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Featured Book: Born To Die by Sawyer Black

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This book will be free from 8/28/2022 through 9/7/2022

Only his memories can kill him.

Casey Marlowe’s life is a nightmare. Born during a tragic event that killed his mother and shaped the public psyche of his hometown, he grows up with the memories of his dead mother mixed inextricably with his own and the ability to see through The Gossamer.

Despite his best efforts to drown his visions with daily doses of alcohol, every horror his disturbed mind dreams up, manifests physically to haunt his waking days. It’s enough to drive him to end his own life. And he’s tried. Both through suicide and recklessly heroic acts. But every time he dies, he wakes up again and has to go on living in his hell on earth.

Desperate to find a way to defeat his demons, he discovers a deeply buried secret, and finally, a way to fight back. But his use of The Gossamer’s manifestations threatens to tear the fabric of reality apart.

If he saves himself, he might destroy the world.

Warning: Born To Die is a new epic horror novel written by Sawyer Black. It chronicles the adventures of Casey Marlowe through various levels of existence and hell and includes strong language and extremely graphic depictions of violent and torturous acts. Not suitable for all audiences and not for the faint of heart.

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Featured Book: The Blackshade Machine by William Latoria

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Colonel Blackshade has been a Candaerican military officer his entire adult life. He loves his country, tolerates most of the population, and finds comfort in his daily routine.
Then the aliens appeared and twisted the course of his life into a knot.
Blackshade must appease the extraterrestrial visitors while simultaneously keeping the worst aspects of humanity’s population in check.
Should he fail, extermination, enslavement, and obliteration are all very real possibilities.
…this is a story of discovery, science, and survival…
…this is also a story about humanity striving to reach its full potential…
…but whether that potential is for the betterment of the species, or its desolation, has yet to be determined.
Find out how it all plays out by getting your copy now!

5/5 Stars on Reader’s Favorite – “Overall, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend The Blackshade Machine to readers who adore superbly crafted plots with interesting twists and realistically-penned alien fiction that sounds intimidatingly believable.”

5/5 Stars on BookView Review – “With Blackshade and his team’s resolve in the face of destruction, this science fiction tale becomes too real to take lightly.”

5/5 Stars on The Prairies Book Review – “The characters, particularly Blackshade & Zahera, come alive in readers’ minds as they strategize their way out of one precarious situation after another while struggling with their inner demons.”

This SciFi book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print

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Featured Book: The Gouge by MH David

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Carson ran away from Cypress Creek to escape his dark past—his father was the serial killer dubbed, “The Man in the Woods”. Twenty-two years have passed, and a simple text message threatens to bring all of his secrets out into the open.

The freshly slain bodies of two teenage girls have been discovered in the woods of Cypress Creek, and the methods by which the girls were killed are identical to those found nearly twenty-two years earlier on his father’s victims. The now retired detective who worked the first case has long suspected Carson Bates knew more than what he revealed during interrogations; now is his chance to prove it.

Carson returns to Cypress Creek to finally face his past, but it is soon clear that Carson isn’t the only person in that small-town harboring dark secrets about that fateful night in the woods.

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Featured Book: Reversal of Fortune by F. M. Meredith

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A fortune teller is murdered in the small beach town of Rocky Bluff, California. The RBPD’s detectives, Doug Milligan and Felix Zachary have no problem identifying several suspects—all with motives and opportunity. But which one killed her? During the inviestigation, the body of one of the suspects turns up at the fortune teller’s home. As with all the books in the RBPD, plenty is going on with the friends and families of the police officers while the murders are being investigated.

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Featured Book: Tapotement by Spiffie Tiffie

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Her lover has a dangerous secret that will change everything in this unexpected, explosive romance.

In this erotically charged masseuse romance novel, parlor owner Jay needs a security system installed—especially since her ex, Kyle, can’t seem to let her go. When security system owner Reed arrives, Jay wants so much more than protective equipment from him, and the feeling is mutual.

But just as things get hot and heavy between them, Reed leaves town for stretches at a time with no explanation. What, exactly, is her new boyfriend with a mysterious job hiding?

When things spiral and Jay’s life is put at risk, all secrets are revealed. But can she forgive and forget what Reed has kept from her? Or is the truth of their love no match for the lies?

This erotica with a mysterious past plot twist will have readers on the edge of their seats as they blaze toward a potential happily-never-after!

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Featured Book: Buried Treasure : Lost Worlds, A Search for Aztec by Hep Aldridge

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About Featured Book: Buried Treasure : Lost Worlds, A Search for Aztec by Hep Aldridge

In 1521, the Aztec empire fell to Spanish Conquistadors in bloody genocide. The Aztec ruler, Montezuma, was murdered, and his treasure… disappeared.
Legend says the treasure was spirited away by Montezuma’s elite Eagle warriors, headed for an unknown desert location in the southwest of what is now the United States. It has never been found.

Dr. Colten X. Burnett and the Risky Business team have a lead. Will the unexpected map they now have in their possession guide them to the long-lost treasure in the land of the Mescalero Apache?

Join this bold, inimitable team as they face new dangers and uncover secrets that the mountains and deserts of New Mexico hold as they search for the lost Aztec treasure.

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Featured Book: One for the Money by D. B. Borton

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After decades of marriage, motherhood, and grandmotherhood, Cat Caliban is looking for a new career. Since suspicion is second nature to any woman who’s raised three kids, detective work seems a logical choice. So, she sells her suburban house, buys an apartment building in a “transitional” neighborhood, and begins her training, only to discover a dead body in an upstairs apartment. What’s the connection between a murdered homeless woman and the Golden Age of Hollywood silent movies? Cat races to discover it before the killer can strike again.

In this first book of the popular Cat Caliban series, Cat assembles her colorful cast of helpers and neighborhood hangers-on. See why reviewers and readers have called ONE FOR THE MONEY “amazing,” “really funny,” “tone perfect, “a wonderfully entertaining read,” and “a light-hearted, laugh-out-loud romp of mystery,” and why Pat Luboff of UNDERRATED READS writes, “I’m going to say something that I don’t think I’ve ever said about a book: I loved every word! It gave me such a feeling of joy as I read it.”

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Featured Book: Blood Ties (The King’s Chosen Book 1) by L. Waithman

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About Featured Book: Blood Ties (The King’s Chosen Book 1) by L. Waithman

At the heart of an ancient prophecy is young Lucas, who has the sole power to save two medieval kingdoms from destruction . . . but will he discover this ultimate secret before it’s too late?

Lucas has been raised as a blacksmith’s son; an outsider ostracized by the other village children. One night at a nearby monastery, a mysterious black stone whispers a haunting premonition to Lucas. When his father is murdered, the monks take Lucas in, convinced he is an extraordinary hero foretold by destiny. However, a restless Lucas runs off to join a circus where he draws the attention of the powerful King Itan, who believes Lucas is one of “the chosen”―a group of boys who are descendants of great warriors. The king will stop at nothing to compel Lucas to join his chosen army, all while the soldiers who killed Lucas’s father are closing in. Before long, Lucas is embroiled in a plot to defeat the king while an unseen enemy begins planning to bring the young man down before he learns of his remarkable power.

This first novel of L. Waithman’s richly imagined fantasy series will leave you eagerly awaiting Lucas’s next adventure.

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Bloody Delta Dawn by Jerold Last

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Motorcycle gangs, corrupt cops, kidnapped dogs, drug dealers, and the unique geography and history of California’s Sacramento River Delta area, where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers flow into San Francisco Bay, are all woven into the plot of this suspenseful thriller.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult, Young adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Mainly several plot ideas I'd had for some time just waiting to use when the time was right and a fascination with the locale, which is close to where we live, used for the setting. The Delta area is a part of California not particularly well known to tourists and to people living in the southern half of the state, with a rich history and a very different feeling than the beaches of the Los Angeles and San Diego coastal areas, the urban sprawl of the San Francisco Bay area, or the Sierra mountains.

Death by Chocolate by Sally Berneathy

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Death by Chocolate by Sally Berneathy

Over a thousand five-star reviews! USA Today Bestseller!
Lindsay’s only secret is the recipe for her chocolate chip cookies, but she is surrounded by people with deadly secrets. Book 1 in series of 8.
Come for the cookie chip cookies, stay for the murder, mayhem and fun!