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Diamonds and Cole: A Cole Sage Mystery #1 by Micheal Maxwell

An emotional pile-driver, that takes you from the windy streets of Chicago to the California heat

Cole Sage, a once brilliant journalist, has just about reached rock bottom. Haunted by the longing for the woman he lost, Cole is jarred to a crossroads when a hostage negotiator is killed in front of him. Later, Cole is stunned to receive a one line cry for help from his one great love. Face to face with his past, and an uncertain future he tries to find her estranged daughter.

The path to keeping his word is blocked at every turn by the husband who abandoned her, his shady real estate deals, violent con men, street thugs and the lure of a fortune in diamonds that unite them. The anger, sorrow, and crippling guilt of twenty years fires Cole’s drive to keep a promise, that in the end, will heal and return the soul to the great journalist.

Beaten, bloody but determined, Cole Sage conquers greed and hatred with a strength that only love and a will as hard as diamond can achieve.

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Interview with the Author

Q – So, tell us about Cole Sage. What makes it special?

A – When I wrote Diamonds and Cole I never dreamed it would still be going five books later. Part of the motivation to write more books was the response to Cole. He’s a guy with a lot of heart. Men and women both really respond to him. He’s suffered loss and heartache and comes back stronger and wiser. In a lot of private detective novels, the character isn’t somebody you’d have over for dinner, at least not more than once. Because Cole is a newspaper man and journalist, he’s an everyman, not a typical hardboiled detective. In life there is crime and punishment and that’s what motivates Cole. He has a pretty strong moral compass. That’s not to say he won’t make a pretzel or two out of the rules though.

The Cole Sage books draw from a lot of genres. At their heart is the mystery and thriller – private detective genre. The stories could be torn right off the front page of the paper. The political thriller aspect is true crime, current news, and the serial killers Cole deals with seem to have real faces.

I want people to have a great read, with some twists and turns, that in the end leaves them wanting more of this unique and exciting mystery book hero.

Q – Do our readers have to read the Cole Sage Series in order?

A – There is a back story that weaves through the books, but each book can and does stand alone. But this is probably the best order…

– Diamonds and Cole
– Cellar of Cole
– Helix of Cole
– Cole Dust
– Cole Shoot (coming soon)

Q – Why should our readers read The Cole Sage Series?

A – I think mystery books for Kindle give people the freedom to try new authors like me. I believe the Cole Sage Series can hang right in there with the best of them. Being the new guy on the block I have to deliver the goods and The Cole Sage Series does just that. Diamonds and Cole got all the way to #2 on the Mystery > Private Investigators Amazon Rankings, that says a lot right there!

I think once readers meet Cole Sage they’ll keep coming back for more.

Q – What is your favorite kind of Book? Would Cole Sage fit on the list?

A – He sure does. I’m a sucker for mystery books in general, but a good crime of the heart always gets me flipping pages. I love political thrillers, good old fashioned hard-boiled detectives are my kind of guys. So when Cole gets involved with a missing daughter, domestic terrorists, con men, child murders, street gangs, and true crime situations he pretty much ticks all of my reading boxes. So I guess a part of what I love I have put into the series.

Q- Thanks for giving our readers a look inside The Cole Sage Series.

A – Thanks for the opportunity!

 

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Bad Apple: Book One of the Warner Grimoire by Clay Held

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When his adopted father mysteriously disappears, 14-year-old Simon Warner must enter the hidden world of witches and wizards on a dangerous rescue mission. but the journey may just cost him everything. A near-fatal accident awakened his wizard side, and if he doesn’t learn to control himself soon, then a terrible darkness will consume him.

Read the first book, then continue the journey in Revenant Moon available for only $0.99!

Acclaim for Bad Apple

“A great blend of paranormal, horror, and fantasy” – Freebooksy.com

“The first thing I noticed about The Warner Grimoire was the writing–it was awesome.” The Bookscape Report

“From the first line of the novel, you get the feeling that The Bad Apple is probably going to be a somewhat intense read.” – Looking for the Panacea

“The Warner Grimoire swept me into another world right from the start. A young adult fantasy with a likable protagonist who grows up quite a bit within the novel and who I hoped would be successful with his goals and his hopes.” – Mindingspot.blogspot.com

 

About the Author of Bad Apple

Clay Held knows plenty about odd jobs, having worked at several in his life. Having been a cashier, a cartoonist, and even a video game tester, he finally found his niche in software project management.

He was bewitched by the strange (and surreal) landscape of Central Illinois, where he finally settled in with the love of his life to raise their family. He is also the author of the paranormal series Nighttime Tales, podcaster, and blogger. He watches too much TV. Loud noises startle him.

Visit him on the Web at www.clayheld.com, and follow him on Twitter at @ClayHeld.

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In The Darkness, That’s Where I’ll Know You: The Complete Black Room Story by Luke Smitherd

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FINALLY, THE COMPLETE BLACK ROOM SAGA, ALL IN ONE VOLUME!

PRAISE FOR IN THE DARKNESS, THAT’S WHERE I’LL KNOW YOU:

“… IN THE DARKNESS, THAT’S WHERE I’LL KNOW YOU is shaped with an exquisite precision that culminates in a climax that leaves the reader exhausted from the dizzying thrill of emotions… If you missed this book in its original serialized format, now you’ve been given another chance to read one of the best books in the sci-fi/horror genres–or any genre, as a matter of fact–that I’ve had the pleasure of reading in recent memory.” – Ain’t It Cool News.com

THE COMPLETE STORY! There are hangovers, there are bad hangovers, and then there’s waking up inside someone else’s head. Thirty-something bartender Charlie Wilkes is faced with this exact dilemma when he wakes to find finds himself trapped inside The Black Room; a space consisting of impenetrable darkness and a huge, ethereal screen floating in its centre. It is through this screen that he sees the world of his female host, Minnie.

How did he get there? What has happened to his life? And how can he exist inside the mind of a troubled, fragile, but beautiful woman with secrets of her own? Uncertain whether he’s even real or if he is just a figment of his host’s imagination, Charlie must enlist Minnie’s help if he is to find a way out of The Black Room, a place where even the light of the screen goes out every time Minnie closes her eyes…

IN THE DARKNESS, THAT’S WHERE I’LL KNOW YOU tells the complete story of THE BLACK ROOM PARTS ONE TO FOUR all in one book, and contains all of the adventures of Charlie and Minnie. All the answers are revealed in a story guaranteed to keep the reader on the edge of their seat.

Don’t miss this free eBook by Luke Smitherd.

Born under a Derbyshire sky, to the sounds of a doctor saying “I know they all look bad fresh out of the oven, but bloody hell…”

Singer and guitarist, darts enthusiast, workaholic suffering from chronic procrastination (conflict!) comics nerd.

Luke says: If you like my stuff, please leave a nice star rating, and tweet/post a status about it. You’ll be doing me a bigger favor than I can say, and it’ll mean the work keeps coming. Thanks for reading.

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Breakdown: Episode 1 (A Post-Apocalyptic Serial Adventure) by Jordon Quattlebaum

Breakdown – Episode 1 “The Fall”

When Thom Monroe’s car breaks down on the side of the road he’s sure the day can’t get any worse. However, he soon receives a mysterious call warning of impending doom. Moments later the U.S. is hit by what appears to be an Electromagnetic Pulse, knocking the power grid almost completely offline. Millions will die in the coming weeks, and Thom is unprepared. Worst of all, his daughter, the only family he has left, is half way across the state at college.

Join Thom as he makes friends, outwits thugs, battles bandits, and travels across the state to reunite with his daughter. Can a broken man survive and thrive the apocalypse?

**Breakdown is a serial adventure. Think of it like reading your favorite TV show, with a new Episode released every 3-4 weeks**
Episode 2 is out now! Find it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TVZGOBE

About the Author

Jordon Quattlebaum is a former elementary school teacher who started to think about preparing for emergencies when he became the father of two beautiful baby girls, and the husband of a beautiful wife. He enjoys learning about alternative building methods, food preservation, gardening, playing board games, learning countless things from YouTube, and playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends. Oh, writing is up there too.

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The Grass Sweeper God by Doug Howery

Sixteen-year-old Smiley Hanlon is a young woman trapped in a young man’s body. In the 1950’s Appalachia coal fields of Solitude, Virginia, Smiley is placed in the “Mentally Retarded Class” because he is effeminate and wears a blouse and saddle shoes to school.

Smiley is backed by his best friend, Lee Moore who protects Smiley from a father and many townspeople who hate him. Smiley has dreams of becoming an entertainer. Raised by his aunt in a juke joint, as a child Smiley sings and dances on the Formica bar top into the wee hours. Chosen as the female lead, Dorothy, in a new town production called Dorothy of Oz Coal Camp, his dream is being realized. The triumph of the play and his dream is sabotaged by his father and classmate bullies culminating in a tragic and horrific moment that changes both Smiley and Lee, forever.

Smiley and Lee flee to NYC. They learn that prejudice is prejudice whether in the coal fields of Virginia or on the streets of NYC. Smiley suffers at the hands of his real mother who is a religious zealot. She tries to change who Smiley is because he is a boil on the body of Christ. Lee suffers at the hands of psychologists who practice Aversion Therapy-electric shock treatment to cure his homosexuality.

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Both Smiley and Lee become forces of change as do countless others. In 1969, Smiley Hanlon and his friend, Lee emerge as leaders of a gay revolution, The Stonewall Riots. The riots are vicious but the real battle will be won or lost on another continent: Solitude, Virginia.

The Grass Sweeper God is a force of nature that flows through all things…straightens out that which is bent…which is sick…

 

Meet the Author

DOUG HOWERY has been writing both fiction and essays since 1990. His essays and familial stories have appeared in The Blue Ridge Lambda Press.
In many of his stories, as in “The Grass Sweeper God,” Mr. Howery’s true lode, his font of inspiration is in the passion and suffering he has experienced.
Suspense author, Maggie Grace, with the North Carolina Writers’ Network writes about her cohort Mr. Howery: “What I like is the riskiness, the cutting edge of the narrative voice we hear. The moments when he lapses into descriptions of the moon, of the horse, etc. are true poetry that offers some relief from the coarseness of the story, and he places them well. He has an ear for the rhythm of the story, a natural sense of when to end–hangs fire with a new way of looking at someone or something, turning the entire chapter on its ear. I like the way he makes it impossible for the reader to stop reading at the end of the chapter.”
Mr. Howery lives in Virginia with his partner of 31 years where he is at work on his next novel.