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The Enigma Source

The world is almost ready for fiat currency to be replaced by a superior digital currency.  The trouble is, which one and who will own it? The R-Group is back and trying to guide the players to a safe destination in the complex world of cryptocurrency.  The Global Bank has tasked Tonya to find and hire a cryptologist to create a new global cryptocurrency, though sometimes it seems she may not be up to the task. Along the way it appears she is the one getting played.

The cynical hack-and-slash cryptocurrency swindlers, Matthias and Dutch, are jumping from country to country, trying to peddle their new cryptocurrency as a savior for economically flailing countries.

Succubus

2003: The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has taken place. The hunt for Saddam Hussein and the search for his weapons of mass destruction is underway.

Meanwhile in North Korea, a nuclear research scientist wants to defect.

The “Org” is tasked to bring her out.

…. If possible ….

Author_Bio: A native of Pittsburgh and a resident of Northern Virginia, the author is a former Special Agent of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), U.S. State Department.

Beatrix and the Wooden Dagger

Beatrix Kennedy is a card carrying misanthrope, and she does exactly what she wants. Her narrative contains five seperate stories that span the course of her life. From disrupting a human trafficking route to blackmail in the theatre, to ghosting a serious relationship, Beatrix considers herself best when inflicting harm. Her voice reflects that of the medieval Vice figure, in that she addresses the audience with her honest intent before turning back to the story world and manipulating those in her way.

The book plays with time in order to reveal more about the title character over the course of her life, and deals with themes of self sustaining narcissism.

Karma's Envoy

What if you woke up in a little kid's body 50 years in the past?

Todd Woodside's entire San Francisco life suddenly disappears when he becomes an 8-year-old boy living in rural Oregon in 1962. Is he dreaming? Dead? Crazy?

His new, chain-smoking mom calls him “Peter” as she fusses to get him ready for school. He soon learns she's also a mentally unstable new widow, making her particularly vulnerable when Jack Quinn, a young local man with a shady past, steps in. When Jack first begins romancing her, Peter doesn't realize the danger they're in and the harrowing life-and-death struggle he will soon face.

 Science Fiction


 

Mantis Force

Decades after global infanticide wiped out millions on the planet Ramah, deep scars remain in the hearts and minds of the survivors. Though the massacre is over, the merciless Necrogog legions who committed the atrocity still threaten multitudes of star systems, following their primary objective: to kill the promised Mantis messiah, whose birth mother is a member of the Holy Order,

Marium Kahnet. Jazrene Vallo, a member of the Order, lost her beloved family during the Necrogog attack. Now she devotes her life to her sisterhood, following the instructions of a divine messenger to restructure the Holy Order and keep at bay the enemies within the Ramah government who are seeking ways to prosecute her for war crimes.

Tamisan

“An Emotional and Exciting Read!” – Don S

An illegal experiment.

Mortally wounded Zhenna Rhodarma has had her consciousness transferred into the body of a Waikari, a native of planet Althar 3. Her new form has two hearts, psychic abilities and can breathe underwater.

A dangerous escape.

When her new mind-reading talents reveal that her saviour, Dr Starrick, isn’t what he seems, Zhenna has to escape from his clutches and into the wilds of Althar 3.

A quest for survival.

 Fantasy


 

The Contest and Other Stories

Inspired by the works of international artists, this collection contains nineteen spellbinding Young Adult – New Adult magical realist, paranormal, slipstream, alternate history, and fabulist tales linked by a novella: Peter John Rizzo, a 1960 graduate of Yale University's journalism program, inherits a floundering art magazine from his uncle, John Rizzo, with the provision that he must increase the circulation or forfeit all assets to creditors.

Peter Rizzo, Pete's father, is a banker who scorns careers in the Arts and Humanities, and is jealous of his late brother's influence upon his wife and son.

Madness of My Dreams

It takes one second for something to swerve out of control – which is precisely what fantasy author, Charles Inkwell, thought as his car skidded on an icy road and crashed. More than his steering was out of control that night, Charles’s life will never be the same.

After sustaining horrific head injuries and a being in a coma, his dreams began taking on a life of their own.
Does what happen in a dream stay within a dream?

Charles can somehow physically and mentally walk the paths and plots he has carved out on the pages of his book; the experiences in his dreams are so real that he awakens with bruises and scratches across his body.

Love Bites

Shakira didn’t fit in.
The reason why is tragic…
…but the solution is unbelievable.

Moving to Wales was a chance at a new start, a quest for somewhere to belong. Things don’t always go as planned. First it was the dreams. Why was she drawn to the forest?
And who are the strange beings with glowing cat-like eyes?

Then she meets him.

Can one kiss magically change her life?

Can she become the peacemaker she was meant to be?

 Mystery


 

Crime Unsolved

While a forest fire rages out of control in a pristine Colorado forest, CBI Agent Buck Taylor, dealing with the death of his wife from breast cancer, is called back to duty by the Governor of Colorado to find the arsonists responsible for setting fire to a multimillion-dollar fishing lodge and causing the forest fire.

While investigating the lodge fire as well as a couple fracking site fires that might be related, Buck and his team uncover a scheme to dispose of illegal chemical waste in some of the newly drilled oil wells and uncover the murder of a rogue DEA agent who was investigating a prescription drug ring.

Painting of Sorrow

What would you do if you discovered a lost masterpiece worth millions, which a curator will kill to keep hidden?

Sarah Downing, an art conservator, hiding in witness protection, identifies a lost masterpiece by Caravaggio. History says it burned in WWII Berlin, but here it is, on her easel.

Soon she is fighting to save the painting and herself. Someone has betrayed Sarah—an agent, a friend? Whoever it was, her ex-husband Jimmy is standing on her street, outside her house, waiting.

What Sarah does next sends her from Kingston to Italy to rural Ontario in her desperate attempt to survive, save the Caravaggio and rebuild her life.

Hot Flashes/Cold Cases

As far as Peg Shaw is concerned, midlife and menopause have brought enough sweat and excitement to last a lifetime. Unfortunately, there are others who disagree. One night while stumbling back to bed from her nightly visit to the bathroom, Peg is stopped in her tracks by two women standing in her bedroom. As her husband sleeps soundly, Peg abruptly realizes that ghosts have come calling: one is her dead grandmother and the other is her spirit guide.

After her grandmother asks her to partner with other spirits to help law enforcement solve crimes, Peg reluctantly agrees to help bring justice to the deceased but persistent ghosts of a local couple.

 Contemporary


 

Three Fifths

What would you do if death came knocking at your door? And how would you carry on if your life was instantly turned upside down?

Johnny Silva, a recovering alcoholic and addict, sets off on a weekend getaway from Pismo Beach to the foothills of Northern California. Upon his arrival in the small town of Pioneer, he’s thrust into an encounter with a worn down homeless man, an encounter that forces him to look back at his rocky past as he listens to a tale of woe about a life suddenly launched in a tragic direction.

Historical Fiction


 

Reign of the Marionettes

Mass hysteria sweeps through the country with deadly consequences. Beneath the wit and laughter of Charles II's Restoration Court, political and religious tensions mount, and Countess Elizabeth Herbert tries to keep her family safe.

When Titus Oates, a minister begging on the streets, claims to have uncovered a plot to kill the King and replace him with his Catholic heir, no one is safe from accusation. When suspicion falls on her husband,

Elizabeth's life is thrown into turmoil. As a tangled web of lies and deceit unfolds, Elizabeth realises her husband is a pawn in a much larger game.

Absence of Light-Crawford Hill

It is the mid-1800s as Brandon Stewart, a handsome foreign correspondent for The Illustrated London News, prepares to leave England with his wife and young son for the rice plantations of the pre-Civil War South. But as they arrive to join his wife's family at Crawford Hill in Georgetown District, South Carolina,

Brandon has no idea of what his future holds. Amid the swelling turbulence of the Deep South, Brandon and his family attempt to adjust to a new life where slaves share the same house, and the dark shadows of war loom in the near future. Assigned to report on the interrelationship of Southern politics, society, and the antislavery movement,

Midnight Crossing

In this sequel to After Midnight, Quenton takes Alix home to France after years of exile in England, but she is torn between the restoration of her fortune and her dream to build Sterling Wood Stable into a successful racing business. She finds an unlikely friend in her uncle's companion, Nicholas Griffon.

Caught by her surprising fondness for him, Alix does not realize shadows from the past are stalking her–until she's trapped by their darkness.

Romantic Suspense


 

MC: Boxed Set 1-4

Knight: Steve Knight is autistic. The government taught him a singular focus and he uses all he learned to protect the only family that ever accepted him. When he meets Jess, he learns how to love. With no conditions to that love he accepts and fights the disease that threatens to take her mobility away.
Wars are not only with gangs in Steve's world. He shows his Brothers what Badass means.

LaPonte: Danny is a player, it’s that simple. He comes back to the Club and loses himself in Club chicks and whores. When Kate realizes he's not all in she walks leaving Danny scrambling to get her back. As domestic violence takes center stage, Kate is seen in a new light and shows the MC that Badass is not.

Non-Fiction


 

How To Live

There may be days when you want to give up. There may be days when you want to do something but your mind is telling you, do not do it. There may be days when you want to be with a boy and you know he is not a good person.

My book talks about boyfriends, girlfriends (the difference in sisterly affection), peer pressure, and dating. I shared some of my life experiences. I hope my book helps teens understand themselves. If I was given half of the information I am sharing in my book, I would have made less mistakes in my life, which includes my relationships.

You will face many situations in your life. I hope this book will help you make the best decision for YOU.

Enemy of the Human Race

Our world is seeded with landmine of hate, moral deficiencies, inequalities, and collaboration with evil!

The greatest enemy of the human race, a major roadblock to genuine integration, equality, and peaceful coexistence is hate and the spread of it.

Women's Fiction


 

The Last Conception

Passionate embryologist, Savarna, is in a complicated relationship, with two different women, when she is told that she MUST have a baby. Her conservative East Indian American parents are desperate for her to conceive, in spite of her “not being married”. They insist that she is the last in line of a great spiritual lineage. In the process of choosing her lover and having doubts about her ability, or desire to conceive,

Savarna begins to question the necessity of biology and lineage within her parents' beliefs and becomes forever fascinated with the process of conception and the definition of family.

Romance


 

An Unexpected Christmas Baby

She’s searching for the man defrauding her father.

Not for the love of her life.

It’s not such a merry Christmas for Tamara Owens, tapped to discover who’s been stealing from her family business. Suspect number one: tantalizing top trader Flint Collins, who’s suddenly thrust into fatherhood when his orphaned baby sister arrives. Tamara’s sworn off babies forever, but she has the magic touch with infant Diamond. And Flint, too, is soon under her spell…at least until he finds out the truth.

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