Posts Tagged ‘First Chapters’

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: 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: 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: 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: 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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First Chapter: Miracle Man by William R. Leibowitz

Title: Miracle Man Author: William R. Leibowitz Publisher: Manifesto Media Group Pages: 428 Genre: Cross-genre Thriller Format: Paper/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON REVERED   REVILED    REMARKABLE The victim of an unspeakable crime, an infant rises to become a new type of superhero. Unlike any that have come before him, he is not a fanciful creation of animators, he is real. So begins the saga of Robert James Austin, the greatest genius in human history.  But where did his extraordinary intelligence come from? As agents of corporate greed vie with rabid anti-Western radicals to destroy him, an obsessive government leader launches a bizarre covert mission to exploit his intellect.  Yet Austin’s greatest
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First Chapter: Divine Sanctuary by Cheryl Kaye Tardif

Title: Divine Sanctuary Author: Cheryl Kaye Tardif Publisher: Imagin Books Pages: 210 Genre: Paranormal Mystery/Crime/Thriller/Romance Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Prologue Emily emerged from the shadows of Jasi’s closet. She drifted forward, her feet barely touching the floor. Her head, with its long blonde hair, lolled at an awkward―strangled―angle. In this dream, an adult Jasi gasped in surprise. The pink skipping rope noose was gone. “You’re ready, Jasmine.” “Ready for what?” “To start looking for me.” Jasi stood still, mesmerized by the bruises around the girl’s neck. They were fading before her eyes. “The skipping rope is gone,” she said finally. “And your bruises are disappearing.” “Yours will too,”
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First Chapter: I Wish by E.B. Tatby

Title: I Wish Author: E.B. Tatby Publisher: Dream Tag Pages: 329 Genre: YA/Fantasy Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON All her life, sixteen-year-old Kenza Atlas has heard the stories, but she never believed them. She never expected the allure of power or, worse, how far the dark shadows could cast. Genies and wishing are for fairy tales, not teenage girls, and especially not in Omaha. But when a Moroccan jinn with undulating tattoos and mysterious black eyes whisks her 500 years back in time, she witnesses the death of her powerful ancestor and the gorgeous slave she loved. They sacrificed themselves to escape the Caliph, a tyrant named Mazin. And
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First Chapter: The Agben School by Jo Sparkes

Title: The Agben School Author: Jo Sparkes Publisher: Oscar Press Pages: 384 Genre: Fantasy Format: Paperback Purchase at AMAZON Agben had stood for a thousand years. A mysterious school housing more than students, it was the seat of the powerful Women of Agben, and the center for harnessing the potency of herbs. Few knew all that transpired within the walls. And now Marra stood at its gate. Friends and support stripped from her, the fragile life she’d built for herself now lay in tatters. And the source of this evil hunted her like a deer culled from the herd. The gateway before her was her only hope. For as
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First Chapter: Return to Love by Kathleen Shoop

Title: Return to Love Author: Kathleen Shoop Publisher: Oakglen Press Pages: 261 Genre: Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON April and Hale Abercrombie’s love is tender and sweet. While he serves in Vietnam, their marriage is marked by trust and the belief that they will grow old together with a gaggle of grandchildren at their feet. But, their charmed marriage changes in the face of losing their newborn daughter. On leave from his tour, Hale can barely wait to hold his wife and her help her heal. When he arrives, his embrace, his touch, and his love are as perfect as April remembered. Their reunion is passionate and their
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First Chapter: Ash to Steele by Karen-Anne Stewart

Title: Ash to Steele Author: Karen-Anne Stewart Publisher: Karen-Anne Stewart Pages: 342 Genre: New Adult Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Emma Who I am and all I believe is marred with just one glance into angry, steel blue eyes. He seems to control my air, my ability to breathe. He makes me crave everything I know is a sin. Pure becomes tainted and lines are blurred. It’s my fault; I’m the one who isn’t strong enough. I’ve been damaged…broken. Breck’s words haunt me…’There’s a consequence for every choice you make.’ Breck I’ve had so many women I can’t even remember over half of their names, but none of
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First Chapter: Palmetto Moon by Kim Boykin

Title: Palmetto Moon Author: Kim Boykin Publisher: Berkely Trade Pages: 320 Genre: Southern Women’s Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON June, 1947. Charleston is poised to celebrate the biggest wedding in high-society history, the joining of two of the oldest families in the city. Except the bride is nowhere to be found…Unlike the rest of the debs she grew up with, Vada Hadley doesn’t see marrying Justin McLeod as a blessing—she sees it as a life sentence. So when she finds herself one day away from a wedding she doesn’t want, she’s left with no choice but to run away from the future her parents have so carefully planned
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First Chapter: Meet Me in Barcelona by Mary Carter

Title: Meet Me in Barcelona Author: Mary Carter Publisher: Kensington Pages: 352 Genre: Mainstream fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle/MP3 CD, Audiobook, MP3 Audo, Unabridged Purchase at AMAZON A surprise trip to Barcelona with her boyfriend, Jake, seems like the perfect antidote to Grace Sawyer’s current woes. The city is dazzling and unpredictable, but the biggest surprise for Grace is discovering who arranged and paid for the vacation. Carrie Ann wasn’t just Grace’s foster sister. Clever, pretty, and mercurial, she was her best friend—until everything went terribly wrong. Now, as she flees an abusive marriage, Carrie Ann has turned to the one person she hopes will come through for her. Despite her
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First Chapter: Sister Surrendered by Darla M. Grese

Title: Sister Surrendered Author: Darla M. Grese Publisher: Darla M. Grese Pages: 210 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback / Kindle Purchase at AMAZON When you’re a twin, loneliness is somewhat unfamiliar because you’ve always had each other. So when a twin passes, the other is left unprepared. Our loyalty was steadfast and our devotion to one another, solid. Our love was unconditional no matter what the circumstances. I’m so grateful every day for the memories of the joy and laughter that we shared together. I know the bond that Kelli and I shared is impossible for anyone to replace. This memoir has become something so much more than initially intended.
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First Chapter: The Unholy by Paul DeBlassie

Title: The Unholy Author: Paul DeBlassie III Publisher: Sunstone Press Pages: 200 Language: English Genre: Psychological/Paranormal Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON A young curandera, a medicine woman, intent on uncovering the secrets of her past is forced into a life-and-death battle against an evil Archbishop. Set in the mystic land of Aztlan, The Unholy is a novel of destiny as healer and slayer. Native lore of dreams and visions, shape changing, and natural magic work to spin a neo-gothic web in which sadness and mystery lure the unsuspecting into a twilight realm of discovery and decision.  First Chapter: A chilly autumn morning wind swept over the grounds of the Ecclesia
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First Chapter: The Last Ancient by Eliot Baker

Title: The Last Ancient Author: Eliot Baker Publisher: Burst Books, imprint of Champagne Books Pages: 316 Genre: Supernatural Thriller, Historical Mystery Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Around Nantucket Island, brutal crime scenes are peppered with ancient coins, found by the one man who can unlock their meaning. But what do the coins have to do with the crimes? Or the sudden disease epidemic? Even the creature? And who–or what–left them? The answer leads reporter Simon Stephenson on a journey through ancient mythology, numismatics, and the occult. Not to mention his own past, which turns out to be even darker than he’d realized; his murdered father was a feared arms
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First Chapter: Coming Home by Holly Kerr

Title: Coming Home Author: Holly Kerr Publisher: Etopia Press Pages: 495 Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Loving your sisters is easy. Liking them is the hard part. Brenna Ebans always wanted more than what Hill n’Valley could give her, so it seemed a simple decision to follow her black-sheep sister Dory’s footsteps and leave Hill n’Valley in her rearview, hoping to locate their missing father. Leaving her sisters and her first love Seamus was harder than she thought, but she’s made a life for herself in Vancouver, started her career at a prestigious law firm, and has found the man of her dreams. But when she
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First Chapter: Naked in Havana by Colin Falconer

Title: Naked in Havana Author: Colin Falconer Publisher: Coolgus Publishing Pages: 164 Genre: Romantic Suspense Format: Paperback, Kindle Purchase at AMAZON 18 year old Magdalena Fuentes is lying naked next to her perfect lover when he tells her he is marrying someone else. It is soon clear her destiny lies with another man, even though she says she doesn’t believe in fate. But fate doesn’t care whether we believe in it or not… Havana, 1958. Magdalena Fuentes knows that Angel Macheda is the only man for her, even after he takes her virginity and then tells her he is engaged to someone else. She knows they are meant to
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First Chapter: Chain Reaction by Richard Hacker

Title: Chain Reaction Author: Richard Hacker Publisher: Champagne Books Pages: 232 Genre: Thriller Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON When Nick and his partner in love and business, Theresa, take a client caught in a grudge between competitive bass fisherman, they soon discover he has unknowingly entangled himself in a plot by healthcare magnate, Bruce Reynolds, to take over Texas and secede from the Union. Hoping to pass the case to the Texas Rangers, Nick is instead recruited to head the Governor’s special task force. He learns Governor Fran Adamson’s major campaign contributor and secret lover, Reynolds, has a plan to resurrect the Republic of Texas.  Faced with Reynolds’ hit
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First Chapter: To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis by Andra Watson

Title: To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Author: Andra Watkins Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 300 Language: English Genre: Historical fiction/Paranormal/Suspense Format: Paperback, Kindle Purchase at Amazon Is remembrance immortality? Nobody wants to be forgotten, least of all the famous. Meriwether Lewis lived a memorable life. He and William Clark were the first white men to reach the Pacific in their failed attempt to discover a Northwest Passage. Much celebrated upon their return, Lewis was appointed governor of the vast Upper Louisiana Territory and began preparing his eagerly-anticipated journals for publication. But his re-entry into society proved as challenging as his journey. Battling financial and psychological
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First Chapter: Semi-Coma: Evolution of My Intermitten Consciousness by Gulten Dye

Title: Semi-Coma: Evolution of My Intermittent Consciousness Author: Gulten Dye Publisher: Gulten Dye Publishing Company Pages: 205 Language: English Genre: Self-Help Format: Paperback & eBook Purchase at AMAZON This book is about self-discovery and the journey that awakened me to the many facets of life. The road hasn’t always been easy with its tolls and junctions. It’s about my struggle to discover who I really am, what I believe in and how I’ve arrived at a place where I am able to appreciate myself and my surroundings. Most of my life I lived in a state of arrested consciousness without being aware of it. Then one day out of
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First Chapter: Soul Control by C. Elizabeth

Title: Soul Control Author: C. Elizabeth Publisher: Wings ePress Pages: 454 Genre: YA Paranormal Format: Paperback, Kindle Purchase at AMAZON “Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil.” Words that ring true for seventeen-year-old Saydi Gardiner upon discovering her ancestry.  But if she has doubts, further confirmation is forthcoming and it comes in the form of a wickedly gorgeous Nathanael Braxton, when he steals her heart and cuddles into her sole – the last place the boy should be. Nineteen-year-old Nathanael’s unrelenting good looks aren’t the only thing that make him dangerous – and he knows it!  However, his caring human side struggles with a loyalty – a loyalty that binds
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First Chapter: The Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker by Fletcher Best

Title: The Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker Genre: Humor/Satire Author:  Fletcher Best Publisher: Fletcher Best Pages: 202 Language: English Format: Paperback Purchase at AMAZON Dark secrets lie just below the surface of the small town of Lake Porker, Texas. The long-time, yet much-despised mayor has been keeping his job by means of rigging elections with the help of the town clerk, a highly respected woman who secretly happens to be the mayor’s dominatrix lover. The man that most of the town thinks is a successful stock day trader is actually a methamphetamine kingpin. His drop-dead beautiful and supposedly devoted God-fearing wife is not only plotting to kill him
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First Chapter: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story by Freddie Owens

Title: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Author: Freddie Owens Publisher: Blind Sight Publications Pages: 332 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age Format: Paperback & eBook Purchase at AMAZON A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the enthralling debut novel by Freddie Owens, which tells the story of a spirited wunderkind in the segregated South of the 1950s and the forces he must overcome to restore order in his world. Rich in authentic vernacular and evocative
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