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HOW FIRES END by Marco Rafala

HOW FIRES END by Marco Rafala

A dark secret born out of World War II lies at the heart of a Sicilian American family in this emotional and sweeping saga of guilt, revenge, and, ultimately, redemption.

After soldiers vacate the Sicilian hillside town of Melilli in the summer of 1943, the locals celebrate, giving thanks to their patron saint, Sebastian. Amid the revelry, all it takes is one fateful moment for the destiny of nine-year-old Salvatore Vassallo to change forever. When his twin brothers are killed playing with an unexploded mortar shell, Salvatore’s faith is destroyed. As the family unravels, and fear ignites among their neighbors that the Vassallo name is cursed, one tragedy begets another.

Desperate to escape this haunting legacy, Salvatore accepts the help of an Italian soldier with fascist ties who ushers him and his sister, Nella, into a new beginning in America. In Middletown, Connecticut, in the immigrant neighborhood known as Little Melilli, these three struggle to build new lives for themselves. But a dangerous choice to keep their secrets hidden erupts in violence decades later. When Salvatore loses his inquisitive American-born son, David, they all learn too late the price sons pay for their fathers’ wars.

Written with elegiac prose, How Fires End delves into the secret wars of men; the sins they cannot bury; and a life lived in fear of who will reveal them, who will survive them, and who will forgive them.

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The Lost Valor of Love by E A Carter

The Lost Valor of Love by E A Carter

Gold Winner Adult Fiction – 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Finalist Winner First Novel & Historical Fiction – 2019 Indie Author Network’s Book of the Year Awards

Growing up during the centuries-long conflict between the empires of Egypt and Hatti, the young princess Istara is taken hostage by the King of Hatti to secure the loyalty of her father, the King of Kadesh to the empire. Soon her new life in Hatti’s glittering capital becomes all she knows. Bound in blood before the gods to Hatti’s unwilling crown prince, Istara, now Hatti’s queen-in-waiting, learns she will never be loved.

But the drums of war beat again, and when the scheming plans of Hatti’s king threaten the existence of all civilization, the gods give Istara a choice: to leave behind everything she knows to save mankind, or remain where she is, powerless, a token on the game board of kings. On the brink of one of the most brutal battles in history, she chooses to risk her life to deliver a message to the only man able to prevent the prophecy from becoming a reality–her mortal enemy, the Pharaoh Ramesses II.

Wounded, cold and hungry, she wanders in the battle’s horrific aftermath, and aids a powerful commander, who she learns protected her once, and has been bound to her ever since by a prophetic dream of his future. Despite his resistance, and Istara once more becoming a pawn of kings, they must confront an eternal love so powerful, not even kings, the gods, or death can keep them apart.

The Lost Valor of Love is the first book of the Transcendence series.

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Fresh off the Starship by Ann Crawford

About Featured Book: Fresh off the Starship by Ann Crawford

99-cent special April 5-10. Readers’ Favorite book-award winner: A friendly, bewildered alien aims to land in Washington DC where she could help humanity on a grand geopolitical scale, but ends up in…Kansas! Wrong place, right time? Laugh through and be inspired by this fun, feel-good, moving and captivating tale that reminds us how truly awesome life on Earth and this being-a-human thing are.

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Wild Hare by Laura Koerber

About Featured Book: Wild Hare by Laura Koerber

Listed by Kirkus Review as one of the best books of 2019. “A wrenching, complex novel that any fantasy fan would do well to pick up.”
“When you fight a violent and mean enemy, it’s difficult not to become violent and mean yourself,” an old friend advised Bobby Fallon.
Bobby is a trickster—half human, half nature spirit of the wild hare clan. He is also the guardian of a remnant of old growth forest near a small town in northern Wisconsin. He lives a marginal existence as a card shark, shoplifter, and small time criminal while participating in the secret culture of the forest spirits. His small town life is thrown into danger when his efforts to get his friend Arne out of jail spiral out of control. Set in the near future against a background of climate change, Wild Hare is a dystopian/magical realism novel with undertones of political commentary.

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Unfortunate Events: 31 Short Stories by Frances Hoelsema

Life is often unpredictable. Many times, bad things happen that no one would ever see coming, not even ourselves. And such is the case for the people in each of these stories. Some will be attacked by vicious animals, while others navigate through wild weather. The rest will find themselves in freak accidents, coming face-to-face with the supernatural, being a part of something out of this world, and many other situations that can only be described as unfortunate.

With traces of romance, adventure, humor, thrill, and mystery woven in, there is a story for anyone looking for an entertaining tale while being short on time. And with just the right blend of horror and tragedy, this collection will leave you dreading the possible.

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Wanders Far-An Unlikely Hero’s Journey by David Fitz-Gerald

Wanders Far lived in dangerous times and was faced with one difficult challenge after another. He was a skinny, quiet boy who was raised on the banks of a tributary of New York State’s Mohawk River, hundreds of years before colonists arrived. One lifetime was not enough for Wanders Far’s old soul.

From a very young age, his wanderlust compelled him down one path after another. No village could contain him.

He was happy living a simple life in the physical world during challenging times. The spirit world had other plans.

A wise, enigmatic shaman mentored Wanders Far and helped him cultivate the supernatural visions that haunted him. His guide could only help him so far.

He set out to become a runner, carrying important messages across the lands of his people and their enemies. He ended up fulfilling a much greater destiny than he ever imagined.

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Memoirs of a False Messiah by Pamela Becker

What’s a girl to do when she has a message from God that makes everyone – her family, the media and even the Israeli government – angry? MiMi, a heroine in the vein of June of The Handmaid’s Tale and Dinah of The Red Tent, shapes a unique place for her followers. As her fame and following grow so do the betrayals by some of her supporters and the anger from her family. Memoirs of a False Messiah is her absorbing story.

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Memoirs of a False Messiah by Pamela Becker

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When Morning Comes by Francis Ray

Dr. Cade Mathis learned early that he was not the son of the man who raised him. His adoptive father, a cruel, bitter man, had always been quick to tell him that he was a bastard and an embarrassment to the rich society family whose daughter got pregnant with him. So when Cade received a full scholarship to college, he was only too happy to leave the only home he had ever known behind and never looked back. Now a successful doctor and one of the best neurosurgeons in the state, the only thing he still wants are answers about where he came from. What he doesn’t expect to find is Sabrina Thomas, the new patient advocate at his hospital, or how this woman will lead him to the family he has been searching for and a love he never expected to find.

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Area Bird-Duty Doesn’t Always Follow the Rules by Susan I. Spieth

Change is coming to West Point!

One drives off a cliff. An alarming number of others resign. Something at the military academy is causing the unusually high attrition of women cadets. Jan Wishart aims to find out before she’s the next statistic at West Point. Her second year at the formerly all male citadel should be the fun year. But when one friend shows signs of abuse and another friend suddenly resigns, Jan’s coming of age year becomes anything but enjoyable. The culture of hazing and harassment must be addressed, but it’s almost impossible to get results through the chain of command. In a closed academy environment, sometimes the best way to call attention to an issue is to leak it the press.

In order to fulfill her duty, Jan must break with tradition and the longstanding culture of the United States Military Academy. Yet not everything is as it seems. Once again Jan’s worldview is about to be upended by the secrets of West Point.

5-star Readers’ Favorite Review, 2015 KINDLE BOOK AWARD semi-finalist!

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Gray Girl-Honor Isn’t Always Black and White by Susan I. Spieth

Ten men for every one woman. Those odds are stacked against Jan Wishart as a freshman at West Point. The first year at the military academy is harsh, with exhausting physical and mental demands which beat everyone down. But the women cadets also endure body shaming, sexual harassment and contempt from those who want to see them fail. Charged with an honor violation, Jan must defend herself before an all-male cadet jury. She’s convinced that her accuser is likely the predator who violated a friend. The battle for justice will rage, not only for Jan, but for the victims of the predatory cadet. And one night will change everything–for better or worse.

The grayness of West Point is not only in its buildings and uniforms. Even honor isn’t always black and white. Relying on her wits and a few friends in the hostile environment of the U.S. Military Academy, Jan discovers the value of friendship, the genuine marks of leadership and her own inner warrior.

2014 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award WINNER! 2014 Eric Hoffer e-book fiction WINNER! 2015 Kindle Book Award semi-finalist!

The Gray Girl Series depicts authentic experiences of the early years when the United States Military Academy first admitted women cadets. Jan Wishart is both heroine and troublemaker. She and her friends sometimes create their own dilemmas but mostly solve the larger issues they face while at West Point in the early 1980’s. Gray Girl: Honor Isn’t Always Black and White is the first book in the Gray Girl Series. Area Bird: Duty Doesn’t Always Follow the Rule is book 2. Book 3 is Witch Heart: Leadership Always Requires Sacrifice. All three can be read alone, but best read in order.

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Conquering Your Goliaths: A Parable of the Five Stones by Kathryn Elizabeth Jones

David gathered five smooth stones to meet and defeat Goliath. What did these stones represent, and how can you use them to conquer Goliaths in your own personal quests? Ms. Virginia Bean will show you how.

Travel with her on her own personal journey. See what she does. Learn how she grows. Discover what she becomes.

Conquering Your Goliaths: A Parable of the Five Stones is for anyone desiring to travel beyond mediocrity, pain, and fear. Learn of the great power within you, a power given to you from God, a power that must ultimately be unleashed to conquer the Goliaths in your own life. Come to an even deeper understanding of God and what he wants for you. Come….

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KIDNAP.org by Peg Herring

Did you ever want to shout, “We’re not gonna take it anymore!” That’s what Robin decides when it seems like crooks and cheats are running everything. Robin’s solution is to, um, well, kidnap some bad guys and make them promise to behave. It’s naive, it’s dangerous, and it’s hilarious. You’ll cheer for the best gang of misfit crime fighters since the A-Team!

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The Rainbow Household by Success Akpojotor

Sir Iweala Adichie, a neurosurgeon, husband of an elegant University lecturer, and father to three sons and a daughter, had a blissful life with his family until he received a Benemerenti medal from the Pope same time his wife becomes the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. At a special dinner with his nuclear family and parish priest, he learns that his family’s perfect life is about to keel over as his four children decide to come out of their various closets.

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Tied Lives by Jonathan Finch

A bitter-sweet love romance set in England and Thailand between an older British senior civil servant and a Thai national working as a domestic, and more, in the UK. Everything is fine in England but the relationship seems unable to cope with Thailand and the extreme east.

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Made Of Stone Book One: Satori Stone Series by Desiree M. Palmer

Forget about wands and potions, magic is real. This single mother is about to discover how real as she fights to save her family. In the middle of her ordinary life, she discovers she must learn to wield the powers’ waiting inside her.

Satori Stone isn’t sure why she is targeted, she only knows her world has been turned upside down. Her neighbor teaches her the art of a mystic, and she becomes one of the most powerful people on the planet, thanks to good genes and the celestial alignment when she was born. Along the way, she meets a man who steals her heart. Their meeting was more than fate, however; it was planned.

In a life and death battle, she learns what it takes to manifest her true destiny. Her journey from aimless wondering to purposeful pathing teaches her how to activate the powers that lay dormant within her. She discovers how to access and control universal energies. But, can she be ready in time?

Book one in the Satori Stone series is full of mystery, intrigue, and romance. It will leave you wanting more.

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Dear Margaret by Pamela Ackerson

It was Paradise–Until nightmares and horror reigned.
Dear Margaret,

The whole world had gone bonkers. Two friends try to keep each other grounded by writing letters to each other during WWII. They found a common ground, a way to keep each other sane in an insane world.

From mundane daily chores to life threatening events, these letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned.

A time in history that we should never, ever forget.

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The First Ones by Ageless

Thereticus Mortimus is a lonely and depressed vampire after the death of his lover, Kasha. While grieving, he discovers an unusual girl with abilities playing in the forest. His curiosity about who or what she is helps him to cope. However, what he discovers about her takes his life for a thrilling turn because she has the power to save or destroy all humans and vampires

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Why She Left Us by David Dennis

An explosive family of three young sisters and their promiscuous mother descends into suicide and murder in this tragic tale told in five different characters’ points of view, chronicling a critical period of time in the lives of a tormented family of women and their men.

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The West Tech Terrorist by Peter Jedick

He’s a high school journalist. She’s protecting her source. Will they make the front page or the obituaries? The West Tech Terrorist is a mystery romance novel. It is a fast-moving easy reading detective story that provides a taste of the home front during World War II America. The novel is set in the fall of 1941 at Cleveland’s West Technical High School, one of the largest and most unique high schools in the country. The United States is on the brink of World War II. Victor Blazek, the sports editor of the West Tech school newspaper, stumbles upon a sinister plot by Nazi sympathizers inside the school. He enlists the help of his girl friend, Doris, to foil the plot. They fall in love as they search for clues throughout the school’s many different departments, everything from aircraft engine repair to horticulture to welding. But their attempt as amateur sleuths puts both their lives in danger.

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