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“Anacrusis” is a unique work of fiction exploring the topics of musicality, anarchic hand, and the supernatural. This work allows the listener to take a seat behind the wheel of a professional musician as his burgeoning career swirls disastrously and inexplicably off course.

Ten years ago, Ellie Stephenson married her husband, George, because if she hadn’t, her father would have disowned her and taken away her $18 million trust fund, along with excommunicating her from her father. George knew Ellie did not love him and never would but gave her the best life he could. The stipulations regarding the money expire on Ellie and George’s 10th wedding anniversary.

Sometimes it is so easy to fall into a routine that you never notice when you are becoming a part of the woodwork. When that change does come, we can either embrace it or discard it. However if we are brave enough to embrace it, we might discover that there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Or in Delancy Smith’s case, she discovered that to every dark cloud, there is a silver lining.

Crusher Bruskiewicz doesn't believe he can be stopped. The 15-year old takes every challenge thrown his way, bolstering his fearsome reputation and encouraging his bullying ways. Some of his adventures are hazy in his mind, though, and hard to remember specifically. What the teenager doesn't know is that he keeps dying from his misadventures, only to be teleported into the future and repaired before being sent back to his own time.

On the Way to New York is the story of a workplace romance that takes more than seven years to develop. Ella is an ambitious, advertising executive vying for a promotion to an office in New York City, effectively escaping Cleveland, Ohio. Only one man stands in the way of her realizing her dreams.

Everyone it seems wonders, at some point in their lives, what will happen when they eventually stand before the “Pearly Gates”. One man seems stuck somewhere between, in a groundhog effect, approaching and reapproaching the gates in a repeatedly futile attempt to attain a bottle of whiteout.

Kingdom Come is the most successful amusement park in the country, and every Halloween, the park turns into a haunted event with hundreds of actors to scare guests silly.

A young and beautiful woman, Sharon Latham, ducks into a storefront to escape the weather and witnesses a crime. She has placed herself in the path of a dangerous murderer. She is overwhelmed by the gravity of the situation and fears the murderer may come for her next. Her only chance is a young and inexperienced detective named David Granger. This is his first homicide case in which he is flying solo.

Dating My Boyfriend’s Brother is an example of what can happen in a relationship that begins online and what can happen when you match a determined, driven single woman ready for a man to put a “ring on it” with a divorced man who although is lonely and looking for companionship, also has a weird way of showing how much he needs Skyy. Maybe it is indeed his fault she begins to fall for his brother.

Alan and Katie, a young couple married for not quite a year, have both been consumed with work and wrapped up in starting their lives ever seen their marriage. But now, they've been given the chance to escape their busy lives for the first time since their honeymoon. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has other plans, and strong thunderstorms follow the unlucky couple all the way to their destination and stick around. Unable to fully enjoy all the ocean has to offer, the two are stuck inside for the weekend. Now, the young couple has to find ways to enjoy themselves indoors.

“Dead People’s Letters” is a story that should appeal to fans of ghosts and zombies as well as fans of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic works. It not only places the undead in the middle of 19th-century Russia, but also makes them the central characters of the story and also good friends with one another.

Mermaids, mermen, treacherous villagers, and a Nix: these are some of the exciting things in store for you with the latest Natashiah Jansen story entitled Pearl Port Singer. You’ll be taken on a dive into the magical world of merpeople...If you love humorous stories, you will love Pearl Port Singer.

Ellen is a busy single mother with a daughter in eighth grade. She works as a nurse and because of that she misses out on some moments with her daughter Ashley. While in attendance at Ashley's track meet, she meets a nice man whose daughter also runs track and happens to be part of a relay team that Ashley is on. As the girls become closer it puts the parents in close proximity even away from the track.

A grungy, edgy rock star famous since he was 12 and a young model, innocent in her ways and just coming into her own. They didn’t have much in common, except for fame...and the inability to properly breathe. While Olympia’s father does everything to keep her cystic fibrosis under control, his healthy ways won’t give her immortality. Meanwhile, Michael has chosen to live life like a fast-burning torch, since he’ll be dead soon either way. Will Michael’s flamethrower ways destroy Olympia, or will her slow-burning candle save him before it’s too late?

A trip to the Holy Land was a dream come true for Catharine Parks, but it was no ordinary vacation. It was a visit to Israel never to be forgotten. From Tiberias to Eilat she felt a supernatural presence that stayed with her every moment of every day. Go along with Catharine as she steps into the cave where Jesus was born and feel the power emanating from Christ's birthplace as it touched her, and let that same power touch you, too. In a life and death struggle, Arguing Against Prophecy will touch your heart and soul as you learn how to be obedient to God's calling.

Valerie’s Tale is a story about a little girl with a heart filled with courage and strength, living in a world plagued with war and where magic is divided by clerics, who believe in using magic conservatively, and mages, who use it for whatever their heart’s desire.

Archer, a hunting dog bred solely to devote his abilities to catch his prey at any cost, is taken on the strangest hunt he’s ever experienced. Hagar, his master, is set on catching the elusive legendary creature, the unicorn. Once caught, Hagar plans to cut off her horn and use its magic for his own purposes. Archer gives chase and corners the beast in a cavern, and unforeseen danger gives way to a cave in, leaving both creatures alone together.

“When Love Leaves” by Elizabeth Owens is a story many people can relate to: What do you do when love leaves, and you are left heartbroken and alone? Cassie is a divorced woman who had gone through years of abuse from a man she once loved dearly. When the abuse leads to a life shattering loss, she realizes she must escape the cruelty and try to make a life of her own. Leading a successful life as a social worker and making changes in children’s lives gives Cassie a feeling of contentment and satisfaction.

Cashmere Blake is Hollywood’s newest “It” girl. After three years of trying to get in the business, she finally has it all: fame, money, and fortune. She gives all this up to take a break in her humble hometown. But Hollywood is not so eager to let go of its new star.

Sometimes we have no control over what life brings us. This is completely true for Marie, who had her dreams set on a life of prosperity and propriety. She finds that life isn’t as simple as she has been taught to think, and when she finds herself torn between a life of love and a life of convenience, she finds that decisions aren’t so simple, either. Her dreams have always been pinned upon the life she would have if she were to marry Leroy Bouche, but when another man enters into the picture, things aren’t always so certain.