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Penny Estelle has a story to tell

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I'm happy to share author, Penny Estelle's latest novella with the world today The Bearded Dude in the Puzzle: Many years ago, in the land of kings and knights, Dozer, a powerful wizard, casts a spell over Scartin, and changes him into a tiny toy wizard and puts him inside the box of a puzzle. Centuries later, Shelly Taylor, and her two kids, Bobby and Andrea, find their lives in turmoil. They are uprooted from their home and friends and moved to a small town in Idaho.   Their parents’ marriage falls apart, and to make matters worse, for some reason the kids at their schools are shunning them. Shelly, once an advertising executive, starts cleaning houses to make ends meet.   It is in one of these old homes where the ancient puzzle is found. As the family works on the puzzle, strange things start to happen.   An evil presence is making its way to the Taylor house, intent on making sure that puzzle never gets put together, no matter the cost, and it’s

Mark your Calendars - Kindle Countdown

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Beautiful Monster , a paranormal romance, will be on sale for 99 cents beginning March 21st and ending on March 23rd at midnight EST. It is the first of three in the series. " Beautiful Monster - grim in that bloody, undead way, but it would be disappointing if it wasn’t!" Beautiful Monster - The Exchange (book one) is the story of Lev Baronovsky, a soulless creature of the night and his predicament. The love of his life, a mortal, has just died and in three days will pass to the other side. Without a soul, Lev cannot cross over with her and the thought of spending eternity without his beloved is unbearable. Is seventy-two hours enough time to find a way? With the help of his brother, they must find the only one who can help - the vilest creature of all, Boris. But Boris has selfish plans of his own.   I've worked in the publishing industry for 25 years as an editor and an author. I'm represented by the Serendipity Literary Agency. I've

Need a little romance? Author, Sandi K. Whipple has the right book for you.

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Dancing with a Cowboy Lucy Baumgardner, working partner in a law firm in Philadelphia, works too hard. So says the senior partner, who just happens to be her father. When she’s forced to take a two week hiatus, she assumes two weeks of pedicures, massages and poolside relaxation with a glass of wine won't kill her. But things aren't always what one expects. To her horror, city girl Lucy ends up stuck on a working ranch with no phones, cell service, or WiFi. Her acute shock dictates she will not play cowgirl for two weeks. Making matters worse, Stace Levin, the very handsome owner /operator, does nothing to make things easy for her. Her days are filled with manual labor and one mishap after another, amusing Stace to no end. Surprisingly, he finds her not only amusing, but smart, stubborn, and very beautiful. Knowing it’s for only two weeks, Lucy slowly succumbs to the ranch lifestyle. Every day something happens to change her mind about the good looking cowboy

Stolen is a steal

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Today, author Sheila Dalton has hijacked my blog to make an announcement   First, a big thank you to Jeanne for allowing me on her blog today to advertise a HALF PRICE SALE of my new historical fiction ebook, STOLEN.   From now until March 8, Stolen for Kindle is available for $2.99 U.S.   Stolen came about after trips to Morocco and Devon, England. In Morocco, I visited the underground dungeons where the Christian slaves were kept; in Devon, I saw the caves and coves where British pirates plied their trade in the seventeenth century.  Devon, England, 1633: Lizbet Warren’s parents are captured by Barbary Corsairs and carried off to the slave markets in Morocco. Desperate to help them, Lizbet sets out for London with Elinor, from the Workhouse for Abandoned and Unwanted Children, the only other survivor of the raid. The pair are soon separated, and Lizbet is arrested for vagrancy. Rescued from a public whipping by a mysterious French privateer, she is t