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Vivaldi's Girls
Antonio Vivaldi's music has mesmerized audiences for three hundred years.
A less known story than his musical genius was the impressive figure that he was in Venetian society; the young, red-haired prodigy could make women swoon with the sweeping grandeur of his violin performances - especially after he traded in his priest's robes for the dashing attire of a celebrity.
Through the words of his lifelong friend, Domenico Trapensi, Vivaldi's Girls tells the mesmerizing story of Vivaldi's time as a music teacher at Venice's Conservatorio, of those who fell for more than just his violin lessons, and of his romancing of other girls on the road to the Italian cities in his time.
The Silent Neighbours
The Reaper Virus has raged across the globe, leaving over one billion people dead.
After an EMP brought Earth’s technological age to its knees, the superpowers have entered a race to rearm, leading to new tensions between the East and West.
Tensions that those responsible for the virus hope to exploit to deadly effect.
Unwillingly thrown into the fight once again, Adam and Sam find themselves in a deadly fight against evil. Against the one responsible for The Reaper.
The fate of the human race on Earth is about to be decided once and for all.
When The Drums Stop
“The flag bearers!” Sergeant Loyod pointed down the line as three Confederate battle flags made it to the top of the berm, waving erratically back and forth. “Shoot’em down! Don’t let them rally!”
For two years, the terrible and bloody Civil War raged in the United States of America, tearing at the very fabric of its glorious founding. In the midst of utter turmoil a young boy, Anderson Roach, longed to join his brother as part of the famed Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry.
With his brother gone fighting for nearly two years, Anderson was now ready to leave the farm and prove himself by joining the ranks of men on the battlefield. Little did Anderson know that his dreams of adventure and heroism would soon be met with the harsh reality of soldiering in the Union Army.
The Crow Legacy
Jedadiah Crow has been passed a legacy of valor, both from his father - a mountain man - and a Crow war chief.
While finding his way in life, Jedadiah builds his own reputation of leadership during the American Civil War, displaying integrity and courage.
After the war, Jedadiah leads a group of former soldiers to California, setting the stage for The House of Crow.
With Deadly Purpose
Former Marines, Early and Behr, are looking for the man who killed Early’s wife.
But after the two declare war on the Detroit drug trade in their search for the killer, they realize that none of their training has prepared them for the moment when they come face to face with the killer.
A man with a violent history, Early killed fourteen men in Afghanistan because they killed his friends. What is he ready to do to the man who killed his loved one?
Write It Right
Written and compiled by award-winning novelist Mary Deal, Write it Right - Tips for Authors is a major source of information for breathing life into your prose. Learn how to polish your writing with tips and examples, and make your prose leap off the page.
Writing your opus, you may have encountered myriad questions about imperfect areas that you stumble across in the composition. The thoroughly explained tips offered in Write it Right - Tips for Authors clarify these worrisome issues, instead of simply taking a chance they’ll be acceptable.
These thorough and often humorous tips were written in response to author queries for articles that explain various problematic aspects, including:
Grammar and punctuation
Narration
Character development and dialogue
Cradle of the Gods (The Soulstone Prophecy Book 1)
In the world of Allwyn, a war has led to the downfall of humanity. Thousand years later, the survivors live on the fringes of a vast dwarven empire.
Ghile, one of the last humans, is preparing for his Rite of Attrition in a settlement known as the Cradle of the Gods. Meanwhile, Almoriz the Sorcerer and his apprentice Riff arrive in Ghile’s village for their annual visit.
Their meeting sets forth a series of events that changes Ghile's life forever. He is marked as the Stonechosen, and wields powers of the gods themselves.
But Ghile is not alone; others chosen to fulfill the prophecy are also traveling to the Cradle, seeking to destroy him. The time of the Stonechosen has come.
Family (Reacher Short Stories Book 1)
Rachel and the Smith Brothers are on the run, trying to escape the dangers they left in the city.
But when they stop off for supplies, they suddenly find themselves in a whole new kind of trouble. Rachel realises the true nature of the men she is travelling with, but where exactly does she fit in?
This is a companion short story to the Reacher Series set between The Running Game and Border Lines. This story does not contain any major spoilers to the main series and can be read independently.
From The Streets of Chambers Lane (Chambers Lane Series Book 1)
After the Mendoza family unexpectedly loses their youngest son, Michael, they each face a different adversity. From spiritual struggles and disillusionment to family rivalries and quirky social interactions, each family member deals with the aftermath of Michael's death differently.
Jose Luis is the black sheep of the family, while Lucia is their religious, fanatical matriarch. Finally, there's the detached and nascent Daniel, and a host of extended family members and friends.
Will they be able to overcome the loss and move forward in their lives?
The Standard (The Standard Book 1)
An international coalition is planning a return to the gold standard.
Meanwhile, a network of drug cartels and financial speculators are preparing to launch Operation Blackout: an attack against gold depositories that would give them control over the global economy.
With both US and UK pitted against a worldwide criminal enterprise, MI-6 assigns William Shanahan to disrupt Operation Blackout with the help of Jack Gawain, of the Ulster Defense Association. As the operation moves forward with full force, Shanahan and Gawain face an array of moral issues and deadly enemies.
With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, the two enter a race against time and insurmountable odds.
The Alternator
What if murder wasn't a mystery?
For one young man, it is always decided by a simple code of chance taught to him by his mentor, a gruff truck driver named Petty, who once took him under his wing.
Now a trucker himself, the savant travels the quickest routes coast to coast through 1990s America, listening to the Top 40 Countdown and holding the fate of those he encounters in the palm of his hand.
But are the rules there to allow the natural order to assert itself, or to keep a traumatic past from feeding his dark impulses and spiraling him out of control?
A twisted thriller peppered with dark humor, B.H. Newton's 'The Alternator' is a lean, mean story that just might put a wicked smile on your face.
This book is intended for a mature audience and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.
Blood Rise
After the murder of a U.S. Senator, Pinkerton Detective Simms is tasked with bringing the killer to justice.
This would be a simple case for someone as determined and experienced as Simms, but shadowing him is someone far more dangerous and deadly than mere hired murderers.
Across the unforgiving Territories comes a spectre of death, and once again Simms finds himself in a struggle for survival against an old enemy who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal: the death of Detective Simms.
Blood Rise is a standalone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
Praise from readers:
"Loved this entire series... I hope to read more of Detective Simms' adventures in the near future." - Marianne Spitzer, Amazon Review
The Girl Who Could Change Fate
Lacey is your average teenager. She goes to school, tries to maintain a 'D' in chemistry and spends Friday nights creeping on her crush on Facebook. She is ordinary except for one thing: she can change the future.
After Lacey is introduced to the Fate Changing Regime, her life turns upside down. A fanatical group opposing the FCR will stop at nothing to eliminate them. At the same time, Lacey finds herself trying - and failing - to ignore her feelings for the enigmatic Christian Angel.
When Lacey is tasked to uncover a traitor in the FCR, she must use her gift to survive… and resist the dark allure in her heart that comes with Changing Fate.
The Path of Dreams
Seer. Guildsman. Traveller.
As wizards unlock the secrets of the focus stones, Zya S'Vedai must confront three destinies: the fate of her foster family, the loyalty of a guild, and the future foretold by the dreams of a tribal wisewoman.
With her foster brother Tuatin somehow linked to it all, she is taken from countryside to the city - to the presence of the very Gods themselves - and driven to follow the path of her dreams.
Praise for The Path of Dreams:
"Matt Harrill is a master not only in creating a vivid world that comes to life and that you want to visit, but in creating characters that you want to visit it with. This gives his work an earthy quality that I both admire and envy." - David Farland, New York Times Bestselling Fantasy Author
The Fifth Commandment
After Christina breaks the Fifth Commandment, strange things begin to happen - and take her away from home in Normal, Illinois.
Now, she’s back and has to tell them the story within a story, but how can she make them believe? So she had made a mistake - but didn’t all teenagers do the same thing?
The Fifth Commandment is a supernatural memoir entwined with a plot drenching with old-fashioned religious guilt, and short enough to finish in a single sitting - perhaps lounging by the pool or sitting in the garden. The novella follows Christina into a confessional and starts at what we would consider our weakest point.
The point when we first admit our sin.
Chaos Storm
The crystal skulls have been united in Sterling Temple to complete the great spell.
The flow of the seasons has returned, bringing back a life of peace and plenty. This doesn't sit well with Matheus Hawk, who is busy plotting the Realm's destruction, fanning the burning coals of his hatred for the crew of The Griffin.
An approaching storm threatens the Realm. In the north, the warrior Queen Morgasta prepares her barbarians for invasion, and across The Great Expanse marches an even greater threat: the Soul Eaters.
And with them, the Chaos Storm.
The Empty Hands
In the year 2054, the ruling fundamentalist Christian Church does not encourage its great artists; it mindwipes them.
August, talented son of an alcoholic father, wants desperately to gain love and recognition through his art, but his paintings of Michelangelo-style nudes are strictly forbidden by the repressive church.
When Minister Simon Di Luca threatens to have him mindwiped, he tries to stop painting, but finds that art is his life and soul. Balancing between his contempt for the church, love for painting and relationship with a revolutionary woman, August is soon faced with choices that will decide his fate. Will protecting his ideals be more important than his life?
The Ka
Archaeology student Chione has vivid dreams about the discovery of an opulent tomb. After the founder of the Institute of Archaeology learns that Chione’s dreams might be connected to events in Egypt, he accepts an offer to examine a mysterious site in the Valley of the Queens.
When they discover a burial chamber, ancient spells transport Chione and her ex-boyfriend, archaeologist Aaron Ashby, 3,500 years into the past. There, they learn of Tutankhamon and Tauret, a priestess in Pharaoh's Court.
Soon, Chione and Aaron discover that they have been chosen to play a crucial part in Tauret's plan.
Praise:
★★★★★ - "If you're a fan of Egyptian-themed reads or anything with a paranormal edge, this one is for you."
★★★★★ - "Intensely absorbing fantasy entwined with true history."
Can You Hula like Hilo Hattie?
The novice sleuths accept their first official detecting assignment: uncovering the “secret" of an elderly millionaire’s pretty young wife.
If they succeed, their newly founded business, The Triple Threat Investigation Agency, will prove a viable venture. The problem? The wife is found murdered along the sapphire shores of Oahu.And there’s a secret all right, one of many, but the deceased woman is not the only one keeping them.
As Jill, Rey and Linda try to fit the puzzle pieces together, they stumble across several more bodies. But who is the killer?
In The Name Of The Mother
It is 689 AD, and Cynethryth is returning from Rome, carrying her dead husband's child.
She soon gives birth to a son, Aethelheard, whose parentage alone places him in danger. His mother has a tough choice to make and travels to Dorset, where the king is a cousin of her late husband.
After the king adopts the boy, he grows up in the dangerous company of rebellious princes, all who wish to overthrow the mighty Ine, king of Wessex.
How will mother and son face the physical and spiritual battles that await them?
