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May 30, 2024
The White Raven Series
Legacies meets Lost Girl in this fast-paced new urban fantasy
trilogy.
When the supernatural world decides to kick your ass…
Smile and kick it right back.
The Blade of Balance
The White Raven Book
3
by M.J. Moores
Genre: YA Urban
Fantasy
No
job. No alliance. No clue…
This isn’t about Dray
finding herself anymore. This is war. Her BFF-Familiar is holding the
fort at the club. Wolf Boy is in uber Nexus protection mode, and the
drive-her-mentalist is tracking a missing dragon.
It’s
time to go hunting… but seeking the essence required to jumpstart
the Blade of Balance drops Dray squarely in everyone’s crosshairs.
Really, nowhere better to be than on the brink of social annihilation
behind enemy lines. Unfortunately, the key to unlocking the power of
the Blade lies with Dray’s less-than-strategic ability to negotiate
with severely unbalanced forces… and deciphering the meaning
of the final riddle.
If Dray is only the Seeker… who,
then, is the Wielder?
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Lost
Girl meets Legacies
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mystery be sure to snatch a copy of The Blade of Balance today!
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The White Raven Book
2
It’s a bird, it’s a plane. No… it’s
a
murder-hornet!
Stuck in raven
form after her run-in with the most insane wizard alive, Dray is
content to focus on healing. But the djinn she negotiated help from
has other plans. He sends a warning via stinger in mid-air, forcing
Dray to shift before she’s ready. The hostile calling card parrots
in her head as she plummets to the ground: Time’s up. Favour’s
due.
Back on the asphalt, Dray barely has time to take a
breath, or a step, before getting blasted by a second summons. She’s
on the fae council’s radar, big time. No one else can root-out the
maniac wizard who spliced her soul (Public Enemy No.1), so the
council offers Dray a deal she can’t refuse. Being a high school
outcast never prepared her for this kind of popularity contest.
Can
she survive spying for the good guys while breaking the djinn (Public
Enemy No.2) out of jail right under their noses?
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The Hollow Kiss
The White Raven Book
1
Bloody Walls and Supernatural Espionage Were Not on the Final
Exam
Graduation meant a whole new world away from the
labels of outcast and freak, but a supernatural
abduction leaves Corvina Dray with a hole in her memory and a deadly
kiss.
Inexplicably drawn to a dark stranger in a back
alley, Dray’s soul-sucking lip-lock lands her with a DB and the
local PD on her trail. Then, a girl she doesn’t remember shows up
out of nowhere and helps her dispose of the corpse.
Dray’s
dead-body-bestie initiates her into an underground world with only
one rule— expose the fae and suffer the consequences. But
navigating this piranha-paradise to hunt down the maniac responsible
for her transformation is likely to kill her… or worse.
Can
Dray reverse the curse before she spends the rest of her life in an
orange jumpsuit?
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MJ Moores has dabbled in all things writing since the age of nine. With
a minor in creative writing, a decade teaching high school English
and Drama, and more than twenty full-length works of fiction under
her belt, her seven years as a freelance editor can only be the
cherry on top of a life surrounded by story and words. Lately, you
can find her working at the library on the days she’s not dealing
with a flurry of words for her latest book.
MJ loves to write upper YA adventure in sci-fi, fantasy, and
suspense. Her newest series, The White Raven, is a
fast-paced urban fantasy with a strong female lead, and a hint of
mystery. Imagine Legacies meets Lost Girl —
Hold your breath and dive into the adventure.
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Once Upon a Realm
Remixed Fairy Tales by Diverse Voices
Once Upon a Realm
Remixed Fairy Tales
by Diverse Voices
Genre: YA fairytale
retellings set in fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian worlds
with stories by K.R.S. McEntire, Montrez, Alicia Ellis, R.L. Medina, E.M. Lacey,
Krystina Coles
A
biracial teen is forced into a betrothal with an enigmatic lord. A
Latina teen races to recover her stolen identity and escape a dark
fae court. A Black teen with forbidden abilities rescues his lover
from a dystopian regime.
In Once Upon A Realm,
familiar fairy tales are reenvisioned and reborn as six authors from
Black and/or Latina backgrounds create novella-length stories that
transport readers to fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian worlds. Each
story shatters stereotypes and challenges traditional narratives,
inviting readers to see themselves reflected in tales of adventure,
magic, romance, and strength. Fans of The Lunar Chronicles, A
Blade So Black, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, and Cinderella
is Dead will fall in love with these fresh, fierce takes on
fairy tales.
This collection includes:
Red in the Woods by
K. R. S. McEntire, inspired by Little Red Riding Hood
Shadow and Song by
Montrez, inspired by Peter Pan
Circuits and Nerve by
Alicia Ellis, inspired by Hansel and Gretel
These Sapphire Walls by
Krystina Coles, inspired by Bluebeard
A Bloodstained Sun by
E. M. Lacey, inspired by Snow White
Waking Up by R. L.
Medina, inspired by Sleeping Beauty
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May 29, 2024
Faeries Don’t Lie
Can Two Worlds Survive an Augury?
Faeries Don’t Lie
Heart of the Worlds Book 1
by TF Burke
Genre: YA Epic Fantasy
TF Burke currently works with NYT David Farland’s Apex-Writers as an admin and marketing specialist, where she schedules industry leaders for weekly multi-Zoom calls, provides content for social posts, and hosts several writer-focused Zooms.Her published works includes hundreds of newspaper articles, blog posts across various platforms, anthologies, including MURDERBUGS, the second volume of the Unhelpful Encyclopediam a collection of short stories in WHIRL OF THE FAE, and the first book of the Heart of the Worlds Series, FAERIES DON’T LIE.When not writing or wearing other hats, she can be found with a sword and a dagger in her hands for medieval-style fencing tournaments and melees, something she’s been doing since 2010.Website * Facebook * Instagram * Bookbub * Amazon * Goodreads
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The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries
Nurse Trudy Genova mixes her movie studio consulting work with her
nose for murder!
Death in the Orchard
The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries Book 3
by M.K. Graff
Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural, Amateur Sleuth
The third Trudy Genova mystery from award-winning author M. K. Graff
brings Trudy home, leaving her New York City studio consulting job to
visit her rural hometown of Schoharie, three hours north. NYPD
detective Ned O’Malley accompanies Trudy, primed to meet her family,
but with a secret mission to find out what really happened when her
father died eleven years ago.
Mario Genova’s death was deemed
a tragic accident, but Trudy feels there was more to her beloved
father acting out of character the day before he died. After years of
hard work building a successful apple orchard business with her
mother, Mario cleaned out their bank accounts. No reason-and no
money-was ever found. As Trudy and Ned try to investigate without
informing her family of their actions, a new death occurs on Genova
Orchards property, and once again Trudy’s family is under scrutiny.
“A welcome and forceful return of MK Graff’s Trudy Genova, Death in the Orchard is a well-
crafted and thought-provoking story of unexplained death and
cold-blooded murder, as Trudy sets out to solve the death of her
father with her NYPD boyfriend Ned O’Malley. The couple return to the
Genova family orchards to dig into the past as the present threatens
to shake the family to their very core.
Graff deals us a cold case of
family intrigue, a small-town conspiracy, and a terrifying leap into
the unknown, as her heroine comes face to face with a secret she
thought would never be told, a case impossible to solve, and a dogged
determination to finally get to the truth.
A masterclass in laying the threads bare and knitting them together in a satisfying conclusion.”
Mandy Morton, Author of The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency series
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Death at the Dakota
The Trudy Genova
Manhattan Mysteries 2
Nurse Trudy Genova is making plans to take her relationship with NYPD
detective Ned O’Malley to the next level when she lands a gig as
medical consultant on a film shoot at the famed Dakota apartment
building in Manhattan, which John Lennon once called home. Then star
Monica Kiley goes missing, a cast member turns up dead, and it
appears Trudy might be next. Meanwhile Ned tackles a mysterious
murder case in which the victim is burned beyond recognition. When
his investigations lead him back to the Dakota, Trudy finds herself
wondering: how can she fall in love if she can’t even
survive?
Readers of Death Unscripted, the first book in
the Trudy Genova Manhattan Mystery series, will find the same
pleasures in this sequel: fast pacing, engaging characters, twists
and turns on the way to a satisfying close. Once again M.K. Graff
reveals her talents in crafting this delightful mix of amateur sleuth
and police procedural.
Part procedural, part cozy, Death
at the Dakota is a well-crafted and highly entertaining mystery.-
Bruce Robert Coffin, #1 bestselling author of the Detective Byron
mysteries.
I fell in love — not only with
co-protagonists, Trudy and Ned, the richly detailed and historic
setting of The Dakota, and the unique cast of characters, but with
the unusual plot of Death at the Dakota. Sherry Harris, Agatha Award
nominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries
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Death Unscripted
The Trudy Genova
Manhattan Mysteries Book 1
Trudy Genova has the best job any nurse could want, working on set as
a medical consultant for a NY movie studio. No more uniforms, bedpans
or emergencies, until at the actor whose overtures she’s refused dies
suddenly while taping a hospital scene–but not before pointing his
finger accusingly at Trudy. When detectives view Trudy as a suspect,
she sets out on an investigation to clear her name. Then a second
death occurs, and Trudy realizes she’s put herself in jeopardy.
A
new mystery from the award-winning author of the Nora Tierney English
Mystery Series, DEATH UNSCRIPTED is based on the authors’ real work
experience during her nursing career and is the mystery series
British Queen of Crime P. D. James insisted she write. A mix of
amateur sleuth and police procedural, the story is told in first
person from Trudy’s point of view, and in third from NYPD Detective
Ned O’Malley
Marilyn Chris, Obie and Drama Desk
Award-winning actor who played Wanda Wolek on ABC’s soap “One
Life to Live” notes: “Graff gets behind the scenes of soaps
just right, as well she should–she was there!”
Edith
Maxell, national bestselling author of multiple mystery series says:
“Your blood pressure will soar during M. K. Graff’s new
Manhattan Mystery, as nurse Trudy Genova takes the pulse of a killer
during a soap opera filming in Death Unscripted. You won’t even think
about changing the channel during this smart, suspenseful
mystery.”
And Triss Stein, author of the Erica Donato
Mysteries, has this to say: “Soap opera drama is as intense on
the set as it is on the screen. Sometimes Trudy Genova, consulting
nurse, feels like the only sane person in the room. Join her as she
copes with huge ego, daily melodrama, an attractive detective, and
life in New York . . . plus murder. The city and the studio provide
intriguing backgrounds for this entertaining mystery.”
Helen
Smith, UK author of the The Emily Castle Mysteries, agrees that Death
Unscripted is “an engaging story featuring a charming amateur
sleuth. A great start to a mystery series.”
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Marni Graff is the award-winning author of The Nora Tierney
English Mysteries and The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries.
Her stories are in several anthologies, including the Anthony
Award-winning Malice Domestic’s Murder Most Edible. She is
Managing Editor of Bridle Path Press, a crime book reviewer, and
blogs for Miss Demeanors. Graff is a member of Sisters in Crime,
Mavens of Mayhem SinC, Triangle SinC, Mystery People UK, and the
International Association of Crime Writers. She lives in eastern NC
with her husband and two Aussiedoodles.
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Come Home to Death
It appears you can go home again,
but sometimes, you shouldn’t.
Come Home to Death
by
Marilyn Levinson
Genre:
Suspense, Thriller
“A master of the mystery and
suspense genre.”
—Midwest Book Review
Erica
Parker has barely been a bride nine months when two thugs show up at
her apartment while her husband is away on one of his infamous
business trips, claiming he owes their boss a large gambling debt.
Frightened for her life, and without any other options, she heads for
her childhood Long Island home she escaped three years ago. And swore
never to return.
The aunts who raised her are as
interfering and controlling as ever, but soon as the family attorney
advances the rest of her trust from her parents’ life insurance,
she can return to normalcy. Except he refuses, instead spouting
nonsense about how, if she waits, she will soon inherit millions. On
her twenty-fifth birthday.
Problem is, someone doesn’t want
her to live that long.
Her aunts are harboring secrets,
people are turning up dead, her husband is nowhere to be found, and
someone’s trying to kill her. It appears you can go home again, but
sometimes, you shouldn’t.
*Fans of Janet
Evanovich, Lisa Gardner, and Mary Russell will enjoy “Come Home
To Death” by Marilyn Levinson
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Levinson writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for young
readers. Her Golden Age of Mystery Book Club series was a King Rivers
Life Magazine’s “Best of 2014,” and on Book Town’s 2014
Summer Mystery Reading List. She’s an Agatha nominee, a Library
Journal “Pick of the Month,” on Goodreads’s list of the 200
“Most Popular Books Published in 2017,” a Suspense Magazine
Best Indie, and was on Book Town’s Summer (and) Fall Reading Lists.
She also writes under Allison Brook. She is co-founder and past
president of the Long Island chapter of Sisters in Crime. She resides
in New York with her family. www.marilynlevinson.com
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The Descendants Series
Fail the tests and become a slave. Display defectiveness and be put to death.
The Unbroken
The Descendants Series Book 3
by Destiny Hawkins
Genre: New Adult Dark Dystopian Fantasy, SciFi
They said that the Monroe Academy Bootcamp Program was meant to break its trainees.
With one last attempt at proving her worth, she was counting on the worst.
The Bootcamp Program at Monroe Academy was Rayah’s last and only hope. Within just a few short months, she would have to display her abilities in front of the council and prove her strength. If she passed, she’d level up, but if she failed, then everything would have been for nothing.
The pain, the suffering, the training, the loneliness…the sacrifices…
Rayah was determined to make it all count, and now that she was able to manifest her light, it was time to take things to the next level.
The rookie vex signed up to take part in one of the most advanced training programs that the academy provided.
She knew that in breaking, it would be her last chance to unlock the mental barriers that blocked the path to her energy.
And she was willing to endure anything to make that happen.
Bestselling author Destiny Hawkins brings you the third installment of a gripping dark fantasy where a powerless girl must survive in a society that doesn’t accept the weak…or the defective.
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The Calling
The Descendants Book 2
She was given a second chance to prove that she could manifest her powers.
She had no idea she’d have to hide them.
Ever since Rayah could remember, she had always been different from everyone else. Not only was she the prized daughter of the greatest collectors known to history, but she was also branded a null.
To the students of Monroe Academy, Rayah was a privileged failure. A lightless lighter. A worthless Lytonian. And if it weren’t for her parents, they would have been calling her a slave years ago.
In only a few months, Rayah had to present her abilities to the council and prove to them that she was worthy of walking the halls of the academy, but Major Artemis St. James, her tormentor and superior officer, would stop at nothing to keep her from excelling.
Failing the leveling meant becoming the property of the man who taught her the very meaning of pain.
It would have also made her mother’s sacrifice for nothing.
With the test date closing in, Rayah learned that she was able to use her powers at an elite level, but even though that meant she had power, it made her chances of leveling impossible. There was no way that she’d be able to prove her worthiness now.
The standard colors of a Lytonians powers are white, royal blue, and turquoise blue.
Rayah’s were black…
And she could only use them in the dark.
Bestselling author Destiny Hawkins brings you the second installment of a gripping dark fantasy where a powerless girl must survive in a society that doesn’t accept the weak…or the defective.
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The Descendants
The Descendants Series Book 1
Fail the tests and become a slave. Display defectiveness and be put to death.
Monroe Academy was built to separate the weak from the strong.
*Pass the biyearly leveling and be released into society upon graduation.
*Fail to be promoted and be placed into servitude.
Branded as the academy null, these were the laws that applied to all but Rayah Bardeau. The Lighter with no light.
After Rayah’s mother made a devastating sacrifice, Rayah was given six years to make her required level. Now, with only a few months left to prove herself, she was still the same level she’s been since she was ten years old.
A level one.
Overwhelmed by the upcoming test, consumed by guilt, and wary of academy bullies, Rayah could only dream of escaping her world.
…And one night, her dream had come true…
Only, when Rayah reawakened in her dorm, she couldn’t distinguish if she had only dreamed of the defect from the wild-lands, or if she had somehow used her Lighter Form to jump there, and everything she experienced was real.
But only the elite ― the most powerful of Lighters ― could manifest their Lighter Forms. Right?
And what was the dark energy that lurked just beneath the surface? Would Rayah be able to soon claim the title of a lighter, or would she discover that she was something else entirely?
Bestselling author Destiny Hawkins brings you the first installment of a gripping dark fantasy where a powerless girl must survive in a society that doesn’t accept the weak…or the defective.
Content Advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of violence and death. Reader discretion is advised.
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Destiny Hawkins is a multi-genre author with a dark imagination and a love for magic.
She enjoys exploring the freedom of life, writing, listening to music, reading, and of course watching some anime! Her favorite genres to read and work in are Fantasy, LGBT, Paranormal, Romance, Dystopian, Sci-fi, and Young Adult.
Destiny loves creating stories and building worlds that both teach and entertain! When writing, she sticks to her slogan: Where beauty can be found in darkness.
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Uriel Through Eleanor
Unlike any memoir you’ve ever read.
As absurd as it is devastating.
A literal tug of war between competing and compelling versions of the truth.
Uriel Through Eleanor
by Brian Prousky
Genre: Historical Fiction
Uriel “Uri” Katz, World War Two veteran, concentration camp liberator, devout atheist, contrarian, cynic and lifelong bachelor, places an ad in a newspaper seeking a “typist” to assist him in writing his memoir and receives only one reply, from a woman, named Eleanor, who negotiates a deal with him that includes room and board.
Within days of her arrival, Eleanor begins inserting herself into Uri’s story. So much so that she eventually becomes one of its main characters. And while Uri is dismayed and, at times, exasperated by this turn of events, he’s also grown accustomed to Eleanor’s company and cooking, and, as such, begrudgingly puts up with the semi-appropriation of his memoir.
Though what remains imperceptible to Uri—until the novel’s final, thrilling pages—is that Eleanor’s appearance in his life wasn’t coincidental; it was manufactured by her. And that the two have been intricately linked since the day he marched into the concentration camp.
Brian Prousky’s dazzling new book is memoir-writing turned on its head. It’s a story about storytelling itself. About the power of language to shape and misshape history. And about the equal perils of sharing and not sharing deep-held secrets.
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Brian Prousky spent most of his life as two distinct people. The first held a day job and raised a family and was public and sociable. The second ruminated over sentences and wrote books in secret and dreamed of a living a literary life. They shared little in common, mostly their obsessions: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Mozart, Saul Bellow, Roberto Bolano, tennis and hockey.
Somehow, summoning up a kind of courage or resolve he’d assumed was absent from his DNA, the first Brian Prousky left his day job, revealed his secret and dedicated himself full-time to writing. And the two Brian Prouskys became one. Now the author of five novels, a collection of short stories and two books of poetry, he lives and works in Toronto, where most of his characters, who struggle with secret and often conflicted lives of their own, and who never quite fit in, do as well.
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May 27, 2024
Conjoined
At their relationship’s core lies a convergence of secrets and deception, while their heart showcases the unbreakable bond that binds two souls in a twisted dance of deceit.
Conjoined
by K.T. George
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Allyson Marta is a celebrated mixed-media artist dwelling in the shadows of Seattle’s gritty underbelly. She struggles with Borderline Personality Disorder while grappling with the jagged edges of self-harm and past suicide attempts. Her identical twin, Andrea, is a hedonist at heart. She thrives as the vibrant art director of the cult-favorite “The Caretaker” horror movie series, which ensnares devotees in its macabre embrace. When H0rr Studios, the go-to streaming service of horror fans worldwide and Andrea’s employer, reports her missing, Allyson finds herself torn between her ongoing recovery and helping to unravel the mystery shrouding her histrionic twin’s whereabouts
After Roger Wotke, the star of The Caretaker, also disappears, Allyson is thrust into a perilous crossroads where the twin demons of mental anguish and familial duty collide. In a descent into the abyss of society’s dark appetite for what goes bump in the night, Allyson grapples with safeguarding her tenuous sanity or delving deeper into the labyrinth of depravity that threatens to expose not just her own darkest secrets, but also those of her family.
Early reviews:“Creepy…Addictive…” – Goodreads reviewer.
“…draws the reader in quickly and the plot, characters, dialogue…make it hard to put down.” – ARC review.
“…an especially fascinating read.” – Bookbaby Editor
“That twist at the end! Seriously freaking great! the very last page 
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K.T. George resides in the heart of Chicago with their family of four and their beloved fluffer, Lincoln. They draw inspiration from the vibrant cityscape that surrounds them and the people who live there. Formerly an esteemed I.T. Executive and cybersecurity expert, their unique ability to seamlessly transition from science to art has cemented their status as a formidable force in the literary realm. Learn more at www.ktgeorge.com.
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Dream without fear. When dreams are nourished with faith and actions, dreams bloom into realities.
Jose, a self-taught artist, had no formal training in art, no scholastic qualifications and had very challenging life experiences as an international sailor, chef, watchmaker and stone mason. How can one be multi-skilled and pass international standards without proper educational training?
This book will make you rethink how adversity, grief and loss can cause so much pain, and yet these life challenges can facilitate creativity, and be transformed into gifts and blessings for a meaningful and productive existence.
Get inspired by faith and determination that changed the course of life, and be entertained by the unconventional ways Jose educated and equipped himself with skills to achieve dreams and goals. The one-of-a-kind masterpieces in this book and Jose’s life are testimonials that creativity can really transform lives. Miracles do happen, and anyone can manifest miracles if they sincerely believe in themselves and in the intervention of the unseen power of the Supreme Creator.
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Some of the art pieces were highlighted with microlights when photographed. The results were beyond expectations— almost miraculous!—as Jose does not have any significant artistic talents or training nor did he have prior plans to create these artworks. He did not even have prototypes and didn’t even know how to draw. He was diagnosed as colour blind for most colours (except for traffic lights), so he asked Lourdes to help with the colours for the installation of the right microlights.
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His greatest realization is that to connect with the Supreme Creator, the Master Artist of the Universe, all he must do is pray to God as the most trusted Being. The nearest distance to be heard and make dreams manifest is between his knees and the floor. Nothing to lose, everything to gain. It is his life goal to help others realise the value of dreams, the need to act on them without fear and to fully trust God to guide them in their life journey no matter how difficult challenges can be.
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Jose Tugaff Amoloria is a man of multi-talents and skills. He is a professional watchmaker who had mastered most phases of watches: mechanical, automatic, quartz technology and modern watches. He created one-of-a-kind kinetic masterpieces made of collectible time pieces and watch parts, enhanced with microlights. He became a chef, and was personally taught a French masterchef’s family secret of French liquored ice cream.
Jose mastered stone masonry in record time. His experience in watch repair helped him to gain a feather touch to accomplish his masonry works. He is also an avid martial art practitioner of arnis, a Filipino martial art, and he is also a second-dan black belt in Karate, with a champion’s trophy to prove it. With so many other skills and abilities, Jose thanks God for the gifts and talents given to him.
Email: jjamoloria@gmail.com
Lourdes Villena Amoloria is an Amazon international best-selling author for her book Kiss From an Angel: How to Turn Your Grief Into a Gift From Heaven, published in Sydney, Australia, 2014.
Lourdes holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from La Salle, Bacolod City, Philippines, with a post graduate in counselling from the Australian College of Applied Psychology in Sydney, Australia.
Lourdes is on a mission to help others find the gift behind their grief, help with mental health issues, and live more productive lives with faith, self-responsibility and love in action.
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May 26, 2024
Bubba and Squirt’s Shield of Athena
A Greek Goddess and a Mythical Monster!
Bubba and Squirt’s Shield of Athena
Bubba and Squirt Book 4
by Sherry Ellis
Genre: Middle Grade Fiction, Adventure
A Greek Goddess and a Mythical Monster!
When Bubba and Squirt travel through the mysterious vortex on a quest to save their father, they end up in Athens, Greece where they meet an old woman known as the Oracle of Delphi. Her intriguing riddles set them on a path that leads to the Netherworld, a place where danger lurks around every corner.
With the help of their new friends and some unlikely allies, they must defeat the monster that holds their father captive. Will they succeed or be trapped forever in the labyrinth of the Netherworld?
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Sherry Ellis is an award-winning author and professional musician who plays and teaches the violin, viola, and piano. When she is not writing or engaged in musical activities, she can be found doing household chores, hiking, or exploring the world. Ellis has previously published Bubba and Squirt’s Big Dig to China; Bubba and Squirt’s Mayan Adventure; Don’t Feed the Elephant; Ten Zany Birds; That Baby Woke Me Up, AGAIN; and That Mama is a Grouch. Ellis lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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