Carter is a rarity: A martial arts expert and hired gun born to an aristocratic English family. He worked undercover for the British in China, helping put down the Boxer Rebellion.

Now, in 1922, in the lawless Mexican desert, a conspiracy is brewing. Ben Mosier is a cigar-chomping American who runs hotels, casinos, bootlegging and brothels. He’s plenty rich, but he lusts for more, even if it means corrupting local authorities and seizing a foreign country.

Maybe Rudd Carter has something to prove to his family — for banishing him, when he fell in love with his 16-year-old cousin and got her pregnant. He’s picked up a useful but unstable lieutenant, who enjoys watching people drown in their own blood. Now at Mosier’s hotel he meets stunning Kathryn. She just plays the violin — so cool and aloof, as if she’s not tainted, too.

Carter is a genius at war for hire. Eleven years ago his Devil’s Squadron — 50 ruthless killers — struck the fateful blow in the Battle of Juarez, deciding the Mexican revolution. Now Mosier and his cronies hire Carter to raise a new cadre of fighters. Why? To provoke another Mexican uprising. But the last thing they have in mind is revolution of, by or for the people.

Carter’s always chosen the right battle at the right time. In Kathryn, he’s finally found the woman he wants to spend his life with. Here’s Mosier, promising to make him rich. Just this one more job, and he can kiss killing goodbye forever. But something about this plan is beginning to smell. Something Carter can’t see and isn’t being told is making him queasy. Is it the truth behind Mosier’s harebrained scheme — or the fear that his own luck and cunning are about to run out?

A Ghostly Short Story

If Michael Jackson could continue in this world as a spirit, what would he do?

The Afterlife of Michael Jackson answers this question. Would he be a saintly miracle worker for his fans or want revenge against those that killed him or both? Would he be an ally of his dear friend Elizabeth Taylor?

These questions are answered in this heart throbbing short story which will later be continued in a full length novel.

When puberty brings on her first Shift, Missy goes into the mountains for two years until finally learning to Change back. She can Change from fully human in one instant to a mountain lion in the next. Everyone assumes her two year disappearance was because she’d been kidnapped by a sexual predator that she managed to kill.

She keeps her werecat nature a secret. There is no pack, no pride of other werecats and no alpha. She’s a girl with fantastic abilities growing up and learning to do great things in today’s world, amongst humans. She only has her instincts to guide her and those drive her to train herself to extremes. She must control those instincts; dampening the wild predator is often necessary. Her raging hormones and enhanced senses require very strong controls; she explores what happens when those controls are relaxed.

A Jack Sharp Novel

Congo Mission begins in Dr. Jack Sharp’s younger days as a missionary in Congo in the 1980’s. As a Christian missionary Jack has stepped out beyond his comfort zone into an unfamiliar world desiring to do what he believes God wants of him. He is challenged by daily activities as he tries to learn the local language and culture surrounding him. Facing challenges in every aspect of life, from daily meals to life saving surgery, Jack’s skills, knowledge and faith are tested as he learns what existence as a missionary has to offer.

Outside of his awareness, forces are gathering which will impact his life forever. His will and character get a work out as well when danger and intrigue engulf his new life. Nevertheless, his future is brightened by a beautiful young woman while the peaceful jungle erupts as the seeds of rebellion begin to grow.

The corrupt John Levy sets in motion a plan to enrich himself. As his own plan dissolves his life becomes intertwined with Jack Sharp, and they find themselves thrust against each other in a deadly competition.

A Proven Method to get Fast Piano Scales in 5 Minutes a Day

You’re about to discover how to learn and speed up your scales from scratch, the easy way. Lots of pianists have a really tough time getting they’re scales smooth and fast. It’s because their practicing them wrong! A lot of beginners simply practice their scales over and over, without realizing that’s the slow way of learning. This book has all the specific strategies and tactics to practice more efficiently and get your scales up to speed fast.

How does this work? Think back to school when you had to learn a long list of vocabulary words. The first time you learned them, you probably just repeated them over and over and over, and it took forever. Then eventually you figured out strategies to learn them faster. You used flashcards, or acronyms, or flowcharts, and you realized words that used to take you 4 hours to learn you could learn in 15 minutes!

It’s the same way with piano! If you have the right strategies, you can learn scales realllllly fast.

There are also physical techniques that help you play faster. For example, the thumb-under section of the scale causes problems for a lot of people. The Quick-Thumb strategy in this book is specifically designed to overcome this problem. We’ll also go over correct form, using the Over-Under wrist motion. If you aren’t already using the Over-Under motion, you’ll see immediate results in not only your scales but everything else you play.

Lastly, this book will give you a simple, step-by-step training plan on exactly what to do every day to learn your scales. You’ll start out with specific exercises in Phase 1, then move onto intermediate exercises in Phase 2, then finally advanced exercises in Phase 3. These phases give you a complete progression on how to learn piano scales fast, without frustration and anxiety.

Why should you learn from me? I do have a degree in Music from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. I don’t think that’s a good reason to learn from me. The only true test of a musician is how well they can play. If at any time you want to see what I’m capable on piano, you can listen to me on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/keystroke3.

Jack Sutton is a man who’s used to getting his way. So when his mother’s will forces his hand, he does the only thing he can. Jack cuts a deal with the confident, sexy law school student who walks into his office with a proposition he can’t refuse.

The deal may have kept Jack in control at Sutton Capital but his private life quickly spirals out of control. Just when Jack realizes that he wants more than a year with Kelly, his wealth puts her in danger and he is left scrambling to save her life and their future together.

By pointing out some facts about these minute and seemingly insignificant components of our nutrients known as vitamins and minerals, we become aware of the essential role they play in the proper functioning of our body. We learn to appreciate and value their contribution to a healthier and happier life.

The last thing Albuquerque artist Rita McCready wants is to get more involved in her uncle’s detective business. But from the moment novice investigator Jack Farkle shows up, she realizes she’s got no choice. Jack, a recent transplant to quirky New Mexico, is a clumsy throwback to another era, who may just do more harm than good. Or perhaps he’s got more going for him than his trenchcoat and his favorite fedora.

This fast-paced, humorous mystery is loaded with witty banter, flapping pigeons, and dead bodies. S.G. Stantin’s first mystery novel, The Columba Express, will leave you feeling glad you’re only at the beginning of this exciting new series.

#1 Learn Pole Dancing

Samantha Bradford is on a quest. She’s losing weight and feeling better about herself every day, but she’s not quite there yet. She’s a woman on a mission to check off each item on her bucket list, starting with a pole dancing class that she’s signed up for.

Get ready to laugh and share in her adventures.

BLACKMAIL. MURDER. ROMANCE.
Who will overcome; Who will survive?

After being divorced for several years, Julianna decided to join a book club to make new friends and read a good book or two. She was anxious and eager to get started with the first book chosen by the group, a dating book. It just so happened that a week after the book club formed, she began dating a man who contacted her via a dating site, and she found a new friend, Bess, at the book club so for Julianna, everything so far seemed to be working out harmoniously.

Several weeks later, the leader of the book club, Traci, convinced the women of the group into filming their dates so that the group can “critique” them with the pretense that it will improve their dating skills. Innocent “critiquing” soon turned into something menacing and Julianna and Bess are unwilling participants, unable to get out from under Traci’s web of deceit and sinister plans. After successfully blackmailing the man unknowingly involved in that “date” with the assistance of the group’s sexy cougar, Alyssa, Traci generously hand delivers a portion of the money to Julianna and Bess.

Generosity is not Traci’s motive, however, and the next time she orchestrates a “date critique,” a man unfortunately dies in a seedy hotel. Since Julianna and Bess are now involved in Traci’s crimes–blackmail and murder–they are afraid and too deep in the crime spree to go to the police. In the midst of all this, Julianna and her new boyfriend, Aaron, are hitting it off but it soon turns into suspicion, hurt and mistrust when Bess accidentally witnessed Aaron coming out of Traci’s house.

Bess is determined to find some answers to this puzzle and to Traci’s motivations but her inquisitive mind leads her to a tragic end and soon even Julianna is fighting for her life as she tries to get out from under Traci and Alyssa’s evil plans.