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The Mayor's Wife Wore Sapphires by Marti Tuckier
www.marthatucker.com
Buy at www.amazon.com/themayorswifeworesapphires

When it comes to a sizzling romance, healing inner city decay, and murder for love and greed, THE MAYOR'S WIFE WORE SAPPHIRES by Martha Tucker is unmatchable. It stands near the top of the mystery/thriller genre, along with the likes of LA Confidential. It's the kind of grown folks novel that John Grisham, Alice Walker and Walter Mosley writes. The kind that takes you inside high-stake political wars in a city that lives and breathes with 3-dimensional black characters, rich and poor, young and old. One can never be certain who will come out alive. The setting is weighed with the hope and disappointment set off by 1980's possibilities, it emerging gangs, drive-bys and drug territory, its hour of black affluence. But one thing is certain, you will experience a life-changing ride through a world it took the real mayor's wife five years to write. It is one story you'll never forget.

Stumble into worlds ruled by fire and demons and discover Barbara Custer's TWILIGHT HEALER and NIGHT TO DAWN. Her receipes can be found in Food For The Soul and Sweet Satisfaction by Kim Robinson. Please stop by and visit Barbara's blog at http://popple-redshadows.blogspot.com.
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Two people are involved in almost identical accidents at the exact moment in time at opposite ends of the country.

They both have an out of body experience and their ethereal forms meet. They touch, bond then separate - each taking a piece of the other's soul with them as they return to their own bodies. They now have a psychic bond and are truly soul mates.

When the male senses that the woman is in danger, he flies across the country to help her.

That is the basic premise behind my new book,

'The Bond, A Paranormal Love Story' which is now available at Lulu.com.

 

Cats Do It Better Than People by Theresa Mancuso

A fitting tribute to every kitty, who rules with an iron paw and leads
with a tail held high, Cats Do It Better Than People celebrate the best our cats share with us -- from unconditional love and patience with the foibles of others to scrupulous personal habits and the commanding of respect and obedience from all who cross their path.

Here, cat people share favorite anecdotes, as well as lessons learned from their feline companions.

Also included in this book is a short story by Barbara Custer.   So don't miss the story Feline Life Preserver in the book Cats Do It Better Than People from your favorite vampire novelist!

"Legends linger in the dark places of this world, legends as old as fear itself. Deep within the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, a series of macabre murders draws ever nearer to the isolated farmhouse where a lonely woman struggles to raise her strange, disturbed son. Does some ancient evil prowl these woods?

The boy seems to be in league with a presence that makes itself felt in every rustle of wind…in every gleam of moonlight. As a wave of terrifying violence threatens to engulf them, the young mother must join with a group of demon hunters— outcasts all—in a battle for her own survival… and for the life and soul of her son."

Website is:   www.dunbarauthor.com
Author:  Robert Dunbar

 

Nothing soothed her, and she could never relax.  The sky churned.  Even the restless sensuality of the air seemed only provoking, and the brilliance of her surroundings in no way improved her persistent anxiety. 

In her ears, surf hissed, a constant, seductive irritant.  (She heard it always now, even in those rare moments of sleep.)  Seething, it filled her consciousness, rasping and receding, and this incessant echo tortured her, altered her, she felt sure, the way water altered stone, etching contours and crevices over time. Certainly, her thoughts could never have churned so morbidly before she'd come to live here with the old woman.  Could they?

from "Mal de Mer"
by Robert Dunbar

Visit the author's website at:
http://www.dunbarauthor.com

 

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TITLE: Literary Divas: The Top 100+ Most Admired African American Women in Literature
AUTHOR:  Heather Covington
PUBLICATION MONTH:June 2006
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A compilation of biographies about powerful African-American women who made their mark in the book publishing industry.

COMING SOON!
TITLE: The Top 100+ Most Admired African American Men in Literature
AUTHOR: Heather Covington
PUBLICATION MONTH: June 2006
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A compilation of biographies about powerful African-American men who made their mark in the book publishing industry

 

JUR: A STORY OF PREDAWN EARTH by Tom Johnson, ISBN 1-59105-076-035-9. A young French girl disappears in the jungles of Africa in the early 1930's.
A young American adventurer searches for her, only to fall into a time portal, where they end up in the Jurassic period of Earth's prehistory.  Here they discover adventure and danger as they search for the Ancient Ones, who had built the time portals, encountering dinosaurs and other creatures that should not have existed in the Jurassic period.

I also recommend the sequels SAVAGE LAND OF JUR and LOST LAND OF JUR by Tom Johnson. These books are available on www.novelbooksinc.com

Sequel QUEEN OF JUR available on www.lulu.com http://www15.brinkster.com/jur1/index.html   www.geocities.com/fadingshadows1/index/html
 

 

 

Desperate to keep her dying brother alive, Claire Daniels sets out to charm a powerful vampire into helping her save him.

But winning Germaine St. Justine's support will take more than Claire's blood.

It will cost her heart and soul.
 

MORTAL ILLUSIONS available at

 www.kathrynrblake.com

 

 

Fate of the Donors by Thomas McGrone

A young boys curiosity turned accident nearly exposes a deep secret, leaving his father facing a decision that could tear his family apart.  After a tragic loss, a once-brilliant surgeon morphs into an immoral scientist by developing a formula that speeds the growth rate of the fetus, and
creating life for profit.

A Nurse with a heart-breaking past finds recluse caring for children that exist solely for their internal organs.  Her life changes when her heart is healed by a love that is forbidden.

Open Your Heart
Free Your Mind

www.thomasmcgrone.com

 

Cindi Wilton is a smart, savvy young woman with a fabulous career, and an even more fabulous boyfriend. That just may be part of the problem.

Rick Cudahee is an intelligence operative who's been all over the world, done and seen things she can only dream about, and she's got it into her head that she has to prove something to Rick, and herself.

When a mysterious call lures her to a crumbling old hotel on All Hallow's Eve, she's in for more spooky surprises than she ever bargained for.
 

 

 

 

 

 

H. Renay Anderson's Website is dedicated to the book "The After Party - Why Women Wear Shoes They Know Will Eventually Hurt Their Feet".

The “After-Party” is a book written about two women Valerie and April, who settled for immediate gratification in their romantic relationships even though, they both knew they might be headed for trouble. This story is about the emotional pain that these women endured to hold onto these particular relationships. In the end they learned that sometimes the After-Party is much better than the dance it self!
 

 

 

THE CHOICE IS YOURS by Shirley Dicks, www.shirleydicks.net.  Do you know where your children are? Are they doing drugs, committing crimes? THE CHOICE OF YOURS (book or video) is one that your child needs to watch.  It comes directly from Tennessee's Death Row.

 

UNWILLING KILLERS by Ayn Hunt
A young school teacher investigates an old murder in a haunted mansion, as a favor to her aging, ailing aunt. Unknown to her, there are two men hiding in the attic, watching her every move. Afraid she might find out their secret, they decide to kill her. . .tonight.  Available at www.AuthorsDen.com/aynhunt

 

 

WITH BLACK & WHITE COMES THE GREY-The Battle Of Armageddon-Book 1-By Giovanna Lagana

Haunted by a recurring nightmare of her missing son talking to her from his grave, Miriam James sets out in search of her son's murderer.  Unbeknownst to her, her son's murderer, Nathan, is really a demon in disguise, whose intent is to destroy her and all of mankind.  How will she escape Nathan's doomful trap?

http://giovannalagana.wcpauthor.com/
 

 

Magazine: NIGHT TO DAWN, a must-read magazine for people who enjoy vampire lore, horror, and good stories. Website: www.night2dawn.com
 

 

20TH CENTURY DART by Rod Marsden, available by 1stBooks Library and Amazon.  It is a must-read for the science fiction fan. Eddie Dart, the protagonist, makes a career out of saving lives.

A TALE FROM A GHOST DANCE, available through www.1stbooks.com/bookview/15067.  This book explores the question: if you
could see into the future, would you look?

THE INTERVIEW, available through www.1stbooks.com/bookview/15067.  Find out how a normal job interview turns into a life-threatening event.

A STRANGER DEAD by A. P. Fuch, available on www.1stbooks.com/bookview/12248.  If you found the chance to kill the Antichrist. . .would you take it?"

HAUNTED MELODIES AND OTHER DARK POEMS available on
www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook19288.htm

 

WHILE THE VILLAGE SLEEPS by Baba Evans
Destiny Wright and parents in the Head Start program must contact a school system that is seemingly out of control. The public officials insist that  it takes an entire village to raise a child. Who's watching while the  village sleeps?
www.babaevans.com

THE PASTOR'S LETTER by Baba Evans. This story looks at how people use  secrets and facades to hide their real identities under the cloak of religion.
www.babaevans.com

 

CURSE OF THE VAMPIRE by David A. Wilson
A southern doctor, Dr. Weyman Holbrook, finds an unlikely ally in a Union Army physician, Dr. Franz Schneider, in battling Russian vampire Boris Malenkov and his cult of vampires, in Civil War Georgia.
Find out how in www.david-a-wilson.com.

 

Other stories, while not horror or science fiction, make interesting reads:

 

FORGOTTEN SACRIFICES by Suzette Hopkins explores the atrocities of war
through a child's eyes. Suzette brings her background to the book, since
two of her great-uncles fought in World War II, and one of them helped
liberate the camps in Germany. Websites: www.suzettehopkins.com ;
www.cafeshops.com/mexicanwolf

 

COMES THE END by William Creed-- A CHRISTIAN FUTURISTIC intruduces a possible scenario involving the "great deception" predicted in the book of Matthew during the last days.  It is guaranteed to get you thinking while being geatly entertained.  www.comestheend.com

 

MOSAIC by Franklin Oliver, www.gayleforcepress.com.  MOSAIC is a series of poetic meditations on family, politics, love and race.  Oliver has a distinctive voice that gives his poetry the weight of narrative.

 

CAREER MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE PORTFOLIO TOOL KIT, available on www.1stbooks.com/bookview/15123.  Taking charge of your career is an ongoing process.

HAS ANYONE SEEN JUNEBUG? by Delores Thornton, available on www.deloresthornton.com.  In this novel, we begin to see the fine line that
separates a broken heart from a shattered mind. Has Junebug crossed it?
Can anyone reach him?

STORIES FROM THE HEART by Barry Eva, available on
http://4tenderheart.com/lovestories.html. These stories, short enough to
read over a cup of tea, will bring tears to your eyes and a smile to your
lips.

THE HAT BOX by Tracy Crudup, available on www.TheRomanceWriter.org.  What happens when love and contentment turn nto love left behind and an attic
full of tear-stained letters?  Tracy Crudup has also written MIST OF MINERAL SPRINGS and THE SLIPPER CLUB

 

LET'S TALK HONESTLY "My Poetry" by George Cook. In this book, Cook's poetry invites the reader to talk about men, women, and other issues in the Afro-American community as seen from a young man's point of view.  His website also features a free weekly poetry contest.  www.let'stalkhonestly.com

 

MAGDALEN'S WAY
A Journey With Mary of Magdala, Bride of Christ and Keeper of the Way
By Arlene Colver

Through an incredible dream sequence, Arlene Colver has been able to
access the life of Mary Magdalen as the Bride of Christ and later as a woman of philosophy and spiritual endeavors. Arlene became, during her sleeping hours, totally immersed in her identity to the point of living within Magdalen. From her journal pages she has created Magdalen`s Way.  Buy it at http://www.booklocker.com/books/1287.html
 

FROM WHENCE THEY CAME, PROSTITUTION TO PAPACY, A CHRISTIAN TALE -  Responding to the requests of her readers, Arlene Colver continues to illustrate the historical possibilities and probabilities in the lives
of first century Christians. A prequel to Magdalen’s Way, this work is the first in a three part series based on an amazing and enlightening dream sequence lasting five years. The final volume of the trilogy is scheduled for release next year.  Buy it at http://www.booklocker.com/books/1692.html
 

 

Betrayal Of The Trust by Leslie Esdaile Banks. A tale of corruption,
scandal, contract fixing, and sordid relationships. Set in Philadelphia,
her tale weaves political office to media assassinations together in a
rich, well-crafted story that mirrors life in City Hall replete with
under-the-table deals, philanthropic foundations, wealthy entrepreneurs,
and real estate developers. Website: www.leslieesdailebanks.com

 

Wanderlust: Out Of The Dust
In this tale of adventure, Rosie Hollins-Jordan celerbrates family and free will. In the years leading up to World War ll, a family of Arkansas sharecroppers struggles to escape their impoverished life on a plantation. Against all odds,they retain their optimism and personal integrity, and flee north to Toldeo, Ohio to begin anew.

Wanderlust: Out Of The Dust champions perseverance in the face of uncertianty and stands as a testment to the human spirit. To order send money order for $14.99 plus $2.50 postage per book ( no personal check please) mail to Cybertech, 943 Oakwood Chase Cir, Stone Mountian, GA 30083.  Paypal accepted

 

A PLACE FOR IDA by Patricia Richardson, www.aplaceforida.com


A Place For Ida offers a fresh insight into racism and coming of age
through the eyes of a child. Abandoned by her parents at a tender age,
she was left to be raised by her grandmother. By the age of thirteen, Ida
longed for touch and affection. “Everyone was already telling her she was
a heartbreaker...with the strong shapely muscular legs of a stallion.”
“It was pathetic the way she forced herself upon men.”

Billy, her first true love, would send her life into a whirlwind of
emotions, causing a sea of passion that Ida hardly had the capacity to
control herself. During the early 1960’s when the world was changing so
fast, Ida tried her best to surpass time.

 

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