Dames, booze and murder is the oldest story in the book; but this time, it happens too fast to Nora Delaney, who is a notorious, womanizing college basketball coach. After her ex is found murdered, Nora chases the scent all the way from Los Angeles to Tulsa to find some right angles in this nasty business only to be waylaid by a gorgeous, gin-swilling skirt who has information as well as an appetite for women like Nora. Femme Noir is full of cock-eyed optimism, vivid sexual fantasy, tough broads and big babes who know their ways around drinks, trash talk and murder. If you enjoy satire, you'll have fun with this book. Femme Noir is intended as a wry homage to retro outlooks of a bygone tough guy/femme fatale age. In this book is something to offend everyone."

Femme Noir

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Nipper, Clara

Mystery

Bold Strokes Books

How to Profit from the Art Print Market provides insights, advice, examples, and resources intended to demystify the arcane world of art print marketing. Barney Davey has authored this handbook of practical advice for visual artists seeking to enter the art print market. The book is a result of his experiences and perspective culled from advising and observing leading art publishers and print artists in three decades. It details how artists can utilize the print market to take control of their career and create a profitable business from their original work. The wealth of benefits for visual artists in the print market include: secondary income from originals in print; third stream income from licensing; greater awareness for their work; diversifying their pricing; and keeping pace with demand for their originals to name a few. Given these advantages, it is surprising to find other fine art business and marketing books offer scant coverage of the print market. This dearth of information makes the details and insight offered in How to Profit from the Art Print Market invaluable. The book takes readers through a continuum of decisions artists must make to find success as a published artist. The hierarchy begins by helping artists define a clear goal of their career aspirations pertaining to commercial success. It moves through deciding whether to self-publish or to seek a publisher, assessing, and setting realistic goals based on available resources. It finishes with cogent advice on the multitude of actions necessary to succeed after settling on the best path to follow. In addition to specifics on self-publishing and finding and working with a publisher, the book offers advice on effective use of advertising, tradeshows, publicity and coaching on identifying trends, finding inspiration, Website and email marketing, licensing and more. Any visual artist with the desire to enjoy commercial success will find this book inspiring and informative.

How to Profit from the Art Print Market

Arts & Photography

Barney Davey

Business of Art

In the aftermath of a shattering personal loss, Detective Kyle Brian buries her pain in the routine of fulfilling professional and family obligations. But when she meets Lane Connor - herself struggling with a broken heart - she realises that there may be a chance for true happiness after all.

Heart 2 Heart

Literature & Fiction

Cannon, Julie

United States

This is a tale of the hopelessly intertwined destinies of a trio and the lessons in store that will change all their lives. Ashton Clarke, a local Casanova, is content until she meets Carrie Fletcher, a women's studies professor who causes her to question the direction of her life.

Learning Curve

Spangler, Rachel

Contemporary

To Walk Through Fire? At two Samantha Cray lost her mother. By fifteen her father was gone. At eighteen she lost the only woman she'd ever truly love. Trapped by an unsuspected inheritance - the gift of her father?s blood, guided only by the guardian who holds the secret to her future, Samantha must enter an arcane new world where why she fights is sometimes more important than what?And she must walk the path of Light alone. But the darkness within parallels the darkness without? and the hunger she is charged to control in others echoes through her as well. Constantly questioning what is duty, what is selfishness, what is self...Boy. Girl. Gay. Straight. All of them, none of them?or something just a little?different, and all intertwined with a destiny only she can fulfill. The purest steel goes through the hottest flame. Let those who should beware: the only power to rival love is righteous fury -- and a new Wielder has been sworn.

American Goth

Glass, J. D.

Thrillers & Suspense

No pirate on the high seas is more bloodthirsty than the notorious Branded Ann, a woman with eyes like ice and a face marred by a mysterious cross-shaped scar. When she raids a merchant vessel bound for Jamaica, her only objective is to obtain the map that will lead her to a legendary treasure. But she hadn't bargained on taking Violet, the merchant's young widow, on board her ship as a prisoner. In spite of her childlike appearance, Violet has a dark side of her own that Ann finds both infuriating and endearing. As Branded Ann sails in search of treasure, her task is made more difficult by a stowaway child, an increasingly rebellious crew, and the treacherous seas of the Devil's Triangle; to make matters worse, she finds herself falling for her not-so-innocent but altogether charming captive. But will Violet be able to overcome the demons of her past and accept Ann's love? And will they survive the treasure hunt that has already claimed the lives of so many before them?

Branded Ann

LGBTQ+ Books

Shannon, Merry

Teague Richfield and basset hount Elmo head for Sedona and the sensual arms of psychic astrologer Callie Rivers for a much needed vacation and reconnection. But Teague and Callie's romantic reunion is interrupted by a provocative female shaman from Callie's past.

Venus Besieged (Richfield & Rivers Mystery Series, 3)

Andrews & Austin

Take three friends, add two ex-lovers and several new ones, then mix with more secrets than any of them know. The result is a recipe for explosive rivalries and incendiary romance.

The Lonely Hearts Club

Radclyffe

Happiness. Love. Desire. Murder. Former homicide detective Erin McKenzie couldn't be any happier with her new life and her fiancée Elizabeth Adams--until the not so distant past comes knocking at the door. Erin's former colleague Detective Patricia Henderson--a woman both she and Liz have intimate ties to--shows up with a fresh crime scene photo that looks all too familiar. The victim is an actor who works for Liz's movie production company, and Liz had argued with the young man on more than one occasion. Erin can't believe it's happening again. The new murder resurrects old questions, and when Liz all but sends her packing, Erin can't help but wonder what her lover is hiding. Lost, alone, and frightened, Erin is once again caught in midst of it all, and no matter how hard she fights it, she's where she never thought she'd be...deeper.

Deeper

Black, Ronica

Lieutenant Alex Troy is caught in the paradox of her life - to hold steadfast to her professional oath or to protect the woman she loves. Assigned to the Vice/Narcotics Division, Alex is given the dangerous but career-building mission of catching the city's most notorious and elusive drug lord, Sonny Davis.

To Protect and Serve

VK Powell

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