Love's Full Circle by Cherry Christensen
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Tagline: Every heart deserves a second chance.
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Blurb:
In spite of, maybe because of, the way her love life had gone, Kayden James works hard to become a successful Marriage and Family Therapist. The last thing she needs is for her ex-boyfriend Liam to stroll into her office and stir up old feelings. Especially after the way he treated her all those years ago. She would rather remain a single cat lady than risk her heart again.
Liam hopes to make amends, but worries he won’t be able to melt Kayden’s icy exterior enough for her to see how much he has changed. Initiating their reunion, he sets out to prove that their relationship never was a game to him… to convince Kayden to continue traveling love’s full circle.


Author Bio: 
Cherry hails from the Great Lakes state of Michigan, where she lives with her husband and two adorably mischievous cats. She does most of her writing at night because she is not a morning person, and wholeheartedly agrees with the anonymous saying, “I could be a morning person, if morning happened around noon.”
In addition to writing, Cherry has traveled overseas, exploring castles in Scotland, soaking in the sights of London, and gazing at the beautiful English countryside out a train car window. Closer to home, she’s gone dolphin watching and parasailing in Florida.
Cherry’s husband is also an author, but he doesn’t share her love of football. Her favorite teams are the Michigan Wolverines and Denver Broncos. Go Blue! Mile High Salute! So, what’s better than watching football? Eating chocolate chip cookie dough during a game!
Amazon Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075MX493X

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Picking Daisy by Valerie Howard
Available for pre-order now! Release date: October 2, 2017

Plot
Elise Gilpatrick is a divorced potter and a brand-new foster mom. When she gets the call asking if she'll accept a placement with 15-year-old DJ, coming straight from the police station, she doesn't know what to expect. But over the course of DJ's stay, Elise finds out that motherhood is messier than she ever thought possible. As their temporary arrangement takes them through a rocky journey, both DJ and Elise learn that it's never too late to find the love of a family.

Links

Website: www.ValerieHowardBooks.wordpress.com
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/ValerieHowardBooks
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/PenHelp
Pre-order Kindle edition: http://a.co/5Of2vsB
Take out the Trash Bags: www.TakeOutTheTrashBags.com (charity inspired by this book to give bags to kids in foster care who are using trash bags as luggage)

Author Bio
Valerie Howard is a native of Southern Maine and has been writing since she was in second grade. She's the wife of a pastor, the mother of two young boys, and the owner of two lazy beagles. When she's not writing, she enjoys eating chocolate and wearing flip-flops, preferably at the same time!

Excerpt

THE CELL phone shrieked a piercing tune, making Elise jump out of bed.
What time is it?
She fumbled around in the darkness looking for her cell. A pair of pants lit up from their spot on the chaise.
Gotcha.
Elise cleared her throat and looked at the clock as she dug the phone out of a back pocket. A little after two in the morning. If this was Percy asking an inane question about the grocery store at this hour, she was going to kill him. Or maybe it was Michael. Her little brother had been in trouble before, but nothing that had ever warranted a two o'clock in the morning phone call. “Hello?” Her heart was pounding, and she pressed her hand to her chest as a woman's voice greeted her.
“Hi. Elise Gilpatrck? This is Linda calling from the Department of Health and Human Services. We have a placement for you tonight. Can she be brought to your house?”
Elise rubbed her eyes. Tonight? Now?
“Uh ...”
“Do you have any other children placed with you? We have you down for foster only, and emergency placements ... is that correct?”
Elise tried to shake the dust from her sleepy brain. “No, I mean, yes ... I. No, I haven't had any other kids here yet. Sure, sure, yes, she can come here. Right now?”
“Yes, she needs a placement tonight.”
“Okay, I'll go turn on the outside light.” Elise grabbed the pants and pulled them on under her nightgown. “Is there anything you can tell me about her? How old is she? What do you know about her? Anything?”
“Her name is DJ. She's 15. And all I know right now is that they're bringing her from the police station.”
Elise flinched and dropped her phone. It hit the floor and the battery popped out.
What did I just agree to?
She yanked on a light sweater over her nightgown and stepped into some slippers, then went downstairs to start the coffee, turn on the outside light, and pray.

 
Author:          Sara R. Turnquist
 
Title:               The Lady and the Hussites (The Lady Bornekova Book 2)
 
Tag Line:       When the heart is at war, can love conquer all?
 
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Author Bios:
 

• Short Bio - Sara is originally from Middle Tennessee where she currently resides with her family. She is a prolific reader and enjoys reading and writing clean Historical Romance. Her travels have also served to inspire her. Sara is the author of The Lady Bornekova, The General’s Wife, Off to War, Hope in Cripple Creek, A Convenient Risk, Leaving Waverly, and The Lady and the Hussites. She is also a member of ACFW

Blurb:
 
WARNING: THIS BLURB MAY HAVE SPOILERS FOR “THE LADY BORNEKOVA” (THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES)
 
Karin and Pavel have found their way safely to his parents’ home, but things are not as well as they seem. There are secrets between them. A wall goes up. And then Pavel is called into battle.
Radek and Zdenek find themselves pulled into the conflict despite their best efforts to remain neutral, while Stepan finds himself ready for bloodshed. With tensions mounting within their circle and throughout their country, what will become of Pavel and Karin? Can they find their way back to each other?
 
Buy Links:
 
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Hussites-Bornekova-Book-ebook/dp/B073BF6V6L/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504477351&sr=8-1&keywords=the+lady+and+the+hussites
 
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/the+lady+and+the+hussites?_requestid=934386

Title: West from the Cradle
Author: Brigid Amos
Genre: Young Adult Historical Fiction
Publisher: Clean Reads
 
Tag line: If the West doesn’t kill you, it’ll make you stronger.
About the book:
 
Travis Cooper was not meant to be a prospector. Small for his age, he has never been much help on the family farm in Missouri. How could he survive the journey west to take up such backbreaking work? But when he sees a copy of the California Star in the fall of 1848, everything changes. One shining word jumps off the page: GOLD! Now staying alive is a struggle. Keeping his partner from getting himself killed is even harder!
 
Excerpt:
Travis bounded out of the house. He rubbed the two lead oxen on the jaw and muttered some nonsense to them. The animals’ eyes brightened in response, and they tried to nuzzle his face with their wet noses. “No, you don’t,” he giggled, jerking his head back and out of reach. “Just take care of my brother.”
Fighting back a smile, Jonas also found it necessary to blink back a few tears at the same time. “Do you wish you were going with us?” he asked his brother.
Travis sighed and said, “I wish I were going and staying at the same time.”
Mr. Hillerman arrived on his horse Starlight, so named because he was black with a star-shaped splash of white in the middle of his forehead. Even from a distance, Jonas could see the white splotch bobbing up and down, twinkling like a star on the horizon. The shopkeeper was dressed in a brown frock coat and a derby with a high crown, as if he were on his way to church, except he carried a rifle at his side.
“Morning all,” Hillerman called. “I see we’re all ready to hit the trail. Good work, Jonas. Quite efficient.”
“Won’t you stop a spell and have some breakfast?” Emily asked.
“I’ve already had my breakfast, thank you,” he answered. “But what about you, Jonas?”
“Oh, I just ate some of the hardtack. The part that got wet in the storm,” Jonas answered, feeling he had to explain why he was already dipping into the supplies.
“Is that all that got wet?” Hillerman asked with a look of concern.
“That’s all. Everything else is dry as a temperance meeting,” Waylon said.
“A credit to Emily’s handiwork,” Hillerman said. Turning to Jonas, he added, “Young man, it’s time for you to say your goodbyes.”
Jonas kissed his sister, hugged his little brother, and then held out his hand to his father, unsure of the gesture and wondering if more was expected in this case. Waylon took his son’s hand and held it steady for several moments.
“Jonas, wait here a moment. I have some money saved up I want to give you.”
“That’s all right, Waylon,” Hillerman said. “I plan to cover all the boy’s expenses.”
“Just the same, I’d like for him to carry a little cash of his own. I’ll just run upstairs and get it.” Waylon hurried into the house.
Moments later, they heard a loud thumping sound coming from inside. It was followed by a low moan. Hillerman dismounted as the three Cooper children stumbled over each other to get through the front door.
They found Waylon slumped against the wall at the bottom of the stairs, cradling his right forearm, his face racked with pain.
“It’s broken, I’m afraid,” Waylon said, breathing heavily.
“I’ll go for Doc Anderson,” Jonas said.
“No!” Waylon shouted, and then grimaced as a fresh current of pain flowed through him. “You two have a wagon train to meet in St. Joseph. Don’t worry about me. Travis can go for the doctor.”
“But Pa,” Jonas whispered, squatting down next to his father and leaning in close to his face, “what about after the doctor comes? Sure, maybe he can patch up that arm, but you ain’t going to be able to use it for a while. Who’s going to take care of the farm in the meantime?”
Emily, the only one clearheaded enough to notice her father was still sprawled on the floor in an undignified fashion, stepped forward to help him up. “Let’s talk about this in the kitchen,” she snapped. As she led her father toward the kitchen, she shot Jonas an accusing look.
This is all my fault, Jonas thought. I’m to blame, and I have to make up for it.
After they settled Waylon as comfortably as possible in a chair, Jonas said to Hillerman in a determined voice, “It looks like I won’t be going to California with you. I’ll be needed here at the farm. I’m sorry.”
Hillerman stood by with a stricken expression. Then he sighed and said, “If that’s the case, I won’t be going either. At least not this year.”
“I can take care of the farm,” Travis offered.
“No, you can’t,” Jonas answered. “Not on your own. You’re too small and weak. We all know it.”
After a few seconds of silence, Travis spoke up again. “Am I too small to go to California with Mr. Hillerman?” Everyone looked at him in shock. It was an idea no one had even considered.
 
Buy the book:
Amazon:  getBook.at/WestfromtheCradle
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Kobo:  https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/west-from-the-cradle
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/741413
 
Brigid Amos’ young adult historical fiction has appeared in The MacGuffin, The Storyteller, Wilderness House Literary Review, and Words of Wisdom. Her first novel, A Fence Around Her, was published by Clean Reads in 2016. A produced playwright, she co-founded the Angels Playwriting Collective and serves on the boards of Angels Theatre Company and Women Writing the West. She is also an active member the Nebraska Writers Guild. Although Brigid left a nugget of her heart behind in the California Gold Country, most of it is in Lincoln, Nebraska where she currently lives with her husband.
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When V.L. Jennings isn't traveling to other worlds through her imagination, she calls Dillon, South Carolina her home. She is the author of science fiction novels "The Alien Mind" (recipient of the Readers Favorite Five Star Review Award), and "Visionary From The Stars". 

But what motivates Virginia to create, to illustrate, to prognosticate? Virginia is a speculator, the kind of person who always debates the "what if?" of where stories both true and fantastical are leading themselves to, which explains her love of post-apocalyptic fare such as "The Walking Dead." Through her writing, she enjoys trying to figure out what our human potential is, and where our innate desire for a better world could lead us.


Overall, Virginia is just about as real as a person can get. Yes, even authors love to sing along with their favorite local radio station while driving, and Virginia is no exception to this rule. She enjoys watching Doctor Who or Star Trek with her family over dinner, and also watching the latest sci-fi and action movies with her husband. On the weekends, you may even find Virginia and her family at the local comic book store, hunting down more comics to add to their collections.


V.L. Jennings spends her free time writing flash fiction on her blog and working towards her degree in Electronics Engineering. You can find out more about V.L. Jennings as well as join her newsletter at:
www.virginialorijennings.com

Excerpt: 
Dan and Rivi's cube fell through the Aun sky and tumbled down onto one of Aun's main city roads. Dan pressed his head to the back of the seat, and reached out with his mind to hold Rivi still against her bench. He held his breath as they flipped over and over before coming to a sudden stop as, outside, groups of the city’s Aunantet citizens gathered around the cube and halted it without touching it. Dan got out of his chair and unbuckled the straps holding Rivi. He levitated her off the bench and through the cube wall. Paying no attention to the crowd, he lowered her to the ground and shrank the cube, sending it back into the sphere on her necklace.
Dan sat down beside Rivi, trying to wake her up, concern building on his face. A few Aunantet approached and circled Dan and Rivi chattering anxiously towards Dan while they checked Rivi over.
“I don’t know what you are saying!” Dan exclaimed. “Please, she needs help!”
One of the Aunantet ran forward from the farthest street corner.
“What happened?” the Aunantet asked Dan.
Finally, someone he could understand.
“It was the Aruk!” Dan explained, flustered. “They held us captive. I think they gave her a computer virus before we escaped.”
The Aunantet's face faded from its normal purple to a light pink.
“She's a comp amalgamator, then. That's not good. What is her name?”
“Rivi … Rivinaig,” Dan replied, quavering, looking worriedly at Rivi and sensing this Aunantet was concerned.
“Her guardian father is Ankh, then?”
“Yes, she's told me a bit about him,” Dan replied.
“Does anyone know where I can find Ankh?” the Aunantet asked the crowd of other concerned Aunantet that had started to gather in the street around them.
Another Aunantet pushed his way through the crowd toward Dan and Rivi.
“I'm heading to him now. I can take them.”
Dan levitated Rivi once more and headed over to the Aunantet who spoke.
“Here, let me take her,” the Aunantet said as Daniel approached. “You look like you've been through a lot today.”
Dan looked at the Aunantet a bit warily.
“It’s all right. Rivi knows me. You may have even seen me around. I was one of the technicians at the Human Complex. I worked in the communications section. My name's Orlon.”
“My name's Daniel,” Dan said, as he lowered Rivi into Orlon's three arms. “I'm not one of the 150 children. This is my first time here on Aun. It’s my first time being out of Earth's solar system, as a matter of fact.”
Orlon said nothing as he led Dan and carried Rivi down the road, away from the dwindling crowd.
“I heard what you said about the Aruk. You and Rivinaig were captured by them?” Orlon finally asked as they rounded a corner.
“Yes,” Dan replied quietly.
“For how long?”
“I don't know, what's today's date?” Dan asked.
“Earth time?” Orlon asked.
Daniel nodded, and Orlon closed his eyes and consulted his personal computer.
“Saturday, February 15, earth time,” Orlon answered, looking at Dan.
“We've been with the Aruk for four weeks then,” Dan said quietly. “It seemed like much, much longer than that.”


The Alien Mind 
YA Science Fiction
Cover image link: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wD8ZTHg7PdU/WaIIgLnWdzI/AAAAAAAABOY/NcJWGQ1LPVIluxsgroz22ZgldYdjyysvwCEwYBhgL/s320/The%2BAlien%2BMind%2BKindle.jpg
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About The Book:
When a group of aliens called the Aruk abduct Young Rivinaig and several other children, they are thrown into the adventure of a lifetime. 

The Aunantet, a benevolent race of aliens, rescue the children and adopt them into their culture and raised them as if they belong. The children's new families teach them how to harness the full capacity of their minds, enabling them to defy the laws of physics and develop special mental abilities. 

The past returns to haunt them as the Aruk plot revenge and regain control of their former captives. The fate of the entire galaxy depends on whether the children can maintain their freedom.

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36130453-the-alien-mind

Buy Links:
E-book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0755Q6D2V
Will be priced at .99 on Amazon till January 1! Normal retail price is 2.99
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1974669661
Large Print: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1975813944
Hard Cover: http://www.lulu.com/content/hardcover-book/the-alien-mind/21245642
Audio Book: (coming soon)

Reviews:
“A fast paced science fiction, full of thrilling adventure...” ~Mamta Madavan, Readers Favorite
https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/13023

“A chilling entertaining adventure!” ~ Geraldine Ahearn, Amazon Top 500 vine Voice Reviewer http://www.amazon.com/review/R3E5I3MGDIGX4O/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0805990380

“The novel itself was witty, funny, and entertaining to the max...”~ Amy E. Croweaecrowe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/this-weeks-book-review-is.html

Visionary From The Stars (COMING SOON)
Book Cover link: (Coming soon)(copy and paste link wherever/however you upload pictures)
Middle Grade Science Fiction
Release Date:  Paperback release date to be set soon.
About The Book:
For millenia, humans thought they were the only life in the galaxy-- until the day an alien species claiming to have humanity's best interests in mind forces its way onto an unsuspecting exploration craft. In another part of space, the Star Traveler's crew sets out on a camping trip to the surface of the moon. There, they stumble upon an object covered in alien writing revealing the first piece of a galactic map that will lead them into an intergalactic controversy--all while the Platonian race strives to sabotage their every move.