This true story is about a man in his mid-thirties who is in a race car crash, and death is imminent. At that moment between life and death, the past and present merge, and time standstill. In just a few brief seconds, he relives his entire life. This story chronicles his experiences and decisions he made in his life from childhood through adult life. As an engineer for a major oil company, he had to choose between traveling for the company on emergency trouble shooting trips or staying at home with his family. The choices he made severely impacted his family. He wonders if the choices he made were determined by fate or did he have the ability to change them. This book is based on the author Art DiNick’s personal life experience, which left a huge impact on his life and almost changed everything. After 30 years of wait, he has finally penned down the story. So, grab your copy today to read about how DiNick got a second chance at life!

Targeted Age Group:: 15+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
This true story is about a man in his mid-thirties who is in a race car crash, and death is imminent. At that moment between life and death, the past and present merge, and time standstill. In just a few brief seconds, he relives his entire life. This story chronicles his experiences and decisions he made in his life from childhood through adult life. As an engineer for a major oil company, he had to choose between traveling for the company on emergency trouble shooting trips or staying at home with his family. The choices he made severely impacted his family. He wonders if the choices he made were determined by fate or did he have the ability to change them. This book is based on the author Art DiNick’s personal life experience, which left a huge impact on his life and almost changed everything. After 30 years of wait, he has finally penned down the story. So, grab your copy today to read about how DiNick got a second chance at life!

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
This true story is about a man in his mid-thirties who is in a race car crash, and death is imminent. At that moment between life and death, the past and present merge, and time standstill. In just a few brief seconds, he relives his entire life. This story chronicles his experiences and decisions he made in his life from childhood through adult life. As an engineer for a major oil company, he had to choose between traveling for the company on emergency trouble shooting trips or staying at home with his family. The choices he made severely impacted his family. He wonders if the choices he made were determined by fate or did he have the ability to change them. This book is based on the author Art DiNick’s personal life experience, which left a huge impact on his life and almost changed everything. After 30 years of wait, he has finally penned down the story. So, grab your copy today to read about how DiNick got a second chance at life!

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A darkness falls over the land when the Queen of Rurith dies.

Consumed with grief, King Ivar blames their son, Prince Leif, for her demise, and locks him away in the castle.

The Prince is left in total despair, until a girl, with hair the colour of a red sunset and green eyes shows him mercy.

For six years she visits him in secret, giving him hope where none existed before.

But Ruith hides many treacherous things that threaten to bring the Kingdom to its knees.

Until the Prince and his beastly curse are released

Targeted Age Group:: 16 – 40

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
My publisher actually was looking for a book from me in a certain genre, and the moment I brought these characters to live I had very strong emotional connection. I've been planning this two set book duology for the last three years and book one is finally being released.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
unusually for me I type cast and it grew from there and its been the most fun to see the characters grow beyond the type of generic character needed for the story.

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A cocky police detective, Dallas Scott and his best friend and partner, Ray Davis chase after a notorious hit-man, McNeil, and a terrible decision by Scott lead to Davis’ death.

Scott is haunted by his choice and it leads him to become a poor cop and a horrible husband.

Now partnered with a new young detective, John Crawford, they get a lead on the killer only to come up short.

Days later, they find McNeil dead on the street and this still leaves Scott unhappy because he didn’t kill the man responsible for his partner’s death himself.

McNeil’s wife asks Scott for help but he refuses and this is a huge mistake which leads to her and her child’s death. This incident brings McNeil’s ghost to come back and haunt Scott and causes him to have a car accident.

Now in the afterlife, the chase is on again, with Scott having to go after McNeil for bringing chaos to the people who murdered him and his family.

The stakes are higher than ever in purgatory, with Scott having to stop McNeil and having to prevent his soul from getting in the hands of the devil due to his own sins.

Targeted Age Group:: 18+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
An album cover. The hip hop album came out when I was in high school and told myself there is a story here. Over the years, I learned how to write movie scripts. I entered screenwriting contests which garnered nothing more than honorable mentions. After more years of polish, my family talked me into writing it as a book.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
After the idea, I had to create characters to execute the story. I had to have a Cop who wasn't corrupt or even bad but someone who had made a ton of mistakes with the badge. As an adversary, I wanted to the opposite. Someone who was bad but had an honorable code. And of course, I had to have Lucifer to sort of toy with both characters.

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Hilda felt the warm yet soothing afternoon breeze brush past her face. She stood and faced the sea as the ship steadily moved forward. Her mouth was left agape at the sight of the gigantic Statue of Liberty extending its cement torch upward. Her brown eyes were glued to it. “Hey, make some room,” a man yelled, brushing past her as she stood like stone in his way. The statue so absorbed her that she did not respond. She heard more people flocking beside her and cheering heartily. Her big moment was finally here. She was going to reach the United States of America soon!

Targeted Age Group:: 15+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Hollie Tutrani is a retired police detective, a wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoys reading, especially mysteries, and she always had a vivid and creative imagination and natural sleuth instincts. She enjoys knitting, gardening, cooking, and spending time with her friends and family during her free time. She lives together with her fluffy Sheepadoodle, Willow, and Goldendoodle, Cooper. She also has two cats Frankie and Nena, both of whom are a bundle of joy. Her book, “Her Brother’s Keeper” ISBN: 191396941X, is a murder mystery that is all set to keep the readers hooked till the last page.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Hollie Tutrani is a retired police detective, a wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoys reading, especially mysteries, and she always had a vivid and creative imagination and natural sleuth instincts. She enjoys knitting, gardening, cooking, and spending time with her friends and family during her free time. She lives together with her fluffy Sheepadoodle, Willow, and Goldendoodle, Cooper. She also has two cats Frankie and Nena, both of whom are a bundle of joy. Her book, “Her Brother’s Keeper” ISBN: 191396941X, is a murder mystery that is all set to keep the readers hooked till the last page.

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Teenager Ben Somerset has three great loves in his life: Sherlock Holmes, designer clothes and a certain song by Madonna.  And then Susie appears.
Set in England in the summer of 1984 Lucky Star tells of Ben’s introduction to the world of shoplifting, music, politics, love and heartbreak.

Targeted Age Group:: 14+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
It is partly based on my own experience in the world of shoplifting and designer clothes in the 80s.

I felt I needed to share my stories and especially the characters.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Most of the characters in the novel are based on real people I knew although not necessarily when the novel is set.
The main character is based on myself and his two friends are an amalgam of some of my friends at the time.

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The first person I ever see with a pair of Adidas Los Angeles trainers is Sean Crow, whose brother is Dan Crow, who once threatened to bite my nose off. Dan later told me he was joking, but I wasn’t so sure. He’s an edgy lad at the best of times.
Anyway, these trainers, these Adidas LAs, are amazing and it’s all because of the pegs. They have these pegs, you see – one red, one white and one blue – inserted into the side of the heels. I don’t know what they’re for and I don’t really care.
Sean paid five pounds for the LAs from Cully. Sean is a freak but a nice, sweet lad (nothing like his brother) and a brilliant laugh. You’d like him. Everybody likes the Crow Man.
‘Look at me!’ he says, the trainers shining and glowing on his feet like two mini rocket ships. ‘I’m a prince!’ He parades up and down in front of us, like he’s on a catwalk or something. ‘See these pegs?’ He lifts up one leg, so he’s balancing like a flamingo jester, and points a finger at the heel of his raised shoe. ‘Each one means something different. The red one makes me a top athlete, the blue one makes me irresistible to women and the white one makes me a leader of men. Altogether they mean I’m a god.’
‘What are the pegs for really?’ I say. The pegs are strange and beautiful. I’ve never really cared much for designer clothes like the other lads but seeing these shoes has changed everything. They’ve opened my eyes to a brand new world.
‘Shock absorbers, comrade,’ says Bradley Wilkins, who is also called ‘Choo-Choo’ Wilkins, because the white Fila roll-neck jumpers he always wears puts us in mind of the ‘Choo-Choo’ character from the cartoon Top Cat. ‘All that running on concrete puts pressure on your knee joints.’ Choo-Choo is also very tall and has blonde hair with a floppy fringe that is always getting in his eyes.

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Tales to Tattle gathers ten separate short stories, ranging from different settings – from the fantastic world to the real one, where unusual events intertwine naturally.

Sparkles: A rainbow-eating unicorn falls into the real world by mistake.

Under the Sea: An unusual day of Ayda, a mermaid living near the Hawaiian islands.

The Caravan: An Arab boy has a scary experience with a Genie and an Oasis Spirit during the Caravan’s overnight stay.

Halloween: A real boy helps three ghosts to cross over into the afterlife during Halloween.

The Purple Blanket: A young boy receives a magic blanket from his grandmother and uses it to travel into the settings of the books he has read.

The Pile of Maple Leaves: A dragon egg falls from the nest and reaches the Human World.

Charles: A British Blue Shorthair tomcat leaves the comfort of the apartment to explore the outside world alongside with his pigeon friend, Pipp.

Sumire’s New Friend: A young Japanese girl uses a talisman to get a new friend: a dragon.

The Wishfall: A young boy wishes his friend wins the race in which he also races. This triggers events in the Unseen World, which will make his wish come true.

Broken Strings: A boy gets caught in the storm on his way home. He finds shelter in an abandoned lighthouse, but he makes an incredible new friend.

Targeted Age Group:: Children, All ages

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I've enjoyed tremendously reading and listening to stories when I was a child (who hasn't?). There are so many stories untold, so here is my little contribution to all the children who want and deserve to hear engaging stories!

Read them to your toddlers or enjoy them yourselves!

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Some of the names are descriptive of the character that's wearing them, while others are names that I like.

Book Sample
"Just wait until someone gets into the building and then wait for the Owners in front of the door," suggested Pipp cheerfully.
"That sounds like a good plan, but then they will know I was out."
"Who cares? Come!" Pipp soared up in the air. “Come on! Take the leap!"
Charles looked down the building wall. It was quite high. He imagined how he would jump from one cornice to another, to the hood of the windows below and from there, without a trace of panic, he would land gracefully on the pavement.
"Come on! You're a cat, for cryin' out loud!" yelled Pipp flying in circles.

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An inspiring story about survival, choice, and the power of family relationships.

“An Epidemic 1,000 Years Before Us” is the fourth book of the Big Little Stories series. All books in this series are related by themes and characters but can be read in any order. All stories have something in common—they are all about change and gives the impression that the reader is the main character of an exciting journey. You will discover the adventures of various characters, but all of them are essential parts of our big little world.

This book tells the story of the end of the familiar society due to the medieval epidemic’s spread. This is a new world, devoid of laws and regulations, where people need to desperately fight for their lives. The main character is a teenager who must cope not only with the general panic but also with his mental problems. Together with his family and friends, he sets out on a journey to the distant edge of civilization, hoping to wait out the fall of humanity. But the real enemy is not an epidemic, but a man. On every step, the survivors will be pursued by marauders, ambushes, deception, and betrayal, and each time they will have to make difficult choices. This adventure is full of unpredictability, where is no right or wrong decision. In this intriguing story, everyone has only one primary goal—to survive.

Targeted Age Group:: General

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Life is the best inspiration for me. This book took me hundreds of hours of inspiring work to write and publish. I wrote this book with one simple aim in mind: to provide the readers with an inspirational story about life wisdom.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
All my characters are parts of me or people in my life. We can say that all of my characters are real people. Each of us writes our own story. And I sincerely hope this story resonates with your heart.

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Retail and service businesses will continue to move onto digital platforms. As a small business owner, you need to have the right tools and strategies in place to compete in a digital world. Customers are no longer interested in hard selling techniques. However, they will invest their time and money with companies that are interested in building relationships.

Learn how to use inbound marketing strategies to drive customers to your E-commerce store. Read about various tips and techniques to create content that will keep customers coming back to your shop.

This guide will give any small business owner interested in using inbound marketing to generate quality leads and build successful marketing that will pull in customers.

Targeted Age Group:: 25 – 55

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I wanted to write a book especially for small business owners. There is a lot of noise and resources on the Internet but I did not like the style. It simply did not appeal.

I wanted to give small business owners a concise guide on building smarter marketing plans using inbound marketing. I have worked in marketing and analytics for many years so drew upon my experience in the field. That is how the book came about.

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In a city buried deep beneath the surface of a frozen, lifeless, earth, teenager Josh deciphers an encrypted journal hidden for centuries, and learns that a computer complex sealed off after an ancient asteroid strike may be all that can save them from certain annihilation. When the deranged head of the city’s Council is determined to demolish the complex and doom them all, Josh leads a desperate battle to stop him.

Targeted Age Group:: Young Adult/Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I was inspired by the idea that actual historical information can be found in ancient religious texts.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
The protagonist is a teenager searching for the truth, and trying to find his place in the world.

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Josh Driscoll staggered through the door of the staging room into the airlock, barely able to walk in the ESA suit three sizes too big for his sixteen-year-old frame.
It was after hours – the mining robots would be down till morning, and the place was deserted. The airlock door thudded shut behind him. He was suddenly aware of his own breath. He was hyperventilating. He focused on his breathing and tried to relax.
“You okay?” Matt’s voice said inside Josh’s helmet.
Josh looked up at the camera high on the wall in front of him and waved. “I’m fine.”
“We’ve got a seal,” Matt said. “You ready?”
Josh nodded to the camera.
“Depressurizing. Opening doors,” Matt said.
Josh heard a faint whoosh of escaping air, and the massive steel doors in front of him slowly ground open.
He stepped outside, to the planet’s surface, for the first time in his life.
Triggered by his movement, a dozen floodlamps placed at intervals around him flicked on. He was standing on a metal platform about twenty meters square. To his left and right were the black blotches of a few out-buildings. Ahead, beyond the platform, lay an expanse of icy ground crisscrossed by tread-marks from the mining machines.
Beyond that loomed a translucent blue-green wall of frozen oxygen twenty meters high. Josh’s throat tightened, as he imagined a giant slab of that wall shearing off and smashing to earth, like the one that had devastated his life so many years ago. A couple of mining robots crouched like giant insects beside a large cavity from which they’d been carving out chunks of oxygen for transfer inside the Station.
A metal roof above blocked Josh’s view of the sky, and the ice-blue wall blocked his view ahead. He shuffled around to face the outside camera and gave Matt a thumbs-up. For several anxious minutes Josh maneuvered the unwieldy suit toward an elevator that ran to the viewing platform above the building.
He was petrified, knowing that if he were to fall, he’d never be able to get back up. Worse still, he could damage the suit and expose his body to the freezing temperatures and vacuum of space. The restricted view from the helmet visor was like peering down a narrow tunnel. He had to sweep his head from side to side to see around him.
Finally, he stood at the elevator door.
“You sure you want to do this?” Matt asked.
“I’ve gone this far. I’m going for it.”
“How’s your oxygen?”
Josh glanced at the heads-up display in his visor.
“Half an hour,” he said. “Lots of time.”
He’d taken a single step when an alarm screeched inside his helmet.
“Shit!” Matt said.
More alarms chimed in over the sound system.
“We’re screwed,” Matt said. “Get back here.”
Josh hesitated. He stared up at the elevator framework disappearing into the darkness above, then turned and shook his head at the camera.
“What?” Matt shouted. “They’re coming! They’ll be here in a few minutes.”
Josh pushed the button and the elevator light blinked on.
“Are you crazy, man?” Matt’s voice yelled as the door slid open and Josh stepped inside.
The alarm continued to blare as Josh pressed the ‘up’ button. The door slid shut and the elevator began to move. He felt the increase in his weight as it sped upwards.
A new voice filled his helmet. “You are in violation of code three-eight-seven-one of Station law. Return to the control room immediately.” Shouts and the pounding of feet echoed in the background.
He ignored the command. The elevator slowed as it approached the viewing platform. Josh swallowed hard. He wasn’t afraid, but he wasn’t sure he was prepared for what he was about to see.
The elevator jerked to a stop, the door slid open, and he stepped outside and onto the platform. Again, floodlights on the periphery flicked to life. The screech of the alarm seemed to fade into silence as he absorbed the images around him.
He was surrounded by a wasteland of ice and snow. Far away, on the impossibly distant horizon, a jumble of giant rectangular shapes cut into the blue-violet sky. Nausea swept over him, like the time he’d climbed one of the giant lighting towers on Level Three. He reached out and grabbed a nearby post for support as he fought to grasp the concept of such mind-boggling vastness.
Above it all was the black of perpetual night, strewn with a billion stars. Far in the deepness of space, one star stood out more brightly than the others, twinkling in the mist of the ice field. The alarm was finally cut and for a few seconds there was absolute silence. Josh realized he’d forgotten to breathe.
Matt’s voice returned. “Josh, they’re here—”
“Return to the control room immediately,” the voice from before repeated, shouting in his ear.
He was so engrossed in the scene that he was surprised when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to find two space-suited figures beside him. The closest one gripped his elbow and dragged him toward the elevator door. He didn’t resist. They took the elevator back down and he was escorted back through the airlock.
Inside, his escorts helped him strip out of the bulky Extra Station Activity suit and removed their own. They passed back through the mine control room to a meeting room next door. Two guards stood holding Matt. Two of Josh’s escorts stood watch at the door, while several others held Josh and Matt in silence. They were waiting for someone. Josh’s gut churned as he imagined who that someone was.
Fifteen minutes later, the meeting room door was flung open and several officials, including Josh’s father, crowded in. His father rushed over, his face a contorted blend of confusion, anger, and fear.
He gripped Josh’s shoulder and scowled down at him. “What do you think you’re doing! You could have been killed out there!”
Josh looked at the floor.
The door opened again. The group parted deferentially as a gray, rail-thin man with a hawk-like face marched in, glaring at the boys. It was Ethan Brock, head of the Council of the Brotherhood, and Master Foreman for all the Station. Brock strode up to Josh, glancing at Josh’s father, who stepped back, his face red with embarrassment.
“You’re in big trouble, boy,” Brock snapped. He took a step forward, and raised his hand as if he was about to slap Josh, but finally lowered it again. “You’ve stolen, and possibly damaged, equipment crucial to our mining operations, and therefore the safety of this entire Station.”
Josh’s mind was still on the surface, hypnotized by the endless white wasteland and the star-laden night sky.
“Josh!” Josh recognized his father’s voice. He shook his head to clear it. With a sense of dread, he allowed his gaze to drift in the direction of the voice. His father’s expression confirmed there would be no help from him.
“How do you feel about that?” Brock said.
“What?” Josh said.
“Haven’t you been listening? You’ve endangered every person in this Station. Our lives depend on that equipment. If you’ve damaged it—”
Josh hung his head. “I had to see what was out there,” he said to the floor.
“We’ve got a lot of questions,” Foreman Brock said. “We need to understand how you got access. And we can’t take the chance that you’ll try something like this again. You two will be taken into custody until we can figure out what to do with you.”
The escorts led Josh and Matt away. Josh didn’t try to make further eye contact with his father. It would be a waste of time.

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If you surf the internet daily or use a computer every day this book is for you.
Book is also a must-read for people who are curious and want to improve the way they carry out their day to day activities.
The book encompasses a collection of more than 40+ scenarios that occur in our everyday lives and tries to answer them by introducing different websites and plugins. Most of the mentioned websites are useful, some are fun and few are just extraordinary.
Author’s main motive of writing this book is to share the knowledge and bring to light the findings that will help the readers to find answers to everyday scenarios.
If you are intrigued by the sheer number of services and websites available on the internet and are confused which one to choose, this book will narrow down the most useful services, so get your copy and join curious readers to find answers.

Targeted Age Group:: 22

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I always kept bookmarks or notes whenever I visit or discover a useful website. I usually write the website name in my google notes and when I checked recently there were more than 60+ websites that I had discovered and found useful. I wanted to share this knowledge to other people so that they can use it in their daily life and don't need to struggle finding these websites or never knowing these services where available in the first place. THis is what motivated me to write the first book.

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Love at first sight versus lust you can’t fight.

Libby Tucker is a cutter—a nobody waitress in a college town—at least that’s what everyone believes. But admission to law school is Libby’s ticket out of Indiana and her escape from small town life forever.

During a night on the town, Libby beats the most competitive athlete on campus at pool and draws more attention from him than she’s prepared for.

Aidan Palowski is one of those jocks your friends warned you about—the kind that never loose—the kind that put notches in their baseball bats. As the closing pitcher on the best baseball team in the Big Ten, he’s on his way to the major leagues. Aidan always gets what he wants and Libby is the final home run he wants to hit out of the park.

The last thing Libby needs is to get sidetracked by a superstar jock. Afraid that she might be on a collision course with love at first sight Libby keeps her distance, but the longer she holds out the more Aidan realizes it’s a case of lust he can’t fight.

What happens when worthy opponents refuse to play their hearts out?

CUTTERS VS. JOCKS

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Elizabeth Marx writes deeply emotional romances that take her readers on a roller coaster ride between desire and despair. Often described as hilarious, heartbreaking, and heartwarming, she's not afraid to tear you apart just when you think you know what's going to happen. Because let's face it, a happily ever after has to be earned.

Elizabeth resides in Chicago with her husband, girls, and a wiggle butt named Indy.

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Torn from her home and family. Forced to marry a genetically matched stranger. Will she find love, or destruction?
Sadie yearns for the loving marriage her parents share. But with the Sterilization Vector threatening human existence, she despairs she’ll be mated solely for her genetic compatibility. When she’s torn from her home and family and forced to marry a man she’s never met, she’s at risk of losing her dream forever.
Thrust into the compulsory marriage program, all is not as it seems. She’s shocked to learn that she has an unprecedented number of matches to contend with, some of which don’t have the best of intentions. Could her genes hold the key to unlocking what remains of the world’s reproductive potential, or will she be one more woman swallowed up by humanity’s collapse?
Dwindle is the first novel in the captivating Populations Crumble series. If you like dystopian reads with heart and a hint of romance, you’ll love this story.
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What readers are saying…
“…I didn’t know what to expect but this book caught my attention immediately. The characters were interesting and the storyline was great.”
“Enjoyed this first book in the series! It grabbed my attention from the first page!! I loved the characters in the book and can’t wait to see where life takes Sadie…”

Targeted Age Group:: 13-18+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I was on a walk with my kids, brainstorming ideas for a book. Out of nowhere, the idea hit me. What would the future be like, if everything was exactly the same, but children were extremely rare? Why are they rare, and how does society respond to the dwindling population size?

About a month later, I'd fully sketched out the idea, and started writing.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Sadie is a character that's near to my heart. I gave her a background similar to my own—a horse lover and country girl at heart. But she's thrust into a world nothing like our own, and has to work to hold onto her ideals, and her dreams. She loves her family, and wants nothing more to go back to her old life, but instead she's thrust into a Compulsory Marriage Program, and has to marry a virtual stranger.
It was a lot to think through, and I found myself thinking, "How would I react in Sadie's shoes?" a lot during the writing process.

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Two Tickets to Paradise
The sun peeks through my window so bright and cheerful, it seems like any other day. As if today the only thing that will happen is the sun beaming down on flat pastures, the wind blowing through the pine trees, and the horses and cows grazing lazily. If only it was still yesterday. I know they say you can’t live in the past, but yesterday was my last day of freedom. At least for a few years, possibly ever. It’s going to be hard to let go of that day and embrace this one.
With a stretch, I climb out of bed and start to dress for what’s coming. But what do you wear for the day your life is no longer your own? Well, I'm going with jeans. They are my protective armor. Jeans, my favorite boots, and a tank top are a little piece of comfort, and they let me pretend a while longer that all I'll be doing today is going out to saddle up and hit the woods with some of my brothers. Maybe check fences, or move some cows. But then, if that was my today, my wheeled duffle wouldn’t be sitting stuffed by my bedroom door. I pick up my pillow and shove it through the carry handle of my bag. There’s no use pretending when I've known for three years now the fate that awaits me, awaits every woman in the North American Alliance.
I've known since I turned sixteen that a shuttle would be waiting in town today, to take me to the New Life Center of Georada. Somehow it still feels surreal, impossible. Is this really it? I mean, they send you a brochure on your sixteenth birthday, all glossy and freshly pressed, with pictures of happy, smiling women and handsome men with jaws that could cut glass. Little blurbs about how they will match you with your very own prince charming, your perfect genetic other half, and then send you off to a honeymoon paradise for the first two years of your new life together. Two years, or until I’m pregnant; whichever comes first.
My heart nearly broke telling Morgan goodbye yesterday. We went on a long, leisurely trail ride, just me and him. When we got back, I untacked him, and gave him the best brushing down of his life. Somewhere in the middle the tears started to flow, until all I could do was cling to his big, warm neck and cry into his mane. There aren’t words to describe how much I will miss him, even though I know my family will treat him like a king. Mom’s going to do her best to fatten him up by feeding him leftover biscuits; I won’t be here to stop her.
After getting ready in the bathroom, I pull out the handle on my bag with a click and wheel it down the hallway to the kitchen. Being the youngest of seven is no walk in the park, especially if you’re the only girl. But, I love my brothers. I would not trade having a single one for more girl time, or another stolen kiss with a boy in the hay loft. We are close, and the thought of telling them all goodbye today is tearing me in two. Gavin is already in the kitchen nursing a cup of coffee.
“Good morning squirt,” he says with a sad grin. He’d usually be out in the back pastures by now, so I know he’s here to say his goodbyes. “How are you today? Hanging in there? I see you didn’t get all dolled up for the bus of doom.”
I laugh, “If the bus of doom doesn’t like me as I am, I guess it’ll just have to send me back.” That’d just be too dang bad, wouldn’t it? ‘Sorry, ma’am, you don’t have glossy, shiny brochure-lady vibes, so please return to your ranch immediately.’ I am so not that lucky. He reaches back to the counter, and hands me a mug, which I can see marshmallows floating in. He’s pulling out all the stops today, hot chocolate with marshmallows before breakfast. I take a grateful sip, and give him a side hug. We hang like that for a few moments, just soaking up the early morning quiet, until we hear boots on the porch and the screen door bangs open.
“Sadie! Where are you?” Brent hollers. That man is always loud.
“In the kitchen, and quit yelling, it’s way too early for that,” I answer.
“Who’s yelling?” he yells again, as Phil and Cade walk in behind him. Cade walks straight over and wraps me in a bear hug, lifting my feet off the ground in the process. I shove my mug out to the side so it doesn’t spill, and set it back on the counter before hugging him back. Once he puts me down, I see they are all in their work clothes, well-worn jeans with leather gloves hanging out of back pockets. They’ve probably been out mending fences and checking the herds since dawn. It’s getting close to time to start thinning the herds before winter, and they’ll be busy the next few weeks sorting them and bringing in the ones for the sale, and moving the rest of the herd out to the winter pastures. Only, I won’t be here this year.
“How are the cows looking?” I ask, making small talk while they grab their own cups of coffee.
“They’re doing fine, Sadie.” Phil answers, giving me a peck on the cheek and handing back my mug. “How are you holding up?” he asks with concern. Phil, the quiet sincere one. He doesn’t say a whole lot, but he’s all heart. That’s how he scooped Tess up so quickly; he and his high school sweetheart live across the way with their two sons. She passed on her blonde hair and blue eyes to both of my adorable nephews.
“I’m okay, just trying not to think about it.” I refuse to start this new phase of my life with a tear-stained face. Just because it feels more like I’m heading to hell than paradise, doesn’t mean I’m not going to face it head on. They can print all the shiny happy photos of the New Life Center they want, that doesn’t change the fact that I have no choice but to participate in the compulsory marriage program.
Marriage, at nineteen. I’m not ready to give up my freedom, but for women nowadays that’s merely a childhood illusion. It’s been years since any woman was actually free to choose her own fate. My parents were one of the last generations where participation was optional. We’re the rarity now. Most families have zero to one child, two if they’re extremely lucky. So, the North American Alliance created the New Lives Program, to help people find a better genetic match. People praised it as an amazing humanitarian effort at first, when it was voluntary. All the reports showed a thirty percent higher birth rate among couples who found their genetic match at a New Life Center.
It wasn’t enough, though. Population rates are still in decline, and one day they dipped below an “acceptable level” to sustain even our new, pared down society. So here I am, nineteen. Three years after my glossy brochure promised me a perfect genetic match, and, you know, maybe someone I could grow to love . . . saying goodbye to my family, to go be a trumped-up broodmare with every other woman of age on the continent.
I look around at my four brothers and try not to break my “no tears” resolve. With Peter off in the NAA Police Force and Teddy in training to join, the five of us are the only ones left at home. After today, our seven will be whittled down to four.
“Mom and Dad should be here any minute with your breakfast for the road,” Brent says, breaking into my distracted state. “I hear Mom’s making you the full works; I think she’s worried you’re going to forget home cooking before they let you come back.” He says with a wry grin. As if anyone could forget my mother’s cooking.
As if on cue, a familiar pattern is rapped on the front door. “I hope everybody’s decent in there!” my dad hollers, as he lets himself and my mom in.
“We’ve been up for nearly two hours, Dad.” Gavin huffs, “Besides, you know Sadie doesn’t tolerate shenanigans in the bunk house.” He reaches over and grabs the basket Mom’s carrying, covered in a blue gingham towel, and then reaches down to pick up my suitcase. He heads toward the front door, to load both things in the truck.
Mom responds, “It’s a good thing—somebody has to keep you knuckleheads in line. What are we going to do without our sweet Sadie?” She’s trying and failing not to choke up. I walk over and give both my parents a hug.
“I’m sure they’ll be fine, Mom. They were fine on their own before, and they’ll be fine while I’m gone.” She brushes my hair out of my face and lays her hand on my cheek. Her gentle touch has been honed by years of rocking babies and kissing skinned knees, and I will miss her with every fiber of my being.
“I know they will sweetheart, we’re just all going to miss you. I hate that instead of a fairy tale, you’re getting an arranged marriage. This is not what we ever wanted for you. But I am praying that you find your perfect match, even if it’s under less-than-ideal circumstances.”
Dad cuts in, “She’ll be okay, darlin’. If there’s one thing our Sadie is, it’s tough; and she’s too smart to fall for anybody who doesn’t deserve her. Isn’t that right, Sadie-bear?” He wraps his arm tightly around Mom’s waist, and my heart squeezes in my chest at the familiar sight.
I smile back weakly, “You’re right, Dad. I’ll pick a good son-in-law for you, don’t worry.” I am worried, though. Once my testing is complete, I’ll be set up with my best genetic matches. And if there’s only one? There’s only one, and I’ll be walking down the aisle with him, whoever he is.
Gavin comes back in, screen door slamming shut behind him. He doesn’t say anything, but he doesn’t have to. He just waits, hands in his pockets. This is it, it’s time to head to town, where the bus of doom awaits. I give everyone one last hug, and head out the front door to the truck. Gavin slides into the worn-out driver’s seat of the farm truck and cranks it up, while Cade walks me to the passenger side and opens the door for me, ever the gentleman.
“Stay safe, baby sister,” he says as I climb in.
I give him my strongest smile, “Love you big brother, I’ll be back before you know it.” He smiles back and shuts the door carefully. Head tucked low and hands in his pockets, he walks back towards the others standing on the porch. We’d had a farewell dinner last night, and stayed up until the wee hours packed into my parents’ kitchen, telling stories and laughing. We’d hugged and shared our favorite memories until we couldn’t keep our eyes open. I didn’t want a big public goodbye at the shuttle station, despite my parents’ protests. There’s no way I’d get on the bus, if they were all standing there comforting Mom while she cried.
Gavin pulls out of the drive, and we bump along toward the main road. I look out the window just before the turn, and give them a final, melancholy wave. They all wave in return, except Mom, whose head is already buried in Dad’s shoulder. My heart clenches at the sight.
The truck is quiet with both of us focused on munching on Mom’s homemade biscuit sandwiches, so I reach over and turn on the radio. The NAA One announcer says they’re doing an oldies hour and I have to laugh at what starts playing. Two Tickets to Paradise blasts through the speakers.
Somehow, I don’t think government-arranged marriage is what Eddie Money had in mind when he wrote this song two hundred years ago.

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“A parenting memoir and travel guide that will inspire families to have new experiences.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Conversational, lively, humorous tone… Enjoyable and memorable.” — The BookLife Prize
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The true story of two crazy parents traveling with four small children… on a budget

Passports and Pacifiers follows a young, naïve baby-wearing family on eight memorable, affordable, and nap-centered trips. It all started with two bumbling parents taking their Never-Sleep infant to child-loving Italy. Six years later, the tally of kids reached four (all under the age of eight) for an adventure across Scandinavia. Readers are regaled with misadventures, like losing the only pacifier of the trip, missing ferries, and traveling with a baby who refuses to nap. The Jains find deals—traveling just a tad off the prime season, finding buy one get two flights, and using credit card miles and free grandparent babysitters—and save where they can. They stay cheap, shack up with in-laws, and visit generous family and friends.

Parents of small children receive tips on:
• Transferring sleeping babies after a hotel upgrade
• Keeping your Ever-Hungry spouse happy
• Driving with a carsick toddler.

This book serves as an inspiration and guidebook to take your kids out of your comfort zone and explore.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
On a trip to Scandinavia with my four kids under seven (after finding a Kids-Fly-Free promotion!), I realized that I was on an incredibly rewarding adventure that I wanted to share. Traveling with my kids has opened their eyes to the world and has shown me it from their perspective. By sharing our story, I hope to encourage others to do the same.

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First Trimester—Preparation is key 
My three-year-old middle daughter lay prone on the floor of Sao Miguel airport, her feet thrashing the air in the throes of an epic meltdown. I braced myself to avoid the impact from her Minnie Mouse tennis shoes, violently lighting up with each kick. She still wore her sheer-sleeved Cinderella pajamas and hand-me-down-thin pink cotton socks she had carefully selected for our red-eye flight from Washington, D.C. to the Azores off the coast of Portugal. Her matted hair mixed with the grime of the floor where hundreds, if not thousands, of people walked each day in filthy shoes from around the globe. 
I had no sustenance to appease her, no pacifier to calm her. At that moment, her salve lay buried deep in a bag on the other side of the x-ray machine amid the diapers, toys, and snacks. I couldn’t even offer her my arms since they held her angelically sleeping baby brother. She had made it so many hours but had been broken by my placing her suitcase on the scanner. Apparently, she wanted to do it herself. Her face shone red with frustration as she screamed and cried, a huge production lacking any true tears. Walking through that final metal detector on her own two feet to that short flight was her final step. 
This wasn’t our first challenge of the trip, and I was pretty certain it wouldn’t be our last. Our oldest had thrown up on the airplane. After discovering my fourth pregnancy just three days earlier on my son’s first birthday, those tingles of excitement I felt in my belly were beginning to morph into nausea. What would be next? I wondered. What had we forgotten? 
 “Can you imagine if we had another?” my husband joked to my unknowing, but horrified, parents who had joined us. 
We were traveling the world, one tantrum at a time.   

Chapter 1—Am I an idiot or just a weirdo? 
Growing up middle class in middle America, travel to me meant days of driving to get anywhere. Crossing a river was exciting. Seeing a license plate from Alaska unreal. 
As my family’s youngest, I fell under the shadows of the others—my super-athletic, likable sister; my bulldozer of a brainy brother; even my dad, a former professional athlete who returned to his small town. I could relate to my middle daughter crying out for attention with a tantrum. As a child, it had taken everything I had to keep up.  
My sister, Kylie, was my hero, a She-Ra in my eyes. I wrote odes to her basketball skills as the state’s best player and used the tracks she etched in the snow as my guidepost. To avoid direct comparisons, I modified where I could, focusing on volleyball. I liked a sport where I could rise to the challenge with a well-timed ace but also float under the radar of complex team dynamics. At least after some practice. As the youngest child, I wanted attention—but not all eyes on me. 
I still vividly remember when my high school coach, at one point the country’s winningest, thrust me into the spotlight. He was an intimidating bear of a man and probably reveled in allowing that University of Michigan-bound senior to humiliate me, a lowly freshman, by serving me off the court. She directed ball after unreturnable ball at me, at least a half-dozen times in a game to fifteen. I single-handedly lost that game, aided by my coach’s refusal to sub me out. Since I was ghostly quiet, he called me Casper, but he knew the threat of negative feedback on my performance would drive me to work harder. I quickly improved since I hated (and still do hate) failing or letting others down. 
Then, three years later as a senior, I demonstrated that fear in front of an entire auditorium of athletes and their parents—though not my own since they were, fittingly, at one of my sister’s college games. I was smart but oblivious, a strong but painfully naïve girl who had moved from a small town to a larger school, a pebble in the larger stream of life. 
At an end-of-season sports banquet, I got up to speak about our amazing basketball season with my teammate, Kim. My friend was tall and well-liked, gorgeous, homecoming court material. Kim either had fantastic confidence or faked it really well. 
After she shared thoughtful team anecdotes, I edged over to the microphone to thank our fans. For that, I turned to the guys on the football team in the second row. That team differed from others at many other schools. Oh sure, they were a bunch of jocks, but we were no Friday Night Lights. They had one of the worst records of any of the teams at the event, but the seniors supported us and come to every game, home and away. They made signs and wore homemade t-shirts bearing our names. Perhaps one or two were fond of me, but all seemed to be head-over-cleats for my friend. They, and a few others, were our Super Fans. 
As I went in for the close of my speech, I talked with the unnecessary confidence of a senior at the top of my high school game. 
“I would ESPECIALLY—(pause for effect)—like to spank the football team.”  
Spank the football team? Spank. The. Football. Team. Like my three-year-old stuck on one side of the x-ray machine in San Miguel airport, the “th” sound remained trapped behind my treasonous teeth.

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Haunted by his past and what he has to do to control the demons it causes, Scott never lets anyone get close to him. What if they found out about the fire and what his cousins did afterward? He’s never been in love. Doesn’t think he deserves to be loved after what he did. Never spent the night with a girl after having sex. Too risky. What if he had one of his nightmares?

Then he meets Abby, and it’s like she casts a spell over him. A spell he can’t break, and maybe doesn’t want to. To buy time to decide, he takes a job in another state covering entertainment for a newspaper. Despite all the fun and excitement of the new job, which has him interviewing celebrities, attending premieres, and jetting off to New York, Las Vegas, and Hollywood, he can’t stop thinking about Abby.

They continue their long-distance affair while she is finishing grad school, and Scott weighs the options of how to handle the new feelings he’s experiencing. Can he conquer his demons and have a successful relationship with Abby? Does he want to try? It won’t be easy. And will Abby wait for him while he tries?

Targeted Age Group:: Young adult and above

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I've always been fascinated with people who have overcome personal demons, whether in literature or real life. And how they did it. The struggles they went through. Scott is such a character. His parents died when he was four. He went to live with his cousins. His aunt died soon afterward. Like a few people I've known in real life, and many I've read about or seen in the movies, he's tormented. The question is can he overcome his torment and live a normal life. Can he fall in love and have a meaningful, fulfilling relationship? I wanted to try to depict such a character and the agony and struggle he goes through.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
This is difficult to answer. Most of my inspiration just comes to me. Usually when I'm exercising. I guess that gets blood flowing to the brain. Other times I get insight while showering. A therapist friend of mine says all writing comes from past experiences. I'm not sure I agree, but if it does, it isn't literal. That is, characters may possibly be a conglomerate of people you've known, at least in some aspects. But no character become a literary version of someone from your past, at least not my characters.

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Leadership Without Impact-Why Leaders Fail analyses the trials faced by leaders in their quest to be the best in everything they do and to leave a lasting legacy. This book is an exposition of some of the reasons leaders and organisations fail when they encounter the challenges of the modern world and the need to adapt. I hope that the book will add to the existing resources on the failure of leadership and better equip leaders for the journey ahead.

Targeted Age Group:: 18-70

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
My experience in the corporate world spanning over 27 years in real estate, insurance and the legal sector has shown me that many leaders struggle in carrying out their leadership roles. These reasons may be self-inflicted or beyond the control of leaders. This book has detailed some of these reasons and how to overcome them in order for leaders and aspiring leaders to learn.

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So much has been written about leadership in recent times that further discourse in another book on the subject may feel overflogged.However, discussions on the topic of leadership can never be exhausted as it is central to every sphere of human endeavour. Because of its importance and relevance to every situation and to every issue pervading our world, discussions on the subject will continue unabated. Leadership is the core from which other topics such as followership,vision,objectives, and policies derive their meaning. The success or failure of any group,team,venture or organisation depends largely on its leadership. This is why the study of leadership will continue to be relevant for many years to come.

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