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If Thine Eye Offend Thee [MultiFormat]
by T. K. Sheils
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In the snowy woods of Northern Ontario, two stories are fusing into one. One is contemporary; the other as old it seems as time itself. In the first, twelve students are rehearsing Shakespeare's Macbeth during a freak snowstorm which has them trapped in their school and worrying about "the curse of the Scottish play" as it affects not only their production but their lives. Their fears are hardly allayed by their teachers who both have their private problems--one with a fear of accepting responsi... more info>> (Published: 2006) ARIANA Award Winner: Best Cover Art
Words: 59658 - Reading Time: 170-238 min.
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Instant Gold [MultiFormat]
by Frank O'Rourke
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The year is 1964 and gold bullion is illegal to own. Private citizens are required to sell it to the government for a fixed price. Early one foggy November morning a small shop opens for business in the fashionable shopping district of downtown San Francisco. Showcased in their window is the one thing they sell. A small, nondescript can with simple lettering. Etched clearly on the plate glass window was ... Instant Gold. Could alchemy be real? Three mysterious inventors open shop after shop and ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 36056 - Reading Time: 103-144 min.
Category: Fantasy/Humor
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Jigsaw [MultiFormat]
by Joel Dodd
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Genetic engineering. Corrupt corporations. Survivalists. A bankrupt government. Anonymous hackers and a computer-generated genome. All are pieces of the same fatal puzzle that can only be solved by the crew of the first manned mission to Mars. Hunted across America in a cat-and-mouse pursuit by faceless assassins, time is running out for the crew, who must solve the puzzle if the Earth is to be saved. (Published: 2006)
Words: 98814 - Reading Time: 282-395 min.
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Judgment Fire [Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series] [MultiFormat]
by Marilyn Meredith
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Tempe Crabtree is the resident deputy of Bear Creek, a small mountain community in the southern Sierra. Her continuing interest in the spiritual side of her heritage often causes unrest in her marriage to her minister husband. A battered wife is murdered and Tempe is given a warning by a shaman. She participates in a starlight ceremony, and repressed memories of her own painful high school days help her find the killer. A battered wife is murdered and Tempe is given a warning by a shaman. She pa... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 44798 - Reading Time: 127-179 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime/Suspense/Thriller
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Kindred Spirits [MultiFormat]
by Marilyn Meredith
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Tempe Crabtree is the resident deputy of Bear Creek, a small mountain community in the southern Sierra. Her continuing interest in the spiritual side of her heritage often causes unrest in her marriage to her minister husband. Kindred Spirits is about a troubled marriage, a "perfect" murder, a murder victim whose spirit won't rest until the murderer's identity is revealed, the genocide of the Tolowa nation, and two dangerous trips for Deputy Tempe Crabtree as she searches for answers. (Published: 2008)
Words: 58908 - Reading Time: 168-235 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime/Romance
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Labyrinth [MultiFormat]
by L.B. Milano
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Bad things don't happen in Mourningkill, a sleepy little village at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. That all changes when two young girls become lost in the woods, setting off a series of events that shatter the peaceful illusion. For beneath the quiet calm of Mourningkill lies a dark secret, and an age-old prophecy about to be revealed. The "Mad Monk of Mourningkill" was a Rasputin-like character who centuries ago passed down a legacy of death and vengeance on future generations of t... more info>> (Published: 2006) EPIC eBook Award Finalist
Words: 88886 - Reading Time: 253-355 min.
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Lineage [MultiFormat]
by Skyla Dawn Cameron
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What's a woman to do when her dad's the antichrist, her grandma's the devil, the end of the world is at her doorstep, and she's out to avenge the murders of her husband and kids? Kill everything in her way. Quarter-demon Peri Takata exists with but one goal in mind: annihilate everyone responsible for the death of her family. Then--her need for vengeance quelled--she plans to take her own life. Her mission brings her to vampire Zara Lain, the only known survivor of the event that destroyed Pe... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 89620 - Reading Time: 256-358 min.
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Misdirection [MultiFormat]
by Melinda Skye
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In the fast-paced world of espionage, two partners must fight their way through a web of lies, misdirections, and red herrings in order to fight back against the terrorist plot that threatens the world. Vivienne Holbrooke has been at the spy game for quite a while, but her new partner insists on treating her like a novice. But when terrorists threaten the country she's sworn to protect, they're going to have to learn to work together. Alex Masterson had had it up to here with female agents... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 80384 - Reading Time: 229-321 min.
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Omnivore [Man and Manta Series Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Piers Anthony
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Eighteen space explorers had died or disappeared on Nacre, a planet dominated by mushrooms, spore-clouds, a dim sub, and strange one-eyed creatures called mantas. To this forbidden planet came three more scientists to explore, discover and record. They barely understood what their mission was, and the significance of the mantas they were able to bring back with them to Earth. Subble, a government investigator, was sent to interview them--to learn how they succeeded where many others before them ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 56622 - Reading Time: 161-226 min.
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Orn [Man and Manta Series Book 2] [MultiFormat]
by Piers Anthony
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The trio of scientists had been ordered to survey the planet's flora, fauna and mineral resources, and from the very beginning of their mission everything they observed led to one startling conclusion--the mysterious world was virtually identical with the Earth of the Paleocene period, 70,000,000 years ago at the very dawn of the age of mammals! Their names were Cal, Veg, and Aquilon, the most resourceful--and rebellious--of Earth's explorers, and with them came four alien companions, the mantas... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 90059 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
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People of the Bear [MultiFormat]
by Lori Johnson
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In the wilderness, danger waits... Fleeing to a secluded Minnesota cabin after an ugly divorce, Lindy Anderson has sworn off men--until she finds a wounded naked man sprawled on her porch. Reluctantly taking him in, she discovers an ancient secret: Gareth is a Bearwalker, a shapeshifter able to exist as a human or a bear. His legendary clan has been hiding deep in the wilderness, safe from humankind. But now someone has learned of their existence and wants them dead. As Lindy is drawn into Garet... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 79023 - Reading Time: 225-316 min.
Category: Romance/Fantasy
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Pithed [An Andy Farmer Mystery] [MultiFormat]
by Kathryn Lively
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Pith, a transitive verb meaning "to destroy the spinal cord or central nervous system of (as a frog) usually by passing a wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal" (Source: Merriam-Webster) He pissed me off, Andy ... he pissed me off for the last time, so I pithed him. Biology teacher Andy Farmer desperately wished his friend Chuck Cleveland was lisping over the phone on that fateful morning, but when he arrived at Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings High to find the building wrapped in crime scene t... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 46206 - Reading Time: 132-184 min.
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Prince of Ash [Shadow Fae Trilogy Book 2] [MultiFormat]
by Elaine Corvidae
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In the five years since Mina and Duncan broke the power of the Seelie Court, peace has reigned in the city of Dere. But now there are portents that the war in Faerie may spill over into the human realm--and the faelings will be draw into the conflict whether they wish it or not. Sixteen-year-old Pooka spends his days running with his gang...and his nights battling seelie fae. Without any hope for his own future, he fights against the creatures who would prey upon the inhabitants of the slums tha... more info>> (Published: 2006) Dream Realm Award Winner
Words: 103017 - Reading Time: 294-412 min.
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Realms of the Shadows [MultiFormat]
by Anne and Jeff Lambert
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Arola wakes from another terrible nightmare, the shadows shifting restlessly above her, waiting for their chance to claim a new victim. Iolet, driven by a desperate, yearning need, braves the shadows to climb Widow's Peak, the highest and most perilous cliff she knows. They are sisters who have never met, living half a world apart, about to be drawn into a conflict that will forever alter their lives. Lumina, dark and sultry, is as cold inside as she is exotic without. Escaping from a desperate ... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 89747 - Reading Time: 256-358 min.
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River [MultiFormat]
by Skyla Dawn Cameron
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Defiant, nocturnal, moody, and short tempered. Though she sounds like a typical teenager, River is anything but. She's a werewolf. River was once the alpha female of a wolf pack, until one night when she was attacked and bitten by a mysterious human. When she awoke, she found herself completely alone, and changed into a young human girl. Three years later, after being thrust into a world where she doesn't belong, and living in foster care, River believes she'll never know who bit her or why. The... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 71672 - Reading Time: 204-286 min.
Category: Fantasy/Romance
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Seeded [MultiFormat]
by Adrienne Jones
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Callum Doherty picks up a trinket from an odd jewelry dealer at a hippie music festival, "a good luck charm" the man tells him. But days after clasping the pendant around his neck, he discovers it can't be removed. After visiting every locksmith and jeweler in the city with no success, he reluctantly accepts he's stuck with the thing. But when an overwhelming burst of success transforms him into a wealthy superstar overnight, he wonders what other sudden life changes are linked to the pendant-... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 102692 - Reading Time: 293-410 min.
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Shadow Hunt [Shadow Series Book 2] [MultiFormat]
by Anne Logston
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She's a master thief as elusive as her name whose dagger is as sharp as her eyes and wits. Where there's a rich merchant to rob, good food and wine to be had, or a lusty fellow to kiss ... there's Shadow. What do the Guild of Thieves, the deadliest assassin in Allanmere, a long-vanished mage, a treacherous swamp, and a gem missing from a temple have in common? Shadow, of course. When Shadow is accused of a theft of guild-wrecking proportions, she forms an unlikely alliance with the strange immor... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 53687 - Reading Time: 153-214 min.
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Sorceress Star [MultiFormat]
by Elaine Corvidae
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The saga begun in Tyrant Moon and Heretic Sun continues... When the heretic wizard Thraxis fled to barbarian lands, he had hoped to live the rest of his life in peace. But the Black Council, now led by his old nemesis Melilandra, are still driven by their lust for power. They will not rest until they have hunted down not only Thraxis, but also his daughter Dawn, a child of prophecy whose magic has the power to reshape their world. As Melilandra's schemes spread death and destruction across the l... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 106564 - Reading Time: 304-426 min.
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Storms of Vengeance [MultiFormat]
by John Beachem
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It is a time of tremulous peace in the kingdom of Faranin. Centuries of bloody warfare have finally ended, and the lands have been united under one crown. This delicate balance is threatened when a daring attack on the capital leaves a prominent councilman dead, a host of unanswered questions, and indications that not everyone is content to live in peace. For Calton Relanas and Ratel Eresgot, two young guardians of the city, the attack signifies something else: opportunity. For Calton, it has gi... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 197989 - Reading Time: 565-791 min.
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Supernatural Love [MultiFormat]
by Jeanine Berry
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When love goes astray, it can use a little supernatural help, but is a ghost with a blighted romantic past of her own the best matchmaker? Megan Clarke only wants to sell her late uncle's haunted house. Jake Pendleton wants to stop his mother, Liz, from buying it. He doesn't believe in ghosts and he doesn't trust Megan, not since their breakup ten years ago when they were high school sweethearts. Caroline Hartford, the ghost of Hartford house, has her work cut out for her if she going to bring t... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Tempus Fugit [MultiFormat]
by Curt Yengst
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Just before William Sheppard is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, he presents his nephew Billy Maxwell with an old pocket watch. Billy discovers that the watch possesses incredible powers. It allows whoever carries it to travel through time! Could the watch be the reason for Uncle Will's erratic behavior? What about Uncle Will's case worker, the enigmatic Dr. Janus? Does his interest in Uncle Will involve more than mere psychiatry? Join Billy on a roller-coaster ride through the obscure corner... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 59230 - Reading Time: 169-236 min.
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The Angelic Prophecy [MultiFormat]
by Robert L. Hecker
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Michael Modesto, a hard-living rock star, in a vision is given extraordinary healing powers and is told: "I am the Word and you are My messenger." But he is not told the message, only to "Beware the Antichrist." Torn by doubt because he is not worthy of being God's messenger, and plagued by guilt because he does not want the responsibility, but knowing that the only way he can return to his old decadent life is to discover and deliver the "message," Michael reluctantly takes on the role of heale... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 105776 - Reading Time: 302-423 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller/Science Fiction
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The Coming of the Horseclans [Horseclans Series Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Robert Adams
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Prophecy Written in Blood! After two hundred years of seaching for other immortals, the Undying High Lord Milo Morai has returned to the Horseclans to fulfill an ancient prophecy and lead them to their destined homeland by the sea. But in their path wait the armed might of the Ehleenee and an enemy even more treacherous--the Witchmen--pre-Holocaust scientists who have survived the centuries by stealing other men's bodies to house their evil minds and who have in their hidden stronghold the means... more info>> (Published: 1975)
Words: 77069 - Reading Time: 220-308 min.
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The Crow Queen [Lord of Wind and Fire Book 2] [MultiFormat]
by Elaine Corvidae
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Vengeance. Passion. Magic. Power. In order to be crowned King of Jenel, Lord Auglar must first convince the Conclave of Lords to choose him over his rival, the cruel Lord Fellrant. Against his better judgment, Yozerf joins Suchen and the Sworn in their mission to protect Auglar. Betrayed by the other lords, the companions soon find themselves fleeing for their lives into Segg's decaying ghettoes. Trapped in the city with enemies on every side, their only ally seems to be mysterious assassin know... more info>> (Published: 2004) EPIC eBook Award Winner
Words: 82980 - Reading Time: 237-331 min.
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The Dimensional Shift [MultiFormat]
by Frances Pauli
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Chloe came to the Three Lakes area for the peace and quiet. She happily abandoned the world of retail management, suits and promotions to work as a hotel maid catering to the local tourists. Until Andrew Paige showed up--a suit of the worst kind, the kind that makes her knees weak. When Andrew offers her a job at his hotel, Chloe is hell bent on resisting, but the Dimensional Shift is no ordinary hotel, and Chloe is immediately tossed into the world of inter-dimensional tourists, their odd accom... more info>> (Published: 2011)
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