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The Warrior and the Petulant Princess by Maggie Carpenter

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FANTASY FAIRY TALE MEETS FIFTY SHADES

Princess Lizbett of Verdana, a violet-eyed, strong-willed young woman, has never forgotten a mysterious stable boy named Larian. He won her heart during her youth, and she still remembers his long shimmering golden ringlets, and his aqua eyes that set her pulse racing. When he abruptly left she was utterly heartbroken.

But Larian was no stable boy. He was an apprentice warrior from the Kingdom of Zanderone, famous for its mighty men trained not just in battle, but in the dark erotic arts. Now a famous commander, he has returned to ask the King for permission to court his daughter. Her beauty has become legendary, but so has her recalcitrant nature and reckless ways.

As he enters the kingdom their paths cross, and her rude behavior quickly finds her over his knee having her bottom soundly spanked. But in spite of the chastisement, or perhaps because of it, the sleeping embers of their love sparks into passionate flames.

Leave behind the mundane. Venture into Verdana. Watch a masterful warrior tame a petulant Princess while saving a King and his Kingdom. If you enjoy a strong, muscled man chastising and taming a naughty young woman, if you love a suspenseful romance sprinkled with humor, come to Verdana, and embark on this BDSM fairytale today.

Targeted Age Group: 18+
Genre: Adult Fantasy

The Alien’s Rules by Maggie Carpenter

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After several months of exceptionally vivid, wonderfully sexy dreams in which she is visited by a mysterious stranger who punishes and pleasures her as he sees fit, one night Ellie awakens to find herself in an unfamiliar place. She is lying naked on a table in an odd, purple-lit room, exposed and vulnerable, and the man who looms over her is devastatingly handsome yet definitely not human.

Introducing himself as Valodar, he gently explains that he is an alien from another world and he has been visiting Ellie in what he calls the dreamscape. Certain that she is the perfect woman for him and wanting her to experience life as his mate, he invites her to stay with him, but he makes it clear that she will have to submit to him completely.

Though his warning that she will be thoroughly spanked for any disobedience gives Ellie pause, Valodar’s mere presence leaves her yearning for his touch and she cannot resist accepting his offer. She quickly discovers that Valodar possesses unique physical traits, and he sends her tumbling into one shattering climax after another, claiming her more thoroughly than she would have ever thought possible.

But even as love begins to blossom between the dominant alien and the feisty human girl, their growing passion is interrupted when the Earth suddenly falls under threat from a cunning and ruthless alien race. Valodar insists that she must leave the matter in his hands, but can Ellie sit idly by while her world is in peril?

Publisher’s Note: The Alien’s Rules includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.

Targeted Age Group: 18+
Genre: Sci Fi Romance

Audio Book: Shadow Cay by Leona DeRosa Bodie @ShadowCay

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In this Amazon Bestseller “full of suspense and thrills” (Midwest Book Review), Madeleine Nesbitt lives a sheltered, privileged life in the Bahamas until suddenly thrust into a world of international intrigue. One peaceful night in a moonlit cove, an attempted murder shatters the only security she’s ever known. Will a psychopath determine her fate or will she find justice before the he returns for the next of kin? The tale propels you from the Bahamas to a major South Florida crime lab, gives an insider’s view of a major metropolitan police headquarters and provides a terrifying glimpse of Miami’s underbelly.

Targeted Age Group: 18 to 108
Genre: Thriller/Suspense and Action/Adventure

What was your inspiration for this book?
Since I’ve lived in Miami for thirty-five years, it’s a natural for me to write about South Florida. The fact my husband has been a forensic expert for twenty-one years and worked on 37,000 cases influenced me as well. It means that I have a ready resource to ensure the police procedurals, the forensic science and quality assurance aspects are accurate.

Although the story bounced around in my head for fifteen years, I actually wrote Shadow Cay in three months on a 34-ft. Morgan Out Island Sailboat in the Bahamas in the Southern Exumas. Imagine 700 islands, like a string of beautiful gems to treasure. Imagine no interruptions, pristine water, white and pink sand beaches, uninhabited islets, dramatic ocean and bay views.

And the show stopper was Normans Cay. My research into its history led me to flash back two decades: A dramatic flying adventure, international intrigue, a forced crash landing, a brush with death, and a tropical island paradise with a seedy secret. Being in the islands and onsite, made it easy to transfer the sailing scenes we lived onto my laptop. Some of the water sequences are biographical, storm scenes, water spouts, sailing during an unexpected hurricane.

Another reason, I selected South Florida is because we have extensive experiences in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, so it was a natural to slant the story and focus on the medical device industry. SHADOW CAY is a steamy suspense about murder, greed and corruption that takes place in the tropics between Miami and the Bahamas. The MDPD Crime Lab was inspiration for some parts. The book speaks to the challenges forensic professionals face every day.
When you wrote the book did you know you were going to offer it as an audio book?
It never crossed my mind.

Why did you decide to produce an audio book?
Many readers have told me SHADOW CAY should be a movie, so I thought an audio dramatization might be a great first step. That’s when I discovered Audio Creation Exchange. Not long after that, my title became eligible for a production stipend, paid for by Audible. That “bonus” was payable to producers based on SHADOW CAY ‘s past print and eBook sales, recent sales velocity, user reviews and genre. With that “incentive”, many wonderful readers and production companies expressed an interest in my project.

How did you choose the reader for the book and the production company?
Each contender presented a 15-minute audition. I especially wanted someone who could bring the story to life with different voices and accents (American, Spanish and Caribbean). I selected my narrator Dan Pona based on his credentials and an audio preview. He’s a professional actor who appeared in “Monk” and “The Sopranos”; he’s also done Dan Brown’s audio-books, and does a lot of work for ESPN, National Geographic and Disney.

If someone is thinking about creating an audio book, what advice would you give them?
Truthfully, I had no desire to read 492 pages of script. What I wanted was a professional narrator, recording studio, and producer capable of producing a finished audio book. My advice to anyone thinking about creating one, let the experts position you in the digital audio market. Post your project on the Audio Creation Exchange (“ACX”) website where you’re exposed to new options, wonderful choices and ACX puts you in the driver’s seat. What else would you like to share with readers about your audio book?
It’s the movie without the images! Listening to SHADOW CAY will take you on a wild ride through the Caribbean!

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Audio Book: Net Impact by Donald J. Bingle

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Dick Thornby is not Hollywood’s idea of a spy.

In his rough and tumble job there are no tailored Italian suits, no bimbos eager to please, and no massive underground fortresses built by evil overlords seeking world domination—just an endless series of sinister threats to the safety and security of the billions of mundane citizens of the planet. Sure, Dick’s tough and he knows a few tricks to help him get out of a tight spot, even if his boss accuses him of over-reliance on an abundance of explosives. But he’s also got a mortgage, a wife upset by his frequent absences on “business” trips, and an increasingly alienated teen-age son who spends way too much time playing in gaming worlds on the computer.

When a mission to bust up an arms exchange in New Zealand goes spectacularly bad, ending with the showy destruction of the Dunedin port facility, Dick is thrown into a maze of conflict involving Hong Kong arms dealers, cyber-criminals, Chinese government goons attempting to suppress computer access by dissidents, and even militant Maoris seeking rocket launchers to shoot down tourist-laden jumbo jets. Then a young computer expert back at the Philadelphia headquarters for The Subsidiary, an international espionage agency created in the aftermath of 9/11, discovers that the bad guys are involved in a vast conspiracy. Dick is forced to partner with the espionage neophyte to battle evil on multiple fronts, leading to a final confrontation that incorporates real-world conspiracy theories and cutting-edge technology.

In the end, Dick can save his partner, save his marriage, save his son, or save the world, but he can’t do it all.

Narration and voices by Bruce Pilkenton.

Targeted Age Group: Adult
Genre: Thriller

What was your inspiration for this book?
I used to play a lot of classic role-playing tournaments at game conventions–in fact I was the world’s top ranked player in the RPGA for about fifteen years. Not only did those tournaments include the traditional worlds like Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Paranoia, Star Wars, and Call of Cthulhu, but some of the more overlooked spy-oriented systems like Top Secret, Timemaster, and James Bond. I also read a fair number of thrillers and watched a fair number of spy movies, but the spies were almost always either supercool experts at everything or shadowy loners. For Net Impact, I wanted to write about a spy who was just a regular guy. Sure, he would have some training and skills, but he would also have weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Plus, his family–yes, family–wouldn’t know he was a spy.

To further raise the stakes, I wanted to put this spy in a world no spy had ever really been in before. Fortunately, tech’s explosion has provided just such places to go–and the criminals and goons are already doing plenty of business there.

Take a look at the reviews and if they look interesting, I’d appreciate it if you give Net Impact a try, then add your own review on Amazon or wherever you usually talk/blog/share/post/tweet/write about books. When you wrote the book did you know you were going to offer it as an audio book?
No.

Why did you decide to produce an audio book?
Since my writing style is very cinematic, I thought it would be interesting to have an actor, like Bruce Pilkenton, who is superb at doing different voices and accents put together an audio version as a kind of poor-man’s movie of the book.

Also, by producing an audio version of my thriller, I could differentiate it from the zillions of other thrillers out there and put it in a much smaller marketplace where it would have greater visability.

How did you choose the reader for the book and the production company?
I’ve known Bruce Pilkenton for a long time and he is great at voice work, so I contacted him about the project. He sent an audition file and was great at working with me to fine-tune the voices how I wanted them. Bruce has his own studio, so it made it cost-effective for him to do the whole project.

If someone is thinking about creating an audio book, what advice would you give them?
The acx.com process is pretty straight-forward and they are very responsive if you have questions. You can also get bunches of actors to audition to find the one who is right for you. What else would you like to share with readers about your audio book?
I’d really like feedback, both on the book itself, and on the audio experience. I have two other thriller novels and this first audio-book is an experiment to find out if there is an audience sufficient to make those other thriller novels into audio books, too.

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