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Self-published authors compete with traditional publishing houses, ghostwriters, and each other for attention. While social media can help them reach readers, algorithms and platform changes often limit consistent access to followers. This raises an important question for those managing their own marketing. Is an email newsletter worth the effort, or is it just another time-consuming [...]
A charming and emotional addition to her cozy mountain romance series, Day Dreaming (A Foothills Romance Novel, Book 7) by Carrie Thorne explores our capacity to gracefully grow and embrace second chances. When Reed brings his two kids to Foothills for a summer of outdoor adventures, he never expects to fall for a hunky new neighbor, [...]
D.R. Berlin is an award-winning author of mystery, suspense, and thriller fiction, U.S. Army veteran and general surgeon, with degrees from MIT and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is the author of The Third Estate series, a cinematic thriller world of espionage, conspiracy, family secrets, and emotional risk. Her background in science, medicine, [...]
An adrenaline-filled thriller of professional killers and family secrets, The Third Estate: Devil's Tango by D.R. Berlin offers another twisted dose of conspiracy in the Third Estate series. When a John Doe lands in the ER with a slug in his gut, Captain Sophie Allard does all she can to save him, but he seems [...]
From childhood actress to urologic surgeon, Larrian Gillespie, MD has completed her 10th book and her first in the true crime investigation/biography/memoir genre- Houdini: The Man Who Died Twice. It seems she has a knack for investigating and has uncovered never-before-recognized documents and interviews with people who contributed to the death of the famed escapist [...]
An unapologetic tribute to Gen X mentality and the timeless frustrations of aging, Wolf in Wanderley by Dave J. Andrae is a story of haunted pasts, hope for the future, and the cruel paralysis of the present. Facing the downward slope of his modest career as a fringe filmmaker, Wolfgang Barnes hunkers down in Florida, [...]
An epistolary memoir of a fractured family in the throes of World War II, Searching for Harold: One Family's World War II Story in Letters by Stephen Watts presents a stirring and timely picture of unity, support, and grace under fire. Primarily comprised of letters exchanged between members of the Carleton and Watts families between [...]