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After working in the hospitality industry all his life, Aaron had seen and endured so much abuse of power and people that the pleasure the industry used to give to him was gone and replaced with anger and resentment. What he thought he could never do finally happened. His fantasies of getting revenge finally came to the surface, and he decided to create a cookbook of recipes-recipes for revenge. Like any good chef, he practiced his craft, making each...
2) Molly
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Molly had set her sights on becoming a great lawyer, graduating top of her class in law school and then getting hired by a prestigious law firm. There was no stopping her. That was only up to the point in which she turned her legal skills into a macabre sort of vengeance, thrusting her into the depths of human perversions. All the while trying to understand the strange goings-on in her newly purchased home, trying to understand why she was receiving...
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It's been a long few months, since Jessie left Sarah standing alone in front of her house. The journey has been, long and hard for both of them, but they must reunite.
Their world as they know it is about to change forever. Helping out earth's guardians will, bring them into the most intense adventure of their lifetime.
4) Deadeyes
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Arthur Kneely, also known as Deadeyes, is a brain damaged former boxer, collegiate wrestler and debt collector in his early forties who lives in the town of River Ridge, New Jersey in 1973. He survives on disability, money he makes from bareknuckle fights, and a stipend from the local Catholic diocese. Because of his head injury, and the lack of control it has left him with, Arthur has killed several men..
5) The Watcher
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"This is Mulberry. Nothing bad ever happens here!"
Small towns are generally safe. Somewhere you can leave your car or home unlocked at night without worry. Kids frolic around the town, joyful to be playing outdoors without parental supervision because it's so safe. It's too safe. No bad people live in these towns. Nothing bad ever happens in these towns. Murders, drugs, and stalkers don't come here. Those only happen in big cities. Right?
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Crack addiction is a growing cancer in many of our inner cities. Many of the individuals caught up in this vicious lifestyle feel helpless and powerless and, sometimes, despite all their aspirations, just give up in life. This is because crack, among other drugs, has some very unique characteristics that simply makes it the worst drug one can be addicted to.
Alhaji has just gotten himself entangled into this dangerous lifestyle of which he knows...
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William J. McCallister has seen it all--or so he believes. As he nears the end of a career that has spanned many years, he is left with the one question that he finds himself seeking to answer. Will I make it to the end? Dealing with the complexities of an ever-increasing diverse workplace for most of his working life and resolving these employee issues for his employers, he looks forward to winding down a very rewarding but sometimes stressful career....
8) Toxin
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Chris's final winter break before graduating high school began like any other, with him and his family packing and getting ready to spend the holidays with loved ones. Little did he know his trip, would come to an end before it even began when life for not only him but for everyone in the country is shattered due to the release of the deadliest weapon ever created by man, the toxin. Created by the one person meant to lead and protect, and designed...
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Christopher Knoll, author of Tricks of the Trade, continues with Before Daylight, his newest collection of supernatural thrillers! The first, "The Bed Thrasher," has a young girl suffering from a very real sleep disorder with a startling twist. The town of Sandy Hill's elderly residents find new life from a visiting doctor's potion in "Elixir," but are they willing to pay the price? A prelude to "Savior II," first written in Tricks of the Trade, reveals...
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Have you ever been afraid of the dark? No? Well, I have, and it is not fun. For my entire life, I've been terrified about seeing creatures in the corners of my room, paranoid that a body would crawl out from underneath the bed or straining to hear the creak of the door moving when nobody's there. I moved away to college hoping that these familiar fears would leave me in a new setting, but they only followed me. At first, the sights and sounds intensified,...
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Enter into the world of deciphering what is real and what is not. Our story begins with a lifetime of experiences that will pull at your heart. Our character is one whose life can be, described as anything but dull. Through good times and bad, his journey will show that perseverance is what makes us go. As the story unfolds, you begin to find yourself on a roller-coaster ride of emotion. The farther you go with the character, the farther you find...
12) Certain Truths
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Jackson Berman's career as a criminal-defense attorney was exploding. He was widely reputed to be defender of the innocent and protector of the rights of the guilty. The rightly and wrongly accused wanted him in their corner. But his marriage was imploding. He would stop at nothing to remain in his young daughter's life, even if it meant giving in to his estranged wife's whims and demands.
While balancing the highs of his professional life with the...
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Larondis Crawford comes from Biloxi, Mississippi. He has written several novels such as Changing Faces and The Negative Suit, which are to be released soon. He is a teacher, standup comedian, motivational speaker, and currently works as a marine painting specialist in the Eastern Seaboard of Virginia, where he lives also.
14) Penny's Revenge
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A retired Marine Corps commander, also mother of two, seeks retribution for the unthinkable murder of her two children. As she already mourns the death of her husband who was KIA in a foreign country, the loss of her children will lead her to an old adversary risen from the ashes of a drone attack ordered by Penny when she was on active duty. Her vengeance will take her around the world on the hunt for those responsible. This unique suspense thriller...
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Such a small murder so long ago should be forgiven in a place such as Youngstown-unless you understand the importance of keeping time.
LouAnn Epperson is a pioneering computer scientist who is poised to deliver the promise of the dawning Information Age. But the entrenched sexists who control science, academia, technology, government, and business dismiss her because of her gender, her background, and her abilities that are lost on them.
Instead,...
16) Nineteen Down
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Secret Service Agent H. Hunter Mahoy uncovers a plot by three foreign governments to eliminate officials in the line of succession to the US presidency. Even though security is increased and other measures are taken, numerous statesmen are killed. Others are gravely wounded.
Air Force One also comes under attack. President James Nelson Weber and Hunter Mahoy access an escape capsule shortly before the aircraft explodes at twenty thousand feet....
17) Guardian Angel
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Working as an investigator for the past forty years, for both the public and private sectors, ingrains in one a unique outlook and perspective on all facets of life. Sharing these perspectives through the eyes of the protagonist, Investigator Nick Moore, allows the reader to grasp the logical, albeit overlooked abilities that can be honed and utilized through a lifetime of experience solving investigations.
Retired detective and now corporate investigator...
18) Storm Surge
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All is, not what it seems.
A lot can happen to a person in a Disaster Area...
Brenda Meyers is having a bad day.
Her daughter is trapped somewhere in New Orleans right before Hurricane Katrina strikes. Her increasingly estranged husband may be, on the verge of losing, yet another job. To top it all off, her cheating former fiancé is claiming to have evidence that his wife and Brenda's husband are, having an affair.
But, nothing matters more than...
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POTUS: A POLITICAL FANTASY is the story of a semi-reluctant hero acting for the people of the United States and the world, as well as the Universe at large. The improbability of his election to the presidency is offset by the prodigious efforts he makes to accomplish a simple goal: the restoration of Freedom for the people of the United States and the World-at-large, as well as establishing it for sentients in the Cosmos. This simple goal inspires...
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An old friend and past work colleague sees something he shouldn't. As he his hunted, he reaches out to his closest friend, Frank Stevens, for help. The two men attempt to find out who is after them and why they begin to unravel a diabolical and maniacal plot. Through circumstance, seven individuals will band together to stop an emotionally damaged CIA director, a misguided—no matter how well-intended—Empire Club, an old enemy, and prevent a crime...
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