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Jim Grant Short Stories #1

Two fantastic shorts show that Jim Grant is a hard man who's not to be messed with.Chasing TailJim Grant teams up with San Francisco bounty hunter Julius Posey to deliver some bad news to a retired drug dealer. Sounds easy enough, until a couple meth-heads get in the way. Staking out a posh pet-grooming establishment to do the deed, Grant is forced to show why he's a tough guy in any violent situation.GrantedDon't ever break into an old woman's house on Yorkshire cop Jim Grant's watch. And if you do break into an old woman's house, don't steal her most meaningful possession.Lowlife thug Chusan Palm never learned that lesson. And now he's paying the price, stuffed in the trunk of Jim Grant's car. His only hope is that all his limbs will be intact when Grant gets done with him. But with Grant's reputation, there's no telling what's going to happen.
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Hollow Empire: Episode 1 (Night of Knives)

Once, the empire of Vhur was the world's most powerful. But that was before the Lichy plague. Now, twenty years and millions of dead later, only a few cities remain. The survivors walk a fine line between staying alive and crumbling into the grave. Come the Night of Knives, even these last few might perish.Once, the empire of Vhur was the world's most powerful. But that was before the Lichy plague. Now, twenty years and millions of dead later, only a few cities remain. The survivors walk a fine line between staying alive and crumbling into the grave. Come the Night of Knives, even these last few might perish.This Dark Fantasy Serial begins here and will be released over the course of the next 6 weekends.
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Dead Companies Walking

Unlike most investors, who live in fear of failure, Scott Fearon actively seeks it out. He has earned millions of dollars for his hedge fund over the last thirty years shorting the stocks of businesses he believed were on their way to bankruptcy. In Dead Companies Walking, Fearon describes his methods for spotting these doomed businesses, and how they can be extremely profitable investments. In his experience, corporate managers routinely commit six common mistakes that can derail even the most promising companies: they learn from only the recent past; they rely too heavily on a formula for success; they misunderstand their target customers; they fall victim to the magical storytelling of a mania; they fail to adapt to tectonic shifts in their industry; and they are physically or emotionally removed from their companies' operations. Fearon has personally interviewed thousands of executives who were headed, unknowingly, for bankruptcy—from the Texas oil barons of...
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2 Years, 2 Weeks, 2 Lives

Eric Peterson lost his father 2 years ago.Everyone said it had been a freak lightning storm, but Eric wasn't sure, he was still haunted by the nightmares.He could clearly see the hooded figures, the syringe, the bright blue liquid being forced into his fathers neck.With the help of his best friend, Tom, he will find the truth.Yet it will cost him more than he could have ever imagined.Eric Peterson lost his father 2 years ago.Everyone said it had been a freak lightning storm, but Eric wasn't sure, as he was still being haunted by the nightmares.He could clearly see the hooded figures, the syringe, the bright blue liquid being forced into his fathers neck.With the help of his best friend, Tom, he is determined to find the truth.Yet it will cost him more than he could have ever bargained.
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Ouroboros- The Complete Series

The complete Ouroboros series. Follow Nida and Carson on their saga through time in this four-book box set. .... Not all of us are born equal. Some exceed every expectation and excel in every task. Some of us can't even get out of bed in the morning. Such is life for Cadet Nida Harper. She's universally known as the worst recruit in the Academy. It's not for want of trying; she's just cursed with universal bad luck. Every accident that could happen, does happen. So it's no surprise when she winds up unconscious on a field mission. It is a surprise when the dreams start. Visions of stars falling from the heavens and civilizations crumbling to dust. The only silver lining comes in golden boy Lucas Stone. The hero of the Academy, he takes an interest in her. But he'll have to act fast to stop what will happen next....
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Waiting For Shiva

Follow 23 year-old future Senator Wilbur Prescott, as he takes the dubious honor of being the only man to ride on both bombing missions over Japan in August 1945, resulting in the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reluctant Prescott's mission: to locate, identify, and prevent an enemy agent from sabotaging the bombing raid over NagasakiWaiting For Shiva is a short story by Kevin Donohue. Follow 23 year-old future Senator Wilbur Prescott, as he takes the dubious honor of being the only man to ride on both bombing missions over Japan in August 1945, resulting in the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reluctant Prescott's mission: to locate, identify, and prevent an enemy agent from sabotaging the bombing raid over Nagasaki. Who is the mole? Join Prescott on his hair-raising ride into infamy.
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Give Me Grace

Casey Daniels has a past forged in Hell. Despite the friends, the endless supply of women, and the muscle car he spent years restoring, it still eats away at him. Grace Paterson is in Sydney as a temporary bassist for Jamieson, the band Casey handles security for. She’s also infuriating, off-limits, and completely irresistible. A deal is struck, and despite their intense and powerful connection, both think it will be easy to walk away. But life can be more ruthless than either of them ever imagined. Not only does Grace have a secret she’s desperate to keep, Casey has questions from his past that he’s willing to do anything to get answers for. It’s not until someone wants one of them dead that Casey realises his love for Grace is the one thing he could never walk away from. In a story of revenge, betrayal, secrets, and love, Casey will need to reconcile his past with his present, before the future he never knew he wanted is snatched away.
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The Beast of Callaire

Discover a world of magic and monsters in this fantasy series. Yasmin is the daughter of a goddess and a mythical creature. A Legendary, she has power and the ability to change forms every full moon.Discover a world of magic and monsters in this fantasy series. Yasmin is the daughter of a goddess and a mythical creature. A Legendary, she has power and the ability to change forms every full moon.When a voice cries out to Yasmin - in her head! - and she’s drawn into dreams that aren’t her own, she's led to Fray, a girl who once saved Yasmin from hunters. Fray has memories that suggest she has power no human should ever have – Legendary power. As Yasmin and Fray grow close, they find themselves pulled into a war of Gods and Creatures.
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Vocal Remedy

Mr. Choice only wants the best in the choir competition. The cash prize will go a long way to funding the music program. He feels he has a top notch solution when adding Vaser to the choir. Little does Mr. Choice know that Vaser has a different remedy in mind.
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The North Shore D-Day

By outward appearances the North Shore is the greatest place on Earth. Affluent families living on compounds driving the finest vehicles. Friends, families, and parties the way of life. Coffee shops. Yoga pants and Mexican groundskeepers. But just beneath the surface the North Shore is anything but idyllic as best friends Anne, Chaz, and Margot are about to find out on D-Day.Any occasion is cause for celebration on the North Shore. An announced engagement sets off a course of parties where each host attempts to outdo the previous. Election to the Board of Directors of a charity in the city requires the local newspaper to attend to photograph the event. Milestone birthdays keep the CEOs away from their palatial offices and in their corporate jets spiriting away to private clubs the world around.In River Grove there were few celebrations larger than the party commemorating one of its favorite citizen’s participation in the landings at Normandy.For Margot Wallace, June 6th will always mark the day her life irrevocably changed.For Chaz Perkins, June 6th is always a day to shine in the spot light.For Anne Glassmaker, June 6th is all too familiar to the day before and bodes poorly for the day to follow.Follow Margot, Chaz, and Anne and their searches for love and fulfillment in stories of “The North Shore” available monthly.
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Clone Wars Stella War

https://www.facebook.com/phillip.roberts.524 This book takes place in the Clone Wars. Starts out with heroes meeting for the first time and they assembled a team. Book is Clone Wars Era! Be sure to check out the Authors Page!This book takes place in the Clone Wars. Starts out with heroes meeting for the first time and they assembled a team. Book is Clone Wars Era! Be sure to check out the Authors Page! https://www.facebook.com/phillip.roberts.524
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Abba's Apocalypse

Joey is one of those whom “Trinity” has titled “Irreverent.” He refuses to worship the evil organization and accept the eternal consequences waiting those who do. Instead, he searches for souls to rescue with his message of salvation. Joey battles his fear, pain, doubt, and faith along his epic journey. It is the situations he encounters that helps give him the miraculous answers.Chaos and evil rule the world. You must bear the brand, or run from the mark and fend for your life. The worldwide organization policing the mark is “Trinity.” Without their brand on your hand or forehead you cannot buy anything of value; especially those things that sustain life. Those not bearing the brand must hide and figure out a way to survive the demonic forces searching them out. “Trinity” is more than an organization. It is a religion that will drag you to Hell. There is no turning back once you have received their brand. Joey is one of those whom “Trinity” has titled “Irreverent.” He refuses to worship the evil organization and accept the eternal consequences waiting those who do. Instead, he searches for souls to rescue with his message of salvation. Joey battles his fear, pain, doubt, and faith along his epic journey. It is the situations he encounters that helps give him the miraculous answers he is desperately looking for. Join Joey as he races the clock that tick-tocks towards the end of time. Watch his fears become a second thought as the final sands of time sifts down the glass of time. His adventures take him through Heaven and Hell. But, the most important path he’ll take is the one leading through the coming hell on Earth. Is this prophetic? Or, is this just fantasy? Will you be like Joey and choose the tribulation? Only time can answer those questions! This story may become the field manual to surviving the predicted judgments and wrath to come. Or, it just may be another fanatical fantasy dealing with the prophetic phobia on the “end of the age.” Either way, the only thing you will lose is yourself in this most captivating adventure. This story is unlike any story ever told.
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The Autumn Rose

"...considerably more wit and pizazz than the legendary Georgette [Heyer] herself." —Kirkus ReviewsWhen Lady Beatrice, a marriage "consult" of wide renown, firsts sets eyes on her twenty-three-year-old protegee, Lady Caro, she is despondent. Too tall, too thin, too spunky, and almost "over the hill," Caro seems doomed to spinsterhood—until Beatrice conjures up an outrageous persona for the spirited Caro sure to set her off from the hordes of more conventional, and therefore more marriageable, debutantes. Lady Beatrice's ploy—and Caro's considerable natural charm—work all too well, and soon Caro finds herself pursued not only but her reserved kinsman Lord Seabury, but by the irresistible rogue Lord Mockabee as well.As London season reaches its glittering peak, Caro struggles to protect a friend's honor, preserve her own virtue, and win a love beyond Lady Beatrice's expectations. Sparkling with elegant wit and? extraordinary authenticity, The Autumn...
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