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About 100 Short Horror Stories by Steven Havelock
This book is jam packed with loads and loads of short horror stories. Are you brave enough to read these tales of chilling terror? If so draw the bed covers close, light the bedside lamp and prepare for a rare treat of a book.
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About The Takeover by Jonathan Dunne
Ireland’s underworld is run by the Doherty family, a new breed of gangster, unlike any to come before. The head of the clan, Malcolm Doherty, has infiltrated all levels of public office and rules Dublin city’s criminal landscape without mercy or compassion.
Gerald O’Brien is the incorruptible cop on the Dohertys’ trail, obsessive and indefatigable, yet unable to bring them down.
Nathan Corbally is a neglected, abused youngster with a terrifying intelligence. Raised by a monstrous father, Nathan steals to survive. When he steals a piece of clothing belonging to the Doherty family, he sets off a chain of events that will pit him against the rulers of Ireland’s underworld.
Three lives, steeped in violence, are about to clash in a violent grab for absolute power.
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About Deadly Deception Book I:
Ethan is a liar.
He can’t help it, he doesn’t even realize he’s doing it, but he lies to everyone he meets, and he doesn’t know how to stop.
Cut off from those around him, Ethan finds himself at the door of Dr. Wright, agreeing to a radical treatment. Ethan will leave his home of Boston behind to tour the world, and, given a plane ticket and a course of experimental medication, change his life forever.
But when, mid-treatment and a thousand miles from home, Ethan is accused of murder, how can he, or the embassy, or even his closest friends defend him? After all, Ethan can’t remember where he was the night the murder happened – all he knows for sure is he was with the woman just before she died.
With his freedom and sanity at stake, the truth seems to be further from Ethan’s grasp than ever. But then, if he wants to keep his freedom, perhaps lies are all he can depend on.
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About Black Body:
Originally published by Villard to rave reviews, Black Body is the story of a white witch, Alba, and her struggles to survive 18th-century English society.
Black Body is a sweeping tale of good and evil, and the captivating woman intimately acquainted with both. Set in England and Wales, the story is told in the form of testimony given by an imprisoned witch who must reveal all the secrets of her race or be burned and become a “Black Body.” Both literary fiction and convincing fantasy, Black Body is as compelling as magic, as touching as a daughter’s love.
Alba is the rarest example of her race: the invert or white witch. An anomaly to her equally gentle but unsightly sisters on Man’s Isle because of her uncommon beauty, Alba alone is able to pass as a “sinner”—as witches refer to normal humans—and to excite the desire of mortal men. After her mother is executed for witchcraft, Alba becomes the ward of a sinner, Lady Amanda Rathel, who brings the girl to London and instructs her in the ways and wiles of society. Lady Amanda’s design for Alba is a consummate act of revenge. Appreciating that sexual contact between this witch and a male sinner can be fatal to the latter, Rathel plans on raising Alba as a lady, then marrying her off to Eric Denton, handsome son of a man who jilted Amanda. During the next several years, in which she survives not only Rathel’s stratagems but the British constabulary and her own prejudice against sinners, Alba comes to love Eric deeply, even though she can only satisfy his passion at an unspeakable price.
Here are excerpts from reviews:
•Edward Stewart (author of Privileged Lives, & Ariana): “Black Body is hypnotic, eerie, erotic. An exploration into the very bedrock of sense and sexual instinct, of human good and evil, it compels the reader’s admiration and fascination. H. C. Turk possesses the touch of a poet and the skill of a shaman. He has Barbara Tuchman’s ability to bring the historical past leaping to life, and H. G. Wells’ to articulate the mysterious realms of possibility that exist enfolded in the familiar. He has taken a theme that in its beauty will recall Hans Andersen’s Little Mermaid and in its terror Carl Dreyer’s Day Of Wrath, and has ingeniously, masterfully rooted it in the smell and buzz of the world we know. The book is not only a virtuoso, utterly satisfying achievement, but a blood-thumping good story.”
•The Orlando SENTINEL: “A wonderfully intricate and fascinating tale of sorcery…beautiful, probing, and deliciously descriptive.”
•THE ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION: “A literate book with humor and charm. The reader falls under the spell of the narrative. Mr. Turk’s language and tone make Black Body a highly original tale.”
•Selected by S. F. CHRONICLE as a Book Of The Year.
Excerpts from Amazon reader reviews:
•“Stunning and provocative.”
•“Gorgeously great-humored and lovingly imagined.”
•“Glorious!”
•“I am amazed at the people who hold up Hemingway and his ilk as the last writers of ‘Literature’ when their tales cannot hold a candle to the writing of Mr. Turk.”
•“Beautiful phraseology. The writing style is terrific…incredibly rich….”
•“Exquisite sensual and unexpected fiction. Absolutely unforgettable.”
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About The Book Sisters:
“The six Book sisters of Iowa—Victoria, Veronica, Violet, Vera, Virginia, and Viveca—spent their girlhoods on their parents’ farm during the tumultuous years of the 1960s. Victoria is a piano prodigy and church organist who runs off to experiment with drugs and accidentally have a Black Panther’s baby. Veronica, or “Ronnie,” is an animal-loving tomboy who eschews inheriting the farm in favor of becoming a veterinarian. The sickly Violet is her mother’s favorite, acutely aware of her position in the family and willing to scheme to maintain it. Vera is a young writer, always observing and taking notes, who pitches her first story at age 8 to a New York publisher who stops at her lemonade stand. Virginia is the beautiful one, adored by all, who picks up smoking at the age of 10 in order to be more fashionable. Viveca, a girl of faith, falls asleep in the barn one Christmas waiting for Baby Jesus to arrive. The book follows the sisters in childhood and far beyond—through first loves, addiction, marriages, children, national tragedies, and the losses of their parents, spouses, and each other. Andersen writes in an effortlessly sunny prose, its placidity belying its keen wisdom and emotional depth: “Violet was the apple of Valley’s eye. She was a rare grape, silky and smooth with a pronounced taste. She was an armful of fragrant purple lilacs. She was sweet rose water.” Each sister is wonderfully distinct, her individual quirks, adventures, and relationships recorded with lyricism and great humor. The author impressively captures that intangible mythic quality of large families that informs and ensnares their members. Vera—the author’s stand-in—is particularly vivid in her role as historian and secret keeper. While the childhood sections are strongest, the book gets progressively affecting as the decades slip by and life exacts its toll from the various “chapters” (as their mother calls them). This heartwarming portrait of a Midwestern farm family is also a succinct chronicle of American womanhood in the second half of the 20th century. A beautifully composed novel of individuality within sisterhood.” Kirkus Review
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About An Exaltation of Larks by Suanne Laqueur
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Grand prize winner of the 2017 Writer’s Digest Awards.
September 11, 1973: Eleven-year-old Alejandro Penda watches from his apartment window as Santiago, Chile falls to a military coup, destroying his family and his childhood. Arriving alone in America, he’s taken in by the Larks: a prominent family in the town of Guelisten. Though burdened by unresolved grief for his disappeared parents, he becomes fiercely loyal to the Larks, eventually marrying one of their daughters, Valerie.
September 11, 2001: Javier Landes watches from his apartment window as New York City falls to terrorism. As one of Manhattan’s top-paid male escorts, this professional lover has never lacked for company and is loyal only to himself. But in the wake of 9/11, Jav is named guardian for an orphaned nephew in Guelisten and must open his carefully-guarded heart to pain he’s long suppressed.
Alex, Valerie and Jav meet first in their twenties, with a sudden attraction each finds strange and compelling. When they meet again in their forties, they discover not only is their bond still strong, but their life experiences are strangely similar. All have been shaped by separate 9/11’s, and their unfinished business from the past will change everything they know about love, loyalty and friendship.
Across three decades and two continents, this award-winning novel explores the unpredictability of sexual attraction, how family ties are forged, torn and mended, and how love’s downfall can turn to exaltation.
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About From Afar:
For centuries, poets have argued that unrequited love is love in its strongest form. From Afar is a timeless tale of Morgan Stanfield’s search for love in the far northern city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Leaving the warm climate of Santa Barbara, he embarks on a four-day odyssey where he encounters a Russian beauty, a prostitute, a wise old babushka, an American chauvinist, intellectuals, the Russian mafia, and the ‘face’ of love, and comes to know how love from a distance can be more captivating than love close on hand.
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About Disastrously Fabulous A Novel Of Loves, Betrayals, and New Beginnings by D. A Prince
After finally the “right” man in her life, Crystal finds astonishing photos of another woman on her husbands phone.
It’s a remarkable story where her past relationships flash before her eyes while she battles with present moment decisions on what to do about her current situation.
Each decision she’s makes causes her story to unfold deeper. How did she get into this mess and what is she to do?
A New kind of romance read, Disastrously Fabulous has edge of your seat emotional moments as well as uplifting and funny ones. This fascinating book was written to inspire readers as well as provide enormous entertainment rapidly!
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About Pianist in a Bordello:
Pianist in a Bordello
What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth?
Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just days before the election.
And what a life he’s had. Born in a commune and named Richard Milhous Nixon Youngblood as an angry shot at his absent father, Richard grows up in the spotlight, the son of an enigmatic fugitive and the grandson of a Republican senator. He’s kidnapped and rescued, kicked out of college for a prank involving turkeys, arrested in Hawaii while trying to deliver secrets to the CIA…Dick Nixon Youngblood’s ready to tell all.
He’ll even tell his readers about the Amandas—three women who share a name but not much else, and who each have helped shape and define the man he’s become.
Are voters really ready for the whole truth?
Are you?
Pianist in a Bordello is a hilarious political romp through the last four decades of American history, from a narrator who is full of surprises.
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About Daddy 3.0: A Comedy of Errors by Rob Armstrong
2017 Independent Author Network Winner – Best Comedy / Satire Novel
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What a mess. This was not supposed to happen.
This isn’t where Nick Owen thought he would be by this point in life. He used to be a busy web programmer. Now he spends most of his energy trying to stop his three-year-old twins from playing in a dirty sand pit. Nick thinks of himself as Daddy 3.0, a stay-at-home-dad—but he just wasn’t programmed for this.
He must navigate a new world of jungle gyms and playdates while supporting his surgeon wife. He tries his best to be there for the twins, but he can’t stop making a mess of things. He’s just about nearing the end of his rope when the Swing Incident happens. The Swing Incident, spoken of in hushed tones around Nick’s New York City apartment building, has caused the resident queen bee, nicknamed “Supermom,” to declare him an enemy for life. No matter what Nick does to get back into Supermom’s good graces, he fails spectacularly.
Now Nick’s going to have to learn to fight fire with fire and become the best superparent on the block. This hilarious new book by Rob Armstrong chronicles one man’s journey into the world of modern fatherhood—one botched haircut, playground fight, and dirty diaper at a time.
Stay-at-home-dads have a new hero, of sorts.
A Kindle Unlimited Comedy
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