(A Machina Novel, Vol. 1)
A huntress, a soldier, and a ghost, walk into a royally complicated hostage situation.
Machinas were made to be the galaxyβs greatest super soldiers. Split into four academies, each with their own deadly abilities, machinas were thought to be machines sent from the gods. Enhanced human beings who blurred the lines between synthetic and biological lifeforms.
Upon the destruction of their home planet, Mair Ultima, machinas became disgraced. Scattered among the stars. Now they work as bounty hunters, assassins, bodyguards. Anything that involves spilling blood.
Only thousands remain, the most famous of whom is Beatrix Westwood, a Valkyrie Huntress, though she prefers Trix of Zilvia. Join Trix on her debut adventure as she attempts to rescue a kidnapped princess while evading warlords, slavers, and warring royal families with the help of her oldest friend, Yvach Aodun.
On that note, welcome to the Milky Way in Earth year 2799. It's like the Wild West and piracy's golden age rolled into one lawless expanse. Trix is feeling lucky. How about you?
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Kendis β Hear no evil
I was fired in front of a client for being late for a meeting. The client happens to be my dream-worthy one-night stand who I ditched. As despair sets in, he hires me.
Although it happened in high school, Jason hasnβt forgiven me.
He controls and owns the company.
And anything he touches. Including me.
Jasonβs intense eyes watch me like he can see my secrets.
Iβm not immune to the way his chocolate muscles ripple.
Electricity tickles my spine when he touches my hand.
But we must work together and keep our hands and lips off each other.
His words are dirtier than the games he plays.
Someone is targeting Jason's weakness to take down his company.
He will go to any length to save his company, including hiring an enemy. He needs my cyber-security skills.
Jasonβs so bent on evening the score.
But I still shiver thinking about that one time when I handed him my v-card, as we work together to save the company.
Hustle! Go get it! This is your moment!
So many of our moments are caught up in trying to figure out what to do next according to the world's latest desire or trend.
This can become truly exhausting and overwhelming.
What if we decided to take control of the narrative by changing the paradigm completely. What if the hustle and constant movement have actually derailed us from the joy that is possible?
What if slowing down the pace, just for a second, allows you the space to notice, maybe for the first time all the truly incredible gifts that surround you every moment of every day.
Too often, we think of gratitude maybe only during the holidays when we are told to by social media or commercialism. This can be a disenchanting view as we have so much to be thankful for we could easily list 10 things each day for every day of the year.
Let's initiate our own intentional search for joy by having eyes to see the beauty all around us.
Let's embark on a journey of ONE YEAR OF THANKFUL THURSDAYS!
These won't include the typical thanksgivings either...these are a bit unique and require some thoughtful perspective.
Let's look at things from a completely different vantage point and find gratitude in what some may call the ordinary or mundane.
My friend, none of it is truly mundane and there is always always always something to be thankful for.
We just need to take out those perspective glasses, dust them off, and see anew what an amazing world it is and all there is to be thankful for on a minute by minute basis!
Once you start to see things clearly with an attitude of gratitude, it truly changes everything! You start to see that everything really can be viewed through a heavenly perspective.
Nothing is out of the realm of possibility no matter how unusual for pointing to the One who made us to seek Him out in all the details of life!
With that said, let's dive into cultivating a heart of gratitude!
An old prophecy that is yet to unfold. A Dark Master that remains undefeated. A young boy whose life will never be the same.
After living in the dark for most of his life, 15-year-old Griffin finally runs away from his abusive uncle with his cat, Spooky, and discovers the hollow earth after falling into a portal.
He meets the Eye β who becomes his mentor, tells him his role in the old prophecy, and trains him how to use his powers and wield the sword of his ancestors.
But even with his training and preparations, Griffin realizes he canβt fight the Dark Master aloneβ¦ until he meets Kane, Ben, Claw, and Max β victims and survivors of the Dark Masterβs wrath.
Griffin understands that if theyβre going to be a team, they need to trust each other first, but as they get to know each other, he immediately finds out that itβs easier said than done.
With the invasion drawing near, will the six heroes be able to set their differences aside and fight for each other? Or will they let their past and fear dictate the direction of their friendship?
And as everyone depends on Griffin to lead them to battle, Griffin starts questioning himself β is this a battle they can win? Or is he leading everyone to their death?
Join Griffin, Kane, Ben, Claw, Max, and Spooky as they fight the Dark Master and his army in this thrilling and exciting story about courage, friendship, and how hope can shine even in the darkest places.
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Kendis β Hear no evil
I was fired in front of a client for being late for a meeting. The client happens to be my dream-worthy one-night stand who I ditched. As despair sets in, he hires me.
Although it happened in high school, Jason hasnβt forgiven me.
He controls and owns the company.
And anything he touches. Including me.
Jasonβs intense eyes watch me like he can see my secrets.
Iβm not immune to the way his chocolate muscles ripple.
Electricity tickles my spine when he touches my hand.
But we must work together and keep our hands and lips off each other.
His words are dirtier than the games he plays.
Someone is targeting Jason's weakness to take down his company.
He will go to any length to save his company, including hiring an enemy. He needs my cyber-security skills.
Jasonβs so bent on evening the score.
But I still shiver thinking about that one time when I handed him my v-card, as we work together to save the company.
Hustle! Go get it! This is your moment!
So many of our moments are caught up in trying to figure out what to do next according to the world's latest desire or trend.
This can become truly exhausting and overwhelming.
What if we decided to take control of the narrative by changing the paradigm completely. What if the hustle and constant movement have actually derailed us from the joy that is possible?
What if slowing down the pace, just for a second, allows you the space to notice, maybe for the first time all the truly incredible gifts that surround you every moment of every day.
Too often, we think of gratitude maybe only during the holidays when we are told to by social media or commercialism. This can be a disenchanting view as we have so much to be thankful for we could easily list 10 things each day for every day of the year.
Let's initiate our own intentional search for joy by having eyes to see the beauty all around us.
Let's embark on a journey of ONE YEAR OF THANKFUL THURSDAYS!
These won't include the typical thanksgivings either...these are a bit unique and require some thoughtful perspective.
Let's look at things from a completely different vantage point and find gratitude in what some may call the ordinary or mundane.
My friend, none of it is truly mundane and there is always always always something to be thankful for.
We just need to take out those perspective glasses, dust them off, and see anew what an amazing world it is and all there is to be thankful for on a minute by minute basis!
Once you start to see things clearly with an attitude of gratitude, it truly changes everything! You start to see that everything really can be viewed through a heavenly perspective.
Nothing is out of the realm of possibility no matter how unusual for pointing to the One who made us to seek Him out in all the details of life!
With that said, let's dive into cultivating a heart of gratitude!
An old prophecy that is yet to unfold. A Dark Master that remains undefeated. A young boy whose life will never be the same.
After living in the dark for most of his life, 15-year-old Griffin finally runs away from his abusive uncle with his cat, Spooky, and discovers the hollow earth after falling into a portal.
He meets the Eye β who becomes his mentor, tells him his role in the old prophecy, and trains him how to use his powers and wield the sword of his ancestors.
But even with his training and preparations, Griffin realizes he canβt fight the Dark Master aloneβ¦ until he meets Kane, Ben, Claw, and Max β victims and survivors of the Dark Masterβs wrath.
Griffin understands that if theyβre going to be a team, they need to trust each other first, but as they get to know each other, he immediately finds out that itβs easier said than done.
With the invasion drawing near, will the six heroes be able to set their differences aside and fight for each other? Or will they let their past and fear dictate the direction of their friendship?
And as everyone depends on Griffin to lead them to battle, Griffin starts questioning himself β is this a battle they can win? Or is he leading everyone to their death?
Join Griffin, Kane, Ben, Claw, Max, and Spooky as they fight the Dark Master and his army in this thrilling and exciting story about courage, friendship, and how hope can shine even in the darkest places.
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Itβs time to stop the βrags to riches to ragsβ narrative around athletes β¦ We all know the sad stories of lost fortunes.
The most expensive asset you will buy is real estate. The difference between financial ruin and true wealth is simple: obtain the knowledge to make the right real estate decisions. This is your real estate playbook, and with it you will create your very own βrags to a lifetime of richesβ story. Ready?
When you retire, donβt you want to have steady income you can rely upon for you and your family? Imagine how purposeful your life can be knowing you have money coming in after your sports career is over.
Beyond real estate, this book will change your mindset about
how you spend and invest your money. You will learn and get these questions answered:
- The difference between active and passive income and how this concept applies to the acquisition of assets.
- Real estate: Leasing, buying or selling? You may move many times during your career. This book has all the information you need to be empowered to think for yourself and save money.
- How to view your real estate portfolio (even if you don't have one right now) as a business. A successful business has more money coming in than money going out.
- Worried about having enough money to fund your lifestyle once you retire from professional sports? It's all about investing in real estate for income.
- Understanding the crucial elements of how to properly value, title, finance, inspect, renovate and build a property.
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Itβs time to stop the βrags to riches to ragsβ narrative around athletes β¦ We all know the sad stories of lost fortunes.
The most expensive asset you will buy is real estate. The difference between financial ruin and true wealth is simple: obtain the knowledge to make the right real estate decisions. This is your real estate playbook, and with it you will create your very own βrags to a lifetime of richesβ story. Ready?
When you retire, donβt you want to have steady income you can rely upon for you and your family? Imagine how purposeful your life can be knowing you have money coming in after your sports career is over.
Beyond real estate, this book will change your mindset about
how you spend and invest your money. You will learn and get these questions answered:
- The difference between active and passive income and how this concept applies to the acquisition of assets.
- Real estate: Leasing, buying or selling? You may move many times during your career. This book has all the information you need to be empowered to think for yourself and save money.
- How to view your real estate portfolio (even if you don't have one right now) as a business. A successful business has more money coming in than money going out.
- Worried about having enough money to fund your lifestyle once you retire from professional sports? It's all about investing in real estate for income.
- Understanding the crucial elements of how to properly value, title, finance, inspect, renovate and build a property.
π¨π¨π¨π¨π¨ "Excellent read." " engrossing and entertaining. Engaging characters crafted in a personable style wend their way through twisted plots peppered with murders. Don't miss out on this exciting series of whodunits where it ain't over til it's over, baby." - Amazon Reviews
#READ #FREE via #KindleUnlimited #eBooks #Boxset π¨ Joey Mancuso Crime Mysteries: Volumes 1 - 3 (Joey Mancuso Mysteries) π¨ by Owen Parr https://amzn.to/3uiRWSO
BOOK 1 -A PRIEST, AN EX-COP, AND THREE BADASS BABES WALK INTO A BARβ¦
Lucky for readers, thatβs a great opportunity for the kind of rare mystery series with something for everyoneβa tough guy, three awesome women, and a classic Golden Age gentleman-detective clergyman. The twist? The cop and the cleric are half-brothers who operate a PI firm out of their bar.
Captain OβBrianβs Pub and Cigar Bar, with its old-world New York warmth and reliably friendly Irish bartender is a character in itself, the kind of place thatβs like home to its devotees.
So when one of the brothersβ best customers dies in an apparent suicide βa Wall Street guy celebrating a new client the night before-- they're just not feeling it. They know he wasnβt a guy who wanted to die; and they quickly find out he was someone a lot of people wanted dead.
Itβs a made-to-order financial puzzle for a couple of seasoned New York PIβs, with the kind of twists and scams and puzzles that warm a mystery fanβs heart like a shot of Jameson.
BOOK 2 -TOO MANY LEADS, TWO FEW BREAKS, AND only TEN DAYS TO GO IN THE TRIAL OF THE YEARβ¦
Things are finally turning around at Captain OβBrianβs Pub and Cigar Bar, an oddball location for a PI office, but the kind of warm, buzzy scene every mystery reader loves. After first getting fired, then earning a glowing reputation in his first high-profile case as a PI, ex-NYPD Detective Joey Mancusoβs back on the crime scene with his half-brother and Brooklynβs favorite man of the cloth, Father Dominic OβBrian.
Just in time for Christmas, a wealthy real estate developer named Harold Longworth is on trial for the murder of his wife in the bedroom of their Long Island mansion, and the Manhattan elite are glued to their seats.The odds are stacked steeply against the developer. It seems he called 911 twenty whole minutes after discovering his wifeβs body, was found covered in her blood, and his prints were on the murder weapon.
BOOK 3 -MANHATTAN PLAGUED BY TERROR: RED RIBBON KILLER RAMPAGES!The third outing in the gripping Mancuso-OβBrian murder mystery series, this case is particularly fascinating, Watsonβbecause itβs about to get personal!,h3>
When meticulous NYPD cop-turned-private eye Joey Mancuso is called in to help the Midtown South precinct solve a series of brutal murders targeting young professional women. Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy once said: βMurder is not about lust, and itβs not about violence. Itβs about possessionββa notion that haunts the NYPD when three isolated strangulation cases leave the midtown unit stumped.
Case #1 at first seems to be an eve of kinky sex gone wrong. But when second and third bodies turn upβthis time with the sign of the cross carved into their breastsβNew Yorkβs finest think they have a serial killer on their hands. There couldnβt be a better time to call in wry private investigator Joey Mancuso and his brother, Father Dominic OβBrian. Joey finds himself grasping at strawsβand concocting a psychological profile of his killer, thanks to some tips from his FBI agent sometime-girlfriend. Why the gruesome carving of the crucifix? And why are all the murders so close to NYPDβs Midtown South Precinct? The more Joey digs, the more he realizes his victims arenβt simply the victims of patterned sex crimes, but of a narcissistic psychopath gunning for someoneβsomeone with ties to the precinct, perhaps.
Fans of New York detective shows from Blue Bloods to Elementary will find it right up their alley, and devotees of Golden Age mysteries will love it, especially those set in New York, like Ellery Queen and Nero Wolfe; and those starring brainy clergymen, like Father Brown, The Rabbi, and Father Dowling.Author Owen Parr has modeled his heroes after Holmes and Watson, and all the Doylesque markings of a head-scratching, heart-racing puzzler lie in these pages.
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Controlling Brains, How Putin's Propaganda Works? It is a book of journalistic analysis of the Kremlin's psychological and political propaganda, exploring questions such as:
- What is hybrid warfare and how does it relate to the concept of the "Russian world"?
- Who is responsible for propaganda at a technical level and how propaganda journalism works?
- Who are Russia's ideological allies and where are the dangers?
- Whether it is possible to resist the information war, and what methods are best to combat the Kremlin's hybrid separatism.
These and many other questions are addressed in this journalistic study, which is presented in an accessible form with examples of the manipulation of people's minds. The reader of the book "Controlling Brains" will get acquainted with the tools of countering and filtering propaganda in order not to become a puppet in the dangerous theater of the Russian hybrid war, and this book will definitely be useful to anyone who is not indifferent to the current situation in Ukraine and the information field in which its citizens are formed, as well as to anyone who is interested in politics without waiting for politics to be interested in them. The book is more about investing in your mind and awareness to be prepared to counter Putin's manipulative propaganda. Our goal is a united civilized world, so get to know the book and join the team fighting for freedom and democracy against the military policies of the Russian Federation.
Visit the author's page at jackteslabooks.com for more information.
"Be prepared for a full-blown launch into a fantasy realm loaded with magic, monsters, courageous acts, and a dash of sweet romance." β Chris Harold Stevenson, award-winning author of everything fantasy and paranormal
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From the author of The Death Wizard Chronicles comes a new adventure suitable for teens and adults.
Do You Believe in Monsters? is book 2 of Dark Circles, a fantasy trilogy for readers 13 and older. This is a great coming of age series for fans of J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, and Brandon Sanderson.
Book 1: Do You Believe in Magic? (May 25, 2023)
Book 2: Do You Believe in Monsters? (Oct. 23, 2023)
Book 3: Do You Believe in Miracles? (February 2024)
Book 2 synopsis:
When Charlie Magus enters a fantastical world hidden deep in the forest, his life is turned upside down.
The timid 13-year-old transforms into a powerful wizard wielding formidable magic.
In the real world, life goes on as usual. But in the fantasy world, a war is brewing that will dwarf all others. Charlieβs newfound powers stand between victory and defeat.
But in which world does he truly belong?
Dark Circles is an adventure of epic scope. Only those with a hero's heart will dare to stand at Charlieβs side as he battles an army of monsters led by an evil being of immense power.
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"If the first book of this new series is any indication, you are in for a big treat and wild fantasy ride." β Dave Scheiber, nationally renowned journalist and author
"Melvin shows his literary mastery as he weaves elements of potential and transformation." β Ann Allen, The Charlotte Observer
"Transcends fiction and fantasy by exploring the struggles of those coming of age." β Chris Worthy, Upstate Parent magazine
5 Stars "A well-written fantasy/women's lit novel that combines real-world events with myths and magic. Karen Bell's writing style is engaging, the characters are well-developed and relatable. The book tackles the important issue of climate change and serves as a call to action for readers. " Pro Book Reviews
2023 Honorable Mention BooksShelf Writing Contest
2022 Silver Medal Winner Global Book Award
RECOMMENDED by the US Review of Books
2022 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite
There are those who are born into loving families and then there are the less fortunate who must forge their own families through strong friendships.
At a local small library in New York City, one such family was born. And just like so many capricious happenstances in life, this family unit embraced newcomers and grew exponentially. But this clan was also charged with far more than spreading love and joy and a sense of belonging. This clan was formed by divine Providence to help save the planet.
Gabrielle Bernstein, the MC of Like a Lily Among the Thorns, is a woman in her twenties and has started her career as a librarian at a NYC public library. Abandoned by her father as a young girl and now orphaned by her deranged mother, Gabby longs for a family connection. Coincidentally, she finds this connection at the same time she inherits a B&B in Vermont from her estranged and now deceased father. This enchanted inn is under the watchful eye of goddesses of myth and legend who have been tasked to save mankind from destroying itself and this planet. These goddesses will use their powers to try and stall the onslaught of the effects of droughts, floods, and rising temperatures. But as a safety net they have collected human saviors all over the planet to erect safe havens at high altitudes away from flood waters and blistering temperatures.
Woven through this tale is Gabrielleβs inherent understanding that she must be grateful, mindful, and present in this journey called life.
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"...A steamy winter romance!" "...Sweet and funny..." "...Sexy and intimate!"
βAnd what will you do while Iβm in there?β Burgundy asked him with a mischievous smile and her hands on her hips.
β... Just watch.β He replied slowly as he looked up at her from the side of the bathtub. Burgundy stared back at him with her lips slightly parted, paused for a moment, and then slowly began to remove her clothes. She tiptoed by him and then stepped her long legs into the tub, one by one. Jesse watched as she lightly splashed then gradually sank beneath the warm water, the soapy foam slowly covering her curves.
Pro snowboarder Jesse Sparks took the winter sports world by storm when he came back from near-retirement to take the gold at the largest ski and snowboard event of the year. The 38-year-old pro swore he would take his final few seasons easy, riding it out and collecting big checks from his sponsors. But that all changed when he met Burgundy, the woman of his dreams.
Thinking he was a bad-boy who would break her heart, she rejected him. Jesse used her turndown to turn his life around, and attributes his newfound stamina all to her.
When the new ski season begins and Jesse finds himself in the same small ski-town where they first met, he tries to find her and win her over. Jesse finally begins to earn Burgundyβs trust, but will a shocking discovery spark Jesseβs jealousy and insecurities and send him backsliding into his old ways?
It's 1928. Is a honeymoon UFO encounter related to a Texas crash from 1897? Charlie Hobbs seeks answers as well as discovering a past love and the son from that union.