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Before the Star Fades
by Jeannine D. Van Eperen
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It seemed the ocean had always been part of his life--in St. Yves, France, in Southampton, New York, and here in California, north of Morro Bay. He loved the colors of the sunset. He mused. How do I see, people wonder, and how do I explain? On some days I see fairly clearly and on those days, I take out Jean-Marie's picture and Jennifer's. I study them and I study Johanna and the children and sometimes Johanna asks," Jef, why are you looking at me like that?" And the children will say, "Daddy, y... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Before the Storm [Secure]
by Diane Chamberlain
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Fifteen-year-old Andy Lockwood is special. Others notice the way he blurts out anything that comes into his mind, how he cannot foresee consequences, that he's more child than teenager. But his mother sees a boy with a heart as open and wide as the ocean. Laurel Lockwood lost her son once through neglect. She's spent the rest of her life determined to make up for her mistakes, and she's succeeded in becoming a committed, protective parent--maybe even overprotective. Still, she loosens her grip j... more info>>
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Begin With Me
by Mike Ryan
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Matt Druker loses his job and his girl. He lost his faith long ago. Now he struggles with no job, but one day he drifts into the local church which needs help. Matt decides to impersonate an Irish priest to help the struggling pastor. Does he have a prayer? (Published: 2005) EPIC eBook Award Winner
Words: 54434 - Reading Time: 155-217 min.
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Begotten
by Steven D. Richards
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A rousing good tale of adventure. Human cloning is not far away and this page-turner reveals the potential misuse of this incipient technology by a wealthy drug lord in Costa Rica, who greedily tries to save his ownlife at the expense of all else. He is in pursuit of a living heart-donor--his own clone birthed 25 years before. (Published: 2002)
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Best Served Cold
by A.W. Lambert
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Anonymous, threatening telephone calls prompt Theo Stern to ask the question: genuine or just a crank? The answer becomes clear when Annie, Stern's wife, is abducted and the terrifying demands begin. (Published: 2011)
Words: 98229 - Reading Time: 280-392 min.
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Bet Me [Secure]
by Catherine Mann
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They don't call Vegas Sin City for nothing. And now that prime tourist season is around the corner, it's time to kick some criminal butt. Enter three full-throttle Vegas detectives, ready to eat their undercover assignments alive.... Clarissa Rivers can't believe she's got to play fake maid to weasel her way into some of the city's dirtiest criminal activities. But pretend she's hitched, too? Meanwhile, Kim Wong is all over her undercover sting operation at the Great Wall Casino. Only problem: a... more info>>
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Beyond Stone And Steel: A Memorial to the September 11, 2001 Victims
by Brian Vaszily
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The tragedy of September 11, 2001 left us each trying to fill a uniquely unfamiliar void in our spirit with something that will make us whole again. Somehow we need to feel the experience in a way that following the news coverage just doesn't accomplish. Brian W. Vaszily found a way, and shares it with us in this brilliant anthology of thoughts, feelings, desires and dreams that were cut short on that terrible Tuesday. Through imagined characters he does what no news story or survivor's account ... more info>> (Published: 2001) Quasar Award Finalist: Cover Art
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Beyond the Lies
by Carolyn Russell
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Gloria Miles lives a lie that was woven by insecure parents who wouldn't admit she wasn't theirs. As she searches for her true identity, those who profess their love for her practice their own brand of deceit. When the one man she can trust walks into her life, can Gloria get beyond the lies? (Published: 2003)
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Bishop
by Benjamin Titus Hertzler
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James Bishop was well on his way to becoming the next president of the United States. But that was before he was outed as an atheist, throwing his candidacy into a whirlwind. Now with only a few days remaining in the primaries, he must somehow try to defend his personal beliefs without castigating those of the people who hate him. Unfortunately for him, respect is hard thing to come by, both in politics and religion. (Published: 2011)
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Blood Moon [One of the Moon, Book Two]
by Rose Marie Wolf
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Werewolf hunter Simon Conner is so close to achieving his goal--or so he thinks. Little does he know that the werewolf he left for dead has awakened to avenge himself and the disappearance of his mate. This is Book Two of the Moon Series. Books are recommended to be read in order. Werewolf hunter, Simon Conner, thinks he has finally won. After a successful raid upon a safe haven for psychics, vampires and werewolves, he has come closer to his final goal than ever before. Rose Sullivan, a werew... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes [Secure]
by Jennifer Armintrout
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Being a vampire is a life--or--death situation. When I was first turned, I had only my survival to worry about. Now I’m locked in a battle for the existence of the entire human race—and the cards are definitely stacked against me. The Voluntary Vampire Extinction Movement headquarters are destroyed, and their pet horror, the Oracle, is on the loose. She’ll stop at nothing to turn the world into a vampire’s paradise, even if it means helping the Soul Eater become a god ... more info>>
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Blue Nightmares
by Andre West
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Exploring the nature of evil and the nerve-racking world of crime, Blue Nightmares unleashes a frightening vision of the dark side of our seemingly safe existence. Meet the unforgettable Nicole Red, a young woman caught in one world and tempted by another, and Charlie Bones, who even in death threatens her with the darkness and madness that swallowed him whole. (Published: 2002)
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Blue Water Adventure
by Rick Magers
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After several years of constant battles with thieves pulling their lobster traps, two Florida Keys fishermen decide to buy large offshore boats and go into the Caribbean with their traps. Often trapping several hundred miles from land, they were at the mercy of weather, but that was mild compared to the Pirates they encounter. Ray and Roland soon learn that these modern day pirates who steal their traps and lobster, would rather die than work--they did.Changing fisheries laws in the Caribbean fo... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Bobby Becomes Bob
by Bob Boan
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It was April 1974 and Bobby Padgett was in St. Umblers, North Carolina for first time since his forced departure five years earlier. His mind and heart raced as he struggled along Main Street. His mission was to reunite with the love of his life--Sam. Nothing else mattered. (Published: 2009)
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Border Crossings
by Carole Bellacera
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What happens when an American woman marries a perfectly ordinary Irish professor, hoping to settle down to a tranquil life in Dublin? Answer: A murder. A dilemma. And an abrupt move to Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, where she is thrust into the center of a violent political conflict that threatens to destroy her marriage--and perhaps her life. Contemporary Women's Fiction by Carole Bellacera; originally published by Forge (Published: 1999)
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Breaking the Silence [Secure]
by Diane Chamberlain
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Brogan Abroad
by Kev Richardson
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Kev Richardson unveils more intrigue in distant lands?all true dramas! Three distinctive true tales are, in Brogan Abroad, threaded into a single adventure. Brogan plans none--all three are thrust upon him and all three are life-threatening. Each destines his future to having his throat slit in some dark alley? Yet what can a man do, he laments, when to accomplish one I must fail at another? While hiding out in Thailand from a Sydney cocaine cartel, he becomes involved in smuggling high-profile ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Broken Promises: A New Beginning
by Susan K. Droney
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Farrel Drake wants a normal family life for herself and her two daughters from her first marriage. She meets and marries Robert, and their two families combine. Shortly after their marriage, verbal abuse, beatings, and broken promises become an almost everyday occurrence. Robert makes sure she is isolated, with no friends. But during a trip to the hospital after another beating, Farrel meets a woman who recognizes her suffering and refers her to a counselor. She gets help, gets out and settles i... more info>> (Published: 1998)
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Brush Country
by Barri Bryan
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Brush Country is a collection of poems that vary greatly in style, tone, length, and content. Their unity is in the setting. Each poem is about some person, place or event that has transpired or been inspired by the Brush Country of Central Texas. Each poem has its own ambiance and its own rhythm. Whether rugged and rough hewn as the tangled underbrush that grows in stubborn profusion beneath the stately oaks and scrubby mesquites or as finely wrought as the fragile flowers that bloom in shady g... more info>> (Published: 2003) EPIC eBook Award Winner
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But Inside I'm Screaming [Secure]
by Elizabeth Flock
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But Inside I'm Screaming is one woman's unforgettable story about what it is to lose control as the world watches, to figure out what went so very wrong and to accept an imperfect life in a world that demands perfection. While breaking the hottest news story of the year, broadcast journalist Isabel Murphy falls apart on live television in front of an audience of millions. She lands at Three Breezes, a four-star psychiatric hospital nicknamed the "nut hut," where she begins the painful process ... more info>>
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Cabbages and Kings
by Jim Woods
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Meeting Mandela: South Africa vacationers encounter the President. Romance Revisited: A voyage of rediscovery. One More for the Road: A growing family's trials. Birds of a Feather: A construction worker is attracted to a waitress. Railway to Heaven: Kentucky is Hell; therefore distant California must be Heaven. Blow, Gabriel, Blow: A young man makes music. Diamond Exchange: A courier delivers stolen jewels. Literary Life: A publisher and editor disagree. King of Vulture Valley: An old deser... more info>> (Published: 2011)
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Casino
by Mary Collins
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Marty grew up in the lap of luxury, at thirteen began experimenting with drugs, and ended up in rehab. At sixteen she escaped, crossed the state line, and with a fake id, got a job dancing in a strip joint. At twenty she cleaned up her act, moving twelve hundred miles away. JoAnne came from poverty, with an alcoholic father. She started working at age fifteen to help her mother support her younger siblings. When her youngest sister graduated high school, she left, vowing never to return to her f... more info>> (Published: 2011)
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Castle Garden
by Bill Albert
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He had arrived in America in 1887, but we first met him in 1906 when it seemed he may be approaching the end of his story, for he has been arrested for killing the ex-governor of Idaho, a murder which led to one of the most celebrated trials of the period. The men questioning him want him to implicate Big Bill Haywood, leader of the IWW and the Western Federation of Miners. Wanting to save himself, he tells the detectives stories they want to hear. He also tells stories he wants us to hear. They... more info>> (Published: 1996)
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Cats in a Dreamspell
by Lisa Rene' Smith
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Enjoy twelve assorted genre feline adventures! There's a little something for everyone. Cat in the Cockpit by Mark Rosendorf--A cat stows aboard a 747 jet; Chester's Treasure by Linda Houle--A mischievous feline makes a startling discovery; Amelia and the Better Path by Tony Williams--Why are cats are mysteriously disappearing? A Cat Named Ginger by Laurel Lamperd--A man's jealousy over the doting attention to a beloved cat; The Purrsistant Cat by Teresa Leigh Judd--A writer and her cat fin... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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Chapter and Verse
by Barri Bryan
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Chapter and Verse has one theme--love. Yet there is diversity within that unity, both in form and substance. The poems run in length from a few short lines to several verses. The rhyme schemes are many and varied. The subject matter addresses the charm, the mirth, the drama, the chivalry, the bliss, the gravity, and the mystery of love. Each poem speaks directly to the heart with its symmetry of ideas and its eloquent development of thought. Each one is finely wrought, well crafted, and easily u... more info>> (Published: 2004) EPIC eBook Award Winner
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