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Japanese Detective Sergeant Tokito Kolihishi has about had all of the dismal death investigations he can stand. One more pushes him too far. He might be from ancient Samurai stock, but it is time to leave the battlefield to others. He obeys his father's summons to America, there to restore to its original beauty, an crumbling, falling down Japanese Temple and open a Steakhouse within. But there is much more than meets the eye. The Temple is carrying some kind of curse. His instinctive nature is to investigate it and stop it. With the help of a lovely Japanese woman, or two, he finds the ...

It’s true that everyone wants to get laid. The only trouble is that it’s not as easy as most people would like. This book is going to show you that the secret of getting laid is not in finding some sort of mystic mojo that will put you through to the next level. The secret is that it’s all up to you. Along with the basic knowledge of knowing where to look for easy, available women, the secret mainly lies in how a person presents himself when he finds himself in the right place at the right time. If you’re looking for a serious relationship, this is not necessarily the book for you. ...

One night on a college campus changed everything for her...and for her son. Carlie Geraldson and her children, Josiah and Emily, travel cross-country to Brownsville, where her husband will become the new pastor of a church. What will the church be like? Carlie wonders. Will my children-both of them-be accepted by the congregation? And will she finally be able to push past what happened to her on a dark moonlit night in South Carolina? As Carlie and her family approaches their new home, Esther Lundy surveys the tomato plants in her garden as a moving truck pulls up in her neighborhood. ...

Barbara G. Tucker is the author of six novels: A Family’s Journey Trilogy: Traveling Through, Cross Road, and Legacy, published by OakTara Press The Unexpected Christmas Visitors, Bringing Abundance Back, and now, Long Lost Family, the first in the series of mysteries "Long Lost Stories" Bringing Abundance Back She has also published Leading in a Strange Land: Studies in Daniel and Leadership. She is the co-author of Exploring Public Speaking, a Creative Commons licensed textbook, and editor of an academic journal. Barbara lives in a community in Northwest Georgia outside of Chattanooga, ...

Virginia Foster finds herself a retired empty nester in her hometown of Abundance, a small city in Upstate South Carolina. She and her husband are affluent members of the community, but she is concerned about its future and spearheads a festival to bring attention and jobs back to Abundance. As she and her team of fellow retirees work to build a successful festival—based around biscuits because the town got its name from Abundance Mills Flour Company--they face opposition from a local preacher, the art community, and the town’s maven of baby beauty pageants. However, Virginia has ...

The Knowles family looks about as secure, middle-American, comfortable, and happy as can be. That is, until November 8 comes around. A refugee couple from Iraq comes to stay with them unexpectedly and teaches them a new meaning of faith, Christmas, and giving. Lee and Roberta, the parents of teenagers Becca, Ryan, and Sarah, find out they will be hosting a refugee couple from a Middle-Eastern country. And Lee, a high school principal, is about to be brought into a lawsuit by a parent who objects to the Christmas festivities of Lee's school. The Knowles will maneuver a Christmas they didn't ...

From Death tells the tale of Anita who is leaving second-phase which is a digital afterlife. Her ex-husband is going off to live on another planet. This novella tells the tale of the futuristic world and all its amazing possibilities. From Death shows the futuristic world that Anita enters. It tells the tale of a new love and new lease of life that she experiences. Imagine all the possibilities of starting a fresh new life in a new time within the world

The year is 2012. While investigating the heinous death of a prominent evangelist, FBI Agent Leon Safullo is unable to identify the killer through traditional methods of forensic analysis. Simultaneously, Leon learns of the sudden disappearance of Paul Evans, CEO of a major corporation. Leon is a pragmatic realist whose career is based on interpreting symptoms of aberrant human behavior. The killer contacts Leon with the purpose of challenging the validity of his investigation.

Monshay Baxter fell in love with Lamar Logan on the very summer night they met. Lamar really enjoys Monshay's company; just not enough to give up all of his other women. In The Night I Fell in Love, you'll see how falling in love can change everything.

Short fiction is full of small pleasures. See if you agree as you listen to this short story by Michael Lee Tucker.

Virginia Foster is an empty nester who takes on the mission of bringing her town, Abundance, South Carolina, back from economic doldrums after the disappearance of cotton mills in the 1990s. The answer: a festival to bring attention and jobs back to Abundance. As she and her team of fellow retirees work to build the first South Carolina Biscuit Festival (because the town got its name from Abundance Mills Flour Company), they face opposition from a local preacher, the art community, and the town’s maven of baby beauty pageants. And Virginia finds out the mysteries behind her family--who ...

John Colt has done it all. He's been a sheriff a Texas Ranger and even a US Marshal. And all he learned in all of those successful careers is that he worked himself to death, faced down and killed many outlaws who needed killing, and for what? A mere pittance. It is not enough. He pulls out, after a bad injury where he nearly lost his life. Cared for by a lovely nurse, he finds he has a part of himself that somehow will struggle to change him. A strong, determined, stubborn man, he cannot be controlled by a woman with a strong streak of right from wrong, and he must move on. Those two were ...

Yet another erotic absurdity from the author who reluctantly brought you I Have a Chart and Sofa King: a couch elegy.

Katarina was sold away to a man she did not know. Such was the fate of many a young girl in the 17th century.The marriage would combine the power of two families. Fate has other ideas. Not only is she saved from the old, wicked Count, she is found by a powerful man. But there is much more to her than she knows. Heinrich is going to save her - just in time. #TheStoryTeller

This French audiobook is perfect for adult students who are at an advanced level of French comprehension. It is made to be not only listenable, but enjoyable! Listen in French and learn about some fascinating French people!

Texas Ranger Rocky Cleft rides a damned lonely, dangerous trail. The occasional pretty warms his heart and soul, but there is one that seems to stay in his mind and heart more than others. As with most Rangers of the era, he is determined to bring the outlaws down. But they are just as determined to kill him, too. Sometimes it is touch and go. He is quick, yes, but is he enough? But then, he begins to sense there is someone there... someone keeping him alive. He has a long trail to follow, first to hold outlaws at bay, in prison or in Boot Hill, and second, to find out what the hell is ...

The truth is, as a woman, starting your own venture can be a little intimidating, considering that the business world is primarily male-dominated or saturated by similar businesses. But so what! So many women out there are thriving in business, and you can too! This audiobook will give you the startup resources and motivation to go after your dream business relentlessly–with the needs and wants of women in mind.

Now in its fifth incarnation, Tell-Tale's horror anthologies have become an annual benchmark of emerging talent and well-told stories. The select seven featured here will yank you backward and forward again in time, visiting the exotic and the seemingly mundane, at a pace and a pulse calibrated for Halloween chills. Beware of a cat named Sabrina and a Celtic goddess with a passport to Salem—yes, that Salem. An old farmhouse could hold more vivid memories than just its mortal foundations, and think twice about rescuing the sister of a young boy if you find yourself in a desert.

All Over the Place explores the intersection where race, culture and politics meet. Dara Starr Tucker provides weekly commentary on the topics that impact us all and provides a fresh perspective on how to interrogate these issues through her unique lens as a noted social commentator with over 1,000,000 followers across all social media platforms. Dara is a singer/songwriter and occasional satirist who uses each of these forms of expression to communicate her passion for deeper human connection and social change. Find her music on all digital outlets and find her on all social media ...

An innocent bike ride on Nantucket leads Detective Nia D’Amato to a quiet street, where she discovers a mother and daughter pinned beneath a fallen tree. Firemen arrive and work frantically to free them, and Nia later discovers evidence of likely sabotage. She teams up with Captain John Miller, the local police chief. Solving one mystery only plunges them into another: the seemingly innocent death of a girl 30 years earlier. Nia and Captain Miller race to uncover the clues and find a piece of critical evidence before it’s destroyed.