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Robin wrote: "Hi everybody! Thanks to Rick for the invite! I;m looking forward to participating in all the cool threads.
I write super sexy, romance novels and my debut novel - A Night of Southern Comfort - ..."
Untreed wrote: "Everyone's favorite detective for the dead, undead and underdead returns in this brand spanking new madcap caper from Wade J. McMahan. Out now worldwide from Untreed Reads!
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both super sounding books!!
I write super sexy, romance novels and my debut novel - A Night of Southern Comfort - ..."
Untreed wrote: "Everyone's favorite detective for the dead, undead and underdead returns in this brand spanking new madcap caper from Wade J. McMahan. Out now worldwide from Untreed Reads!

both super sounding books!!

A coming-of-age spy thriller novel, it is book two in The Orphan Trilogy and a prequel to The Ninth Orphan.

An epic, atmospheric story that begins with twenty three genetically superior orphans being groomed to become elite spies in Chicago’s Pedemont Orphanage and concludes with a political assassination deep in the Amazon jungle.
Go on another frenetic journey with the ninth-born orphan as he busts out of the clandestine orphanage he knew as home and goes on the run across America.
The Orphan Factory's Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008M9WWKW/


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http://www.wattpad.com/user/RedTash

The Anaïs Assignment

In the third Bowin novel, a team of kidnappers takes Diego Mendoza, the son of the Spanish Ambassador, from the steps of an exclusive private high school in Bethesda, Maryland in a daring daylight operation. An unforeseen circumstance complicates the snatch. The presence of Diego’s classmate Anaïs Bowin leads to an on the spot decision to try to kidnap Anaïs too. Based on the political nature of their ransom demands, the kidnappers and all who are involved in the conspiracy earn themselves a place on the US Government’s list of “specially designated global terrorists” and come under a Presidential directive to capture or kill. When the terrorists spirit Diego out of the country they earn the attention of the black ops “Agency” and its crack team of hunter-killers: Alice and Tom Bowin, Anaïs’s parents. They will have the cooperation of the FBI and the police and security forces of four countries. Despite the complications, justice will be swift, sure and savage, but who will survive the hunt and who will die?
Melissa wrote: "The Good Luck Knot has been out for awhile, but I finally decided to test the waters of book trailers. ..."
I watched it. Very well done. Those were your photos? Nice!
I've shared it on Facebook. I do hope you won't mind... :)
I watched it. Very well done. Those were your photos? Nice!
I've shared it on Facebook. I do hope you won't mind... :)

Praise for RESURRECTED: An Adam Wolf Thriller
" … fast-paced thriller in the Joe Pike/Jack Reacher style." – Sons of Spade
“…a straightforward, action-packed debut. If you enjoy stories of pulpy vengeance, then Trotter and Wolf are likely to satisfy you.” – Crime Fiction Lover
"…plenty of fast-paced action, liberally dosed with some dark humour and some moments of genuine invention. At its heart is the character of Wolf himself, who is one of the better thriller protagonists I’ve read in a long time.” – Indie BookSpot
For more info, visit www.stevetrotter.com


Warning: I am a Christian novelist so while THE WAY OF NACOR is not explicitly a Christian novel, some may see it as a Christian allegory (like Chronicles of Narnia).
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0I70c...
Blurb:
How can four stranded children survive and get back home after finding themselves transported to an alien planet in a distant part of the galaxy?
Following a family tragedy, the Seekers children find themselves transported to a strange, alien world named Zantura, where a powerful, evil being named Sarin has either murdered or enslaved nearly everyone. The siblings must face and survive a series of seven deadly trials on the journey to find a long-lost ancient relic, which has the power to save Zantura from Sarin, and to send the children home.

Warning: I am a Christian novelist so while CYBERSP@CE is not a Christian novel, there may be a few religious elements.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Z7dz...
Blurb:
A devastating cyber attack leaves 100,000 people in the United States dead, and evidence points to the Chinese, setting the world on the inevitable march towards nuclear war. Nick Reynolds with US Cyber Command soon learns that former KGB agent Nikolai Chervanko, who has long dreamt of rebuilding his beloved Soviet Union, could be behind the massacre, with something even bigger planned. Lacking evidence linking Chervanko, however, outrage over the attack soon forces the United States to declare war on China. With no means to stop another destructive cyber attack and prevent a nuclear conflict, Nick finds help from an unlikely source—from Area 51.
Will Nick be able to avert a global holocaust? Find out in Cyber Space!

thought I'd better drop by and let you know I'm still around and on the mend [at last]. My new book, 'The Undefended Land' is out at last and available on Kindle. I'd be interested in your comments as this is a follow up to 'The Day the Ravens Died' and finally thanks to all who bought 'RO' the 'true story'
So, contrary to rumours 'Timothy Pilgrim' is very much alive, and about to start kicking again!
All the best Paul Rix [oldgeezer]



My newest book, Dysfunctional Families: Exposing the Secrets Behind Closed Doors, is FREE on Kindle for the next couple of days. I'd love to have comments and/or reviews!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008...

Mike Meyer
http://bethartfromtheheart.blogspot.com/

http://bit.ly/Muzwi1
Love to hear your thoughts!!

It has, I believe, the distinction of being one of the only fiction books ever written with a New Jersey Pinelands locale. For those of you familiar with the area, you'll recognize the roads and other places mentioned. Hope you enjoy.



Huey Dusk, the clown detective, is back. This time Sadie Trophet, a client and brief lover, is murdered in front of him. Her death sets off a mystery, which then turns into a conspiracy involving shady corporations and sexy super spies.
More blood, guts and grease paint from the world of crazy mimes, man-children and corrupt clown cops in this tawdry tale of circus noir. A novelette.
About Author Whit Howland:
Whit Howland resides with his wife and their two cats in Godfrey Illinois. He is an avid reader of crime fiction and his favorite authors include, Donald E. Westlake (Richard Stark), Joe R. Lansdale, James Ellroy and Mickey Spillane. His character Huey Dusk first appeared in the Untreed Reads release of the same name. He looks forward to bringing you future stories in this new genre of clown noir.
How to Purchase The Case of the Sad Luck Dame:
The Case of the Sad Luck Dame is $1.50 from The Untreed Reads Store. When you purchase from our store, you receive five of the most popular formats all for the same price: EPUB (compatible with Nook and most other readers), HTML, MOBI (for Kindle devices), PDB (for Palm Reader) and PDF.
You’ll also find the titles at virtually every ebook retailer around the world including Amazon, B&N, Apple, Kobo, WHSmith and Waterstone’s.

I have just (this morning) finished the First Final Draft of my latest. That means I've filled in holes, the narrative flows, I've found most basic mistakes, and I'm satisfied with it as it stands at this moment.
It also means that I'll be doing a beta read (and perhaps inflicting it on associates to do the same) and will be tweaking and deepening.
My earlier works were over ten years in the making. That is to say, I finished them, copyrighted them, sent them around and then went into a dry spell. During the time I tried to decide what to do with them I picked at them, re-edited them, deepened them... They are in good shape.
But I don't have ten years to spend on this one. Actually, it came together more quickly than the others (thank you, plotting-by-the-seat-of-my-pands) and I think it will be a year's project, since it started November 1.
It will be available in Kindle, but I'm also thinking of Smashwords (and the others), and I'll have it available in paperback, too.
Whew! I'll be missing these characters, but I am finding it easier to move on as I get more experienced.
It also means that I'll be doing a beta read (and perhaps inflicting it on associates to do the same) and will be tweaking and deepening.
My earlier works were over ten years in the making. That is to say, I finished them, copyrighted them, sent them around and then went into a dry spell. During the time I tried to decide what to do with them I picked at them, re-edited them, deepened them... They are in good shape.
But I don't have ten years to spend on this one. Actually, it came together more quickly than the others (thank you, plotting-by-the-seat-of-my-pands) and I think it will be a year's project, since it started November 1.
It will be available in Kindle, but I'm also thinking of Smashwords (and the others), and I'll have it available in paperback, too.
Whew! I'll be missing these characters, but I am finding it easier to move on as I get more experienced.

Must be a great feeling completing the first draft, Diana. Congrats! Wishing you the best of luck with your latest "baby"!
Cheryl wrote: "Must be a great feeling completing the first draft, Diana. Congrats!..."
:D (...and after having looked over your list of books, I can imagine you're very much in tune with that feeling! Thanks!)
:D (...and after having looked over your list of books, I can imagine you're very much in tune with that feeling! Thanks!)

:D (...and after having looked over your list of books, I can imagine you're very much in tune with that fe..."
Yep, nothing better than that feeling of accomplishment when you write "The End". But, of course, it's really only the beginning since it's just the first draft and more work is in the offing to get it all polished up. :)




What if there were no rules? What if there were no laws? Or what if your life became so routine, so mechanical – so hopeless – that you simply stopped following them? This is the question facing Julian, a 21-year-old Los Angeles dishwasher who slaves away in a kitchen with all the opportunity of a prison camp, and lives in a household as rigid and structured as the cold metal counters confining his workspace. Julian’s frustration with the suffocating structure of his life, “the blueprint and the scaffolds and the woodwork all framing my perfectly static existence,” soon drives him under the wing of a coworker, Tony, a charismatic sandwich boy with a cocaine-white smile. However, as Julian becomes more deeply invested in the workings of Tony’s drug empire, the feasibility of Tony’s anarchistic philosophies are put to the test in a series of crimes culminating in armed robbery, murder, and a multi-million dollar ruse with a Mexican drug lord. Ultimately, Julian will have to find his own way out from under his boss’s, his father’s, and his city’s control, but how far down will he have to follow Tony to get there? A novelette.
About Author Logan Noblin:
Logan Noblin (Los Alamitos, CA) is a twenty-one-year-old Southern California native with an eclectic writing resume in Los Angeles. He has published articles for magazines and news outlets spanning music, college sports, health & fitness, and LA nightlife while completing a degree in anthropology at the University of Southern California. He has maintained an equally far-flung array of interests throughout his education, volunteering at an assisted living center in Santiago, Chile, competing in the Irish Amateur Boxing League, and participating in student film competitions throughout California. Logan is set to graduate with honors this May and intends to pursue a legal career in criminal defense. This is his first published fiction.
How to Purchase The Front of the Freeway:
The Front of the Freeway is $1.50 from The Untreed Reads Store. When you purchase from our store, you receive five of the most popular formats all for the same price: EPUB (compatible with Nook and most other readers), HTML, MOBI (for Kindle devices), PDB (for Palm Reader) and PDF.
You’ll also find the titles at virtually every ebook retailer around the world including Amazon, B&N, Apple, Kobo, WHSmith and Waterstone’s.


As the phrase implies, Epic Fables are simply told stories holding larger, universal implications unique to the human condition.
Although classified as Science Fiction the book defies genre, being an exciting 'who done it' adventure tale that's getting good feedback for the true history included.
The 'Elastic Limit' is a technical term used in the books that deal with time distortion, as well as being a metaphor for the reader’s imagination.
If you have a Kindle, it's a free download, so enjoy & let me know what you think.

As the jargon implies, Epic Fables are simply told stories holding larger, universal implications unique to the human condition.
Although classified as Science Fiction the book defies genre, being an exciting 'who done it' adventure tale that's getting great feedback for the true history included.
'Elastic Limit' is a technical term used in the books, as well as being a metaphor for the reader’s imagination.
If you have a Kindle, it's a free download, so enjoy & let me know what you think.
I said it once- I will say it again and again- I am so amazed at the wonderful and talented folks we have as James Mason Members!





There you will find a free horror story titled, Their House.
My novel is up on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008QI6FH0
If you like it please visit me at Goodreads to be my friend http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Or like me on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/jenniferjcarr...
Thank you for taking a second to learn about me.
Jennifer J Carr
Jennifer wrote: "I wanted to introduce myself and invite you to read my latest novel. My name is Jennifer J Carr and I have recently published my first Indie Horror novel, titled The Thirteenth Heart. Please take..."
Chester wrote: "The first book in my Post Cold War thriller trilogy, Beware the Jabberwock, is available in ebook format for the Kindle, Nook and other readers, and the print version should be up on Amazon any day..."
superb looking books, both!!!
Chester wrote: "The first book in my Post Cold War thriller trilogy, Beware the Jabberwock, is available in ebook format for the Kindle, Nook and other readers, and the print version should be up on Amazon any day..."
superb looking books, both!!!




Two swimmers, close friends and archrivals, chase after the same Olympic gold medal. Archie Hayes is the best swimmer in the world. Talent and luck have brought him Olympic medals, fame, money and women. Doyle Wilson has reached the end of his career with dreams unfulfilled, but he has a final chance in the 400 freestyle, in which Archie owns the world record. Doyle bets that hard work will enable him to beat Archie just once. He burns all his bridges to focus on his lone goal.
But Doyle can’t be single-minded. Archie is not just his nemesis – they’re best friends. Danger lurks around every corner for Archie, a celebrity athlete with a reckless streak. On a training trip to Hawaii, when Archie is mauled by a wave while bodysurfing, Doyle sees his duty – a purpose in life that transcends self-interest and even friendship. Archie’s incomparable talent must be preserved and nurtured, and only Doyle can do it. Though Archie’s demise would liquidate the main obstacle in Doyle’s path to greatness, Doyle rescues him. Repeatedly.
Doyle’s odyssey to the Olympics teaches him about true friendship and love, the meaning of sacrifice and overcoming obstacles.
About Author Dan Stephenson:
Dan Stephenson is an attorney who practices in Los Angeles. He was captain of the UCLA swim team in the 1970s and was a Pac-10 champion and All-American. Dan currently swims in masters competitions and won four gold medals at the 2012 FINA Masters World Championships in Riccione, Italy. He holds two masters world records. Dan lives in Altadena, California with his wife Tracey. He has two grown children and a grandson.
How to Purchase The Underwater Window:
The Underwater Window is $4.99 from The Untreed Reads Store. When you purchase from our store, you receive five of the most popular formats all for the same price: EPUB (compatible with Nook and most other readers), HTML, MOBI (for Kindle devices), PDB (for Palm Reader) and PDF. Through August 15th, 2012 all titles published by Untreed Reads are 50% off when purchasing through our store, with the discount taken during checkout.
You’ll also find the titles at virtually every ebook retailer around the world including Amazon, B&N, Apple, Kobo, WHSmith and Waterstone’s.

Warning: I am a Christian novelist so while THE WAY OF NACOR is not explici..."
Jeff wrote: "Here is a blurb about and the trailer for my soon-to-be released Sci-Fi/techno-thriller CYBERSP@CE, which I expect to be released later this year.
Warning: I am a Christian novelist so while CYBER..."
Looks like I now have a release date for THE WAY OF NACOR. The journey begins September 1st, 2012!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008VTNT0A

"Everyone is born right-handed. Only the greatest overcome it"

Here's the best & most creditable explanation for left handers that I've found:
While gestating, as humans form, cells are not only multipling & always dividing but also being reabsorbed & reused at a fantastic rate.
At a point, this duality stops & half of a double image is absorbed to feed the one & so it goes.
But before, we are all twins, with a primal mirror image that disappears when reasorbed & for most of humanity this results in right handers.
Left handers on the other hand, somehow dominate & it's they, the mirror image that abosorbs the primal twin.
I guess, as I'm ambidextrous I just fused halfway.
Just an idea.
Ken wrote: "Just wishing all of you other left-handers a rollicking and well deserved Left-Handers Day!
"Everyone is born right-handed. Only the greatest overcome it""
Thank you!! Coming from a Leftie! Yes I am one of the 10% who are Southpaws!
"Everyone is born right-handed. Only the greatest overcome it""
Thank you!! Coming from a Leftie! Yes I am one of the 10% who are Southpaws!


"Everyone is born right-handed. Only the greatest overcome it""Bill Clinton, Obama etc.

By the author of My Life at First Try (Counterpoint Press), reviewed by People magazine, Boston Globe, San Fransisco Chronicle, The Washington Post and elsewhere.
Reviews:
"In Time Fighters: The Shifter Prince, Mark Budman serves up a quirky and entertaining tale liberally seasoned with humor. Join Yaroslav and Amber in their shape-shifting, time-traveling adventures and misadventures for a good read with a rousing conclusion and the promise of further adventures to come."
Bruce Boston, Bram Stoker Award author of Dark Matters
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"Budman's sentences are active and momentous, but he regularly offers the reader refreshing strokes of humor, which gives the illusion of dilated tension, though when the action returns, you realize it never let you go in the first place."
Sonora Review.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0089ENN3K

THE WAY OF NACOR:TALES OF EDEN!
Release date: September 1st, 2012
The journey begins in just two weeks!
Below is the back cover blurb, along with a link to the trailer.
Feel free to share; it would be appreciated!
BLURB:
How can four stranded children survive and get back home after finding themselves transported to an alien planet in a distant part of the galaxy?
Following a family tragedy, the Seekers children find themselves transported to a strange, alien world named Zantura, where a powerful, evil being named Sarin has either murdered or enslaved nearly everyone. The siblings must face and survive a series of seven deadly trials on the journey to find a long-lost ancient relic, which has the power to save Zantura from Sarin, and to send the children home.
Be sure to check back for more information!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0I70c...

An application for a copyright has been filed by me on this novel.
The genre: Drama; Paranormal; Crime.
The novel is written in the first person. Normally I don’t write in the first person, but I felt that this story needed to be.
Given the unknown perpetrator’s profile, I wrote the main character as being a woman, and so I might not have captured the main character as well as a woman author would.
Here’s the synopsis to the story:
Samantha (Sam) Brennan and Alexandra (Alex) McNulty were conjoined twins in a past life and identical twins separated at birth in this life. For ninety years, their souls had remained tethered to one another.
Days before Sam’s twentieth birthday (as well as Alex’s), Sam had ended up in a coma after becoming collateral damage of an attack on a Seattle judge.
Three years and a few months later, Alex—now a rookie police officer from Saint Louis, Missouri—gets lured into a home while being off duty and smothered by something that had a strange odor.
Sam wakes up from her coma while struggling to breath, and after realizing that she was safe in a Seattle hospital, she proclaims that she is Officer Alexandra McNulty of the Saint Louis Police Department.
As Sam’s adopted mother Pamela (Pam) Brennan attempts to convince Sam/Alex that she was Sam by showing her photos of Sam’s high school graduation and of Sam’s graduation party, Sam/Alex correctly figures out that she (while believing that she is Alex) and Sam were identical twins separated at birth, and then made a request for Pam to look up her Facebook page.
Once Pam became convinced that Sam/Alex was in fact Alex in Sam’s body, Pam helps Sam/Alex to get to Saint Louis so that Sam/Alex could figure out who had attacked her.
If anyone would like to help proof read, my contact information is geraldpruett@aol.com



Synopsis:
Darkness Falls is a frame novel, a story within a story. Primarily, it tells the story of one man, Robert Hendricks. We first meet him in 2179 onboard an alien star ship approaching Earth. He is the lone human on the ship and it will be the first time he sees his planet in over 150 years.
He has been away so long, in fact, that Hendricks has very little in the way of actual memories of his home. The only thing he knows for sure is that his feelings about going back are far from positive. This is a problem for his extra-terrestrial hosts, the Gulran. The Gulran have a growing interest in this sector of the galaxy and Earth is vital to their plan. With Hendricks as an ambassador the Gulrani High Arbitor, Gorak, thinks the mission has a good chance of success. Without the human’s help, he’s not so sure. In order to ensure a positive outcome – but also to help his troubled friend – Gorak hypnotizes Hendricks and, through his recollections, travels back with him to the Earth of 2026.
For Hendricks, the end begins with a total blackout of North America. It doesn't take long for him to learn that the line between order and chaos is as thin as a stream of electrons flowing down a copper wire.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Falls-...
Author's homepage: http://mathieud-gallant.wix.com/outage

If you like action/adventure, you will like this one...
http:// www.amazon.com/dp/B0087458M6
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I write super sexy, romance novels and my debut novel - A Night of Southern Comfort - came out in June 2012. it has been so exciting! I have 6 more books coming out in 2012 ans 2013
You can check it out here:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
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