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The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – Into the Lead by Brooks Olbrys

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The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – Into the Lead  by Brooks Olbrys ISBN: 978-0982961377 Publisher: Children's Success Unlimited Date of publish: April 2016 Pages: 56 S.R.P.: $12.95 What if children’s books could help teach our kids fundamental principles for life-long success? This is the question that author, attorney, business owner and father, Brooks Olbrys asked six years ago when he began writing The Adventures of  Blue   Ocean   Bob  books for children. Inspired by his young son and encouraged by motivational author and speaker  Bob  Proctor, Olbrys created a series of colorful, rhyming books that introduces children to timeless achievement principles wrapped in an oceanic “hero’s journey.” Olbrys distilled the lessons in the books from the teachings of experts on personal achievement  Bob  Proctor, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill, and Wallace Wattles, among others. In the latest book in the series, The Adventures of  Blue   Ocean   Bob  – Into the

Artifacts by Pete Catalano Review

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Artifacts by Pete Catalano Release Date: May 17, 2016 Publisher: Tantrum Boooks It's funny how one little letter can change a person's life.  Jax and his friends have been planning the summer of a lifetime at Camp Runamuck. However, when one of them is facing summer at a school desk for failing English, they watch those plans crash and burn! At the last moment they're given a way out. An extra credit assignment to find several fake artifacts for a fairy tale display their teacher is presenting at the local library. Thinking they've hit the easiest-extra-credit-ever jackpot, they begin rummaging through any piles of junk they can find. As they start putting the clues together, they realize that what they're really searching for is one authentic artifact that can rewrite fairy tales! Enlisting the aid of the Lost Boys, Jax and his friends battle fairy tale villains to see who can get their hand, or their hook

A Flair for Chardonnay (A Sadie Kramer Flair Mystery – Book 1) by Deborah Garner Book

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NEW RELEASE.... When flamboyant senior sleuth Sadie Kramer learns the owner of Cioccolato, her favorite chocolate shop, is in trouble, she heads for the California wine country with a tote-bagged Yorkie and a slew of questions. The fourth generation Tremiato Winery promises answers, but not before a dead body turns up at the vintners’ scheduled Harvest Festival. All four Tremiato siblings have possible motives, as well as a few peripheral acquaintances, but only one could be the guilty party. As Sadie juggles truffles, tips and turmoil, she’ll need to sort the grapes from the wrath in order to find the identity of the killer. Available to buy from.... Amazon.com     Amazon.co.uk Sadie Kramer believes life should be lived with "FLAIR" -- for style, adventure, for interesting and extravagant flavors, especially specialty chocolates. She has four "C's" to live by and a very special personal fifth "C," Coco, her secret tote bag

Happily Ever After: The Write More Publications Fractured Fairy Tale Anthology!

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Happily Ever After: The Write More Publications Fractured Fairy Tale Anthology by Various Authors Release Date: April 17th 2016 Write More Publications Summary from Goodreads: From princesses and princes, to witches, ice queens, imaginary friends, and dorks, Happily Ever After: The Write More Publications Fractured Fairy Tale Anthology has it all! Seven unforgettable stories by seven talented authors! Some stories are fractured takes on classics, while others are originals that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page! Featured Authors:  Vanessa Hancock, Dana Piazzi, Jordan Hancock, Kim Stevens, Elaine White, Michelle Feury, and Stephanie Parke Add to Goodreads Buy Links: Amazon Even though it starts out similar to the well loved tale of servant girl meets prince, this Cinderella version has a fairy godmother with an attitude and a prince who is not so charming. Even the humble brother turn

Withering Rose (Once Upon a Curse #2) by Kaitlyn Davis!

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Withering Rose (Once Upon a Curse #2) by Kaitlyn Davis Genre: YA Fantasy/Fairy Tale Retelling Release Date: May 17th 2016   **A USA Today Recommended Series!** What if Beauty was cursed, and the Beast was the only one who could save her? Don't miss WITHERING ROSE, a dystopian romance from bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis that reimagines the classic fairy tale of Beauty & The Beast. This is the second book in Once Upon A Curse, a series of interconnected stand-alone novels all set in the same fantasy universe. "As the heat finally disappeared, I felt the bloom blossom in the very core of my soul, a rose just like my name—a ticking clock hidden behind a façade of beauty. From that moment on, my life would become a countdown, and all I could do was wait and watch as the petals of time slowly started to fall." Omorose Bouchene has a secret—magic. There's only one problem. At the age of seven, an earthquake struck, catapulting h

An Author Interview with Rachel Jones

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Flying by the Seat of My Knickers by Eliza Watson

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Flying by the Seat of My Knickers  (The Travel Mishaps of Caity Shaw) (Volume 1) Series:  The Travel Mishaps of Caity Shaw Genre : NA Contemporary Release Date: March 25th 2016 Paperback:  204 pages Publisher:  Elizabeth Watson (March 11, 2016) Language:  English ISBN-10:  0989521974 ISBN-13:  978-0989521970 Why run from your troubles when you can fly instead?  When Caity Shaw is fired from her first job that doesn’t require an elf uniform, her older sister, Rachel, an event planner, hires her to work a meeting in Dublin. Caity jumps at the opportunity to travel abroad and escape her pathetic life. However, even four thousand miles from home, there’s no avoiding debt collectors, an overbearing mother, and haunting memories of a controlling ex.  While in Dublin, Caity suffers a series of humiliating mishaps, causing her to lose even more faith in herself. Caity struggles to earn Rachel’s respect—and to keep Declan, her hot Irish coworker, at arm’s length. De

MURDER RUN BY SHELLY FROME

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Murder Run by Shelly Frome on Tour May 1-31, 2016 In this crime novel, a wayward handyman grapples with the suspicious death of his employer, a fragile choreographer who secluded herself in the Litchfield Hills. As the fallout mounts, the reader is taken to various locales in and around Manhattan, an escapade in Miami Lakes and back again to the hills of Connecticut until this twisty conundrum is finally laid to rest. Book Details: Genre: Crime Fiction, Mystery Published by: Sunbury Press Publication Date: August, 2015 Number of Pages: 239 ISBN: 1620066165 (ISBN13: 9781620066164) Purchase Links: Read an excerpt: CHAPTER ONE “Wake up, pal, we got a situation . . . Hey, I’m talkin’ here. Maybe she makes it, maybe she don’t. I’m sayin’ you better move it!” The voice came out of the past. The words cut into the here-and-now of the Connecticut night. Left with just the dial tone, Jed Cooper hung up, got off the cot and tried to get his bearings.

The Madness of Mercury review

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T he Madness of Mercury by Connie di Marco The Madness of Mercury (A Zodiac Mystery) Cozy Mystery New Series Midnight Ink (June 8, 2016) Paperback: 312 pages ISBN-13: 978-0738749129 E-Book ASIN: B01A5OGTRS Synopsis San Francisco astrologer Julia Bonatti’s life is turned upside down when she becomes the target of the city’s newest cult leader, Reverend Roy of the Prophet’s Tabernacle. Driven out of her apartment in the midst of a disastrous Mercury retrograde period, she takes shelter with a client who’s caring for two elderly aunts. One aunt appears stricken with dementia and the other has fallen under the spell of the Reverend Roy. To add to the confusion, a young man claiming to be a long lost nephew arrives. The longer he stays, the more dangerous things become. Is the young man truly a member of the family? Can astrology confirm that? Julia’s not sure, but one thing she does know is that Mercury wasn’t merely the messenger of the gods—he was a trickster and a l