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A Lovesome Thing - [A Royal Academy At Osyth Novel]
by Patricia S. Bowne
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It's spring break. Demonology faculty have scattered to the four winds except for Neil Torecki and Teddy Whin, who venture into the alchemists' study garden to rescue a lost colleague. They don't know that the garden opens into an ancient prison for dissident alchemists, or that the world's most dangerous possessing demon has taken refuge there, feeding on the prisoners while it plots to take over leadership of a major religion. (Published: 2011)
Words: 143458 - Reading Time: 409-573 min.
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A Maji Maji Chronicle
by Eugen Bacon
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Zhorr, a grand magician of Diaspora, travels back in time with his apprentice son to 1905AD, into the heart of a small Ngoni village at the mouth of rebellion. Eugen M. Bacon speaks about A Maji Maji Chronicle: Historical myths or events offer excellent background for time travel in science fiction, especially where paradoxes and anomalies can indicate variant historical outcomes. Early in the 20th century, the Ngoni were a fierce ethnic group, distant cousins to King Shaka of the Zulu kingdom. ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 6630 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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A Matter of Size
by Robert W. Birch
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When a conservative rural Ohio county is shaken by the discovery of the corpse of a naked woman who had been strangled in her bed, two young deputies in their twenties are assigned the responsibility of investigating. Rusty and Tina soon discover that the victim participated in cybersex and belonged to a very active swingers' community. Karen, the victim, had videotaped a foursome engaging in hot sex. That coupling took place early in the evening. Even though no faces appear in the video, the de... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 99983 - Reading Time: 285-399 min.
Category: Erotica/Suspense/Thriller
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A Parody of Clinton: Joe Sixpack, President
by Darrell Bain
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From best selling author Darrell Bain, this satirical look at Bill Clinton may politically offend but it's hilariously funny at the same time... This book is a good example of what comes from mixing politics and beer. It resulted from a night of camaraderie and debauchery with my brothers. Sometime during the festivities, one of us thought up the idea of what might happen should a real, though intelligent, Redneck ever get to the White House. We all laughed like crazy at the prospect and had gre... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 49700 - Reading Time: 142-198 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Mainstream
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A Pinata For Juanita [A Short Story from the Shards Universe]
by Peter W. Prellwitz
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Shard: v. To switch personas. Once a mind has been riped (wiped and rewritten), the previously used portion is closed off and an artificial psychic barrier is raised. Although highly unlikely, the barrier can be breached, and the closed off persona--even the original one--behind that barrier becomes dominant. This temporary episode is called a shard. If sharding continues, however, it does so at an increasing rate, weakening the psychic barriers, until it reaches a cascade level. Once cascade sh... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 24166 - Reading Time: 69-96 min.
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A Pirate's Life [a vampire romance--book three]
by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime
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Vampire Adrian seeks redemption for his past sins by helping the police hunt a mysterious band of modern day pirates operating on the Great Lakes. Teamed with the beautiful and feisty detective, Kiana Douglas, he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love, while battling a figure from his past bent on vengeance and murder. (Published: 2009)
Words: 25937 - Reading Time: 74-103 min.
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A Promise To Keep
by Ann Durand
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The tidy world of schoolteacher Karen Hudson turns upside down as she embarks on a reckless chase from a small town in California to a jungle in Mexico, searching for the truth about the man who has captured her heart. One day after Michael Browning professes his undying love for Karen, he vanishes. Then she learns he is wanted for murder. Stunned and disbelieving, she sets out on a dangerous quest to unravel the mystery, making her the next target for murder. Michael Borbeau, alias Michael Brow... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 55077 - Reading Time: 157-220 min.
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A Safe Love
by Eva R. Marienchild
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Bethany has hightailed it from the Big Apple to Aussieland where she basks in the breathtaking scenery and relishes her newfound baking success?and all the new bickies (Aussie dollars) she's earning. If only she could whip up a recipe that helps her learn to trust men?at a time when she could use it most. When she renews a friendship with work colleague Paul "Johnny-on-the spot"--also from NYC--she's battling memories of a childhood betrayal. Will she ever be able to get close enough to Paul to ... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 7827 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
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A Ship Takes Shape [Master of My Fate Volume 2]
by Mary Ann Steele
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Having fallen deeply in love with Cleo, his Gaean prisoner of war, Michael, Captain of a Columbian crew stranded on an abandoned space station, worries constantly about what he knows will happen to Cleo, when their improvised escape vehicle arrives in Columbia. Michael secretly weighs implementing a wild, fanciful plan that could solve his problems as well as Cleo's. He hones his plan, frets over it, and refines it in the inner reaches of his mind. Cleo's joy at Nigel's change of heart soon cont... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 143827 - Reading Time: 410-575 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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A Simple Idea
by Darrell Bain
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Take something that's been around for thousands of years. Mix it with a little future technology. Give it time to spread, and a system of government comes into being that is better than anything ever thought of before. And it was such a simple idea. (Published: 2007)
Words: 3374 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
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A Singing In The Blood [Book Three]
by Toni V. Sweeney
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Riven kan Ingan has reached his middle years, settling comfortably into the life of a country giarl, and Life, in general, is good. Oh, there are a few things which could be better--such as his less than congenial relationship with son and heir Val or his discovery that second son Ilke wants to become a priest. At least the other children are still under control, and his beloved Barbara is just as loving and fiesty as ever. A treaty has been made with the Ghermians, and the barbarians are settli... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 91669 - Reading Time: 261-366 min.
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A Steel Trap Mind and Other Vignettes
by Darrell Bain
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During the last part of October of this year, 2006, we had a tremendous amount of rain over a period of a week, twenty inches or so. During much of that time the satellite for my computer couldn't be contacted so I wasn't able to get on line. Still, I can't stay away from my computer. I finished up my last novel, Warp Point then began looking through some old files I had kept that were in a different word processing program. I had never been able to access them before, but while fooling around, ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 5652 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
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A Storm Upon Ulster - Son Of The Sidhe: Book Three
by Kenneth C. Flint
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Out if the grey mists of an Irish dawn, a woman of the Sidhe whispered to the champion Cuchulain of a great adventure?of a majestic queen of flaming red-gold hair?of dew-drenched meadows where war chariots prepared for battle?of obscene incantations chanted by the evil druid Calatin to turn the blackest magic against the warriors of Ulster. The wind whispered again and Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, felt the chill of death. He knew that only he could stop the bloody slaughter. Only he dared to... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 99606 - Reading Time: 284-398 min.
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A Strange Valley [Strange Valley Series Book 1]
by Darrell Bain
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A clerk working in the census bureau discovers a series of anomalies in the population of a small city located in the Ozark Mountains. Intrigued, the clerk continues to investigate. He finds that, on average, the population of the city and surrounding valley, are a little smarter, less religious, more thrifty, marry less, have a higher level of education, are more sexually liberated, have fewer illnesses and many other positive traits. The city also refuses government money for schools and roads... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 75143 - Reading Time: 214-300 min.
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A Study in Red: The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper
by Brian L. Porter
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A Study in Red: The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper by Brian L Porter tells the story of Robert Cavendish, a modern day psychiatrist who is bequeathed a strange set of papers which purport to be the journal of the long-dead infamous Whitechapel Murderer whose crimes gripped the hearts and minds and instilled terror on the streets of Victorian London. As he begins to read the journal, Robert becomes convinced of it's authenticity and finds that the words of the Ripper have a strange and compell... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 85879 - Reading Time: 245-343 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime/Suspense/Thriller
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A Time of Destinies [Elgard Book 1]
by Raphael Marin
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It is a time of destiny in the lands around the Vall'nar Sea. The old gods, long abandoned and forgotten, are awakened, and seek to settle old scores and draw the tribes of mankind into a bloody death struggle. The T'sorri people must put aside ancient feuds to deal with a more ancient, and very deadly enemy who has found them after a search that lasted a thousand year, seeking vengeance for an ancient wrong. The loyalty of the Taristians is in question, and the machinations of the Amurians are ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 109900 - Reading Time: 314-439 min.
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A Touch Of Fire
by Amanda Steiger
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At sixteen, Tamya is forced by her father to marry a wealthy older man. On her wedding night she resists her husband and is viciously beaten ... then watches in shock as he bursts into flames and burns to death before her eyes. She flees her village and meets a sorceress who reveals that Tamya has the Touch--the ability to use magic--and brings her to the Temple of the Order to be trained ... but Tamya soon learns the Order's idea of training is more like torture, and acceptance will mean a lif... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 81521 - Reading Time: 232-326 min.
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A Whisper From Shadow - Shadow Gods Saga: Book Three
by Stefan Vucak
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In old Mexico the gods were real, or so it was believed ... and they left a terrible heritage. Working on a remote dig, archaeologist Lauren Hopkins discovers an extraterrestrial craft buried in an ancient Mayan pyramid. Instead of being a boon to mankind, the discovery triggers a global confrontation. The country that can seize and control the alien technology can control the world. The Serrll Combine, embarrassed that one of their old scoutships got mislaid, knows that it must act quickly to a... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 100787 - Reading Time: 287-403 min.
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Aase's Daughter [Nublis Chronicles 10]
by Kate Saundby
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Aase's Daughter is the tenth title in Kate Saundby's acclaimed Nublis series and a Dream Realm Awards Finalist in the Cover Art category. When Jesse de Raven's flyer strays off course and crashes on her isolated mountaintop, goatherd/mountaineer Linnea Aasedaater violates the most sacred precept of her mysterious Ursi tribe by rescuing an outsider. Her subsequent banishment sets a series of events in motion which will change the history of Jesse's people and hers forever. (Published: 2002) Dream Realm Award Finalist: Best Cover Art
Words: 65565 - Reading Time: 187-262 min.
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Acklinta's Competition [Second Book in Trilogy]
by Robert W. Birch
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Acklinta came to Earth from the planet Forsunti, with her personality, memories and awareness assimilated into what she calls her human fabrication. Fred saw her as a beautiful human female who displayed some interesting design flaws. She and Fred soon entered a committed, passionate relationship. When Acklinta returns to her home planet to manage the family business during the interval when her mother regenerates the parts of her body chewed off by a hungry house pet, an alien from another plan... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 28242 - Reading Time: 80-112 min.
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Acklinta's Design Flaw
by Robert W. Birch
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Depressed, owing to his having been rejected by a lover, Fred fails to see a strange object streak across the horizon. As he walks the Californian topless beach he does not even pay attention to the variety of breasts the view of which he would otherwise enjoy. Greatly preoccupied, he fails to notice a beautiful topless woman until she stands almost in front of him. He grows immediately attracted to her. Later, he discovers that she vents a very powerful pheromone: one hard for any man to resist... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 24097 - Reading Time: 68-96 min.
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Acklinta's Narrow Escape [Acklinta Series Book 3]
by Robert W. Birch
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In this third book of the Acklinta Series, the love and sexual attraction between Acklinta, the lovely alien, and Fred, the horny human, remains strong. Acklinta and Fred hope things will settle down, and there will finally be peace and quiet in their lives. Acklinta longs to fulfill many sexual fantasies, and Fred, of course, is more than willing to help in this regard. However, a past indiscretion comes back to haunt Acklinta. A Forsuntian with whom she had a casual erotic encounter has come t... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 26923 - Reading Time: 76-107 min.
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Acklinta's Return Home [Acklinta Series Book 4]
by Robert W. Birch
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In this fourth and final book of the series, Fred asks Acklinta, his alien lover, where she'd like to go for a vacation. Unhesitatingly, she asks her human companion to accompany her to Forsunti, her home planet. She explains that nowadays, a direct flight utilizing a wormhole offers greatly reduced travel time. Excitement prevails over certain anxieties, and Fred agrees. During the weightless phase of the flight, he and Acklinta join the Mega Miles High Club, along with other space travelers, a... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 27891 - Reading Time: 79-111 min.
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Adornments of Glory
by J. Crispin-Ripley
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The Compact ending the "Atlantis thing" prohibited Diluvian interference on Terra. But treaties are made to be broken and, from the beginning, some Diluvians meddled. Others were assigned to observe and, occasionally, report back. Humanity on Terra burgeoned and developed. When the Internet was fed into the Diluvian Backbone, fascination with Terra grew. So did disgust at the planet's chaos and squalor. A debate raged. Should Terra be destroyed, saved, or left alone to self-destruct. Then three ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 401264 - Reading Time: 1146-1605 min.
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Advice From Pigeons - [A Royal Academy At Osyth Novel]
by Patricia S. Bowne
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Some jobs are more trouble than they're worth ... Hiram Rho, newest member of the Demonology department at the Royal Academy at Osyth, tries to gain his footing among colleagues with specialties like vampirology, classical lechery, and postmodern feminist demonology. Before Rho has been on campus a month he has acquired an affectionate demon with a plan to take over the department, the two senior demonologists have lost their souls and their health insurance, and Rho's problems have embroiled e... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 135428 - Reading Time: 386-541 min.
Category: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
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