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New indies/backlist/selfpub, etc:

Hidden Steel by Doranna Durgin

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Award-winning author Doranna Durgin has over 30 published novels (MMPB, trade, and hardcover) and another 19 short pieces. Now available from the author, HIDDEN STEEL is a re-released stand-alone book from the former Silhouette Bombshell line of action, suspense, and romance.

Also available in a discounted bundle with Making the Rules
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Steve Spaneas doesn't have a clue.

Who'd have thought that the woman who stumbles her way into his gym, looking and acting so very much like a street person off her meds, is really a CIA case officer whose memory has been obliterated by experimental drugs used by some very bad people?

And seriously, who'd have thought that her attempts to untangle the few clues she's got would lead him right into her world of spies and counterspies, death and deception--and holy cow, stockpiled nuclear weapons?

But Steve had better figure out who he trusts--his years of experience on the streets, or the heart of a gritty woman determined to reclaim herself--and he'd better figure it out fast. Because suddenly there's a body out behind the gym, surveillance teams lurking, and a series of unsavory goons following the trail of a woman temporarily named Mickey right through his life.

Out of Time: A Paranormal Romance by Monique Martin

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Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of vampires and avoiding emotional entanglements. When a mysterious accident transports Simon and his new assistant, Elizabeth West, back in time, Simon finally finds both the proof that he's been looking for, and the romance that he hasn't.

In 1920s Manhattan, they find that are more than mobsters vying for power in the city's speakeasies. Will Simon and Elizabeth's developing relationship survive the vampires' teeth? Will they survive to make it back? Or will they be forever out of time?

Republic: A Novel of America's Future by Charles Sheehan-Miles (Cincinnatus Press)

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From an author described by a Top 50 Reviewer as "one of America's criminally neglected authors," Republic is a surprise hit described by readers as "breath-taking," "riveting," and "haunting."

Ken Murphy is a 45 year-old widower and senior manager at a computer chip manufacturer in quiet Highview, West Virginia. The local economy is thrown into a tailspin when the plant is suddenly shut down.

Murphy must fight for healthcare for his terminally ill son. As he tries to save his son's life, he is dragged into a deeper conflict between the forces that are ripping our nation apart.

In the midst of massive unemployment, an aggressive tone deaf government, terrorism and war, Ken Murphy will sacrifice everything for his family, but will that be enough?

The Fight For Naturah: The Reclamation by Lloyd Blake

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When U.S President, Mark Ashton, leaves office in the winter of 2085, he is shocked as a cruise across the Pacific Ocean - with his wife Reanna and best friend Bobby Johnston - opens up a gateway to a dark and mysterious world.

A world where two unique civilisations, the magical Naturahans, ruled by Queen Samoiyra, and the highly advanced Tekhnans, ruled by Cyphinium, are on the brink of war. As Mark begins to understand the complexities of this strange world, he soon finds out that a thousand year old treaty established to keep both races separate is about to be broken once more.

With a fight for land and a special stone, known as Herminite, at the heart of the conflict, Ashton embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind two murders shrouded in conspiracy, close to Queen Samoiyra's heart. Until the truth is set free, the only outcome is war.

Under The Stairs (Bandworld Series - Book #1) by John G. Stockmyer, John L. Stockmyer and Peter Ziomek

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The Under the Stairs/Bandworld series is about the adventures of John Lyon, a young History Professor who discovers a hidden gateway to a fantastic place he calls "Bandworld." Bandworld appears to be a planet that is firmly set in the Dark Ages: castles, kings, rigid social caste systems, primitive technology, etc. As John Lyon spends more time in Bandworld, he finds that his assessment of this "medieval" place is shockingly incomplete.

John Lyon, historian, new homeowner, stumbled through a gateway into an alternate reality under the stairs of his old house. And ... here he was, running a dangerous bluff; trying to pass himself off as a powerful Mage in this land that the natives called Stil-de-grain.

This was what he wanted? An adventure? Some excitement to fight depression? If so, he'd succeeded beyond all measure ... And all John could think about was getting home.

Join John Lyon on fantastic adventures in Under The Stairs, Book #1 in the Bandworld series.

Of Mice and Murderers (Z-Detective Series - Book #1) by John G. Stockmyer, John L. Stockmyer and Ronald L. Brink

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Meet Big Bob Zapolska (Z for short), an unlicensed private eye who reads detective fiction for self improvement.

Low rent private eye that he is, Z does not usually get cases that turn into murder, to say nothing of multiple murder. Nor is he often called upon to help solve "classy" cases like the theft of a painting from Kansas City's Nelson Art Gallery. And never before has he run into something as spooky as the Bateman College "ghost light,' the light seeming, in some way, to be the key to these other crimes.

Big Bob Zapolska may be a loner. He may be a loser. He may, in fact, be a dangerous pyromaniac. But if someone has cheated you --- if someone is crowding you --- it's good to have the Z-man on your side!

Of further help to him are his personal beliefs:

- Never break the law --- unless you have to.
- Tell the truth when possible --- it's hard to remember lies.
- If you blackjack a man correctly, he will rarely suffer permanent brain damage.
- In the right hands [Z's], fire is an excellent motivator.
- To avoid temptation --- give in to it immediately.

70 Matters Related to Fasting by Muhammed Salih Almunajjid

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Fasting is the 4th of five pillars of islam as known. In this book shiekh Muhammed Salih Almunajjid discusses 70 of the important rules and matters related to this pillar.

Death Ray Butterfly (Rays and Nights) by Tom Lichtenberg

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Inspector Stanley Mole doesn't mind a hard case, but things have gotten out of hand. There's a killer who escapes to a parallel universe, a 20,000 year old murder, a witness to her own death, a toddler assassin, subatomic-particle sniffing butterflies, and much, much more. This time it's not just his reputation that's on the line. This time it's more than personal.

Bug Island by R.G. Cordiner

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They destroyed the mighty Mayan Empire. What hope for a few shipwrecked survivors?

A South American cruise. It should have been a once in a lifetime experience. And it was. But not in the way they imagined. Barely surviving a horrific shipwreck, the remaining passengers have to try and cope with finding food, water, shelter, let alone the constant arguments.

And then there are the bugs. Not the sort that you squish and then get on with your day. Oh no. Toe biters, pond skaters, assassin bugs and harvestmen that drop down on top of their victims – all of these could be found in your garden. But on this lost island they are all at least twenty times their normal size. Trapped on an island with a six metre long giant centipede with armoured plates was not on the cruise itinerary. Now all they want is to get off – without being squished!

“Anyone pack the bug spray?”

The Watcher by John Brinling

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The horror was starting again.
That is the opening sentence in this novel, a supernatural thriller about vengeance, love, courage--and getting one more chance! The story deals with mindlinks, thought transference, reincarnation and mindless obedience to a father's demonic will.
The heroine is a middle aged woman named Janet Stapleton, who lost the use of her legs in a mysterious car accident that killed her husband, Russ. For reasons she doesn't understand, her astral body is being called upon to witness a series of brutal slayings, the murder of people she or her husband once knew.
She befriends and falls in love with a Manhattan police lieutenant named Eric Siuda, who is investigating the slayings. Together they sort out what is happening and try, with Russ Stapleton's beyond-the-grave help, to thwart the villain, a psychopath dying of AIDS, who seeks eternal life through reincarnation in his imbecilic son's body.
The conclusion pits Janet and Eric against this villain in an unearthly showdown to the death.