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This love story is also a meticulously researched tale of a girl who was selected as the Royal Kumari of Kathmandu, Nepal at the age of four. A Kumari is a girl who is worshipped as a Living Goddess. And when Archita Shakya is selected as the Royal Kumari of Kathmandu, she experiences what it is like to be worshipped as the Living Goddess. The novel is based upon a clear-eyed understanding of the deep spiritual knowledge that nourishes this cultural practice. When Archita is deposed, she returns to her family as an ordinary girl — which is difficult for her and her family, to say the le...

‘The Difference between Sociopaths and Psychopaths’ is paranormal fiction…and more! It weaves supernatural reality with physical reality. The ramifications of the troubled history of the white supremacist British Raj in India, which created horrifying incidents such as the Jallianwala Bhag massacre in 1919, resulted in tragic lost souls wandering the earth, aching to be healed and set free.And there are more such lost souls, ghosts, and ghouls, around than you might think. Next time you are walking down the street, have a good look at the people walking past. Not all of them are entirely...

'The Master' is an intense erotic thriller.
A woman under the death sentence of a terminal disease…. 
A man with the courage to fight evil single-handedly in a world where evil is considered ‘normal’….
And passionate, erotic, transformative love….
From the ashes of a destroyed childhood…. Rises a superhero for our times — the Master of Justice.
'The Master' is a compelling story about love, sex, death, revenge, atonement — and redemption.

 

     1.          The Author’s PrefaceDECEPTIONIn War & Peace represented by Boardrooms & BattlefieldsA 2026 Reference BookOver the past few decades, modern technology —radio, TV, air travel, and satellites—has woven a network of communication that puts every part of the world in almost instant contact with the rest—David Bohm.Success isn't about how hard you fight. It's about how many traps you avoid—and how many you set—Mike Rana This book is for War & Peace, represented by the boardrooms and th...

Where are the children? Three kids are missing in Harper Falls. Denise Hanley doesn't feel like she is getting help from local police, who are lost trying to find the children. Denise makes a call in desperation. She had read about Lane Nichols and his special abilities. Gifts that many didn't believe were real. Lane knows the call would take him into psychological terror as he channels the children's locations with his gift. 

The medieval exterior of Capernicious Academy is mild compared to what is happening inside. Strange disappearances and murders are normal inside the not-so-hallowed halls of higher learning. Two friends decide they have to investigate what is happening before more dead bodies are found. Together, the women take on a horror that they didn't know existed.

In Mission Valley, neighbors help each other. Families spend time working, in town or in the fields where they grow food. The one thing none of the people expected was the trouble they found. Fran Goldsmith, learning that a nearby company has unleashed horror to the people of the valley. Fran has the Burden of knowing her grandchildren are in the line of fire. 

It all began with a near-death experience. Jack Ronerts found himself in a place between earth and heaven. Arriving at the place also gave Jack a new job. He has an obligation to help spirits who have lost their way. Sent back to the world he knew before death almost took him, Jack has a lot of work ahead of him. There is no instruction manual for what Jack is doing. He finds some help for himself, so he can help others as they try to cross through the veil. 

Marissa always felt she was different from others. She didn't think there could be others who have unique abilities. Meeting a man named Luke changes Marissa's life. He takes her to the Serenity Ranch, where many people with special gifts live. Joining the others, Marissa learns how to enhance her abilities. She needs to get strong because the group she belongs to has to fight the evil in the world.

When a biofuel plant was built close to a small neighborhood, the residents weren't worried. That was until an accident at the place left people injured, and even dead. Trying to survive the accident, those in the neighborhood find a conspiracy involving the military and the government. A race against time will show whether people can win over the bureaucracy.

Three friends head to a cabin at Hidden Lake for a bit of rest. A bit of exploration has the three finding a cave. What they didn't expect was to see someone guarding the secrets inside. Doing some research, they uncover a conspiracy that began in World War II. When Melanie breaks her leg, she is taken to the hospital. Seth and Andrea leave her to rest and head back to Hidden Lake. The secrets the two uncover have them running for their lives, and trying to find a way to bring the atrocities that happened to light.

Rick Holten is a young reporter who just got the job that only comes along once in a lifetime. A serial killer who raped and killed women in the seventies is going to be executed. Rick is the one who is getting the exclusive story. Talking to convicted killer, Riley Jackson, Rick finds himself empathetic to what the man went through. There is something different about Rick after the interviews begin. Has Rick begun a gradual decline, or is something more happening?

It's been six decades since Owen and Lou have been friends. Trying to escape from bullies in grade school, the two built a fort and grabbed a radio. Both loved the rock and roll music of their time. When, instead of music, the two hear a strange signal, they know something weird is happening. The two didn't tell anyone for decades. Finally, they find someone to help look into the strange phenomenon. What they find is too strange to be true, although they know it is, and comes with danger.

When a volcanic eruption plunges the world into a nuclear winter, a new era begins. The New Age is now in its hundredth year. People have come out of the underground shelters to slowly rebuild their lives. Trying to communicate with no phones and no internet. A small group of people can see that the worst parts of history are repeating. Forming a group, the friends start peaceful protests against the abominations going on. Doing that puts all of them in danger, but they know the word has to be sent out, or history will repeat itself, and in all the wrong ways.

A new home, a new job at a local library, has Jan feeling lucky.  Both of those things are a dream come true. Shortly after Jan moves in, strange things begin happening. Trying to deal with those things has Jan on edge and mentally scared to death. Finding her dream slowly turning to a nightmare, Jan knows she needs help. She hates sharing the horror, but knows it is the only way to find out what is happening,

People living in and around the small town of Thomas Falls have bad feelings about the Anderson Army base. Watching as the base expanded on public lands that are a part of Owl Mountain, the bad feelings grew.  One family has a strange connection to the base and the mountain. Ben's grandmother knew a lot about Owl Mountain, and the warnings and secrets it held.  When she passes away, he finds an old map. Surprised to see it was it drawn by his late grandfather. Ben knows an adventure is coming. With his best friend, Kyle, by his side, the two are heading up the mountain for answers to...

You were trained to survive the battlefield.No one trained you for the war that follows.Stand Down: Healing PTSD and Suicide Tendencies for Veterans is a practical, no-nonsense guide written specifically for veterans facing post-traumatic stress, moral injury, and suicidal thoughts.This is not a clinical textbook.This is a field manual for surviving the internal fight.If you’re dealing with flashbacks, anger, isolation, emotional shutdown, or thoughts that won’t let up, this book gives you real tools you can use in the moment, not just ideas to think about later.Inside this book, you will ...

The year is 1990, and community icon Edna Coffman, the current School Board Chairperson and just retired fifty-year English teacher at Pacer Coulee High School, is fed up with her beloved school fielding substandard sports teams who have recently been unable to compete with their conference rivals. In an effort to return the local sports fortunes to their former championship status, Edna manages to hire thirty-something’s Luke Carter and Madison Danielsen to the football and girls’ basketball head coaching positions at the small, rural town of Pacer Coulee, Montana. The unique-to-small tow...

When Gabby Gopher finds Buster the Bear in a meadow with his head stuck in a log, she knows she needs to get her friend help—and get help fast! When initial attempts by several animals to free Buster are unsuccessful, Gabby seeks the sage advice of Oliver Wendell Owl, III. Oliver quickly makes a plan, but it’s clear they will only get Buster’s head unstuck if all the animals on Bridger Mountain work together as a team. Will the wise old owl’s plan work? You’ll have to join the adventure in order to see if the animals can set Buster free! 

The year was 1969 when twelve-year-old Maggie Stone’s world suddenly begins to spin out of control. Her mother, Lillian Stone, who suffers from a mysterious mental or neurological condition that frequently sends her to bed in an unresponsive state for hours at a time, has forced Maggie to be the responsible adult at far too young of age. When her mother goes into a debilitating spell that she cannot be revived from, Lillian ends up in a San Francisco hospital and Maggie is dispatched to an orphanage. As Maggie deals with her conflicting emotions, she finds herself both fiercely protective an...

In Converso Jews: A Hidden Family Story, the author, Gordon Blitz, offers a dual storyline following Jews who practiced their faith in secret during the period of the Inquisition and the current love story of Isaac and Pablo, a Sephardic Jew and a Catholic who meet at a gay Jewish synagogue. We ultimately encounter people of faith who are attempting to uncover their converso heritage trying to explain why their families have continued to practice certain traditions for the last five hundred years without understanding why. And if that was not enough, we follow Pablo who goes through the coming...

At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere, vanished - seemingly without trace.

His startling re-appearance at a grand ball, takes society by storm and fuels endless speculation. Where has he been during these three missing years? What happened to him? 

And more importantly, how did it happen? 

Only one thing is clear.  The earl who left England five years ago, has returned a changed man.  A man with secrets.

In sports parlance, Barry was a flagrant foul waiting to happen. Raised in a power and control environment, he grew to resent and distrust authority figures. Labeled a frustrated, angry troublemaker, Barry obliged, living down to those expectations. His crime was being a free spirit in a world made for the corral.In sports parlance, Katrina was a team player – someone who would win the coaches’ award for her good sportsmanship and positive attitude. She was the soloist at church, the teacher’s pet at school, and the debutante at home. Labeled a sincere, compliant, and well-adjusted dream...

When darkness falls in Dark Storms, no one can trust their mind—or their senses—as the line between reality and nightmare blurs beyond recognition.Dark Storms presents a chilling collection of stories that navigate the eerie and unsettling forces lurking within human nature and beyond.Each tale delves into the macabre, drawing readers into scenarios where the ordinary world is tainted by the extraordinary. Whether it’s a struggling man’s encounter with an enigmatic farmhouse and its unnerving owner, or the spiraling descent of characters grappling with mysterious, malevolent forces, th...

Yellowstone Chip Samuell’s contributions as an entertainer and wrangler caught author Nan Weber’s imagination. After finding traces of Yellowstone Chip’s writing at the historic OTO Dude Ranch north of Yellowstone National Park, Weber tracked Chip’s history. In the course of her research, she found Chip’s memoirs, his music, his cartooning, and his family. What has emerged from these home sources and civil records is the picture of a first-class wrangler and entertainer during the heyday of dude ranches and singing cowboys, a fascinating story which you will witness in the pages of S...

The Intercessor, the latest novel by Dexter James.A grisly murder suicide, involving the deaths of twelve people, was quickly dismissed by the police as an open-and-shut case.  A retired old-school detective, with too much time on his hands, decided to take it on himself to carry out further investigations. It didn’t help that the investigating detective on the case was once the retired detective’s subordinate, an arrogant know-it-all whose obstinate decisions would not be altered.Regardless,  the retired detective looked deeper into the case and the result of his investigations ...

A man struggles with addiction, but instead of salvation, invites something far worse into his life. A young girl sets out for the big city, looking for a new life full of art, creativity, and love, but fate send her down a dark path she could have never imagined. Two men, bonded by tragedy, search for answers and justice, but instead encounter a terrifying truth that no one would believe.  Cycle of a Rose is an epic journey through humanity, loss, addiction, and sacrifice, asking what the cost of our humanity is and what we are willing to do to keep it.

He’s a little messy. He knows it. You will too.As a photographer, Marcos Ferreira is good at capturing moments. Holding onto them is another story.Told through twenty-six relationships—one for each letter of the alphabet—The Alphabet Lovers traces Marcos’s life across years, cities, and the men who define each chapter.It begins with Adam—his first love, and the one he can’t escape.Then comes Seth—steady, generous, everything Marcos says he wants… and still not enough to keep him from walking away.And Liam—the one who might finally change everything, if Marcos can hold it toge...

He’s a little messy. He knows it. You will too.As a photographer, Marcos Ferreira is good at capturing moments. Holding onto them is another story.Told through twenty-six relationships—one for each letter of the alphabet—The Alphabet Lovers traces Marcos’s life across years, cities, and the men who define each chapter.It begins with Adam—his first love, and the one he can’t escape.Then comes Seth—steady, generous, everything Marcos says he wants… and still not enough to keep him from walking away.And Liam—the one who might finally change everything, if Marcos can hold it toge...

Discover the 51 key advice and fundamental principles for selling more and succeed selling.If you sell or want to sell, this book is for you. Turn your sales into extraordinary with hundreds of priceless concepts and essential advice for selling more.A book 100% loaded with techniques for professional success and essential tips for negotiating and selling, written from experience.Among many other advice, it includes:-The keys to modern selling, and how to help your client to buy.-The keys and strategies to differentiate us from the competition.-How to avoid competing only for price and se...

A blend of fiction, timeless sales wisdom and two original characters debating eternal concepts. With plenty of humor, fundamentals, real field experience, and a sense of story that makes sales feel human again.
You don’t need fancy persuasion tactics, a perfect sales pitch or be the best salesperson in the world. You need to know the eternal sales techniques that will always work to get more and better clients.

My book BEYOND - The Paradigm, is an attempt to broaden your perspective on what may await us on the other side. No matter the outcome, I hope my work will spark curiosity about what is really out there waiting for us in the outer limits.Initially, I never intended to continue the short story of 'The Wrath of God' from the book, believing the outcome would not be a happy one, since I had grown attached to my characters. But that being said, I did write a footnote in the book after the story, 'to be continued soon'... Some feedback convinced me to move forward with it, although a short sto...

There’s beauty in the dark, hopefully reader, you find some here. Fair warning, there’s a lot of gore. In a world full of hatred, everyone needs a dream or two to cling to. There are too many monsters in the world, they just might not be the ones most often associated with the word.14 Gothic and Twisted fables for the broken souls.13 poems for the rebels in us all.Twisted dark broken lost fantasy gore goth blood revenge escape dream<><><>Praise for the author As I read this I kept picturing Walt Whitman in my mind. This feels like something Whitman would be...

Join us on a thrilling adventure with “Jonathan, Dragon Master,” the second captivating installment in Joseph R. Mason’s The Tales of Trymyll trilogy. This spellbinding novel continues the journey of teenage wizards Jonathan and Thomas, introducing new allies and escalating challenges that will enthrall readers of all ages.In this sequel to “Thomas, Wizard’s Son,” Jonathan and Thomas are joined by Glynda, a courageous fifteen-year-old orphan from a powerful wizarding lineage, and her steadfast protector, Samuel, a formidable dwarf warrior. Glynda wields a magical sword capable of s...

Embark on an extraordinary journey with “Thomas, Wizard’s Son,” the captivating first installment in Joseph R. Mason’s acclaimed trilogy, The Tales of Trymyll. This enchanting novel invites readers of all ages into a richly woven tapestry of magic, adventure, and self-discovery.Meet Thomas, a typical 13-year-old who dismisses the existence of magic, wizards, and dragons. His skepticism is shattered one fateful Sunday when he stumbles upon an invisible cave, leading him to the mystical land of Trymyll. Guided by Howell, a charming purple dragon, Thomas encounters a genuine wizard and be...

Some doors should never be opened. Some stories refuse to stay buried.In this chilling collection of short fiction, the familiar twists into the unsettling and the ordinary slips quietly into nightmare. A decaying house whispers to those who dare cross its threshold. A creature glimpsed in the dark woods may be more than just legend. An urban myth begins to bleed into reality with terrifying consequences. And in the deepest corners of the human mind, something far more insidious waits to emerge.Blending haunted spaces, cryptids, urban legends, and psychological dread, these stories explore the...

Join agent O'Hara in the exhilarating Archeological Thriller, The Pyramid Code, where the past, present, and future all collide in a web of intrigue and deception. Former soldier Marc O’Hara is acting as a reader for an intelligence service in London when the call comes in.  He's to be re-activated as a field agent and assigned to solve a 13th century alchemical riddle.A terrorist cell called the Red Death has the same goal.  If the terrorists solve the clues first, they will unleash an ancient flesh-eating toxin.  Even more alarming, they will possess the key to the most...

Mein Kampf Analysis 2026 – The darkest comedy book of the year.Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison: a 700-page rage diary full of conspiracy theories, victimhood, strongman worship, and genocidal fantasies. This book is not a respectful study — it’s a savage, laugh-out-loud autopsy of history’s most overrated hate manifesto.With brutal sarcasm and black humor, this 18-chapter analysis dissects Hitler’s ideas and shows how the same toxic playbook is still running in 2026: American collapse after the Iran war, blackouts, food shortages, dollar death, the rise of nuclear Iran, the S...

Navy SEAL and celestial being incarnate MICHAEL Sheppard has twenty-four hours to defuse a plot to unleash an extraterrestrial plague from the depths of the "Devil's Triangle."When TASK FORCE ARCHANGEL goes missing on an expedition to a supposed ancient alien relic, SHEPPARD is called out of retirement for one last mission: to infiltrate the undersea oasis undetected.Inside, he'll discover THE MAN UPSTAIRS, a social media tycoon, his cohorts, and extensive corporate assets, on the verge of releasing a novel pathogen, ELYSIAN, poised to trigger a global paradigm shift for humanity.Furthermore, ...

The story is about:... the dreams and visions of inexperienced virgins three sisters (tre sorelle: Angela, Trifona, and Gracijana), daughters of the Italian Crossi family whose father is the distinguished captain of the ancient and famous Boka Navy...… the religious virgin Angela who marries a versatile Croat from Boka Kotorska...... Angela's descendants tell her life story through their memories...… the longings of Mary Magdalene in all the women of the world...… the impregnable fortress of the City-State of Kotor in the Boka Kotorska fjord in South Dalmatia with its Catholic-oriented D...