped, and that is certainly the case for the residents of Tarpon Cove. Although a hot bed for gossip, in a town where everyone knows everyone’s business, what is safer than keeping your mouth shut?

But that is not all…
With Madison’s tenant assessment skills not shaping up, her cottages are still full of riffraff, and it has become Tarpon Cove’s hotbed for illegal affairs. Madison teams up with her best friend and Glock-carrying Fabiana… Together they take on cases no other investigators would ever dare to touch in Tarpon Cove or anywhere else.

Sometimes a girl needs a bubble bath and a fun book. So draw your bath and dive into Madison’s adventures! Read more on Amazon.

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Dawn of the Sentinel (Book 1 Guardians of the Gate)

Jenny has no idea what it means when she stumbles through a magical “gate” at Stonehenge and travels back to the year 1347. She has no idea that the “old lady” who travels back with her is actually a sorceress protector, and a Guardian of the Gate. Most shocking of all, she has no idea that she has powers of her own just waiting to be discovered.

Gwenelda, the Guardian, intends to hide Jenny in the safety of a secret cave until the next time warp, but fate works against them, and Jenny is thrust into the society of the time. She disguises herself as a young man in order to protect herself, but when she discovers a sinister plot master-minded by a former Guardian named Rudigor, who has turned to the dark side—it becomes a race against time as Jenny tries to stop the sorcerer, and rush back to Stonehenge to get back to her own time. Read more on Amazon.

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The Secret Tree: A Mystery Thriller

When 13-year old Andy Harper inherits a secret from his dying neighbor, Mr. Beasley, he discovers how sinister the world can be, what true friendship means, and that being a hero in 1959 may cost him his life.

Grieving from his father’s disappearance and his grandfather’s death, Andy is nearly hopeless. The intrigue of the secret, and his friendship with Mr. Beasley, give him a renewed sense of purpose. But when the men who used to run with the local mob discover that Andy knows about the “secret”, they come out of the shadows and a hunt for the evil truth begins. Andy finds himself fighting for his life with his friends, committed to his promise, and searching for answers in a house haunted by a one-handed witch. Read more on Amazon.