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Fire and Ice

This is just a short light-hearted contemporary lesbian love story.Burned out of their cabin, his father murdered and every friend they had turning cold backs to the youngster, Essex Dorner fled Ohio for the west vowing to never help another without pay. Bounty hunter, hired gun for men no less brutal than those who killed his Pa, Essex worked across the frontier while all hope for the future withered and his innate goodness shriveled.Hungry and on the run, he knew there was no life for him worth living, no purpose to any that he had done and nothing to do but wait until he was the body being carved by buzzards and coyotes out amid dry prairie grasses. Looking for no more than a chance to swap eating for chores needed doing, he rode up to her house and heard a defiant voice that called from his depths a spirit he no longer recognized, a wish he had forgotten existed and a determination to do one good deed before he died.Facing a land hungry rancher willing to kill for water, Essex knew he could not let her be run off or murdered as his own father had been and so chambered a shell in his rifle and stepped from shadows hiding his body from them and his soul from himself. Second Helping is a Western Settler Saga short story featuring Marshall Adam Pike, a youngster first dispatched to find ranch land for his kin who grows into a man capable of taming the frontier whose exploits are chronicled beginning in Sand Hills Sioux.
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A Cats Tale

Historical Fantasy adventures of a cursed cat that spans time, history and countrys. Book one begins in the times of the pyramids of Egypt.A Cats Tale is the adventures of a cat that was born in ancient times who gained favor with, but was also cursed by the Egyptian Goddess Bast for helping to restore her worship in the temples of prehistory, but failed to follow a simple rule that all cats know.."Do not speak to humans!" Our cursed hero, Amun, violated this rule and is now cursed to live 8 extra lives serving Bast in the accomplishment of righting wrongs or helping to advance some aspect of modern civilization. Book One is a tale of his first life and how it all began.
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The Good Deed

Is murder a good deed? A private plane crashes in an African jungle. A filthy rich American survives, but is injured. A fellow countryman stumbles across him, recognizes him as a famous bigot who funds groups such as the KKK. Can he allow this man to continue living? His decision initiates our hero into a life of making a difference. Where will it end?An American traveling in Africa decides that it would be a good deed to execute a super-rich fellow countryman who has broken no law, but who has brought much sadness to the world. He is then hired by the man's widow to find her husband. He takes the job even though he has already dropped the body into a volcano. Later, he conspires with the widow to use the man's fortune for good works. He then encounters other opportunities to continue his good deeds with the CIA and rescuing a kidnapped couple imprisoned on a Hebrides island. Then there is the creation of a Las Vegas landmark! What if bodies accumulate? The good deeds endure.
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The Violin

Sophie always dreamed of becoming a witch and joining the Coven to protect and serve Raioume, so much so that she taught herself to read, even though mundanes are forbidden to learn how to do so. When it turns out that she has no magic and cannot become a witch, Sophie must learn to find her own place in the world.William Lay of Arkansas, to important to stay on the farm, has given himself the nickname of "The Arkansas Kid". He will attempt to live up to the name and reputation he created. He rides into a north Texas town and picks an old west, stand in the street and shoot it out with the sheriff.
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Getting in Tune

Set in the mid-1970s, this musical odyssey and coming-of-age story follows the adventures of a struggling rock band as they try to make it big. Band leader Daniel Travers' life is a mess and he can't find a way out. His band, the Killjoys, is going nowhere and the amphetamines he's popping are making him crazy. Then out of nowhere, an agent calls with a week-long gig at a hot club in Washington where he was told Jimi Hendrix and Heart got their starts. With an imagined Pete Townshend whispering encouragment, Daniel and the Killjoys are off to a tumultuous week filled with inner-band turmoil, a cheating club owner, bar-brawling bikers, and lots of women.  
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Maydon Fare and Dragon Gold

What do you get when you take a fair young maiden, three unscrupulous men, and dragon gold and put them together? You get a fairy tale adventure of course!Maydon Fare and Dragon Gold is a fairy tale adventure about a naive young maiden tricked into helping three unscrupoulous rouges trying to steal dragon gold and the unexpected results.
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King of Lions

When Keaton—a champion of the swordsman's circuit—falls in love with a promising up-and-comer in the female "Fox" division, he begins training her in hopes she will survive her upcoming fights. Keaton's own training falls by the wayside, and with a title defense against a murderous new contender hanging over his head, he must make the choice between his crown, his love, or his life.Then the Order doctors were worrying after Rosetta, and Keaton stepped back to let them tend to her wounds. Representatives for the various Parchments and Speakers asked him questions and he answered. Yes, he and Rosetta were in a relationship. Yes, he was very impressed with her performance. Yes, he was very prepared for his fight with Mantis.It worried him that this last felt like a lie.“What do you think about the announcement,” one of the writers asked, “that Rosetta is set to fight the Queen of Foxes in just over a month?”Keaton was confused. “Doesn’t the Queen have at least one more fight between now and then?” he asked. “Rosetta should have at least 12 weeks preparation time.”"Shinen was next in line, but she was injured in training,” the writer said. “Rosetta is stepping in to replace her. What do you think of the match up?”Keaton felt cold. “I think Rosetta is ready for anything,” he said.This also felt like a lie.Keaton looked through the mob of people and stared at Rosetta. She was sitting on a stool, eyes closed as the Order doctor stitched up her arm. She looked so small sitting there.He had to train her, and he had to beat Mantis. So he would do both.If that was even possible.
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In Search of Saints

Mitch is on a last-ditch drive to save his career with the Scottish Institute of Archaeology. His ex-lover Lewis has stolen his research into the legendary Pictish saints, mystical pre-Celtic statues hidden somewhere on mist-wreathed Dove Island. Now Mitch is tearing out to the coast in the hope of reaching the saints before his treacherous ex can stake a claim.At Mitch's side is his devoted assistant, Owen. Owen adores Mitch, but he's the quiet, loyal type. Despite himself, Mitch is still dazzled by memories of flamboyant Lewis. He's in danger of destroying his newfound happiness with Owen – and, as the race for the saints intensifies, he's losing perspective. Will Mitch learn how to appreciate the love of a good man before he plunges himself and Owen too far into the deadly mysteries of Dove Island?
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An Ignited Passion

Preston Dalton knows who is mate is. At thirteen he met the wolf who would eventually become his. The problem? His mate was only seven. Eleven long years have passed and Preston is finally going to tell his mate who he is. Imagine his surprise when he finds Wyatt Quinton in the arms of another man.Wyatt Quinton knows he has a mate. They met when he was seven; he's sure of it. But his family – wanting him to grow up before worrying about a mate – finally convinces him that he just imagined the whole thing. So Wyatt takes a chance at love, dating the beautiful and available Sebastian Price.When one of Sebastian's bad ideas lands Wyatt in hot water, he's given community service at the Seattle Fire Department where hard-nosed boss Preston Dalton seems to be out to get him. Wyatt can't stand him - but something about the tall, blond-haired, brown-eyed man has Wyatt fighting an internal fire. When he develops feelings for Preston, he's beyond confused. Werewolves get one mate for life - so why does he want Preston Dalton when he's sure he has a mate somewhere?Secrets and betrayals of trust complicate everything. Can Wyatt and Preston come together as they were meant to be? Or will a broken trust and deception keep them apart forever?
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Carve Her Name with Pride

The thrilling and inspiring true story of Violette Szabo, the fearless British cloak-and-dagger agent who infiltrated Nazi occupied France. Switchboard operator and volunteer for the Women's Land Army, Violette Szabo was only twenty-two years old when her husband, Etienne, a captain in the French Foreign Legion, died at El Alamein. His death only made the resilient young widow more determined than ever to join England's war effort in World War II. To Violette's surprise, opportunity came at the request of Britain's Special Organization Executive. The purpose of the SOE was to conduct sabotage and espionage, and to aide local resistance movements in occupied Europe. Trained in secret in the Scottish Highlands, Violette became an expert in fieldcraft, covert navigation, and weapons and demolition. Then, on June 7, 1944, Szabo parachuted into Limoges. Her task was to coordinate the work of the French Resistance in the first days after D-Day. Violette...
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His First Mission

Sgt. Gallagher is forced to except a new combat medic into third squad. Together with his new medic (Medical Android MD-106527-234) their small rescue team must undertake a daring mission. They must find an old friend who has gone missing in action behind enemy lines, before the enemy finds him first.Cammie Evans was a girl with a plan from the moment God called her to be a foreign missionary. After several years spent all over the world, though, she finds herself with a new assignment that leaves her questioning all that she once thought to be true about life, love, and calling.David Connor was always the weird kid in the youth group, never destined to live up to his father's expectations. After several years of working to find his own significance in Christ and his calling as a foreign missionary, he finds himself asking hard questions about who he is and what God wants from him.As their lives change and the past becomes part of the present, can Cammie and David help one another find their own happily ever after?
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Norma L

Norma L is a seventh grade student at Haywood Middle School. She sees herself as somewhere between a complete oddball and Wonder Woman. Join her as she navigates through a crazy world of teenage cliques, gossip, bullies, best friends, first loves, jealousy, pain, joy, and triumph. Her life is anything but ordinary--and her world is truly extraordinary.There were four Normas in Mr. Spinoza’s seventh grade English class. One was the POPULAR Norma–you know the type–chews gum constantly, can’t shut up, knows everyone. One was the ATHLETIC Norma–coordinated, graceful, great at everything. One was the absolutely flawless and BEAUTIFUL Norma–thirteen going on nineteen. And one was the ODDBALL Norma–thirteen going on twelve. Guess which Norma I was?
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Clothed in Thunder

Change comes to all; the most painful begins within.Leaving home, the burdens of life, and her troubles behind, Sarah Jane is now part of a new family, a new school, and a new way of life.She finds a true friend and an aunt and uncle who love her. Yet at her school, she is treated as an outcast, and the boy she loves hides a dark secret.When the bully from her past repents, should she believe him? And what of her aunt and uncle? Can they be trusted when she learns of what they hide?Sarah Jane must choose to forgive to find another chance at happiness.But when all around is clothed in thunder, forgiveness only comes ...in the shadow of the cedar.In this historical romance, rich in history, a young girl finds the determination to survive, trust, and love. Re-live the past and the first joys of young love. 
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