by Suzanne Jenkins

4.2 stars – 86 reviews

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After midnight, a mysterious stranger appears at the edge of the woods and the peaceful life fifteen-year-old Ellen Fisher has with her beloved stepfather Frank is turned upside down. Small town gossip, jealousy and murder strive to tear them apart in a tale of secrets and unrequited love.

by J Sato

4.3 stars – 29 reviews

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“Instead of Due Process, I give the Process that is Due”

Lionel Seaver has had it with the indecent, arrogant, rude, mean-spirited and for lack of more negative adjectives, pricks in today’s society. Its about time these people get what’s coming to them. And its not just about people who break the law either. It is not always against the law to be a prick, on the contrary, it is often rewarded. The jerks, bullies and greedy don’t go to jail. They use their power and possession to abuse people. Decency and kindness are often viewed a sign of weakness, a trait that can be taken advantage of . Where conscience and law fail to direct people to do the “right” thing, Seaver decides to step in and secretly and violently set them on a different course.

Seaver lost his family, job and identity in society. He embarks on a course to nevertheless create what he deems is a positive existence for himself as Silent Retribution Man. He accomplishes this by systematically stalking and beating people up who do anything from being rude to waiters, to scamming people out of money, to sexually harassing subordinates, to molesting children. Nothing too big or small, whoever has it coming is going to get it.

Lester Burnham in American Beauty was “an ordinary guy with nothing to lose,” Tyler Durden in Fight Club, once he lost “everything was free to do anything,” Seaver is all of the above, and wants to become the guy in the conclusion of the news story that beat the jerk up because he had it coming. The journey is long and Seaver is forced to confront his own conscience, sanity, and ultimately his mortality.

by Susan Kaye Quinn

4.3 stars – 46 reviews

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Restorative Human Medical Care Unit 7435, sentience level fifty, is happiness level five out of ten to serve and heal the human master it loves. But Unit 7435 finds there is a price to be paid for love… and for failing in its primary mission.

Restore  is a standalone short story that takes place in the world of the Singularity novels.

Start the novel series with The Legacy Human (Singularity 1).

by Uvi Poznansky

4.0 stars – 130 reviews

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From USA Today Bestselling Author, Uvi Poznansky, comes a poignant family saga:

Apart from Love is not your typical love story. It is all-consuming, heart-wrenching, and dark.

My Own Voice (“As told by Anita”):

Falling in love with Lenny should have been the end to all of Anita’s troubles. But when family secrets start unraveling. His ex-wife, Natasha, is succumbing to a mysterious disease. How can Anita compete with her shadow? How can she find a voice of her own?

And when his estranged son, Ben, comes back and lives in the same small apartment, can she keep the balance between the two men, whose desire for her is marred by guilt and blame?

The White Piano (“As told by Ben”):

Coming back to his childhood home after years of absence, Ben is unprepared for the secret, which is now revealed to him: his mother, Natasha, who used to be a brilliant pianist, is losing herself to mysterious disease, which turns the way her mind works into a riddle. His father’s new wife, Anita, looks remarkably similar to her—only much younger.

“In our family, forgiveness is something you pray for, something you yearn to receive—but so seldom do you give it to others.” What emerges in this family is a struggle, a desperate, daring struggle to find a path out of conflicts, out of isolation, from guilt to forgiveness.

by Sarah Woodbury

4.1 stars – 1,607 reviews

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Time travel to medieval Wales … A medieval man with an uncertain destiny, Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales, faces treachery and deceit at the hands of friends and foes alike …

A modern woman with a troubled past, Meg’s life is in tatters when she slips through time and into medieval Wales …

Only by working together can Meg and Llywelyn navigate the shifting allegiances that threaten the very existence of Wales–and create their own history that defies the laws of time.

by Jill Haymaker

5.0 stars – 1 reviews

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Follow your favorite Peakview, Colorado residents through a whole year. First, in Colorado Winter Moon, the town’s beloved attorney and hardware store owner, Sam Phillips, discovers that he can find love again after the death of his wife when feisty, Vickie Dalton shows up in town for her son’s wedding. Can a long distance romance give them what they’re longing for? Under a full winter moon, they decide to take a second chance on love.
Next, in Colorado Summer Stars, when Sam’s daughter, Nicole, finds herself in an abusive relationship, her only option is to escape back to her home town of Peakview, the last place she ever wanted to live. Once home, however, she encounters an unexpected blast from the past in the form of veterinarian, Rick Brady, the nerdy boy they all made fun of in high school. He’s not so nerdy anymore. When her toxic relationship follows her to the small mountain town, will Rick be able to save her and find love with the girl of his dreams?
And finally, to end the year, Kelly Charm and her son Ethan leave their home in Nebraska to find a new life when she answers an employment ad to manage Sam’s hardware store. The adjustment is not easy on herself and her son, but when they meet handsome EMT, Jake Midnight, that all begins to change. Will they find love and a home by the end of the year?
Of course, you can expect that Peakview’s beloved Violet Crandall, the proprietor of Violet’s Cafe, will have something to say about these relationships and lend a hand boosting her matchmaking successes.
Spend a year in Peakview, where everyone has a chance at love.

by Ela M. Shmuely

4.6 stars – 28 reviews

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An unexpected encounter from the past. A single mistake. An entire life is falling apart.

Emily, a young married woman and the mother of two children, runs a small neighborhood café together with her husband, and firmly believes people must stand behind the choices they have made in life.

Except she had not taken into account that some things in this world are beyond her control: her beloved father is dying at home, begging for help in putting an end to his agony, the business she and her husband manage is treading water, and the problems in their marriage are beginning to surface.

Amidst this chaos, Guy, the love of her youth, makes his appearance, looking for closure, or actually, for an opening. It’s all up to her now.

Emily is facing a major dilemma: Should she stick to the choices she once made or give a fair chance to a new beginning?

by Betta Ferrendelli

4.5 stars – 85 reviews

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A baby is murdered on New Year’s Eve 1999, her tiny body abandoned in a Dumpster.
Twelve years later, while locked in a vicious legal battle to regain custody of her own daughter, reporter Samantha Church stumbles across the infant girl’s headstone at Golden Cemetery.
Sam is immediately intrigued by the plea for help from the Grandview Police Department on the child’s gravestone. Sam approaches Grandview police detective James Page, the original officer in charge of the case, but without new evidence, there is nothing Page can do to reopen the cold case and bring the killer to justice.
Or is there?
As Sam digs deeper into the baby’s murder, powerful businessmen, a former Merchant Marine and even a strange and mysterious psychic illuminate her path. Though the further she goes and the more dangerous and deceiving her journey becomes, she refuses to give up and let this infant girl’s murder go unsolved.
Cold Case No. 99-5219, is the newest fast-paced novel in the award-winning mystery series featuring reporter Samantha Church and the rest of the great ensemble cast of characters who will keep you coming back for more.

by Kim Stokely

4.8 stars – 7 reviews

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“I have a purpose for being in Ayden and that purpose will give me the strength to do incredible things.”
In the few weeks Ally Foster has spent in Ayden, the 16-year-old has survived two assassination attempts, a horrific psychological attack and agreed to marry her enemy, Lord Braedon, in order to save the boy she loves.

When her life is again threatened, Ally finds refuge back in the 21st century. But even the modern world can’t protect her, or those she loves, from Braedon. With another of her friends threatened with torture and death, Ally must return and accept her fate as the queen of Ayden.

As Braedon devises even greater threats against her, Ally searches outside herself, and her family, for help. She seeks to learn more about Ruahk, the mysterious god who wants her to rule this perilous world. What she discovers puts her at odds with not only Lord Braedon, but with her father who has waited 16 years to avenge his wife’s murder.

by Gretta Curran Browne

4.4 stars – 493 reviews

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He was later to become known as “The most beautiful and most famous man in England” — but not yet….

As a boy he thought his name was George Gordon, but that wasn’t true. He thought he would grow up poor, but that also wasn’t true. Long before he rose from obscurity to poetic stardom and became Britain’s first superstar, he had learned that his true surname was Byron

Although presented in Novel form and cloaked in the style of fiction,, this is the true and meticulously researched story of the most iconic superstar of his time – Lord Byron. Ignoring all the old and unproven rumours and sensational scandals fabricated at the time of the 19th Century, which have been regurgitated by biographers every generation – all the events in this book come from the people who physically were THERE with Byron at the time. If they were not there, or did not write about it, or did not see the events as eyewitnesses – they are NOT included in this book.

Beginning when he is a boy of ten years old, we join George Gordon when he is living a miserable life with his manic Scottish mother in a few rented rooms above a shop in Aberdeen, unaware that his true heritage is with the English aristocracy – who soon come to claim him.

A life of wealth and privilege is then bestowed upon him, which eventually sets the stage for him to prove his own individual worth, in his own way, and in his own time.

Meticulously researched, and adapted into novel form, ‘A Strange Beginning’ is the first of a series of books about the most iconic young man of his time, whose fame still lives on today.

“My name alone shall be my epitaph.” — BYRON

by Teymour Shahabi

4.5 stars – 149 reviews

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Best Young Adult Book, Reader Views, 2016-2017
Best Young Adult Book, Florida Book Festival, 2016
Best Young Adult Book, Great Midwest Book Festival, 2016
Best Young Adult Book, Northern California Book Festival, 2016
Gold Medal, Juvenile / Young Adult Fiction eBook, Independent Publisher Awards, 2017
Gold Medal, Juvenile / Young Adult Fiction, eLit Awards, 2017

March 24. Billionaire Lyndon Surway takes off in his private plane and never returns.

His will leaves the entirety of his wealth—one of the largest fortunes in history—to his “dear friend Lucian Baker.” Only there is no trace of anyone by that name. And the fortune itself is nowhere to be found.

Andrew Day knows nothing of wealth and privilege, but he won a scholarship to study at the most exclusive school in the country, in the town where the mystery, decades later, remains unsolved. There he discovers friendship and danger with the aristocratic Cameron and the beautiful Olivia. But watchful eyes follow him everywhere… Until, one night, he comes across a secret that will change his life. As he begins to unravel what really happened to the Surway fortune, the question remains: who is Lucian Baker?

Reader reviews:

“When your heart is pounding and you can’t turn the page fast enough you know you’ve discovered a book worth telling people about.”

“To be classified as genuinely great fiction”

“Harry Potter-esque in how much of a page turner it was – I got my copy while traveling and I couldn’t put it down (almost missed a flight!)… ”

“The highest praise one can give a book is they could not put it down. Well, I went on a vacation with my girlfriend and was actively considering skipping most of our plans because I literally could not put this book down”

“Will appeal to mature readers who are hungry for well written fiction, and a younger audience that loved books such as the Harry Potters and is looking for an even more engaging plot line and cast of characters.”

“The Secret Billionaire is an amazing read that is not only incredibly well written (cannot believe it’s a debut novel) but also has you on the edge of your seat during the entire time.”

by SB James

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Just what did a fiercely independent, ludicrously wealthy, and highly-sexed, and totally uninhibited young British widow get up to in 1950’s Washington? Find out when a young female journalist interviews her!

by jenifer ruff

4.9 stars – 26 reviews

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Think you can’t root for a serial killer?

From USA Today Bestselling Author Jenifer Ruff—three dark suspense thrillers featuring a fascinating, twisted protagonist. The Brooke Walton series will make you wonder just how well you know your friends, neighbors, and classmates. Fans of James Patterson, Karin Slaughter, Hannibal Lecter, the Dexter series, and Gone Girl will be hooked.

Find out why readers love Brooke, even when they shouldn’t . . .

Book 1 – EVERETT

Perfection has a dark side at Everett College. Beautiful and brilliant Brooke, a transfer student with a mysterious past, aims to graduate first in her class and attend medical school. Only Jessica, a wealthy socialite, senses there’s something not quite right about the perfect student. What happens during a historic blizzard will settle their differences once and for all.

Book 2 – ROTHAKER

It takes the perfect student to commit the perfect crime. Brooke Walton is a thriving medical student at Rothaker University, until she has a serious conflict with Rachael, a rival classmate. When Rachael mysteriously disappears, detectives descend on campus and the hunt for the truth begins.

Book 3 – THE INTERN

Two young American tourists are brutally murdered in Cancun. A private investigator in Connecticut is desperate to uncover the truth about a missing coed. At the heart of both matters is Brooke Walton, a young medical student. When her summer internship in a Medical Examiner’s Office exposes a disturbing mystery and her ruthless brilliance, authorities take a closer look. Can Brooke save her own beautiful skin with someone watching her every move? Will one more murder solve her urgent problems, or dig her an even deeper grave?

“From the delightfully creative mind of Jenifer Ruff, The Intern delivers chills, suspense, and an ending that was completely unpredictable.”– -Allison Maruska, author of The Fourth Descendant

“A nail biter and a compelling psychological portrait.” – Reita Pendry, author of China White

by RP Dahlke

4.1 stars – 835 reviews

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A deeply buried and deadly secret resurface with a drowned Cadillac

When Lalla Bains’ trophy red Caddy is discovered tail-fins up in a local lake, police ask why a widowed piano teacher, who couldn’t possibly see beyond the hood ornament, is found strapped in the driver’s seat.

As Lalla will soon discover, there’s a shocking link between the drowned woman, her beloved father and an escaped felon–all of which will tear apart her comfortable life and bring her family into the cross-hairs of a killer.

“Fresh and fun!”

“With its engaging, down-on-her-luck sleuth, homicidal Caddy and a decades-old mystery, R.P. Dahlke’s promising debut, A DEAD RED CADILLAC, will keep you turning those pages and guessing wrong right up to its surprising conclusion.” Kris Neri, Lefty Award-nominated author of REVENGE FOR OLD TIMES’ SAKE

by Alon Ulman

4.6 stars – 28 reviews

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#1 National Best Seller

Get the DNA of practical success!

Success. Happiness. Fulfillment.

People have been pursuing these goals since the dawn of time.

Everyone would like to be healthy, rich and content, to be good parents and live a meaningful life, but the truth is most of us won’t reach these goals.

It’s not due to lack of ability, but rather, because most people don’t have the right tools and knowledge to make it happen.

The good news is that you don’t have to be like “most people”.

In his vivid, eminently readable style, Alon Ulman, #1 mentor and motivational speaker in Israel, presents the DNA of practical success – a model for achievement and fulfillment in the most important areas of life, and how to become a winner in business, relations & life.

Breaking Boundaries evokes passion for life and provides insights, patterns of action, as well as tools to reach practical happiness and fulfillment.

This book is a must read for anyone and everyone who desires to reach the life he truly deserves!

by Blair Babylon

4.6 stars – 80 reviews

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Mating fever is for old dragons, idle romantics, and suckers.

Mathonwy, Duke Draco, absolutely, positively, definitely isn’t falling into a mating fever for the new little witch, Bethany Aura, whom his company just hired to whip a new Las Vegas casino into shape. The casino is behind schedule, over budget, and a shambling mess of construction debris and dirt. Angel investors are arriving in a month, and someone in the finance department is embezzling money.

But his eyes are changing color to flowing, molten gold, he keeps showing up to hang around Bethany, and he obsesses with buying diamonds and gold to drape all over her, as if she had been dipped in his hoard.

But Mathonwy has a job to do. He’s the CFO for Dragons Den, Inc., and he might be crowned the next king of New Wales, though he’s not particularly sure he wants that job. He’s six feet, six inches tall, ripped from flying instead of taking a plane, and on a dozen committees and boards in New Wales. He has a career. He has a position as a nobleman in his community. He’s too young to settle down with a fated mate.

Yet, as Bethany casts her glittery, sparkling spells and summons adorable, fluffy creatures to clean away the wreckage and arrange the furniture, Mathonwy watches.

He can’t take his eyes off of her.

But he isn’t falling into mating fever.

Introducing Love Spells – Get your Laugh Out Loud Paranormal here!

by Daniel Logan

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NASA is conducting a series of deep space missions to land on Mars. Because of the one-year round trip of each mission and the need for self-reliance due to the enormous distance from Earth, the spacecraft human crews are commanded by an android who never tires and is always vigilant.

The missions are launched from the International Space Station to perform a series of landings on the tiny Martian moon, Phobos, in order to build a staging base for the ultimate descent and landing on the surface of Mars.

Madison Lambert, serving as the Chief Astronaut on the space station, receives a distress call from the crew of the spacecraft saying they need immediate help. The plea throws Madison and others at Mission Control into turmoil as they feverishly work to initiate a response filled with danger.

by Adriane Leigh

4.2 stars – 210 reviews

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Now an Amazon Top 10 New Release and USA Today Bestseller

“Leigh’s newest mysterious hero will have you anxiously flipping pages well into the night trying to uncover his secrets.” – Jay Crownover, New York Times Bestseller of the Marked Men Series
An independent woman, a controlling man, and one wild one-night stand…

Kat Kennedy moved to the rugged coast of Maine to start a new life, but encountered much more than she bargained for in dark, dangerous, and seductive Lane Wild.

Temptation smolders before she succumbs to her captivating stranger. She doesn’t expect to see him again after an explosive one-night stand leaves her breathless and craving more, but just like lightning in the darkness, he shows up in her life at the most unpredictable moments.

A game of cat and mouse ensues before the attraction between them reaches a fever pitch and Kat finally abandons inhibition and explores a side of the world she’s never known with the mysterious Lane Wild. They have the perfect non-relationship–passion-fueled nights with no strings attached–until life gets real and the past and present collide in a dangerous storm of desire and obsession.

by Panayotis Cacoyannis

4.0 stars – 135 reviews

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by Jill Haymaker

5.0 stars – 1 review

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Follow your favorite Peakview, Colorado residents through a whole year. First, in Colorado Winter Moon, the town’s beloved attorney and hardware store owner, Sam Phillips, discovers that he can find love again after the death of his wife when feisty, Vickie Dalton shows up in town for her son’s wedding. Can a long distance romance give them what they’re longing for? Under a full winter moon, they decide to take a second chance on love.
Next, in Colorado Summer Stars, when Sam’s daughter, Nicole, finds herself in an abusive relationship, her only option is to escape back to her home town of Peakview, the last place she ever wanted to live. Once home, however, she encounters an unexpected blast from the past in the form of veterinarian, Rick Brady, the nerdy boy they all made fun of in high school. He’s not so nerdy anymore. When her toxic relationship follows her to the small mountain town, will Rick be able to save her and find love with the girl of his dreams?
And finally, to end the year, Kelly Charm and her son Ethan leave their home in Nebraska to find a new life when she answers an employment ad to manage Sam’s hardware store. The adjustment is not easy on herself and her son, but when they meet handsome EMT, Jake Midnight, that all begins to change. Will they find love and a home by the end of the year?
Of course, you can expect that Peakview’s beloved Violet Crandall, the proprietor of Violet’s Cafe, will have something to say about these relationships and lend a hand boosting her matchmaking successes.
Spend a year in Peakview, where everyone has a chance at love.

by Liat Zelzer

4.9 stars – 19 reviews

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Take advantage of the smartphone to strengthen your relationship with your child.

Slightly over a decade has elapsed since Steve Jobs unveiled a new, exciting, and intriguing product, developed by Apple—the first smartphone. We have since been living through a social revolution that has changed the way we communicate with one another, including within our own families.

During working hours, parents and children talk mostly about routine matters like the day’s events or whether they have done their homework, but the emotional component, so critical to a family, is missing.

Today, creating that emotional connection is one of the most important challenges parents face with.

After years of treating children and offering parenting advice, Liat Zelzer is convinced that children will respond happily to emotional communication conveyed by technological means. If done properly, this can go beyond the technical issues of the day and transmit feelings of warmth between family members when they are not in the same physical space.

In her book, Liat presents common situations in family life where parents are at work and wish to provide their children with support, help, or be part of their experiences, while also ensuring their wellbeing remotely. Through real-life examples from parents, Liat shows useful solutions through the use of a smartphone. This book suggests a broad range of ways of creating communication that bring families closer by showing the true potential rather than the downside usually attributed to this technology, in order to promote and aid our family goals.

by Chantel Rhondeau

4.5 stars – 45 reviews

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An emotionally injured veterinarian assistant tries to resist the heat of a blazing hot firefighter, but she can’t avoid the flames of his passion.

Veterinarian assistant Laura Lyons loves animals, loves her job, and is trying to love her life. But after her fiancé was killed in an accident seven years earlier, she shut everyone out, determined not to become attached. Laughing and pretending she has no problems without letting anyone know the real her is the easiest route.

Thayne Bloodgood is the most eligible bachelor on the Sayle Fire Department’s roster. Handsome, strong, and loyal, the single ladies fawn over him—all except the one he wants. Thayne is determined to break down Laura’s defenses. The desire in her eyes when they flirt isn’t his imagination. Winning her heart is a challenge he’s ready to meet.

Will this relationship blaze too hot, burning them both in the process, or can Thayne become the kind of man Laura needs and prove to her it’s never too late to love?

CONTENT WARNING: Sizzling love scenes – 18+ suggested readers

by Erica Stevens

4.6 stars – 44 reviews

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Avery never dreamed she’d have to leave her dad and friends behind to spend the summer with a mother she barely knows.

Just when she thinks it can’t get any worse, the discovery she belongs to a coven of teenaged witches changes everything. Avery soon learns most of her life was built on a lie.

Though she doesn’t want to believe what the coven reveals, she can’t deny the power growing inside her. With little choice but to embrace her new life, Avery finds herself sinking into a world of magic and mystery. The deeper she goes, the more her feelings develop for Reid, another member of the coven.

Avery’s barely awakened to her powers before Regan arrives with evil intentions.

When he forces Avery and her friends into his nightmare realm, each new horror he throws at them tests the limits of their powers and leaves Avery with the realization she’s different from the rest of the coven. There’s a reason why Regan wants her so badly, and the growing strength of her powers draws her toward the lure of darker magic.

Can Avery resist the darkness inside herself to save the people she loves most, or will she succumb to the temptation of Regan’s sinister promises of absolute power?

by Anthony Garcia

5.0 stars – 11 reviews

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The only thing standing between you and crushing your next sales goal—is you.

Your mindset, your beliefs, and your processes can either catapult you beyond your target or hold you back before you even launch. The real difference between high performers and everyone else is they know how to focus and strategically pursue their ambitions. It’s how they break through the cycle of feast or famine to enjoy consistent checks and income.

Every salesperson has experienced the swing of the commission pendulum—going from being flush with cash to barely scrounging up enough to pay bills.

In “Catapulting Commissions,” world-class sales expert Anthony Garcia leverages his two decades of sales experience and shares the 11 questions every salesperson must ask themselves to break that cycle. Throughout the book, Garcia helps readers rewire their mental approach to sales, target actionable activities, and create a support system. Whether you are just beginning your sales career or are a seasoned professional, “Catapulting Commissions” can help you get the commissions you want.

In sales, the energy you invest directly impacts the rewards you reap from it. Read “Catapulting Commissions” and get ready to earn returns on investing in yourself.

by Kurian Tharakan

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How to move people and mountains with the power of story.

Charismatic leaders seem to possess an effortless ability to influence, captivate, charm, and inspire people to action. Whether it is through grace, passion, or unshakable confidence, charismatic people can rouse the sentiments and energies of the people they touch. While not everyone can master charisma, there is one charismatic tool that any leader can learn — the power of storytelling; specifically, how to communicate a strategic narrative. This book will show you how.

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The book details the story categories all great leaders need to tell, and the cultural framework they need to infuse these stories into. Each chapter has several stories illustrating the chapter topic. Here are three of the author’s favourites:

The World’s Oldest Recorded Customer Complaint Letter – In 1750 BCE, in what is considered the world’s oldest recorded customer complaint letter, Nanni, a merchant from Ur, writes to Ea-nasir, a copper producer in the Persian Gulf, complaining that his order for copper ingots was substandard. The letter, inscribed in cuneiform on a clay tablet, was recovered from an archaeological site and in many ways shows that customer service issues such as rude treatment, contempt, broken promises, and delivery of substandard goods, have been with us for millennia. Read the full letter and you will understand the angst poor Nanni had to endure.

A Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master – In the summer of 1864, Union soldiers freed plantation slave Jordon Anderson and his family, who were then able to make their way north to Dayton, Ohio to start a new life. Imagine Jordon’s surprise when he received a letter from his old slave master asking him to return to the plantation to run its operations. You won’t believe the wit and sarcasm Jordon delivered back in his response to such a ridiculous request.

A Twenty-Three Year Delay – Charles Darwin spent five years on the HMS Beagle as the ship’s naturalist. Upon his return in 1836, Darwin’s mind reeled with what he had witnessed and was already formulating the genesis of two revolutionary ideas: the theory of evolution and a theory for how evolution takes place, that being natural selection. But it wasn’t until 1859, twenty-three years after he returned from his voyage, that Darwin published his theories in the book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Why did he wait so long? You may be surprised by the reason.

by Charlie Wolfe

4.4 stars – 51 reviews

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An atom bomb is waiting to explode in the very heart of London…

Le Docteur is a professor who fed up with the ways of the Western world, and decides to establish a terrorist network to outperform ISIS and fight the enemies of Islam. The talented professor plants fear across Europe through several murderous attacks, leaving an entire continent paralyzed.

In order to carry out his diabolic master plan, Le Docteur has recruited an Eastern German nuclear physicist to help him build an atom bomb that will shake the world and change the course of history forever.

David Avivi, a senior officer in the Israeli Mossad, is leading the chase after the bloodthirsty terrorist band, aiming to capture its leader and prevent the impending catastrophe.

As Europe faces nuclear disaster and the fate of hundreds of millions of people rests on his shoulders, David knows that any failure on his part will bring the whole world to an atrocious holy war.

by Leighann Dobbs

4.7 stars – 317 reviews

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Middle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is often haunted by ghosts who want her to do their bidding. Usually it involves the nasty business of bringing their killer to justice, so when the ghost of Adelaide Hamilton asks her to find an old recipe book and give it to Elspeth Whipple, it seems like an easy job.

Except Willa’s search for the book has her crossing the path of Sheriff Eddie Striker one too many times for comfort. He’s acting almost as if he’s investigating a murder, but Adelaide died of natural causes. Didn’t she?

When it turns out Adelaide’s entire family had means, motive, opportunity, Willa’s search becomes dangerous, and she finds herself matching wits with a cold-blooded killer that wants the same thing she does.

Luckily, Willa’s cat Pandora is looking out for her and enlists the aid of the other cats of Mystic Notch who will stop at nothing to ensure Willa’s safety as well as the recovery of the book … even if it takes a little bit of magic.

by Roy Robson

4.5 stars – 145 reviews

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A city in meltdown. Corruption at the top and war on the streets. What difference can one man make?

The fight against crime and evil never ends.

Harry ‘H’ Hawkins is the people of London’s staunchest defender, but when a bloody international gang war threatens to rip the metropolis apart, ‘London’s top copper’ finds himself under siege as never before.

Haunted by flashbacks of the horrors he experienced in the Falklands War, held accountable for the unstoppable wave of violent chaos that is turning the streets of his city red with blood, hounded and ridiculed by a media he cannot understand and continually thwarted by an establishment cover up of he knows not what, H is in trouble. Big trouble.

As the chaos reaches boiling point can H, against all the odds, bring the streets under control, see through the fog of a high-level conspiracy and rescue his partner before she is killed by her ruthless kidnappers?

And how far outside the law must he go to do so?

If you like Connelly’s Harry Bosch, McNab’s Nick Stone or Leather’s ‘Spider’ Shepherd – hard-boiled, twisty and action-packed crime thrillers in general – join Harry Hawkins on a compulsively addictive rollercoaster ride through the dark and bloody underbelly of criminal London.

by Ken Brosky

4.2 stars – 156 reviews

Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled

Here’s the set-up:

200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm unleashed their stories upon the world. Now the characters of the Grimms’ stories walk among us, cursed by a corrupting black magic. With every day that passes, they grow more evil. More dangerous.

For 18-year-old Alice Goodenough, summer vacation was supposed to mean part-time work at the local library. But when she comes across a mysterious creature and a magic pen, she finds herself suddenly thrust into the role of the Hero. It is now her responsibility to wipe out the Corrupted once and for all. She has no choice in the matter. The Corrupted are everywhere, and only Alice can see them for what they truly are.

This book contains the first 3 episodes of the critically acclaimed series:

Episode 1: Prince Charming Must Die!

Alice Goodenough has been chosen to be the new hero, but not before undergoing a test to see if she’s worthy. Shaken, confused, Alice discovers that her weapon is a magic fountain pen and her ammunition is her mind: whatever she can draw, she can create. With the help of a rabbit friend, Alice must learn the ways of the hero and discover the truth about her frightening dreams: who is the terrible creature feeding on its victims at night?

Episode 2: Happily Never After

Alice’s nightmares have begun to grow more real. Terrifying man-eating rats are plaguing the city of Chicago, and it’s up to Alice to figure out a way to stop them. But before she can do that, she’ll have to face off with an even more dangerous enemy sent to kill her.

An enemy that has killed heroes before …

Episode 3: Revenge of the Castle Cats

After being rushed to the hospital, Alice Goodenough finds herself trapped in the worst dream imaginable: a horrible monster is hunting in the darkness, searching for its next victim: Alice. It will stop at nothing to kill her.

And that’s not the worst of it. All across the city, people are growing more addicted to Castle Cats, a smartphone game created by Grayle Incorporated. And it’s not just a game. The more you play, the more it controls you. Soon, Alice learns that the dwarfs who run Grayle Incorporated are watching her everywhere she goes, using human beings to spy on her.

There must be a confrontation. Sam Grayle and his brothers have to be stopped. And Alice is going to need help.

by Meli Raine

4.8 stars – 49 reviews

Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Here’s the set-up:

It all started with the bereavement flowers with my name on them.

Not the best way to wake up, right? I work in a flower shop. I know a funeral arrangement when I see one.

I know a killer when I see one, too. And one is standing in my hospital room right now, straight behind the man who saved my life.

I can’t tell anyone the truth, because that’s the fastest way to really die. So I do the next best thing. I “lose” my memory.

I fake my amnesia.

Pretending not to remember a brutal attempted murder has its perks. The killer is backing down, spending less time around me, loosening the noose.

The less I claim to recall, the more my rescuer, Duff, works to help me “remember.” I hate lying to him.

But he doesn’t understand that my memory is dangerous. To me. And to him.

Fooling everyone isn’t easy. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

Except it’s starting to look like I’ve been fooling myself.

In more ways than one.