The Jefferson Key

      Steve Berry
     The Jefferson Key

Four United States presidents have been assassinated -- in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963 -- each murder seemingly unrelated and separated by time. But what if those presidents were all killed for the same reason: a clause in the United States Constitution -- contained within Article 1, Section 8 -- that would shock Americans? This question is what faces former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone in his latest adventure. When a bold assassination attempt is made against President Danny Daniels in the heart of Manhattan, Malone risks his life to foil the killing -- only to find himself at dangerous odds with the Commonwealth, a secret society of pirates first assembled during the American Revolution. In their most perilous exploit yet, Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt race across the nation and take to the high seas. Along the way they break a secret cipher originally possessed by Thomas Jefferson, unravel a mystery concocted by Andrew Jackson, and unearth a centuries-old document forged by the Founding Fathers themselves, one powerful enough -- thanks to that clause in the Constitution -- to make the Commonwealth unstoppable.

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    Brink of Chaos

      Tim LaHaye
     Brink of Chaos

In the Brink of Chaos, the third book of The End series, corruption in high government offices threatens to block the election of a worthy presidential candidate by all means necessary---including the unthinkable---while Joshua Jordan and his family fight seemingly impossible odds to clear his name and protect the autonomy of the nation of Israel.

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    Creek Fishing, Survival

      Victor Cox
     Creek Fishing, Survival

This is the mostly true account of Victor surviving an afternoon/night fishing trip in a creek. It’s an action-packed thriller filled with adrenaline pumping events that will entertain and scare you. His artful rendition of escaping several near-death fabricated “boogers” are sure to delight those looking for heart-throbbing suspense and unbelievable mysteries.Going fishing isn’t supposed to turn out this way. Occasionally stopping to fish, Victor makes his way to the mouth of the creek where it meets the Lake. Making warm memories along the way, he is mesmerized with the fishing possibilities. Not noticing the sun was setting until it was, basically, too late, the adventure starts on his way back to the truck. Only the reflections on the water and the hum of the electric motor kept him from going insane between bouts of riveting horror as his mind runs amuck with terror-induced events. The consecutive frightening experiences demonstrate the fear one can conjure up in an overloaded and panicked human mind.

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    Milieu Dawn

      Malcolm Franks
     Milieu Dawn

A Kindle best seller.First there were the missing funds. Then a murderous attempt on a friend. Next, came the night intruders.Matt Durham was rebuilding his life under a cloud of suspicion so he couldn’t be sure who was behind it all.His subsequent investigations would lead him to confront his past once more. As the layers of deceit are revealed, Matt determines he must end it, once and for all.A very short teaser for the Beauty of the Beast series.This prequel focuses on Alba who later becomes known as Pluck as she starts her journey at age six.What the series is about...One simple act of love and one devastating betrayal of love...The story of Beauty and the Beast with a twist. What if the woman was the one turned into the creature?This very short read is a teaser for Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose: Part A. It is the first book in a fantasy action adventure romance series. Try the first book also.On the planet Terra when recorded history began, Man coexisted with the Necroms. Necroms were intelligent catlike humanoids. The dawn of this period was known as the First Age of Magic. In the Second Age of Magic, a war broke out between Man and the Necroms and by the middle of the Second Age, Man was nearly wiped from creation. Those who survived fled Wellspring and journeyed across the sea into the unknown, finding new homes and creating fortified domains. In the Third and final Age of Magic, Man established five island kingdoms: Commery, Fletching, Morgog, Swelldom, and Hort.In the First Age of Metal, Man turned from the lost art of magic to the might of weapons as they discovered iron then steel. Large armies were created, and Man fought amongst themselves, forgetting the Necroms into myth. For generations the wars continued until an arranged marriage between the two strongest kingdoms of Commery and Morgog ceased the bloodshed, and so Man established the first Emperor and Empress and the tradition of Amalgamation. When both the Emperor and Empress of the Five Kingdoms died, the two strongest kingdoms' heirs married and crowned a new dynasty, and so began the Age of Amalgamation.During this age, a witch placed a curse on a girl named Pluck. The curse had been meant for a boy, Prince Edward of Fletching, for stealing the Mystic Rose. Pluck transformed into a Necrom with the Kiss, Edward's first kiss as her only redemption. The Kiss wouldn't be an easy task since showing her face meant her death.Beauty Of The Beast Series-0. Alba- Beauty of the Beast #01. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose- Part A- The Flower, The Sword, And The Kiss2. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose- Part B- A Vow Of Love And The Challenge3. Beauty of the Beast #1 The Mystic Rose- Part C- Hearts Betrayed And Blood Revealed

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    Shades of Blood #1: Creepy Crawler

      Peter Ackers
     Shades of Blood #1: Creepy Crawler

The stout of heart will have a friend...The weak will know a painful end...So toughen your soul, don’t be a bawler...Lest you’re visited by the terrible Crawler.The stout of heart will have a friend,The weak will know a painful end.So toughen your soul, don’t be a bawler,Lest you’re visited by the terrible Crawler.

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    Folly

      Laurie R. King
     Folly

An acclaimed master of suspense creates a heroine you will never forget in this superbly chilling novel of a woman who begins a desperate undertaking that may transform her life -- or end it. What happens if your worst fears aren't all in your mind? Rae Newborn is a woman on the edge: on the edge of sanity, on the edge of tragedy, and now on the edge of the world. She has moved to an island at the far reaches of the continent to restore the house of an equally haunted figure, her mysterious great-uncle; but as her life begins to rebuild itself along with the house, his story starts to wrap around hers. Powerful forces are stirring, but Rae cannot see where her reality leaves off and his fate begins. Fifty-two years old, Rae must battle the feelings that have long tormented her -- panic, melancholy, and a skin-crawling sense of watchers behind the trees. Before she came here, she believed that most of the things she feared existed only in her mind. And who can say, as disturbing incidents multiply, if any of the watchers on Folly Island might be real? Is Rae paranoid, as her family and the police believe, or is the threat real? Is the island alive with promise -- or with dangers? With Folly, award-winning author Laurie R. King once again powerfully redefines psychological suspense on a sophisticated and harrowing new level, and proves why legions of readers and reviewers have named her a master of the genre. From the Hardcover edition.

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    The Secret Pilgrim

      John le Carré
     The Secret Pilgrim

Nothing is as it was. Old enemies embrace. The dark staging grounds of the Cold War--whose shadows barely obscure the endless games of espionage--are flooded with light. The rules are rewritten, the stakes changed and the future unfathomable. Ned has worked for the British Intelligence all of his life--a loyal, shrewd officer of the Cold War. Now approaching the end of his career, he revisits his own past. He invites us on a tour of three decades in the Circus, burrowing deep in the world of spies from every corner of the globe. "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster!" (Newsweek)

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    Win, Lose or Die

      John Gardner
     Win, Lose or Die

When M receives word that a terrorist organisation known is planning to infiltrate and destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier-based summit of world leaders, James Bond is returned to active duty in the Royal Navy. Promoted from Commander to Captain, Bond is expected to infiltrate the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible and identify potential sleeper agents. As he struggles to complete his mission, a massive war game is being carried out between the American, British, and Soviet Navies. And when Bond gets caught up in a murder investigation the safety of the most powerful leaders on the planet hangs in the balance ...

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    The Gambler and the Castle

      Greg Blyth
     The Gambler and the Castle

In this haunting short story, Ian Hawes moves into his wife's Regency estate out in the countryside to finish his opus for the Sussex Symphony Orchestra. Despite being in the perfect setting to focus on his work, Ian finds it difficult to write. He suspects there might be more to the house than he first realised and he begins to uncover a dark secret about the house... and his wife.A young woman is possessed by the demon Shkazzrt, and faces a difficult choice: go through with the perilous exorcism or not? Zombie researchers are standing by while she consults an expert on exorcism - a vampire.THE 'ZOMBIES VS VAMPIRES VS DEMONS' WORLD:In a post-apocalyptic world, humans are a just valuable resource: zombies want their brains, vampires want their blood, and demons want their souls. Pure humans are difficult to come by, and the factions scrape what they need from each other, either through brute force or fragile alliances.SUPERNATURAL FANTASY STORY [1500 words]

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    The Hunter

      Alan Norris
     The Hunter

William Blake, happily settled in the peaceful countryside of Brittany, meets a beautiful Frenchwoman at a local sporting club. But, after meeting her son, things begin to go wrong and the Hunter becomes the Hunted."The Hunter" is the first book in a series of William Blake novels. It is a fast moving read, where our once professional hunter becomes the hunted. The story is set in the north of France where William, an ex Royal Marine, becomes the hunter's quarry in a bizarre initiation ceremony when he joins a local hunting club. The ceremony ends in disaster and sets William on a course to defend his innocence by again becoming the professional hunter to find his only witness.

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    Never Send Flowers

      John Gardner
     Never Send Flowers

In different corners of the world four high-profile figures are assassinated in less than a week. Nobody links the deaths but one thing is certain: each of them has been stalked, sought out and killed with care and preparation. Then a sinister connection is established: a single, blood-tipped rose is sent to each funeral and an unremarkable female agent is murdered in Switzerland. When MI5 come to MI6 to ask for help M brings in his best. At first, a weekend abroad seems tempting to James Bond: especially when he's paired with Flicka von Grusse, a gorgeous Swiss intelligence officer. But this is a perilous assignment that starts with the mysterious actor David Dragonpol and leads them to Athens, Milan and on to EuroDisney ... and an explosive climax.

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    Drifter On The Horizon

      Travis Pasch
     Drifter On The Horizon

A drifter’s obsession with an apparition adds chaos to his faltering life and violent dreams, a pair of scorned lovers hatred turns dangerous, and a psychotic vigilante all vie for each other’s attention in a waning spiral of doom. Their tenuous grasp on reality bends into the unreal as their secret lives are brought to the forefront. The cold night of the desert can only hold so many secrets…Thrilling Adventure is an anthology where new characters debut, team ups between existing EBH heroes, and tales that cannot be told in the EBH solo series. This first episode features the team up of Scarlet Tie the openly gay African American hero of Cleveland and Jewish hero the Key-Master. The central theme is extinction and what future efforts might be used to restore extinct species to the planet.

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    Hide 1: Untethered

      Jax Spenser
     Hide 1: Untethered

The first episode of a five-part serial. Sixteen year old Keegan escapes his abusive mother only to end up in the creepy town of Sedonia Falls.When Keegan finally gets away from his brutal mother on his sixteenth birthday, things go from bad to strange as his father picks up a hitchhiker in the desert during their escape. The strangeness of the day gets scary as Keegan notices the hitchhiker’s odd behavior. But with Keegan’s failing memory and bizarre dreams of a red wind, he can’t be sure about what his father’s gotten them in to as they make their way to the creepy Arizona town of Sedonia Falls. This is the first episode of a five-part serial.

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    One Last Kiss

      Kyle S. Taylor
     One Last Kiss

At one point she had it all, everything she ever dreamed of attaining...and suddenly life hit her with a curveball. She was a woman scorned, or so she was convinced, and blamed the men she had been with for her dire situation. Misery enjoys company, however, and she was determined to make those responsible for her horrific state just as miserable as she was.She was living the good life--fast money, expensive clothes, and men who were wiling to cater to her every desire...and then her world came crashing down upon her. Deserted by her family and with no one to turn to, the only thing keeping her alive was the thought of exacting her revenge on the men who used her. One of them was ultimately responsible for her hurt, her pain. One of those bastards cursed her... She wasn't sure who did it, but she knew one thing for certain--all of them would pay.

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    Private Royals

      James Patterson
     Private Royals

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. Jack Morgan is visiting Peter Knight and the team in the London branch of his investigation agency, Private. At a cocktail party the night before the Trooping the Colour parade for the Queen’s 90th birthday, Jack receives a phone call from the Duke of Aldershot saying that his daughter, Abbie, has been kidnapped. He needs Private on the case – one word to the police and Abbie will be killed. Jack will have to find Abbie before 11:00 a.m. the next morning, or the kidnapping will turn to murder.

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