Month: January 2023

A Middle-Grade Fantasy Anthology

Edited by Antoine Bandele

Tales From the Otherworlds

11 marvelous stories of mystical portals, magical lands, and mythical creatures.

Second Collection of Short Stories Book 2 of The Soul Series

by Barbara Daniels Dena

 

Second Collection of Short Stories Book 2 of The Soul Series

Fictional Humor Short Stories

Date Published: 01-25-2023

Publisher: Magic Zoe Publishing

One Soul’s Journey is an eclectic and extraordinary collection of short stories.

The ingredients: imagination, a dash of real life, inspiration, and lots of love. If you’ve read and loved her first collection, “For the Soul,” this book will delight you.

Praise for The Soul Series

5.0 out of 5 stars

“Delightfully charming short stories”

“Excellent book. A must-read”

About the Author

Barbara Daniels Dena is an American best-selling author and influential writer of her eclectic short stories in ‘The Soul Series.’

The author’s stories are almost a memoir and are a unique collection of inspiring short stories of ‘good ole fashioned living,’ along with many past and present memories and life experiences that tug on the heart, warming stories, and fictional tall tales and doggie tails delighting readers worldwide. The books are available on Amazon Books, Kindle, and many fine online book sites.

Barbara began writing at an early age as a lover of “Make-Believe.” Today, her writing has developed from memories of family experiences, various compilations of events in her life, and her love of animals. She is willing to admit that her vivid imagination plays a role in her stories. The author is an Illinois native who has lived in many places; as Barb says, like a free-spirited “Gypsy,” she has lived and worked in Illinois, Washington, Idaho, and Georgia, but Ultimately, comes home settling back in the Quad Cities area of Illinois.

She is a proud mother of two grown children. She was a business owner, ran a Temp Agency, transitioned into her passion for floral design, and opened, owned, and ran several floral shops. Her favorite flower is the “Casablanca Lily.” Her favorite color is Red, and when she isn’t writing, Barbara spends her free time oil painting and enjoys quilting, knitting, and reading.

Her favorite book is “Death Be Not Proud” by John J. Gunther. Her first love will always be playing with her fur baby; a little Yorkie named Zoe. She continues to write from her cozy nook as she gazes over a pond full of geese and ducks. On many days it is more gazing than writing.

 

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A True Story of Challenge and Courage Across Three Continents

by Nick Haritatos

 

A True Story of Challenge and Courage Across Three Continents

 

Non-fiction, Business, Business Memoir

Date Published:

Launched: November 17, 2022

Released on Amazon:  November 11, 2022

Published: November 5, 2022

 

Opening during the Nazi occupation of Greece, best-selling No Limits is a true-life adventure story of Nick Haritatos. From his humble beginnings in war-torn Greece to southern Africa, Haritatos began a remarkable journey to success, buying his first business at sixteen and creating a portfolio of successful companies in Rhodesia, South Africa, and the United States.

Buffeted by winds of sweeping political and cultural changes, Haritatos pledged to make his own destiny, regardless of any obstacles. Haritatos lived a life of adventure set amidst dirt roads in tribal lands in Africa, harrowing days of the Rhodesian Bush War, numerous board rooms, and one-of-a-kind ocean-view homes.

With a foreword by Jack Canfield, No Limits gives readers a glimpse into the experiences and mindset of a man who faced numerous obstacles with unwavering confidence and a unique ability to build relationships with people from every walk of life. These relationships, coupled with the determination, passion and focus that he cultivated, gave Haritatos opportunities to build multi-million-dollar businesses, become a successful pilot, walk the 1,200-mile California Coastal Trail from the US-Mexico border north to the Oregon border, create a beautiful family and circle of friends, and achieve almost every other goal he set for himself.

No Limits will both entertain and inspire you. It is full of heart-warming relationships, drama, intrigue, and achievement, set against a background of tumultuous change. Woven into the text and highlighted in the appendix, No Limits includes Haritatos’ pillars of business and personal success.

If you want to become the architect of your own destiny, regardless of your circumstances, this book is for you.

About the Author

Nick Haritatos is a successful entrepreneur, soccer player, pilot, and devoted family man whose life experience has spanned four countries on three continents. From his humble beginnings in war-torn Greece to southern Africa, Haritatos began a remarkable journey to success, buying his first business at sixteen and creating a portfolio of successful companies in Rhodesia, South Africa, and the United States.

Buffeted by winds of sweeping changes, Nick pledged to make his own destiny, regardless of any obstacles. He lived a life of adventure set amidst mud huts and dirt roads in tribal lands in Africa, harrowing days of the Rhodesian Bush War, numerous board rooms, international trips to over forty countries, and one-of-a-kind ocean view homes.

His business career stretches across twenty-three companies and over fifty years in manufacturing, retail, service, and commercial, retail and residential real estate. With a knack for spotting untapped potential in businesses and people, Nick treasures his vast network of friends as intensely as his financial success. He loves to celebrate life with music and dancing whenever possible.

Early on, Nick developed a unique and flexible lifestyle model that allowed him to oversee multiple businesses simultaneously while devoting plenty of time to his wife and children. With his decision to create his own destiny, Nick maintains control over his life and his future even under challenging circumstances, when most others followed tradition.  His motto is “I make events. Events don’t make me.”

An avid athlete, Nick has played and coached soccer for most of his life. Nick has team members who’ve played soccer with him for nearly twenty five years in San Diego. As of the writing of this book, he’s played in more than 2,500 matches, as well as completed several marathons. He plans to be playing soccer when he is eighty years old and beyond.

Outside of his family, one of his proudest achievements was hiking the 1,200-mile California Coastal Trail.

Today Nick uses his considerable business and life experience to mentor and inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders, when he isn’t on the soccer field or planning his next walk.

Nick is available to speak to groups interested in business and personal success. For more information on his speaking and mentoring work, visit his website at http://www.nolimitsbynick.com

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by Sean E. Kelly

Genre: Epic Fantasy

by Lily Zante

Genre: Age Gap, Second Chance Contemporary Romance 

Tomorrow Belongs To Us

Book 13 of the Winston Radhauser Mystery Series

by Susan Clayton Goldner

Winston Radhauser Mystery, Book 13

 

Mystery

Date Published: 01-24-2023

Publisher: Tirgearr

 

When Detective Winston Radhauser’s phone rings in the middle of the night, he knows something terrible has happened. On this night, a homeless man, rummaging for food in a local dumpster, finds the body of a severely beaten young woman. On scene, Radhauser estimates the victim to be in her early twenties. He’s overcome when he learns the forensics reveal she is the girl whose disappearance has haunted him for three years–Ava Cartwright.

In broad daylight, Ava’s bicycle had been found parked with the kickstand down near a wooded area. Search parties inched their way through every portion of those woods, the neighborhood, nearby Lithia Park, and along miles of railroad tracks, but there was no sign of the little girl.

Where has she been all this time? And why was she dumped on the eve of her thirteenth birthday? There must be something, some tiny detail, he missed that will give him a lead. This time, Radhauser won’t quit until he finds it.

 

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Susan Clayton Goldner became fascinated with books and writing as a young child. Her first publication came when she was ten. It was a poem on the back of a church bulletin. Perhaps seeing her name in print prompted her to pursue that love and become a novelist. Susan shares a life in Grants Pass, Oregon and Tucson, Arizona with her partner, John Carter, her fictional characters, and more books than one person could count. When she isn’t writing—which isn’t often—Susan likes to make stained glass windows and quilts. She says it’s a little bit like writing—telling stories with fabric and glass.

 

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Book 1 of The Wandering Hearts Series

by LoLo Paige

 

Book 1 of The Wandering Hearts Series

 

Travel Romance

Date Published: 01-23-2023

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

 

Travel writer Dayna Benning tours Europe to write a feature story for a travel magazine. Along the way, she helps her bestie scatter her husband’s ashes. When Dayna accidentally sprinkles Alex Mendes with dried rose petals intended for the deceased, she senses a chemistry with the silver fox airline pilot. Just one catch—he wears a wedding band. Embittered by her divorce, Dayna refuses to be a homewrecker, like the woman who ruined her marriage. Alex and Dayna go their separate ways, but she’s mystified when serendipitous signs point her toward him at every turn. Determined to find out why, she learns Alex is a widower. Dayna hopes for a second chance at love…but her resentful heart stops her. Can she forgive those that broke her heart the first time? And for that matter, can she forgive herself for her failed marriage? Unless she finds a way to piece together her fragmented heart, Alex will forever remain a fantasy.

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LoLo Paige is an award-winning author who writes romantic suspense, thrillers, and romantic comedies. Her romantic comedy, Hello Spain, Goodbye Heart won an RWA chapter award for best romance in 2020, and her romantic suspense romances about wildland firefighting have garnered several independent publishing awards in for best romance. She’s also a former wildland firefighter and books from her Blazing Hearts Wildfire Series have been featured and reviewed in Publishers Weekly Booklife Magazine. Her true story about escaping a runaway wildfire won a 2016 Alaska Press Club award. Her books have ranked No. 1 on Amazon Bestseller Lists in global markets, including the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Lolo has decades of theatre experience acting in stage comedies, and comedy is her first love.

 

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The Lords’ Gambit Series, Volume 1

by Katherine D. Graham

Genre: Dark Epic Fantasy 

Oracle of Life

 

Children’s Book

Release Date: January 3rd, 2023

Publisher: Archway Publishing

This book is a tool to help parents and children become aware of their emotions, why they feel the way they do, and work together to embrace the journey of life.

The Invisible Trap is an allegorical story of a child who leaves the safety and comfort of home. Soon he is overwhelmed by his new reality. Realizing he is all alone, he has to overcome his big emotions to gain clarity.

The Invisible Trap is the effect limiting beliefs have on our ability to function. This book embraces Integrated Psychological Leadership Theory and intends to help people learn emotional intelligence as early as possible.

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 John Clay served in the US Army from 2011 until 2022. The impact of his service left him angry, frustrated and scared. In 2017, his first daughter was born, and he realized he needed to address his emotional trauma. That’s when he discovered his on Invisible Trap.

 

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Lose the Stress, Embrace Your Supermom Powers

Self-Help

Date Published: January 3, 2023

If you are a woman trying to have, and manage, it ALL—your family, your work, your ever-escaping inner aah—then this book is for you.

We all walk in the same trying-to-keep-it-together shoes. Every day, we try. And if some of us can pull it off in designer shoes—you go, girl! I want what you’re having for breakfast. Err—scratch that. I meant, lunch of course. Who has time for breakfast if your day starts anywhere close to mine? The sound of that first wake-up bell, as alarming as it is—is a further reminder of the daily mad dash that lurks just ahead. Our day’s race has only begun, where almost anything is sure to happen.

• We’re pulled between our children, husband, and work. Just pick one. But you know the drill—just take a deep breath, dive in and roll with it. Try.

• Whatever you do, don’t attempt any of it without INTENTION to power through. The winning inner- gredient for us lucky ones, who have found our long-lost Superwoman Hat (aka, mojo), reminds us we still have what it takes to help create a day with less chaos.

• Here’s how this book will help get you there:

• Start your day with that big I-word, Intention. It will do wonders for locking in that S-identity, Superwoman. As a working wife and mother, you’re not fooling anyone. Isn’t that who you are, my S-sisters? Own up to you. Your individual power and your still real potential. Even if you misplaced it amid all the noise.

• Find that buried you. Start digging. Your inner strength is there to be rediscovered.

While daily chaos doesn’t really go away and is the dominating theme of any day, we can still try to stay ahead of it. But don’t go it alone. Let these pages spark some overdue inspiration, tips and ideas. This is not just what works for me, but a tribute to all women who are trying to power through the madness of full lives (no easy feat for us girls, as we all know). To find that missing peace, our sunny side UP—as the way forward in this “trying to master having it all” sisterhood.

I got you! And you got this!

 

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ABY LILIAN MAMBOLEO, JD/MBA, has come a long way since her native Nairobi, Kenya, youth. A self-made American businesswoman and a role model living her motto-driven course, “I’m a B.I.T.” (Billionaire in Training), she is the founder of the publishing imprint, Mamboleo Media Group.

In her new book, The Key to Guilt-Free Success for Working Moms, Mamboleo channels her acquired wisdom as a working wife and mother. She is also the co-author of Business Life & the Universe, Volume 6, which is a No. 1 Amazon bestseller, and Luminary Leadership: How Top Entrepreneurs Lead in Business and in Life, which became a USA Today bestseller. She has additionally co-authored The Entrepreneur’s Funding Guide: 100 Places to Get Over $100K to Fund Your Business.

Achieving her success through service and heart, Mamboleo is a recognized consultant and thought leader. She has further taught business owners innovative ways to manage, grow and scale their business.

Having honed her skills as an advisor in the recruiting industry, Mamboleo is also the owner and president of International Outsourcing. She had previously co-founded and built a parent company that was sold to a publicly traded organization.

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