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City Of Toys by Lindy Hudis

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Four beautiful women seek fame and fortune in Hollywood, the City of Toys, where actresses are like dolls, playing pretend on the big screen.

Marlo: a former child actress from New York City.
Rhonda: a small-town beauty queen.
Kim: a “nice Jewish girl” with a painful childhood.
Guyla: a “serious actress” with a debilitating, stress-induced illness.

Marlo, Rhonda, Kim, and Guyla, become friends living in the same apartment complex, in the city where dreams and disasters go hand-in-hand. They come to rely on each other as they deal with sexual come-ons, crazed stalkers, jealous starlets and the constant pressure of trying to make it in showbiz. But when the pressure gets too much, will their friendship save them or will the City of Toys break them?

Targeted Age Group: 18-60
Genre: Thriller

Nighthawk Crossing by C. Edgar North

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Follow the excitement as a big-time smuggling gang on the USA-Canada border tangles with the FBI. Their leader, an ex-Navy SEAL, partners with a Russian arms dealer selling a secret weapon to the Taliban and Al Qaida which gets the CIA involved.

Targeted Age Group: 18-110
Genre: Mystery/Suspense

Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster

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Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster

A judge is brutally murdered; a sixteen year-old girl is accused. Josie Bates, an attorney who left her high powered law practice when her skill inadvertently led to the deaths of two small children, cannot turn her back on this one. Reluctantly she takes on a case that will put both their lives on the line and change one of them forever.

Point and Shoot for Your Life by Robin Murphy

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As seen on NBC, ABC & FOX and voted one of The 50 Best Indie Books of 2016.
Reviewed by Anne-Marie Reynolds for Readers’ Favorite

Point and Shoot for Your life by Robin Murphy is a tale of mystery and suspense. Hannah Mills, local photographer, is struggling for work and to pay her rent. Great-Aunt Dorothy comes to the rescue from beyond the grave after she leaves Hannah a First Phase Indian Chief Navajo blanket, a very rare item worth at least a million dollars. That kind of money would set Hannah up for life. But, before she can take it to auction, her niece is kidnapped and a ransom demanded – the blanket. Hannah has to go to France to get her niece back, but she has no money to get there until she robs a bank. Arrested for the crime as she makes the drop in Paris, Hannah isn’t going quietly and she drags FBI agent Finn MacNally along with her for the ride. Can they find Mandy before it’s too late? Can they really win a fight against the biggest Russian human and drug trafficking ring or will their luck run out at the last minute?

Point and Shoot for Your Life by Robin Murphy is a funny book. A mixture of humor, murder, mystery, suspense and romance, it has all the ingredients of a rollicking good read and it delivered all it promised. I found myself laughing, cringing, and holding my breath at different points during the story as I hung on for the ride. This is a book with no let-up; it starts on a high and just keeps on going, action all the way. The plot was very clever, brilliantly written, and the characters really fitted the bill. This is a story that will leave you breathless and, by the time the end arrives, worn out and ready to let go. Really great story, well-written and good fun to read. Would love to see more of this.

Targeted Age Group: 16 and up
Genre: Romantic Mystery

Buried Secrets by Elizabeth Meyette

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Buried Secrets by Elizabeth Meyette

When Jesse Graham almost runs over a “body” in the road one night, she is plunged into a labyrinth of secrets, lies and murder. All Jesse wants is a simple life teaching at St. Bart’s… and a chance at love with Joe Riley. She realizes that plan has been thwarted when puzzling occurrences at St. Bartholomew Academy for Girls get increasingly dangerous. The danger doesn’t just spring from the ghost who haunts the grounds of St. Bart’s, but from a sinister presence that is not ghostly at all. As she digs into the mystery, threats on her life and the life of her student escalate.

Which danger threatens her life the most? The ghost haunting her student or the secrets buried in the school?

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

Tucker’s Justice by Maggie Carpenter

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When hardened gunslinger Tucker Prescott is tasked with bringing law and order back to a town overrun by a gang of criminals, he quickly realizes that his biggest challenge won’t be the villainous McGill brothers. The one who will truly put him to the test is Dolly Baker, the beautiful, feisty 22-year-old daughter of the man who hired him.

From the moment she barges into his cabin uninvited, Tucker knows Dolly is going to be trouble, and it isn’t long before she tests his patience one time too many and earns herself a sound spanking. The embarrassing chastisement gets her attention, but it will take quite a bit more than a few smacks on the bottom to teach her obedience, and the more he sees of Dolly, the more Tucker is forced to admit that he would love to be the man to properly tame her.

Tucker didn’t come to Spring Junction to keep a woman in line, however, he came to deal with the McGill brothers and their gang. He has a plan to do just that, but it will depend on his quick wits as much as his quick draw, and despite his best efforts Tucker can’t get Dolly off his mind. Can he bring the outlaws to justice and make her his bride before she drives him to distraction?

Tucker’s Justice is an erotic romance novel that includes sexual scenes and spankings. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.

Targeted Age Group: 18+
Genre: Historical Western

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

Brainrush by Richard Bard

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Brainrush by Richard Bard

The sensational Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller that Publishers Weekly called “A Terrifically Entertaining Thriller” is finally FREE!
When a freak accident endows a terminally ill man with extraordinary mental abilities, he’ll spend his last days fighting to rescue a woman and her autistic child, unwittingly becoming the only hope against a global terrorist—or the fanatic’s ultimate weapon.

Audio Book: Ring of Lies by Victoria Howard @VictoriaHoward_

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Daniel Elliot dies in a single-car accident one rainy English night. His wife, Grace, is grief stricken. Although their marriage was imperfect, sheltered Grace doesn’t relish the future alone.

She soon learns how little she knew about Daniel. There are secrets: an alias, a strange list of numbers, a house in Florida – and a mistress who’s a dead ringer for Grace.

Terrified but determined, she flies to Florida. Underworld figures stalk her…and so does the other woman. To her surprise, handsome FBI man Jack West takes the case. Grace has a past with the troubled agent. Despite her efforts, she finds herself falling for him all over again.

With danger around every curve, Grace and Jack navigate the criminal world of south Florida to find the truth behind the Ring of Lies

Targeted Age Group: Adult (17+)
Genre: Romantic Suspense

What was your inspiration for this book?
I was on vacation in Florida and admiring the stunning beach houses on Gasparilla Island. I wondered what it would be like to own one. That lead to the idea of my late husband leaving me his, only I had no idea he owned property in the USA, much less a million dollar beach house. How did he afford? Why did he keep it secret? Thus the idea for Ring of Lies was conceived. When you wrote the book did you know you were going to offer it as an audio book?
Not at the time. I often listen to audiobooks as a way of relaxing, and thought how good it would feel to have one of my own novels recorded and marketed as an audiobook. As I am not a resident of the USA, Amazon’s ACX facility is not available to me. However, once the idea took hold, I wasn’t going to allow myself to be deterred!

Why did you decide to produce an audio book?
As I mentioned, the Amazon ACX (Audiobook Creation Exchange) facility is unavailable to authors outside of the USA, which meant I had not only to find and audition a suitable narrator, but also find a producer who held an account with Audible. After much research and negotiations with various audiobook production companies I signed a contract with Dave Giorgio of BookRite Books.

How did you choose the reader for the book and the production company?
Dave Giorgio recommended Michelle Ford as a possible narrator. Michelle is British, although she now lives in the USA and has worked for the BBC, Disney, and has narrated books for many of the major publishing houses. Michelle was a perfect match for Grace, my female protagonist. And the rest, as they say, is history. The audiobook version of Ring of Lies was released just prior to Christmas 2013

If someone is thinking about creating an audio book, what advice would you give them?
Do your research! There are many companies offering audiobook production. Audition as many narrators as you can to find the best voice for your project. Your chosen narrator should enunciate clearly, but able to ‘act’ the part of your characters, portraying all the emotion necessary to bring the book alive. What else would you like to share with readers about your audio book?
I’m delighted to say that Ring of Lies has been awarded, what I hope, is the first of many 5 star reviews on Audible.co.uk!

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