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Dying for Ice Cream [MultiFormat]
by MaryJanice Davidson
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Austin Opitz never meant to fall for Yvonne Robinson. The girl was rich and spoiled--a lethal combination. But when he saw her sobbing in the hospital cafeteria with a plate of ice cream melting in front of her, he couldn't walk away. So begins a strange friendship between two opposites: Yvonne, a recently diagnosed diabetic bitter about the mandatory change in her lifestyle; and jokester Austin Opitz, who covers up his own recent tragedy by playing class clown. This is a story about teenagers g... more info>> 1999
Words: 22775 - Reading Time: 65-91 min.
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Escape the Slush Pile [Mastering the Query Letter and Other Publishing Secrets] [MultiFormat]
by MaryJanice Davidson
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A must-have for any writer interested in seeing their work published, Escape the Slush Pile will show you how to get and keep the interest of editors, whether you're writing magazine articles or novels. From actual examples of queries that resulted in contracts, to the difference between an e-mail query and a snail mail query, to how to write a synopsis that will pique an editor's interest, Escape the Slush Pile is your ticket out of the slush pile and onto the best-seller list. 2001
Words: 41434 - Reading Time: 118-165 min.
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Silent Dreams [MultiFormat]
by Susan K. Droney
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Blaine Kirsten unwittingly gets pulled into a prostitution ring when her best friend, Kami Matthews, introduces her to Josh Barnes. When Blaine refuses to become a part of his operation, she faces brutal consequences. Detectives Jane Adams and Casey Jorgan are assigned to the case. Almost immediately, Casey finds herself unable to separate her personal emotions from this case, which jeopardizes her career. 2007
Words: 66883 - Reading Time: 191-267 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Medusa [The Roland Longville Series Book 4] [MultiFormat]
by Timothy C. Phillips
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The exciting sequel to Timothy C. Phillip's Magician. When an unknown caller leaves Roland Longville a tantalizing clue that child killer Samson Fain has resurfaced in storm-ravaged New Orleans, Roland teams up once again with Detective Amos "Cold-Case" Tiller to hunt down Fain and rescue a teenaged girl who's disappeared. Along the way, they meet a strange man who seems to know more about their case than he's telling; a stripper who dances wearing nothing but her twin pythons--and an insane old... more info>> 2008
Words: 47922 - Reading Time: 136-191 min.
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Night Work [MultiFormat]
by Greg F. Gifune
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Night Work is a journey into a dark underworld, a world with its own set of secret rules and ethics. A world where brutal violence and depraved sex is the norm, and where in order to succeed, moral beliefs and literal identities must be forfeited. Night Work is the American Dream gone bad. A noir-style thriller where nothing is what it seems and where no one gets out clean. 2004
Words: 69857 - Reading Time: 199-279 min.
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Season of the Witch [The Roland Longville Series Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Timothy C. Phillips
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Roland Longville is a private investigator with a weakness for the underdog, and this time around he's working on two cases at once. Longville searches for a college co-ed who is missing in Birmingham's seedy, drug-infested north end; and he's after a small-time hood who has gone into hiding with an old friend's money. When two rival mob bosses send gunmen after him, he realizes somebody has set him up. 2002
Words: 47250 - Reading Time: 135-189 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Blood Rose [MultiFormat]
by Dicksie Dudeney
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The Blood Rose belongs to the Guardian of Gargouille. For a price, a man can use it to resurrect the dead. But let the man who thinks to avoid payment beware. The bargain, once made, is binding beyond death. And broken, triggers a familial curse that manifests at the onset of love. Detective Lucky Lawrence is investigating the discovery of a skeleton found beneath the gazebo on what was once the Montoya Land & Cattle Co. Her only clue is a hand-drawn picture of a rose medallion. The same medalli... more info>> 2004
Words: 117492 - Reading Time: 335-469 min.
Category: Horror
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Colorado Tempest [MultiFormat]
by Mary Lou Rich
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Samantha Storm, kidnapped off a stagecoach, ends up in a mountain cabin, naked, in bed with a total stranger who has no more idea than she does how they got that way. The mystery deepens when they reach town and find out they are married. If given the choice between marriage and a snake bite, Nick McBride would have chosen the snake. Now, thanks to his cousin Jeff, Nick finds himself married to a red-headed hellcat who spells trouble with a capital T. 2004
Words: 92287 - Reading Time: 263-369 min.
Category: Historical Fiction
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Secrets & Lies [MultiFormat]
by N. C. Anderson
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Doctor Patrick Logan and Selena McRae Flynn meet again after sixteen years. Patrick is from a dynasty family of doctors, Selena from a family with a questionable reputation. They were lovers when she was sixteen and he was eighteen, but Patrick broke off the love affair and moved on. Patrick still has feelings for Selena, but he harbors suspicions that she might simply be looking for a wealthy husband. His feelings are reinforced by his father's portrayal of Selena as a tramp. She stubbornly ref... more info>> 2004
Words: 62475 - Reading Time: 178-249 min.
Category: Romance
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The People of the Mesa [MultiFormat]
by Ardath Mayhar
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Responsible for protecting his people, Uhtatse urges them to build houses in the sheltering cliffsides, but the Elders refuse. Uhtatse and his wife build such a house and when a new enemy becomes a threat, the Elders admit their people would be safer there. From their vantage point, they repel a Tsununni attack, inflicting such heavy losses on their enemy that they never again return. At the end of his long life, Uhtatse steps off the point from which his grieving wife cast herself, years before... more info>> 2004
Words: 60035 - Reading Time: 171-240 min.
Category: Historical Fiction
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Blue Dawn [MultiFormat]
by Norah-Jean Perkin
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Alien warrior Barak of Zura (alias Erik Berenger) travels to earth to claim his destiny and guarantee his rightful place within his planet's elite. His human grandmother was kidnapped by his Zuran grandfather years earlier, with disastrous results. Erik refuses to inflict the same fate on his ordained mate, newspaper columnist Allie Stanislawski. Instead, he woos her, only to discover the wonders of love and humanity. Will Allie still love him when she uncovers the truth? And will she agree to a... more info>> 2004
Words: 69000 - Reading Time: 197-276 min.
Category: Romance
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Shipment From India [MultiFormat]
by Robert MacLean
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A bumbling American smuggler inadvertently involves a beautiful woman from the World Health Organization in his mounting list of problems when a bag containing millions worth of opium is substituted for his at a train station. After a corpse appears in his hotel room, police, drug dealers and a motley crew of thugs and ne'er-do-wells pursue them in a cross-country dash to the ashram of his partner, an eccentric guru who invented an herbal cure for hemorrhoids, worth more than the opium. 2004
Words: 63000 - Reading Time: 180-252 min.
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Letting Go of Sacred Things [MultiFormat]
by Sally J. Walker
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Shy, unassuming Opal grows ever stronger through trial, love, and loss experienced between 1910 and 1981. This poignant saga depicts family dynamics and ten life-stages in the 20th Century's era of changing values. Opal demonstrates that life's knocks teach us to let go of material things and cherish our own spirit and our loved ones. If greatness lies in survival of each challenge with personal integrity intact, this woman is indeed great. 2004
Words: 54000 - Reading Time: 154-216 min.
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The Lazarus Drop [MultiFormat]
by Paul Moomaw
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The time is the end of the 21st century, when the Greenhouse Effect has done its dirty work, submerging huge areas of land, and causing worldwide economic and social disruption. Earthquakes and flooding have left Japan a remnant of its old self. Europe has been carved up into power blocks. Mexico has devolved into a cluster of fiefdoms. Brazil has become the dominant power on the South American continent. The United States is intact, but looking over its shoulder. Nathanial Blue, freelance troub... more info>> 2004
Words: 67000 - Reading Time: 191-268 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Album [MultiFormat]
by Sandra White
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Catherine Rowan Montgomery has had a good life as an acclaimed artist, a much-loved wife, mother, and grandmother. But after her husband dies and her own ability to care for herself is lessened by illness, she begins to live a nightmare as a victim of elder abuse. Afraid of one thing above all else--the loss of her dignity--she tells no one of her plight, of the mistreatment she endures at the hand of her self-centered and cruel daughter-in-law. She struggles alone, often with only an old photo ... more info>> 2004
Words: 70000 - Reading Time: 200-280 min.
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A Matter of Survival [MultiFormat]
by Ron Hess
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A mild-mannered Alaskan hunting guide is forced to the brink of madness in a fight, not only against bears but against humans--the most skillful predators of all. Sam Eastman has just lost his guide license. An old friend and mentor, Bill Harms, tells him about a job nursemaiding some unique clients. At first, Eastman's job seems simple enough--babysit reclusive Mr. Nakamura and his beautiful young secretary, Yosi, through a six-week wilderness vacation on one of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Sam s... more info>> 2003
Words: 68500 - Reading Time: 195-274 min.
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Passion of the Drums [MultiFormat]
by Gael Morrison
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After failing to save her father's life, Dr. Lise Dawson seeks refuge and renewal in the primitive paradise of Papua New Guinea. She's a doctor who no longer wishes to doctor, and a woman who has found love to be unsafe. Lise wants nothing to do with plantation owner Simon McDowell, a risk-taker like her father. If Simon is willing to take risks with his life, there's no telling what he'll do with Lise's heart. 2004
Words: 45586 - Reading Time: 130-182 min.
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Quantum Passage [MultiFormat]
by Joseph Lemmon
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The sole survivor of an Indian attack motivated by revenge, U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant, Tom McGinty, slips away under the cover of darkness and into a campsite where a mysterious creature killed three people. Malcolm Seaver, a seasoned Marine sent to stop an intelligent weapon of mass destruction unintentionally released through an experimental quantum portal, learns first hand the savagery of human nature. Quantum Passage combines cutting edge Science Fiction with a western flare to entrance the r... more info>> 2004
Words: 84203 - Reading Time: 240-336 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Astral Gift [MultiFormat]
by Marilyn Meredith
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Elaine Brinsfield is an independent, attractive young woman who loves her job as a daycare teacher. To her vivacious roommate, Caro Tovar, and her co-workers, the only thing missing in Elaine's life is a good man. That man seems to be Ken Lammerson, the handsome police officer who comes to Elaine's rescue and is immediately attracted to her. A victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Elaine can't bear the thought of being touched by a man. The coping mechanism of astral p... more info>> 2004
Words: 62082 - Reading Time: 177-248 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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The Edge of the Earth [MultiFormat]
by Robert MacLean
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Under the influence of the evil Lord of Time, the King of Larme offers his crown and daughter to whomever can answer a riddle, pass through an ordeal that harms all who attempt it, and finally tell a joke that will make the princess laugh. A mountain farmer's three sons take the test. Warrior Gryn journeys to the past; the thinker Blon goes into the future; and the youngest, a magician, penetrates the present. 2004
Words: 67063 - Reading Time: 191-268 min.
Category: Fantasy
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A Hard Case [MultiFormat]
by Ron Hess
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Leo Bronski, an alcoholic Vietnam vet, is on shaky ground with his employer, the U.S. Postal Service in Anchorag. His boss transfers him to a "dry" Western Alaska village as temporary postmaster. He soon learns that his job duties include solving the mystery of the previous postmaster's death. Was it suicide--or murder? 2004
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Hope for Utopia [MultiFormat]
by Guy Hasson
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In the year 2239, colonists from Earth discover the remains of ancient technology buried under the sands of a distant planet. The aliens who created it abandoned everything without a trace of who they were or why they left. The technology can advance human knowledge by thousands of years, promising the creation of a true utopia. However, somewhere in its secrets is a lethal mouse-trap that has already sprung on the human race. 2004
Words: 55062 - Reading Time: 157-220 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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I Don't Want a New Horse [MultiFormat]
by Marilyn D. Anderson
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When her beloved pony is hurt taking her over a jump, Jennifer endures her father's decision to buy a bigger horse more suited to the development of her riding career. However, the new horse scares her even more than her cruel and demanding riding instructor. She's ready to give up until she meets a boy named Todd with a solution. 2004
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Death Blow [MultiFormat]
by Vickie Britton & Loretta Jackson
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When Laura Radburn's tenant, Crystal Mar, is murdered, Laura finds herself unexpectedly appointed as legal guardian of Crystal's 4-year old child. Shortly after she takes Karma in, Laura begins receiving death threats. Is someone after the child--or is Laura herself the target? The appearance of a handsome stranger, Dane Lanford, leads Laura to suspect he may be the father of the child--and a cold-blooded killer. 2004
Words: 100680 - Reading Time: 287-402 min.
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Time Travel Trap [MultiFormat]
by Elaine Marie Alphin
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Ryan and Kelley think that being teamed up for a school science project will be a disaster. Ryan is too busy constructing his "living dinosaur village" to waste time on a boring university fossil dig. And Kelley, who wants to prove herself to her scientist father, fears that Ryan's wild imagination could ruin her grade. But the fossil dig is anything but boring. Someone is sabotaging the site, and Ryan overhears a suspicious conversation. When he finally convinces Kelley that they need to invest... more info>> 2004
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