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There are LOTS of terrific reads from Vanilla Heart Publishing starting as low as $0.99, so fill up your Kindles and curl up under a warm blanket on these chilly nights and let these authors take you away.
Amnesie
by Lauren Shiro
What happens to love when life changes? Two women in love,
one debilitating change…
Believing in Santa
by Chelle Cordero
Dini didn’t want to think about her past and Seth wasn’t thinking about anything but his past. They’re thrown together as Santa and his Number One Elf at the homeless shelter. Her past is catching up to her, and Seth may risk his future to protect her.
Cora’s Crossing
by Malcolm R. Campbell
Two young men are mysteriously drawn to an old bridge during a rogue thunderstorm, where they discover the dead are waiting to speak and their lives are in jeopardy when they help an injured young woman they find beside the road.
First Christmas: A Holiday Short Story
by Lauren Shiro
Darryl is coming home from the military. Corrine has changed… grown… become a woman he barely knows… a woman who amazes him at every turn. He’s coming home for their first Christmas… together.
Holiday Happiness: A Short Story
by Chelle Cordero
A short story about finding holiday happiness when you didn’t realize it was right there with you all along.
The Holiday Secret
by Neva Squires-Rodriguez
When Evaliz’s parents send her to New York to visit her sister, Tatiana. After Tatiana reveals a shocking secret, Evaliz wonders how her life will ever be the same.
Home for the Holidays: A Holiday Short Story
by Charmaine Gordon
Eight year old twin sisters were placed in a private religious school
in Utah years ago. Ten years later, they reach out to the kind aunt
and uncle who raised their older sister and brother.
Jock Talks…Outlandish Happenings
by Malcolm R. Campbell
Jock Stewart has chosen to make his stand for old-fashioned reporting at the Junction City Star-Gazer, a newspaper that—while run by fools and buffoons—knows the difference between real news and “stuff that sounds like real news.”
Jock Talks…Strange People
by Malcolm R. Campbell
The stories in this book represent a selection of the good, the weird and the absurd of investigative reporter Jock Stewart’s Night Beat columns.
Jock Who? Jock’s Holiday Musings
by Malcolm R. Campbell
Jock Stewart, known for his wit and sarcasm, shares a few satirical news stories he’s written about this holiday.
Moonlight and Ghosts, a short story
by Malcolm R. Campbell
Randy and his friend, Alice, have heard ghost hunter claims that an abandoned psychiatric hospital is haunted. The haunts point Randy and Alice to a crime in progress and there’s not much time to save the victim.
Nightlife: Stories from the Shadows Short Story
by Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
Seattle Homicide half-vampire Detective Lilah Evans gets called to a dead body. She must find out if there’s a connection to a missing girl, and do her damnedest to solve the crime, all while protecting her secret.
Romancing the Grinch
by Tamara Philip
Lenora Winslow absolutely despises holiday cheer. Logan Darling thrives in the festive season. When the two meet by chance on Christmas Eve, will love be in the air or will it be a case of the winter blues?
Scarlet’s Tears, A Short Story
by Angela Kay Austin
When you lose everything you love, how are you supposed to believe it won’t happen again?
The Smoke that Thunders: A Piet van Zyl Adventure
by Paul Zunckel
For Piet and Peggy, taking care of their friends’ daughter for a few days should be easy… until thunder rolls across the African sky, sending out a warning to those who would care to take heed.
Trajectory
by Lauren Shiro
Joe Davis has spent the last four years of his life behind a
turret scope as a sniper for the Detroit PD’s SWAT Team.
Until the Ambulance Arrives
by Chelle Cordero
Until the Ambulance Arrives gives information for
the consumer on how to handle emergencies
17 Books at $0.99 each
Total $16.83 instant download from Amazon
Quality reading material ~ PRICELESS
featuring award winning EMS suspense novels by Author Chelle Cordero
Final Sin
Deputy Sheriff Commander Jake Carson has his hands full… investigation of a brutal multiple homicide, a troubled son and a vindictive ex-wife. He meets young, free-spirited paramedic Julie Jennings. When Julie becomes the subject of an obsession, it puts both of them in danger…
Hyphema
Matt Garratti, a paramedic from New York, moves his wife and son to North Carolina to work at his dream job as a flight medic. Pakistani born Sudah, his wife, receives frosty stares and insensitive comments from their new neighbors… Matt wonders if he is pursuing his dream or bringing his family into a nightmare from which they may never wake
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“Parents are like God because you wanna know they’re out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something.” — Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
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“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” — Tom Bodett
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“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” — Victor Hugo
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“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” — Maya Angelou
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“Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.” — Ferdinand Marcos
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“What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.” ~ Maya Angelou
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“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.” ~ Robert Brault
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“Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.” ~ Greta Garbo
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“I have a sweet tooth for reading, so books migrate to my zip code en mass.” ~ Dawn Olivieri
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: Authors with Flair: Chelle Cordero
Author Tamara Philip interviewed me last year on her blog Where Love Blossoms (Thanks Tamara!)
My favorite Q&A:
What would you name the autobiography of your life?
I Planned, God Laughed (and the cover would be a BIG smiley face)
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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss
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“Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.” — Mike Quigley
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“A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.” — H. L. Mencken
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“A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?” — Bob Hope
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anaïs Nin
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ~ Nelson Mandela
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“When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.” ~ Joyce Brothers
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“You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.” ~ Samuel Ullman
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“He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more; he who loses faith, loses all.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ~ Anatole France
Starting tomorrow, Sept 2, and through the month, I will be posting my short story Pussy Cat Tales in serialized version on my Facebook page. Come back every other day for another installment.
Pussy Cat Tales (an amusing look at a lifetime with cats) is one of the short stories in The Many Faces of Chelle Cordero.
Enjoy! Visit Author Chelle Cordero to follow along.
The Many Faces of Chelle Cordero
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The contest is over! Thank you all for entering.
The winners have been chosen (& notices sent out)
Paula M won an audio copy of Hostage Heart
Karen M won an e-book copy of Hostage Heart
Stella M won an e-book copy of Hostage Heart
Every week I participate in a blog hop hosted by the Weekend Writing Warriors (also shared by the Snippet Sunday Facebook group) – Writers post 8-10 sentences from one of their stories (poems or blog posts as well) and readers hop around reading tantalizing snippets and are welcomed to comment – we encourage comments from all!
Anyway, since today is the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in New Orleans and my book Hostage Heart was inspired by stories of rescue and aid, I am posting the links to snippets I posted from the book. Please enjoy:
The bank robbery
Danger
Miss Goody Two-Shoes
No money for ransom
Because they sleep together
Mamere called it vibrations
Confusion
Temptation
Foreboding
Death
We have a problem
Three months later
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Bartlett’s Rule
Great book, really good story
posted by Anonymous
This is a story of a woman struggling with the aftereffects of rape while she falls in love. The man she loves becomes a huge support for her as he has to learn to adjust as well. Well written, very understanding. This definitely is a good book for a discussion group.
Available in Print, E-book and Audio
Bartlett’s Rule was named one of
Carolyn Howard Johnson’s Top Ten Reads for 2009
Bartlett’s Rule shares the story of Lon and Paige’s love affair; a romance filled with hardship, emotion, danger and triumph. Falling in love was never the challenge; being there for each other, knowing just what to say and making it work is the real test. Paige and Lon are real; they are human, they cry and they laugh. Paige has to learn to trust. Lon has to learn to be patient.
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Book Club Packet includes cover art, author photo and bio, discussion starters and more information, plus full color printable bookmarks, and more…
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