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The Things We Leave Behind (The Girl Who Stayed Book 1)

About The Things We Leave Behind (The Girl Who Stayed Book 1):

Zoe Rutherford has come to the end of her rope. Her relationship with Chris has reached the breaking point and it is time to leave. But can she leave? And if she does, what is she willing to leave behind?

This stunning short story, the prequel to Tanya Anne Crosby’s remarkable new novel, THE GIRL WHO STAYED, is tense, poignant, and deeply satisfying – exactly what readers have come to expect from this New York Times bestselling author.

The Girl Who Stayed

Book 1: The Things We Leave Behind
Book 2: The Girl Who Stayed

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Love and Hope – The Art of Making Lemonade: A Very Short Story to change your life today.

About Love and Hope – The Art of Making Lemonade: A Very Short Story to change your life today.:

This book can change your life today.

Feeling depressed? This is a great, quick read with solutions to turn things around.
Feeling stressed? Read this simple story. Things have changed for people after reading this short story.
Has life dealt you a rough blow? See if the answer is in these pages.
Have things not gone the way they should have? Check out this little story and its simple messages. They can help you!

A short and sweet read. This is an uplifting short story and will give you more control over your happiness.

This story can also be found in my collection Romance Collection.

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A Hundred Silent Ways: A Novel by Mari Jojie

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How do you trust and let yourself be comforted by the idea that the sun and the moon give out equal brilliance?

On the brink of a crumbling marriage, Kate Pineda-McDowell runs away from the only life she has ever known—straight into the heart of the Philippines where her estranged father lives. As she waits for her connecting flight from Tokyo to Manila, she meets Liam Walker, whose disquieting stares express deeper things than his reluctant words. Unbeknownst to both, their chance meeting circles back to a closely linked past that holds little hope for new beginnings.

Shortly after arriving in Manila, Kate finds herself drawn to seek out Liam. In a span of a few magical days, what began as a spark ignites into an electric affair that compels Liam to let someone into his silent world while Kate confronts her heartbreaking sorrows. But falling for each other means opening old wounds and revealing their most intimate yearnings.

Emotionally gripping and endearingly hopeful, A Hundred Silent Ways examines the many different paths people take to obtain a second chance at happiness while asking the most heartrending question of all: How much are we willing to endure to keep love alive?

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My Beautiful Dangerous by Laila Amlani

About Featured Book: My Beautiful Dangerous by Laila Amlani

Promotional price of $0.99 available between 05/04/2022 – 05/15/2022.

“An expertly woven tale of dark romance, tragedy, humor, and suspense.” – Jude McLean, Author

“This book is amazing! I was hooked until the end.” – Jade West, USA Today Bestselling Author

Every sin comes with a price.

I ran away when I was a kid.
Before my family could break me.
Back when I thought I could still be saved.

Now I lie to everyone about who I am.
I lie to myself about the things I’ve done.
My new identity protects me.
But my secrets demand a lonely life.
No man is worth the risk.

Until Chase Hale…

He makes me forget that I’m unwanted.
He makes me forget what I deserve.
He makes me vulnerable.
He makes me weak.

And that’s what makes him Dangerous.

But when he starts making me believe I might be worth saving, that could be the most Dangerous of all.

Because every sin comes with a price, and when my family comes to collect, there will be nothing in this world left to save me.

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What a Day! Short Stories by Southern Authors

About What a Day! Short Stories by Southern Authors:

Southern hospitality is alive and well. In this anthology you may find a little old, a little new, and perhaps some mysterious doings. How about a ghost — or was it a ghost pepper? Was that a witch, a sprite, an elf, or a seer? You may be looking for a beautiful garden, a mint julep, or a jazz festival. Come on down! Bless your heart, you may never want to leave.

What A Day! is a collection of stories about special, memorable days in the lives of an eclectic, quirky mix of characters. You’ll enjoy fantasy, romance, historical, and more by best-selling authors like Linda Howard and Linda Winstead Jones as well as newer authors, none of which you’ll want to miss! Come laugh, cry, gasp, and smile your way through these fun, light-hearted, suspenseful, and intriguing stories.

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Megan’s Way (Family Drama, Women’s Fiction)

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What would you give up for the people you love?

When Megan Taylor, a single mother and artist living on Cape Cod, receives the shocking news that her cancer has returned, she’s faced with the most difficult decision she’s ever had to make. The love she has for her daughter, Olivia, and her closest friends will be stretched and frayed.

Megan’s illness reawakens her best friend, Holly Townsend’s, torment of a long-held secret and years of betrayal. How does one choose between a daughter and a life-long best friend? Can the secret she has been keeping be revealed after years of lying without destroying everyone in its wake?

Meanwhile, fourteen-year-old Olivia’s world is falling apart right before her eyes, and there’s nothing she can do about it. She finds herself acting in ways she cannot even begin to understand. When her internal struggles turn to dangerous behavior, even the paranormal connection she shares with her mother might not be enough to save her – her life will hang in the balance.

Megan’s Way is a journey of self discovery and heartfelt emotions, exploring the depth of the mother-daughter bond, and the intricacies of friendship.

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Double-Edged Sword: A Novel of Reconstruction by J.D.R. Hawkins

Double-Edged Sword: A Novel of Reconstruction by J.D.R. Hawkins

The Civil War has ended. Confederate cavalryman, David Summers, returns home to Alabama, taking his new wife, Anna, with him. Upon arrival, he understands how much the war has changed him and has scarred his homeland. Faced with challenges of transition, he learns how to navigate his new world, along with the pain and trauma of his past. He is also forced to confront his foes, including Stephen Montgomery. Their hatred for one another inevitably boils over into a fierce confrontation, whereby David is arrested. Will the jury believe his side of the story, even though he is an ex-Confederate? Or will he be hung for his crime?

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Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories by K.

Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories by K.

Is love the most revolutionary of all acts?

In this wide-ranging collection of twelve short stories, a startling array of characters explore their perspectives on love. The stories sweep from sharp realism to heady allegory, haunting fables to sci-fi thrillers, starring teens and drifting husbands, futuristic automatons and talking dogs, gardeners and gatekeepers, a blind girl, a young father, and many more.

In “Calamity Jane,” see love through the eyes of teenage boys obsessed with the calamitous girl of the title; revisit the famous Greek love story in “Orpheus and Eurydice”; Dan’s mechanical automaton seems to be his truest friend in the harshly conformist world of “Automatonomatopoeia”; a Crimean revolutionary gets waylaid at a mysterious gate in “The Invitation”; on a construction site in Yugoslavia, a young man tries to come to grips with unconventional fatherhood in “Vikings”; and in “The Conversation”, a blind woman manages her relationship with a hectoring mother while finding other types of love.

These are just a few of the tales in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories. Anyone interested in the struggle against stifling societal powers and the potency of love will see some of themselves in these pages. By turns exciting, meditative, and funny, these enjoyable, thought-provoking stories will linger long after the book is closed.

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The Beasts of Success

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In this dog-eat-dog world, three friends find themselves getting nowhere in their careers despite their education and work skills. They decide to make their own rules to the game of life and play dirty to get ahead. Each of them concoct schemes to sabotage colleagues and clear the path for their swift advancement.
Through a journey of deception and personal discovery, they find that life at the top isn’t what they imagined it would be. All the while, they’re not aware that they’re part of a much larger game being played by a world-controlling group that doesn’t have their best interests in mind. And with a physical manifestation of karma on the loose, their futures are uncertain.
In this fast-paced, entertaining ride, readers will confront a cache of arcane truth and thought-provoking situations by means of satire, dark humor, and zany humor. The Beasts of Success lifts the veil on a hidden world of which few are aware. How far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go?

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HEIMAT by Paul Marzell

HEIMAT by Paul Marzell

Matthias Schmidt left his Heimat, Neisse, Germany in 1929 for a better future in the US and leave Germany’s post-World War One economy and humiliation of defeat behind. Traveling with him is his friend, Josef Turner who is leaving on a whim. Before they get to their ship, the TS Bremen, in Bremerhaven, they forged a friendship with two other travelers from Neisse: Edo a Jew who left to prepare for his parents and sister to follow; Feliks, a teenage ethnic Polish farm boy because his family could not support him, and an American diplomat they saved from the tracks in Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof. The result is a friendship that sustained them through broken promises, misconceptions of the American dream, the Depression, Prohibition, assimilation into American culture, and World War Two.
Letters from family and others urged Matthias to return to Germany as the Nazi regime improved Germany’s economy and raised its national pride. But the war severed contact with his family for five years and sent him and his friends on separate paths. To a shipyard, building ships to carry the means of destruction to Germany and their Heimat. Into the US Army to fight in the Pacific, and later to join resistance fighters in Poland. Into Germany’s Wehrmacht to invade France and Russia and fight Americans in the Battle of the Bulge. And the Nuremberg trials to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.

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The Rattler By Ryan Berridge

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Life never goes the way we plan.

Sam discovered this the moment he was kidnapped. Stolen from all he knew while defending the honour of Molly, his twin sister, he is forced into a life of piracy. Now an unwilling part of the Bone Rattler’s crew, he must swallow his fears and learn how to survive in a brutal world. Above all else, he wishes to return home to his family and to Molly.

The journey will not be easy. Sam must first endure a fighting ritual to prove his value to the captain. Should he fail, certain death awaits. He listens to stories from the crew. Tales of torture and violence so horrific he doubts he has the strength to persevere. An unexpected miracle happens just when he is reduced to his lowest, though whether it is a blessing or curse remains to be seen.

Sam sails the ocean, adventuring through storms and encounters with mythical creatures that should not exist. Everything he does brings him one step closer to escaping the Bone Rattler and returning to a life now far behind him.

Prepare to set sail and begin the adventure of a lifetime as Sam risks everything to stay alive and, maybe, become the man he has always dreamed of being. The only certainty on this voyage is the unknown.

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Prisoner of War

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Liam and Rachel Jones aren’t an average couple. They have trials and triumphs, sure, but some trials can’t be won. This dual POV novel is a realistic look into the struggles of an active duty soldier returning home and attempting to conform to life on home soil. But his mind is stuck in a battle of its own…

Written with the real life stories of fourteen veterans worldwide, take a look inside PTSD like never before.

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Chasing Byron by Jeb Stewart Harrison

Chasing Byron by Jeb Stewart Harrison

1945: a nation at war and a family in tatters. It’s springtime in the Jim Crow south, and young polio survivor Wyatt Bowman has been given a divine assignation, delivered through the voice of his deceased brother, to snap Byron Nelson’s famous PGA tournament winning streak. But when the local redneck judge attempts to frame an innocent black man for the rape of Wyatt’s adolescent cousin, the Bowman family, led by their obstinate, blind matriarch, “Boots,” decides to fight for justice. The real rapist, the crazy swamp rat cousin, is roaming the bayous with a pet copperhead draped around his neck, and it’s only a matter of time before the truth is, at last, revealed. Chasing Byron is Southern literary gumbo, served up with an unlikely mix of ingredients: golf, the war in Japan, the fading aristocracy, racial injustice, a tree frog named FDR, Jr., and a young man grappling with an unfamiliar, disturbing bout of cosmic interference.

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Dizzyrambic Imaginings: A Collection of Poetic Musings by G J Griffiths

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Dizzyrambic Imaginings
Looking for connections and meanings: poetic, pathetic or profound? Or just drivel?
The dithyramb was an ancient Greek hymn. It was sung and danced in honour of Dionysus the god of wine and fecundity.
Plato thought dithyrambs to be poetry in which the poet is the only speaker; while Socrates wrote “… not by wisdom do poets write poetry… but… like soothsayers, they say many fine things, but do not understand the meaning of them.”

Maybe dithyrambs are just that – mindless wanderings of the imagination – or dizzy ramblings of it – dizzyrambic imaginings!

A notable example of a more modern dithyramb would be: “Alexander’s Feast; or, the Power of Music” by John Dryden.

When I attempted to arrange this collection of poetic musings various groupings occurred to me: nature; destiny; love and hate; future; past, and so on. In the end the alphabetic arrangement of the titles seemed to be just as appropriate as any, so there you have it. Twenty five dizzy ramblings for your consideration: frivolous; serious; pertinent; hopefully never irrelevant.

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Through the Eyes of a Child, 1978

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Stella, a four-year-old girl who has never experienced adversity, perceives the world and the people around her as interesting and thrilling in 1978. Although her intellect is occasionally troubled by puzzling thoughts regarding man’s activities. Family, friends, and good times offer joy.

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Greetings from Asbury Park

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1943 Rome Italy;

Fifteen-year-old Mariella frowns at her reflection. Bones jut out where curves should be budding. Under German occupation, life was unbearable. Added to her misery, Mariella must leave school, her only pleasure. As the oldest of four girls, she has a duty to join her father and help the family survive, but nothing can prepare her for the horrors she would witness.

After nine months, Allied Forces liberated Rome. However, Mariella and her family still struggle. Words unspoken create a wall between her and her mother, while sins from the past keep Mariella from forging her way.

While selling postcards at the Colosseum, she meets Jack, a handsome American soldier from Asbury Park, New Jersey. Although they come from distant worlds, they share the bonds of war. Mariella spends the day with him, and suddenly she sees a future for herself. Everything makes sense, but not for long. The following morning, Jack’s platoon ships off for Japan. Mariella wishes she could make time standstill. She memorizes every scar weaving through his palm as they walk to his pickup point, hand in hand. After exchanging addresses, Jack promises to write. Pen Pals is what they would be. It wasn’t enough, but it had to do.

As several years pass, they try to move on while sharing snippets of their lives through letters and cards. Then everything changes when Jack receives a mysterious package in the mail that compels him to face the truth about his feelings. He arranges to sail back to Rome, but tragedy strikes Mariella’s family, and she goes quiet. Now Jack needs to decide if their bond was a reality or just another casualty of war.

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Journeys: the Archers of Saint Sebastian by Jeanne Roland

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15-year-old Marieke disguises herself as a boy to hide in the all-male archers’ guild of Saint Sebastian, where she’s taken under the wing of handsome Journeyman archer Tristan. Soon she’s vowing to discover the truth about her father’s brutal murder and to be the squire Tristan needs to win the annual guild competitions, without ever letting him find out she’s a girl – a girl who loves him. Robin Hood meets Princess Bride and Mulan in this historical adventure set in 14th century Belgium and packed with humor, unrequited love, romance, and longbow archery trials.

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Sea Wolves: Early Viking Raids on the Kingdom of Kent (The Sceapig Chronicles Book 2)

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In the early 9th century, Asculf leads a quiet life among his apple orchards on the Isle of Sceapig. When called upon for military service, he covers himself in glory.

His prowess leads to a friendship with King Aethelwulf of Kent, who offers him one of the most prestigious positions in the kingdom. Meeting King Egbert of Wessex through his son, Aethelwulf, his courage and successful grasp of strategy promise them great success.

Realizing the potential of naval power, he comes up with a plan to defeat the invading Norsemen and save the Kingdom of Kent. But when hundreds of Viking longships attack the English coast, can father and son save Kent from devastation, and at what cost?

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Whelm

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Rich and beautiful Audra Filigree has the so-called perfect boyfriend and is sailing through life, living the North American dream. But when that false veil of perfection crumbles, her whole world falls apart in a heartbeat. Despite her privilege, her life no longer feels right and she dissolves into a full-fledged panic attack. Not knowing what else to do, she starts walking with no clear destination in mind. Battling mounting anxiety and unrealized depression, she continues walking in a journey of self-discovery and in rebellion against her overbearing father and the life she begins to realize was never what she wanted for herself. Whelm is an important story about the reality of struggling with mental health challenges, learning what true love feels like, who our true friends are and what’s truly important to us.

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Ask Not by Mary M. Schmidt

Ask Not by Mary M. Schmidt

To Katie, her love for John F. Kennedy was her whole world, even though he never heard of her. Anyone who harmed him would have to answer to Katie. It would not be pleasant. And when someone does, her revenge would consume her spirit and drive her in madness to Dallas. Will she succeed in destroying Oswald? Ask Not.

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