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HBS Marathon New Releases Part 5
Today the HBS Virtual Bookshelf is showcasing the HBS Marathon New Releases. This bookshelf is a Collection which includes 10 New Releases. This is Part 5.
The HBS Virtual Bookshelf is a collection of novels and short stories from outstanding, best-selling authors. The Bookshelf gives you the book details and buy links plus the authors bio and contact information.
Captured for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins
I refused to be in the Bride Lottery—so now I’m a runaway bride.
Somehow, I knew my name was going to be drawn in the Bride Lottery—the hellish agreement that Earth’s leaders had made to sell us to the aliens who protected our planet.
Wickless by Margaret A. Daly
Weaving her magic shouldn’t feel this wrong.
Arianna Nolan thought she’d designed the perfect life. Here she was, a witch casting her spell over New York City. Her creations gaining international attention on the famed Fashion Week runways.
A Switch In Time by Casi McLean
The President Is Missing…
In a country divided, where terrorists hijack peaceful protests and threaten the fabric of America's democracy, President Emery Clayton, III discovers a global power behind the insurrection. He escapes to the White House attic to plan a counterblow, steering clear of initiating World War III––and vanishes.
Court of Rogues by Ann Gimpel
Urban fantasy and slow burn romance wrapped into a serial that will keep you up reading long into the night.
Strange bedfellows rock worlds.
A Bend In The River by Libby Fischer Hellmann
When their village is destroyed, two sisters face their futures alone. Will the uncertainties of war keep them apart forever?
In 1968 two young Vietnamese sisters flee to Saigon after their village on the Mekong River is attacked by American forces and burned to the ground.
Adventures in Mythopoeia by John Dolan
“It was neither the best of times, nor the worst of times. It was somewhere in the middle. ”
Pádraig O'Breasail - publican, drunk and ex-Arsenal footballer - is up to his neck in debt to the Chinese gangster Mingzhu Tang. With time running out, the desperate Irishman goes for a tarot card reading at Driscoll's Circus hoping to find a way out of his predicament.
Seer of Evil by Judith Lucci
Pádraig O'Breasail - publican, drunk and ex-Arsenal footballer - is up to his neck in debt to the Chinese gangster Mingzhu Tang. With time running out, the desperate Irishman goes for a tarot card reading at Driscoll's Circus hoping to find a way out of his predicament.
Seer of Evil by Judith Lucci
After six years...he left her with only a broken heart.
Was it all because of the dreams?
The case is gruesome. Her nightmares are worse. If she doesn't get the killer, her life might just spiral out of control.
Endangered Spells by S.R. Mallery
Sometimes Magic Can Be Complicated. What happens when a beautiful and talented witch refuses to use her powers?
Even as a child, Gillian could perform magic far better than most people. Her spells swayed teachers, nabbing boyfriends was a piece of cake, and she had the added ability to foresee events, good or bad. But when one of her spells causes a near-death and a future forecast completely rocks her entire world, she steps away from magic––until her friend’s murder slams her back into the game…and straight into a detective’s arms.
Adventures in Mythopoeia by John Dolan
“It was neither the best of times, nor the worst of times. It was somewhere in the middle.”
Pádraig O'Breasail - publican, drunk and ex-Arsenal footballer - is up to his neck in debt to the Chinese gangster Mingzhu Tang. With time running out, the desperate Irishman goes for a tarot card reading at Driscoll's Circus hoping to find a way out of his predicament.
MONGKOK STATION by Jake Needham
A city that’s falling apart, a man who’s falling apart, and a girl with a secret past who has disappeared without a trace. What complicates things is that the missing girl is the daughter of one of the most powerful men in America. She just doesn’t know it.
Heart of Tyr by Susan Faw
Heart of Tyr by Susan Faw
Infected elemental magic. An entombed witch with a thirst for revenge. A secret map no one can read.
In a world where magic is forbidden, Elissa is gifted with a crystal heart pendant. Heirs of magic, the necklaces are secretly indicative of magical blood.
Captured for the Alien Bride Lottery
Author: Margo Bond Collins
AVAILABLE at Amazon
I refused to be in the Bride Lottery—so now I’m a runaway bride.
Somehow, I knew my name was going to be drawn in the Bride Lottery—the hellish agreement that Earth’s leaders had made to sell us to the aliens who protected our planet.
I’d grown up with the propaganda. It was our civic duty. Men registered for the draft, women registered for the Bride Lottery.
No way in hell was I going to be handed over to some giant man to be brutalized into bearing his children.
Instead, I cut out my bio-tracker and walked away from everything.
I should have realized they’d send one of those hulking, brightly colored aliens to track me down and bring me back.
Never did I expect that he’d be devastatingly attractive. Or that we’d have to go on the run from the evil Horde trying to destroy both our planets.
Now that we’re together, can I ever run away again?
And could he really hand me over to the Bride Games to be taken by another warrior?
Because I think I might be falling in love…
Author: Margo Bond Collins
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy
Website: Margo Bond Collins - Aim for the Heart…
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USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestselling author Margo Bond Collins is a former college English professor who, tired of explaining the difference between "hanged" and "hung," turned to writing romance novels instead. She now writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction romance. Sometimes her heroines kiss monsters, sometimes they kill them. But they always aim for the heart.
Wickless
Author: Margaret A. Daly
AVAILABLE at Amazon
Weaving her magic shouldn’t feel this wrong.
Arianna Nolan thought she’d designed the perfect life. Here she was, a witch casting her spell over New York City. Her creations gaining international attention on the famed Fashion Week runways.
When a rival meddles with her magic, she must stitch her life back together.
Forced to return home, Arianna must confront her past. She's afraid to get burned by a flame that still flickers.
A waitress attending night school at the academy discovers, along with the gift of magic, she has royal blood flowing through her veins. America’s latest foodie channel sweetheart is a real charmer, who discovers not all the magic happens in the kitchen. Clair struggles with taking control of her magical powers until she meets a guy who really needs her help. A beautiful witch, empowered with the gift of creating strong magic spells since childhood, now refuses to use them––until her friend’s murder changes everything. An investigative reporter’s strange visions force her to really use her powers. When a rival tries to mess with her magic a witch must find a way to rekindle her flame.
Author: Margaret A. Daly
Author Genre: Romance, Suspense, Fiction
Website: Margaret A. Daly
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Twitter: @mdaly_margaret
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USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Margaret owns and runs her own online marketing and design business, she works with several best selling and award winning authors while promoting their work and still, loves to read and write her own stories!
A Switch In Time
The President Is Missing…
Author: Casi McLean
AVAILABLE at Amazon
The President Is Missing…
In a country divided, where terrorists hijack peaceful protests and threaten the fabric of America's democracy, President Emery Clayton, III discovers a global power behind the insurrection. He escapes to the White House attic to plan a counterblow, steering clear of initiating World War III––and vanishes.
After years of studying to realize his dream, James Rucker’s future explodes when he’s falsely accused of cheating on his final exams. Vowing he’s had enough, he joins a civil rights movement. But his trip to connect with the anarchists stops cold when his flight is struck by lightning and plummets into the ocean.
Can one man's soul rip through time to a different era…survive a plane crash...and mitigate a broken man’s rage in time to save his own nation from total destruction?
Author: Casi McLean
Author Genre: Romance, Suspense Time Slips, and Mystery with a sprinkle of supernatural elements...and magic
Website: Casi McLean
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USA Today & Amazon Best Selling Author, Casi McLean, pens novels to stir the soul, crossing genres from ethereal captivating shorts with eerie twist endings to believable time slips, ghostly encounters, mystical plots, heart-pounding thrillers, and sensual romantic suspense--all dusted with a sprinkle of magic.
Known for enchanting stories with magical description, McLean entices readers with fascinating hooks to hold them captive in storylines they can't put down. Her romance entwines strong, believable heroines with delicious, hot heroes to tempt the deepest desires, then fans the flames, sweeping readers into their innermost romantic fantasies.
With suspenseful settings and lovable characters you'll devour, you'll see, hear, and feel the magical eeriness of one fateful night. You'll swear time travel could happen, be mystified by other worldly images, and feel the heat of romantic suspense, but most of all you'll want more.
Newest on the horizon, A Switch In Time, is a time travel stunner where Casi teams up with her mother's never published manuscript in a unique novel that spans sixty-years in the making--creating a story ripped from today's headlines.
Twins unite when a cutting-edged medical mystery merges with high-tech crime solving, creating a pulse-pounding thriller in Virtually Timeless.
Casi's Deep State Mysteries series enters the realm of political thrillers, combined with NCIS Military and a hellastrong ghost you'll root for in Reign Of Fire, and The List--Alyssa's Revenge. Her newest work in progress completes the three-book series and is scheduled for release Spring 2021.
Casi's signiture series, Lake Lanier Mysteries, features a unique spin on romantic suspense time travel. Inspired by freak accidents, strange phenomena, and eerie lore attached to Atlanta's man-made Lake Sidney Lanier, Casi weaves together page-turning suspense and star-crossed lovers in this three-book series. Toss in an almost believable time portal and Lake Lanier Mysteries will draw you in and hold you spellbound.
Awards:
Lake Lanier Mysteries Book #1
A RONE AWARD Finalist, Beneath The Lake
Won 2019 PRG Reader's Choice Awards for Best Time Travel
2016 Best Romantic Suspense
2016 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence
Court of Rogues
Magick and Misfits Book 1
Author: Ann Gimpel
AVAILABLE at Amazon
Urban fantasy and slow burn romance wrapped into a serial that will keep you up reading long into the night.
Strange bedfellows rock worlds.
Reluctant recruit to the nines, I became Faery’s regent by default. Sure, I was next in line for the throne, but I never believed Oberon and Titania were gone for good until first a decade rolled by, and then two, and then ten.
They’ll never be back, and the land is mourning. Or pissed. It’s hard to tell which, and I’m not sure what difference it makes. I split my time between Faery and Earth searching for a way to mend the rift that’s killing my realm. I haven’t made much progress. Time is running through the glass, mocking my paltry efforts.
A sultry Witch is barely a blip on the radar. So what if she counts cards in the casino I run on Earth and makes my pit boss a little nuts? Out of the blue, she spits out the unbelievable, and I discover she’s not a Witch after all. A glamour hid her Fae-Sidhe blood so well, she’d fooled me.
Her mixed blood is an affront. By rights, I should haul her before the Court to face justice. She understood the chance she took revealing herself to me, and her offer to join forces is tempting, but it could cost me my throne.
Some risks are worth the price. If I cross the line, there’ll be no going back.
Author: Ann Gimpel
Author Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy
Website: Ann Gimpel
Twitter: @AnnGimpel
E-Mail: ann [at] anngimpel [dot] com
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Ann Gimpel is USA Today bestselling author. She's also a mountaineer and vagabond at heart. She's stood on top of some really gnarly peaks and loved every minute.
A lifelong aficionado of the unusual, Ann began writing speculative fiction a few years back. Since then her short stories have appeared in many webzines, magazines, and anthologies. Her longer contemporary fantasy, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy books are available in print, audio, and e-format. After over two dozen books with publishers, she made the leap into self-publishing in 2014. Ann loves the freedom, and it's possible she'll never look back.
A Bend In The River
2 Sisters Struggle to Survive the Vietnam War
Author: Libby Fischer Hellmann
AVAILABLE at Amazon
When their village is destroyed, two sisters face their futures alone. Will the uncertainties of war keep them apart forever?
In 1968 two young Vietnamese sisters flee to Saigon after their village on the Mekong River is attacked by American forces and burned to the ground. The only survivors of the massacre that killed their family, the sisters struggle to survive but become estranged, separated by sharply different choices and ideologies. Mai ekes out a living as a GI bar girl, but Tam’s anger festers, and she heads into jungle terrain to fight with the Viet Cong. For nearly ten years, neither sister knows if the other is alive. Do they both survive the war? And if they do, can they mend their fractured relationship? Or are the wounds from their journeys too deep to heal? In a stunning departure from her crime thrillers, Hellmann delves into a universal story about survival, family, and the consequences of war.
Author: Libby Fischer Hellmann
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
Website: Libby Fischer Hellmann
Author's Blog: Libby Fischer Hellmann
Twitter: @libbyhellmann
E-Mail: lfh@libbyhellmann.com
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Libby Fischer Hellmann is a critically acclaimed crime writer loved by readers the world over for her compulsively readable thrillers and strong female characters. Her fast-paced crime fiction spans 16 novels and 25 short stories. She has also edited a popular crime fiction anthology called Chicago Blues. Her newest work, "VIRTUALLY UNDETECTABLE" will be released in June, 2020.
With critics describing her work as "masterful" and "meticulously researched", Libby's thrilling and richly varied crime novels have won numerous awards. Libby is exceptionally committed to her work, and in 2005-2006 she was the National President of Sisters in Crime, a 3,400+ member organization dedicated to strengthening the voice of female mystery writers.
Libby started out in broadcast news, beginning her career as an assistant film editor for NBC News in New York before moving back to DC to work with Robin MacNeil and Jim Lehrer at N-PACT, the public affairs production arm of PBS. Retrained as an assistant director when Watergate broke, Libby helped produce PBS's night-time broadcast of the hearings. She went on to work for public relations firm Burson-Marsteller in Chicago in 1978, where she stayed until she left to found Fischer Hellmann Communications in 1985.
Originally from Washington, D.C.--where, she says, "When you're sitting around the dinner table gossiping about the neighbors, you're talking politics"-- Libby earned a Masters Degree in Film Production from New York University and a BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to writing, Libby writes and produces videos, and conducts speaker training programs in platform speaking, presentation skills, media training and crisis communications.
Adventures in Mythopoeia
Author: John Dolan
AVAILABLE at Amazon
“It was neither the best of times, nor the worst of times. It was somewhere in the middle. ”
Pádraig O'Breasail - publican, drunk and ex-Arsenal footballer - is up to his neck in debt to the Chinese gangster Mingzhu Tang. With time running out, the desperate Irishman goes for a tarot card reading at Driscoll's Circus hoping to find a way out of his predicament.
Meanwhile, the world is descending into anarchy and his nephew Jason is considering quitting his job as a male escort.
Plus, there's the little matter of the sheep…
So begins a modern-day epic drawing on the Greek Myths, Don Quixote, the Quest for the Holy Grail and Carl Jung's treatise on UFOs. Packed with dark humor and eccentric characters, Adventures in Mythopoeia will take you on a madcap journey of criminality, enchantment, laugh-out-loud gags and British weather.
Bring your umbrella.
Author: John Dolan
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Website: John Dolan - AUTHOR, POLYMATH, SMARTYPANTS
Twitter: @JohnDolanAuthor
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"Makes a living by travelling, talking a lot and sometimes writing stuff down. Galericulate author, polymath and occasional smarty-pants."
John Dolan hails from a small town in the North-East of England. Before turning to writing, his career encompassed law and finance. He has run businesses in Europe, South and Central America, Africa and Asia. He and his wife Fiona currently divide their time between the UK and Thailand.
His mystery novel 'Everyone Burns' is the first book in the 'Time, Blood and Karma' series.
Seer of Evil
Witches Academy Book 3
Author: Judith Lucci
AVAILABLE at Amazon
After six years...
...he left her with only a broken heart.
Was it all because of the dreams?
The case is gruesome. Her nightmares are worse. If she doesn't get the killer, her life might just spiral out of control.
What's Maura's next move?
It has taken years for Times Picayune Investigative Reporter Maura Robichard to understand her magic, psychic powers, and highly evolved intuition. Generally, these gifts help her solve cases and get to the truth. But Maura has also discovered her powers can torment, injure, and take her to the brink of death if she's not careful.
A waitress attending night school at the academy discovers, along with the gift of magic, she has royal blood flowing through her veins. America’s latest foodie channel sweetheart is a real charmer, who discovers not all the magic happens in the kitchen. Clair struggles with taking control of her magical powers until she meets a guy who really needs her help. A beautiful witch, empowered with the gift of creating strong magic spells since childhood, now refuses to use them––until her friend’s murder changes everything. An investigative reporter’s strange visions force her to really use her powers. When a rival tries to mess with her magic a witch must find a way to rekindle her flame.
Author: Judith Lucci
Author Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Website: Judith Lucci
Author's Blog: Judith Lucci
Twitter: @JudithLucci
E-Mail: JudithLucciWrites@gmail.com
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Judith Lucci is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon Best Selling author who loves to kill people - which is totally opposite what she's spent her life doing. "I love to think of heinous ways to dispose of people - sometimes a lot of people- but it must be creative. I don't use guns very often but rather rely on my medical background and research to figure out the best way to get the job done. Bullets are just too easy. I'm sure a psychiatrist would have a ball trying to figure out why someone who spent her life caring for people and saving lives, now spends hours each day in the creative pursuit of murder."
Dr. Lucci is a Gold Medal Winner for Best Sleuth 2017 for The Case of Dr. Dude, the first book in the Michaela McPherson Series and another Gold Medal for Best Political Thriller in 2017 for Viral Intent, the third book in the Alexandra Destephano medical thriller series. Her third Michaela McPherson mystery won a silver medal in 2018 for Best Sleuth. She's has contributed to numerous anthologies, some of which are currently available on Amazon. She has recently claimed the prestigious status of a Wall Street Journal best selling author. She is also a USA Today best selling author. Her Cozy Mystery series, Artsy Chicks, is set at Massanutten Resort in the Virginia mountains where she and several other artists and the local medical examiner, solve mysteries of deaths that occur at the resort.
Lucci's thrillers are a fast-paced, riveting reads that offer readers believable drama, memorable characters and true suspense. Her books are described as 'unputdownable."
Judith was born and educated in Virginia where she holds graduate and doctoral degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia. She is also the author of numerous academic and health-related articles and documents.
Endangered Spells
Witches Academy Series Book 6
Author: S.R. Mallery
AVAILABLE at Amazon
Sometimes Magic Can Be Complicated
What happens when a beautiful and talented witch refuses to use her powers?
Even as a child, Gillian could perform magic far better than most people. Her spells swayed teachers, nabbing boyfriends was a piece of cake, and she had the added ability to foresee events, good or bad. But when one of her spells causes a near-death and a future forecast completely rocks her entire world, she steps away from magic––until her friend’s murder slams her back into the game…and straight into a detective’s arms.
A waitress attending night school at the academy discovers, along with the gift of magic, she has royal blood flowing through her veins. America’s latest foodie channel sweetheart is a real charmer, who discovers not all the magic happens in the kitchen. Clair struggles with taking control of her magical powers until she meets a guy who really needs her help. A beautiful witch, empowered with the gift of creating strong magic spells since childhood, now refuses to use them––until her friend’s murder changes everything. An investigative reporter’s strange visions force her to really use her powers. When a rival tries to mess with her magic a witch must find a way to rekindle her flame.
Author: S.R. Mallery
Author Genre: Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery
Website: S.R. Mallery's AND HISTORY FOR ALL
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A USA TODAY Best Selling author and two-time READERS' FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL winner, S. R. Mallery--as her fans say--"brings history to life."
They say I'm as eclectic as my characters. I've been a singer, a composer, a calligrapher, a quilt artist, and an ESL/Reading teacher. But it is the world of writing historical fiction and time travel that I feel I've truly come "home." Why? Because then I get to do my second love: Research.
HERE’S WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT S. R. MALLERY
1) “This may be the most unique collection of short stories I have ever read.”
2) “S. R. Mallery is quite simply a master story-teller.”
3) “This is a book to be savored, as there is much information, as well as a captivating
story about one family greatly affected by the events of their times. A thought-provoking read, indeed!” – Deborah Lloyd, Readers’ Favorite
4) “S.R. Mallery knows how to write historical fiction in a way that hooks the reader…"
5) “Super writing, super reading, another must for all history buffs out there.”
MONGKOK STATION
THE INSPECTOR SAMUEL TAY NOVELS Book 6
Author: Jake Needham
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A city that’s falling apart, a man who’s falling apart, and a girl with a secret past who has disappeared without a trace. What complicates things is that the missing girl is the daughter of one of the most powerful men in America. She just doesn’t know it.
Hong Kong is teetering on the edge of anarchy. Violent street battles are raging between riot police and mobs demanding democracy.
Samuel Tay is a legendary Singapore homicide detective. He’s retired, but it was purely involuntary. It seems his legend made a lot of senior officers uneasy and they wanted him gone. John August is an American who has shadowy connections to the intelligence community. He’s done Tay a lot of favors in the past, and Tay owes him one.
When August asks Tay to come to Hong Kong to track down the missing girl, Tay doesn’t much want to go. August and his friends deal in the fate of nations. Tay deals with personal tragedies, one human being at a time. Even worse, he doesn’t like Hong Kong and, to be completely honest, he’s not all that fond of Americans either.
Regardless, Tay answers August’s call for help. He’s a man who honors his debts, his forced retirement really sucks, and there’s this woman… well, there’s always a woman in there somewhere, isn’t there?
August thinks that the triads may have kidnapped the missing girl. Tay doesn’t have the sources to get inside the Hong Kong triads so August teams him up with Jack Shepherd, an American lawyer living in Hong Kong who just might be the only white guy on the planet the triads trust.
Tay is considerably less than thrilled by that. Here he is in a city that seems only moments away from going up in flames, everybody is certain the missing girl is dead, and now he’s stuck with all these Americans. Can things get any worse than that? Oh yes, they absolutely can.
Tay has developed symptoms that indicate he may be very seriously ill. For everybody, there is always a last time around the track whether they know it when they make the trip or not. As Tay’s symptoms worsen, it begins to dawn on him that this missing girl just might be his own last time around.
If this really is the end for him, Samuel Tay vows he’s going to go out with one hell of a bang.
Author: Jake Needham
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers Author
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JAKE NEEDHAM is an American screen and television writer who started writing crime novels when he realized he didn't really like movies and television all that much. Since then, he has published eleven titles in The Mean Streets Crime Novels series.
For nearly thirty years, Jake has lived and worked in Europe and Asia. He, his wife, and their two sons now divide their time between homes in Washington DC and Bangkok.
THE UMBRELLA MAN just released
Heart of Tyr
Heart of the Citadel Book 2
Author: Susan Faw
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Infected elemental magic. An entombed witch with a thirst for revenge. A secret map no one can read.
In a world where magic is forbidden, Elissa is gifted with a crystal heart pendant. Heirs of magic, the necklaces are secretly indicative of magical blood.
Heart bearer Elissa scoffed at her brother's belief in dragons until one abducts her and speed her off to the isle of Jintessa. There, she discovers that not only are dragons real but so are the shapeshifters of legend.
Bonded telepathically to a Djinn Dragonmerger named Druzy and his dragon Mysty, Elissa is compelled to return to Tyr and free her home from the tyranny of an emperor determined to control all magic.
Hunted by her magically enslaved brother, can Elissa free her people and bring down the barrier, without destroying Ellas, in the process?
The battle for ultimate control of magic, has begun.
Author: Susan Faw
Author Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Paranormal
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Susan loves to bring new worlds and fantasy adventures to young adults and inspire them to join her on her make believe journeys. As often as not, you will find a book in one hand a cup of tea in the other. That is, when she is not chasing away the bears that like to visit her northern Ontario home.
Winner of the Dante Rossetti Grand Prize for Best Young Adult Fiction of 2016 (Seer of Souls, Chanticleer Reviews) she is actively crafting stories that sing in your memory.
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In a world where magic is forbidden, Elissa is gifted with a crystal heart pendant. Heirs of magic, the necklaces are secretly indicative of magical blood.
Captured for the Alien Bride Lottery
Author: Margo Bond Collins
AVAILABLE at Amazon
I refused to be in the Bride Lottery—so now I’m a runaway bride.
Somehow, I knew my name was going to be drawn in the Bride Lottery—the hellish agreement that Earth’s leaders had made to sell us to the aliens who protected our planet.
I’d grown up with the propaganda. It was our civic duty. Men registered for the draft, women registered for the Bride Lottery.
No way in hell was I going to be handed over to some giant man to be brutalized into bearing his children.
Instead, I cut out my bio-tracker and walked away from everything.
I should have realized they’d send one of those hulking, brightly colored aliens to track me down and bring me back.
Never did I expect that he’d be devastatingly attractive. Or that we’d have to go on the run from the evil Horde trying to destroy both our planets.
Now that we’re together, can I ever run away again?
And could he really hand me over to the Bride Games to be taken by another warrior?
Because I think I might be falling in love…
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy
Website: Margo Bond Collins - Aim for the Heart…
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Twitter: @MargoBondCollin
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USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestselling author Margo Bond Collins is a former college English professor who, tired of explaining the difference between "hanged" and "hung," turned to writing romance novels instead. She now writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction romance. Sometimes her heroines kiss monsters, sometimes they kill them. But they always aim for the heart.
Wickless
Author: Margaret A. Daly
AVAILABLE at Amazon
Weaving her magic shouldn’t feel this wrong.
Arianna Nolan thought she’d designed the perfect life. Here she was, a witch casting her spell over New York City. Her creations gaining international attention on the famed Fashion Week runways.
When a rival meddles with her magic, she must stitch her life back together.
Forced to return home, Arianna must confront her past. She's afraid to get burned by a flame that still flickers.
A waitress attending night school at the academy discovers, along with the gift of magic, she has royal blood flowing through her veins. America’s latest foodie channel sweetheart is a real charmer, who discovers not all the magic happens in the kitchen. Clair struggles with taking control of her magical powers until she meets a guy who really needs her help. A beautiful witch, empowered with the gift of creating strong magic spells since childhood, now refuses to use them––until her friend’s murder changes everything. An investigative reporter’s strange visions force her to really use her powers. When a rival tries to mess with her magic a witch must find a way to rekindle her flame.
Author Genre: Romance, Suspense, Fiction
Website: Margaret A. Daly
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USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Margaret owns and runs her own online marketing and design business, she works with several best selling and award winning authors while promoting their work and still, loves to read and write her own stories!
A Switch In Time
The President Is Missing…
Author: Casi McLean
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The President Is Missing…
In a country divided, where terrorists hijack peaceful protests and threaten the fabric of America's democracy, President Emery Clayton, III discovers a global power behind the insurrection. He escapes to the White House attic to plan a counterblow, steering clear of initiating World War III––and vanishes.
After years of studying to realize his dream, James Rucker’s future explodes when he’s falsely accused of cheating on his final exams. Vowing he’s had enough, he joins a civil rights movement. But his trip to connect with the anarchists stops cold when his flight is struck by lightning and plummets into the ocean.
Can one man's soul rip through time to a different era…survive a plane crash...and mitigate a broken man’s rage in time to save his own nation from total destruction?
Author Genre: Romance, Suspense Time Slips, and Mystery with a sprinkle of supernatural elements...and magic
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USA Today & Amazon Best Selling Author, Casi McLean, pens novels to stir the soul, crossing genres from ethereal captivating shorts with eerie twist endings to believable time slips, ghostly encounters, mystical plots, heart-pounding thrillers, and sensual romantic suspense--all dusted with a sprinkle of magic.
Known for enchanting stories with magical description, McLean entices readers with fascinating hooks to hold them captive in storylines they can't put down. Her romance entwines strong, believable heroines with delicious, hot heroes to tempt the deepest desires, then fans the flames, sweeping readers into their innermost romantic fantasies.
With suspenseful settings and lovable characters you'll devour, you'll see, hear, and feel the magical eeriness of one fateful night. You'll swear time travel could happen, be mystified by other worldly images, and feel the heat of romantic suspense, but most of all you'll want more.
Newest on the horizon, A Switch In Time, is a time travel stunner where Casi teams up with her mother's never published manuscript in a unique novel that spans sixty-years in the making--creating a story ripped from today's headlines.
Twins unite when a cutting-edged medical mystery merges with high-tech crime solving, creating a pulse-pounding thriller in Virtually Timeless.
Casi's Deep State Mysteries series enters the realm of political thrillers, combined with NCIS Military and a hellastrong ghost you'll root for in Reign Of Fire, and The List--Alyssa's Revenge. Her newest work in progress completes the three-book series and is scheduled for release Spring 2021.
Casi's signiture series, Lake Lanier Mysteries, features a unique spin on romantic suspense time travel. Inspired by freak accidents, strange phenomena, and eerie lore attached to Atlanta's man-made Lake Sidney Lanier, Casi weaves together page-turning suspense and star-crossed lovers in this three-book series. Toss in an almost believable time portal and Lake Lanier Mysteries will draw you in and hold you spellbound.
Awards:
Lake Lanier Mysteries Book #1
A RONE AWARD Finalist, Beneath The Lake
Won 2019 PRG Reader's Choice Awards for Best Time Travel
2016 Best Romantic Suspense
2016 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence
Court of Rogues
Magick and Misfits Book 1
Author: Ann Gimpel
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Urban fantasy and slow burn romance wrapped into a serial that will keep you up reading long into the night.
Strange bedfellows rock worlds.
Reluctant recruit to the nines, I became Faery’s regent by default. Sure, I was next in line for the throne, but I never believed Oberon and Titania were gone for good until first a decade rolled by, and then two, and then ten.
They’ll never be back, and the land is mourning. Or pissed. It’s hard to tell which, and I’m not sure what difference it makes. I split my time between Faery and Earth searching for a way to mend the rift that’s killing my realm. I haven’t made much progress. Time is running through the glass, mocking my paltry efforts.
A sultry Witch is barely a blip on the radar. So what if she counts cards in the casino I run on Earth and makes my pit boss a little nuts? Out of the blue, she spits out the unbelievable, and I discover she’s not a Witch after all. A glamour hid her Fae-Sidhe blood so well, she’d fooled me.
Her mixed blood is an affront. By rights, I should haul her before the Court to face justice. She understood the chance she took revealing herself to me, and her offer to join forces is tempting, but it could cost me my throne.
Some risks are worth the price. If I cross the line, there’ll be no going back.
Author Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy
Website: Ann Gimpel
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Ann Gimpel is USA Today bestselling author. She's also a mountaineer and vagabond at heart. She's stood on top of some really gnarly peaks and loved every minute.
A lifelong aficionado of the unusual, Ann began writing speculative fiction a few years back. Since then her short stories have appeared in many webzines, magazines, and anthologies. Her longer contemporary fantasy, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy books are available in print, audio, and e-format. After over two dozen books with publishers, she made the leap into self-publishing in 2014. Ann loves the freedom, and it's possible she'll never look back.
A Bend In The River
2 Sisters Struggle to Survive the Vietnam War
Author: Libby Fischer Hellmann
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When their village is destroyed, two sisters face their futures alone. Will the uncertainties of war keep them apart forever?
In 1968 two young Vietnamese sisters flee to Saigon after their village on the Mekong River is attacked by American forces and burned to the ground. The only survivors of the massacre that killed their family, the sisters struggle to survive but become estranged, separated by sharply different choices and ideologies. Mai ekes out a living as a GI bar girl, but Tam’s anger festers, and she heads into jungle terrain to fight with the Viet Cong. For nearly ten years, neither sister knows if the other is alive. Do they both survive the war? And if they do, can they mend their fractured relationship? Or are the wounds from their journeys too deep to heal? In a stunning departure from her crime thrillers, Hellmann delves into a universal story about survival, family, and the consequences of war.
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
Website: Libby Fischer Hellmann
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Libby Fischer Hellmann is a critically acclaimed crime writer loved by readers the world over for her compulsively readable thrillers and strong female characters. Her fast-paced crime fiction spans 16 novels and 25 short stories. She has also edited a popular crime fiction anthology called Chicago Blues. Her newest work, "VIRTUALLY UNDETECTABLE" will be released in June, 2020.
With critics describing her work as "masterful" and "meticulously researched", Libby's thrilling and richly varied crime novels have won numerous awards. Libby is exceptionally committed to her work, and in 2005-2006 she was the National President of Sisters in Crime, a 3,400+ member organization dedicated to strengthening the voice of female mystery writers.
Libby started out in broadcast news, beginning her career as an assistant film editor for NBC News in New York before moving back to DC to work with Robin MacNeil and Jim Lehrer at N-PACT, the public affairs production arm of PBS. Retrained as an assistant director when Watergate broke, Libby helped produce PBS's night-time broadcast of the hearings. She went on to work for public relations firm Burson-Marsteller in Chicago in 1978, where she stayed until she left to found Fischer Hellmann Communications in 1985.
Originally from Washington, D.C.--where, she says, "When you're sitting around the dinner table gossiping about the neighbors, you're talking politics"-- Libby earned a Masters Degree in Film Production from New York University and a BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to writing, Libby writes and produces videos, and conducts speaker training programs in platform speaking, presentation skills, media training and crisis communications.
Adventures in Mythopoeia
Author: John Dolan
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“It was neither the best of times, nor the worst of times. It was somewhere in the middle. ”
Pádraig O'Breasail - publican, drunk and ex-Arsenal footballer - is up to his neck in debt to the Chinese gangster Mingzhu Tang. With time running out, the desperate Irishman goes for a tarot card reading at Driscoll's Circus hoping to find a way out of his predicament.
Meanwhile, the world is descending into anarchy and his nephew Jason is considering quitting his job as a male escort.
Plus, there's the little matter of the sheep…
So begins a modern-day epic drawing on the Greek Myths, Don Quixote, the Quest for the Holy Grail and Carl Jung's treatise on UFOs. Packed with dark humor and eccentric characters, Adventures in Mythopoeia will take you on a madcap journey of criminality, enchantment, laugh-out-loud gags and British weather.
Bring your umbrella.
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
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"Makes a living by travelling, talking a lot and sometimes writing stuff down. Galericulate author, polymath and occasional smarty-pants."
John Dolan hails from a small town in the North-East of England. Before turning to writing, his career encompassed law and finance. He has run businesses in Europe, South and Central America, Africa and Asia. He and his wife Fiona currently divide their time between the UK and Thailand.
His mystery novel 'Everyone Burns' is the first book in the 'Time, Blood and Karma' series.
Seer of Evil
Witches Academy Book 3
Author: Judith Lucci
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After six years...
...he left her with only a broken heart.
Was it all because of the dreams?
The case is gruesome. Her nightmares are worse. If she doesn't get the killer, her life might just spiral out of control.
What's Maura's next move?
It has taken years for Times Picayune Investigative Reporter Maura Robichard to understand her magic, psychic powers, and highly evolved intuition. Generally, these gifts help her solve cases and get to the truth. But Maura has also discovered her powers can torment, injure, and take her to the brink of death if she's not careful.
A waitress attending night school at the academy discovers, along with the gift of magic, she has royal blood flowing through her veins. America’s latest foodie channel sweetheart is a real charmer, who discovers not all the magic happens in the kitchen. Clair struggles with taking control of her magical powers until she meets a guy who really needs her help. A beautiful witch, empowered with the gift of creating strong magic spells since childhood, now refuses to use them––until her friend’s murder changes everything. An investigative reporter’s strange visions force her to really use her powers. When a rival tries to mess with her magic a witch must find a way to rekindle her flame.
Author Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Website: Judith Lucci
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Judith Lucci is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon Best Selling author who loves to kill people - which is totally opposite what she's spent her life doing. "I love to think of heinous ways to dispose of people - sometimes a lot of people- but it must be creative. I don't use guns very often but rather rely on my medical background and research to figure out the best way to get the job done. Bullets are just too easy. I'm sure a psychiatrist would have a ball trying to figure out why someone who spent her life caring for people and saving lives, now spends hours each day in the creative pursuit of murder."
Dr. Lucci is a Gold Medal Winner for Best Sleuth 2017 for The Case of Dr. Dude, the first book in the Michaela McPherson Series and another Gold Medal for Best Political Thriller in 2017 for Viral Intent, the third book in the Alexandra Destephano medical thriller series. Her third Michaela McPherson mystery won a silver medal in 2018 for Best Sleuth. She's has contributed to numerous anthologies, some of which are currently available on Amazon. She has recently claimed the prestigious status of a Wall Street Journal best selling author. She is also a USA Today best selling author. Her Cozy Mystery series, Artsy Chicks, is set at Massanutten Resort in the Virginia mountains where she and several other artists and the local medical examiner, solve mysteries of deaths that occur at the resort.
Lucci's thrillers are a fast-paced, riveting reads that offer readers believable drama, memorable characters and true suspense. Her books are described as 'unputdownable."
Judith was born and educated in Virginia where she holds graduate and doctoral degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia. She is also the author of numerous academic and health-related articles and documents.
Endangered Spells
Witches Academy Series Book 6
Author: S.R. Mallery
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Sometimes Magic Can Be Complicated
What happens when a beautiful and talented witch refuses to use her powers?
Even as a child, Gillian could perform magic far better than most people. Her spells swayed teachers, nabbing boyfriends was a piece of cake, and she had the added ability to foresee events, good or bad. But when one of her spells causes a near-death and a future forecast completely rocks her entire world, she steps away from magic––until her friend’s murder slams her back into the game…and straight into a detective’s arms.
A waitress attending night school at the academy discovers, along with the gift of magic, she has royal blood flowing through her veins. America’s latest foodie channel sweetheart is a real charmer, who discovers not all the magic happens in the kitchen. Clair struggles with taking control of her magical powers until she meets a guy who really needs her help. A beautiful witch, empowered with the gift of creating strong magic spells since childhood, now refuses to use them––until her friend’s murder changes everything. An investigative reporter’s strange visions force her to really use her powers. When a rival tries to mess with her magic a witch must find a way to rekindle her flame.
Author Genre: Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery
Website: S.R. Mallery's AND HISTORY FOR ALL
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A USA TODAY Best Selling author and two-time READERS' FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL winner, S. R. Mallery--as her fans say--"brings history to life."
They say I'm as eclectic as my characters. I've been a singer, a composer, a calligrapher, a quilt artist, and an ESL/Reading teacher. But it is the world of writing historical fiction and time travel that I feel I've truly come "home." Why? Because then I get to do my second love: Research.
HERE’S WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT S. R. MALLERY
1) “This may be the most unique collection of short stories I have ever read.”
2) “S. R. Mallery is quite simply a master story-teller.”
3) “This is a book to be savored, as there is much information, as well as a captivating
story about one family greatly affected by the events of their times. A thought-provoking read, indeed!” – Deborah Lloyd, Readers’ Favorite
4) “S.R. Mallery knows how to write historical fiction in a way that hooks the reader…"
5) “Super writing, super reading, another must for all history buffs out there.”
MONGKOK STATION
THE INSPECTOR SAMUEL TAY NOVELS Book 6
Author: Jake Needham
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A city that’s falling apart, a man who’s falling apart, and a girl with a secret past who has disappeared without a trace. What complicates things is that the missing girl is the daughter of one of the most powerful men in America. She just doesn’t know it.
Hong Kong is teetering on the edge of anarchy. Violent street battles are raging between riot police and mobs demanding democracy.
Samuel Tay is a legendary Singapore homicide detective. He’s retired, but it was purely involuntary. It seems his legend made a lot of senior officers uneasy and they wanted him gone. John August is an American who has shadowy connections to the intelligence community. He’s done Tay a lot of favors in the past, and Tay owes him one.
When August asks Tay to come to Hong Kong to track down the missing girl, Tay doesn’t much want to go. August and his friends deal in the fate of nations. Tay deals with personal tragedies, one human being at a time. Even worse, he doesn’t like Hong Kong and, to be completely honest, he’s not all that fond of Americans either.
Regardless, Tay answers August’s call for help. He’s a man who honors his debts, his forced retirement really sucks, and there’s this woman… well, there’s always a woman in there somewhere, isn’t there?
August thinks that the triads may have kidnapped the missing girl. Tay doesn’t have the sources to get inside the Hong Kong triads so August teams him up with Jack Shepherd, an American lawyer living in Hong Kong who just might be the only white guy on the planet the triads trust.
Tay is considerably less than thrilled by that. Here he is in a city that seems only moments away from going up in flames, everybody is certain the missing girl is dead, and now he’s stuck with all these Americans. Can things get any worse than that? Oh yes, they absolutely can.
Tay has developed symptoms that indicate he may be very seriously ill. For everybody, there is always a last time around the track whether they know it when they make the trip or not. As Tay’s symptoms worsen, it begins to dawn on him that this missing girl just might be his own last time around.
If this really is the end for him, Samuel Tay vows he’s going to go out with one hell of a bang.
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers Author
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JAKE NEEDHAM is an American screen and television writer who started writing crime novels when he realized he didn't really like movies and television all that much. Since then, he has published eleven titles in The Mean Streets Crime Novels series.
For nearly thirty years, Jake has lived and worked in Europe and Asia. He, his wife, and their two sons now divide their time between homes in Washington DC and Bangkok.
THE UMBRELLA MAN just released
Heart of Tyr
Heart of the Citadel Book 2
Author: Susan Faw
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Infected elemental magic. An entombed witch with a thirst for revenge. A secret map no one can read.
In a world where magic is forbidden, Elissa is gifted with a crystal heart pendant. Heirs of magic, the necklaces are secretly indicative of magical blood.
Heart bearer Elissa scoffed at her brother's belief in dragons until one abducts her and speed her off to the isle of Jintessa. There, she discovers that not only are dragons real but so are the shapeshifters of legend.
Bonded telepathically to a Djinn Dragonmerger named Druzy and his dragon Mysty, Elissa is compelled to return to Tyr and free her home from the tyranny of an emperor determined to control all magic.
Hunted by her magically enslaved brother, can Elissa free her people and bring down the barrier, without destroying Ellas, in the process?
The battle for ultimate control of magic, has begun.
Author Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Paranormal
Website: Susan Faw
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Susan loves to bring new worlds and fantasy adventures to young adults and inspire them to join her on her make believe journeys. As often as not, you will find a book in one hand a cup of tea in the other. That is, when she is not chasing away the bears that like to visit her northern Ontario home.
Winner of the Dante Rossetti Grand Prize for Best Young Adult Fiction of 2016 (Seer of Souls, Chanticleer Reviews) she is actively crafting stories that sing in your memory.
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