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Romantic Suspense – Lost and Found

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Tactical Solutions International, Book 3

Romantic Suspense

Date Published: August 11, 2020

Publisher: Wave Equation Media

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Dr. Lissa Morgan has had a crush on her best friend’s older brother
since they were kids, but handsome, brooding Cam Taylor has never given her
a second glance. When Cam unexpectedly shows up on Lissa’s doorstep
bleeding and bruised, his personal life in shambles, things between them
take a steamy turn.

After an incredible weekend with the sweet, sexy doctor, Cam realizes what
he’s been missing. But he’s run from intimacy his whole life,
sure he doesn’t deserve a woman like Lissa. He’s doing her a
favor by walking away – or so he tells himself.

Frustrated and hurt by Cam’s distance, Lissa must nonetheless rely on
his private security firm when an annoying admirer becomes a threat. The
more time Cam spends with Lissa, the faster his defenses crumble. When the
disturbed stalker finally makes his move, Cam will do whatever it takes to
save the woman who’s slowly healing his wounded soul.

Lost and Found is the third book in the Tactical Solutions International
series but can be read as a stand-alone.

Other Books in the Tactical Solutions International Romantic Suspense
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Sing for Me

Tactical Solutions International, Book 1

Jake Evans isn’t looking for love when he walks into a dive bar while
on leave, just a beer and a no-strings hookup. Fiona Flynn isn’t even
looking for a date. She’s got a musical career to launch and a past
heartache to overcome.

When Jake sees the stunning singer on stage, he knows he wants her –
maybe for more than one night. Fiona can’t deny the chemistry between
them, and she can’t ignore her growing feelings for the hot sailor
with the easy smile.

Their sweet, sexy, long-distance love affair comes to a screeching halt
when Jake is injured overseas. Wrecked body and soul, Jake can’t
imagine a different kind of life, for himself or with Fiona. But when the
unthinkable happens, and Fiona’s life hangs in the balance, Jake will
have to rediscover his inner warrior in order to save her.

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Run and Hide

Tactical Solutions International, Book 2

Special Agent Mike Flynn owes his friend a favor, and the instructions are
clear. Find Lucia Costa. Keep her safe. But Lucia doesn’t want to be
found. She’s investigating her brother’s brutal murder and
trying to stay alive.

When the hot FBI agent knocks on her door in the middle of the night, Lucia
has to admit, she needs his help. She’s out of money, on the run, and
the files hidden in her motel safe could take down a deadly human
trafficking ring.

As Mike and Lucia chase down the corrupt cops who betrayed Lucia’s
brother, and work the case he died trying to solve, sparks fly. Gruff and
jaded, Mike fights his feelings for the feisty grad student under his
protection, but Lucia makes him want things he hasn’t in a very long
time. With the danger closing in and time running out, Mike will risk
everything to give Lucia her life back and to have a chance at loving
her.

Run and Hide is the second book in the Tactical Solutions International
series but can be read as a stand-alone.

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About the Author

Maggie Clare is the pen name of award-winning speculative fiction author
Tabitha Lord. When channeling Maggie, she writes all the naughty things! Her
Tactical Solutions International romantic suspense series features hot hunky
heroes, smart sexy gals, and nail-biting narratives. Count on Maggie to pair
great story-telling with an erotic edge.

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Historical Fiction – The Cold War Begins

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Second Volume of the Berlin Tunnel Trilogy

Historical Fiction

To Be Published: September 8, 2020

From Amazon bestsellers list author Roger L. Liles comes the second volume
of his Cold War trilogy—THE COLD WAR BEGINS. The setting is
war-ravaged Berlin in late 1946. Spies from both sides begin to move with
relative ease throughout a Germany occupied by British, French, American and
Russian military forces. Kurt Altschuler, our hero, soon becomes one of
them.

While working behind enemy lines as an OSS agent in France during World War
II, Kurt learns that intelligence collection involves both exhilarating and
dangerous encounters with the enemy. He relished every moment he spent as
part of the vanguard confronting the Nazis.

That war has been over for 18 months when he is offered a job as a CIA
deep-cover agent in the devastated and divided city of Berlin. He jumps at
the opportunity, but is concerned that his guise as an Associated Press News
Agency reporter will offer little action. He need not worry. Soon, he is
working undercover, deep inside of Russian-controlled southeastern Germany.
Eventually, KGB agents waylay him and tear his car and luggage apart. His
chauffeur is beaten. He is threatened with prison, torture and death.

Enter Erica Hoffmann, a very attractive, aspiring East German archeology
student. Any relationship between an undercover CIA agent and an East German
woman is strictly forbidden; she might be a KGB or Stasi agent or operative.
But he cannot help himself—he has fallen hard for her. Kurt strives
assiduously to maintain their tempestuous, star-crossed relationship.

Eventually, Kurt works to counter the efforts of Russian and East German
spies, especially a mole who is devastating Western Intelligence assets
throughout Europe. He also must work to identify and expose enemy spies who
have penetrated the very fabric of the West German government and society.
He frequently observes to others that: “the spy business is like knife
fighting in a dark closet; you know you’re going to be cut up, you
just don’t know how bad.”

About the Author

Roger L. Liles decided he had to earn a living after a BA and graduate
studies in Modern European History. He went back to school and eventually
earned an MS in Engineering from the University of Southern California in
1970.

In the 1960s, he served as an Air Force Signals Intelligence Officer in
Turkey and Germany and eventually lived in Europe for a total of eight
years. He worked in the military electronics field for forty years—his
main function was to translate engineering jargon into understandable
English and communicate it to senior decision-makers in the
government.

Now retired after working for forty years as a senior engineering manager
and consultant with a number of aerospace companies, he spends his days
writing. His first novel, which was published in late 2018 was titled The
Berlin Tunnel—A Cold War Thriller. His second novel The Cold War
Begins was published in late 2020 and is the second volume in his planned
The Cold War Trilogy. This trilogy is based on extensive research into
Berlin during the spy-versus-spy era which followed World War II and his
personal experience while living and working in Europe. He is in the process
of writing its third volume of the trilogy which will be titled The Berlin
Tunnel—Another Crisis and takes the story into 1962 and the era of the
Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Sci-fi Romance – Sentinel

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Shadowborn Rebellion, Book 2

Sci-fi Romance

Published: July 18, 2020

Publisher: Anything-but-Ordinary Books

Determined to spend some time alone with the feisty human he wants as his
mate, Salvo Xett invites Natalie Marino to Ghost City. He’s afraid she
will find the abject poverty shocking after the relative luxury of the other
villages, but he must know her reaction before he claims her. Ghost City is
his home. His mate must be able to see beyond the scorched ruins to the
forgotten people desperately needing their help.

No sooner do Salvo and Natalie arrive in Ghost City than they are asked to
rescue a kidnapped child. Their investigation takes them on an inadvertent
tour through the seediest parts of town. Natalie is horrified yet filled
with compassion and determination. Her intense attraction to Salvo might
have brought her to Ghost City, but a burning need to help the
“urbanites” convinces her to stay. Pleased by her reaction to
the conflict, Salvo is even more convinced that he has found his soulmate
and will stop at nothing to claim her as his own.

Other books in the Shadowborn Rebellion Sci-fi Romance Series:

Slayer

Shadowborn Rebellion, Book 1

Published: March 2020

Publisher: Anything-but-Ordinary Books

General Malik Xett doesn’t have time for romance. His one and only
concern is curtailing the power and influence of the ruthless Sarronti
elite. Still, the human female working with him lingers in his mind and
fuels his imagination.

Though Kara O’Leary has been attracted to Malik since they first met,
she never dreamed he returned her feelings. One kiss ignites a hunger
neither can deny, but the timing couldn’t be worse. Hostilities
rapidly escalate and new threats are revealed. How can Malik and Kara bring
freedom to the “world below” when all they can think about is
each other?

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About the Author

Cyndi has written about rock stars, vampires, and cat shifters, but she’s
currently focused on outer space. Her stories are fun, fast-paced, and
seriously hot. Her books have made the USA Today Top 100, and frequently
appear on Amazon Best Seller lists. She is currently working on the
Shadowborn Rebellion, a spin-off series set in the Outcasts universe.

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Horror Adventure – Scorpius Rex

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Horror/ Action Adventure

Date Published: July 20th

Publisher: Severed Press

Petroleum engineers drilling in the African desert uncover a pocket of
mysterious, life-preserving gas, and the hellish creatures hibernating
within—a colony of ten-foot prehistoric scorpions. After 400 million
years, Scorpius Rex has risen to reclaim its throne as Earth’s apex
predator.

When their USAID humanitarian mission goes awry, Dave Brank’s
security team becomes trapped inside the drilling complex’s
electrified perimeter. Now they’re locked in a life or death battle
against hordes of flesh-eating scorpions prowling the labyrinth of
machinery. Brank, a decorated soldier unjustly drummed out of the army, is
determined to save his men and the nearby village. Outside the fence lurks
another kind of monster—renegade commandos with a barbaric plan to
lure the scorpions out . . . by feeding them women and children. Only
Brank’s team can stop the slaughter and, just maybe, save the world.
Unfortunately, these guys aren’t elite Navy SEALS or Delta Force
Operators; they’re mercenaries—battle-scarred mavericks who kill
to earn a living, not to save the world. But with humanity’s survival
at stake and Brank calling the shots, even these hired guns can become
heroes.

About the Author

Scorpius Rex is William Burke’s second novel, following a long career
in film and television. He was the creator and director of the
Destination America paranormal series Hauntings and Horrors and the OLN
series Creepy Canada, as well as producing the HBO productions Forbidden
Science, Lingerie and Sin City Diaries. His work has garnered high praise
from network executives and insomniacs watching Cinemax at 3 a.m.

During the 1990’s Burke was a staff producer for the Playboy
Entertainment Group, producing eighteen feature films and multiple
television series. He’s acted as Line Producer and Assistant Director
on dozens of feature films—some great, some bad and some truly
terrible.

Scorpius Rex is the glorious result of a childhood spent immersed in late
night creature features, monster magazines and horror comics.

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Post-Apocalyptic – Read at Your Own Peril

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Apocalyptic, Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative

Published Date: 8/1/20

Publisher: INtense Publications LLC

Kevin shouldn’t be writing this. And you shouldn’t be reading
it. After all, reading is now a crime–and for good reason. After the Coma
Outbreak, everyone knows what happens to people who read. Their eyes slam
shut. And they never get out of their desks again.

About the Author

Patrick Hueller is the author of several award-winning books for young
readers, sometimes under the pen name “Paul Hoblin.” Foul, a
horror book, was a YALSA Quick Pick and was described by Booklist as
“unbearably tense.” The Beast was a School Library Journal
selection. Archenemy made the ALA’s Rainbow Book List. Wolf High and
The Wish were on SLJ’s list for “Accessible Reads for Struggling
Reluctant Readers.” He is also the author of the middle grade series
Stu Stories, which Geoff Herbach (author of Stupid Fast and Hooper) said
“hit[s] on pretty much every topic I cared about when I was a kid
(love, Jedis, severed legs, etc.). His most recent book is Kirsten
Howard’s Biggest Fan, a YA book published by INtense Publications that
National Book Award finalist Charles Baxter called “beautifully
written, with a concert-hall perfect pitch for speech and idiom and ways of
feeling.”

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Women’s Fiction – Beyond the Moon

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Women’s Fiction

Publisher: Oghma Creative Media

Katie agrees to teach art techniques at the vet’s hospital to deal with the painful loss of her husband. She discovers her own buried strengths when Glen’s lost soul reaches out to her and they become close friends. Dealing with a damaged warrior is more difficult than she thought. But love makes no room for defeat, and their battles though hard won promise a life together if only they can persevere.

About the Author

Velda Brotherton has written for 35 years and turned out that many novels plus 15 published short stories and six nonfiction books.

She lives in the Arkansas Ozarks where she continues to write every day while enjoying wildlife and the surrounding mountains.

She has three children, three grandchildren, and two great grandsons.

At 84 she has no plans to retire and is currently working on several books. When I quit,” she says, “it will be with my still fingers resting on the keyboard.”

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Thriller – Telephone Road

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Thriller/Suspense, Psychological Thriller

Date Published: August 4, 2020

Publisher: 5 Prince Publishing

Stalked, assaulted, and left for dead, Marlena thinks her life is over. Then she meets Destiny and they decide to take matters into their own hands. For these two, justice has a new meaning. It’s called revenge.

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That first date with Preston checked all the boxes. We strolled and laughed and acted silly. I did see him take a few sips from a silver flask as we went from bar to bar up one side of Sixth and down the other. But he didn’t seem too inebriated and he didn’t try to force me to drink, either.

Halfway through the night, we morphed into a large group. He wasn’t kidding about some of his friends joining us. We seemed to pick up one or two more at each place we stopped. They were all high or drunk. I didn’t see anyone sober other than us—well, me. Preston may have been sober, but each bar was so loud and jam-packed, conversation became more and more impossible. All I had to go on was how well he could walk.

Some of our group couldn’t even do that.

Lines of people snaked away down the packed sidewalks and away from the entrances to every place that featured music. The whole street throbbed with sound and the entire downtown area felt wrapped in laughter and drenched in lights.

Later, he wanted us to go to the lake to go skinny dipping with his friends. But that wasn’t me. Not at all. “Please take me home,” I said. But he refused.

“Come on,” he said. “It’ll be fun.”

When I refused, he turned on the road leading there anyway.

I insisted he let me out.

He slowed and stopped, calling my bluff.

I took a deep breath, stepped out, and started walking back the way we had come. Though my outside appearance was calm, my insides were like waves white-capping near the shore. It was a long way back to the main road. I hoped and prayed someone I knew would come along and give me a ride. It wouldn’t be Joanna, though. She and Antonio were doing the Zombie Walk again. This time there would be a prize for the best look. How I wished I’d gone with them.

When Preston realized I wasn’t bluffing, he turned the car around and drove alongside me as I strode down the shoulder of the road, arms crossed over my chest.

I could hear him attempting to apologize, but this time his words fell into the gap between us like pebbles dropped into a dry well. “I was only joking,” he said. “You know I would never make you do anything you didn’t want.”

About the Author

Ann has been a writer since junior high, but to pay the bills she has waited tables, delivered newspapers, cleaned other people’s houses, taught school, and had a stint as a secretary in a rock-n-roll radio station. She also worked as a 911 operator and a police dispatcher.

Her 5ction began to win awards during her college days. Since then she’s published several short stories, novels, and novellas. She’s always reading and always writing, but even if she never sold another story, Ann would not stop writing. For her it’s a necessity, like breathing. Most of the time, it even keeps her sane.

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