Cleanse Fire by Anastasia V Pergakis

Pars IV 20th day of Solis Moon, 1364 Derac choked. "What?" "He came to speak with me while I was in the bath." The amber swirls in her eyes glowed bright and betrayed her panic, but her voice was calm. His eyebrows shot into his hairline. "Did he force himself on...

Constantinopolis by James Shipman

In 1453 Constantinople is the impregnable jewel of the East. It has stood as the greatest Christian city for a millennium as hordes have crashed fruitlessly against its walls. But Mehmet II, the youthful Sultan of the Ottoman Turks, has besieged the city. His opponent...

Hindsight by Owen Banner

Seven I laid in bed that night, assuring myself that it would be the easiest money I'd ever made. There was something about it, though--something cold sliding down into my gut. I had bitten that worm, and the hook was already working its way through me. I smoothed over...

Jack Canon’s American Destiny - Greg Sandora

CHAPTER FIVE We had a team of agricultural scientists that said it’s possible with our land and climate. Big Oil and greedy politicians had blocked the United States from doing it for years. Our job was to convince the American People. People are deathly afraid of change....

How To Find Your Vital Vocation by Brian Cormack Carr

CHAPTER 2 TALENTS What you love is what you are gifted at, and there are no exceptions. ~ Barbara Sher This chapter is action-orientated and is all about finding the key that unlocks your Vital Vocation. It’s where we go in search of your gifts and talents...

The Hunters and the Queen: Element Series (Young Adult Fantasy Romance) @VirginiaVayna

The Hunters and the Queen – Virginia Vayna Amazon Kindle US Amazon Kindle UK Genre – Fantasy, Paranormal, Mythology Rating – PG 3.8 (4 reviews) The Hunters and the Queen is a work of fiction in the young adult, fantasy and paranormal romance genres. The story blends...

Sweet Karoline by Catherine Astolfo

Chapter 1 I met Ethan on the day that I killed Karoline. Other than a few minor adjustments, I believe that I have handled her murder exceedingly well. The state of my car, for instance, has become something of a nuisance. Bits of tissue, used napkins, paper cups and...

Above and Beyond: A Novel of the Civil War by Jessica James

Chapter 1 Looks like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it. —Shakespeare, MacBeth (Act I, Scene V) June 1862 Major Douglas Benton rode in front of his men, his straight, broad back giving no indication of the hard-fought battles through which he had...

White Chalk - Pavarti K. Tyler

Chapter 1 Troy Christiansen came for me. I knew it the moment he first walked into Northwoods Secondary School. I watched, transfixed, as he glided right through the crowd of popular kids who hung out by the front door—like someone used to being ignored, slicing through...

Kain (Elyon’s World #1) by Brie McGill

Glory I. The distant, steady beeping of an electrocardiograph machine roused him from the abyss and into a fuzzy state of consciousness. He knew they ogled the spikes and dips on the screen displaying his brain activity. He knew they used their machines to eavesdrop...

The Sea and the Silence - Peter Cunningham

CHAPTER TWO 1946 Where I had grown up, in the Meath countryside more than an hour’s drive from Dublin, all our shopping had been done in the store of the nearby village. The Shaws, on the other hand, never shopped in Sibrille, but bought everything in Monument. Once...

Halo of the Nephilim by Dina Rae

Chapter One Armaros woke up disoriented, trapped in the backseat of a black sedan. His head throbbed. He was uncertain about the time that had elapsed and confused about the handcuffs that tightly bound his hands. Memories of his arrest came rushing back. He was taken...