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Displaced: book one COVER REVEAL

For Kendall, life since the Battle of Paradin has been quiet.  Lazy days sunning by the creek and spending time with the Sageden pack take up most of his time.  All it takes to change his peaceful life is an afternoon helping Hayden practice her magic.
When a displacement spell goes wrong, Kendall finds himself stranded in Thistendal, where he once again finds himself on the receiving end of the humans' hatred.  Lost in a land where shifters have been almost exterminated, he finds himself in charge of a young shifter who has lost her entire family and a woman he's drawn to despite his best efforts to ignore the attraction.
Neeka could never remember much from her childhood.  Most of what she knows has been told to her by her guardian.  A chance encounter with the very being she's been raised to fear has her questioning everything she thought she knew as fact.  How could Kendall be the evil thing she's been warned about when his touch sends shivers along her skin and has her yearning to explore the pull she feels toward him?
Born in a land where shifters are hunted, Rein has been living life on the run the entire seven years she's been alive.  Her family killed, she finds a fierce guardian in Kendall. Gifted with powers she's never been allowed to use, the young shifter finds herself wanted by shifters and humans alike.

Danger and adventure will follow their every step as they search for a seasoned magic wielder in a land where magic is forbidden. Can an outlander, a child, and a runaway manage to beat the odds when all the forces seem to be against them?

Displaced releases December 22, 2016!  

Under the Spanish Stars by Alli Sinclair

Amid the vivid beauty of Granada, a woman entrusted with unraveling a family secret will discover the truth about her heritage—and the alluring promise of love…

When her beloved grandmother falls ill, Charlotte Kavanagh will do whatever she asks of her—even if it means traveling to a country that broke her abuela's heart. Can an unsigned painting of a flamenco dancer unlock the secrets of her grandmother's youth in Spain? To find the answers she needs, Charlotte must convince the charismatic and gifted musician, Mateo Vives to introduce her to a secluded gypsy clan.   

The enigmatic Mateo speaks the true language of flamenco, a culture Charlotte must learn to appreciate if she wants to understand her grandmother's past—and the flamenco legend that has moved souls to beauty, and bodies to the heights of passion. As Mateo leads her into the captivating world of the music and the dance, Charlotte embraces her own long-denied creative gift and the possibility of a future rich with joy…
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Finding Honor by Ripley Proserpina

Finding Honor
The Searchers, book1
By Ripley Proserpina



Genre: New Adult, Reverse Harem
Releases on December 6, 2017
Blurb:

Love finds her in her darkest hours…

Nora Leslie’s twenty-year existence revolved around one thing—survival. A split second decision under a hail of gunfire saves the lives of her students and alters her own forever.  

When she wakes in the hospital, Nora finds herself a suspect in the worst tragedy to ever strike her small college town. Thrust into the spotlight as the villain, instead of the hero, she is in desperate need of allies

A chance meeting introduces her to Ryan Valore, a young law student searching to outrun the guilt of his past. With the world turned against her, Nora accepts his aid, and the help of his roommates, a group of guys with pasts as dark as her own. For them, Nora is everything they never believed they deserved.

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Ripley Proserpina spends her days huddled near a fire in the frozen northern wilds of Vermont. She lives with her family, two magnificent cats, and a dog who aspires to cat-hood. She is the author of the Reverse Harem series, The Searchers, and “Missing Linc” from the paranormal series, The Aegeans in the upcoming horror romance anthology, Bloody Kisses. Follow her on Facebook or sign up for her newsletter at www.ripleyproserpina.com.

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Face-Off at the Altar by Toni Aleo Cover Reveal

Coming December 29th







Markus Reeves is sucking. Big-time. Toiling away on a minor-league hockey team hundreds of miles away from home, he's watching his dreams of an NHL career fade away. Add in the lingering guilt he has over the dramatic demise of his relationship with college girlfriend, Mekena, and he's a mess on and off the ice.
But the family of his heart, the Sinclairs, won't let Markus suffer any longer. When he arrives himself back in Nashville for a trial run on the Assassins, it feels like his life may be making a turn for the better. If only he could get Mekena to forgive him...
Mekena Preston has been hurting since fleeing Nashville following the horror of Markus's betrayal with her sister. Now a professional photographer, Mekena finds herself in the same place at the same time with Markus to celebrate Lucy and Benji Paxton's wedding. Neither of them has been able to move on—and they're starting to wonder if they really want to.
They're headed for a face-off at the altar unless they can confront their past and unearth the truth about what really happened on that fateful night.














My name is Toni Aleo and I’m a total dork.
I am a wife, mother of two and a bulldog, and also a hopeless romantic.
I am the biggest Shea Weber fan ever, and can be found during hockey season with my nose pressed against the Bridgestone Arena’s glass, watching my Nashville Predators play!
When my nose isn’t pressed against the glass, I enjoy going to my husband and son’s hockey games, my daughter’s dance competition, hanging with my best friends, taking pictures, scrapbooking, and reading the latest romance novel.
I have a slight Disney and Harry Potter obsession, I love things that sparkle, I love the color pink, I might have been a Disney Princess in a past life… probably Belle.
… and did I mention I love hockey?

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Displaced: chapter five

For those of you keeping track, I'm even earlier in the week with this one.  lol  Happy reading, Sweetlings!

Chapter Five
“Grow up,” he mumbled to himself.  “You’re thirty and a bit old to be thinking the bad people are after you.”  But then again, it fit, didn’t it?  The men that were after him were definitely not good people.  By the moons, how had he managed find himself in this situation, though it served him right; he’d been the one daft enough to shift in front of them after knowing it was a bad idea to do so.  It had just been a reflex, really.  When a man comes at you with a dagger, it’s just easier to deal with when you’re a tiger.  Most bad people are scared of tigers.He glanced at his surroundings.  It truly was beautiful here, in a strange and different kind of way.  He looked up at the starlit sky, searching for the moons to help lighten his mood. Not able to find them behind the clouds, he closed his eyes.  The surprise on Neeka’s face when he’d shifted filled his thoughts.Of course, that surprise hadn’t lasted long.  Had she really thought he’d meant to hurt her?  He wasn’t sure why it bothered him that she’d been so scared.  It had been the right thing to do, he argued with himself.  They’d never suspect she might have known what he was.  He growled.  What was wrong with these beings?His train of thought was interrupted by a noise to his left.  He froze.  The sound came again and he crouched low before making his way closer.Kendall stared.  It was a child.  Should he leave?  Maybe it was a trap.  He shifted his weight from one foot to the other, careful not to reveal his position behind the bush.  He ran a hand through his shaggy black hair and turned to leave then stopped as another small sob shook the child’s tiny frame.  He growled.“Damn it.”  He took another look around the woods, his light blue eyes processing anything that might be a threat before stepping out from behind the bush.  “Hello, there, Sweetling.  What seems to be the problem?”
The little girl jumped to her feet and pulled a dagger from her belt.  It was almost bigger than her.  Her own blue eyes were narrowed with suspicion and still full of tears.  Kendall held his hands up.  From the way she was holding her weapon in front of her he was sure she didn’t know how to use it.“There, there, now.  No worries.  How old are you, Sweetling?”“Seven.”  Kendall had to strain to hear the answer.“What’s your name?”  He squatted so he could look her in the eyes.  “Reinshatynn.”Kendall fought the urge to gawk. That was quite a name for a small girl.  “Nice to meet you, Rein…”  He smirked and was glad to hear her giggle.  “Can I call you Rein?”She nodded.“I’m Kendall.”  He glanced around once more.  “Where are your mum and dad, Rein?”A fresh stream of tears spilled down her face.  He patted the shoulder length, curly blond hair awkwardly.  Rein pointed and he walked in that general direction.  “Mind if I borrow that dagger?”She handed it over willingly and he stuck it in his belt.He looked down as a small hand took his and was about to tell her to let go when he noticed the scared look on her face.“Take my other hand, Sweetling.  I’ll need this one if I have to pull my dagger.”  He reached around and pulled her to his other side.“Over there.”  Rein’s voice was just a whisper.  Kendall motioned for her to stay put and be quiet, then crouched low and made his way so that he was hidden behind a fallen tree.  Careful not to be seen, he peeked into the clearing.  His heart sank.  In the center of the clearing was a tree.  Scattered around the base of the tree lay ten beings, young and old, all of them slaughtered.  He swore under his breath.“I want you to stay right here, do you understand, Sweetling?”Rein nodded and he made his way cautiously toward the tree and the bodies it seemed to be watching over.  He knelt down and peered at the injuries.  Whatever had killed them hadn’t been an animal.  The cuts were too deep and too clean.  He noticed that all of them, men and women, had light to dark blond hair.  The ones who had died with their eyes opened all had eyes in varying shades of blue.Kendall jumped back as an arrow planted into the body of an old man he’d been inspecting.  He pivoted and shifted, his long tiger stride getting him out of the clearing before another of the arrows managed to get lucky.  Rein’s eyes bugged out of her head at the sight of the big cat jumping over the fallen tree.Kendall shifted back and picked her up under one arm.  He never stopped running.  An arrow thudded into a tree not too far from where he had just been.“By the moons, Rein, I can’t run fast enough carrying you.”  He stopped and put her down.  He looked up at the sound of screaming and yelling coming from the direction of the clearing.  He ran a hand over his face and his weeklong stubble scratched at his palm.  Could he take them on?  He growled.  They’d just taken out ten beings and he was just one.Rein was staring at him, her eyes wide with fear.“No worries, Sweetling.  I won’t be leaving you.”“We need to run?”  Her voice was just a whisper.  “Away from the herd?”  Her tiny nostrils flared.Kendall nodded.  He wasn’t sure where the herd was, but if it was close to where they were, then away from it was the option of choice.“Where is the herd?”She gestured toward the clearing.  “My herd.”He frowned.  He hadn’t heard anyone talk like this unless they were talking about packs.Rein looked back toward the sound of the men coming closer.  She stomped her foot.  Kendall watched confounded as she shifted into a cream colored filly with long graceful legs.  Had she been a regular horse he’d have guessed her to be a yearling.  She blew out of her nose and shook out her short mane.  An arrow thudded into the tree ten feet from them.“Alright, Sweetling.  Let’s run.”  He shifted.Kendall kept looking back to make sure he wasn’t leaving the filly behind.  He had to admit he was amazed at the stamina Rein was demonstrating.He heard hoof beats catching up to them.  Rein glanced back and she managed to run faster than she was already going.  Her eyes were wild with fear.  The sound of metal being released from a scabbard touched his ears and he growled.  He slowed slightly, letting Rein get ahead of him.The man on the horse laughed.  “I’ve got you now, freak.”Kendall maneuvered so that he was on the opposite side of the horse the man’s sword was on.  He stopped abruptly then launched himself sideways so that his shoulder connected with the horse’s.  The man screamed as the three of them went down in a tangle of legs and bodies.  The tiger stood swiftly and clamped his jaws down on the back of the man’s neck.  The screaming stopped abruptly.  A quick glance back confirmed that none of the other humans were on horseback and Kendall leaped off after Rein who had been smart enough to keep moving.When he was sure they had put enough distance between themselves and whoever had eliminated Rein’s herd, he stopped and shifted back.  He had a hundred questions to ask and bit them all back as the filly turned into a scared seven-year-old girl once again.  Her chest was heaving from the run and the sobs she couldn’t hold back.“Come here, Sweetling.”  He held out his arm and Rein buried herself against his chest.  “Shush, now, it’s alright.”She shook her head.  “Dad told me to hide.”  She ran a hand over her face to wipe her tears away.  “We were far.  Why did they come?”“I don’t know, Rein.”  He smoothed down her hair.  “What did your dad call you when he talked about your herd?”“Cremels.  What are you?” “I’m a Namael.  We’re cat shifters.  There are also the Majs where I’m from.  They turn into dogs.”“Are there bad people there, too?”“There are, Sweetling.”  He noticed her shiver as the breeze picked up.  “Let’s get some rest, alright?  Tomorrow we’ll try to figure out what to do.  If I can find a magic wielder…”  It occurred to him that Rein was probably too young to know much about where she should go or who might care for her.  “Are there other Cremel herds?”Rein’s eyes widened and filled with tears.“It’s alright, Sweetling.  We’ll figure it out.  I don’t want to light a fire in case someone sees.  Here,” he reached back and pulled off his tunic.  “Put this on.”  He rolled up the sleeves for her and smiled.  He could barely tell there was a girl under the shirt.  He pulled ferns from the ground, laying them over the dead leaves and made a bed for her.  “There you are.Rein settled under a particularly large fern.  “Kendall?”“Hmm?”“Will the bad people find us?”“Not if I can help it.”“Kendall?”“Yes?”“Why don’t they like us?”He frowned.  “Well, umm, what did your dad tell you when you asked him?”“He didn’t.  He said when he knew he would tell me.”Kendall raised an eyebrow in the direction of the clearing.  He supposed it was as good of an answer as any, but he was sure that Rein deserved a bit more of an explanation after watching her whole herd slaughtered just for being able to turn into horses.  “Do you know, Sweetling, I think that the main reason the bad people don’t like us is because they are scared.”  He tried to remember the conversation with his father on the subject.“Is that what makes them bad?”“I think so.  I think that because they don’t understand, they get scared.  That makes them want to get rid of us.  Maybe someone they knew had a bad experience with a shifter and so word got around we were bad…”  He reminded himself he was speaking to a seven-year-old.  “I’m not sure, Sweetling, though I’m sure that fear is a big part of it.  Things that are different are scary.  The difference between the good and bad people is how they deal with that fear.  Does that make sense?”“I think so.”  She yawned and settled deeper into the ferns.“Alright.  Go to sleep, now.”“Kendall?”“Hmm?”“Goodnight.”“Goodnight, Sweetling.”  Kendall leaned back against a tree.  Was it safe to head back to the town he’d just left?  Probably not.  He’d been seen supposedly trying to eat a woman.  Not to mention that there was Neeka.  He didn’t want to see the fear in her eyes. He frowned.  Supposing he didn’t run into anyone he’d met and he managed to ask someone about Neeka, would anyone suspect what Rein was?  He could claim she was his daughter.  Their eyes almost matched but the contrast in hair color was immense.  Tomorrow he would find a way to turn her hair black.  That should also keep anyone from suspecting she was a Cremel.Rein whimpered in her sleep and Kendall looked down at the small bump under the fern.  He felt his anger rise.  Whatever else happened while he was stuck here he would make sure to find another herd for her to live with.  He growled low in his throat.  Though he didn’t want to sympathize with the humans back home, he could see how beings that could shift into wolves and tigers might be a frightening thing.  But horses?  What in the world did the humans here think a herd of horse shifters was going to do to them?  He saw Rein shiver and lay down beside her.“Shush, Sweetling.  It’s alright.  I’m here.”  He shifted into his tiger so he could keep her warmer and pulled her and the ferns against him with a paw that almost covered the span of her little torso.  All his military training kicked in.  His ears heard the slightest sound; his eyes captured the smallest movement in the dim light of the moons.  His tail twitched.
Tomorrow, he’d have a plan.  Tomorrow, he’d decide what he needed to do.

Sassy Ever After Kindle Worlds Dec Releases

Sassy Ink by C.M. BenjaminBlurb:Greyson West never wanted to join the hunt, but the death of one brother forces him to take the oath in order to protect another. Bound to the dangerous pack of shifters hell bent on murdering humans, Grey plays his part until he meets, Etti, a smart-mouthed tattoo artist with a dark family secret.
When a dangerous encounter brings them together, their attraction is instant. Etti’s instinct to trust the sexy shifter saves her life, but now they find themselves both on the run. The hunt’s Alpha is determined to make Grey pay for breaking his oath. Their only chance of escape lies with Etti’s family, but even they can’t be trusted.
Together, they face the fight of their lives as the hunt closes in. Is their love strong enough to survive? Or will the hunt win?
Reader Note: This book is based in Milly Taiden’s Sassy Mates world, and in that spirit, there is plenty of hot sex, a sassy heroine, hunky shifters and action that won’t quit. (This book contains sexual content and mature language.)
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Award-Winning author, Christina Benjamin, lives in Florida with her husband, and character inspiring pets, where she spends her free time working on her books and speaking to inspire fellow writers.

Christina is best known for her wildly popular Young Adult series, The Geneva Project.
Her best-selling novel, The Geneva Project - Truth, has won multiple awards and stolen the hearts of YA readers. Packed with magic and imagination, her epic tale of adventure hooks fans of mega-hit YA fiction like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson.

Christina loves to read and write across genres. YA is her favorite but she's a sucker for a good love story. Don't miss her romance, paranormal and historical fiction, as well as the multiple anthologies she's been a part of.

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Sass Master by Marianne Morea
Blurb:

Sassy and independent, Jewel Randall is not one for easy trust. Adopted as a human infant into the veiled world of the supernatural, she grew up thinking she was nothing special. That certainty dissolved the moment her strong gut instinct exploded with unsettling premonitions. With her world in a tailspin, she heads home for help in figuring out why, only to find her past waiting for her in more ways than one.
Ethan Lowe, local bad boy shifter of the Catamount Pride, has haunted Jewel’s dreams for a decade. When the two meet again, old passions ignite, reawakening desires and regret she’d rather not face, especially not with everything she believed about herself challenged by revelations that threaten to destroy her. Literally.
Can she learn to accept the truth about herself as well as her feelings for Ethan and learn to trust? Can she learn to control her newfound abilities and save herself? It’ll take help—from her past, present and future. 
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I'm a New Yorker, born and bred, and my stories embody the grit and complexity of the city. An avid traveler, I use my experiences from around the world in all my books. There isn't a place my characters live or travel to that I haven't been myself.
Like most authors, my love affair with the written word started as a child with the books I read. Even today, I love to read almost as much as I love to write. My favorite stories are the ones that bring me to places and introduce me to characters that leave me breathless, allowing me to dream in the world of 'what if?'
From the time I could write my name I've been scribbling stories. So it was no surprise when I earned degrees in both Journalism and Fine Art, but after working in the trenches of Madison Avenue as a Graphic Artist, I decided to do what I love most full time. Write.
In the meantime I am also a founding member and former President of The Paranormal Romance Guild, a not-for-profit organization for readers and authors of the genre, and when I'm not 'bichok' (but in a chair hands on keyboard), I'm spending time with my husband and our three kids, traveling to exciting, romantic places...for inspiration, of course!




A Touch of Sass by Bianca D'Arc

Blurb:
What’s an Alpha to do when the woman of his dreams turns out to be not only human, but a nosey researcher to boot? Oh yeah, and she’s riled up the more backwards members of his new pack to the point that they’ve targeted her for death. He has to step in and save her, no matter how much he thinks he’d be better off without the warm bundle of complications in his arms.
Maria has a thing for Sexy Shane, as she calls him in her mind. He’s the leader of the local wolf pack she’s been trying to study from afar. If she could just get hard evidence about some of their rituals and practices, her academic career would be made, but these wolves are elusive.
When she overhears two of them talking about a ceremony in the woods, she sets up surveillance. She doesn’t realize it’s a trap until Sexy Shane tracks her down and proves to her that not only was she in danger, but that he’s just the big bad wolf to save her…and rock her world.
It’s a rocky road to romance for Shane and Maria, though. Will his pack accept her or will he have to fight to the death to keep her? And can she adapt to live with the wild and wooly Hearthstone pack? They’ll face danger and find love, trying to find out.
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Bianca D'Arc started her professional life running a laboratory. After grad school, she started to climb the corporate ladder in the shark-infested streets of lower Manhattan. Along the way, she studied various forms of the martial arts, racked up hundreds of thousands of frequent flyer miles, and learned that life is too short to spend it doing something you dislike. She now writes full time and loves it more than anything, though she'll always miss her first love... her laboratory.




Twice the Sass by Melanie James
Blurb:
Cursed by the Fates at birth, Tad and Taavi Olsen have until their twenty-fifth birthday to find the one true mate they must share for an eternity. With the deadline hanging over their heads, they finally catch the scent of their fated mate. Will she accept them in time to save their lives, or will they prove to be too hot for one curvy female to handle.
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NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Melanie James writes steamy paranormal romances, paranormal comedy, and contemporary romance books. Her laugh-out-loud romantic comedies will keep you coming back for each new book in a series and her erotic contemporary romances will have you reaching for the ice. With over 25 books to choose from you are sure to find many additions to your romance library. Melanie is married to a wonderful man who supports her dreams and goals. She has two children, three step-children, a beautiful daughter-in-law, and an adorable grand-baby. 
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Sassy Blaze by Claudy Conn
Blurb:
Zoie is working for her PhD and doesn’t want romance to get in the way. She doesn’t have the time. A Big Bad Wolf (Owen Slade) walks in on her one night and changes everything.
Rocco is pulling out all stops as he tries to keep Caleb from taking over the Rahound Pack as alpha. Rocco finds a portal to a demon world and when he gets it open, all hell will break loose.
Zoie is the daughter of the alphas of the Bracken Pack and they are united with the Wolfe Pack and Caleb. That alone sets her up as a target. Does she blaze her own trail and if she does, will she resist the hot hybrid, Owen Slade? 

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Some may know Claudy Conn as Claudette Williams/Melanie Davis, two names she used when publishing her regency and historical romances, with Random House, Zebra and Doubleday.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes historical and regency romances, has stepped into the world of paranormal romance as well, with her hits such as The Legend Series, Through Time Series and the Shadow Series.

We asked what does she do when she isn't writing and she tells us, she and her hot husband love hiking, swimming, traveling and playing with their variety of animals--wolf Cherokee and her now overgrown hybrid pup, Rocky the Man, included.

Her favorite things she says are, chocolate, fries and pizza.
She loves to hear from her fans, so visit her at: www.claudyconn.com

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Cover Your Sass by Liv Brywood
Blurb: 

Professional poker player Riley Cooper lives a high stakes lifestyle full of fun, freedom… and loneliness. As one of the only women on the tournament circuit, she’s surrounded by horny men who would love to get in her pants. But she’s not interested. She only has eyes for one man: Jax Devlin. He’s panty-melting hot, and totally wrong for her. But one night of careless fun could change everything between them.
Wolf shifter Jax Devlin has feral blood coursing through his veins. He’s only interested in two things: poker and sex. Although he’s vowed never to cross the line with his best friend Riley, her scent drives him wild. But she’s completely off limits. She’s the kind of woman who deserves more than just one night of scorching hot sex. But when the chips are down, he might not be able to ignore his wolf’s animalistic instinct.
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Liv Brywood is the USA Today best-selling author of the Curvy Bear Ranch paranormal romance series. She can be reached on her website and she loves chatting on Facebook.
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Displaced: chapter four

Whoohoo! I remembered before the end of the week!  

Chapter Four
“Another mug of meeng?”  Neeka grinned at the shake of Kendall’s head.  “Let me guess.  You’re not a drinker.”He smiled.  “Not today.”  He had to admit the drink was just as good as sloan, maybe even a bit better; just a bit more bitter.  He looked toward the band on the small stage.  The music was fun and very upbeat.  He tapped his foot to the rhythm.“Do you dance?”He blinked, his foot mid-beat.  He did dance.  In fact, he quite enjoyed dancing.  In Quelondain.  He had no idea if he danced in Thistendal, however.“Come on, I’ll show you how.”  Neeka took his hand and pulled him up before he could object. Kendall smiled down at Neeka as she showed him a series of steps, slowly speeding up the sequence until they were moving to the same beat as the music.  This wasn’t so bad, he thought.Neeka’s light brown eyes met his.  She raised an eyebrow.“You’re hiding something.”He grunted.  “You’d know this because you know me so well?”“I’ve been with you all day and something you said when we met stuck with me.  You’re one of those who thinks shifters aren’t evil, aren’t you?”  She whispered the question, making sure none of the other dancers could hear.Kendall missed a beat, effectively managing to step on her toes.  She stopped, counted the beat out loud, and the pair resumed their dance.“And if I was?”“If you were, I’d make sure not to voice your opinion in this town.”  She offered him a small smile.  “It was when you’d asked if I’d met one.  You talk about them as though they’re people.  Here, in this town, they’re animals and nothing more.  Don’t get caught making comments like that.”He gave a small nod.  “I’ll keep that in mind.”The music stopped and a slower song started.  Kendall pulled her closer so they could keep talking.“And what about you?” he inquired.She shrugged.  “I’ve never seen one.”When she didn’t offer any more of an explanation, he changed the subject.  “How far from the coast are we?”“It’s a good two weeks on horseback.”“And the nearest port?”“The same.”He hesitated then decided to go ahead with his next question.  “This might sound extremely strange, but you don’t happen to know of any magic wielders in the area?”It was her turn to miss a step.  She stared up at him, shocked.  Neeka clenched her jaw, took his hand and pulled him outside.“Who are you?”  She whirled on him and kept walking until he was forced to step back.“Kendall.”“Yeah, I got that!  What do you want with a magic wielder?  You know that to use magic is to put a death sentence on your head!”Kendall hung his head back in frustration.  “By the moons, what is wrong this continent?”Neeka’s eyes were saucers in her head.“Neeka!  Are you alright?  What’s going on?”  Brian appeared outside with three more men.Kendall swore under his breath.Neeka looked back and forth between Brian and Kendall.  Her gaze met Kendall’s.“I… I’m fine, Brian.  Kendall said his head was spinning.  I thought he could use some fresh air.”Kendall cocked his head at Neeka in question and relaxed at her small nod.  He needed information.  He needed to get home.  Getting himself killed wasn’t going to help anything.“Brian, you were about to tell me how you got the boar you have on the wall.”  One of Brian’s friends put his arm around the man and herded him back inside, but not before raising an eyebrow at Kendall.The door closed and Neeka glared at him.“I want the truth.”Kendall ran through his options.  He wasn’t the best of liars and he knew it.  Neeka had already guessed something was off.  Did he keep lying and hope to throw her off or did he simply tell her the truth?“I’m not a fisherman.”  There.  That was the truth.She grunted.  “And?”He ran a hand over his face.  “First, tell me this.  What do you think of me?”She frowned.  “I barely know you.”“I know.  But you read people.  You can get a sense of who they are by what they say.  Like that bit about me thinking of shifters as people.  You got that.  What else did you get?”Neeka took a minute to arrange her thoughts.“You’re a liar, for one, and a bad one at that.”“True.”“I don’t know, Kendall.  You seem like a good man.  But why lie if you have nothing to hide?”“Because I have plenty to hide.”  He held his hand out to her.  “Is there somewhere we can go talk where no one will barge out to your defense?”She hesitated before taking his hand and nodding.  She led him to a small clearing just outside of the town.  Kendall glanced up into the sky and smiled at the two moons appearing over the tree tops.  At least something here was familiar.“I’m not from here,” he stated, giving her hand a squeeze.She nodded.  “You’re not from down south, either.”He shook his head.  “By the moons, you’ll think I’m crazy and you’ll hate me.”  He paused.  “Look, just… can you promise me something?  Can you promise me that before you start screaming for help you’ll take a minute and think about what I tell you?”Neeka’s eyes widened and she swallowed nervously.  “Are you going to hurt me?”Kendall gazed into her eyes.  “No.  Absolutely not.  I promise that whatever happens, I will not hurt you.”  He waited until the words sank in.  “Am I telling the truth?”She nodded.“Alright.  I’m from Quelondain.”“No one but the Gysps cross the sea.”“Up until this morning, I’d have agreed with you.  However, here I am.”  He shrugged.“But how?”“Magic.”  When she looked like she was about to run, he took her other hand in his.  “Neeka, where I come from, magic is an everyday thing.  Magic wielders help beings with their skills.  A good friend of mine, Hayden, is a magic wielder.  She was working on her displacement spell and the next thing I knew, I was here.”He could see her rolling what he’d said through her mind.“You’re not lying.”  It wasn’t a question.He shook his head.  “I need to find a way to get home.”“Couldn’t your magic wielding friend bring you back?”Kendall smiled.  She was trying to help him.  “I don’t think so.  Hayden has issues with that spell.”“So, the way you talk about shifters…”  She looked at him closely.  “Do you have some there?”He nodded.  “We do.”“Are they hunted there as well?”“They were.  The thing about the shifters in Quelondain is that they outnumber the humans there.  There are two kinds; the Namaels and the Majs.  The Namaels turn into cats like tigers, lions, and leopards while the Majs turn into dogs.  Wolves, coyotes, and that sort of things.  In Quelondain, humans and shifters live side by side.  They’re allies.”“So, you have seen some.”He ran a hand over his face.  What was the best way to reveal he wasn’t human?  Simply shifting was definitely the easiest, though the whole ordeal might be a bit much for her to handle.“How do you tell shifters apart from humans here?” he inquired.“They’ve a mark behind their ear. Some say three spots, others swear it’s two lines, while others argue it’s a half moon.”Kendall unconsciously reached over and smoothed the lines on her brow.  “Three different types of shifters and none of them Namaels or Majs.  Did you know you frowned a lot?”“Only since I’ve met you.”  The frown returned.  “What mark do your shifters carry?”“The Majs, the dog shifters, have a crescent.”“And the cats?  The Nam….”“Namaels.”  He leaned down, brushed the hair from his neck, and let her look behind his ear at the straight line that marked him.Instead of running for all she was worth, Neeka took a deep breath to calm herself.  He’d promised he wouldn’t hurt her.  Had he been the evil thing she’d been brought up to believe, he would have killed her and Hanna as soon as they’d seen him.Kendall jumped at the feel of her finger running along the mark lightly.“Does it hurt when your elders brand you?”He straightened and couldn’t help laughing.  “What?”“When you’re small, you’re branded, yeah?”“By the moons, who told you that?  Of course not! We’re born with them.”  He cocked his head to the side.  “You’re alright?”“I… I don’t know.  You just seem so human.  I pictured animals and teeth and bloodlust.”He smiled.  “I’m very human, Neeka.  I just happen to turn into a cat when I hunt.”“What kind of cat,” she whispered.“Tiger.”The sound of voices coming near made him think of something.“If you’re caught with a shifter, what happens to you?”“Any human found helping a shifter or is found out to have known of a shifter’s whereabouts but hasn’t reported it to the authorities is hung.”“Bloody hell.”  He fought the urge to shift so he could better hear.  “You’d better go.  Someone’s coming.”“But they think you’re human.”“I’m not willing to take that chance.”  He pulled her into a hug.  “Thank you.”“For what?”  She looked up at him.“For not running away screaming.”  He pressed his lips to her never ending frown.“Get away from her, you bastard!”“Brian!  Get away!  We were just talking!”  She stepped around Kendall and put herself between him and the four men.“That’s not what it looks like from here!”  Brian’s gaze left hers and moved to Kendall.  “She’s already intended to a good man.  Back off!”Kendall held his hands up to show he meant to harm.  “I didn’t mean to cause trouble, chum.  I was just thanking the lady for listening to me while I babbled on about my troubles.”“You’ve a funny way of thanking ladies,” accused Brian’s friend.  He pulled his dagger and the other three men followed suit.“Brian!”  Neeka took a step toward her guardian. “And you!”  Brian’s face was crimson with anger.  “It looks like you need a reminder of how a lady should behave.”Whatever feelings were crashing into each other within Kendall, they completely disappeared at Brian’s words.“You won’t touch a hair on her head.”  It was his turn to step between the pair.“Yeah?  And what are you going to do about it?” Kendall took two seconds to make a decision.  He wouldn’t have her get in trouble for something she hadn’t done.  “How about this.  A fight.  I win, I leave tonight and whatever lesson you feel Neeka needs to learn is forgotten.  If I lose, I’ll take her punishment.”“Fine.”Kendall watched as Brian took a step forward.  What he hadn’t quite anticipated was the fact that his challenge would bring all four men after him.  By the moons, these people were crazy!  He didn’t even have a dagger!  He dodged to the left to avoid Brian’s blade, all the while grabbing the blond man’s arm and tripping him.Neeka screamed as the third man’s dagger slid across Kendall’s forearm, drawing blood.  Kendall’s instincts took over and he felt his bones rearrange as he shifted into a tiger.  The men surrounding him stood still with shock.  He noticed two of them looking angrily between the tiger and Neeka who was gawking at him.  They knew she knew!Neeka’s eyes widened as he leapt at her, effectively knocking her to the ground.  They had to believe she had no clue.  Her eyes were filled with fear as he bared teeth and growled. One of the men rammed his shoulder into his side and Kendall used the momentum to turn and leap off into the woods.
The last image to burn itself into his mind was that of Neeka, standing with the help of her guardian, tears streaming down her face, while another three men ran into the clearing.

Blurb:As Wings Unfurl took 1st place as best sci-fi novel...

Blurb:As Wings Unfurl took 1st place as best sci-fi novel of 2014 at the Royal Palm Literary Awards and was published by Red Adept on July 19, 2016.

Applegate Bogdanski returns from Vietnam with a missing leg, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. A fair trade, he thinks, for a coward. He stumbles through each drug-besotted day working at an obscure Newark, New Jersey bookstore. Enter Angela, who claims to be his guardian angel. Neither one is an angel, but together, they uncover a conspiracy which threatens to undo humankind itself.

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Author Bio: Arthur has authored 100+ scientific publications, invented novel 3D drug design software, and shares the 2008 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award for the discovery of Sprycel, a new anti-cancer drug. He writes hard science fiction, fantasy and horror.

His debut novel, Algorithm, which is a story about DNA and the purpose of humanity, garnered a 2010 Royal Palm Literary Award (RPLA) and was published by E-Lit Books in October, 2014. His second novel, As Wings Unfurl, a story of guardian angels that are not angels, forbidden love, and the secret fate of humankind, took 1st place as best pre-published science fiction novel of the year at the 2014 RPLA competition. As Wings Unfurl was published in 2016 by Red Adept Publishing. Many of his short stories have been honored as finalists in RPLA competitions, as well as achieving Honorable Mentions in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contests. His current project is Henry The Last, a story about the last creature with a human brain, and what it means to be human in a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is what it seems to be. Henry The Last was recently honored with a 2nd place 2016 RPLA.

He lives in Florida with his wife Lidia, teaches college chemistry and happily wanders the beaches when not jousting with aliens.
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Reaped by Gracen Miller and Tina Carreiro

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WARNING: This is a work of fiction. Reaped is told through the eyes of the dark side. We understand the mythical and religious spin within this book may be hard for some to read. So if you fit that mold, please don’t be tempted to open the book. If suspending belief is something you have a hard time with when religious aspects are involved, please refrain from reading. This work of fiction is not to be taken seriously. This book was written from our creative view and intended for entertainment purposes only. The book was not written to be incendiary or inflammatory. So before you pass judgment, remember, that’s reserved for God.

God ordered her to reap him…
Forged by her father’s hand to reap at His command, Solas was God’s most skilled Reaper. Killing on command, she had never questioned His directives—until now. Too bad Loki’s heart isn’t as black as she’s been led to believe. That would make her job easy. But she cannot dismiss the goodness she senses inside him. Bewildered by her attraction to Loki, she still craves returning home, but knows the only way back into her homeland is to obey God’s order. As the lines between allies and enemies are blurred, she questions who is weaving the biggest deception… the legendary trickster god or her own father?

But she can’t bring herself to swing her blade.
From the moment she fell at his feet, Loki mistrusted Solas. His intentions were simple, to use her and send her on her way. Then he discovered she was cast out of her homeland after defying her father’s order to reap him. Intrigued by a woman that would stand against the supreme God, Loki offers her his temporary protection while nursing his skepticism. Many warriors from the heavens have been sent to kill him, but only one has come this close. She’s the perfect weapon. A threat not just to his life, but also to his family and everything he stands for. He should take her life, but he craves protecting her and the secret she harbors more.

When you send a reaper to kill a god, don’t give her a reason to rebel.
A tentative alliance between Loki and Solas is brokered, but misunderstandings strain their fragile relationship. Battles are won and lost, but can Solas escape her father’s will? Faced with hard choices, Loki will have to decide what’s important to him. Or can he pull off the ultimate trick and win their freedom?


Release Date January 26, 2017

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Gracen is a hopeless daydreamer masquerading as a "normal" person in southern society. When not writing, she's a full-time mom for her two sons and a devoted wife to her real-life hero-husband. She has an unusual relationship with her muse, Dom, but credits all her creative success to his brilliant mind. She's addicted to writing, paranormal romance novels and movies, Alabama football and coffee...addictions are not necessarily in order of priority. She's convinced coffee is nectar from the gods and when blending coffee and writing together it generates the perfect creative merger. Many of her creative worlds are spawned from coffee highs and Dom's aggressive demands. To learn more about Gracen or to leave her a comment, visit her website at www.gracen-miller.com.

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Tina Carreiro is a multi-published author who resides in South Florida with her family. At the young age of 15, Tina started working to help her family and became a jack-of-all-trades, working in many different areas from managing an automotive shop, to putting her computer programming degree to use. In 2010, she retired from her office job to live her dream and write. Her addiction to romance novels began at a young age when she started sneaking her mom's Gray Eagle series by Janelle Taylor, and it was then her love for writing began. Her paranormal romance series, Power of the Moon, has gained popularity amongst the fans of this genre. Tina became a co-host on Encounters Live, a paranormal radio show, in 2009. Open to all things paranormal, Tina has had her own encounters with the paranormal but still approaches the topic from a logical angle. Tina is married to her best friend and Encounters Live co-host, Matt Carreiro, and is a full-time Boy Scout/camping/PS3/Minecraft mom for her son and daughter. When not writing, Tina enjoys reading romance novels, zombie movies, restoring classic cars, camping, and coffee with caramel macchiato creamer. Poking fun at herself, and everything in between is her key to laughter and a long and healthy life.
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