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Title: The Charmstone |
| Author: C. C. Harrison | |
| ISBN: 978-1-59414-579-7 | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
A misfit socialite looking for a place to belong, a sexy Navajo recommitted
to his culture, a mysterious disappearance on a remote Indian reservation,
sullen teenagers who spend too much time in the desert, and a scheming newspaperman
who knows everything, but tells nothing...all come together in this gripping
novel of suspense and ill-fated love. Will an ancient charmstone keep danger
away? A riveting story of mystery, history and love set in modern day Monument
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Title: Flashpoint: Book One of the Underground |
| Author: Frank Creed | |
| ISBN: 9781934284018 | |
| Genre: Endtimes Sci-fi | |
Flashpoint: Book One of the Underground is the story of an alternative future
where patriotism meets tyranny, the Patriot Act waxes Stalin-esque and the
violence of terrorism has united the world.
Set in 2036 Chicago against the backdrop of a global government, the only threat to the One State's absolute power is non-sanctioned religion---fundamentalist beliefs of any kind have been pronounced illegal and treasonous. We meet main characters David and Jen Williams as they flee peacekeepers busting their home-church. This sparks a Flashpoint in the Body of Christ (BoC), living in the abandoned parts of the Metroplex.
Through the use of brain-wave technology, the saints living in the underground are re-formed. David and Jen are uploaded with mindware, and take code names: Calamity Kid and e-girl. With the aid of high tech gadgets and non-lethal weapons, Calamity Kid and e-girl's terrorist cell in the BoC set out to free imprisoned family, friends and neighbors before they are brainwashed or worse.
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Title: The Duke's Handmaid |
| Author: Caprice Hokstad | |
| ISBN: 1-591603-37-4 | |
| Genre: Fantasy | |
Keedrina is a young peasant girl who lives on the outskirts of a prosperous
seaport town. After marauders kill her family and burn her farmhouse, she meets
Duke Vahn, who champions her cause, apprehending the outlaws and meting out
justice. Orphaned and homeless, Keedrina envies the slaves who live in fine
homes with luxuries she has never had. The duke offers Keedrina a position
as his indentured servant. With very little left to live on, and intrigued
with the handsome young noble, Keedrina accepts. Can the simple farmgirl find
a family among the refined servants in the duke's house? Not if the prejudiced
and conniving duchess has her way!
The Duke's Handmaid is a fantasy novel full of adventure, mystery, and even a little romance.
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Title: The Sarsen Witch |
| Author: Eileen Kernaghan | |
| ISBN: 9780809571574 | |
| Genre: Historical fantasy | |
The Sarsen Witch is a tale of earth magic, megaliths, romance and
high adventure in the bronze-age world of the Wessex warrior-chieftains.
First published in 1989, The Sarsen Witch was shortlisted for an Aurora, the Canadian SF and Fantasy Award.
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Title: The Wannoshay Cycle |
| Author: Michael Jasper | |
| ISBN: 978-1-59414-661-9 | |
| Genre: Science Fiction | |
Due out in January 2008, The Wannoshay Cycle takes place in a world where terrorism
has spread to America in the form of repeated bombings and violent attacks.
Adding to the chaos and paranoia, three dozen alien ships crash-land in the
middle of a blizzard, landing in the Midwest of America and Canada.
Almost miraculously, in spite of the paranoia of the people who encounter them, the aliens known as the Wannoshay begin to integrate slowly into human society. The transition is interrupted, however, when a series of mysterious explosions occur, and the "Wantas" are blamed.
The aliens are placed into internment camps, "for their protection and our own," according to human leaders. An unlikely group of humans, led by a Catholic priest, converge around the alien Mother Ship in Iowa City, where the Wannoshay are inexplicably dying.
The humans soon discover the "true history" of the aliens, a secret that explains their epidemic sickness and forces the humans to make painful choices about how to help these immigrants to our world, choices that will take them away from the lives they once knew.
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Title: In the Shadow of the Glacier |
| Author: Vicki Delany | |
| ISBN: 1590584481 | |
| Genre: Mystery - Police Procedural | |
Trouble is brewing in the small, bucolic mountain town of Trafalgar, British
Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar as a Vietnam War draft dodger has
left land and money to the town but there's a catch: the money must be used
to build a garden to honor draft dodgers. This bequest has torn the close-knit,
peaceful town apart. Then the body of a leading opponent is found in an alley,
dead from a single blow to the head.
Constable Molly Smith is assigned to assist veteran Detective Sergeant John Winters in the investigation. But Winters doesn't want the help of the enthusiastic rookie, and suspects that he's been assigned Smith for political reasons---her mother, a life-long activist, is the leader of the group arguing for the park.
Egged on by a muck-raking TV personality, outside agitators from both sides are soon streaming into Trafalgar, while Smith and Winters search through small-town secrets for a killer.
Winters is haunted by a recent failure of judgment, and Smith just wants to be a good cop, and a good daughter, in a town where a substantial number of the residents had seen her performing as Number Two Wise Man in the Grade Three Christmas pageant.
In the Shadow of the Glacier is the first in a traditional mystery series featuring Constable Smith, Sergeant Winters, and the town in the shadow of the glacier, Trafalgar, British Columbia.
"...An exciting series debut from Delany (Burden of Memory, 2006, etc.),
featuring complex characters with plenty of room to grow."
-- Kirkus Reviews
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Title: The Eternal Rose |
| Author: Gail Dayton | |
| ISBN: 080957165X | |
| Genre: Fantasy | |
Six years ago, the demons behind the rebellion in Adara were defeated, and Kallista Varyl was selected the new Reinine. But one demon escaped, taking with it a part of her family. Now, finally, word has come that these missing family members might be found--along with the demon--in the homeland her mate Obed abandoned when he came to find Kallista.
She packs up the family for a state visit, but disaster strikes. One of the godmarked is murdered, leaving Kallista devasted. But there are children to rescue, slaves to free, and the wicked working of demons to set aright. A ninth godmarked must be found to make the magic whole, but Kallista will need more than magic to heal her this time.
The Eternal Rose... Some things do last forever...
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Title: Unveiling the Sorceress |
| Author: Saskia Walke | |
| ISBN: 0809557819 | |
| Genre: Fantasy romance | |
Elishiba, the daughter of the leader of Aleem, seeks to secure
the land of her beloved people through a quest that harnesses her powerful
inner strengths for the good of all. Betrothed to the ineffectual son of the
evil Empress of Karseedia, her planned marriage is to be a symbolic pact sealed
between Aleem and neighboring Karseedia. But nothing is as it seems.
Elishiba finds herself enmeshed in a growing web of political intrigue, a web where magic and romance weave their own vibrant and inexorable threads. Elishiba's love for a man considered an enemy may enable her to recognize her own inner powers... or contribute to the jeopardy she faces. Secret love and forbidden liaisons mix with the deadly implications of the enemy's plans in this sensual story of danger, passion and intrigue with the exotic allure of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
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Title: Dreamsbane of Tamalor |
| Author: Bradley Simpson | |
| ISBN: 0-595-37676- 2 | |
| Genre: Fantasy | |
Dreamsbane of Tamalor is a light fantasy tale that pits brave adventurers against
the evil darkness that threatens to engulf the world.
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Title: Amberlight |
| Author: Sylvia Kelso | |
| ISBN: 978-0-8095-7205-2 | |
| Genre: Fantasy | |
A city
Amberlight, powerful, legendary, the ruler of the Riverworld.
A mystery
Qherrique, the foundation of Amberlight's wealth. Amberlight's one unique possession, whose mother-lodes supply the Riverworld rulers with their most powerful tool. Only found in Amberlight, only to be worked in Amberlight, and only by Amberlight women who have the gift of Craft.
An impossible love affair
"He's a bit of gangland flotsam. You're Head of Telluir House. Just tell me, Rith did we pick him up, or not?"
She leads the most powerful House in the city that rules the world. He's an amnesiac mugging victim, found bleeding to death on the street. So why should the oracle warn her, "It matters, if he dies?"
Whatever he's forgotten could be the city's deadliest danger, in or outside Amberlight. What he shows her changes her life. What they give each other, neither will forget. But the tangles of intrigue and insurrection and brutal warfare will force them to grasp a more-than-human mystery if they are ever to fulfill their love.
Amberlight is the first of a new series from the author of Everran's Bane and The Moving Water, both praised by reviewers for the depth of their world-building and their attractive characters. Amberlight is a high fantasy romance, but it also is a story about people: the people involved with the qherrique, in and out of Amberlight, and those who it brings to self-discovery, enlightenment, and finally, the righting of injustice, if not all by human hands.
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Title: Wind Follower |
| Author: Carole McDonnell | |
| ISBN: 0-8095-5779-7 | |
| Genre: Fantasy | |
Wind Follower is a multicultural Christian fantasy romance.
A fourth tribe has come to the land of the three tribes; the light-skinned newcomers are fated to change the tribes' way of life and religion. Satha, a dark-skinned woman from a poor Theseni clan, and Loic, her wealthy young Doreni husband, are too busy forging their new life together to pay much heed. But when Satha is dishonored and Loic must avenge her, they find themselves drawn into a cultural battle. Kidnapped and enslaved, Satha strives to retain her autonomy. Loic struggles against the Arkhai, spirits who fear his quest will lead him to the true god whose place they have usurped. With the Creator's aid there remains hope they will be reunited and find their mutual destiny, even if it means losing the love and respect of their comrades, families, clans, and tribes.
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Title: Fitness Kills |
| Author: Helen Barer | |
| ISBN: 10 1-59414-585-7 | |
| Genre: Traditional (cozy) mystery | |
Nora Franke is a New York food writer stuck in a rut. Hoping to get rid of
a broken heart (and the extra pounds that came with it), she accepts a job
as a menu consultant at an elite fitness ranch in Baja. With any luck, she'll
shed the weight, make some friends, and maybe even find a way to get over her
ex-lover.
But Nora soon finds there's more than just yoga classes, morning hikes and liquid fasts among the flowers and herbs. Someone's put murder on the menu, and unless she can solve the mystery of who's behind the death of two of the guests, Nora may just be the next victim.
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Title: The i Tetralogy |
| Author: Mathias B. Freese | |
| ISBN: 1-58736-404-2 | |
| Genre: Historical Fiction/Literary | |
The i Tetralogy -- i, I Am Gunther, Gunther's Lament, Gunther Redux -- is the
gut-wrenching epic depiction of the dehumanization of man through an incisive
observation of three pivotal characters. Each of them, victim, perpetrator,
and murderer's son, is inextricably linked by the varying dimensions of their
moral nature. Assaying the monumental impact of the Holocaust, this species-shattering
event, the tetralogy elucidates a truth about humanity: the Holocaust has
forever defined the species as indelibly damaged, capable on a molecular
level of killing and consuming its own. The reader experiences this unvarnished
-- perhaps axiomatic -- truth about humanity, which no revisionist can deny.
The reader also ponders the risk in forgetting, in sanitizing, in "sweetening" the
Holocaust. Allbooks Review Editor's Choice Award for historical fiction,
2007.
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Title: The Moses Probe |
| Author: Ted Magnuson | |
| ISBN: 978-1594261220 | |
| Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy | |
Young Lovers, Big Bang, Swashbuckling Adventure, Theory of the Universe and
Everything. The Moses Probe is all this and more. I hope you will have as much
fun reading it as I had writing it. Ted Magnuson...
At the dawn of the 22nd century, Astron Jac Flyte and Dr. Cheryl Bellini call off their marriage when Jac is chosen for the Mission to Alpha Centauri. Then Cheryl's colleague, Edmund Leahy, breaks through the space/time continuum. She calls Jac to ask. "Your sights are only on Alpha C, dear? What if it were possible to transit instantaneously to any planet in the known Universe?" Jac takes note. Yes, Leahy has been mocked and maligned but Cheryl is smart. Together then, they go to Dr. Leahy's lab where they find him murdered. In a heartbeat, they must choose, take off on Leahy's discovery or dally to find out who or what murdered the man. Is there sentient life elsewhere in the universe? How do they communicate? What do they think of humanity? What will first known encounters be like? It's all in The Moses Probe.
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Title: Fated Love |
| Author: Darcy McKenna | |
| ISBN: 1-60154-095-7 | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
Fated Love is the story of one woman loved by two men. Sarah Cameron must find
out which man is her soul mate and which one wants her to die before she
runs out of time. Some obsessions last a lifetime, others last forever. Fated
Love is currently available in ebook, paperback will be available October
19, 2007.
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Title: Chemistry |
| Author: Lewis DeSimone | |
| ISBN: 978-156023-559-0 | |
| Genre: Fiction | |
What do you do when the person you love changes overnight?
Lewis DeSimone's debut novel explores the devastating impact that mental illness can have on both an individual and those closest to him. Through the story of a romance threatened by clinical depression, it asks the question: what constitutes the self in a time when sanity can slip easily away and personality can be altered by a pill? At its heart a love story, this novel is ultimately about the chemistry of attraction---the inexplicable feelings that draw people together and just as easily can tear them apart.
Rigoberto Gonzalez, writing in the Lambda Book Report says of Chemistry, "This exquisite novel ... is a page-turning account about a gay couple whose dream come true relationship is threatened when one partner begins to succumb to the effects of mental illness. This unconventional love story is sexy, literary, and extremely touching."
Dirk Kriete, writing in ScotsGay Fringe, calls Chemistry "a touching, introspective story which in places moved me near tears. It is extremely well written and the characters are incredibly believable. I am looking forward to reading more from this obviously very talented author."
And in the words of Grady Harp, "Discovering a new excellent writer is one of the joys of reading that reigns at the top of the reasons why we read books. Chemistry is a novel by Lewis DeSimone that is at once intelligent, informed, eloquent, erotic, thought provoking, profound, sensitive and important. With this his first novel he steps solidly onto the platform of important contemporary American writers. ... This is not a novel to be read in bits and spurts, but instead a novel to be savored over time ... and then look forward to reading again. Welcome to the pantheon, Lewis DeSimone! This is a novel as fine as any novel about gay love as is out there and it is so much more. It deserves a very wide audience: it is superior writing."
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Title: Murder @ Work |
| Author: Yvonne Eve Walus | |
| ISBN: 1-59080325-6 | |
| Genre: Murder Mystery | |
Have you ever had a Boss From Hell, a Verbal Abuser who can't be sued or fired?
In the incessant heat of a South African summer, would you be tempted to tamper
with his tea... a little???
Christine Chamberlain doesn't want much from life: a steady job, a baby and a Fields Medal. Her boss, however, wants money and he is willing to do anything to get his way, even if it means getting Christine involved in a project that not only jeopardises her dreams, but might also put her in danger.
When Christine complains to her colleagues, they joke about killing the boss to solve the problem. They discuss the murder by email. Almost everybody has an obvious motive to get rid of the boss from hell... and a few hidden ones they don't share.
The next day, Christine brings fennel oil to work. In itself, it's not the world's deadliest poison, and Christine would of course never dream to use it as such. Or would she?
What the reviewers said:
- "A great read. Very witty. Very fresh."
- "An insight into South Africa without being bogged down with facts."
- "Excellent dialogue."
Excerpt:
Christine's Journal
It's three a.m., and I want to murder my boss. Though my head feels as though he has already beaten me to it---and with an axe, at that. I'm tired. Tired beyond exhaustion. My brain cannot take in any more maths. I'm rambling. Time to go to bed.
I envy every sleeping cricket and every grey loerie awakening in the apricot tree. For they don't have to go into the office tomorrow. They don't have to face James. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
It's now five past three in the morning, and I still want to murder my boss.
Chapter 1
Christine Chamberlain squeezed between her desk and the bookshelf. She opened
the window, the small side one that actually could open, and pressed her face
to the burglar bars. As though she had already murdered James and were now
paying the price.
The fresh air tasted good after the stale heat of her study. Through the window,
the summer darkness poured in, cloying and viscous like blood. It was too late
for crickets to serenade in the tangle of the unmowed lawn, too early for the
birds to chirp and twitter and trill in the honeysuckle bushes below the bedroom
window. Even the incessant barking of the neighbours' guard dogs had ceased.
So quiet. As silent as only the African night can be. As silent as murder.
Murder .
... James lay crumpled in the street, his temple crushed by the fender of her Ford Escort. Chips of yellow paint had lodged in his skin at all angles, giving the already paling cheeks a look of smallpox. The blood was congealing slowly in his hair.
A mosquito buzzed by her cheek. She swiped and missed. So much for her murderous
intentions. It was time to go to bed.
Tom woke up when she slipped in under the top sheet, which served to protect
them from the insects rather than to make them any warmer than they already
were.
"James is going to kill you tomorrow if you fall asleep at work," he
murmured as he tucked the sheet around them both.
Not if I kill him first, she thought, already on the threshold between reality
and dreams.
* * *
Weeks later, when she realised that she had indeed killed James, she remembered
her notions. And she felt guilty. But not too guilty.
It was her vanity that had provided the means for the murder. Which only goes to show that vanity can be as great a sin as some religions claim it to be. But just the same, perhaps not altogether without merit.
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Title: One of the Best Things |
| Author: Sheri Doyle | |
| ISBN: 0595445640 | |
| Genre: Fiction | |
One of the Best Things is a novel written about human strength. Sunni is a
young girl, living in the projects of Chicago. She and her mother survive
everyday on the dream of living a better life outside of the projects. Every
decision is made with this goal in mind, so when Sunni suffers a violent
tragedy her life is shaken and the road to her dreams seems lost. Sunni delves
deeper and deeper into her own fear until, with one subconcious decision
Sunni seems to seal her and her mother's fate. Now she must decide if she
has the strength to achieve her dreams.
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Title: When Shadows Fall |
| Author: Kate Fellowes | |
| ISBN: 193404122x | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
Gretchen Waller arrives at the remote estate, Mill Hollow, eager to begin her job as assistant to handsome author John David Honeycutt. Amid the snowbound wild of the haunting north woods she finds deception and danger as John's investigation into his family's history stirs up dark secrets---secrets which have already led to murder. Drawn to John, Gretchen soon takes up his quest to uncover the truth. Can they solve the crime before the killer strikes again or will Mill Hollow claim more victims when shadows fall?
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Title: You Belong to Me |
| Author: Patricia Sargeant | |
| ISBN: 075821876-1 | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
Sometimes Your Biggest Fan...
Science-fiction writer Nicole Collins is delighted when she learns her first
book will be made into a movie by Celestial Productions -- until she finds
out who owns the company: Malcolm Bryant, her ex-husband. Nicole still loves
him, but she knows Malcolm is still the same man who crumbles in the face of
adversity. And then there are those threatening letters . . .
Can Be Your Worst Nightmare
Somewhere out there is a deranged fan, one who has adopted Nicole's characters
as his own family...and he's not about to see his loved ones distorted by
the camera lens. Once Malcolm's business partner is mysteriously killed,
Nicole realizes this is no movie script -- her life is now in danger. With
a demented killer fan closing in, the only person who may be able to save
Nicole is Malcolm -- the man she so desperately hopes will finally make a
stand.
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Title: The Cure For Sodomy |
| Author: Ken Shakin | |
| ISBN: 978-1-56023-565-1 | |
| Genre: Historical Fiction | |
A blistering novel about passion and liberation with a decidedly bad attitude.
Blending history and gossip into woven prose, Ken Shakin tells the tale of the Sodomite. From oversexed altar boy to electroshock crucifixion, a ravenous youth cut short by the cure. For sodomy. Once upon a time, a crime against the state.
Desperate lives collide on a reckless joyride through Sodom, then and now, veering between comedy and tragedy in an unforgettable New York story of unending desire, the lust for release in a restrictive world. Two thirsty souls meet for a short cup of coffee and a long conversation revealing a funny, cruel, outrageous, absurd, moving story dedicated to the perverse nature of the human spirit.
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