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First Chapter: The Last Dinner Party by Carly M. Duncan

Title: The Last Dinner Party Author: Carly M. Duncan Publisher: Createspace Pages: 390 Genre: Mystery When Jeanie D’Alisa is found murdered in her bedroom after hosting a dinner party in her home, detectives Anna Cole and Kristy Hicks are called to investigate the crime. Known within her community for her generous, yet unpredictable nature, Jeanie’s secrets unfold as family, friends and neighbors become suspects. Anna and Kristy discover stamped passport pages revealing travels unknown and a curious relationship between Jeanie and the charming salesman who frequents the apartment building. Meryl, Jeanie’s devoted and needy friend, further complicates the investigation when she phones Jeanie’s sister who is studying abroad and lies to her
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First Chapter Reveal: Mirror World by John Calicchia

Title: Mirror World Author: John Calicchia Publisher: Psychangel Books Pages: 404 Genre: YA Fantasy What would you do if you saw the future apocalypse of the world in a mirror? Would you try to save the world and those you love, or die trying? Welcome to my life, this is the vision of the future I’ve been cursed to see.    – Cailyssa Larkin When Cailyssa Larkin looks in a mirror she has an ominous feeling that someone is watching her. Stranger still, she has visions that foretell the future. While visiting her Uncle Spencer, Cailyssa gazes into a mirror and sees a dark future that only she can change.
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First Chapter: Sabotage by Bryan Koepke

Title: Sabotage Author: Bryan Koepke Publisher: Writers Cabin Press, Ltd. Pages: 316 Genre: Thriller Reece Culver and his friend Haisley Averton travel to Scotland with only one thing on their minds – fishing.  After witnessing an automobile accident involving a freelance journalist they quickly realize that something far greater than a crash caused his SUV to sink into the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. With increasing curiosity, Reece inserts himself into the complicated life of Marie Rhodes who is in the middle of her own crises as she watches her 20-year marriage crumble. Realizing that they’ll never make it out fishing, Haisley uses his skills in computer forensics
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First Chapter: Latent Image by Joshua Graham

Title: Latent Image: A Xandra Carrick Thriller Author: Joshua Graham Publisher: Redhaven Books Pages: 437 Genre: Thriller For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Sandra Brown, David Baldacci, Brad Thor, and Nora Roberts. New York Times bestselling author Joshua Graham returns with a new thriller, Latent Image: A Xandra Carrick Thriller. At the height of President Jennifer Bradley’s inaugural parade, a bomb detonates, followed by shots from a sniper’s rifle. She survives despite the numerous casualties including the Chief White House photographer. The authorities apprehend the only surviving suspect, but before they can interrogate him, he dies mysteriously while recovering in the hospital. In an effort to hunt down those
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First Chapter: The Moreva of Astoreth by Roxanne Bland

Title: THE MOREVA OF ASTORETH Author: Roxanne Bland Publisher: Blackrose Press Pages: 607 Genre: Science Fiction Moreva Tehi, scientist, healer, priestess of the Goddess of Love and three-quarters god, is a bigot. She hates the hakoi who are the Temple’s slaves. When she misses an important ritual because the enslaved hakoi are participants, her grandmother, the Goddess Astoreth, punishes her by exiling her for a year from her beloved southern desert home to the far north village of Mjor in the Syren Perritory, (where the hakoi are free) to steward Astoreth’s landing beacon. But Astoreth forbids her from taking with her scientific research on red fever, a devastating scourge
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First Chapter: Laguna Lights by Kaira Rouda

Title: Laguna Lights Author: Kaira Rouda Publisher: Real You Publishing Group Pages: 180 Genre: Contemporary Romance Laura Kinkaid’s glamorous Hollywood life is falling apart. After years of reality television stardom beginning in high school on Laguna Nights, her career and relationship with her long-term boyfriend Scott are fizzling out. Laura decides to go home to Laguna Beach for the weekend to attend a baby shower for her high school friend. That decision – and a car accident – will lead her to a new future, if she’s ready to take a chance at love. Paul Dorn’s former life in New York City is far behind him and he’s working
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First Chapter: Roped In by K.D. Hays

Title: Roped In Author: K.D. Hays Publisher: K.D. Hays Pages: 140 Genre: Cozy Mystery Life has settled into a more stable pattern for fledgling investigator Karen Maxwell of DS Investigations, but that stability is precarious. At work, she has an uneasy truce with Rodney, the “office maximizer” hired by her brother to do some of the administrative work she used to do. Her brother has not assigned her any real cases and she thinks it’s because he doesn’t trust her after she was fired from her last major assignment. But she soon gets her chance. The firm’s insurance agent calls in a favor and asks them to investigate whether
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First Chapter: Beautifully Shattered by Courtney Kristel

Title: Beautifully Shattered Author: Courtney Kristel Publisher: Amazon Pages: 412 Genre: Romantic Suspense What would you do if your world fell apart right before your eyes? If everything you held dear was stolen before you had a chance to say goodbye, would you give up or keep fighting? Adalynn Maxwell didn’t decide to give up. She was robbed of her choice. After years of therapy, Adalynn finally wants to move on and her brother’s sexy best friend Jax lures her further out of her shell. But she doesn’t understand his game and he changes the rules at every turn, making her fall into the waiting arms of the mysterious
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First Chapter: The Rockstar Remedy by Dr. Gabrielle Francis & Stacey Baker Masard

Title: The Rockstar Remedy Author: Dr. Gabrielle Francis with Stacy Baker Masand Publisher: HarperCollins Wave Pages: 330 Genre: Health and Wellness/Rock n Roll Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Known as the “Rock n’ Roll Doctor” to some of the most famous bands in the world, Dr. Gabrielle Francis shares her unique holistic prescription to achieving health and balance—even when you don’t live like a saint! As a Holistic Doctor to the music industry’s elite, Dr. Francis has helped rock stars repair, recover, and refuel from the demanding schedules and occasional overindulgences that come along with the rock star lifestyle. Being overscheduled, sleep-deprived, overeating, drinking and managing physical and mental stressors aren’t lifestyle habits unique to
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First Chapter: ’89 Walls by Katie Pierson

Title: ’89 Walls Author: Katie Pierson Publisher: Wise Ink Creative Publishing Pages: 240 Genre: Young Adult Format: Paperback College is not in the cards for Seth. He spends his minimum wage on groceries and fakes happiness to distract his mom from the MS they both know will kill her. It’s agony to carry around a frayed love note for a girl who’s both out of his league and beneath his dignity. Quinn’s finishing high school on top. But that cynical, liberal guy in her social studies class makes her doubt her old assumptions. Challenging the rules now, though, would a) squander her last summer at home, b) antagonize her
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First Chapter: The Jack of Souls by Stephen C. Merlino

Title: The Jack of Souls Author: Stephen C. Merlino Publisher: Tortoise Rampant Books Pages: 352 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Paperback/Hardcover/Kindle An outcast rogue named Harric must break a curse laid on his fate or die by his nineteenth birthday. As his dead-day approaches, nightmares from the spirit world stalk him and tear at his sanity; sorcery eats at his soul. To survive, he’ll need more than his usual tricks. He’ll need help—and a lot of it—but on the kingdom’s lawless frontier, his only allies are other outcasts. One of these outcasts is Caris, a mysterious, horse-whispering runaway, intent upon becoming the Queen’s first female knight. The other is Sir
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First Chapter: The Ark by Laura Liddell Nolen

Title: The Ark Author: Laura Liddell Nolen Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 239 Genre: YA Scifi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect earth’s survivors during the meteor strike that looks set to destroy the planet. Only a select few will be saved – like her mom, dad, and brother – all of whom have long since turned their backs on Char. If she
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First Chapter: A Dream Called Marilyn by Mercedes King

Title: A Dream Called Marilyn Author: Mercedes King Publisher: Triumph Productions Pages: 177 Genre: Historical / Modern Historical / Psychological Thriller Format: Kindle In the summer of 1962, nothing could prepare Dr. Charles Campbell for his first meeting with new client, Marilyn Monroe. A reputable L.A. psychiatrist, he’s been hired by a studio executive to treat and subdue the star, no matter what it takes. Although he’s been warned about Ms. Monroe’s unpredictability, she’s not what he expected. Gaining Marilyn’s trust means crossing doctor-patient boundaries, and trying to separate fact from Hollywood-fed-rumors proves destructive to both Charles’ career and his personal life. As Marilyn shares her secrets and threatens
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First Chapter: Genius de Milo by Russ Colchamiro

Title: Genius De Milo Author: Russ Colchamiro Publisher: Crazy 8 Press Pages: 320 Genre: SciFi/Comedy Format: Paperback/Kindle Best pals Jason Medley and Theo Barnes barely survived a backpacking trip through Europe and New Zealand that — thanks to a jar of Cosmic Building Material they found — almost wiped out the galaxy. But just as they envision a future without any more cosmic lunacy: The Earth has started fluxing in and out of existence, Theo’s twin girls are teleporting, and Jason can’t tell which version of his life is real. All because of Milo, the Universe’s ultimate gremlin. Joined by the mysterious Jamie — a down-and-out hotel clerk from
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First Chapter: You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? Reminiscences by Helga Stipa Madland

Title: You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? Reminiscences Author: Helga Stipa Madland Publisher: Aventine Press Pages: 202 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle I start with when I was born, then there was a World War, and then I went to Norman.—Klodnitz, in Upper Silesia, now a part of Poland, was my birth place; when everything collapsed in 1945 at the end of WWII, my family and I became refugees. We trekked across Germany, to the west, and eventually settled in a small village and then another one. Next was Canada, then the United States, Missouri; eventually we settled in Idaho, where my Father, who was a forester, found a
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First Chapter: Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup by Elisabeth Amaral

Title: Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup Author: Elisabeth Amaral Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 324 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle The mid-1960s through the mid-1970s was a heady, turbulent time. There was a lot going on back then, and author Elisabeth Amaral was in the middle of it all: the fights for women’s rights, racial equality, a music revolution, be-ins, love-ins, riots in the streets, the rage against the Vietnam War, and sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It was an amazing time to be young. In Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup, Amaral shares her recollections of those times. She and her husband gave up their jobs in
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First Chapter: Escape Through the Wilderness by Gary Rodriguez

Title: Escape Through the Wilderness Author: Gary Rodriguez Publisher: Tate Publishing Pages: 254 Genre: Teens/Children Format: Paperback/Kindle Sixteen-year-old Savannah Evans walks with a slight limp thanks to a gymnastics’ accident that dashed her Olympic dreams, but didn’t stop her from attending an adventure camp in Idaho. At Camp Arrowhead, she quickly befriends Jade Chang and Rico Cruz, but Conner Swift taunts Savi because of her injury. When the four are teamed together for an overnight white-water river rafting adventure, Savi refuses to get in the same raft with Conner. Unfortunately, the director will not reassign her. A fun expedition down the river turns into a nightmare when their raft
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First Chapter: Depression and Your Child by Deborah Serani

Title: Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Author: Deborah Serani Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 232 Genre: Self-Help/Psychology, Parenting Format: Hardback/Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding it, and the issue of diagnosis at such a tender age. Depression and Your Child is an award-winning book that gives parents and caregivers a uniquely textured understanding of pediatric depression, its causes, its symptoms, and its treatments. Author Deborah Serani weaves her own personal experiences of being a depressed child along with her
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First Chapter: Solo by Kevin V. Symmons

Title: Solo Author: Kevin V. Symmons Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 353 Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Jessica Long has the voice of an angel. But Jesse’s cold beauty masks a brutal past filled with privation and cruelty. As the talented soprano approaches her final year at New England Conservatory, she is faced with a choice: stay with her striking young lover or accept the offer of a successful Broadway producer. She chooses the latter only to discover that fame can exact a cruel price. After years of yearning, the lovers meet again – at Jesse’s ragged homestead on the Maine Coast. Matt will reveal the benefactor
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First Chapter: Stupidparty Math V. Myth by Patrick Andendall

Title: Stupidparty Math V. Myth: Unmasking the Destructive Forces Eroding American Democracy Author: Patrick Andendall Publisher: Fact Over Fiction Publishing LTD. Pages: 408 Genre: Politics Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Stupidparty Math v. Myth: Unmasking the Destructive Forces Eroding American Democracy relies on publicly available facts, resources and tools to deconstruct and relentlessly drill down on the numerous misconceptions held by too many Republicans. Substantiated by more than 1,500 hyperlinks to authoritative resources, readers will find: Stupidparty positions defrocked on: the “Moochers”, the economy, climate change, environmental stewardship, racism, religion, “Freedoms”, guns, and ignorance-based humor. The fallacy of Fox News facts exposed, documented, and explained. Also included are 1,055 full
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First Chapter: The Art and Science of Healing – With Light by Dr. Mark J. Rogers/Nike Azoros

Title: The Art and Science of Healing – with Light Author: Dr. Mark J. Rogers with Nike Azoros Publisher: Dr. Mark J. Rogers with Nike Azoros Pages: 442 Genre: Medical Format: Paperback/Kindle Chronic pain has reached epidemic proportions but it is not a disease. Chronic pain is a genuine physical problem and its epidemic is being spread by the very treatments the doctors are prescribing. Over thirty percent of patients across the world present with back, neck, or head pain, the majority of whom are in chronic pain, but all doctors offer is a prescription for painkillers and a referral for intensive physical therapy. The patients never improve, in
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First Chapter: Not Without My Father by Andra Watkins

Title: Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444 Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace Author: Andra Watkins Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 240 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle Can an epic adventure succeed without a hero? Andra Watkins needed a wingman to help her become the first living person to walk the historic 444-mile Natchez Trace as the pioneers did. She planned to walk fifteen miles a day. For thirty-four days. After striking out with everyone in her life, she was left with her disinterested eighty-year-old father. And his gas. The sleep apnea machine and self-scratching. Sharing a bathroom with a man whose gut obliterated his aim. As Watkins trudged
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First Chapter: ITGIRL4LIFE by Tamara Branch

Title: ITGIRL4LIFE Author: Tamara Branch Publisher: Heart Project Publishing Pages: 98 Genre: YA/Self-Esteem Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Writer, artist and speaker, Tamara Branch serves up 40 bite-sized chapters on how to build unshakable self-confidence, honor your life, and shine bright in the world, in ITGIRL4LIFE: How to bring out your special something and so much more. Packed with sage advice, life-changing insights and affirmations to help you soar, ITGIRL4LIFE offers ideas, tools and principles that you can reference and build upon, supporting you in becoming your best. Get ready to fall in love with your own wisdom, beauty and strength. First Chapter: KNOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE Y
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First Chapter: The Blood of the Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell

Title: T he Blood of the Fifth Knight Author: E.M. Powell Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 355 Genre: Historical Mystery/Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audiobook Purchase at AMAZON England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for her failed attempt to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign. Desperate, Henry turns to the only man he trusts: a man whose skills have saved him once before. Sir Benedict Palmer answers the call, mistakenly believing that his family will remain safe while he attends to his King. As Palmer
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First Chapter: Unlocking the Mystery of You: The Pinnacle of Purpose by D.L. Anderson

Title: Unlocking the Mystery of You: The Pinnacle of Purpose Author: D.L. Anderson Publisher: Author House Pages: 195 Genre: Self-Help Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Do you know who the most important person in your life is? Just look in the mirror and you will see – it’s you. Whether you’re a college student, a housewife, a salesman, or the president of the United States of America, the most important person in your life is and will always be you. That being said, your primary objective in life should be to know who you are so that you can position yourself to succeed in offices aligned with your purpose.
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First Chapter: P.O.W.ER by Lisa A. Kramer

Title: P.O.W.ER Author: Lisa A. Kremer Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 291 Genre: YA Speculative Feminist Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON What would happen if women and girls joined their unique abilities together to change the world? In a world where access to the written word is reserved to men, Andra BetScrivener has been able to read and write ever since she was a little girl without anyone teaching her. She must keep her abilities a secret in the country of New North, or she could lose her hands, her eyes or her life. In fact, the only paths offered to her–and all young women–are to either marry
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First Chapter: Shadows in the Fog by Greg Messel

Title: Shadows in the Fog Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 353 Genre: Mystery Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON The story begins on a stormy morning in February of 1959. The front page of the morning paper is dominated by news of the plane crash which killed rock ’n roll stars Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens. Private Eye Sam Slater is hired to perform what he thinks is a routine two-day job as a favor for a friend. However, it all goes terribly wrong when a young San Francisco policeman is gunned down while sitting in a parked car with Sam. The murder sets
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First Chapter: Open Your Heart for Happy Relationships by Eve Picquette

Title: Open Your Heart for Happy Relationships: 10 Shift Keys – What Your Angels Have Been Trying to Tell You for Centuries Author: Eve Picquette Publisher: Enchanted Eve, Inc. Pages: 78 Genre: Self Help/Inspiration Format: Paperback Purchase at AMAZON How many times have you read or seen something that made you want to change your life and relationships – but you didn’t know how? Introduced by two angels, Hope and Impatience, Open Your Heart for Happy Relationships – What Your Angels Have Been Trying to Tell You for Centuries… answers the “how” question. Eve Picquette shows readers how to: Open their hearts to love Shift their lives, using 10
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First Chapter: I, James by Mike Hartner

Title: I, James Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity4Popsicle Publishing Pages: 293 Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON James Crofter was ripped from his family at age 11. Within a year the prince was a pauper in a foreign land. Is nature stronger than nurture? And even if it is, can James find the happiness he so richly desires?   First Chapter: My name is James, and I am the second son of Walter and Maria.  My mother is Princess of Castile, now Spain, and my father is ruler of the whole of the Iberian Empire that includes Portugal.  Yes, Spain and Portugal are united, which occurred during
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First Chapter: The Temple of All Knowing by Lee Papa

Title: The Temple of All Knowing Author: Lee Papa Publisher: WaveCloud Corporation Pages: 186 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON The Temple of All Knowing is a memoir of one woman’s passage from personal and professional turmoil to spiritual awakening. A compelling straight forward and sometimes humorous account of the most personal of journeys as this 40-something woman finds herself in Sin City with promise of a new life, new husband and elderly mother living with her. She instead is uncovered as a central character in the deepest of possible challenges only to break through to discover her authentic spiritual self through a near death experience and a
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