“Mama’s Manual” by Chanelle Bauer is a short, no-nonsense guide to the first year of raising your bundle of joy (and poop). This is the kind of book that you can breeze through while burping baby or taking some much-needed mom time. Unlike the lengthy, outdated parenting guides of the past, this manual is a concise and comprehensive guide that has all the information you need. Free on Kindle.
Free: Mama’s Manual: Practical Tips from a New Mama to Help You Through Your First Year of Motherhood
Basel
From USA Today Bestselling Author, Celeste Granger.
Singapore brought them together and almost tore them apart.
Textile specialist, Aya Masters, travels the world negotiating in high powered board rooms and bridging the economic divide between the poor and the wealthiest of the wealthy. The only absence in her life is the love of family. Basel Ali, international finance manager for Ali International, crosses the globe seeking out new investments for his family’s millions. Private jets, board rooms and five-star hotels are the accommodations that signify his life. For Basel, honoring his family and the family name are everything.
A chance encounter in Singapore brings Aya into Basel’s orbit. He finds himself lured by her exotic beauty, brilliant mind, and sophisticated allure. Aya notices Basel, too, and finds herself not only intrigued by him but willing to take a risk with the one thing she’d always protected, her heart. The uncanny magnetism between the two shifts the world on its axis and throws Basel and Aya into a whirlwind romance neither could have anticipated.
This book is a standalone and has a happily ever after. This book is interconnected to the Brothers Ali Series. $0.99 on Kindle.
Recovery from Complex PTSD: From Trauma to Regaining Self Through Mindfulness & Emotional Regulation Exercises; Helping Overcome Anger, Anxiety & Depression
Are you suffering from chronic anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, or uncontrollable emotions?
Although PTSD affects 7-8% of people in the world, it remains a relatively taboo subject. When people do talk about it, it’s usually restricted to war veterans and victims of child abuse.
The truth is, PTSD can manifest in response to any kind of trauma — but what does this mean for people who have been repeatedly subjected to traumatic events?
Recent research has shown that it is possible to recover from nightmarish experiences and live a life that feels happy and secure.
You don’t have to resign yourself to jumping at shadows and enduring intrusive, negative thoughts that wear you down mentally and physically.
By taking the steps to understand why you’re experiencing these things, you can begin to unlock the strength you have within you.
Instead of struggling to find a sense of worth, you can rewrite the script and engage with yourself compassionately. It can be so easy to judge yourself harshly, but you have to remember this:
When you are cruel to yourself, you are inadvertently cruel to the innocent child within you.
You may have spent years seeking compassion and validation from others and finding only frustration and despair.
However, that doesn’t mean you’re beyond help. Recovery from complex trauma is a long journey, but the rewards you’ll reap along the way will keep you moving forward.
In Recovery from Complex PTSD, you will discover:
What Complex PTSD is and how it differs from the more commonly known PTSD
How to rewrite the narrative of your life to overcome negative self-concept and regain control over your life
The Loop of Traumatization: how your brain creates a survival-based narrative that dictates your thoughts and behaviors
How understanding the causes of complex trauma can allow you to overcome the fear and pain that accompany distressing experiences
What it means when you consistently experience disturbed interpersonal relationships
The avoidance techniques you are unconsciously employing in your daily life that protect you but are also keeping you stagnant
How you can build an accurate sense of self that isn’t formed by the events from your past
And much more.
You know what helplessness feels like. The paralysis of panic, the loss of control. What it’s time for you to learn, is that these feelings aren’t forever.
You are capable of transforming the way you experience life and in turn, change the lives of the people who care about you most. $0.99 on Kindle.
Stick a Cork in It
Ivy needs a miracle and a drink—not necessarily in that order. What she doesn’t need is Ted Jacobs, aka Mr. Know-it-All. She’s determined to save her struggling winery, but she can do it without the annoyingly handsome man’s help, thank you very much.
Ted wants to catch lightning in a bottle and create the world’s greatest wine, but he’s smart enough to know he can’t do it alone. When he heads to Napa Valley to keep his grandma from ending up in jail (don’t ask), he meets Ivy Dobbs, the world’s most stubborn woman. Fine, she’s beautiful and as intoxicating as his award-winning cabernet, but she stomps on his offer to collaborate.
Ted knows it’s risky to mix business with pleasure, but if Ivy would only listen, they might just be the toast of the town. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Spirit Child
An orphan, a duchess, and a diverse cast of Animal Spirit Guides join forces in this epic fantasy where love, grit, and determination not only heal a wounded heart but also lay a foundation for a battle against a black evil lurking within the Seven Realms of Ar’rothi.
Bree—a warrior who, in times of need, serves her king on the battlefields of Anacafria.
Katie—The Spirit Child, a nine-year-old orphan with a frightening power she must learn to yield with a warrior’s skills and the spiritual understanding of a saint.
Becca and Nashotah—lesbian lovers, healers, and warriors who straddle two cultures while struggling to help the duchess and Katie trust each other’s strengths and understand their weaknesses.
Perfect for animal lovers and fans of fantasy authors such as Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey, The Spirit Child blends the lyrical and mystical with pulse-pounding action. Free on Kindle.
Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories
“Fantastical, meditative, and witty… An outstanding collection.” — The Prairies Book Review
Is love the most revolutionary of all acts?
In this wide-ranging collection of twelve short stories, a startling array of characters explore their perspectives on love. The stories sweep from sharp realism to heady allegory, haunting fables.
Join the struggle against stifling societal powers and explore the potency of love.
Join the revolution! $2.99 on Kindle.
Talk Wordy to Me
When my date comes to my door, I am oh-so-glad I said yes.
Chuck McArthur is a tall, dark, and handsome man who happens to love books as much as I do. He calls me Cookie and I’m more than eager for him to have a taste. Luckily for me, he likes a woman with some curves, and lucky for him, his dirty talk is quickly becoming my favorite sound. $0.99 on Kindle.
How to Kill a Dragon
The dragons are gathering, which can only mean one thing. Death.
Minx, a royal Fae has been tasked with saving her people. Problem is, the only way to do that is by slaying a dragon and bringing their hide back to Paddling Grounds. The magic that resides inside dragons is strong and without it her people will die.
Except Minx has never slayed a dragon, she hasn’t even ever seen one, but she knows where to find them. With help from her Faelyr, half fae and half tiger companion, Minx sets out to Talon Range.
Kaleb, the dragon heir to the Pyra clan isn’t looking for war. But then again no one has ever asked him what he wants. He has a duty and he will do whatever is needed to keep his people safe. Even if that means taking on the darkness himself.
When Kaleb and Minx come face to face, a battle erupts. Neither are giving up, neither will fail. Until they realize they share a common enemy and only together can they defeat them.
With a pull between them that is strictly forbidden, Minx and Kaleb find they are on their own and time is running out.
A fae, a dragon and a war neither are prepared for. The end of both species is near and only they can save each other. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Aloha Hideaway Inn: A Sweet Beach Read (Getaway Bay Resort Romance Book 1)
She’s got big plans for her tropical bed and breakfast, but the new high-rise resort in the bay is throwing a wrench into everything. So Stacey Stapleton does what any savvy businesswoman would do—she goes to spy on the resort stealing her business and ruining the beautiful Getaway Bay skyline.
Her undercover operation doesn’t do more than show her how flawless the Sweet Breeze Resort is—and that the owner is as handsome as he is smart.
Though annoyed by the new resort, Stacey focuses on Aloha Hideaway Inn, more determined than ever to give tourists the vacation of their lives. But when a tropical storm hits the bay, she and her guests have to take refuge in the high-rise hotel she hates.
Not only that, but the more time she spends with Fisher DuPont, the owner of Sweet Breeze, the more she has to admit that he’s not a monster.
Can Stacey and the Aloha Hideaway Inn survive strange summer weather, the arrival of the new resort, and the start of a special relationship? Free on Kindle.
Free: Obsidian Wraith
As samurai clans feud over the Imperial Throne, a temple scribe named Shindara is plunged into the fire and ashes of Japan’s Genpei War. Torn from his home, he unwittingly falls in with a group of bandits who may end up teaching him more about life and death than his high priests ever did. While living among the bandits and warriors, he gains two close friends…a merciless thief with a loyal streak and a fallen princess-turned-rebel leader. However, the war may be the least of Shindara’s troubles. With every passing day, a curse is eating his soul and drawing him closer into the dark realm known as the Yomi. Free on Kindle.
Free: Rekker
Rekker wasn’t expecting to be matched.
On the eve of being sent to retrieve a mysterious artifact, he’s sent something just as enigmatic.
A human woman, lush and curved.
His mate.
When danger comes from an unexpected source, they’re thrown together. And when his mate turns to him, he’ll protect her.
Keep her.
Claim her. Free on Kindle.
Mississippi Matchmaker
Diana Curtis works hard to grow her businesses and look after her scatterbrained Mama in a charming, southern mansion. So, when Miss Jackie returns from vacation engaged to an English Duke, Diana will do whatever it takes to stop the impulsive marriage. She’ll even join forces with the Duke’s handsome but secretive nephew.
Tracking his uncle, the card-counting Viscount, Andrew Montgomery, leaves Monte Carlo to stop the duke from making an embarrassing blunder and prevent anyone from learning just how few zeros are in the family’s bank account. While attempting to stop the wedding, Diana and Andrew find their growing connection impossible to ignore. With old family secrets exposed, Diana and Andrew must decide if their love is strong enough to withstand divided loyalties, crazy relatives, and unexpected truths. $3.99 on Kindle.
Warrior’s Reign
Reign Obe’shan is hot headed. Infuriatingly snarky. Ambitious.
Imperial warrior Vykhan has loved her or years, concealing his identity in her past. Dark secrets shadow his steps, and his past threatens to ensnare them both.
He cannot allow the beast inside to escape…it will have no mercy, especially since she is his bonded mate. $2.99 on Kindle.
Forever 51
Full of vampires with spray tans and menopause trying to twelve step their way to salvation, Forever 51 takes vampire fiction into terrifying new territory: middle age. A very funny, very bloody book about growing older and getting dead. – Grady Hendrix, New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
Veronica is eternally fifty-one years old with a proclivity for problematic drinking. Like most hormonally challenged women negotiating the change of life, she is a hot mess. To retain her sanity, she attends weekly AA meetings and adheres to a strict diet of organic, locally-sourced, (mostly) cruelty-free human blood from the hospice facility where she works. Her life stopped being fun about a hundred years ago, right about the time her teenage daughter stole her soul and took off for California with a hot, older guy. These days, Veronica’s existence is just that – an existence, as flat and empty as her own non-reflection in the bathroom mirror.
When her estranged daughter contacts her via Facebook, Veronica learns that she has one chance to escape her eternal personal summer: she must find and apologize to every one of the people she’s turned into vampires in the last century. That is, if they’re still out there. With raging hormones and a ticking clock, Veronica embarks on a last-ditch road trip to regain her mortality, reclaim her humanity, and ultimately, die on her own terms.
Fans of Alice Hoffman and Grady Hendrix will love the snarky and supernatural storytelling found in Forever 51. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Candyman’s Tale
The story of the very birth of the drug trade in New York City. Four young men, steeped in poverty, living on the very edge of civilization, conspire to sell Marijuana across the tracks in the lily white community of Cambria Heights. The ensuing madness involves the four men in life and death struggles, corrupt cops, murder and organized crime in a fight for survival. The heart shattering climax will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading. Will they, or any of them survive what is to come? $3.99 on Kindle.
Leading Remote Teams: Embrace the Future of Remote Work Culture
Lessons in Lifecircle Leadership: A Practical Guide to Pragmatic Altruism
Dr. Townsend is back with a practical roadmap to applying the principle of pragmatic altruism in Lessons in Lifecircle Leadership. Further explaining pragmatic altruism and why it works, each chapter is a guide to creating conversations that inspire leadership and community good. As if you were sitting down with her over a cup of coffee, Dr. Townsend offers tips and questions to start thinking about how to solve problems in your specific business. $0.99 on Kindle.
Solar Fury
Navigating life is no picnic for the young widowed surgeon, Riley Poole, so when a global solar flare strikes – destroying the power grid and stranding her in Washington, D.C. with her teenage daughter – it will take near superhuman courage to find safe harbor in a world gone mad.
With the help of a brilliant but quirky cardiologist named Coop, Riley must conquer her fears, traverse hundreds of miles of frozen terrain and survive hostile confrontations to get her daughter, Julia, to safety. Will she have the strength and determination to ensure they survive?
If you like fierce heroines and heart-pounding adventure at the end of the world, then you’ll love this thrilling saga by E.A. Chance.
$0.99 on Kindle.
Traveller
Another Notch in the Beltway
Lenore Held has agreed to co-author a romance with author, MP Finnegan. As sparks begin to fly the world around them turns into utter chaos. Her son’s father reappears after almost 22-years. With a stalker, home invasion, & unhinged family members & Lenore’s life begins to resemble a book plot. But, the turmoil that surrounds them is real & deadly. $0.99 on Kindle.
Luce Eterna: Part 1, Book 5 The Luminara Series
The penultimate conclusion of The Luminara Series. Moral complexities, emotional conflicts, and moral dilemmas test new parents Lucca and Lexi to the limit. An investigation begins, chaos erupts, and hearts are broken. Suffering their hardest challenge and trauma yet, Lucca cracks while Lexi finds the strength to fight for their babies. Will their relationship survive? $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Make It Right
“Action-packed, fast-paced crime thriller.” -Publishers Weekly.
A forensic psychiatrist confronts personal demons as she investigates a conspiracy of a Neo-Nazi’s congressional run, a white nationalist’s murder trial, and a mass shooting.
“Gripping… powerful… for those who love authentic, exciting, unpredictable.” -Midwest Book Review. Free on Kindle.
The Neighbor
Park ranger Ryan is shocked when Jenny, a one-night stand from years ago, moves to his Montana town with her troublesome daughter, Alison. But he can’t resist the pull he feels toward her — especially once Alison goes missing and the truth about her daughter’s real identity comes out…$0.99 on Kindle.
Merciless Saints
At St. Monarch’s Academy, you’re either a predator, a pawn, or prey. It’s the only neutral territory where heirs of the wealthiest rival crime families learn underworld skills.
Alliances are made. Loyalty is owned. Love is taken.
As the best protector in training, I will be paired with the top assassin.
Because I’m unbeatable, everyone fears me.
Even her, Winter, Mafia Princess of the Hemsley family.
Every time she looks at me with fear in her eyes, desire burns through my body. When she doesn’t back down it only makes exhilaration rush through my veins.
Training with Winter comes at a price. The more time I spend with her, the more I want to claim her for myself.
When blood is shed, it’s up to me to protect Winter, and it places her at my mercy. Perfect for a predator like me.
But there’s a price to pay for my protection, and the only payment I’ll accept is her body, heart, and soul.
$2.99 on Kindle
Big Shots and Bullet Holes
Cincinnati, 1942.
The secret to being a grifter is changing up the con so the rubes don’t realize they’re being taken.
Kissy Lisbon’s spent years honing her skills as a con-woman, but as the war in Europe drags on, things get tough in the Queen City. Her new scheme: hiring herself out as a private eye. Her first client has a missing daughter, the missing daughter has a German boyfriend, and the German boyfriend has friends in all the wrong places. Following a lead sends Kissy careening headlong into a whirlwind of stolen money, American Nazis, and bleeding corpses. When an old flame from Kissy’s past shows up wearing a shiny new detective’s badge, she’s less than thrilled, but together they scour the city for answers. As the bodies start to pile up around her, Kissy is in a race to save the missing girl, her country, and her very life. $0.99 on Kindle.