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A Curse For Samhain

 Welcome to the Skeleton Crew. Bring your knitting needles and a good,
strong brew.

A Curse for Samhain

The Skeleton Crew Paranormal Cozy Series Book 1

by Dahlia Donovan

Genre: Paranormal Romance, Cozy Mystery

Welcome to the Skeleton Crew. Bring your knitting needles and a good, strong
brew.

Gender fluid, autistic vampire
Hyde Snodgrass runs Between the Leaves—a cosy village book store.
Their life revolves around books, all things autumnal, and the two
cats who rule their world. The shop also plays host to a weekly
knitting group called the Skeleton Crew.

When one of the leaders of the
village coven fails to show up for the weekly knitting meeting, Hyde
finds themselves investigating a horrific murder side by side with
their long-term crush, Teresa Vega.

Suspicion immediately falls on
other members of their group. Hyde and Teresa struggle to find
answers to the growing list of questions. It’s made all the more
difficult when the killer has them in their sights.

Can working together spark the
romantic flame within them?

Will they solve the mystery
before death comes too close?

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Dahlia Donovan wrote her first romance series after a crazy dream about
shifters and damsels in distress. She prefers irreverent humour and
unconventional characters. An autistic and occasional hermit, her
life wouldn’t be complete without her husband and her massive
collection of books and video games.

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ONE LITTLE WITCH

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A brilliant Little Witch counts the pumpkins in her pumpkin patch and discovers some surprising surprises. Join author and illustrator Crystal Beach (One Polar Bear and Two Polar Bears) as she captivates you with her latest adventure story and a brand-new series—One Little Witch. You and your child will be delighted by this hilarious tale as together you learn counting and sight words, and experiment with sound.

A charming holiday tale for autumn, or any time of the year, One Little Witch is filled with pumpkins and childlike enthusiasm for learning. This little book is sure to enchant, and will make a spooky addition to your child’s library.

If you can be anything, be inclusive.

About the Author:

Crystal Beach is an adoptive mother and caregiver of two adoptive children who have complex
medical needs and disabilities. Her children are often represented in her work as strong, caring individuals with special gifts and powers. Her writing projects are intended to ensure financial support for her children’s future.

Crystal has a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Her focus is in children’s literature, publishing, and journalism. She has had many careers including ten years as a MedA with the Canadian Naval Reserve, advertising with a daily
newspaper, communications and marketing, training as an EMT, and continued studies in developmental psychology.

She and her family live in Regina, Saskatchewan in a simple little house with two giant support dogs.

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The Mystery of the Missing Jewels

 Join Ned and Uncle Jim on their first adventure!

The Mystery of the Missing Jewels

Detective Duo Ned and Uncle Jim Book 1

by Jessica Leigh Stevens

Genre: Middle Grade Mystery Adventure

 This fun and exciting middle school mystery series sees Ned and his
Uncle Jim use their super-sharp detective skills to solve mysteries
in Lakeside. Incidentally, both are dyslexic. But that’s not going
to stop them! Dyslexia might present some challenges with spelling
and reading, but it also makes them great at solving puzzles,
cracking codes and thinking outside the box. Armed with these
superpowers, they make the perfect team for solving mysteries.

Ned and his uncle Jim, a retired detective, live in Lakeside Village.
It’s a quiet place where nothing much seems to happen…or at
least, that was the case. Now, there are mysterious events and they
all seem to center around a cold case Uncle Jim had been working on
before he retired.

On top of that, treasures are disappearing from the Cheap and Cheerful, a second-hand goods store.
But who would want to steal from the owner? Uncle Jim and Ned find
hidden secrets and uncover even stranger happenings than just the
theft. Why are there unusual sets of footprints? What is the
significance of the feather they find? And why does the owner of the
shop suddenly seem suspicious?

It’s up to Ned and Uncle Jim to use their detective skills and dyslexic advantages to discover
the person behind the thefts and maybe even crack the cold case.
However, it might be more than the two can handle.

Will Ned’s detective career be over before it really starts?

Join Ned and Uncle Jim on their first adventure!

“A must-read for peers, friends and family members of dyslexic people to
help understand how they see the world. Truly eye-opening!”.
Pam, Teacher.

Children and tweens will enjoy seeing the
action-packed adventure story unfold through the lens of a dyslexic
child. Through effective storytelling they learn how the dyslexic
brain works differently, and how children with dyslexia can excel
using their special strengths.

Presented in a dyslexia-friendly format, this mystery series can be enjoyed by all
readers. The large print dyslexia font and cream background make it
an accessible option for dyslexic readers, allowing them to enjoy
relatable and age-appropriate books.

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Jessica is a former teacher, having spent many years working closely with
dyslexic children. Through her love for writing she hopes to educate
readers about the challenges and triumphs experienced by people with
dyslexia.  

In her spare time, Jessica enjoys baking and loves to go on long walks with her family.

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The Hospital

I should feel safe here. I don’t.

The Hospital

by Leslie Wolfe

Genre:
Psychological Thriller 

I should feel safe here. I don’t.

I thought I had it all. The loving husband I married on a beach, sand
between my toes. The career I fought for. The beautiful home tucked
away between pines and mountains.

But my perfect life
crumbled when my husband betrayed me. And then it started. Everywhere
I went, someone was following me… But no one believed me. Were they
right? Was I losing my mind?

Then, one day, I wake up with a searing pain in my head, and only the sound
of sirens and distant conversations to pierce my confusion.

I’ve been attacked. I’m in the hospital.

It should be reassuring. But all I can think is: I’m
trapped.

I must escape. But I know I can’t trust anyone, and I’ll do
whatever it takes to save myself.

You will never see the twists coming in this jaw-on-the-floor
gasp-out-loud rollercoaster from the no.1 bestselling author
of  The Surgeon .
Fans of Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena won’t be able
to put it down!

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“OMG!!!!… Wow… insanely fast-paced, totally addictive… I binge read in one
sitting… I was literally glued to my Kindle on the edge of my seat…
So good!!!” Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews, 

“Wow!!!… It kept me completely on the edge of my seat biting my nails… I
could not put it down and ended up devouring it in one sitting of a
few hours!! An absolutely addictive,
compelling page turner that will
keep you hooked from beginning to end!!” Bookworm86,

“So tense! Wow,
now I can breathe normally… jaw-dropping,
full of surprises and twists that kept me turning the pages so
fast!… had me on the edge of my seat the
entire time, I couldn’t put it down!…
You need to read this book!” moneisreading,

“Wow wow wow!! I loved this
book!! What a heart-pounder!!… thrilling!! Lots
of action, suspense, drama with plenty of twists and turns!… I
highly recommend reading this one!” Goodreads reviewer,

“This was a WILD RIDE!!!…
I was trying to figure out who I could trust and my mind changed
constantly. Loved the ending… a CANNOT
PUT IT DOWN BOOK!!!”
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“Wow, wow, wow!!! What
a book!… kept me guessing until the end… extremely jam packed
with twists. I couldn’t pull myself away from my kindle reading this.
Fantastic.” Jessica’s Book Biz,

“Had me captivated from beginning to end!… I
couldn’t put this book down!”
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“Superb… I couldn’t put it down,
don’t give in to the temptation to turn pages without working
through all the twists and turns!” NetGalley reviewer,

“So addictive… I
was hooked and found it hard to stop for a break! So
glad I did not have much planned for that day!!!!… WoW
I want more!!!”
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“Superb…
I didn’t want to put down. The
twists and turns were spectacularly clever and I doubted everything I
was thinking!”
NetGalley reviewer,

“So intense… I
had NO idea who did it, or what was going to happen next…
This book taught me TRUST NO ONE… fantastic…
I would absolutely recommend to a friend.” Reading
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Leslie Wolfe is a bestselling author whose novels break the mold of traditional thrillers. She creates unforgettable, brilliant, strong women heroes who deliver fast-paced, satisfying suspense, backed up by extensive background research in technology and psychology.

Leslie released the first novel, Executive,
in October 2011. Since then, she has written many more,
continuing to break down barriers of traditional thrillers. Her style
of fast-paced suspense, backed up by extensive background research in
technology and psychology, has made Leslie one of the most read
authors in the genre.

Reminiscent of the television drama Criminal Minds, her series of books featuring
the fierce and relentless FBI Agent Tess Winnett would be of great interest to readers of James Patterson, Melinda Leigh, and David Baldacci crime thrillers. Fans of Kendra Elliot and Robert
Dugoni suspenseful mysteries would love the Las Vegas Crime series,
featuring the tension-filled relationship between Baxter and Holt.
Finally, her Alex Hoffmann series
of political and espionage action adventure will enthrall readers of
Tom Clancy, Brad Thor, and Lee Child.

Leslie enjoys engaging with readers every day and would love to hear from
you. Become an insider: gain early
access to previews of Leslie’s new novels.

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JOURNEY TO THE DARK GALAXY

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A mysterious signal from deep space. Mischief and murder at a military base.

Earth’s leaders are given an ultimatum: deliver Sam Sanderson to Logom, a planet known to house a hostile AI civilization, or face interplanetary war.

When Sam receives a strange letter drafting her into the Great Alliance for Interplanetary Affairs as a matter of international security, she expects to get answers. But instead of receiving a warm welcome, she finds that most people under the surface are distant, cold, and have built walls of silence. While grappling with her unique power and the consequences of her actions, she learns that the organization she’s supposed to serve has a chilling past and guards a dark secret.

While Earth’s scientists scramble to defend their world and the planetary alliance from the AI threat, Sam is forced on a mission to the Dark Galaxy. A place where dangers lurk, tensions run high, and things are never what they seem.

But will the journey change her forever?

As Sam desperately navigates a maze of lies, dark secrets, and finds herself at the heart of a dangerous journey, she discovers that it will take much more than her courage and power to save humanity.

Time’s running out, and there’s no turning back now…

From the award-winning author of Journey to the Hopewell Star comes the highly anticipated sequel that’s sure to be a thrilling ride!

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Sam’s throat tightened. Tears collected in her eyes, but she wiped them away before the others saw. She couldn’t let them see her like that, vulnerable and fragile. She didn’t want them to worry about her.

She instead focused on the people they passed in the hallways. Joyful and welcoming and…

Wait. No, that’s not right.

She slowed down and tried to take in every detail about their features and body language.

When they looked at Rian and her friends, their expressions were easy to read—relaxed, carefree. Delighted to see them. Yet, when their eyes traveled to Sam…

Their expressions changed, if only by a fraction. Nothing anyone would notice. Except she noticed. She sensed…discomfort, fear. Their eyes shifted, and within them, an apprehension lingered. They tensed up slightly, too; a tightened jaw, a rigid stance. Hesitation. They seemed to be holding back, nervous about something.

Sam smiled, trying to elicit a similar response from them.

But they didn’t smile. Or if they did, it was forced.

It was like they were all hiding a deep, dark, terrible secret.

And it was about her.

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Hannah D. State is an award-winning Canadian author. She graduated from McGill University with a BA and earned her MPL from Queen’s University. Hannah is bothered by inequality, violence, greed, complacency, snakes, entering a dark room, and not getting enough sleep. She enjoys writing about strong-willed characters who don’t fit the norm and who overcome great obstacles with perseverance, self-discovery, and help from others. Sometimes Hannah can’t keep up with her characters’ ideas and plans, so she takes breaks, drinks coffee, does yoga and tai chi, and takes nature walks to calm her mind and really listen. Journey to the Dark Galaxy is her second novel. You can find her author page on Facebook.

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All the Missing Girls

 A tenacious TV reporter has 48 hours to illegally enter Cuba, find
her sister, and avenge her mámá. Don’t miss the
spine-tingling sequel to Emmy-award winning journalist Linda Hurtado
Bond’s immersive thriller, All The Broken Girls.

All the Missing Girls

by Linda Hurtado Bond

Genre: Thriller, Suspense

Once you enter their world, there is no escape…in this gripping and
undeniably chilling thriller from Emmy-award winning journalist Linda
Hurtado Bond.

As a crime reporter for a Tampa TV news
station, Mari Alvarez knows when an investigation enters dangerous
territory. But with her estranged sister missing and almost no
information to go on, Mari can’t trust anyone but herself to find
the truth. Now she has just 48 hours to sneak into Cuba undetected,
track down her sister…and pray to her orisha that she’s not too late.

This is nothing like reporting in her neighborhood,
though–a place she knows like the back of her hand. In Havana she
has no contacts and only an ice-cold trail of cryptic clues. When
Detective Tony Garcia offers to help, Mari puts aside her instincts
and tries to let someone in. But soon they’re caught in a maze of
lies, deception, and an undercurrent of the island’s own
witchcraft, a sinister Brujería.

Every lead draws Mari further into this world of shadows, especially when her sister isn’t
the only young woman who’s gone missing. Each step pushes Mari and
Tony toward a revelation they never saw coming. And as they close in
on the horrifying truth, one thing becomes clear…no one will let
them leave Cuba alive.

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by day and author of romantic thrillers by night. She has won 13 Emmy
awards, numerous Society of Professional Journalist and Associated
Press awards, as well as a Florida Bar and an Edward R. Murrow award.
A breast cancer survivor, she’s also active in the Tampa community
with The American Cancer Society, Hooked on Hope, and The Shoot for a
Cure, raising money and awareness any chance she gets. She’s the
mother of five, four athletes and an adopted son from Cuba. She has
passion for world travel, classic movies and solving a good mystery.

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THE LONELY AUSTRALIAN OF THE ASIAN NIGHT

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Hookers and hawkers.
Mosques and mosquitos.
Paul has had enough of Southeast Asia.
He’s only here ‘cos it’s cheap.
He’s on the run from police after leaving Australia.
No, that place wasn’t much better either.
Well, it was when he was young.
When his life was full of promise. An up-and-coming boxer. And he had friends. And fun.
Then a bit of bad luck later and he found himself on the run in outback Australia. Paranoid. Hiding from shadows. The heat. The dust. The sweat.

Next stop, Southeast Asia.

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Cigarette in mouth, Paul stood on the hotel balcony and stared nervously out into the hot Cambodian night. He hated Asia. He didn’t know why so many loved it. Of course deep down he knew – cheap holidays. But to Paul, Asia was hell – hot, dangerous and always just a bit of bad luck away from some sort of disaster.

Not much could be seen from his balcony. His hotel was down a small street off the main road that led to the tourist centre of Siem Riep. He could see people drifting down the main road, mostly tourists clutching dollar beers. Directly across from him was the construction site of a new hotel.

Paul took another drag from his cigarette, grabbed his beer off the balcony railing and walked back into the hotel room. He looked at his boots next to his duffel bag. He was sick of those stinky boots. He looked at the grime on the duffel bag. That grime was from India. Indian grime was unique. Black. Oily. Nowhere else that he had been in Asia left that kind of grime. It came mostly off the train floors. As he stubbed his cigarette out in the ashtray, he remembered what his feet looked like in thongs at the end of those long train trips – black.

About the Author: Gregory Pakis is an Australian author, film-maker, actor and wacky vlogger.
He has written the short story, The Lonely Australian of the Asian Night; the soon to be released horror-suspense novellas, The Regressor and He., and Memoir of a Suburban Hoe-Bo, which is partly an account of when he lived out of a van for ten years in Melbourne.

Gregory Pakis is also the writer / director of the feature films, The Garth Method (2005) and The Joe Manifesto (2013), which have won national and international awards and been distributed through Accent Entertainment, Label, Vanguard Cinema.

Gregory’s more informal video projects are the feature documentaries, Garth Goes Hitch-Hiking (2007) and Garth Lives in a Van (2011) which have screened at film festivals in Australia.

More recently, he has created the comedy series, suBURPieS and his Wacky Vlog which can found on his socials.

Gregory has been featured in articles in newspapers, The Age, The Herald Sun, Beat Magazine, Inpress, FILMINK, and the Neos Kosmos. He has been interviewed on radio by the ABC, 3RRR, SYN FM, 3CR.

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Whispers of the Past

 The Syndicate will kill to keep their sins buried. Will the forbidden
whispers unite Siles and Madi, or will the truths they reveal tear
them apart forever?

Whispers of the Past

Spectral Syndicate Book 1

Enchanted Elemental Empires Book 3

by Sophea Chan

Genre: Clean Dark Fantasy Romance

Forbidden love. Buried secrets. A kingdom’s fate hangs in the balance.

Siles, heir to the all-powerful
Spectral Syndicate, has his future set. Until he meets Madi. A clever
historian with radical ideas, she awakens desires that could destroy
everything Siles has been groomed for.

As their passion deepens, they
uncover clues about the Syndicate’s shadowy past which could bring
the regime crumbling down. Before Madi can reveal what she knows,
tragedy strikes, and Siles is stripped of his title and exiled.

With nothing left to lose,
Siles must unravel the whispers of the past to regain his honor. Yet
lethal forces lurk in the darkness, ready to silence Siles
permanently.

The Syndicate will kill to keep
their sins buried. Will the forbidden whispers unite Siles and Madi,
or will the truths they reveal tear them apart forever?

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 Closed door fantasy writer of dark and twisty worlds, Sophea Chan is
dedicated to bringing you amazing stories pulled from the depths of
her imagination to take you on a trip you will never forget with a
hint of fright.

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Feral

 There’s something very, very wrong with the children.

Feral

by Bryan W. Alaspa

Genre: Historical Horror

 For Garland, the move to California is just what his family needs to
finally find comfort and success. After years of failed businesses,
this may be their last chance. However, making the journey across the
dangerous Sierra Nevadas is potentially deadly business in the 1800s.
The journey is long and arduous.

This time, though, Garland’s friend Silas says he met a man who has found an easier and
safer way to make the journey. Little does he know that his son is
having ominous dreams about their trip and that something lurks deep
within the woods. The long trek becomes harder and more difficult,
taking longer than promised. Soon, the entire train of wagons,
horses, and people is trapped in the mountains.

Then, the snow comes and buries them. As a small party sets off for rescue, no
one knows that the thing within the woods that has been calling to
the children is ready. Beneath the snow, as the travellers fight off
starvation, a true nightmare starts—an ancient nightmare with sharp
teeth that affects the children. Now, the screaming starts, and the
true horror begins.

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non-fiction works. He has been writing since he sat down at his
mother’s electric typewriter back in the third grade and pounded out
his first three-page short story. He spent time studying journalism
and other forms of writing. He turned to writing as his full-time
career in 2006 when he began writing freelance, online and began
writing novels and books.

He is the author of dozens of books in both fiction and
non-fiction and numerous short stories and articles.

Mr. Alaspa writes true crime, history, horror, thrillers,
mysteries, detective stories and tales about the supernatural.

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