Posts Tagged ‘First Chapters’

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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First Chapter: The Flight of the Griffin by C.M. Gray

Title: The Flight of the Griffin Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Author: C.M. Gray Publisher: C.M. Gray Pages: 219 Language: English ISBN: 9781471750359 Purchase at AMAZON The Kingdom is dying… The Darkness is coming… the balance between Order and Chaos is rapidly shifting and the world is falling towards evil and horror, and all misery that Chaos will bring. But there is hope… Pardigan’s had enough, he’s only 12, but he’s breaking into the home of one of Freya’s richest merchants… and he’s doing it tonight… A burglary that will change their lives forever sets four friends upon a quest, a race against time, to locate three magical objects and
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First Chapter: External Forces by Deborah Rix

Title: External Forces Author: Deborah Rix Publisher: Dime Store Books Pages: 268 Language: English Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Format: eBook Purchase at AMAZON Treason, betrayal, and heartbreak. A lot can happen to a girl between her first kiss and her first kill. It’s 100 years since the Genetic Integrity Act was passed and America closed its borders to prevent genetic contamination. Now only the enemy, dysgenic Deviants, remain beyond the heavily guarded border. The Department of Evolution carefully guides the creation of each generation and deviations from the divine plan are not permitted. When 16-year-old Jess begins to show signs of deviance she enlists in the Special Forces,
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First Chapter: The Wanderers by Paul Stutzman

Title: The Wanderers Author: Paul Stutzman Genre: Amish Fiction Publisher: Carlisle Printing Pages: 374 Language: English ISBN-10: 0984644911 ISBN-13: 978-0984644919 BUY THE BOOK Everything in God’s nature, Johnny observed, did what it was created to do. Everything, that is, except the human race. Johnny was born into an Amish family, into a long line of farmers and good businessmen. He is expected to follow the traditions of family and church as he grows to adulthood. But even as a boy, he questions whether he can be satisfied with this lifestyle. He wants “more” — more education, more travel, more opportunity. His restlessness leads him down a dangerous road where
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First Chapter: Weak at the Knees by Jo Kessel

Title: Weak at the Knees Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance Author: Jo Kessel Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 292 Language: English ISBN-10: 1490397604 ISBN-13: 978-1490397603 Purchase at AMAZON “We got so busy living life that we forgot to live our dreams.” Danni Lewis has been playing it safe for twenty-six years, but her sheltered existence is making her feel old ahead of time. When a sudden death plunges her into a spiral of grief, she throws caution to the wind and runs away to France in search of a new beginning. The moment ski instructor Olivier du Pape enters her shattered world she falls hard, in more ways than one. Their
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First Chapter: The Guilty by Vincent Zandri

Title: The Guilty Author: Vincent Zandri Publisher: StoneGate Ink Genre: Thriller Pages: 465 Format: Ebook Language: English Purchase at AMAZON Jack Marconi is back. In The Guilty, Jack finds himself investigating a local restaurateur who’s not only obsessed with the sexy, dark romance novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, he’s accused of attempting to murder his school teacher girlfriend. As the now brain-damaged young woman begins recalling events of that fateful winter night when she was allegedly pushed down the front exterior stairs of a West Albany mansion, she becomes the target of the angry foodie/sex-obsessed boyfriend once again. Only this time, he’s cooking up a plot to keep her
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First Chapter: The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen by Julia Helene Ibbotson

Title: The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen Author: Julia Helene Ibbotson Paperback: 128 pp. Publisher: New Generation Publishing Language: English ISBN-10: 1909593753 ISBN-13: 978-1909593756 Purchase your copy at AMAZON. Author Julia Ibbotson and her husband glimpsed the old Victorian rectory on a cold January day. It was in dire need of renovation, in the midst of the English moorlands and a mile from the nearest village, but they determined to embark on a new life in the country, to make the sad neglected house glow again and to settle into the life of the small traditional village. As Julia researches the history of the house and village,
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First Chapter: Gem City Gypsy by Kristin Kuhns Alexandre

Title: Gem City Gypsy Genre: New Adult Fiction Author: Kristin Kuhns Alexandre Publisher: Sisterhood Publications Pages: 158 Language: English ISBN-10: 1940016029 ISBN-13: 978-1940016023 Purchase at AMAZON When you read “Gem City Gypsy” you must conceptualize a whole world. Gypsies. Socialites. The Wright Brothers. The KKK. Industrialization leading to WWI. So many vivid elements. The story is about a gypsy girl who must leap over bodies to survive the sinking Lusitania and escape murderous Germans who kill her mentor in Ireland. She later returns to her hometown, recreated as a wealthy woman trying to meld into the upper class.  Neci Star captures our imagination and heart as she claws her
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First Chapter: I, Walter by Mike Hartner

Title: I, Walter Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity 4 Popsicle Publishing Pages: 224 Language: English ISBN-10: 0973356154 ISBN-13: 978-0973356151 Purchase at AMAZON This is the life story of Walter Crofter, an English commoner who ran from home at the age of 11.  After two years living on the street, he ended up on a Merchant Mariners boat in the service of the Crown. On his first voyage, he rescued a girl from pirates.  A very important girl, who stole his heart before she was returned to her home. This is the story of his life.  What adventures he had at sea; what took him off the waters, and what
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First Chapter: The Seventh Sorcerer (The Magic Crystals Series) by Stephen Hayes

Title: The Seventh Sorcerer Author: Stephen Hayes Format: ebook Length: 345 pages Publisher: Stephen Hayes Purchase at AMAZON On the surface, Chopville appears not unlike any other small town in rural Australia. However, its underbelly is more than extraordinary. Amongst its modest community reside six people from two very different families — they make up the six most powerful people in the world today. Branded as “Sorcerers”, they are the only six people in the world with true magical power. Yet these two families do not cooperate together and although there is no open fighting in the year 2010, things weren’t always that peaceful. John Playman knows this as
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First Chapter: The Controlled by Becky Komant

Title: The Controlled Author: Becky Komant Publisher: BK Press Pages: 292 Language: English ISBN-10: 099181150X ISBN-13: 978-0991811502 Purchase at AMAZON Sarah Ruiz thought she had it all – until someone entered her life who was hell-bent on destroying her. Sarah Ruiz is a business owner, a fitness trainer and a mom.  Married to the ever-so-charming and wealthy Alex Ruiz, Sarah appears to have the perfect life.  But behind closed doors, he revealed a side of himself that destroyed her love for him.  With five beautiful children and unable to leave her situation, Sarah knows she must make changes. Sarah’s journey to freedom take a turn when a man, Gabe
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First Chapter: Lion’s Head Deception

Title: Lion’s Head Deception Author: Chuck Waldron Publisher: Booklocker Pages: 318 Language: English ISBN-10: 1626463689 ISBN-13: 978-1626463684 Purchase at AMAZON In the prologue, the backdrop for Lion’s Head Deception is set, amongst rioting and unrest in a destabilized city. Matt Tremain is a shy, private person who discovers a passion for writing blogs—a mission that propels him into investigative reporting. A tipster warns him of a diabolical scheme Matt simply can’t ignore. After the tipster is killed, Matt honors his memory by going forward to investigate the truth behind the conspiracy. He meets a television reporter and a cameraman also investigating the intrigue. Are they potential partners or rivals?
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{First Chapter} Marcie by Carly M. Duncan

Title: Marcie Author: Carly M. Duncan Paperback: 136 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Language: English ISBN-10: 148011832X ISBN-13: 978-1480118324 Purchase at AMAZON When Kate’s mother, Marcie, dies mysteriously she is forever tormented by the many questions surrounding her mother’s death. In Marcie’s absence Kate clings to her mother’s husbands, searching for solace. As family secrets are revealed Kate works to build her own life and family, but the mystery of her mother’s death sidetracks her until she finally gets the answer she’s always hoped for. First Chapter: FEBRUARY 1977 A call in the middle of the night can never bear good news. In fact, the sound of each ring sends a
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{First Chapter} Training Temptation by Diana Baron

Title of Book: TRAINING TEMPTATION Genre: Erotic Romance Author: Diana Baron Website: www.DianaBaron.com Publisher: Amazon Digital Services PURCHASE TRAINING TEMPTATION HERE SUMMARY: Caught in a web of deceit, Caroline must run the race of her life to save her family home. Her reputation as the high society owner of the #1 stable for Ponygirls in the world is on the line. And, there’s only one man who can help her win. Edward Hastings is steamy, passionate, and dangerous. With molten brown eyes and a rock hard body, the notorious playboy could have any woman in the world, but he only wants her. The first time he’d seen Caroline dressed
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First Chapter: Traveling for Love by Becky Due

Title: Traveling for Love: Searching for Self, Hoping for Love Author: Becky Due Publisher: Telemachus Press Pages: 178 Language: English ISBN-10: 1937698173 ISBN-13: 978-1937698171 Purchase at AMAZON Amanda’s life is suddenly turned upside down when her husband tells her he wants a divorce. She realizes she no longer knows who she is – her life revolved around her husband. At age 40, she finds herself divorced, childless, living in an apartment with a roommate, with little education and no career path. Can Amanda heal her pain and find love again? Will she find the career of her dreams? When will Amanda realize that she deserves to be happy? First
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