BestsellerBound Short Story Anthology Volume 2

A collection of tales by a variety of authors.A collection of short stories written by authors from the BestsellerBound group. 1. What Was Lost by James Sophi2. The Art of Breathing by Jaime McDougall3. Soul Windows by Jaleta Clegg4. I Didn't Know His Name by Darcia Helle5. Red Route by James Everington6. Make A Wish by Susan Helene Gottfried7. The Last Chance Motel and Mausoleum by Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick8. Isolation by Maria Savva9. Beyond The Green Hills by Tom Gahan10. From Joy We Come, Unto Joy We Return by Ami Blackwelder
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The Darwin Strain

The authors of Hell's Gate and The Himalayan Codex deliver their third high-octane thriller—a page-turning blend of science, history, and suspense featuring zoologist and adventurer Captain R. J. MacCready."Looks like Schutt and Finch are filling the void left by the passing of Michael Crichton."—James Cameron, director/writer/explorerThough the fighting has stopped and Hitler is vanquished, a dangerous new war between America and the Soviet Union has begun. Invaluable in defeating the Nazis, accidental crypto-zoologist R. J. MacCready and Yanni Thorne, an indigenous Brazilian and expert in animal behavior, are working for the Pentagon once again. Sent to a mysterious Greek island in a remote corner of the Mediterranean, they are investigating rumors about a volcanic spring with "miraculous" healing properties that the locals say is guarded by sea monsters from ancient legends.The islanders believe that, like Fatima, the spring is a gift from God....
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The Art of the Hustle

Edward Mullen's debut novel, The Art of the Hustle, available in print and ebook.A true underdog tale is told in The Art of the Hustle. Self-made billionaire, Trevor Morrison, recounts his life from being a poor kid from a small town to creating one of the largest companies in the world, all before his 30th birthday.Edward Mullen's debut novel, The Art of the Hustle, available in print and ebook.Self-made billionaire, Trevor Morrison, recounts his life from being a poor kid from a small town to creating one of the largest companies in the world, all before his 30th birthday.A true underdog tale is told in The Art of the Hustle. When Trevor Morrison graduated high school, he was desperate to find his purpose in life. With a lack of money and viable options at his disposal, he eagerly took advantage of the first opportunity to come his way.The harsh realities of the world were soon revealed as people who he thought he could trust betrayed him. The only thing that he could count on was his hustle – namely his wits and his insatiable desire to forge ahead despite a multitude of setbacks.
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Thrown Under the Omnibus

P.J. O'Rourke has had a prolific career as one of America's most celebrated humorists. But that career almost didn't happen. As he tells it, “I began to write for pay in the spring of 1970. To tell the truth I didn't even mean to be a writer, I meant to be a race car driver, but I didn't have a race car."Fortunately for us, he had to settle for writing. From his early pieces for the National Lampoon, through his classic reporting as Rolling Stone's International Affairs editor in the 80s and 90s, and his brilliant, inimitable political journalism and analysis, P.J. has been entertaining and provoking readers with high octane prose, a gonzo Republican attitude and a rare ability to make you laugh out loud. Chris Buckley once described his work as “S.J. Perlman on acid" and when Penguin first published its Dictionary of Modern Humorist Quotations PJ had more entries than any living writer.For the first time Thrown Under the Omnibus...
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Love Hate

Love Hate contains fresh, relatable, candy for the soul.  It is a chapbook packed with non-gushy, non-mushy relationship poetry you hate to love.  Use caution: words may get stuck in your head. Elliot and Daiko prepare to go and ruffle some corporate feathers on Jaret's behalf. His secret weapon? A Classic car with a soul... Storm clouds gather as we enter the Deck's second hand. For fans of character driven urban fantasy.(...Back cover write up...)The city of Neppon drifts through the shallows, where the walls circling the mortal realm are thin. Here the daemons gather out of the surrounding night, drawn by its promise of candle flame warmth.As the election for the city's mayoral office approaches, one man stands head and shoulders above the other candidates. His reputation? A bastion for everything that is good and honest, in a world beset from all sides by horrors. But Jaret Roscan carries a secret. A secret that could bring ruin to his political career, and chaos to his beloved city.One person carries the key to his salvation. The question is, will they come forward in his hour of need?Harlem's Deck; a story in instalments. Keep your hand close to your chest...
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Wanting

Read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan, now available for the first time in e-book! This man is more than a match for her!As a model, Heather is accustomed to being regarded as a sex object, but she makes certain no one in her private life treats her that way. She keeps men at a distance, rejecting would-be lovers as retribution for the traumatic experiences of her past.But all that changes when she meets Race Williams. He is a master at the game of enticement and denial, and for the first time Heather knows what it is to burn for something she can't have...Originally published in 1984
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Love Your Life

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Owe You One, an utterly delightful novel about a woman who ditches her dating app for a writer’s retreat in Italy—only to find that real love comes with its own filters“As close to perfect as romantic comedies get.”—Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the CornerCall Ava romantic, but she thinks love should be found in the real world, not on apps that filter men by height, job, or astrological sign. She believes in feelings, not algorithms. So after a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes to a remote writers’ retreat in coastal Italy. She’s determined to finish writing the novel she’s been fantasizing about, even though it means leaving her close-knit group of friends and her precious dog, Harold, behind. At the retreat, she’s not allowed to use her real...
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The Prince's Groom (Pirates of Flaundia #2)

Mr. Martin, the former first mate of an infamous pirate captain is mourning the loss of his young lover. He and Thomas de Fleurre, an exiled prince turned gentleman landowner, had a passionate affair on a tropical island paradise for a very short time. Thomas decides to end their relationship since Martin is a wanted man on the run for a twenty-year-old crime he didn't commit.Thomas longs for the frank speaking Martin, who not only ravaged his body, but his heart and soul. He has moved on, finding happiness in the arms of another man, but can't stop thinking about those hot steamy nights where Martin made his every fantasy a reality.Martin's past comes back to haunt him as he arrives on Thomas's doorstep to finish what they started. But then Martin must put his life on the line to save Thomas from an unstable woman who is obsessed with claiming Thomas as her own.With a dangerous highwayman also terrorizing the land who has close ties to Martin, Thomas...
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Almost Dead

"When you think that life cannot get better, Blake Pierce comes up with another masterpiece of thriller and mystery! This book is full of twists and the end brings a surprising revelation. I strongly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that enjoys a very well written thriller."—Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Almost Gone) ALMOST DEAD is book #3 in a new psychological thriller series by USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 bestseller Once Gone (Book #1) (a free download) has received over 1,000 five star reviews. After the disastrous fallout from her last placement in England, all 23-year-old Cassandra Vale wants is a chance to pick up the pieces. A high-society, divorced mother in sunny Italy seems to be the answer. But is she? With a new family come new children, new rules, and new expectations. Cassandra's determined to make this one last - until a horrifying discovery pushes her to a breaking point. And when the...
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Time

Based loosely on actual events. A patient named Jeffrey wishes to spend his time in hospital purely observing and finding solace on his own. Carolyn, another young patient, draws him into her dilemmas, her humanity and beauty too attractive to ignore, and Jeffrey finds himself ignoring his own recovery to give her some hope.Based loosely on actual events. A patient named Jeffrey wishes to spend his time in hospital purely observing and finding solace on his own. Carolyn, another young patient, draws him into her dilemmas, her humanity and beauty too attractive to ignore, and Jeffrey finds himself ignoring his own recovery to give her some hope. Teaching her some life truths of his own helps Carolyn warm to Jeffrey, but his darkest truth eventually turns her against him.
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One Small Act of Kindness

What can you do to make the world a better place? Libby helps a stranger, and transforms her life in the process. Libby and her husband Jason have moved back to his hometown to turn the family B&B into a boutique hotel. They have left London behind and all the memories - good and bad - that went with it. The injured woman Libby finds lying in the remote country road has lost her memory. She doesn't know why she came to be there, and no one seems to be looking for her. When Libby offers to take her in, this one small act of kindness sets in motion a chain of events that will change many people's lives . . .
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Muddy Bottom

Birdie Fuller's new year is off to a bad start. Her husband has mysteriously disappeared, leaving Birdie to cope with their unmarried daughter's unplanned pregnancy. Birdie and Hannah disagree about the baby. Birdie urges her daughter to consider abortion, but Hannah is determined to see the pregnancy to term. When Hannah returns for her last semester in college, Birdie must face her demons, the problems in her marriage that drove her husband to clean out their bank accounts and run off with another woman. While struggling to hide her pregnancy from her roommates and ex-boyfriend, Hannah interviews for jobs that will take her and her baby far away from her mother. After graduation, with months to kill before the start of her new job, she returns to Palmetto Island for the summer to await the birth of her baby. Tension mounts between Hannah and Birdie when they move from their waterfront home to a two-bedroom apartment above a bakery. Can mother and daughter mend...
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The Journey to the East

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse's *Journey to the East* tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate destination is the East, the "Home of the Light," where they expect to find spiritual renewal. Yet the harmony that ruled at the outset of the trip soon degenerates into open conflict. Each traveler finds the rest of the group intolerable and heads off in his own direction, with H.H. bitterly blaming the others for the failure of the journey. It is only long after the trip, while poring over records in the League archives, that H.H. discovers his own role in the dissolution of the group, and the ominous significance of the journey itself.
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