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Nicholas May

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Young Adult, Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books

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Nicholas May (1973 - present) was born in Flint, Michigan but moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1986. He has worked a variety of jobs ranging from Bouncer to Formal Wear Store Manager to MMA Instructor and School Owner to Tanning Salon General Manager, all while wishing he was a writer. He has sold numerous short stories, which will be sold in a collection in late 2012, but Maze of The Blue Rose, book one in his series, was his first novel. While his series "Trouble Meets The May Boys" deals with the fantastical adventures he and his brother Joey are met with, always by Joey's penchant for trouble, Nicholas maintains that they are almost 90% true, and all heroic scenes and signs of bravery from Nicholas himself were all based on true acts ...more

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Project Nemesis by Jeremy Robinson

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Don't let government leaders read this book!

Reading the title of this review, you have to wonder if I am some sort of conspiracy freak, or just a freak in general. The fact is, I bought this for my kindle just before bed last night, and started reading as soon as I woke up this morning. There might have been some teeth brushing in there Read more of this blog post »

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	Father's Hands really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maze of The Blue Rose (Trouble Meets The May Boys #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smoldering Man it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Now and Then 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Management - A Zombie Satire 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep End of The Shadow Pool it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ink it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Raising Hell (Quincy Harker, #1.1)

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The Holy Bible: English Standard Version

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