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Book Brief: Counter Currents

Counter Currents - historical fiction by Shaun McLaughlinCounter Currents
by Shaun J. McLaughlin
Genre: Historical Fiction
Word count: 104,000

Counter Currents, the 2013 silver medal winner for Historical Literature Fiction – Modern (set 1500-1940 AD) from by Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards, is set in the Patriot War, an almost forgotten border conflict, where rebels attacked Canada 13 times from the USA. Among the raiders was Bill Johnston, the St. Lawrence River historical legend.

Ryan, 19, arrives in colonial Canada at the outbreak of the 1838 Patriot War. He is drawn into Bill Johnston’s world of smuggling and secret societies set in the beauty and grandeur of the Thousand Islands. Ryan falls for Johnston’s daughter, Kate, and is coached by her older cousin Ada on how to capture Kate’s heart. Ada develops feelings for Ryan and he in turn grapples with his attraction to Ada.

Circumstances drive Ryan into a web of piracy and rebellion. Each step Ryan takes closer to a peaceful life as Kate’s husband is matched by deeper entanglement in a glorious but lost cause. Tugged by the opposing currents of romance and war, Ryan struggles to reconcile his family history, his duty and his heart. The story builds on real events surrounding the Patriot War and stays close to historic facts. It is history illuminated by fiction.

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Book Brief: A One Way Ticket to Dead

A One Way Ticket To DeadA One Way Ticket to Dead (A Kate Jones Thriller)
by D.V. Berkom
Genre: Thriller, action/adventure
Word count: 69,650

After years of running from her ex—a vicious Mexican drug lord—and his subsequent death, Kate Jones is ready to bury the past and try to piece together a new normal. But first there’s a loose end to tie and it involves digging up old ghosts that are best left alone.

Unaware her actions have attracted the notice of a powerful enemy Kate is plunged into a deadly fight for survival, as both her life and the lives of the children of a man she once loved hang in the balance. And, with the possibility of an informant inside the DEA, she doesn’t know who she can trust.

From the emerald green shores of Seattle to the lush Yucatán jungle and unforgiving Sonoran desert, Kate Jones must once again face her past…and hope she survives.

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Featured Selections from Nicole McGehee

Glamourous, sexy page-turners best describe Nicole McGehee’s romantic novels. Though not a series, both feature strong heroines who are ground-breakers for their eras. McGehee tackles tough subjects – personal tragedy, racial prejudice, sexism – with an approach that involves the reader in the moment.

You will laugh, cry, and recognize aspects of your own life as you immerse yourself in the dramas created in McGehee’s Regret Not a Moment and No More Lonely Nights. You’ll travel the world, from Virginia horse country to sultry New Orleans; Paris to post World War II Egypt.

McGehee’s motto is, “Escape and enjoy!”

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If you love Downton Abbey, REGRET NOT A MOMENT will take you to the Virginia version of grand estates and blue bloods in the year 1930. This romance spans three decades and three continents as you follow heroine Devon as she discovers great love, challenge, and heartbreak. [/ezcol_3quarter_end]

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Nothing in Dominique’s sheltered, aristocratic upbringing has prepared her to be stripped of all her privilege and forced to fend for herself. She flees a revolution via an arranged marriage only to find that her husband is a fraud, and she must strike out on her own in America. This romantic saga takes you New York, New Orleans, and Washington, DC, as Dominique finds new love and a new life.[/ezcol_3quarter_end]

Book Brief: The Spark

The SparkThe Spark
by John Kenny
Genre of this Book: Action Adventure/Thriller
Word count: 98,500

Searching for the truth is the most dangerous thing firefighter Donny Robertson will ever do.

The blaze in the old factory has left Donny physically and mentally scarred. And Fitz was dead, nothing was going to change that. But everyone is eager to put that tragedy behind them – there were no traces of arson and no signs of foul play.

Donny needs to regain his confidence and earn the trust of his crew and colleagues. It doesn’t help that he’s convinced the fire was no accident. Is it the set of curious coincidences, or is it simply Donny’s inability to let go of the man who had been his friend and mentor? And where was the line between loyalty and obsession? Was it worth losing his job, his home and his relationship?

As pieces of the puzzle begin to fit together, evidence and people start to disappear. By the time Donny realizes he’s over his head in a world of corporate intrigue and murder for hire, it’s too late. He’s become a loose end and someone is cleaning up. Framed for the murder of his last remaining lead, Donny realizes his only chance is to find and confront the person pulling the strings. It’s a desperate plan and it will cost him everything he has left.

The Spark is a fast paced, intelligent thriller that gives an insider’s view of life in the fire department.

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