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L.H. Cosway - The Nature of Cruelty

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This is a standalone contemporary romance novel about love, hate, cruelty and forgiveness.

Her name is Lana. She wasn’t dealt the easiest cards in life. She wasn’t dealt the hardest. She has an illness, but she doesn’t let it rule her. The first time she laid eyes on her best friend’s twin brother she fell in love at first sight. It didn’t last very long. He was a hateful boy who made her miserable. The happiest day of her life was when he moved away to London six years ago.

His name is Robert. He breaks the ones who love him. He’s always liked to play games with Lana, see how far he could push her. He once thrived on her pain, but no more. Now she’s coming to London to live with his sister for the summer and this time he plans on being her friend instead of her tormentor. But Lana is scarred by his past bullying. She doesn’t trust him, nor does she have any reason to.

When the two find themselves living under the same roof, they call a truce. This summer will change both of their lives, as they put their history aside and learn one another from scratch.

When fear takes over, we use cruelty as a mask. Robert and Lana’s story will see their masks slip away as the love they felt on the inside shows its true face.

Romance

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Katie Hayoz - Untethered

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Sixteen-year-old Sylvie isn’t comfortable in her own skin. In fact, there are times she can’t even manage to stay inside it. But if there is one thing she’s sure of, it’s her love for Kevin Phillips. She’s willing to stake everything on it -- her family, her friends, and possibly her soul.

Junior year is off to a less than stellar start for Sylvie: Her parents are splitting up, her little brother is sitting at her lunch table, and she’s the target of the school bully. Plus, she accidentally astral projects, slipping out of her body again and again at all the worst times. Sylvie is cast as the class freak and a medical misfit. She wishes she were somewhere else. Someone else. But it´s only when her best friend catches the attention of the boy Sylvie´s loved in secret since the fifth grade that Sylvie makes up her mind to do something drastic.

Sylvie intends to get Kevin by any means possible -- even if it involves treachery, deceit, and the insidious side of the paranormal. After years of trying to ignore her ability to astral project, Sylvie finally decides to embrace it. But she also decides to embrace the shadows that accompany her on her out-of-body experiences. Opening herself up to the shadows and their evil, Sylvie comes up with a dark plan. She is positive her scheme will give her what she wants, but she doesn’t count on it all spiraling out of control.

Untethered by Katie Hayoz explores the intoxicating and dangerous world of jealousy and obsession when coupled with paranormal ability. It is a touching, sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking novel that speaks to the self-doubt lurking in us all.

****Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion 2014

***Runner up in the Mslexia Children´s and YA Novel Competition.

Teen and Young Adult

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Nicholas C. Rossis - The Power of Six: 6+1 Science

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Six science fiction short stories written by the award-winning author of Pearseus and Runaway Smile. This edition includes one extra story, written by Amos M. Carpenter, and "What´s in a Name," published in Infinite Waters: 9+1 Speculative Fiction Short Stories. 

Although they seem to be concerned with various themes, there are certain passions that run through them. What is the nature of reality; digital and corporeal? Is there more to the world than we can see? How far can we trust our senses? What are the consequences of our actions, and is it possible to change them? And if so, would we simply repeat the same mistakes, or make new ones? 

The anthology includes the following stories: 

"Simulation Over": How far can we trust our senses? 
"For the Last Time": The law of unintended consequences meets Merphy´s law during a man´s unexpected time travel. 
"The Hand of God": Nothing has prepared a grizzly veteran for this meeting. 
"I Come in Peace": an award-winning short story that poses the question: how far would man go to alleviate his loneliness? 
"A Fresh Start": If we were free to go anywhere in time and space, where would we choose to go? 
"The Sentry": What is a Sentry to do when the monster that steals away his family´s most precious possessions reappears? 
"Big Bang": A friendly game turns into much more in this short story written by Amos M. Carpenter. 
"What´s in a Name": A trip to the Tropics takes an unexpected turn. * 

Humorous and poignant, these short stories are exciting, intriguing and imaginative. The Power of Six has repeatedly reached #1 on Amazon.

Science Fiction

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Melyssa Winchester - Here & Now (Count On Me #5)

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**Due to the sexual nature of some of the scenes present in the book along with the language (which may offend some readers), it is recommended for ages 17 and up.** 

A father convicted of criminal mischief and sentenced to twenty years in prison. A mother who’s so lost in the bottom of a bottle of pills, most days I’m not even sure she knows her own name. 

You’d think with role models like that, I’d know what to avoid. But if you know anything about me at all, nothing simple is ever really that simple. 

Cadence changed all of that. Making me feel and experience things that for the last eleven years I thought were only meant for fairy tales and dreams. She gave me my heart back, bringing hope and faith along for the ride, until all I could hear was her. 

She became my world, a beginning with no end, and it was so damn beautiful that I started to believe there was nothing that would ever tear us apart. 

Until something, or rather someone did. 
Me. 

I’ve been told that love isn’t about trying, failing and giving up when things get hard. That real love is continuing to try despite it, so just like a year ago, I’m going to do it again, and this time around our beginning will have an end. 

Cadence and Dillon together. Forever. 

I’m in the fight of my life and this time, I don’t plan to lose.

Teen and Young Adult

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K.C. Finn - Leighton's Summer

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A teenage boy with something to prove gets caught up in a web of crime and deceit in England, 1945. 

In the weeks leading up to his sixteenth birthday, gifted psychic Leighton Cavendish finds himself suddenly packed off to Blackpool, a glittering, teenage paradise filled with plenty of opportunities for amusement—and trouble. With only a preoccupied grandmother to keep an eye on him, Leighton’s desperation for adventure leads him out into a world of holidaymakers, candy, and carnival rides—the ideal place to spend six weeks away from home. 

But Leighton’s psychic visions are encroaching on his fun, trying to warn him of the danger that lurks beyond the shimmering lights of the Golden Mile. Who are the mysterious thieves Leighton sees in his head, and what do they want with the children they seek? A girl called Faye holds the answer, but she has enough problems of her own. 

Amid the climate of a tourist town recovering from the impact of the Second World War, two lost teenagers will discover a shocking truth about human greed. Together, they will try to fight against it. For Leighton and Faye, this will be a summer to remember—one filled with challenges that must be overcome. 

A summer that turns a boy into a man.

Teen and Young Adult

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Doug J. Cooper - Crystal Conquest

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Crystal Conquest, book II in the Crystal Series, builds on the exciting storyline and characters you first met in Crystal Deception. While Crystal Conquest stands on its own as a great read, book I, Crystal Deception, delivers a solid story foundation and is the recommended starting point for new readers. 

Aliens fire the first shots in their invasion of Earth, and that’s when Criss realizes he’s outmatched. He spent years preparing for this moment, working with his human leadership to develop weapons and refine strategies. Created with the thinking and reasoning ability of a thousand people, Criss never expected the invaders to arrive with an artificial intelligence that dwarfed his capabilities, nor did he expect to be the target of their vengeance. When he squares off against the alien goliath to protect the world, defeat is certain. Or is it? Together with Sid, Cheryl, and Juice—a covert operative, Fleet officer, and crystal scientist—Criss struggles to defeat the aggressors and save civilization from annihilation. But can he outsmart the alien intelligence in a titanic battle of wits? And can he do so before Earth lies in ruins?

Science Fiction

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Dave Zeltserman - The Interloper

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THE EXPLOSIVE NEW CRIME NOVEL BY THE SHAMUS AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND NPR-SHORTLISTED "BEST MYSTERY AND CRIME WRITER"

In The Interloper, Dave Zeltserman´s unique talent ("deserves comparison with the best of James Ellroy" - Publisher´s Weekly, starred review) is back in full, stunning force. In Part One, The Hunted, Dan Willis is unemployed and desperate when he is recruited by The Factory. Trained to hunt down and kill insurgents hell-bent on destroying the country, Willis methodically and efficiently performs his job. But there´s a dark secret behind The Factory, and when Willis discovers it no one is safe. In Part Two, The Dame, Dan finds himself a fugitive and on the run from The Factory. When a misfit group of criminals recruits him to steal The Dame--a priceless Dutch painting--it looks easy enough, at least until another dame gets into the picture. Then all hell breaks loose as double crosses pile up fast and furiously. In the adrenaline-pumping, Part Three, The Interloper, Dan and a gang of thieves pull off a drug warehouse robbery until an interloper comes along, and then it becomes a race to see who can stay alive.

"dark tour de force of non-stop action and tension" Vincent Zandri, bestselling author of The Remains

Thrillers

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Vickie McKeehan - Just Evil

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The Evil Secrets Trilogy 
Three friends believe they have escaped the evil clutches that have haunted them since childhood until a stranger brings revenge full circle. 

Just Evil 
A survivor of an abusive childhood, Kit Griffin cherishes her new life of freedom. But when her tyrannical mother is found brutally murdered on Mother’s Day, the horrors of her past threaten to destroy her. When she becomes the prime suspect, when the body count continues to rise, Kit must convince the police there’s a cold-blooded killer on the loose, a killer working his way down a mysterious list of victims all connected to her mother’s evil—a killer who has Kit Griffin in his sights.

Suspense

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Claude Nougat - Crimson Clouds

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Robert is at a crossroads. Just retired from a brilliant career as a UN manager in humanitarian aid, he could work as a high-level consultant or pursue his childhood dream of becoming an artist. He chooses the latter to the dismay of his wife Kay. Twenty years his junior, she is a lover of Contemporary Art, deeply involved in her work as the owner of a trendy art gallery in New York. She is horrified by his academic paintings. They fight over Art - he’s square, she’s cool - but more separates them than diverging views on Art. A secret Kay has never revealed weighs on their marriage and threatens to break it apart…

This is the second edition, fully revised and with new material, of “A Hook in the Sky” (published in 2012). In contrast to the first edition that reflected only Robert’s point of view, we now have Kay with all her emotions and opinions. As a result, the book resonates with the complexities and wistfulness of mature passion and is focused on romance the second time around. The title was changed to reflect this new dimension.

Romance

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A. A. Attanasio - Brave Tails

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Summoned by a vengeful sorcerer snake, an army of malevolent boars has invaded the peaceful haven of Riversplash Mountain. Only a few humble friends from the swamp dare to believe they can prevent the invaders from ravaging their fertile mountain. Farmer mouse Thrym, wise hedgehog Muspul, a father-and-son team of shrews, and the beautiful mouse maiden Olweena dangerously assume the masked identities of the Brave Tails, legendary, sword-wielding heroes of yore who originally rid their land of predators. But these small defenders will need more than masks and swords to stop this brutal onslaught – and the magic they seek is even more dangerous than the boars!

Children ‘s and Middle

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