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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> A Future for the 99 Percent @NUWBudClark

“This book has the capacity to change the world. I don’t know about you, but I have been very concerned about where our world is heading. This beautifully written story has the capacity to change our thinking and our world. Yes, it’s radical. But we need radical. It’s not a band-aid. It’s a life and world changing solution. This book brings with it a hope I have not felt till now. It’s the key to a peaceful, inner and outer, revolution. Without doubt, one of the most important books you’ll ever read.” – Melanie Dilday, author of the Amazon bestseller Buddha in a Red Dress

Do you feel like the world made a wrong turn somewhere along the way to here-and-now? Has it affected your life? 

"A Future for the 99 Percent" tells the story of two strangers who meet by chance. We get to know them as their conversation addresses the root causes of our personal and collective issues. Most discussions today never get past the symptoms. 

"A Future for the 99 Percent" introduces the opening to a pathway toward freedom. It offers real solutions that you may employ immediately. It suggests a way to reduce stress, find security, enjoy life, and make meaningful connections with others. It illuminates how you might change your life in a positive direction. 

"A Future for the 99 Percent" engages the challenges recently publicized by Presidential candidates from Donald Trump to Jill Stein. Issues as apparently diverse as racism, climate change, and income inequality all emerge from the same root causes. 

"A Future for the 99 Percent" shows how we can overcome divisions to unify and take on the powerful private interests that control our information, our government, our pay checks, our options, and almost every aspect of our lives. This book offers a realistic hope for you and your children. 

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Flexible Dieting Handbook @JamesHMayfield

Are you tired of diets that force you to give up your favourite foods?


I know that I was. I never could stick to any diet for long. How could I when the number of allowed foods could be counted on one hand, while the list of foods that were off the menu was as thick as a dictionary.

So I decided to find a better way. A method to control my weight without the need to limit my food choices.

What I discovered was an approach to nutrition that had been around for decades: Flexible Dieting - a nutritional approach that doesn’t limit what you can eat, nor does it dictate what you have to eat. Instead, with the help of some guidelines, you’ll design your own diet. Containing the foods you like.
 

That’s right – you can eat your favourite foods every day and still achieve the physique you want!


This book will provide you with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to set up your daily nutrition, and guarantee success.

An excellent new approach, “this book busts the biggest myths about diets, a refreshing change compared to books that keep telling the readers what not to eat.” (Jyotsna Ramachandran)

Easy to learn, “you do not have to be a hard-core dietitian to understand its concept.” (Guido Henkel)

Immediately applicable, "if you're looking for clear, concise, practical nutritional information that really works, buy this right away!" (Matt Lazenby)


About the Author:

James is an Amazon best-selling author, fitness enthusiast, nutrition & training expert, blogger, as well as a competitor and National Champion in the member league of the IFBB (International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness)
 

Wait no longer - grab your copy today and master dieting once and for all!

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Enchanting Death

Werewolf Philippe Girard hates dealing with rookie agents!

So babysitting witch Max Striga as she makes an arrest - especially when he's supposed to be on holiday - is the last thing he wants to do.

When the criminal turns into a corpse Philippe is ordered to help find the murderer, dragging him into an increasingly complex case involving demons, enchantments and old enemies.

At the same time he has to handle a wedding, a full moon and an idealistic young partner who simultaneously infuriates him and brings out his protective instincts.

As the body count rises a connection is uncovered that may have explosive results for both the Supernatural world and the humans beyond it sending Philippe on a collision course with a devious and powerful adversary.

Follow Philippe and his team at the Agency for Supernatural Law Enforcement and Exposure Prevention, as they work to protect the people of their world. A world filled with vampires, fae, wolves, witches, the odd troll and a magical goat.

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> LEADSOLOGY®: THE SCIENCE OF BEING IN DEMAND @TomPoland

Enjoy The Security And Satisfaction That Comes From A Steady Flow Of High Quality, In-Bound, New Client Inquiries Virtually Every Week Of The Year.


Here’s what you’ll discover from this serial entrepreneur in Leadsology:
 

  • Sixteen common but costly marketing mistakes that most Advisors make.
  • How to create a marketing message that compels prospects to make an inquiry.
  • The four best lead generation sources for Advisors and how to use them.
  • The Pipeline: how to create a flow of new client enquiries virtually every week.
  • Why premium prices will attract more clients and better quality clients.
  • How to tap into the power of marketing through other people’s networks.
  • One simple but proven strategy to create an inexhaustible supply of leads.
  • How to maximize the power of Social Media in your marketing.
  • How to increase the value of your service and reduce your hours simultaneously.

About the Author


Tom Poland is a 59-year-old serial entrepreneur who started his first Advisory business at age 24 and has gone on to start and sell four others, taking two of them international. In that time he’s managed teams of over 100 people and annual revenue of more than 20 million dollars.

Tom’s unique and proprietary Leadsology model has helped thousands of Advisors globally to establish a systematic, predictable, flow of fresh, high quality, inbound, new client inquiries into their business almost every week of the year. Many have gone on to add millions to their earnings and their stories are viewable in the last part of this book and on his website.

Tom has written three books and his work has been reprinted physically in 27 countries. He’s also shared international speaking platforms with the likes of Michael Gerber of E-Myth fame, Richard Koch from the 80-20 Principle, Brian Tracey, and many others.

***Download This Groundbreaking Book At A Special Introductory Price Today***

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book >> An Icy Death @vickiebrit

In the heart of a raging blizzard Sheriff Jeff McQuede discovers a woman frozen to death in her car. At first he believes her death to be an unfortunate accident--until he finds clues that point to cold-blooded murder. Margaret’s husband, Arthur, left her in the stalled vehicle to brave the storm and manages to reach Joe Trevino’s isolated ranch. The case becomes more complicated because of the recent warehouse robberies at Trevino’s store. McQueede finds that Trevino is Margaret Burnell’s business partner, and that she has traveled from their Casper store to conduct a company audit. In addition, Margaret has planned to meet with her only child, a run-away daughter she hasn’t seen in years. Trevino, the missing daughter, and Arthur Burnell would all profit financially from Margaret’s demise. Has a relentless killer tracked and sabotaged the Burnells, or did Arthur simply abandon his wife for his share of the money, leaving her to die an icy death?

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BLOG POST #99CENTS #Ebook >> Remember Me Dead (UNDEAD UK Book 1)

A wilderness of zombies. A mission gone wrong. A bullet in the chest. These are the things Staff Sergeant Breht remembers, along with the bitter taste of betrayal. Left for dead by the man he trusted with his life, Breht embarks on an odyssey through what’s left of the UK: a land of frightened survivors, deserted castles and bleak streets that echo with the moans of the undead. 

But he’s not looking for shelter. He’s looking for revenge.

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Today's #99c #Kindle Book > Any Way You Dream It - An Upper Crust Novel @MoniqueMcDonell

Any Way You Dream It – An Upper Crust Novel – Book 2. 


Sometimes when life throws you lemons, you create a fake fiancé. That’s exactly what Lucy does when her high school nemesis calls. She didn’t mean to lie. Really, she didn’t. But with nowhere to live and a car that has just decided to die on her, the thought of attending the reunion alone is one she can’t contemplate. 
Cherie thinks arrogant, wealthy and way too handsome Chase is the answer to her friend’s dilemma and for reasons Lucy can’t fathom, Chase agrees. The man is too good to be true – he fixes her car, takes her to stay at his place – more castle than house – and seems to find her fascinating. 


Life hasn’t been easy for Lucy and she has a hard time accepting anyone would believe Chase would be with her. Still, he turns out to be the perfect choice and in the month leading up to the reunion makeshimself an indispensable part of her life, which may be the biggest problem of all. 


Lucy knows life is not a fairy tale – she’s living above her place of work, her sister has run off leaving her with three kids and, when the weekend reunion begins, she has to go back to a town where her greatest humiliations took place. 
Will her ‘romance’ with Chase be turn out to be the answer to her dreams or will the whole sham turn into just another nightmare? 

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BLOG POST #99CENTS #KINDLE Book > The Last of the Firedrakes @FarahOomerbhoy

Silver award winner in IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Awards 2016 

Finalist in the 2015 USA Best Book Awards 

Winner in Wattpad's 2015 Watty Awards 

16-year-old Aurora Darlington is an orphan. Mistreated by her adopted family and bullied at school, she dreams of running away and being free. But when she is kidnapped and dragged through a portal into a magical world, suddenly her old life doesn't seem so bad. 

Avalonia is a dangerous land ruled by powerful mages and a cruel, selfish queen who will do anything to control all seven kingdoms--including killing anyone who stands in her way. Thrust headlong into this new, magical world, Aurora's arrival sets plans in motion that threaten to destroy all she holds dear. 

With the help of a young fae, a magical pegasus, and a handsome mage, Aurora journeys across Avalonia to learn the truth about her past and unleash the power within herself. Kingdoms collide as a complicated web of political intrigue and ancient magic lead Aurora to unravel a shocking secret that will change her life forever.

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book >> Remembering Joy @JenniMoen

One mistake can shatter dreams and shape the future. Alexis knows this first hand. Even though her memory of that day is hazy, she has spent ten years trying to put it behind her. 

Armed with the knowledge that her career will be her only legacy, Alexis works night and day to prove that she is more than just her last name. It’s not that she doesn’t have time for love. She doesn’t have the heart for it. After all, there’s no point in starting something you can’t finish. 

When she meets Adam, she’s drawn to him in a way even she can’t deny. The film student is dark and brooding and strangely charming. He’s the perfect distraction from her mundane life, and as if fate is pushing them together, he seems to be around every corner. It’s enough to almost make her forget about her past and take a chance. 

But Adam can recall every detail that she's forgotten. What she doesn’t remember, he can’t forget. 

*Mature New Adult/Adult novel – contains adult situations and sexuality and is suited for ages 18 and up*

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BLOG POST Today's .99¢ Kindle Book >> The Apostates Book Three: Lake of Fire @lars_teeney

The Apostates Book Three: Lake of Fire

Archon Greta Sanchez and Strategos Evan Nubia struggle to hold together the Manhattan Union, amid Acolyte Possession Attacks, factional strife, and Database cartel crimes, while Sister Consuela Grajales tries to provide spiritual guidance to the people after she has renounced violence. But, when the Acolyte Possessions threaten all of their families directly the former Apostates consult Simon Schrubb about this mysterious threat. Simon Schrubb directs them to seek out Paradise, a hypothetical super backup server that just may hold the key to the Acolytes. And so, they set off in an armored convoy across the radioactive city ruins and dead tree littered wastelands on their perilous quest. 

Little do the Apostates know that Apedemak Nubia and his Nubian Braves fight for control of their home, Sulfur Springs, which is said to hold Paradise, against the Trinity, a being that somehow controls the Acolyte Horde. As the Nubians split up to search out allies east and west, the Republic of Ukiah finds unlikely allies in the Nubian Braves, and the former Prelate Ayane Inoguchi, who struggles to reconcile her past, while helping to defend the Republic from an all-out Chinese invasion of the West Coast. 

But, amid all the chaos the Lake of Fire burns deep below the Earth and threatens to undue all labors to consume the world and usher all souls to Paradise in the name of the Trinity and the Proxy Messiah. 

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BLOG POST Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Running @sk_holder

Running
By S. Bryce

"A GRITTY AND COMPELLING GHOST MYSTERY..."


Kate Settles Into a Life with Her New Family: a Murderer, an Alcoholic, a Thief, a Teenage Runaway…and a Wolf. 


Summer 1983: Abandoned by their mother, sixteen-year-old Kate, and her younger brother and sister find themselves on the streets. 
Alone and homeless, they seek refuge in a derelict bungalow in the English countryside where they meet their new family: a robber, a convict, an alcoholic and a troubled teenage runaway. 


Struck by the tragedy of her sister's death and terrorized by a new arrival, Kate yearns for an end to their brutal and squalid existence. She asks herself whether she should keep running or ask someone for help, someone like the woodcutter. 
Does the mysterious stranger in the woods hold the secret to a wonderful future or a deadly past?

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Celestial Summoner @PIMIebooks

There is a deadly occurrence happening in the middle of America. Certain random people have been heinously murdered, and displayed for all to see the evil. 
Detective John Chandless was an officer from New York who apprehended made men in the heart of the barrios. Kansas shouldn't be as harsh, but murder has no favorite state. He was stumped in the middle of the country. 
His partner, Simin Khouri, was a "unique" detective. She used psychic profilers to solve her cases. Although her conviction was just as good as everyone else's, John didn't believe in her "hocus-pocus" detecting. He worked with facts until this troubling case didn't provide any. He asked Simin for assistance, and she was glad to give it. 
She introduced him to Anezka Kranz, her Czech psychic profiler. Could this sweet, simple woman help his case? 
Although John was a detective for 17 years, Anezka showed him abother way to find his predator celestially. 
Celestial Summoner: An Esoteric Paranormal Suspense Thriller Is filled with dark excitement, and begins with a whodunit situation until they use the Czechoslovakian with an ethereal gift. Enjoy the danger and romance

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Data Jack @chris_greyson

Grab this hot, new mystery-thriller from bestselling author Christopher Greyson. Data Jack is the latest novel in the wildly popular Detective Jack Stratton Mystery-Thriller Series. We hope you enjoy!


Jack Stratton’s back is up against the wall. He’s broke, kicked off the force, and his new bounty hunting business has slowed to a trickle. With no money coming in, Jack’s license to carry suspended, and no good job prospects on the horizon, Jack’s got it tough. He thinks things are turning around when Alice (aka Replacement) gets a lucrative job setting up a home data network. That is, until he discovers it’s for a handsome, jet-setting software tycoon. The “boy billionaire” as Jack grudgingly refers to him, takes a liking to computer-savvy Alice. Jealous, Jack thinks life can’t get any worse, but when the computer program the CEO invented becomes the key tool in an international data heist, things turn deadly. In this digital age of hackers, spyware, and cyber terrorism—data is more valuable than gold. The thieves plan to steal the keys to the digital kingdom and with this much money at stake, they’ll kill for it. Can Jack and Alice stop the pack of ruthless criminals before they can Data Jack? 

Data Jack is part of the Detective Jack Stratton Mystery Thriller Series which has more than 1,000+ five-star reviews and half-a-million readers and counting. If you love a page-turning thriller with mystery, humor and a dash of romance, pick up Data Jacktoday. 

This stand-alone novel features leading man Jack Stratton. Look for other mystery thriller books featuring Jack Stratton including Girl Jacked, Jack Knifed, Jacks are Wild, Jack and the Giant Killer, and now Data Jack. They can be read in any order. 
 

Enjoy this Detective Mystery Thriller Series FREE as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription. You can read these Kindle Unlimited books online via your Amazon Kindle Fire or on any smartphone or tablet with the free Amazon Books Kindle reading app.

The bestselling Detective Jack Stratton Mystery Thriller Series eBooks are featured in a number of Kindle Unlimited categories including: thrillers suspense, mystery books, mystery novels, murder mystery, good mystery books, crime and punishment best sellers, mysteries, crime fiction, crime thriller novels, kindle unlimited books, new releases, mysteries in kindle unlimited books, mystery thriller novels, best sellers crime novels, thriller book series, and top rated kindle unlimited books.

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> The Vanished Lady @vickiebrit

The Vanished Lady
By Vickie Britton, Loretta Jackson

Dana Lawrence doesn’t imagine when she buys the quaint Victorian house in the remote mountains of Colorado that her life will soon be in danger. She has heard the legend of Lelia Glenn and how she vanished in the 1800’s, but no one told her about the more recent disappearance of Amy Walden two years ago. 
On the night of her arrival, Dana spies someone digging on her land. The sheriff tells her that on the day Amy disappeared Glenndale’s jewelry store was robbed. Amy’s boyfriend, Donnie Thorpe, is still on the run, and his accomplice, Jed Hoyt, has just been released from prison. Bennett believes a third party masterminded the robbery--her handsome neighbor, Logan Rand. 
While Dana tries to beat the thieves to the stolen goods, she uncovers a grave. Threats and attempts on her life follow in rapid succession. Dana must identify the killer before she becomes the next vanished lady.

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> The Burnside Mystery Series, Boxed Set (Books 1-3) @Post_Pattern

PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA AWARD FINALIST! 
The First 3 Novels In The Burnside Mystery Series (Boxed Set # 1) Includes: 
POST PATTERN
FADE ROUTE
BUBBLE SCREEN


POST PATTERN (Book 1): 

On a dark Los Angeles freeway, someone fires a gunshot at a local football star. 

His family turns to Private Investigator Burnside, a former football star himself, who has recently left the LAPD. As he battles his way through the investigation, Burnside's own life is repeatedly placed in jeopardy, and the body count starts to pile up. 

Burnside encounters beautiful girls, wayward athletes and overworked cops on his way toward finding a killer who knows he's looking for them. And as he navigates this perilous path, Burnside also comes to grips with a betrayal from his past, one that keeps returning to him, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it. 

Set against the sun drenched backdrop of a hot Los Angeles summer, Post Pattern provides readers with an engaging, action-packed story. The novel delivers a smart, sexy plot with crackling dialogue and fascinating characters. 


FADE ROUTE (Book 2): 

A candidate for mayor has been murdered and there's one obvious suspect. 

But Burnside, the former football star turned private investigator, pushes forward into a harrowing investigation that reveals more and more possible culprits, all with their own motives. As the action intensifies, Burnside himself becomes embroiled in a case which goes beyond just one murder. And when the police suspect he's a person of interest, Burnside must race against time to find the killer. 

With little more to go on than his gut feeling, Burnside pokes at everything around him. Desperately trying to untangle a web of deceit that threatens to destroy him personally, he is also faced with a scenario that could take down an entire community.. 


BUBBLE SCREEN (Book 3): 

It starts with some missing warehouse inventory, but the case quickly moves beyond simple larceny. And when theft turns to murder, the stakes rise dramatically, and the action intensifies. 

The story leads Private Investigator Burnside onto the trail of some people who will do anything to acquire money -- and they will use any means necessary to keep it. And as he plunges into the investigation, Burnside also has to make a life altering decision about his own future. 

Interweaving the world of business with the world of football, Bubble Screen is set in the heart of Los Angeles. It is a captivating thrill ride that combines fascinating characters, wry humor, and an explosive ending that is both stunning and unexpected. 


Read the entire Burnside Mystery Series: 
Book 1: POST PATTERN
Book 2: FADE ROUTE
Book 3: BUBBLE SCREEN
Book 4: SAFETY VALVE
Book 5: CORNER BLITZ
Book 6: NICKEL PACKAGE
Book 7: DOUBLE PASS
 

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Chameleon in a Mirror @Ruth_Nestvold

"Couldn't put it down"; "Excellent read"; "10 out of 10 stars!"

- Reader reviews. 

Meeting Aphra Behn is Billie's wish come true -- and now she's trapped in the 17th century! 

Take: 
- one graduate student who wants to change history; 
- one dead -- and now forgotten -- playwright who did change history; 
- the colorful and turbulent times of the English Restoration; 
- one magic mirror. 

Mix thoroughly, and you have a Chameleon in a Mirror. 

Billie Armstrong has long wanted to give Aphra Behn, the first professional woman writer in English, the prominence she deserves. But when Billie accidentally activates the magical properties of a baroque mirror, propelling herself into the seventeenth century, she gets more than she bargained for. What develops is an unwilling masquerade, a tale of license, love and literature, as Billie does her best to survive in a strange era and ensure Aphra’s literary survival in the future. 

What readers are saying: 

"There is nothing better than when a time travel story is paired with real characters from the past and an excellent writer." Review by LA Howell

"Ruth Nestvold colors these pages with some of the more irresistible word painting now being written. The manner in which she weaves this terrific tale will hold the readers' attention from page one. She entertains, pokes our imagination, challenges our intellect, and in all - provides a first class novel." Review by Grady Harp, Top 100 Amazon reviewer.

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Awakenings @ausxipmaryd

Eva and Zoe continue their journey to Larissa, Greece where they first met during the German Occupation of Greece in World War II. It's now 1950 and the journey back has revealed more than they anticipated. 

Eva not only has to deal with her wartime memories in the place that despised her and almost killed her, but she also has to contend with a woman from the past, Theresa Mitsos, the quiet, gentle soul with extraordinary paranormal power of visions through time. Who really is this woman? How could she foresee events so far into the future? 

Faced with a physical reminder of her tortured past, Eva needs all her courage, strength and resilience to confront her harrowing memories and content with the secrets that are bubbling to the surface. Zoe contends with her own soul shattering memories of helplessness, heart-rendering pain and loss. 

In Germany they discover Eva's haunted dreams are far more than they realized. Shocking family secrets are revealed and an unwanted visitor will test Eva and Zoe's bond.

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Crazy Free: An Epic Spiritual Journey on the Pacific Crest Trail and Beyond @melissawyld

"One woman’s solo journey: 2,660 miles on foot (thru-hiking the Pacific Crest trail), 444 miles by kayak (Yukon River Quest race) and over 15,000 miles by road. A story of exploration, personal transformation, and spiritual awakening.” 

Melissa Wyld once lived a comfortable conventional life – successful career, loving husband, large suburban house, etc. But something “else” was nagging – an unavoidable call of the wild, a greater dream. 

Crazy free immerses the reader in the author’s leap of faith to unplug and awaken. We follow her roaming tracks as she abandons the trappings of the American Dream and journeys deep into unfamiliar worlds.

Down the Rabbit Hole, she will face herself alone in the desert, stretch her belief system on the path of yoga in the Indian Himalayas, build calluses on the Yukon River, emancipate her mind on the PCT and survive post-trail reintegration. She will love, grow, cry, and sometimes she will fail, And, at each step, she will have to choose: surrender to the path of magic and unconventionality or shrink back to a world of debts, jobs and social expectations. 

 

Praise for Crazy Free



"Many of us dream of giving up comfort and security for absolute freedom but lack the courage or confidence to really give it a go. If your mind ever goes there, this book will strike you to the core. If not, it might just take you there." 
~ Evan J. Larsell, world traveler and big-wall climber

“Crazy Free is a sort of Eat Pray Love with dirt under the fingernails, an Into the Wild type of story where, thankfully, the heroine returns safe and sound from the wilderness, having learned, grown and transformed. [...]" 
~ Christopher Loren, author of Unspirituality – Permission to be human 

“Melissa Wyld is an original, expressive, and provocative writer, honest, vulnerable, wide open, intellectually curious, with a huge spiritual hunger and a courage to seek it out of life.” 
~ C.M. Evans, author of The Oak Park Taoist Primer 

" From the serendipitous way I found this book to the day I read the last page, I could not put this book down. It lived in my heart and spoke to my soul with every page, every story and every revelation. This book is a must read for anyone contemplating an adventure, a life course change or just in need of a little belief in magic, love, friendship and the powers of the universe." 
~ Amazon Reader

A testament to human potential. A winding journey through the mountains and deserts of the heart. This little bit of literary sunshine brings hope to the weary and reminds us we're all human. Though our paths may vary they all lead home.” 
~ Amazon Reader

I feel as though I have lived vicariously through her journey and have been inspired to create more adventures and be more open to receive what comes my way. I'm still reading the story but it's the best book I've read in...it may just be my new favorite!” 
~ Amazon Reader

I absolutely love this book! It came into my life when I needed it, just like anything else we receive. The author spoke to my soul and added to the teachings I've been receiving from others who have crossed my path. When the pct came to an end, I cried. So touched by this book and look forward to reading the next. Thank you.” 
~ Amazon Reader

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Darrienia @simmillkj

It is said that the past always returns to haunt you. Yet some forgotten pasts have whispered names and a debt for collection. Dangerous curiosities stir a hidden darkness, one that patiently waits to seize control. 


The subtle periphery between dream and reality is in peril and those chosen must face the evil behind this looming disaster. But lurking in the shadows, guiding their hand, lies the true threat and a hidden agenda. 


Will they discover the truth in time? Or will those who should be heroes, become nothing more than the pawns of evil? 


10% author royalties will be donated to the UHNM charity for the neonatal department (NICU).

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BLOG POST Today's Featured .99¢ Kindle Book is Out >> Looking Through Lace @Ruth_Nestvold

Looking Through Lace
By Ruth Nestvold

"Thought provoking"; "Great, classic sci-fi novella...I want more!" "Very enjoyable read!"

- Reader reviews. 

As the only woman on the first contact team, xenolinguist Toni Donato expected her assignment on Christmas would be to analyze the secret women's language -- but then the chief linguist begins to sabotage her work. What is behind it? Why do the men and women have separate languages in the first place? What Toni learns turns everything she thought they knew on its head. 

Originally published in Asimov's in 2003, "Looking Through Lace" was a finalist for the Tiptree and Sturgeon awards. The Italian translation won the Premio Italia for best work of speculative fiction in translation in 2007. 


Reviews: 

"'Looking Through Lace' by Ruth Nestvold is terrific science fiction. I want to read more of this writer's stories." 
- Andi Shechter in January Magazine


"... 'Looking Through Lace' by Ruth Nestvold [is] an intelligent, complex story illustrating the difficulties of learning and understanding the nuances and intricacies of an alien language and culture, particularly one so similar to our own that we persist in viewing it (wrongly) on our terms.... The reason ... why there are so many differences between the languages of both men and women are logical and well thought out, and the final revelation about the true nature of the relationship between the women and the men comes as a nice twist." 

- Phil Friel in Tangent Online


"Two strong stories stand out from the rest of the fiction. Ruth Nestvold’s 'Looking Through Lace' rests on a relatively simple reversal or secret, but the rest of it is solidly written and convincing. The main character is a young female xenolinguist named Toni -- she is called to a planet named Christmas to study the Mejan culture. Nestvold presents a neat puzzle, and she takes the time to present it just-so." 

- James Schellenberg in Challenging Destiny

About the author: 

Ruth Nestvold’s short stories have appeared in numerous markets, including Asimov’s, F&SF, Baen’s Universe, Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, and Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best Science Fiction. Her fiction has been nominated for the Nebula, Tiptree, and Sturgeon Awards. In 2007, the Italian translation of her novella “Looking Through Lace” won the “Premio Italia” award for best international work. Her novel Flamme und Harfe appeared in translation with the German imprint of Random House, Penhaligon, in 2009 and has since been translated into Dutch and Italian. She maintains a web site at www.ruthnestvold.com.

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