Month: January 2024

The Stormsong Trilogy Book 2

by Stephen A. Reger

Genre: Historical Fiction Adventure  

 Two remarkable women are inextricably linked by a power far greater than anything Europe has ever seen.  

Storm Surge

The Stormsong Trilogy Book 2

by Stephen A. Reger

Genre: Historical Fiction Adventure  

Stormfront

The Stormsong Trilogy Book 1

 The year is 1618, and the Christian world stands, once again, on a knife’s edge. The once great Holy Roman Empire, like most of the rest of Europe, is divided along religious, political, and economic lines – pitting Catholics against Protestants, princes against monarchs, and the rich against the poor. And a war unlike anything Europe has ever seen is growing increasingly inevitable…

Destined to be caught up in the coming conflict are two very beautiful but very different women. Lady Atlantis Vanessa von Stormsong is the only child of a wealthy Catholic Archduke, while poor Šarlatová is a Protestant thief who knows practically nothing of her past. These two strangers share a strong faith in the same God, but their respective attempts to find peace in a world dominated by violent and powerful men will lead them straight into the abyss of a war that will tear Europe apart for the next thirty years.

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 After teaching AMERICAN, WORLD, and EUROPEAN history for thirty years, Stephen A. Reger is spending his retirement writing about what the history textbooks leave out. Stormfront is his debut novel. He currently teaches American Literature in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides with his wife, Amy, and his two sons, Jacob and Caleb.

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by Clementina Busayo

How To Start And Grow A Successful Ushering Business

Nonfiction

Date Published: 09-06-2022

Publisher: MagicWand Publishing

Profitable Usherpreneur: How To Start And Grow A Successful Ushering Business is a book for anyone who wants to build a successful and profitable ushering service business. The book aims to promote ushering service as a business.

In this book, Clementina explains the concept of Usherpreneurship, misconceptions about the ushering business, pricing, and more. PUBook provides practical insights on team building, pricing, and client attraction strategies.

The book offers a way for new and existing agency founders to build a profitable ushering business.

Praise for Profitable Usherpreneur

I have closely followed Clementina activities with Gloriouswills Ushering Services. I love that she wrote this book to help others who want to start and grow their ushering business. The use of her own story makes the book personable. I particularly enjoyed the chapter ‘Green Grass’ and I absolutely love the interior design of the book.

– Julius O. HRexpert & Psychologist

The author does a great job at adding essential details of her ushering business and I found the information particularly helpful for my online coaching business. It’s amazing how relatable this information is! Worth the Read.

– Crystal Harrel Author of the Book, Crystal Clear

Wow! I was reading and learning as I read. This book touched every aspect – from being lost to gaining clarity. I’m definitely adding some of the tips shared in this book to my ushering business and I am glad to have come across this handbook. Wel done, Clementina.

– Maria Ebenezer Founder, Emerald Green Ushering Services

About the Author

Clementina Busayo is an Author, Usherpreneur, & Project Manager.

She is the Founder of Gloriouswills Ushering Services GWUS an ushering agency that teaches the business of ushering, trains ushers to be professionals, and provide ushering service for corporate and social events.

When she is not teaching about the business of ushering via Clementina Busayo’s YouTube channel, She loves to moderate events and learn the French language. Clementina believes in

“Service A Tangible Experience” she co-founded Professional GroomsMen – a place for grooms to choose their wedding groomsmen. Through these businesses she is addressing the

sustainable development goal 8 of providing decent Jobs and economic growth. She is the convener of Usherpreneur Summit and she is open to cross-country collaboration.

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A Brown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book 3

by Frank Lazarus

Genre: Murder Mystery, Crime Thriller

Can two Sleuths put these two puzzles together before college starts in September?

Recruiting Murder

A Brown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book 3

by Frank Lazarus

Genre: Murder Mystery, Crime Thriller

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The Phenom

A Brown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book 2

Even before he has played his first game in high school, it would seem nothing can stop Bo Campbell’s meteoric rise to stardom in the basketball world. In Philadelphia, people are already comparing him to his Overbrook High School predecessor, Wilt Chamberlain.

But his dreams are suddenly shattered when he is arrested for the murder of his best friend, Sherman Claxton.

Detective Vernon Brown, and James McNeil, his friend and Bo’s grandfather, search for the truth, but James goes rogue, and soon finds himself in the dangerous underbelly of the Philadelphia drug sub-culture, where the stakes are high and it’s hard to tell who’s friend and who’s foe.

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The Murder Gambit

A Brown & McNeil Murder Mystery Book 1 

An unexplained death in a nursing home. A man falls from a balcony. A hit and run in the middle of a city street. An execution in a home. A woman collapses dead after a date.

Five murders. Five methods. Five police jurisdictions.

What’s the connection?

Philadelphia-area detectives are under pressure to solve the murders, while dealing with their own issues.

Speeding like the lead car at Talladega towards a shocking conclusion, is The Murder Gambit a Shakespearean tragedy or a sinister reality?

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Frank Lazarus was born and raised in West Philadelphia and attended Overbrook High School, as you may have guessed from his writings.

After graduating high school, Frank spent two years in the U.S. Army during the VietNam War. After his service, he completed his 

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at St. Joseph’s University, in Philadelphia.

He was in the Financial Services and Life Insurance industry for fifty-three years before he retired at the end of 2021.

Frank has three adult children and five grandchildren.

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by C.L. Schneider

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Supernatural Thriller, Paranormal Mystery

Flash Point

Nite Fire Book 1

by C.L. Schneider

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Supernatural Thriller, Paranormal Mystery 

What if the legends are true? What if monsters are real? What if there are worlds beyond our own?

Slated for execution, shapeshifting assassin, Dahlia Nite, flees her world to hide in the human realm. As payment for the shelter they unknowingly provide, Dahlia dedicates herself to protecting humans from what truly lives in the shadows. Moving from town to town, she hunts the creatures that threaten an unsuspecting human race; burying the truth that could destroy them all.

But the shadows are shifting. The lies are adding up. And when Sentinel City is threatened by a series of bizarre brutal murders, light is shed on what should never be seen. The secrets that have kept humanity in the dark for centuries are in danger of being exposed.

Wrestling with a lifetime of her own deceptions, Dahlia investigates the killings while simultaneously working to conceal their circumstances. But with each new murder, the little bit of peace she has found in this world begins to crumble. Each new clue leads her to the one place she thought to never go again. Home.

Flash Point is the award-winning first book in the Nite Fire Series, an immersive mashup of urban fantasy and murder mystery—with shapeshifters, dragons, and parallel worlds.

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Chain Reaction

Nite Fire Book 2

Murder, mystery, mayhem, dragons–and mutants!

If anyone can tell the difference between monsters and humans, it’s Dahlia Nite. For nearly a century, she’s hunted one to protect the other; safeguarding humanity from the creatures that slip through the torn veil between the worlds–creatures like her. But the lines are blurring. As people begin mutating and combusting on the streets, Dahlia realizes a strange affliction has descended upon Sentinel City. The mysterious ailment strikes all walks of life, from the posh, high-end nightclub district to the homeless community. Its victims, driven to random acts of savagery, are drawing attention too fast to cover up.

Assigned to the case, Dahlia and her human partner, Detective Alex Creed, investigate the deaths. But all they have are questions and bodies, and a public on the verge of panic. Working behind the scenes with her self-appointed sidekick, Casey Evans, Dahlia struggles to discover what, or who, is behind the alarming transformations. As the violence spreads and the mystery unfolds, she wonders: are the victims still human? Were they ever?

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Smoke & Mirrors

Nite Fire Book 3

She knows monsters are real because she is one. But how long can she hide the truth?

Secrets are a dragon’s best friend. Deception is a close second. Both provide a sturdy armor, allowing half-dragon shapeshifter, Dahlia Nite, to live undetected among the humans. Walking in two worlds, belonging in neither, she wraps herself in a shroud of lies to hide in plain sight. But nothing stays hidden forever.

When dismembered bodies of multiple species are dumped on the riverbank, the case falls to Dahlia and Detective Alex Creed. Backed by Sentinel City’s new task force, the pair find themselves urged along by clues that seem too good to be true. Bouncing from one crime scene to the next, they hunt for a clear motive in a murky sea of conflicting evidence. Already on edge from the recent string of unexplained crimes, the city begins to unravel.

Drowning in missing creatures, slaughtered remains, masked men–and the search for her sidekick’s missing sister–Dahlia burns the candle at both ends. Seeking answers, she employs her empathic abilities, and uncovers something deeper and more sinister than a simple serial killer’s web. As the dots connect, and worlds collide, she struggles to shields her friends from the truth. But secrets can be deadly. And Dahlia’s not the only one who keeps them.

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Slash & Burn

Nite Fire Book 4 

Time is running out. Change is coming, and the linked worlds will never be the same.

Surviving her ordeal on Drimera was only the beginning. Forced to pick up the remains of her life and move on, Dahlia returns to her vigilante ways: hunting monsters by the cover of darkness. Backed by a new team, she vows to keep the streets safe while training to harness the eye’s abilities. But the city has become a time bomb, and every day the clock ticks faster–as the creatures pour in and the blight spreads. Dahlia worries she will never be enough to stop the impending destruction. How can she be the answer to saving them all?

Already stretched thin, Dahlia shies away from investigating the Sentinel’s latest murder spree. But the victims’ identities confound her. And the fragile thread tying the postmortem mutilations to Ella Chandler is impossible to ignore. Compelled to unravel the truth, what she uncovers only deepens the mystery. Who engineered the sinister plot? Why does everything lead back to that first case–the one that brought Dahlia out of the shadows and into the light?

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Exit Strategy

Nite Fire Book 5

All good things come to an end. Not if she can help it.

The life Dahlia built in Sentinel City is over, shattered by betrayal and crushed beneath the rubble of a world she’s come to love. But, in the apocalypse, grief is a luxury none can afford. Least of all, the scaled vigilante fighting to protect them.

With half her team MIA, creatures rampaging the streets, and humanity facing destruction, Dahlia struggles to put out more fires than one shapeshifter can handle. All the while, the damaged veil between the worlds is eroding faster. Exits are multiplying, giving the blight free reign to devour all in its path. Relishing in the chaos: the mad scientist bent on seizing Earth for his own devious plan.

In a race against time, Dahlia must find a way to save what remains of this tragic new reality—before the Renewal extinguishes all life on the linked worlds. The dragon inside her is done sitting quietly in the background.

Exit Strategy is the 5th and final book in the Nite Fire Series.

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Born in a small Kansas town on the Missouri river, C.L. Schneider grew up in a house of avid readers and overflowing bookshelves. Her first full-length novel took shape while she was still in high school, on a typewriter in her parent’s living room. Though Schneider has been writing all of her life, Magic-Price (the award-winning first installment in The Crown of Stones Trilogy) was her first published novel.

While her main focus is epic and urban fantasy for adults, she dabbles in all areas of speculative fiction. Her stories tend to be dark, conflict-laden tales full of magic and mystery, action and intrigue, antiheroes and villains, monsters and myths, friendship, love, loss and sacrifice—with enough twists to give you whiplash.

Learn more about C.L. Schneider, and the magical worlds she creates, at clschneiderauthor.com, where you can read reviews, excerpts, sneak peeks and teasers, subscribe to her newsletter, and join her Street Team. An active part of the online indie author community, you can connect with her on social media, or visit the News and Events page on her website for a full list of C.L. Schneider’s in-person appearances in the NY, NJ, and CT area.

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by Stefanie Gamarra,

Children’s Book

Date Published: Nov 14, 2023

Join Amelia and her best friend, Paco the polar bear, on a tooth-aching adventure in a world where cotton candy clouds and ice cream slides are just the beginning.

When they are almost running out of their favorite treat, marshmallows, Amelia’s wild imagination leads the friends to an idea: a marshmallow tree!

But can you really grow a tree from a marshmallow? With a dash of school knowledge, a sprinkle of sugar, and some really bad dentist jokes, Amelia and Paco are determined to find out.

About the Author

Stefanie Gamarra, full-time project manager, part-time marshmallow tree cultivator, has officially added ‘children’s book author’ to her list of LinkedIn titles. While originally from Germany, she now calls the US home and peppers her debut children’s book, ‘How to Grow a Marshmallow Tree,’ with a blend of transatlantic charm and humor.

She finds her greatest critics (and inspiration) in her two little ones, whose laughs and sticky marshmallow-covered kisses are the only literary recognition she’s after.

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Philly Heat Series Book 5

by Becky Flade

Genre: Romantic Suspense

 Evil hides in the shadows.  

Fade Into the Night

Philly Heat Series Book 5

by Becky Flade

Genre: Romantic Suspense

A man dedicated to unmasking monsters.
The woman who gives faces to the lost.
Neither can see the evil hiding in plain sight.

FBI Special Agent Noah Danes’ investigation into The Beltway Romeo brings him to Philadelphia and leads to a chance encounter with an old friend. Forensic facial reconstructionist Sadie Potter hasn’t seen Noah since the sentencing of her mother’s murderer four years earlier. Seeing one another in a new light, they both dare to hope for more.

But before they can explore their newfound feelings, Sadie’s attacked by The Beltway Romeo.

Fueled with rage and fear, Noah swears to protect her at all costs. But his fellow profilers turn their focus on Noah, threatening to reveal his deepest secrets to the world. Scarred, depressed, and afraid of losing herself along with her art, Sadie lashes out at the people she loves most…until Romeo makes it clear he hasn’t forgotten the victim who got away.

“Fade into the Night” will grab readers at the first page and not let up until the conclusion! ~InD’tale Magazine

This is a completely unputdownable hold-onto-your-hat book that will take readers on a wild and crazy ride! ~InD’tale Magazine

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When I was little, I thought everyone had stories in their head. When I found out only special people had stories to tell, I wanted to be one of the magical ones who shared their stories with the world. I wrote my first book in kindergarten with the help of my teacher, Mrs. Daniels. My mom – my biggest fan and most ardent supporter – has that little crayon-drawn book tucked into the pages of her family bible. It took almost thirty years to get from there to published but here I am, making my own dreams come true, one happily ever after at a time.

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by Daniel Jarrett

Because Nothing’s More Powerful than a Sunny Day!

Children’s Book

Date Published: September 19, 2022

A fun and engaging educational story that teaches children how to harness the incredible power of our sun!

It seems just like any other car journey to the beach, but when Jack passes a field full of solar panels, he starts to wonder what on earth these strange things could be.

Thanks to his new friend, Sunny, a talking sunbeam travelling down from the sun, Jack is turned into a ray of light himself and soon learns about the process of turning the sun’s energy into power that everyone can use.

By teaching him about what solar panels are used for and how solar power could save the world, Sunny shows Jack how exciting and amazing clean energy can be.

With a focus on the importance of renewable energy, the alternative it provides to fossil fuels and the unique process of using solar panels to power our homes, The Mighty Solar Panel is an invigorating story which will kick-start a child’s interest in the significance of going green.

Are you and your children ready to learn about the limitless power of solar energy? Then grab your copy of The Mighty Solar Panel, today!

★★★★★ “Great little book for getting the kids into learning about the benefits of renewable power!” 

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About the Author

As the CEO of a solar panel installation company, Daniel Jarrett is devoted to sharing his passion and expertise with a whole new generation.

With his children’s book, The Mighty Solar Panel, he is dedicated to educating a young audience about the importance of clean energy and solar power.

Living in Brisbane, Australia, Daniel is motivated by his family, his passion for sales and his love for telling stories. He hopes to use his writing to encourage open discussion and give young people access to ideas that they might never have come across before.

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by Career Tuners

Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Career Guide

Elevate Your Career, Double Your Salary: Transform Your Professional Journey with 

‘My Career Journal’

My Career Journal

by Career Tuners

Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Career Guide

“Not only are you getting rejections for your dream jobs, you’re getting rejected from the jobs you’re only considering JUST to get your foot in the door!”

You might find yourself relating to this statement from a victim of the relentless and unforgiving industry.

Nowadays, many job seekers struggle to navigate their career paths, grow professionally, and be creative in an intensely competitive job market.

Or maybe, you’ve achieved your dream job, but the compensation is not quite what you expected, and you’re dreading a “no” to your raise request.

In “My Career Journal,” I provide a solution to break free from limitations.

Stop letting external factors dictate your journey – take control, pave the way for the career you envision, and get the salary YOU DESERVE.

Be the leader of your narrative with your new career companion.

This practical workbook, enriched with insights from over a decade as a career and salary coach, is tailored for individuals at any career stage — whether you are just starting or looking to make significant changes.

“My Career Journal” will help you critically evaluate your current situation, plan for the future, and translate your creative energy into actionable steps such as: 

• * Define your career goals and set achievable targets with defined weekly, monthly, and quarterly milestones

  * Build and refine a professional portfolio that showcases your strengths and achievements

  * Track and record your accomplishments, laying the groundwork for salary negotiations

By the end, it will have helped you identify your career goals, bridged any skill set gaps, and ultimately secured the job you’ve been aiming for with a salary that’s potentially DOUBLED!

“My Career Journal” also contains practice exercises, planners, and exclusive resume, LinkedIn, cover letter, interview, and SALARY NEGOTIATION checklists that can refine the quality of your career tracking and lead to an increase in your compensation.

Elevate your professional portfolio with “My Career Journal.”

This journal is loaded with insider knowledge on resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profile development and interview and salary negotiation prep instructions and exercises proven to lead to success stories! 

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Fatemah is a highly sought-after speaker and coach who helps ambitious job seekers find higher-paying, more fulfilling jobs. She co-authored “Resparking Creativity,” an Amazon top-seller that serves as the definitive career guide for marketing professionals aspiring to become directors.

Since founding CareerTuners in 2010, she has created free resources that have seen more than 150,000 downloads, helped hundreds of clients increase their pay, and built a network of more than 3000 recruiters. She’s helped her clients get jobs at organizations such as Google, The White House, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Deloitte.

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The Kingdoms of Blood Book 1

by Des M. Astor

Genre: Vampire Horror, Dystopian Urban Fantasy

 Life as humans know it comes to a close when vampires take over as the dominant species in our world, and magic makes its return. It’s up to several unusual heroes to protect the innocent in a select few areas around the world.  

The Dancing Crow

The Kingdoms of Blood Book 1

by Des M. Astor

Genre: Vampire Horror, Dystopian Urban Fantasy

 Hey, I’m Ares. Big, bad, scary vampire that your kind is supposed to be afraid of. And I’m here to help save you!

They call me the “Dancing Crow”. Don’t ask me who ‘they’ is. No idea. Anyway, my kind has emerged from the shadows and ripped the mantle of ‘dominant species’, or whatever, right from your hands. Shame, really. If only you didn’t erase magic from your history.

Anyway-z, I used to prowl the streets, ripping to shreds the evils of your society. Like some twisted superhero, or something. Everything changed when other vampires had enough, and well, here we are. Now my gang and I are trying to establish harmony in this city, at least. Not many would expect a gang, of all things, to be heroes. But here we are.

Our job is to help you widdle humans by getting rid of an evil tyrant, Ash, in this unnamed city. Well, that’s hard to do, so we got allies. A half-dragon, a Tasmanian Devil shapeshifter, you know, cool stuff like that. Now, if only I could get this vampire hunter to leave me alone. No idea what her deal is, but she clearly can’t kill me despite ‘trying’ her hardest. Ah well, I know my job, and it’s to continue doing SOMETHING to help out here.

CONTENT WARNING: Heavy gore, sexual assault and rescue from it, extreme religious indoctrination/manipulation, and heavy profanity.

This is Book 1, version 2 of “The Kingdoms of Blood” series.

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Huntsmaster City

The Kingdoms of Blood Book 2

 Ever see a Tasmanian Devil shapeshifter before? Well, you’re about to meet one. The name’s Darcia Deville.

We might have established harmony in Elapid City, but there’s a bunch of twisted vampire hunters eyeing us now. If they get their knives into our vampires, well, that can only end badly. So, now, we’re taking the fight to them.

Everything just had to go wrong, though.

My partner, Robert Smoke, a turned vampire, ended up captured by an insane scientist known as Doctor Astral. I need to save that brat in distress before he gets himself tortured to death. Not only that, but this woman is messing around with magic and science to an alarming extent. Wolfmen never existed before.

Apparently, they do now.

CONTENT WARNING: Extreme gore, descriptive sex scenes, profanity, rescue from sexual assault, & graphic torture.

This is Book 2 in “The Kingdoms of Blood” series.

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Des M. Astor is a dystopic urban fantasy author who twists everything you know about creatures like vampires. If you’re looking for gory, action-heavy novels that take several steps away from common myth for a flavor of her own, her works are the ones for you. She has a fascination with horror, and is unafraid of spiders, bats, and serpents. In fact, she adores all three. She takes pride in her worldbuilding, to the point where you might question if she’s stepped out of an alternative Earth onto ours in order to tell these stories…

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