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George George George

By Linda Hogenson

In a land where a law states everyone must be called George George George, King George George George quickly discovers the problems with calling everyone George.

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The Most Wonderful Sound

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

Seven years ago, Alexa came back from the dead with a friend, and he’s been by her ever since.

#fantasy #romance #clean romance

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Excerpt - Home Sweet Witch

By Bettina M. Johnson

Lily Sweet finds out she's a witch, discovers a skeleton under her porch, stumbles across a new body, makes a best friend, flirts with a bevy of hunks, and finds a place to call home!

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Gilead Rose and the Scarlet Dove

By Ella Zundel

When one boy's desire leads him to almost being cursed, a particular bird might be able to help him before he is changed forever.

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Goddess of the Anthropocene

By Tonya Moore

Cassandra Baron is a god. She’s got the awesome powers to prove it. Too bad they can’t keep her out of trouble.

#fantasy #science fiction

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Magic Dick

By Matt Vella

Thin rain fell from a purple sky. Dismal rivulets crawled down the dirty building-fronts, spreading a film of grime. Above the narrow alley, concrete towers cowered together against the clouds. The few shops that weren’t abandoned had been closed for ...

#fantasy #mystery #thriller

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Encounter

By Gerrit Stainer

An orienteering exercise for a trio of Boy Scouts turns into something they had never expected.

#horror #contemporary #paranormal

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What Alice Did

By Caren Hahn

Taking frenemies to a whole new level.

#contemporary #psychological

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The Shark Waves Back

By Christopher Jones

A special-needs boy visits the aquarium. Does he know something no one else does?

#realistic fiction

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Excerpt - The Cat's out of the Bag

By Cynthia Terelst

One van. Two hearts. Thousands of kilometres. Meeting someone as real as Evie is something Jesse never expected. But Evie doesn’t want a relationship. Will she be able to open her tortured heart to him?

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My Charmed Life: Pandemic Edition

By Caren Hahn

Superpowers are cool, but they won’t get you more toilet paper when a worldwide pandemic causes a shortage. Or will they…?

#humor #satire #contemporary

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Black Dragon: Chapter Two

By Genevieve Ann Atwater

In chapter 2, Erica finds herself on the isle of storms, surrounded by strangers and stranger stories. Luckily, not all those around her intend to remain strangers for long-- strange, yes, but not strangers.

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The Most Wonderful Sound

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

Seven years ago, Alexa came back from the dead with a friend, and he’s been by her ever since.

#fantasy #romance #clean romance

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What Alice Did

By Caren Hahn

Taking frenemies to a whole new level.

#contemporary #psychological

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The Shark Waves Back

By Christopher Jones

A special-needs boy visits the aquarium. Does he know something no one else does?

#realistic fiction

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Goddess of the Anthropocene

By Tonya Moore

Cassandra Baron is a god. She’s got the awesome powers to prove it. Too bad they can’t keep her out of trouble.

#fantasy #science fiction

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Close to the Bone

By Michele Freeman

Lettie Wilson holds the hands of the dying. Her gift of comforting those passing from this world was born from childhood tragedy. When a famous serial killer requests she attend his execution, she's forced to face a painful truth about her past.

#mystery #thriller

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Black Dragon: Chapter One

By Genevieve Ann Atwater

Erica has lived an ordinary life despite her odd, golden eyes, but her world is turned upside down when she is suddenly sent away without explanation, to a secluded island, where magical guardians called "Dragons" protect their people from outsiders.

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Black Dragon

By Genevieve Ann Atwater

It was in the air. The islanders stared in amazement, their mouths hanging open, as the great ship cut through the clouds above them, gleaming gold in the noontime sun. Its sails were all scarlet, and rising above them waved a crimson flag marked wit ...

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DRIVEN

By The Behrg

They will call her Monster. Child killer. A seething psychopath. Though right now she is just another hapless driver fighting traffic on her daily commute, unaware of the destination to which she will arrive. For her next stop is not a location, but ...

#horror #literary

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The Emerald City

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

Nine-year-old Jonas is about to embark on the journey of a lifetime: crossing the main street to the corner store all by himself.

#adventure #literary

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The Billionaire Mentor

By Deb Goodman

A billionaire explorer and a suspense novelist at a dating retreat? Too bad their relationship is fake.

#romance #clean romance

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Semper Romanus

By Christopher Jones

At the edge of Roman power, a yearlong struggle with the invading Carthaginian horde leads to division within the halls of Saguntum, Rome's farthest outpost.

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Dollie

By Miranda Renaé

Nora had a love-hate relationship with her job, the smells of a campfire, and fresh dirt being the love. She sat down on a log at the edge of the fire, watching her clients, the bright lights of their phones, and orange spikes of the flames highlight ...

#humor #thriller

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Tethered

By Crystal Brinkerhoff

The bodies wouldn’t sink. His muscles ached and his back screamed at him. Dragging the corpses into the ocean had been much harder than he’d expected. Heavy with salt water, his crew uniform clung to his body and trapped in granules of sand that chaf ...

#horror #thriller

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Close to the Bone

By Michele Freeman

Lettie Wilson holds the hands of the dying. Her gift of comforting those passing from this world was born from childhood tragedy. When a famous serial killer requests she attend his execution, she's forced to face a painful truth about her past.

#mystery #thriller

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Mistress Mary

By Caren Hahn

It's bad enough helping her aging mother-in-law sort through fifty years of clutter. But when she finds an antique doll that takes the nightmare to a new level, Mona is ready to call it quits. The doll, however, has other ideas.

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Headless

By Cass Weldon

Indigo dismounted her motorcycle with carefully unhurried speed. The moon overhead was bright and silvery, and the noise coming from the house was happy—chattering voices and scattered laughter pouring out from golden glowing windows. The autumn nigh ...

#horror #thriller

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The Purse

By Dan Hahn

The smell of coffee lingered lightly from lunch as warm afternoon light streamed through the windows onto the linoleum topped table. Lorine sat with her purse open, engaged in the light conversation of old lovers. Yet Stanley hadn’t been in her life ...

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Black Dragon: Chapter One

By Genevieve Ann Atwater

Erica has lived an ordinary life despite her odd, golden eyes, but her world is turned upside down when she is suddenly sent away without explanation, to a secluded island, where magical guardians called "Dragons" protect their people from outsiders.

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Black Dragon

By Genevieve Ann Atwater

It was in the air. The islanders stared in amazement, their mouths hanging open, as the great ship cut through the clouds above them, gleaming gold in the noontime sun. Its sails were all scarlet, and rising above them waved a crimson flag marked wit ...

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Fat Man Blues

By Richard Wall

"Hobo John" is an English blues enthusiast on a pilgrimage to present-day Mississippi. One night in Clarksdale he meets the mysterious Fat Man, who offers him the chance to see the real blues of the 1930s.

#adventure #historical #thriller

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The Gentleman Physician

By Sally Britton

Nathaniel Hastings bit his bottom lip to keep from laughing while his patient, Lady Huntington, continued to spout nonsense about the reasons behind her various ailments. He knew very well nothing troubled her that a good conversation could not cure. ...

#historical #romance #clean romance

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Incognolio

By Michael Sussman

Ever since the concussion, I can’t get the damn word out of my head. I haven’t a clue what it means. But I love the sound of it. So, I’ll make it the title of my novel and allow the entire story to spring forth from this mysterious word. My neuro ...

#humor #thriller

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What Alice Did

By Caren Hahn

Taking frenemies to a whole new level.

#contemporary #psychological

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The Shark Waves Back

By Christopher Jones

A special-needs boy visits the aquarium. Does he know something no one else does?

#realistic fiction

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