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Following the brutal murder of former Confederate officer Joshua Wingade, the pursuit for the renegade vampire Jules Holland and his hellish followers continues across a war-torn South. The newly resurrected gunfighter Dead-Eye, accompanied by Louisiana mojo man Job, find themselves hot on the trail, eager to rescue an abducted child and put an end to the death and destruction the outlaws and the dark witch Evangeline have conjured with the aid of Necronomicon and the otherworldly Hole Out of Nowhere.

Our lives have become much more complicated and fast-paced than only a few decades ago, and people in all seasons and from all walks of life are struggling to juggle the demands of work and home. Whether you are single, married, parents, or attempting to lead your blended family, or if your stark reality is that you are on an unsustainable trajectory and something has to give, Rodney Gage’s The Double Win is for you.

When I was first diagnosed with a mental illness, I sought after information that could tell me just what in the world was happening to me. There was nothing. Or at least I didn’t find anything. I wrote these letters to my first psychiatrist so she could see inside my head.

CEO Nelson Kennard is about to pay his fiancée an impromptu visit when he sees her kissing a former rival in the doorway of her Victorian townhouse. Fuming and filled with inconsolable vengeance, he grabs his gun from the glove compartment of his vehicle, and enters her home with his personal set of keys. As he climbs the stairs, he hears Parris Stalls and her lover in the throes of passionate bliss. With his gun cocked, he enters the dark room and sees it all.

The Petty Principles: Volume I is a modern satirical philosophy piece, packed with life lessons and laughs. Stoicism meets comedy. Comedian turned author, Rodney Smith (@lordpetty__), known from the widely successful podcast Lord Petty, delivers wisdom packed into blunt humor.

Hello Human, I fell from heaven with Lucifer himself, but this story is not about him. I want to focus on a time in my life when I start to question my choices. I work for a covert organization that nudges humans to do bad things. Fallen angels cannot take your free will so don’t think you get a free pass.

The greatest controversy in the history of the US Navy of the early American Republic was the revelation that the son of the Secretary of War had seemingly plotted a bloody mutiny that would have turned the US brig Somers into a pirate ship. The plot discovered, he and his coconspirators were hastily condemned and hanged at sea.

Engrossing, vivid, and disturbing, Cosmos’ surreal adventure unfolds as the stakes get higher and the setting expands to reveal the secrets of Freedom Basin and Basin’s Vault Prison, and the technological marvel of nearby City of Sol. With his dog Plato and accidental partners Reyansh and her celebrity-influencer brother Deva, this is a modern thriller told in the style of classic horror, studded with morphing monsters, haunted by modern moral questions and sub plots that promise to bloom (or explode) in the two volumes to follow.

Best-selling author, self-investment speaker, and certified life coach Darryl Bumpass Sr. brings insightful career and financial advice to listeners. In You Need an Income Not a Job!, this self-help book will offer step-by-step advice.

Ephesians chapter 3:20 tells us that we have a God who is able to accomplish things that are greater than our thoughts and even greater than our ability to imagine. Yet, sadly it is often those who are followers of Jesus that we find who are timid, afraid, and lackluster in their passion.

Former detective Landon Rowe has lost everything—his child, his wife, his career. He’s a man without purpose, but he’s always believed in doing what’s right, even helping his ex’s husband. Rowe’s ex-wife has fled with her new son to a religious cult in western New York, where a charismatic and dangerous zealot, Eamon Fischer, preaches baptism not by water but by flames. Unable to do anything for the infant son who died years ago, Rowe agrees to infiltrate the Children of Fire cult and rescue the boy.

This book covers the life and experiences of Lester Patrick, an African American born and raised in North Carolina during the Jim Crow and segregation periods of our country's history. It covers some events that took place following Reconstruction that led up to the Jim Crow period and Black and White Americans' attitudes that evolved because of these events. This book is written for audiences of all ages and races for this extraordinary time in our country's history. And it contains both serious and humorous experiences.

Billy Smalls wanted to get out and explore the world. So, he joined the Army. He had no idea what awaited him when he arrived—drills, marching, in-your-face yelling by drill sergeants determined to turn him into a soldier. But this isn’t a story about deployment or combat or duties as a soldier. This story is a wild ride with the fictional Billy Smalls through his off-duty life. Alcohol, women, and crazy, fun-marked years of real-life events as a soldier. He entered the Army as a boy and walked away a man with a new lease on life.

In 2006, Mike Nixon worked as a hotel receptionist. Having thousands of encounters with guests from all over the world, he dreamed of living a life as exciting as those hotel guests. But dreaming is a lot easier than making that fantasy a reality. He struggled to bring his plans to life...until he met a friend who set his life on a different course. This book is about Mike's journey to stay on that path.

When veteran astronaut Capt. Butch Turner finds himself trapped in one of the gigantic voids of intergalactic space, he has a lot of time to think about things—namely his flaws, his past, and President Penelope Kane—his former lover, mistress, and the person who sent him (and three other crew members) on this ill-fated mission. Before that even happens, however, there is a roller-coaster ride of adventure and political intrigue and plenty of classic science-fiction leading up to it.

Dylan has had his eyes on her for a while now. But he just doesn’t know how to talk to her. They share a cubicle wall, but he can’t seem to break the barrier to her heart. Alaine likes Dylan and has openly admitted it to her best friend. But she doesn’t think Dylan feels the same about her. Enter Catch, their dating app. But one of them isn’t 100 percent honest about who they are. Do they find love for Christmas, or do they crash and burn into a snowbank?

Daniel Manley did not experience a single moment of human kindness when cast out as a child onto the merciless cobblestone streets of 19th-century London. One unsympathetic evening, while he lay cold and alone in a dark alley, he pleaded for death over living his abhorrent life a single moment longer. A mysterious voice emanates from the alley's darkest corner, stopping his despair upon taking his last gasp of frigid air. Daniel scans the darkness for the voices' origination.

A poignant memoir of a Black man you don't meet everyday, emerging author Jason Hill has raised the standard of the nonfiction narrative. A introverted kid growing up in Chicago, Hill recounts in a voice you'll never forget how he overcame everything from family dysfunction, bullying, incarceration, and homelessness to forge his own unmistakable path in which you'll also recognize yourself. Vulnerable, well-written, funny, and inspiring, through it all, Jason Hill is brutally honest about his own flaws and shortcomings, holding nothing back.

Set in a small town in North Mississippi during the early days of school integration, When You Can Throw from Deep Short describes how one high school player, Dwayne Scott, finds in the game of baseball an escape from an unhappy home situation and a meaningful friendship with a Black teammate. The story dramatizes the power of sport to inspire teamwork, camaraderie, and hope, and to change lives for the better.

Social Hill is both novel and memoir, the true story of a good man with great potential and a mood disorder living far under his potential, who's failed at just about everything: college, the Navy, more colleges, relationships, several jobs. Suddenly, at the age of 30, after just being kicked out of the military, he meets a naïve Caucasian woman 10 years his junior, and although they are not compatible in any way, he feels compelled to marry her after she unexpectedly becomes pregnant with his child.