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The Bare Knuckle Fighter by Daniel Kenyon
Dreams, reality and superstition cross paths and merge, yet everything seems to have a perfectly reasonable explanation. Creativity and destruction clash and explode in a tale of Gypsies, Travellers, fighting men, a lone painter, a Romany bride to be, an impossible love story, and a family curse… if you believe in that kind of thing. The perfect novel for hardened sceptics with an open mind who love stretched reality, turbo paced action, and strange, dark, ironic humour.
“To be a fighter you must be able to take real pain.
The Savage Heart of Palermo by Daniel Kenyon
The Savage Heart of Palermo is a fast paced crime thriller, with dark humour and an upbeat love story. It tells the tale of Joe Kelly, a young Irish-Italian-American, who flees from the States to Palermo, the traditional heartland of the Mafia. The Savage Heart of Palermo is a fast paced crime thriller, with dark humour and an upbeat love story. It tells the tale of Joe Kelly, a young Irish-Italian-American, who flees from the States to Palermo, the traditional heartland of the Mafia. He is escaping from a troubled past in a poor crime ridden district of Chicago. Joe’s mother was Sicilian, but she was killed in a botched mugging when he was very young. Coming to Sicily is a way for him to feel close to her and discover a little about who she was. Coming down from drugs and desperate to turn his life around completely, he donates half of this money to charity and uses the rest to set up his new life on what he thinks will be a Mediterranean paradise. Soon enough, he discovers that Palermo is no easier than the place he ran away from. After almost two decades of relative quiet the Mafia is once again ready to rear its ugly head in Palermo. This new breed of Cosa Nostra is not entirely like the cool calculated one we all remember from the Godfather. Due to competition from Palermo’s immigrant gangs it has been forced to adapt. In order to make its presence felt it has adopted a more gung-ho approach to violence. Joe realizes that he has arrived right in the middle of a new Mafia war.
What men think after having Sex by Josh Deshmond
What men think after having Sex? A deep analysis to men’s behaviour concerning having sex, and how much Sex affects their decision-making process. A must read book that unveils men’s greatest secrets.
This Could Have Been Our Song! A coulda woulda shoulda ballad by Danielle-Claude Ngontang Mba
Love can be such a “coulda, woulda, shoulda” song sometimes…When Lucia Mpobo-Riddell met Marcus Grant they instantly clicked. Like Fate intervened. Lucia soon discovered that it was Betrayal instead. But now whether they liked it or not they had to work together. But maybe things could still work out between them… All things considered, this could have been one heck of a love song!
His German Hardness- Hot Celebrity Encounters Issue 1 by Gia P
Giavanna Lacey is a rising entertainment journalist with stars in her eyes.
It’s her big dream to have her own entertainment news show and become a celebrity in her own right.
Gia is smart, savvy and determined to make it to the top of her industry but she often gets side tracked when she allows herself
to get too close to the celebrities she’s interviewing. Every hot celebrity encounter is an adventure for
Gia that tests her desire to make it to the top.
Bio: Giavanna Presley was born in small town Ohio but she always had big city dreams.
As soon as she was legal she moved to Southern California where she started out as a groupie *coughs* stalker…
to a diverse string of musicians, actors, wanabees and has-beens.
A Medical Affair by Anne McCarthy Strauss
While under the care of her pulmonologist after a life-threatening asthma attack, Heather Morrison enters into a steamy affair with her doctor. This affair violates the state’s code of conduct and his medical treatment violates the Hippocratic oath. Heather’s life is shattered as a result. After the doctor terminates the relationship, Heather begins research for her own healing, and armed with this information, she initiates a civil lawsuit. Although it is a work of fiction, A Medical Affair was extensively researched. A Medical Affair is a critical book for women who want to make educated decisions regarding their relationships with their doctors.
On the Brink (Vol. 1) by Erika Rhys
On the Brink (Vol. 1) is the first volume of a three-part romance. It tells the story of two individuals, Juliana and Craig, from very different worlds, who unexpectedly meet and fall in love. But their relationship faces many challenges—both internal and external. When Craig’s darkest secrets are exposed, and resonate with Juliana’s worst fears, how will they cope? Can their relationship survive?
Worse Things Happen At Sea: A Very Funny Romantic Comedy by Beverley Watts
Beverley Wilkins promised herself when she started working at Britannia Royal Naval College, the Royal Navy’s premier officer training establishment, that she would eventually become that most envied of creatures – an officer’s wife!
She might be divorced and in her mid 40s, but it doesn’t mean she’s given up on romance – after all, she’s seen ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’…!
The only problem is that so far, the only man in her life is her dog Nelson who unfortunately has a mind of his own – not for nothing was he named after Britain’s greatest hero…!
But it’s a new term which means new officers.
Anything could happen..
Water and Fire by Demelza Carlton
A steamy contemporary medical romance involving a sexy doctor, a naughty nurse, a midwife on a mission and a mysterious predator in Albany, Western Australia.
Working as a student midwife in an Australian country hospital is never easy, but Belinda finds more trouble than most.
There’s the intern doctor who follows her around like an overgrown puppy, the dangerous local wildlife and her own secrets she must keep.
When she finds herself without a place to live, what else can possibly go wrong?
Or is it time for something to go right?