A collection of five short stories, in five completely different settings. A Slaughter of Ornithes follows a missionary couple in Venezuela’s unexplored Amazon tepui region, kidnapped by local rebels and then stalked by prehistoric terror birds. In Last Place on Earth convicts escape a Soviet gulag only to be hunted by a pack of Pliestocene wolves. The Sirens of Celebes dives into an ocean of science and madness on a southeast Asian reef. Green Hell is a black comedy about a couple trying to live an easy life in south Florida and their constant, losing battle with the dangers of a tropical jungle. And Shackleton Crater is an epic, believable space survival story. A covert mission to the moon becomes a fight for life as astronauts are left stranded in the freezing darkness of Shackleton Crater.
A Slaughter Of Ornithes
Essential Oils For Beginners
Essential oils are surprisingly useful to our daily lives. They are safe to use and are often used as part of a person’s beauty regime. They are used for aromatherapy application and can cause either a stimulating or calming effect to the senses. Read to find out more the other benefits of using essential oils.
Deathwatch
Homicide witness Kate Bridges flees the protection of the federal government when a professional assassin proves he can find her. After a year on the run she’s exhausted, working as a waitress in a small Pennsylvania town, when her absentee landlord Murph Dolan returns from his second tour of duty. But Murph’s brother is the one who rented the house to Kate, and Murph has no idea his home is occupied by a beautiful young woman. Kate and Murph must overcome their wariness and learn to trust again, as the assassin finally locates Kate.
Enhancement: Black Market DNA
In the year 2058, Baltimore’s latest crime epidemic isn’t gangs or drugs—it’s illegal genetic enhancements.
Before Christopher Morgan is even out of prison, he’s already on a hit list. He might have sworn off black market DNA for good, but someone out there is still after him.
Once released, Chris doesn’t have time to figure out why when the boss at his new workplace is murdered. He enlists the help of his colleague and fellow biomedical engineer Tracy Harrow. Together, they uncover a dark conspiracy that digs deeper into the world of bioengineering and genetic enhancements than they could have imagined.
Genes and plans unravel.
Chris and Tracy embark on a perilous race to uncover the truth behind the conspiracy—all while trying to figure out why there’s still a hit out on Chris.
Enhancement is a fast-paced, near-future thriller about genetic engineering, organized crime, and the abuse of advanced technology.
Yoga, The Back Pain Cure
Back pain! As anyone with a backache will tell you, pain, limited activities, and days missed from work take their toll physically, financially, and emotionally.
A big problem with most back care programs is limited treatment options. Pain medications often mask problems, allowing further damage to occur because warning pain is not felt. Physical therapy is limited by what insurance companies deem necessary, and lastly surgery, a costly option, is often ineffective.
The good news is that yoga therapy can help relieve your pain while at the same time improve flexibility and strength. Yoga is great for healing back pain and at the same time is a practice for your entire mind and body. Most people find they sleep better, their mood improves, and they enjoy an enhanced sense of well-being.
This book features two yoga therapy practices. The first is for acute back problems which means you’re in pain right now. This practice is designed to bring structural balance back into your body and gently stretch key muscles, reducing pain and helping you heal. The second practice is designed to build strength and flexibility which helps prevent future problems.
Veggie Burger Recipes to the Rescue
An introduction to Veggie Burgers, how simple they are to make, and 20 easy recipes to get you started. If you are vegetarian, you’ll love the variety of combinations and simplicity of the instructions.
If you are cutting back on the meat in your diet, this is a great place to get started with wholesome, filling and delicious burgers, completely meat-free. You may even discover you like some of these burgers better!
Above the Bridge
New York reporter Paige MacKenzie arrives in Jackson Hole to write a basic article about the Old West. However, a chance encounter with attractive cowboy Jake Norris soon sends her chasing a legend of buried treasure. Equal parts mystery, adventure, history, time travel and light romance, this cozy mystery will give both the “beach read” enthusiast and the armchair traveler an entertaining escape from the daily grind..
Quotes Of Love
The Perfect Gift for Dad Any Day – A collection of 12 unique photographs with a famous quote celebrating fathers. There are also 12 specially selected poems for fathers to show your appreciation for all they do for you.
Death Is Overrated
Professor Payne didn’t intend to wind up dead on his caving vacation, but proving his identity to the police becomes tricky after they pull his passport off the lookalike body.
So, it’s off around the UK, one jump ahead of the authorities, to search for clues to prove his innocence.
A New Dawn Rising
Troubled ex-cop Sam Carlisle is trying to make a fresh start in life when he is suspected of the murder of his boss, forcing him to hunt down the truth to prove his innocence and bring the real killer to justice.
Only the twists and turns Sam encounters put his life in very real danger.
Blessings from the Condemned
A unique collection of amazing short stories by legendary Authors in one book. Each story is unique and different, a true statement and legacy of Horror. From Lovecraft till Howard and beyond, this book belongs in every book lover’s collection.
Dare to read, no dare to experience this book as it holds you from its first page till the very end and won’t even let go after you finish reading it. Dare to experience, a true Legacy of Horror.
Licked
When sex crazy college undergrad Julianna Foster sets her sights on her new professor, she decides that trying to seduce him would be the perfect distraction from the pressures of her senior year. Unfortunately for Professor Kirk, the stakes are high with a new job and a new fiance. But the dean’s daughter always gets what she wants and couldn’t care less about whether her games destroy lives in the process.
Apart From Love
Apart From Love is the story of a family torn apart by the separation of parents, the infidelity of the father, and the secrets surrounding the mental health of the mother. Ben comes back to his childhood home where he must face all of these issues, as well as his father’s new wife, to whom he is attracted.
Unlaced
From nationally bestselling author Kristina Cook comes an award-winning historical romance set in Regency England–first time in digital!
All Lucy Abbington wants is to get through her first London season without losing sight of her true ambition—gaining some informal training in veterinary arts so that she can retire peacefully to the countryside with her beloved horses. Instead, she’s caught up in a whirlwind of balls, marriage proposals, and ton intrigues. Worse, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to her sponsors’ maddening neighbor, Henry Ashton, the Marquess of Mandeville. The handsome, arrogant, sometimes infuriating Mandeville stokes a passionate fire within her that won’t be denied, no matter the consequence.
Deep, emotional scars secretly plague Henry, Lord Mandeville. As a result, he’s avoided romantic entanglements at all costs. Only, now he needs a wife—someone from a wealthy, powerful family to further his political aspirations. Instead, he finds himself all but obsessed with the beautiful but unconventional Lucy Abbington—a woman whose passions and wit stir desires he’d rather ignore. And yet…she might just be the one woman who can heal his wounded heart.
Lucy and Henry’s heads say no, but their hearts say yes. Will they find themselves undone by love?
Author Doris Walker
After retiring from her career as a landscape architect Doris Walker decided to take what she learned and help others outside and inside their homes. In her retirement she generally spends more time outside in her garden than she does in the comfort of air conditioning. She strives to live a natural lifestyle free of toxins. In practicing that Doris only eats organic foods, that most of the time, come from her own yard.
Doris has raised three children with the principle of a pure life and is continuing to do so with her grandchildren. She has learned a plethora of things about being healthy and she also has a vast knowledge of homeopathic and natural remedies to common problems. She prides herself on her ability to find something in nature to solve a problem while avoiding chemicals and other toxins.
Aside from practically living in her garden, Doris enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, reading, hiking, and cooking. She credits the Foxglove as her favorite flower and grape tomatoes as her favorite vegetable in her garden. She has also been a vegetarian for 30 years and is rarely ever seen without her Golden Retriever, Maggie, by her side.
Dark Genesis
When a beautiful slave crosses the path of a tormented otherworldly creature, she is sure she will be dead by sunrise. Instead it is the beginning of an epic love story that transcends time and even death.
Things To Do in Sydney for Free
Going to Sydney on holiday and don’t want to break the bank? Then you need this book.
See Sydney like a local, visit all the cool hangouts without spending a fortune. Lots of great freebies and tips on how to save money while seeing this beautiful city.
Sydney might be rated one of the most expensive cities in the world but it doesn’t have to be!
Invitation
What more could a reader ask for? Two realistic and flawed characters on an emotional journey filled with passion and drama … Add in some very steamy scenes that will make you blush and sigh, and what you get is a thoroughly enjoyable and classic love story.
—Amazon review
Can the love of a good man bring you back to life? Dr. Liam Mason wants to try…
Madison Spencer is a focused medical student, concerned only with work and paying the bills. She hides her beauty and once passionate spirit behind a quiet plain Jane facade. Since being drugged, stripped, and photographed by a vengeful ex, she has stayed away from men and kept her heart and body safe. But the loneliness is becoming more than she can bear.
When heart-stoppingly gorgeous Dr. Liam Mason walks into her world, she knows she’s in trouble. The attraction is instantaneous, but Madison expects her past to be a deal-breaker.
Much to her surprise, Liam is not deterred. Instead, he offers to bring her back to life — with pleasure as the prescription. No love, no commitment, just straight-up fun. Madison’s sensible mind resists, but her body is hungry willing. Together the young doctors explore days and nights of passion — a passion that begins to seem more and more like love.
Deep inside, each of them wonders if this is a once-in-a-lifetime love; but the past and present threaten to destroy any chance of a future together.
Will they each be strong enough and brave enough to risk their hearts to have it all?
This steamy romance contains adult situations and is not appropriate for younger readers..
Let Me Help You
Jeffrey is a dreadful person with no life, no looks and no personality. When he finally decides to change his situation, he stumbles into his local book emporium’s self help section. He picks out a painfully generic audio book title, and somehow manages to misinterpret its vague meaning, which leads him down a surprisingly dark path.
Victor is a bored, worn out small town detective. As Jeffrey leaves a trail of bodies with every self-help step he listens to, Victor is thrust into a storm of terror. With only a thin layer of confidence and a city in crisis, can he he handle the awkward killer harassing his once loved home?
Choose Valentina
Walter Eckland has a new series! Walter is the author of the wildly weird Corie Universe Feeder adventure. In Choose Valentina, his latest offering, we get to meet an Evil Queen, two perfectly pouty Princesses and one really, really nice girl: Valentina. Throw in a Dragon Decade, which hasn’t come around for around 300 years or so and we have a brand new adventure to hatch. There are no pickles or cheese sandwiches in this adventure, but there are a dozen eggs. Dragon eggs, I believe. They are definitely not for scrambling.
The Angel’s Covenant
Chosen as the Keeper of Humanity I guide dying, and lost spirits home. In the quiet moments, I hear the whispered question, “Are you Shadow or are you Light?” Once I thought I knew the answer to that question. Now as I sit watching over this six-year-old girl, keeping the demons at bay, I wonder will I ever know the answer.
As children, they teach us to lift up our shields of faith, that fear and worry gives the demons an opening. How do I do that when my shield is so heavy with the blood of those I left behind? They say my thoughts must solely rest in the Maker. The demons thrive on terror and pain; I have seen that first hand with the massacre of my family. The screams of the dead haunt me still.
The tinkling of wind chimes fills the air, distracting Elina from her thoughts. It is never the same, the moment before death, and this is no exception. A soft glow begins to seep into the room and Elina smiles as she feels the velvety brush of the Angels wings as they pass.
The Shadows come, drawn by the light of the child’s pure spirit. Elina stands becoming the warrior she was born to be. Her eyes meet his, her guardian and trainer the Archangel Malach. He never understood why his brothers chose to fall and break the Covenant, until he looked into her blue eyes. Trouble is brewing amongst the Angels. Some feel humanity is the problem, but he knows the truth. Elina is the only hope they have against the Dark angel, fore he is building an army bent on ruling Heaven and Earth.
Cruel Capers on the Caribbean
Join Kate Huntington for a Caribbean cruise and a locked room mystery. Kate makes a new friend on board, only to find her dead two evenings later. The ship’s captain, anxious to keep things under wraps, declares it a suicide. But Kate isn’t convinced, and she feels awful for Cora’s teenaged daughter, who will be left believing her mother abandoned her over a lover’s quarrel. If it is murder, there are several viable suspects, but how did the killer get out of Cora’s cabin without setting off her door alarm?
A Guide to The Present Moment
This book will help you to lose each of your unwanted emotions by introducing you to a 5-step process that will show how your thoughts are creating your emotions, and how stop believing your thoughts. When you disbelieve a thought that is creating one of your unwanted emotions, that emotion will instantly dissolve.
Photo Mastery – Shadows, Form And Texture
While it is true that photography is all about capturing the light… it is also true that it’s the shadows that give out photographs their depth and three dimensional realism. Learning to study the shadows just as much as we study the light will immediately vault your pictures into the next level and get you that “WOW” factor you’ve been seeking.
Autobiography of Charles R. Barefoot Jr.
Charles R. Barefoot Jr. the World Imperial Wizard for The Church of the Nation’s Knights of the Ku Klux Klan had everything, fame, wealth, good friends and a great marriage. Then one day things began to fall apart. This first episode tell how all his troubles began, as well as giving insight into his childhood and the events that made him who he is today. Determined to keep his integrity and abide by the code, he finds himself fighting for his life as those he thought loved him conspired to murder him. This real live man lived a life like those we watch in movies or read about in fiction novels. Imagine at the age of only five years old suddenly being responsible to defend the lives of those you loved dearly. This was only one of the incidents that molded Charles Barefoot’s life.
Excerpt: It was dark, he couldn’t see anything. Junior opened the window so he could hear the car. Junior then jumped down and turned off the inside lights hoping it would help him see better and keep them from seeing him. Junior hated that it was a bit foggy and he couldn’t see. Junior knew that if they turned on their lights, he’d know exactly where to shoot. But if not, he’d have to rely on his hearing. Propping himself up at the best angle to do the most damage. Junior sat in anticipation with the gun aimed and cocked. Junior listened carefully. He wasn’t afraid, but he didn’t like not being able to see the car. Junior was determined to keep them from getting shots off that could hurt his pops or Lonnie.
