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Saving Grandpa's Alpacas

Against Stewart Goldfarb’s wishes, his eighty-one-year-old grandfather has decided to buy an alpaca ranch in Okaloosa County, Florida, and move south. However, his twin sister Kate, a geriatric nurse, would rather see their grandfather in a nursing home than a cowboy hat and insists that Stewart convince Grandpa to abandon his plan and remain in New Jersey where she can watch over him.

Their fears may be justified, as there are powerful people at work in Okaloosa County who want the grazing land that the alpacas need, and they’re willing to do anything to take that land away.

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Putting A Ghost To Rest

“Duke couldn’t blink. No words came from his mouth. Finally, he took a long deep breath, but the air in his lungs was frozen. His throat hurt when he swallowed. The more he looked at The Ghost, the more impossible it became to force his gaze in another direction. He’d seen those eyes before. He knew it in a place so deep inside that the feeling was without question. The Ghost wore an expression that no one could ever forget. It was the face of death. Duke Garvey was seeing the eyes of a nightmare from some time long before he was born.” Duke Garvey, a Jamaican-born detective newly promoted to the 84th Homicide squad in Brooklyn, NY never gave much thought to his Rastafarian upbr...
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From the Sandbox To Marriage, Faith Ministry

From childhood innocence to a lifetime of faith and devotion, From the Sandbox to Marriage, Faith & Ministry tells the moving story of Earnest and Ruby—two souls destined to walk life's path together. From when Earnest and Ruby met as children in the sandbox, their lives became intertwined by fate, faith, and an unbreakable bond. Through the trials of growing up, the joys of first love, and the challenges of marriage, they leaned on each other and God to navigate life's winding path. As Ernest rises from humble beginnings to become a bishop and found his own church, Ruby stands beside him as his greatest supporter, bound by love. Their story is a testament to faith, sacrifice, and the ...
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A Friday Night Secret

Dorena thought she had life all figured out, until Arcadius, younger and unexpected, stepped into her world. What started as flirtation turned into feelings she hadn't felt in years. But secrets, silence, and Friday night visits began to blur the lines between love and convenience. As their connection deepens, Dorena finds herself torn between what tempts her and what heals her. Is he the love she was waiting for or just another beautiful mistake? A Friday Night Secret is a tender and complicated story of rediscovery, resilience, and the quiet strength of letting go.

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The Game of Infinite Curvature

🚀 The Novel Multiuniverse That Changes Everything ✨If Interstellar moved your soul & The Matrix opened your mind — this saga will transform how you see reality, love, life & your place in the cosmos. 📖 Not just a book. A portal.🧠 Science + Soul + Art, fused into a new genre the Novel-Multiuniverse of Transformational Fiction.🌟 A mind-bending epic where quantum physics meets raw human emotion and love reshapes reality across timelines.Imagine a world:Architected by David MitchellMystified by BulgakovMythologized by TolkienScientifically grounded by Michio KakuCinematically envisioned by Christopher NolanDream-woven by David Lynch… and then given to a shaman to w...
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Fugitive Rifts

Does everyone have secrets?When four very different teens are invited to meet after school the butterfly effect of this one small event soon changes their dreams about their futures. Over time the four start helping each out through challenging times and begin to see they are more alike than they’d thought. Then one disappears and this upends not only the lives of them all but it also creates a ripple effect that over time shapes what happens to other people from their community, their country—and even the world.  « A-M weaves together youthful dreams and trauma with serendipitous moments in profound celebration of lives. » Anne M. Smith-Nochasak, author of the...
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A Quilter's Heritage: Becca's Story

After experiencing a tragedy in her family as a child, Becca felt abandoned and unseen by her parents and older sister. Her saving grace was her beloved grandmother, Rachel, with whom she spent her summers growing up.As she approaches her 30th birthday, Becca yearns for something more in her life. Her relationship with her tong-term boyfriend is going nowhere. The constant bickering with her mother has become hostile and frustrating. Her only relief is her best friend, Ashlyn and the other members of her Cambridge Creative Quilters bee.Craving something new, Becca sets out on an adventure prompted by a treasured gift from her beloved ‘Gran’ who had taught her to quilt as a child. The gif...
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Sarah's Quest: A Place to Belong

In 1898, against her parents' wishes, Seventeen-year-old Sarah leaves her stifling family home in New Hampshire with a man she loves but barely knows to discover a new life in the Arizona Territories. On the way, Sarah tells James she is pregnant, and they marry in Flagstaff. James's dream of becoming a cowboy is fulfilled when they are hired to work on an isolated cattle ranch. Sarah loves her new independence and life as a new mother, but James's drinking and gambling threaten to destroy their marriage. As James becomes increasingly violent, even her life and that of her baby are at risk.Sarah gains strength from her friendships with the owners of the ranch and other members of her remote ...
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After the Storm - the Story of Hannah Applegate Benson Stone

Orphaned during the Civil War, Hannah weathers many storms in her life, yet finds strength in her family, friends, and her own resilience. Raised by a caring aunt in a small New England farming community, she grew from a frightened child to a confident woman and successful quilter and business owner, at a time when few opportunities were available to women. Readers will experience for themselves what it was like to grow up without any of our modern conveniences, and the excitement of discovering one's own abilities and strengths.Told 'in her own words', this fictional memoir is based on many of the author's own life experiences and those of her family transposed to another time. These '...
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Distorted Beat (Hard n'Heavy series vol.1)

Distorted Beat: A Hard n’ Heavy Rom-Com 🎸🔥She’s a walking rom-com disaster with a stalker problem. He’s a brooding, bedroom-eyed Chris Cornell lookalike who’s way too good at rescuing her.Sparks fly. Clothes hit the floor. But between steamy nights and dangerous twists, can they turn this offbeat mess into a love song—or will their hearts crash harder than a guitar solo gone wrong? 🎶💥You know that moment when your life is already a hot mess, and then you lock yourself out of your house—with your dog inside—because you're too busy spiraling over an email from your toxic ex? Yeah, that was me. Cue Tomasz, my jogging, annoyingly handsome neighbour with an old school ge...
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Distorted Beat (Hard n'heavy series, vol.1)

A Steamy Grumpy-Sunshine Romance with Rock, Running, and Redemption(Hard n’ Heavy Book 1)She’s a walking rom-com disaster with a stalker ex. He’s a brooding, bedroom-eyed Chris Cornell lookalike with a habit of rescuing her. Sparks fly. Clothes hit the floor. But between steamy nights and dangerous baggage, can they turn this offbeat mess into a love song—or will their hearts crash harder than a guitar solo gone wrong?It started with a lockout, a trapped Bichon Frisé, and my infuriatingly handsome neighbor Tomasz jogging past at the exact wrong moment. He fixed the lock. He stayed for a beer. Then came more rescues, one date, and chemistry I was definitely not ready for—until I wa...
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Lost Hollow: A Small Town Science Fiction Romance (Alienville Book 1)

A woman determined to find her sister.A man—and a town—determined to keep their secrets. Dr. Moira McCann worries when her mercurial twin Claire fails to show up for a rare sisterly visit. Claire’s last text was from a small town in the North Carolina mountains—Allenville. And now Claire won’t respond to any texts or calls; her phone is dead. Which means Moira—the responsible sister—has to go looking for her. Allenville Police Chief Seth Call juggles the usual town disputes and the everyday trouble outsiders get into in his remote county. But early summer brings a special kind of chaos: it’s mating season in these mountains for a certain vicious species, and anyone ...
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