Temperance

Temperance

M. Latimer-Ridley

Young Adult / Fantasy / Romance

There are moments within our lives that define us.In this short story we witness some of these events in the life of eight year old Temperance Levinthal, when she is forced to face school yard bullies, town gossips and a mother, devastated by circumstance.Temperance Levinthal is the main character in the novel, Legend Unleashed by M. Latimer-Ridley, which is set fourteen years after this story.“When an infamous criminal is unleashed from his prison, it has consequences for everyone in Carwick. Temperance Levinthal in particular…Temperance is satisfied with her ordinary life. Dealing with her eccentric, childlike parents is all the excitement she needs. That changes when Alastair Byron returns home.After a failed matchmaking attempt by her father, sparks fly between her and Alastair-just not the good kind.They are forced together though, when they are implicated in a grisly murder. Their search for the truth leads them to a secret world beneath Carwick, filled with werewolves, wizards and other magical faey.However, uncovering the truth is far more dangerous than they’d ever imagined.There are secrets within secrets.Even Alastair may be more than he seems…”
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Sweetness

Sweetness

Lindsay Paige

Romance / Sports / Young Adult

Emily wished she was invisible. But after moving to a new town with her dad, a charming boy makes it impossible for her to disappear. Despite her feelings of unworthiness, Emily soon finds herself drawn to the safety of Jake's world.Emily wished she was invisible. But after moving to a new town with her dad, a charming boy makes it impossible for her to disappear. Despite her feelings of unworthiness, Emily soon finds herself drawn to the safety of Jake's world. Good looking and the star of the hockey team, Jake has a lot going for him. What most people don't see is the difficult life he has at home. When quiet Emily steals his heart, Jake vows to help her discover she is worthy of love. Just when the two of them realize the sweetness of their relationship, they are put to the test. Only together can they overcome their haunted pasts to fight for a future together.
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Hawkswood

Hawkswood

David M. Brown

Various Authors

A failing publishing house receives an unexpected gem but the mystery surrounds the messenger as well as the manuscript."Where Are You?" is the third book in the 'More Sight Word' series. Designed for those who are just beginning to read, it uses the Dolch Basic Sight Words and the Fry Instant Words. "Where Are You" incorporates the vocabulary from the two prior books and adds 18 new words. There are a total of 134 words in this book so the vocabulary is repeated often. This purposeful repetition gives the reader the opportunity to practice and become familiar with the words.This series comes from the best selling hard copy book "More Sight Word Stories" which is no longer in print. To keep the stories current, I am providing them in eBook format. I hope your child will find reading success with this series just as children did with the original.
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Last Tales of Mercia 3: Elwyna the Exile

Last Tales of Mercia 3: Elwyna the Exile

Jayden Woods

Historical Fiction / Science Fiction & Fantasy

To obtain timber for Richard's castle, two Normans will cruelly take advantage of Elwyna's hidden home in the woods unless she finds a way to stop them. Set in the Dark Ages of Engla-lond, the "Last Tales of Mercia" are ten short stories featuring real historical figures and characters from the "Sons of Mercia" series. Though strongly connected to the series, they can be read independently."Where Are You?" is the third book in the 'More Sight Word' series. Designed for those who are just beginning to read, it uses the Dolch Basic Sight Words and the Fry Instant Words. "Where Are You" incorporates the vocabulary from the two prior books and adds 18 new words. There are a total of 134 words in this book so the vocabulary is repeated often. This purposeful repetition gives the reader the opportunity to practice and become familiar with the words.This series comes from the best selling hard copy book "More Sight Word Stories" which is no longer in print. To keep the stories current, I am providing them in eBook format. I hope your child will find reading success with this series just as children did with the original.
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The Witch Box

The Witch Box

Laura Ellison

Mystery & Thrillers / Literature & Fiction / Short Stories

Young Joshua Hildebrand tries to recover his memory after a serious illness, only to find himself in the middle of a conspiracy of small town witches. A series of deaths brings him closer to the truth about his own dark gifts.The Spark That Ignites The Flame.Seventeen years ago an entire generation of aliens were sent to Earth in order to save their home planet and integrate into the human population. Now, those aliens are being hunted.Amery Jones is finally allowed to go to camp for the summer. With her best friend Lola by her side, she is expecting awesome times ahead.Unfortunately, Lochie, her charming mortal enemy and the only guy who can get under her skin, seems to have made it his mission to annoy her for the entire summer.When one of the campers goes missing, Amery finds herself teamed up with Lochie in the search mission. Now, more than ever, her alien status has to remain a secret.Also in the Project Integrate Series:Ignite (Short Prequel)UniteDivideConquerSoarRiseBroken
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That Stupid Kid

That Stupid Kid

Greg M. Hall

Greg M. Hall

The guys on George's crew huddle in a poorly-heated shed after a serious accident halts their work. Rumors bounce off the metal walls, and it's up to George to keep things from getting out of hand.The Spark That Ignites The Flame.Seventeen years ago an entire generation of aliens were sent to Earth in order to save their home planet and integrate into the human population. Now, those aliens are being hunted.Amery Jones is finally allowed to go to camp for the summer. With her best friend Lola by her side, she is expecting awesome times ahead.Unfortunately, Lochie, her charming mortal enemy and the only guy who can get under her skin, seems to have made it his mission to annoy her for the entire summer.When one of the campers goes missing, Amery finds herself teamed up with Lochie in the search mission. Now, more than ever, her alien status has to remain a secret.Also in the Project Integrate Series:Ignite (Short Prequel)UniteDivideConquerSoarRiseBroken
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Ready and... Action!!

Ready and... Action!!

Artie Margrave

Horror / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

It's the zombie apocalypse and the living have been separated from the undead. However, life still goes on as normal. Normal means there're some who prefer to be on the spotlight more than others. But, to what length can people go to to make themselves known.A short story.The Spark That Ignites The Flame.Seventeen years ago an entire generation of aliens were sent to Earth in order to save their home planet and integrate into the human population. Now, those aliens are being hunted.Amery Jones is finally allowed to go to camp for the summer. With her best friend Lola by her side, she is expecting awesome times ahead.Unfortunately, Lochie, her charming mortal enemy and the only guy who can get under her skin, seems to have made it his mission to annoy her for the entire summer.When one of the campers goes missing, Amery finds herself teamed up with Lochie in the search mission. Now, more than ever, her alien status has to remain a secret.Also in the Project Integrate Series:Ignite (Short Prequel)UniteDivideConquerSoarRiseBroken
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Explain That to a Martian 2

Explain That to a Martian 2

Gary Weston

Art / Photography / Nonfiction

Ok for kids 15 to 99. I had visitors. They had come all the way from Mars for my fish finger sandwiches.The Spark That Ignites The Flame.Seventeen years ago an entire generation of aliens were sent to Earth in order to save their home planet and integrate into the human population. Now, those aliens are being hunted.Amery Jones is finally allowed to go to camp for the summer. With her best friend Lola by her side, she is expecting awesome times ahead.Unfortunately, Lochie, her charming mortal enemy and the only guy who can get under her skin, seems to have made it his mission to annoy her for the entire summer.When one of the campers goes missing, Amery finds herself teamed up with Lochie in the search mission. Now, more than ever, her alien status has to remain a secret.Also in the Project Integrate Series:Ignite (Short Prequel)UniteDivideConquerSoarRiseBroken
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Ignite

Ignite

Jamie Campbell

Fantasy / Fairy Tales

The Spark That Ignites The Flame. In this Project Integrate Prequel, Amery Jones embarks on her first trip to summer camp. When a camper goes missing, she fears she was the intended victim.The Spark That Ignites The Flame.Seventeen years ago an entire generation of aliens were sent to Earth in order to save their home planet and integrate into the human population. Now, those aliens are being hunted.Amery Jones is finally allowed to go to camp for the summer. With her best friend Lola by her side, she is expecting awesome times ahead.Unfortunately, Lochie, her charming mortal enemy and the only guy who can get under her skin, seems to have made it his mission to annoy her for the entire summer.When one of the campers goes missing, Amery finds herself teamed up with Lochie in the search mission. Now, more than ever, her alien status has to remain a secret.Also in the Project Integrate Series:Ignite (Short Prequel)UniteDivideConquerSoarRiseBroken
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Ages in Oblivion Thrown: Book One of the Sleep Trilogy

Ages in Oblivion Thrown: Book One of the Sleep Trilogy

Kate Gray

Nonfiction / Writing / Books About Books

Coming July 2014 - the sequel - stay tuned...!Once upon a time, there was a girl. She was clever and brave, unafraid of danger, but she broke. Not her body, but her mind. And she couldn’t be put back together again…not the same, anyway.Once upon a time, there was a girl. She was clever and brave, unafraid of danger, but she broke. Not her body, but her mind. And she couldn’t be put back together again…not the same, anyway. From the shadows she was watched. They liked what they saw. Of all the things we understand about ourselves, of all the energy we put into research of the human condition…the brain…the mind…is what we desperately want and need to master. It is at the center of our existence. It controls us in every basic way. Breathing, eating, sleeping, loving…dreaming. It betrays us at odd moments. Saves us when the pressure is on. It is a formidable foe at times, an ally the rest. We exercise, learn, and pray to make it fully ours. We know how to use our minds well. But so do they. And they want hers.
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Last Tales of Mercia 6: Hereward the Outlaw

Last Tales of Mercia 6: Hereward the Outlaw

Jayden Woods

Historical Fiction / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Young Hereward ("the Wake") finds out that a Norman castle is being built in Shropshire and rides with a group of rowdy boys to cause trouble. Set in the Dark Ages of Engla-lond, the "Last Tales of Mercia" are ten short stories featuring real historical figures and characters from the "Sons of Mercia" series. Though strongly connected to the series, they can be read independently.Warning: experimental translation (hybrid) A man with the body that dies and an unique brain, so much to be been able to move to a metallic giant. What would it happen to that mind, as would it evolve it having to manage such a different hardware? His history, in family and in the space, in the bath of crowd of the city and on the sands of Mars. Up to rediscover his best part: a load of essential humanity, a tutelar spirit to all round that will bring him to risk every thing reaching an unexpected prize: itself.
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Mens (english version)

Mens (english version)

Quelli di ZEd

Quelli di ZEd

Warning: experimental translation (hybrid) A man with the body that dies and an unique brain, so much to be been able to move to a metallic giant. What would it happen to that mind, as would it evolve it having to manage such a different hardware? His history, in family and in the space, in the bath of crowd of the city and on the sands of Mars. Up to rediscover his best part...Warning: experimental translation (hybrid) A man with the body that dies and an unique brain, so much to be been able to move to a metallic giant. What would it happen to that mind, as would it evolve it having to manage such a different hardware? His history, in family and in the space, in the bath of crowd of the city and on the sands of Mars. Up to rediscover his best part: a load of essential humanity, a tutelar spirit to all round that will bring him to risk every thing reaching an unexpected prize: itself.
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A Killing to DIE For

A Killing to DIE For

P Gaseaux

P Gaseaux

In Gaza terrorists have a new kind of missile...a deadly accurate one. In Manila a businessman lies dead, murdered by arms traffickers. In the frozen valleys of West Virginia, a veteran mourns his son. He wants answers. So does the FBI. And so does Anna...the super-spy and enigmatic killer who is torn between revenge and loyalty to her controllers.Two combat choppers of the Israel Defense Force are shot down by terrorists who are building their own guided missiles. A strike force code named Arcana is tasked to locate and destroy the source of the weapons. In the Philippines an American businessman, Billy Bob Hatfield is abducted and murdered but his boss Anna, a wealthy entrepreneur from Bangkok escapes and goes into hiding. The Feds are involved after it is revealed the victim was in contact with the embassy in Manila. Washington assigns Special Agent Tanaka, to interview the father of the victim, Gunny Hatfield who is a terminally ill war veteran living in West Virginia.The Bureau decides to hand jurisdiction of the case to the Philippines although they change their mind following political pressure. Tanaka and Hatfield fly to Manila to begin inquiries and collect the victim’s remains At the mortuary they meet Anna, and after identifying the deceased they stumble into a three-way gun battle between members of an arms trafficking syndicate, Anna and Strike-Force Arcana. Anna is abducted after the trigger-men are killed and Arcana interrogate her. Her only choice to assist and reveal where her former clients are located. Anna is not only a financial wizard, but she possesses specialist military training and killing techniques, something that worries the Bureau and troubles the Israelis. Tanaka’s investigations lead him to the last remaining guidance systems, seized from the victim’s safe deposit by local police following the murder. Tanaka and Hatfield return home and Anna is released. The investigation is halted. Upon return to Thailand, Anna’s controllers are furious she has lost custody of the guidance system. Hatfield, suspecting his son was romantically involved with Anna flies out to Bangkok, despite his deteriorating health. When Tanaka learns of this he follows Hatfield where Arcana’s mission to locate the syndicate has already begun. After rescuing Anna from a bomb blast, Tanaka meets her controllers, a clique of senior figures in the Thai military. Arcana complete a series of assassinations, eliminating the arms dealers except for two principal members who escape. Now the race is on...a fight to the death that has begun in the scorching deserts of the Middle East and a conflict that will end in a ball of fire in the frozen Appalachian winter.A Killing to Die For...a story to kill for...a tale of love, death and revenge in the civilized world.
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Miss Daisy

Miss Daisy

James Antonio

James Antonio

This is the short story of a young woman in the prime of life who goes on an important business trip.Professor Hue-Bris, a vocal atheist, finds himself lost in an unfamiliar landscape. Is it a dream or something else? If you appreciate this short story, then you are asked, if you are able, to make a small donation to a charity of your choice.The short story, Drawing God?, was inspired by seeing two people arguing about religion and a radio article on education and drawing. The synopsis was written on 6th Aug 2010 and it was published on the 30th Nov 2010.If you enjoyed this story please look out for Wilde’s other free short stories, such as Elixir of Life, War Merchant and Vengeance. Wilde also has two novels available for purchase, Dreams in Kratocracy (2012 Edition) and Legacy.
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Drawing God?

Drawing God?

Wilde Blue Sky

Horror / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Short Stories

Professor Hue-Bris, a vocal atheist, finds himself lost in an unfamiliar landscape. Is it a dream or something else? If you appreciate this short story, then you are asked, if you are able, to make a small donation to a charity of your choice.Professor Hue-Bris, a vocal atheist, finds himself lost in an unfamiliar landscape. Is it a dream or something else? If you appreciate this short story, then you are asked, if you are able, to make a small donation to a charity of your choice.The short story, Drawing God?, was inspired by seeing two people arguing about religion and a radio article on education and drawing. The synopsis was written on 6th Aug 2010 and it was published on the 30th Nov 2010.If you enjoyed this story please look out for Wilde’s other free short stories, such as Elixir of Life, War Merchant and Vengeance. Wilde also has two novels available for purchase, Dreams in Kratocracy (2012 Edition) and Legacy.
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