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People believe that every story is like a fairy tale, and that every tale ends with a happy ending. But, we live in a much darker place. Many things can change in a matter of seconds or minutes, and for some of us, those moments can change our lives forever.
People always say that things happen for a reason as a form of fate or that there is a design for each of our lives, and that no matter what you do, the outcomes will always be the same, as there...
2) Red Friction
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Ebony Daniels, med student by day and sexy stripper by night-she had it all. Money, glamour, and popularity. She had her life all planned out until one day, her two worlds collide. Her med career is on the line and so is her family. Now Ebony must find the balance between good and evil. Now she must right all her wrongs and set things straight to get her life back on track. With her girls by her side, she will have the fight for her life. Sex, drugs,...
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This story chronicles the events that could happen to a hardworking close-knit, God-fearing, altruistic American family living the American Dream that became powerless when their family is infiltrated by someone who is raised the opposite of them, that is, someone with no religion, no filial piety, no etiquette, and no compassion. The infiltrator not only cons them about many things, but seduces their wayward daughter. This person commandeers their...
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This is a story about a young girl who was a big liar. She was teased and picked on as a child. If you did anything to hurt Tammy, she would get her revenge by any means, and you would lose your life or more.
She was very curious about life and sex after being raped as a child, which caused her to grow up too fast. She was threatened and taken advantage of as a child, and also as an adult.
Just when Tammy felt she found what she had been searching...
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Matilda is the witch who, from the beginning, suffered many defeats, but she never gave up. On this occasion, Matilda returns, ready to take revenge once and for all. But with the passage of time, the world evolved, and that generation became extinct.
Matilda traveled the worlds in search of a new generation of humans to exact her revenge. She went so far as to liberate several peoples from an alien species' domain and then exact her revenge on...
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This book is fiction based on true events. It was inspired by a young woman who is trying desperately to raise her five children alone. Her loving husband has an evil temper and has tragically died. Yet he is not done, for he has returned as a ghost living in her home for ten long years. His torment has not ended for he uses the tin man that she is so fond of, by moving him from place to place in her house. She feels his spirit around her, and she...
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Ten years have passed and Detective Steven Bullard still finds himself obsessed with Mary Krowely, a case that had slipped through his fingers and ended tragically. His obsession led him down a destructive path of mental torture; drug abuse; and finally, distrust from his fellow officers.
But now something has caught his eye: a pattern in another case. Girls are being kidnapped in the same manner that Mary was: tortured and abused but left dumped-left...
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The cabin is a place where Mary spent much of her childhood with her parents. In her early twenties, her father was killed in a freak accident in the yard. Mary realizes that in order for her to move on with her life, she needs to return to the cabin alone, facing again that awful day. The story continues with convincing her mother that she also needs to return, with old relationships revisited and events that follow throughout her journey to heal....
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Circa the late eighteenth century, six tourists from Vienna, "the big city," arrive in the backwoods of Transylvania by horse and carriage on holiday and in search of a quaint rural adventure among the common folks. A detour leaves them stranded atop a mysterious decrepit, old castle populated by odd noises and an eerily suspicious servant. Along the way, they encounter a colorful thief, strange mutant-like beings, and a beautiful young lab assistant...
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From the roots of poverty and a thread of family, Bryan Hiser turned to burglary of the rich and wealthy in an attempt to fill a longing emptiness. The initial excitement turned to routine, then expertise, but ultimately to disappointment and betrayal even at the pinnacle of his incredible criminal journey.
Follow every step in his road to infamy, including his internal struggles as he matured and came to grips with what he had become, and the...
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"Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms and the moon is shining bright." What does it mean to be a monster that hunts other, lesser monsters? Can a man overcome the monster within but still obtain his goals without becoming what he hunts in the night?
Staff Sergeant Clint Langdon was just a rank-and-file soldier stationed in Afghanistan until one night, his post is saved from insurgents...
13) The Glass Tower
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Growing up in a lower-middle-class mob family, Greg has been chosen by his father to be in the family business. He is engulfed into a criminal enterprise with childhood friends, families, uncles, and cousins running one of the most powerful unions in New York City.
Greg is raised in this union with deceit, fear, and no way out. He finds himself torn between his family and his freedom to be something other than what the mob has made of him. This...
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At head office in New York, executive assistants are running around in turmoil getting the last important details together for the annual meeting in London, if they only knew the plans of others! A company controlled by the Chinese government wants to seat two new directors on the board of Advanced Surveillance Systems Inc., but will they? The reason is simple: as directors, they can obtain the classified design/engineering information on the new...
15) Sliced
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Tennis. Police. Murders...
Welcome to teacher and wanna-be writer, Alexis Conroy's life. An alcoholic who realizes she's in way over her head when she finds dead bodies of women who eerily look like her.
Should she hide under the "racket" of her ex-boyfriend, tennis star Chad Cummings? Or inform the local authorities? Or carry on, alone, sick and horrified?
With much hesitation and blackout, alcohol-induced experiences, she seeks...
16) One Cold Summer
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On the day of his father's funeral, Richie Morgan is greeted by a surprise mourner: his brother, Nick. After vanishing nine years earlier following the death of their mother, Nick Morgan has finally returned home to the idyllic peninsula of Door County, Wisconsin. Richie, wary of his brother's intentions, is suspicious of troubled Nick's sudden return. After a disastrous funeral, Nick is invited to stay at the behest of Richie's wife, Lana, who is...
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Appointed Vengeance: Wins vs. Losses, The Lawyer Killings series starring larger-than-life main character, Richard Blake Ginn, infamously coined the lawyer killer, is an ultra-successful automotive engineer, hot rod auto mechanic shop owner, and family man, married to his wife, Kimberly Ginn, with their young daughter together, Jessica Ginn.
Richard was living the American dream until unexpectedly blindsided by his scorned and bitter wife, Kimberly,...
18) Escape
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After witnessing strange movement during a hike, Noah, whose suspicions were not taken seriously, later that night, was found dead on top of his car. The symbol known to be from the Shadows was found engraved into the body. Long been treated as an ignored suspicion, the secret that ancient rivaling creeds took residency nearby was unveiled. Colorado mountains of Telluride had soon closed off to tourist visitation ever since the hiker's death.
Years...
19) A God's Game
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We each control the path in life we take...or so we like to believe.
More often than not, events in our lives are far out of our control. Groups of young adults learn this fact the hard way when three brothers come to Earth and claim to be the gods of games. These three gods, in an effort to end their century-long boredom, decide to use these humans as game pieces see which group of humans come out on top. Unfortunately, in order for some humans...
20) Thin Blue Lines
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Thin Blue Lines is the story of a rookie cop's first year on the job, for a large metropolitan police department. It details the stresses of a career where life and death situations can and do occur on a daily basis. Many of the incidents are based on true events. Sometimes funny, sometimes heart wrenching, the reader is taken on a wild ride into a violent and often bizarre world, where cops and criminals alike struggle to survive. Culminating with...
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