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Book Brief: The Ultimate Wolf

The Ultimate WolfThe Ultimate Wolf
by Nancie Paz
Genre of this Book: Paranormal Romance
Word count: 43,426

Austin, Texas. In this city there is a human being who possesses the ability to transform into a wolf at will. The U.S. government has been aware of his existence for five years and has relentlessly attempted to track this man down and lock him away for life. This lone wolf has managed to escape capture… but he has little time left. They’re closing in on him.

Just when it seemed that all was lost, a woman came to his aid. But how can Kevin trust anyone in this world after five years of loneliness, heartbreak and hatred? And how can Amanda possibly fall in love when her past is tainted with trauma and tragedy?

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Book Brief: Harry Danced Divinely

Harry Danced DivinelyHarry Danced Divinely
by Marian D. Schwartz
Genre: Literary Short Stories
Word count: 73, 606

There were some things Lillian Levinson couldn’t say, even to herself.

In the collected Giffort Street stories, you’ll enter seven gracious homes on an elm-lined street. You’ll meet the Stan and Adele Heussler, whose marriage begins to fall apart after they buy a magnificent antique bedroom set; Dale Kenway, who can’t tell anyone the reason he doesn’t want to be called a hero; Saul Penner, who realizes that the first neighbor he meets after he moves in is a bigot; the Danahy family, who are battling each other over the Vietnam War; and Bernice and Arnold Whittaker, who are unaware of how their trusted nanny is shaping their daughters’ lives. In the title story, Harry Danced Divinely, the lack of a tea bag makes an elderly Jewish woman decide to teach her spoiled adult son a shocking public lesson.

The stories Harry Danced Divinely, An Authentic Hero, Neighbors, and The Queen Anne Bedroom Set are exclusive to this book. A Perfect Nanny and the novella War Zone, which are available as singles, are also included.

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Book Brief: The Experiment

The ExperimentThe Experiment
by Cristian Alejandro Solari
Genre of this Book: Science Fiction
Word count: 65000

All intelligent species in the Universe live in harmony under the Constitution of the Confederation. To try to understand how high intelligence was reached by member species, experiments had been set up by the Confederation in different star-planetary systems; researcher Geb is assigned a particularly promising one. To everyone’s surprise, this experiment succeeds and self-conscious preintelloids evolve and thrive. But, on a routine analysis, Geb finds astonishing evidence of a new technological development that would allow preintelloids to migrate from their star-planetary system and meet their creators. Their space travel technology was not expected to be so advanced at that stage of their evolution, before becoming full intelloids. The Confederation has two uncomfortable options: either terminate the experiment and risk going against the Constitution, or not interfere and risk an invasion of a potentially dangerous species.

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Book Brief: Suicide Supper Club

Suicide Supper ClubSuicide Supper Club
by Rhett DeVane
Genre: Mainstream contemporary fiction
Word count: 86,300

In the Deep South, the grinding summer heat is enough to make people stupid. Four small town Southern women—each with distinct reasons to consider her life total crap—band together to forge “the easy way out.” But life has a way of turning out opposite of misdirected plans.

Abby has no husband, no children, no living kin, and a painful family secret. Loiscell is a two-time breast cancer survivor facing recurrence with dwindling faith and courage. Sheila is a meek abused wife hiding behind a religious, volunteer-queen veneer. Estranged from her only child, Caroline “Choo-choo” Ivey desperately misses her late husband.

As the relentless summer heat continues, conditions deteriorate for the women. Initially in jest, they propose group suicide: a nice meal, followed by a quick death courtesy of a paid assassin. Choo-choo offers to pay, and Sheila figures a way to enlist her husband to acquire a contact name. Then plans go haywire.

The Suicide Supper Club was a finalist in the 2012 Florida Writers Association RPLA contest. The Suicide Supper Club tackles tough subjects—abuse, cancer, aging—but with humor. In the South, humor is as essential as breathing and often filters life’s harsh realities.

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