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France “lost” five nuclear warheads. North Korea “found” five nuclear warheads. A young woman from Brooklyn is the only one who can stop World War III…..and she doesn’t even know it. In a world that seems to teeter on the edge of self-distraction, this story of international intrigue follows Dawn Laskey,a thirty-three year old fashion designer, who simply went on vacation in Paris. A romantic fling leaves her in a literal flight for her life as warring forces believe she has the key to missing nuclear weapons. From the beauty and romance of Monmontre Paris to a brutal prison cell in America, Dawn is caught in a web of evil from which she seemingly can not escape. Her one hope is Detective Gerald Denton of NYPD, the only person who seems to truly believe Dawn is innocent. His challenge is to keep her alive before malicious powers destroy her and possibly the entire human race. Looking to see if the opening chapters catch the reader or if they need a stronger impact

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Excerpt from the Young Adult Romance "Letters Never Sent": Dear Lord Fallon, I’m sure you’re wondering why you’ve received a personal letter bearing the royal crest, so I’ll get right to the point. When I stayed in your home, you knew me as Lily. In actuality, I am Princess Lylin, seventh daughter of His Majesty, King Forrester Milandaro. First allow me to apologize for my deceit. It was unfair of me to take advantage of your gracious hospitality without revealing myself, but let me assure you, I had no sinister intentions. I was only trying to safeguard myself in the best way I knew how. My fear of the unknown propelled me to hide my identity as a means of protection, not only for myself, but for my family as well. It didn’t take me long to realize that I had nothing to fear from you, but I didn’t know how to go about admitting the truth without ruining the friendship we had built. In addition, I did not wish to cause you any undo anxiety or discomfort in knowing that you harbored a member of the royal family. Please know that while I may have changed my name, I was utterly honest otherwise. I sought to tell you as much truth as possible and never lied for the sake of lying. I hold you in the very highest respect and cannot begin to express my gratitude for all that you did for me, for the excellent care and comfort that I received while in your company. Please accept my deepest gratitude. Yours, very gratefully, etc... Princess Lylin Milandaro “Lily”

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Formerly titled: The Orphanage. Mattie Hathaway has a secret she has protected all her life. When her foster sister goes missing, she's forced to embrace her heritage, her gift, her curse - Mattie can see and hear the spirits of the dead. Can she find the truth about her sister's disappearance or will she be a victim herself?

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A small Connecticut town rallies around the death of a young woman who died of a heroin overdoes one year ago.

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The chronicle of the afterlife of the muse of Blue Ruby, the afterlife and life of Blue Ruby's preeminent storyteller, Lucky Owens, the life of his brother Owin', and the coming to life of Memphis Trace, a storyteller corrupted by Washington, DC.

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Young Adult fantasy. Liam's Quest, Annwn Book II, is the sequel to Errant Knight. It's been two weeks since Tian and Jordan's wedding. The threat of the black death weighs heavy on everyone's mind, especially Liam's, as he searches for the last stone in the prophecy. Thanks to everyone for all their encouragement and support.

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Along with Jezekiah Van Buren, Heir Apparent to Earth, the Lupans' alpha warlord, Lord Strongarm, has put his life on the line to develop a trade treaty that will restore Earth to her lost wealth and influence in the star-flung Van Buren Commonwealth. In return, Strongarm gets to seal the treaty with a marriage alliance to Jezekiah's little sister, the tech-wiz Letticia Van Buren. All goes well until Strongarm comes to Earth to seal the treaty - and the two men find themselves falling in love with Keiko Yakamoto, an unTyped native Hawaiian girl whose father is the greatest of Earth's Samurai. And whose mother was an assassin for the outlawed gang that seeks to bring down Van Buren and Lupan

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Necromancer, book two of the Bloodlines series, takes us to the darker side of the magical world Alexandria Reed has found herself emmersed in. Follow up to the Awakening. Her friend's emerging powers as a necromancer has put them all in danger. An old enemy from the Cameron's past has come to exact her revenge. It will take all thier combined skills to stop the ancient evil, but will be enough to save them all?

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Story of a family immigrating to America in the early 1900s and a daughter's coming of age in the 1920s in America. I'd like general feedback on use of description, dialogue, show vs tell, and character development. Thank you.

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Labor Pains is the story of Pastor Silver Sterling who ends up pregnant as a result of a mysterious celestial event. it doesn't help that his partner of that moment was not his wife and in fact of another race. The antidote "Fertility Enhancement Procedure" is declared an abortion by his wife, chief of operations of the local anti-abortion movement they lead together. Will Silver get out of this pickle alive and with his marriage and vocation intact? The story contains sexual material, obvious but not graphic. please let me know if i have rated it incorrectly. I do not intend to offend. I am looking for general and specific feedback. does it hold your interest? what's unclear. what works, what doesn't.

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Melinda swore vengeance upon the snotty little high school kids who'd caused her sister to commit suicide, but she discovers something even more shocking when she arrives at Westover Academy. There is something dark and deadly waiting in the halls of the school, something terrifying. Can she find justice for her sister and still save herself?

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What happens when an American Hellion meets A half Scottish Devil? Nothing short of trouble…. Wild and free spirited Tiana Twain, American heiress, has no intention of letting any man rule her life, especially an Englishman. She plans on returning home to Virginia after the London season, claiming her inheritance and living happy without male dictation. Yet when danger follows her from the continent, she is thrown together with the irresistibly handsome Callum, Viscount Branton and sparks fly. Callum is in need of a proper English wife with nary a smudge on her reputation or he will lose his inheritance. He finds such a lady in Lady Amelia, whose cousin is an American hellion of the first order, and the only woman who stirs his roguish heart. Unknowingly, Tiana made a powerful enemy, one with secrets he would kill to protect. When Tiana is nearly abducted, Callum knows he would do anything to protect the willful heiress, even give her his name in marriage.

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A combination of soft sci-fi with literary elements, TBotG is a stream of consciousness narrative, written in the form of a suicide letter. It focuses on the people, events and experiences in the life of James Maris. A failed author, his only novel revolves around an alien species disrupting Earth with the troubling message that "your universe is falling apart." James is thrust to the forefront if widespread apocalyptic elements across Earth when, in the real world, actual extraterrestrials send the exact same message to Earth. Fashioned into an unwilling prophet by a ubiquitous televangelist and sensationalized, James, having "predicted" this event, is forced to interpret its meaning for the rest of humanity. What follows is an account of his life through his eyes as he tries to rationalize his improbable, and completely unwanted, position as redeemer (or destroyer) of humanity.

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This is a Sci Fi / military story, the first of two books set for the most part on a lost colony planet at about 1850 science and late middle-age social structure. The main character is a 20 year-old marine corporal who knows he'll never live up to his famous war hero father. His try for combat experience goes south before he even gets to a battlefield and he ends up as a bodyguard to a princess. Then things really go wrong and he's too busy trying to keep her and himself alive to worry about living up to dad. ALL CRITICISM HAPPILY ACCEPTED.

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While on summer break, young elementary school teacher, Ava Bryant, sets out to fix up her newly acquired home, willed to her ex-fiancé , Earl, by his aunt and given to Ava as a consolation for him needing to “move on” and “have more personal space.” While working on her new home, Ava encounters Bo, who says he’s an old friend of Earl’s. After learning that the two are no longer together, Bo offers to stay and help Ava fix up her house. Ava accepts, but she can’t shake the feeling that something sinister lies beneath Bo’s toothy grin and quiet, easy manner. When her feelings prove correct, Ava takes self-preserving actions that she never thought possible that will change the course of her life forever. Looking for any type of feedback--the good, the bad & the ugly.

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Israel's king is near death, and his care-givers seek out the most beautiful young woman in the kingdom to warm him in his bed. The beautiful Abishag has a twin sister that doesn't look at all like her, but the two of them are taken to Jerusalem to the palace of King David. While Abishag, brought to the king as his comforter, finds herself in a forbidden love, Deborah, in the service of Queen Bathsheba, falls in love as well, and uncovers the roots of a rebellion agains the king and his chosen successor. I want to know how you respond to the main characters, whether and where the story drags, where it is not believable.

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Hadn't planned on entering the contest this year, but this idea came to me. Hope I'll get the three chapters done in time. Any suggestions are appreciated, especially would like opinions on transitions, flow, and if it draws you into the story. Thanks. Vern

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Parker Ammons is a 27 year old woman living her life as she sees fit. Perfectly happy and standing on her own two feet, she is the example of a young woman most parents would wish their own daughters to be. Parker receives a string of mysterious mail that has her and her best friend Avery concerned. Could someone be out to hurt her? As suddenly as the mail started, it stops, but then things really start getting strange as Parker discovers that history isn't just written about, it's written before it happens and she is caught in the middle of a pivotal battle for humanity This is the first part of a very rough draft. I'd like to know if it seems intriguing enough to keep reading? Often I find myself in the first part of a book and I'm already bored. I've never written before so this is a first attempt. Please let me know what you think!

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I've started over, but I haven't republished anything yet. I welcome reviews, but right now I'm still spitballing - don't have a plot worked out and don't have a timeline. I do have characters and a setting and a theme, and I'm planning to write about them until a story shows up. Hope it works. I'm pretty happy with the first six chapters, and I've disabled the rest.

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This is a spy thriller that twists and keeps you entertained with every turn of the page. The best feedback I could ask for is what you don't like and whether the story was predictable. Notes about style and word choice are welcome, and I'll consider any opinion equal to my own. If you care to share what you like about it, that's an added bonus. Thanks in advance.

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this is a completed novel. I wrote this to appeal to that difficult bunch to get to read, the males at the upper borders of the young adult group.

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INVOLUNTARY REVENGE is a contemporary tale of corporate angst, pitting Libby, a discontented insurance rep in her late-twenties, against a relentless boss-from-hell and an assortment of conniving, uncooperative and sometimes creepy coworkers. She is tortured by frequent dreams of killing her boss---in every way imaginable. She has no current boyfriend (working on it) and her support group consists of a “shopanista” best friend, a diet-and-dessert-obsessed gay friend, a laid-back therapist and a difficult, widowed dad. The story, which takes place over a tumultuous four months, shifts from reality to dream, often unexpectedly. As the infuriating encounters with her boss and the unsettling nightmares increase, Libby finds herself looking at handguns. Will the pressure cause her to cross over that shadowy bridge between the subconscious and the conscious world? The answer to that question is both startling and ironic. I rewrote the entire novel since submitting the first three chapters last year. Your comments are appreciated. Good luck to all of us! IMAwriter

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A bacterial brain disease spreads like a plague throughout the world, leaving a trail of cold killers in its wake. Journalist Anna Ozanne’s life is on a downward spiral. But when a series of terrifying murders rocks her island home of Guernsey, she seems to be the only one who suspects a link... London psychology professor Harry Beck’s life is just how he likes it. Organised. Comfortable. Predictable. So when the unversity where he works becomes the scene of an unlikely massacre, he is determined to find out why... And then there's seven-year-old Sophie Stephenson, whose life is turned upside-down when she witnesses her mother’s murder... Three lives. Three epic battles for survival. And as the disease becomes a global pandemic, their lives become irrevocably entwined. (This is very much a work in progress but any feedback on my opening chapters would be appreciated.)

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-- Strongest Start Six entry -- A floatplane leaves comedian Kenny McIntyre at a remote northern lake. He is fresh out of drug rehab and needs time and solitude for healing. Instead, he finds a brutally tortured woman behind his cabin. Maureen is naked, covered head-to-toe with tar, and dying. Kenny saves her and learns that she killed one of her attackers before escaping through the woods. How long before the other kidnappers track her to the cabin? What will Kenny and Maureen do when they show up?

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When the Maya princess Nicte’ is captured by the king of Ox Witz Ha, she expects to find only death. Instead she finds love in the arms of the king’s younger brother. He cannot save her from the sacrificial knife, but he knows the sacred rituals of the high priests, and he will brave the perils of the underworld to bring her back to life. Together they divine the secrets to cheating death.  Fifteen hundred years later, Mitch Hudson is hoping those secrets will save his wife. With time closing in on him, Mitch must convince his friend, a Mopan Maya, to take him deep into the jungles of Belize and do what is forbidden—call the ancient spirits and bargain for a second chance at life. When his friend refuses to help him, Mitch’s only hope lies in the courage of a nine-year-old girl, the youngest descendant of a Maya prince and princess. ***Thank you for reading. Any comments would be appreciated.***

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I've had an addiction since age 8. For four years my mother has helped feed it, water it and made sure it's grown into what it is today. One day soon my life is going to change. Daddy'll come home to stay, Mama will become my momma and I'll have a friend. But until then...Mama is my supplier and I'm her best customer.

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Time travel, Danger, Eternal Love... Careening between modern times and 11th century Europe, Grace must endure persecution, predators, and a broken heart as she battles along side her fellow Knowers to save the Earth. Sole survivors of an immortal race, the Knowers’ homeland has vanished. Orphaned, using their supernatural powers, they blend with humanity and persevere. Powerful and pure of heart, Knowers feel human emotions deeply, longing for the love that was stolen from them when their precious race was destroyed. Join Grace, Hilde and Aron as they battle against Demon and Evil to preserve humanity. Will the humans they partner with prove as resilient and trustworthy as they appear, or will history repeat itself and betrayal and devastation ensue? Meet the Knowers at: http://theknower.wordpress.com/excerpts/

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Abstract Waiting on a Woman is a story of sculpting friendship and magnetic love that draws together two individuals obliviously drifting in the proverbial sea of people, places and passions, revealing their journey from the moment they converge in a divine accident, to the moments that become eternally etched on their hearts. In the face of the headwinds of life, the lovers discover the secret to their soul connection in a pair of crystal wings that enables them to overcome obstacles and soar to each other’s arms. The book is an invitation to both the lovers as well as the reader to don their own crystal wings and join in the exhilarating ride upon which to discover self, love and life. please hurl every literary insult at me. Thank you.

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Partners in a private investigation agency and newly engaged, Rosemary Sanchez & Atticus Wynn were gliding toward a bright future until Atticus's gorgeous ex-girlfriend Claire, appears. Wielding a secret about Rosemary that could tear the couple's world apart, Claire forces the couple into an action-packed adventure, plunging them headlong into the brutal world of Mexican drug cartels in pursuit of a ruthless hit man with a fortune in stolen drug money while a messianic mercenary who is stalking them on behalf of a shadowy mastermind develops sadistic desires of his own.

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Rebecca Phillips was born on North Caicos Island, but has lived in the U.S. since she was 15. Now about to enter a pharmacy program, she dreams of staying and working in the U.S. But her past keeps calling to her, as well as something else: the ghosts of slaves in both Richmond, Va., where she now lives, and Middle Caicos, home of her grandmother, a bush medicine practitioner. As she travels between the islands and Virginia, she also travels through the possible directions her life could take.

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It's July 1977, in Esfahan, Iran. One year before the bloody start of the revolution, and two years before the U.S. Embassy take-over, when expatriate Dodie Cross finds herself in a strange world, somewhere between the Old Testament and the Space Age. Her life takes on twists and turns as she tries to acclimate to the soaring changes in temperature and altitude, culture and attitude. She suffers indignities as she's pinched on the bum at the bazaar; grabbed on the breast by a motorcycle passenger - who doesn't let go for a block - as she crosses the street with her arms weighted down with groceries; chased and rocked by angry country dwellers as she sails down a whitewater river in a raft, and is witness to the stoning of an adulterous woman in a place she should never have been: the bowels of the bazaar. In 1978, she takes a job as secretary to the head of Security at USA Helicopter, and soon learns of the civil unrest in the capital city of Tehran as thousands of fist-waving radicals gather in the streets screaming for the removal of the Shah and death to Americans. She realizes that the time has come to leave the country as riots escalate in her small town, and martial law brings in armed soldiers and tanks. Her final wake-up call is a Polaroid that comes across her desk at work picturing a fire-bombed bus with bodies lying about - the same type of bus that would be transporting her children to school in one month. She tries to convince her husband and his company friends of the danger, but they disregard her fears as paranoia, while their company offers the men a ten thousand dollar bonus to stay on for another year. She handles most things thrown her way, but as the revolution becomes a reality, and her children are in danger, she gives her husband an ultimatum: "Stay here, or go with us. Either way, the kids and I are leaving.” In the end, her husband acquiesces. The struggle to leave the country via the airport presents more terror, as gun-wielding soldiers pull people aside to interrogate them, and yelling throngs of wealthy Iranians push and fight to get on a plane—any plane—to get out of Iran.

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Sterling has been deaf for three years, and in those three years all he's managed to do is distance himself from the rest of the world. That was, until Manami came into the picture. Now he can't get her out of his head. Things change quickly as they fall for each other -fast and hard. Will she help him feel like he belongs once again?

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"Howdy Doody Day" interweaves the lives and times of Sam Behrens, as he grows up in the 1930’s and 40’s, with those of his daughter Lainey as she grows up in the 50’s and 60’s. As a girl, though yearning for normality, Lainey must battle a dangerous mother, while her father, a perennial adolescent, stands idly by. Early on, the strain of battle brings her to a secretive method of self-soothing and eventually to an embarrassing intestinal disorder.

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Matt was in grief after he lost his parents in a car accident. Then he met the pretty bar tender Kate who also lost her parents. What Matt didn't know is there are more stories behind her.

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This is the story of a group of 1960’s radicals who are attempting to revive their former “anti-war” gang many years later. Their former leader, Bennie Fleet III (the wealthy ingenious heir to his father’s business fortune), is now “playing it straight”, running for Mayor. Has he sold out? Not at all, as his campaign’s focus is on keeping Ms. Lee’s Ranch House and Bomb Shelter (a controversial homeless shelter) open for business, despite threats by the City to seize it under “eminent domain” and build a shopping mall in its place. Back in the ‘60’s The Ranch House was a sanctuary for “anti-war” protesters, and Bennie’s loyalty to it goes way back. In his quest, Bennie enlists the help of former anti-war associates who still have ties to the Ranch House. They include the loquacious (and Bob Dylan obsessed) professor Twain, the enigmatic Rainbow, the ingenious Floss, the nearsightedly far-sighted Magoo, and the earth-motherish Ms. Lee herself. Their campaign to elect Bennie and save the Ranch House will also be aided by an alliance with the younger generation, specifically, the local “occupy” movement who have adopted the Ranch House as a cause of their own. Of course, Bennie has larger designs. Assisted by Twain, Rainbow, and Ms. Lee, he’s trying to turn the whole thing into a movie, starring himself as “The Mighty Quinn” – the story of an Irish Eskimo superhero bent on keeping the Ranch House open. Bennie thinks that by circulating his movie through the new social media he will foster a social revolution, win election to office, and save the Ranch House. Will he succeed? You’ll need to read the book! I'm looking forward to hearing any feedback you may have.

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Hello, This is actually the second book in a series, I already published the first book Guardians Inc.:The Cypher, (which back in 2008 was called Twilight Inc., the first chapters are in NBW... somewhere...) Anyway,this is the second book. It has a lot of backstory on purpose which is kind of the thing I would like to see how it works with someone who has not read Cypher. (((BTW if anyone wants to get the first one just email me julian.rosado@guardiansinc.com and I'll be more than happy to send you The Cypher in ebook, mobi or PDF.))) SO... The THUNDERSWORD Blurb............. The search for the Book of Concord is on the brink of failure. Thomas can’t move without being followed by the Azure Guard, and the balance between Magic and Technology has begun to shift giving Magical creatures a stronger hold in our world. With new enemies arising and old alliances breaking up, Guardians Incorporated needs an urgent victory or the seven thousand year old plan will fail and a new Dark Age will engulf the world. But just as Thomas begins to discover the inner workings of Guardians Inc. and his place as a Cypher, he also finds out that not everything is as he thought inside the company and that the worst enemy might be the one lurking within. Cheers! Julian

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COFFEE AZUL Chapter 1: Chase Fields introduced, including his conflict Chapter 2: Denise Martin introduced along with her coffee addiction Chapter 3: Chase Fields and his performance improvement company at work.

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“Flap Copy” for Bomber Babe, a Young Adult novel: If only sixteen-year-old Max could be as totally invisible to the kids at her new school as she is to her family… Springfield High is Max’s third school in as many years. While she is a girl who abhors attention, it’s all too obvious that her notoriously stacked DD-ness is not helping her to hide out. With Facebook’s graffiti artist, David Choe, as her artistic mentor, Max must strike a balance between exposing haters and spreading beauty anonymously throughout the closed-minded Missouri town that is now her home. It’s a struggle for this Bomber Babe. When her socialite mother is outed in a local sex scandal and headed toward possible incarceration, Max turns to her version of Art & Truth Bombing in the hope that life will imitate art in providing a future she can relate to and, more importantly, people she can care for as family. Max has questions that need answers… Will she ever have a friend who sees the world as she does? Is it possible to meet a mentor who genuinely cares? And, for Max, there’s that one all-important question… Where, exactly, is the closest art supply store?

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Aidan O’Rourke never dreams that talking to old Diggory Danaher will take him on an adventure of a lifetime. After months of stories about a mythical island and his father, Aidan decides to find out for himself if his father is alive and living as a panther on the mythical island. Stowaway wives, a lost father, bewitched human beings, a wicked witch, pirates, and friendly dragons combine to draw Aidan into a web of intrigue of good versus evil as he becomes the champion of a land that only exceptional men can reach. Aidan proves how exceptional he truly is through the power of faith and unconditional love. Set between sixteenth century Ireland and a timeless, mythical island kingdom called Draconis, King Satin’s Realm relates the saga of four generations of the O’Rourke family as they battle evil in a strange world after finding it in turmoil. The O’Rourkes seem to be called to this enchanted world to be its champions. However, not even a place of such mystery can quell the wanderlust born in the O’Rourke family. Feedback on dialogue, character development, readability, description, and appeal to the audience. Yes, the word is SATIN. I can spell; it is not Satan. This story is as much family saga as fantasy, but there is no family saga category. King Satin's Realm is the first in a series of four books, which will span 600 years in the lives of The Clan O'Rourke and the unbreakable connection of mind and spirit to the dragons of Draconis. This is the first novel I ever wrote in 2000. It has sat on the self and is now ready to sprout wings and soar. This story was my salvation at the darkest point of my life. Enjoy.

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Wynn Reid is running away from a dangerous situation and has "accidently" ended up in a small South Dakota town that has a unique and frightening problem that it can't run away from. When individuals and communities have to deal with fearful situations does it bring out the best or worst of our character and humanity?

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Extractions is a political thriller. It is about war mongering and a conspiracy to promote and sustain civil unrest in North Africa to increase the United States' global power, influence, and control over natural resources.

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My book is about two men, Joey Swagert and Kurt Swagert. Joey Swagert is also known as Chad Davis because he lost his memory of who he was. Kurt Swagert is a man who is a SuperSoldier of the Eclipse army of Zephyr. He is Joey Swagerts aka Chad Davis' brother and he is in search for him, but he is more hell bent on revenge on David Hunter who is known as Sergei on Earth. Joey has no clue that he was a soldier of fortune of the Eclipse army and also a SuperSoldier like Kurt and David. Finally Joey and Kurt meet up after Kurt escapes the grasp of David and kurt gets so happy that he has actually found the so-called hero of the almost extinct eclipse people, but Joey remembers nothing about his life as an Eclipse SuperSoldier. All the while, the Government has a price tag for the death or capture of Joey and his team. While fighting off mercenaries, Joey has no clue of what is going on with his Government that he is fighting for. Then he has David trying to find him, but little by little, he starts regaining his memory. I would really appreciate any feedback on my book. Things I need to improve or change to make it more interesting and captivating.

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Kevyn Morgan just found out her father wasn’t dead for the past thirty years like she’d thought, but in the Caribbean searching for sunken treasure. The question now is was he running from responsibility or something else? Join Kevyn aboard Wander as she sails her father’s thirty-two foot boat to the islands in search of a man she’s never known and one she might not want to get to know.

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The title of my novel is A Tight Grip. It’s set in a small Michigan town and the main character has a tight grip on her obsessions—grief over the murder of her father, winning a golf tournament she hasn’t been able to win in ten years, and Isadora Duncan. The story begins with the main character spending a night in jail for a crime she blames on her husband. It proceeds with her quest for redemption after her arrest has been leaked to the newspaper, the stalking of a ’56 Corvette roadster, and disturbing love affairs exposed by those closest to her.

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Michael Stolis, a DC attorney, is frustrated by twelve hour work days, tightly scheduled weekends and his family's chaotic habits. He explodes over minor irritations like being stuck in traffic, and his tantrums need to stop. His disillusioned wife, Jamie, is sick of his anger outbursts, and wants him out of her life. Michael longs to reignite the passionate love they once felt for each other. Jamie prefers to spend her time fostering illicit Interenet relationships. Michael had simply followed his Greek father's instructions for a successful life, but something went terribly wrong. A lucrative career, a Georgetown brownstone and a BMW coupe didn't deliver happiness as promised. When his family is about to implode, Michael finds hope through Rufus, an astute retired bus driver he meets over a game of blitz chess in Dupont Circle. Michael is intrigued by Rufus's prescription for fulfillment, but is it too late to change a life, chase a dream, revive a marriage? Michael must decide how much he is prepared to lose if he embarks on a quest so very different from the world he created. Touching, romantic, and deeply provocative, A Stop in the Park, follows the story of a man and a woman who yearn to escape the trap of the modern American dream.

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The year is 6433. It is 200 years after the unexpected return of Captain Christopher Clousumb and his spaceship the Santa Maria with the knowledge that the universe is finite. This information changed the world. It especially changed the outlooks for Christopher Clousumb, his grandson Johnathan, and Ms. Gram, the hologram that explored the cosmos with the Clousumb family for generations.

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<<< Please dip in at any chapter, they are written independently and can be read as one offs.>>> A satirical look at an English family through 1,000 years. The story follows the history of the "Le Faux" family and their botherings with the French, the Throne, the Church, the New World, Darwinism, industrial revolutions, innumerous wars, bad fashion, poor dentistry and of course, unusual sexual predilections followed by strong cups of tea. The "Le Faux" family genealogy comes with a veracity borne through obsessive attention to third-hand accounts and an equally fervent disregard for historical fact. Any and all feedback welcome. It is meant to be tongue in cheek and absurd. Thanks, Laura x

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Completed Thriller, 81k words. Abel Yeager, ex-Marine, Afghanistan vet, drives a truck now that he's back in the world. When picking up a load of books for beautiful red-haired Charlotte "Charley" Buchanan, something goes terribly wrong. The book warehouse is a front for a money laundering operation and smuggles cash hidden inside book loads. A simple mistake and Yeager winds up with a truckload of cash. Now, he's being targeted by a couple of psychopathic crooks, a team of hijackers with a grudge to settle, and the Mexican drug cartels, who want their money back. Yeager and Charley, two people from different sides of the tracks, will have to depend on each other, and a few of their friends, in a desperate fight for their lives. They will face terrible odds, beyond the help of the authorities. The only law that can save them: Survival of the most ruthless. Yeager's law

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This is the second Detective Casey Lattimer novel in the series of seven. Background since you do not have access to the first novel. When homicide detective Casey Lattimer touches the dead, she experiences their last moments of life; all of their emotions playing out, the fear, denial, and pain, until they take their last breath. And sometimes, if the dead saw them, she also sees their killers.

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Proof that what is one man's trash is another man's treasure. ********** I actually wrote this five years ago, but the story ran out of steam. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

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SHELTERED is a novel about a handful of schizophrenic psychiatric patients that live together in a secure hospital, based on my extensive life experience of mental hospitals, jails and sheltered workshops. Although SHELTERED is a comedy, it is based mostly on fact and does not hold back from the grim truth of being a forensic patient charged with a serious crime. This is not the grandiose crap that TV constantly vomits up; there's more than enough truth to make you feel uneasy without stupid theatrics.

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--WARNING!-- Japanese anime and manga based. May at times look abit too fast and not beliveable. I promise I will work on that. Atarashi Sekai {meaning new world in japanese} is about Gotoh and Miyu, a young couple, who are forced out of their universe as it was destroyed by mysterious force that can create and control black-holes. The young lovers now have to constantly move between parallel worlds and find a way to solve their problem or everything in existance will be gone... Are they truly up to the task? ---IMPORTENT!--- This novel will be revised as I write it and get comments.

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A government computer scientist is dragged into an international crisis when he helps his friend, an NSA analyst, protect a classified technology recovered 50 years ago from a damaged extraterrestrial vehicle.

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a life researcher from a distant planet explores the USA in the 19th century

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All feedback welcomed Zachary is a little boy that is always disappointed by his father, Timothy. Timothy has allowed himself to be overrun with responsibility that prevents him from spending time with his son. When Zachary finds Timothy's old "Imagination Book", it leads the two on an exciting adventure.

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Looking any kind of feedback from nits to larger issues.

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At thirty three, Laura has achieved success in business, but failed miserably in her romantic relationships. Leaving behind her latest quest, she is mystically led into an adventure that is filled with challenge, intrigue, and the hope for success in filling the void in her love life. This is romantic novel providing practical insights into both pragmatic living and spiritual journey. All input is welcome.

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Two generations of McGovern women have fallen for the wrong men...and found themselves pregnant and abandoned. Dedicated college student Lizzie McGovern has survived foster care, achieved academic success and is determined to defy her family's heritage of poverty and broken dreams. During a summer abroad in Paris after her junior year, Lizzie falls for Theo Andreas, a young Greek lawyer working abroad in France. Will Lizzie fare better in love than her mother and grandmother?

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NOTE: THIS IS AN OLD, OUTDATED VERSION OF THIS NOVEL. PLEASE SEE THE 2013 VERSION I'M ENTERING FOR THE STRONGEST START CONTEST. THE HOPE STORE is about the first store in the world to sell hope over the counter. Jada Upshaw, a suicidal yet oddly engaging woman, has set her sights on ending her life. But when The Hope Store opens in town, she turns to it as a very last resort. She meets with store creator Luke Nagano and comes to experience the ground-breaking hope procedure. The results are both inspiring -- and troubling. One ambitious reporter makes it his mission to get to the bottom of things.

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When Sarah moves to India with her husband seeking motherhood and adventure, she never imagined she'd find herself in a dinky medical clinic undergoing fertility treatment and questioning the meaning of family, much less that it would lead to the fulfilment of a decade-old prophecy of "a dark-skinned child".

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Entering my current novel project into the Stronget Start contest. Careful eyes and constructive feedback on these first three chapters would be greatly apprecaited.

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This is a novel about a detective's busy work day. I hope it's entertaining. I'm looking for any comments or ideas that might enhance the piece. Any thoughts about awkward sentences, grammatical errors, jumpy tenses and/or general impressions are welcome. Thanks for your help.

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I WILL BE PULLING THIS DOWN SOON AND DOING A REWRITE. THOSE WHO HAVE COMMENTED SO FAR...I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND WILL BE USING MUCH OF IT IN THE NEXT DRAFT. Confederate Major Charles Greene is devastated by the outcome of the Civil War and struggles to accept the North won. In his heart and mind, he still fights the war and longs for the life the majestic Greene Plantation enjoyed before the war. The ubiquitous carpetbaggers and lowly scalawags - Southerners showing loyalty to the hated Yankee forces - add more fuel to his fire. However, all of that is only a backdrop for the real story - a family in turmoil and the road to that family's ultimate fate. As time goes by, Major Greene's family is painfully and irreversably divided as his children take opposing and confrontational paths to rebuilding their lives. The once majestic Greene Plantation fights to find its previous glory. The family division grows even deeper over the years as dirty business and backroom politics take control of the opposing sides. Over the generations, the split continues to divide the family. Will there ever come a time of forgiveness and resolution? It would appear nothing short of a miracle could ever bring the two sides together again. One thing is for certain, though. The eerie mist that often hovers over the nearby Charlton River holds many secrets. Does it hold the secret to overcomimg the deep division of the two sides of the Greene family?

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Fifteen-year-old Cate is fuming at the sucky ‘we r ova’ text from her loser ex when everyone around her suddenly freezes. Breathing, but still like statues. Then three teenagers appear out of nowhere. One hoists a bus over his head while another safeguards the future leader of the free world. Their words, not hers. The third one disarms a bomb planted under Cate’s bus. After decapitating the a guy who's only crime was to move, they vanish. Cate says nothing...to anyone. She has too much to lose. The teens show up at her school. No one is frozen this time, but everyone at school acts like they've know these strangers forever. It’s like they’ve always been there. What the hell?

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In the spring of 2011, a young woman is abducted in the Trinity Mountains of Northern California. Three months later, she walked out of the wilderness, claiming to be a messenger of God.

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I am an avowed atheist, but the specter of death can sometimes send me running back to my Episcopalian roots. My most fervent wish as I held my dying dog in my arms last March was that I might see her again one day. Can there be a heaven for someone like me? This story is a rumination on the kind of AfterLife I might wish for, sans God, sans Hell, sans fear. (I could have selected Religion & Spirituality as this story's genre, but that seemed a little pretentious.) I do not wish to hear anyone's comments on my atheism. I welcome all comments on the writing.

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I'm back with yet another revamped version of Dark Angel. Any and all suggestions are welcomed. Thanks in advance.

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I have absolutely no experience in writing, but a lot of my friends say I have some talent. I am aiming to get this book published and perhaps make some money for Law school. Please send me your constructive comments. Thanks. PS. If you think of a better name for this story, let me know!

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Formerly The Missionary's Wife.

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Hailey and Beth were once best friends. Since Beth fell in love with a popular boy, she ditched Hailey for a taste of popularity. Hailey copes by listening to music, especially a band that her father is the lead singer of. All her life she's dreamt of meeting him, but her mother's sensitivity on the subject has prevented her from ever seeing him in concert. No one understands her need for music, until David. He's a bad boy that she spent all senior year avoiding, but when he starts to creep under her skin, she can't shake him. Soon, he becomes her best friend, even better than Beth ever was. He's the only one she can talk to about music and her dad. But he's made it clear that he wants to add 'benefits' to their friendship, without taking that step into a dating relationship; which is something she is opposed to, but tempted to fall into. Looking for whether this story is identifiable. Are the characters likeable? Can you feel the conflicts in Hailey's life? Is this something that you would recommend to a teenager? Adult?

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Waiting on Grandma's porch wasn't as bad as hoping someone would keep me. My daddy was long gone, and my mama left me this morning. Now I'm waiting to see if my daddy's mama would keep me. I tried to be good; but I guess since my daddy coud see I'd be trouble at birth, there just wasn't any good in me.

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“After achieving everything in her life that she has set out to do Alexandra is left feeling empty and uninspired. Wrestling with a changing relationship with her husband of three years and a pregnancy, Alexandra finds herself on a path to self awareness that has a quickly diminishing timeline.”

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<<<< I'm quite happy for people to dip in and out at random chapters. Please don't feel the need to wade in at the beginning and plough through methodically. This is written for YA in the 15-20 age bracket.>>>> What if 'losing your mind' wasn't just an expression? After Mark disappeared, seventeen year old Louise's world fell apart. When she first meets Jack she has no idea that her brother is still alive and that she can help to get him back. As she enters Jack's world she becomes immersed in danger, but desperate to bring Mark home she fights her fears and the terrifying reality which Jack shows her. Jack thought he was prepared for everything - life has shown him too much - but he wasn't prepared for Louise. All open & honest feedback welcome please :o)

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His tribe terrorized by an ancient beast, Mishae, must sink a silver tipped arrow to rid his village of its relentless predator. While Lelia, his love, nurses him back to health after he is infected; he discovers that she has been given to be a wife to his older twin brother, Stefa. Are there others out there like him? Can he protect his love and his tribe from the ancient blood thirsty beasts that still roam the forest?

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After her grandmother, Jenessa, flees her home in terror, Anna takes over as the caretaker of the property. Only 18 years old, and having just left an abusive home, Anna soon finds that the troubles she'd experienced up to now were nothing compared to what waits for her at The House on Miller Street. Will Anna survive her encounters with the malevolent being? Or will she, too, flee in abject terror?

Feedback: I'm looking for comments on continuity, flow and character development.

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Third installment to the Wrath of Angels trilogy. Wrath of Angels published in 2012. Angels at the Gate and Angels Ascending are pending.

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Harlie Steele is a single mother overcoming the emotional scars leftover from the violence of her abusive marriage. When this small town girl meets a rock icon, their whirlwind romance helps her regain her lost sense of self worth. Lex Callatori pulls her into his tempestuous life of paparazzi, tabloids, and bodyguards, sweeping her into a love so deep and sensual that she will never be the same. But all is not perfect in their new paradise. Determined to have the object of his desire all to himself, a stalker threatens to tear the couple's world apart, becoming more obsessed as their devotion to each other grows stronger. If his identity is not discovered in time, their very lives could be destroyed. (Romantic Suspense)

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Young adult urban fantasy. There's something unusual about Christian, the new guy at school. As Jordan gets to know him better, and learns the reason he moved to her small town in the first place, she discovers that he is from the mysterious Celtic shadowland and that the magic of his world has brought the two of them together for a reason. Thanks to everyone who took time to read this. Your comments have been invaluable. As always I appreciate all feedback.

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Anabeth Sinclaire is content to write her romance novels and enjoy her garden. Life is good except for one particular thorn in her side, rival romance novelist, Lliam Alexander. Can these two feuding novelist find the love they are both looking for or will they kill each other first? This is a very rough draft so feel free to tear it to shreds...lol!

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This story is about a woman coping with her sister's terminal illness. Her emotional journey if full of tender moments and occasional happiness, guaranteed to warm your heart.

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This is a love quest in the age of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. While American youth were growing their hair, experimenting with psychotropic drugs and protesting the Vietnam War, Gyspy was running for his life, hoping to outdistance his murky past and vanquish the demons in his head. He knew his troubled past was dark, but he didn't know it all. Wrapped in a riddle with psychological and paranormal overtones, the story embodies the adolescent spirit of romance, rebellion and idealism, and celebrates the contention that given even less than half a chance, life not only endures...it prevails.

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