Thursday, October 30, 2008

Fog Island Flowers-Book One of the "Cassandra" Series-Tonya R. Moore

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Jonathan Baron's love lost is a woman he's no longer certain even really exists.

Convinced that his lost childhood memories may be the key to solving this mystery, he seeks out his family's ancestral home on a cold island to the north and becomes entangled in an eons old saga of murder, madness, and macabre alien science.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The Edge of Honor, Minnette Meador

The Boudicca revolt has been squelched, the tribes of the Iceni and the Trinovantes have been exterminated by the Roman Governor of Britannia, Suetonius. He has sworn his revenge on the remaining tribes for the Celtic insolence.
Marius and Delia are now King and Queen of a broken Celtic tribe, and Marius has to use all his skill and cunning to help his hunted people as they flee before General Suetonius' sword. Reluctantly donning the mask of the liberatio mysticus, the “phantom” that hides the scattered tribes, the couple recruits Marius' ex-Roman century and what few Celtic warriors that remain to face the deadly Roman machine.
They struggle to keep their people together and prevent the rest of a nation from fading into history.
But they are threatened by secret plots, jealousy, and a new enemy that hammers a wedge between them, a wedge that even an unborn child may not be able to dislodge when Marius falls under the charms of Delia's sworn enemy. Sacrifices will have to be made to save their people, to keep the nation together, to survive the Roman rage.
In the end, it may be more than their love or their lives they lose.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

GreeHee The Journey of Five - Tales of Tamoor Book One, Michele Avanti

NCPA Best Juvenile Fiction COVR Visionary Fiction Finalist


GreeHee has never flown beyond his mountain. He's never seen a fairy or a wizard before, and never known a giant. All GreeHee knows is a lonely life living with his cruel father who calls him a sniveling runt, and who often abandons him for months at a time. He never knew his mother and has never had a friend. He spends his days practicing the dragon-art, hoping someday to make his father proud.

But all that is about to change when a little fairy stumbles into his world activating an ancient prophecy and he begins a journey unlike anything he could have imagined.
Now he will not only make friends and experience astonishing magic at every turn, but a glorious destiny awaits him...if GreeHee can survive the traps and withstand the evil.

Author's Note

"I wrote this book to give you a place to visit and escape from the pressures of daily life. In Tamoor you can reawaken wonder, refresh your energy, and realize that a divine hand weaves all your imperfections into a magnificent tapestry.

Each of us needs to learn the lesson that GreeHee learns here - to love yourself and in so doing - to follow your heart."



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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Gone Away Into The Land, Jeffrey B. Allen


GoneAway Into The Land....

by Jeffery B. Allen.

Truly a vacation spot that takes you to depths that are unexpected.

The more you read, the deeper it gets, while remaining light hearted and fun.

This book leaves you with a feeling of yearning for more.

As you travel throughout the land with John and his mother, Ellie, you are on a journey into more unusual places than you could possibly imagine. Mr. Allen has found a way to depict self-exploration, our journey through life, the mystery of the afterlife, intense philisophical lessons and the wonders of youth with amazing imagery.

Find yourself in a world where you do not forget the pleasures of your childhood - a place where you can embrace them and make them part of your soul.


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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Starsight Vol. II-Books III & IV , Minnette Meador

STARSIGHT VOL. II - BOOKS III & IV
War ravishes the Imperium, held together by the valor of ancient warriors and the devotion of the empire’s elite.
Trenara no longer trusts the power that has turned the boy she once loved into a man she no longer understands.
He frightens her.
Joshan’s ascendancy grows every day as he leads them to Sirdar’s domain.
The monster has prepared a welcome that none of them expects and Joshan knows he is endangering them all. Sacrifices are made; bonds are broken.
The line between good and evil are blurred in the blood of the innocent.
Will Joshan use the power to rescue his world or will a new tyrant sit upon Sirdar’s throne?
Second volume in the
Starsight Series

“Minnette Meador has begun reinventing and redefining the field by page 30 of STARSIGHT, and hasn’t stopped by the final sentence. But there’s more than just novel ideas going on, here; Meador also knows the unfakeable secret of keeping even newcomers turning the pages: care about your characters so much it becomes infectious. This is a Typhoid Mary of a book, from a writer to watch." Spider Robinson, co-author with Robert A. Heinlein of VARIABLE STAR

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Monday, October 20, 2008

Silent Scream, Yvonne Mason

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In 1972 Martin County Deputy Gerard Schaefer was arrested for the aggravated assault of two young women by the name of Nancy Trotter and Pamela Wells.

They were the lucky ones. They got away.

April 1,1973 the bodies of two more young women named .
Georgia Jessup and Susan Place were found on South Hutchinson Island.
They had been there for several months.

The police investigation which ensued led the authorities back to Gerard Schaefer who was by this time serving six months for aggravated assault on Nancy Trotter and Susan Wells.

The firestorm and the evidence uncovered in the investigation led authorities to believe that Ex-Martin County Deputy Sheriff Gerard Schaefer had killed more than just these four young women.
Evidence gathered during a search at his mother's home revealed at least nine and as many as possibly thirty four over a span of six years beginning in 1966 and continuing until 1972.

Until this crime Florida had never experienced anything like what is now known as serial killings.
Gerard Schaefer was considered the first perpetrator of this type of crime.

Ms. Mason's Silent Scream gives the victims a voice - a voice which has been silent for over 30 years.
Some of the young women were never found, some cases were never closed and there were never any bodies to bury.
Gerard Schaefer took their voice away when he bound, gagged, hung , tortured, and buried their bodies in remote areas.
He killed in pairs so one could watch while the other was destroyed.

This is their story, this is their voice and with this voice comes the peace they have never had.

Ms. Mason, reminds us that at any time and any place we can become a victim.

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Memoirs of a Music Obsessive, Martin Warminger

Martin Warminger – music obsessive – journeys through his personal history of rock and pop music.

Accumulating an extensive collection of singles and albums, his love of popular music has resulted in profound effects on his life.
‘Memoirs' is a cathartic and humorous account of one fan’s life in the thrall of pop music in all its forms set against the humdrum backdrop of suburban living and trying to be a grown-up. Sharing his remarkable knowledge and appreciation of the music industry, he recalls the highs and lows of favourite artists and bands – spanning more than fifty years.
Part autobiography and part analytical commentary on popular culture, the narrative toggles between the two main threads and demonstrates how an obsession with popular music can grow to ludicrous proportions.

Can’t quite remember who sang that song?
Here’s someone who’s sure to know…a legacy of nostalgic memories to treasure – happy reminiscing!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Daydreams In Mermaid Grass, Natalie Williams

Daydreams in Mermaid Grass began in its conception in a dream.
What happens when we sleep, before we fall into those deep moments that we cannot wake from, where we have no recollection of what has taken place but awake with a heightened sense of something, something that cannot be defined?
This uniquely transcendent collection of poetry offers a peak into an imaginary world where the wildest dreams and nightmares culminate into a whirlwind ride where all else is forgotten.
The title is metaphorical for a dream state; when all time stops and you enter before sleep unimagined things reach from another world to take you and you slip, floating, softly into the unknown.

The fantastical world of Bracken written in poetic verse spells a hypnotizing read for all.
The world, populated by fantastical creatures mesmerizes the reader from beginning to end. Serpent dragons with mirror hides that reflect all wrongdoing journeying on quests, princesses clothed in darkness and only lit by the creature known only as Speaker are only some of the treasures that await you inside.
Hold my hand and let this magical sleep take you into the world of Daydreams in Mermaid Grass.

Natalie Williams was born in 1981 in the newly born country of Zimbabwe on the purple carpeted Jacaranda Lane of African/Irish descent.
Life was filled in her early years with Irish fairy tales written by her grandfather and inspirational imaginings in the world of Narnia and Grimm’s’ Fairy Tales.
In the inspiring world of Africa, she began her journey as a writer winning an Honours award for her poem “The Thicket and the Musgrove” at the age of nine.
Years later, she now launches her first poetry collection drawing on the inspirations of her life and imagination.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Paranoia, J.E. Braun

10% of all profits from sales of Paranoia will be donated to the Twin Towers Orphan Fund www.ttof.org

Jim survived 9/11, but his life did not.
Paranoia takes the reader along for Jim's descent into fear, hatred, and all-encompassing paranoia and, ultimately, his struggles to put his life back together.
Can a survivor of such tragic events rediscover what once made his life worth living?


Thursday, October 9, 2008

Just Plain Weird, Tom Upton

Travis MacDuff has always led an uneventful life.
His greatest concern was making the high school football, until an odd girl moves in next store, a girl whose secrets threaten not only his existence but the existence of everyone on the planet.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The Daughter-in-Law Rules, Sally Shields


The Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101 Surefire Ways to Manage (and Make Friends with) Your
Mother-in-Law!

In her fun new book, The Daughter -in-Law Rules best-selling author Sally Shields lays out 101 simple and witty strategies to aid wives of all ages in mastering every element of MIL relations-from thedecorum of housekeeping to the delicate world of child rearing.

Whether you're at the beginning of your marriage or you've spent years trying to make peace with your mother-in-law, The Daughter-in-Law Rules provides a revolutionary set of strategies,making copasetic coexistence possible at last!

This visually appealing 5x8” gift book includes 25 endorsements from relationship advice experts and success coaches from around the world, as well as a full-page offer in the back of the book from1-800-Flowers.com for a 15% discount with a unique promotional code created specifically for this book. The Daughter-in-Law Rules is an attractive, fun, unique gift item offering "funny and compassionate

advice that works!"


"Next to Waterford Crystal, The Daughter-in-Law Rules may be the best wedding gift you can give!" Tim Bete, bestselling author of, Pirate Parenting

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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Like Glass, Matthew Cory

What do you do when the person you always wanted to die finally goes, and you feel nothing?
When you finally find yourself face-to-face with the one you once felt was your true love, only to find yourself still brimming with jealousy at what tore you apart?
When you're forced to face your own life and see that it's missing all the things you never knew you always wanted?
Rob Jackson finds himself faced with these and other questions in Like Glass.
From start to finish, Like Glass is a take on everyday life, where the characters are realistic and dynamic, and each page brings a new tear, a new laugh, and a new twist.
Like life, it's full of contradictions - it's a love story, yet not a romance; the main character is successful, but unhappy; heartache abounds, but there's always a laugh.


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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Soft Target, Conrad Jones


`SOFT TARGET` is a chilling fictional story that takes the reader inside the hearts and minds of a violent terrorist cell.
Based around the Terrorist Task Force the story is a rollercoaster ride of frighteningly real events across America and the UK.
The story is the first of three that follow the lead agent John Tankersley, AKA, Tank.
The plot has been described as worryingly good.
Controversy and violence are never far away when Tank and the Task Force are around.