Emily Wyatt wants to save the world. Or at least take some seriously bad guys down. But with a chip on her shoulder and betrayal in her past, she might be her own worst enemy. Fresh from military life, she's haunted by the loss of her hero father who she looked up to all her life, and is still sore from the treachery of her mentor who stabbed her in the back when she first joined the FBI. Now Emily must put it all on the line to go undercover as an assassin to infiltrate The Outfit, a notorious international crime syndicate that has eluded law enforcement around the world. But in this game, her targets are as likely to be law enforcement as rival criminals. Does Emily have what it takes to work her way up into the innermost circle and reveal who the big bosses are? Or will her conscience betray her too? A Simple Kill is a stand-alone novel by best-selling thriller author Nolon King. Nolon loves exploring big questions and moral quandaries. How far would you go to cover up an honest mistake? Would you destroy your career to protect your family? How much of your soul would you sacrifice to exact revenge? Get A Simple Kill today.

A Simple Kill

Nolon King

Sterling & Stone

The sorceress of psychological suspense is back with the second book in her highly-anticipated new Nowhere USA series. Ninie Hammon is at her career-best in Mad Dog -- a hair-raising tale that will make you jump and whip your flashlight around at small sounds in the night. Rabies is a terrible way to die. When Nower County veterinarian E.J. Hamilton rescues two little girls from the savage attack of a rabid Great Pyrenees, the beast almost rips his leg off. But worse than the injury is the fact that without the vaccine, E.J. will die of rabies within a week. Unfortunately, he can't get to the hospital because a shimmering mirage called the Jabberwock has locked everyone inside the borders of the county. With E.J.'s rabies-clock ticking, childhood friends Charlie, Sam, and Malachi are desperate to solve the mystery of the Jabberwock. Is it somehow connected to what happened to Gideon? Maybe it isn't just a ghost story that every man, woman, and child in that little town in Fearsome Hollow vanished into a mist one day exactly one hundred years ago? The "vanishing" has started happening again -- residents of Nower are disappearing and the houses they lived in age a century overnight. If the Jabberwock is gobbling people up, how long before Nower becomes a ghost town? Mad Dog is the second book in Ninie Hammon's new series, Nowhere USA, a riveting psychological thriller about the residents of a forgotten county that inexplicably sinks through reality to find itself in the middle of Nowhere. Fans of Justified, Under The Dome, and LOST will find themselves right at home in Nowhere, USA.

Mad Dog (Nowhere USA)

Ninie Hammon

Writing Online is more than a writing book. It's a road map to show you how to make a great living from writing. Writing Online teaches you not only how to write copy that sells, but also marketing, blogging, social media, SEO, list building, and how to build a strong reader or fan base. This is the book I wish I'd read when I first started writing for a living. A book that would have saved me lots of wasted time and money and made me realize my dreams a bit earlier. I want to help you realize your dreams without stumbling as I did.

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Self-Help

Platt, Sean M.

Success

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Write. Publish. Repeat.: The No-Luck-Required Guide to Self-Publishing Success

Reference

Truant, Johnny B.

Platt, Sean

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Writing Online is more than a writing book. It's a road map to show you how to make a great living from writing. Writing Online teaches you not only how to write copy that sells, but also marketing, blogging, social media, SEO, list building, and how to build a strong reader or fan base. This is the book I wish I'd read when I first started writing for a living. A book that would have saved me lots of wasted time and money and made me realize my dreams a bit earlier. I want to help you realize your dreams without stumbling as I did. Get the ebook of this book for free through Kindle Matchbook when you buy the paperback!

Writing Online: Write Your Dreams to Reality

DESOLATE UPON THE ROAD, LOREN MUST FEND FOR HERSELF The saga of the Nightblade continues across the nine kingdoms. Loren is listless in the wind. Though the Shades have been revealed, the cost of that knowledge seems too heavy to bear. And once again Xain is clutched by the tremors of magestone sickness, giving her the excuse she needs to simply...not go on. But now that the Shades have been found, they will not let Loren rest. If the Mystics learn what she knows, all the Shades' dark schemes could be thrown into disarray. Northwood will be the first town to burn under their icy fury, but as they hunt for Loren on the road to Feldemar, it will not be the last. "People should check out Garrett, he is an excellent vlogger and writer." — Hank Green "An intriguing tale, well presented [with] some intense encounters, graphically described." — R. Nicholson, top Amazon reviewer "Robinson is a skilled author, particularly when creating interesting female characters. He has oodles of talent and is destined for great things." — Shen Hart, TheReviewHart.com Book Four of the Nightblade Epic JOIN THOUSANDS OF READERS IN AN EPIC ADVENTURE.

Shadeborn: A Book of Underrealm

Literature & Fiction

Robinson, Garrett

Genre Fiction

A girl on a path to infamy. A mage on a path to darkness. A #1 Bestseller in Fantasy Loren is on her way to becoming the woman of her dreams: Nightblade, a warrior of the darkness and a champion of the light. But powerful enemies hunt her across the kingdom while she searches in vain for her lost friends. At her side is Jordel, a Mystic who seems to know more about Loren than she would wish—and something about her powerful dagger. But Loren has much to learn about Jordel's brethren, and not all of it is good. DARK TIDINGS SPREAD THROUGH THE NINE LANDS Loren wishes only to find her friends and evade the king’s law. But she will have to decide whether to flee Underrealm's problems, or stand and fight them—and on that decision may rest the fate of all who dwell in the nine lands. "People should check out Garrett, he is an excellent vlogger and writer." — Hank Green "An intriguing tale, well presented [with] some intense encounters, graphically described." — R. Nicholson, top Amazon reviewer "Robinson is a skilled author, particularly when creating interesting female characters. He has oodles of talent and is destined for great things." — Shen Hart, TheReviewHart.com Book 2 of the Nightblade Epic DOWNLOAD THE FANTASY ADVENTURE NOW.

Mystic: A Book of Underrealm

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Darkfire: A Book of Underrealm

The first in a new series by bestselling author Garrett Robinson. At the age of six, Ebon Drayden discovered he was an alchemist--a wizard who can transform matter with a simple touch. But his father forbade him to use his magic, and kept him from attending the Academy where he could learn to use it. Just before his seventeenth birthday, Ebon's aunt intervenes on his behalf and enrolls him in the Academy. Now at last he has the chance to use the magic he has so desperately yearned to control--yet the learning comes hard, for he has wasted more than half his life squandering his gift. To make matters worse, the darkness of his family name plagues him. The other students are terrified. Teachers regard him with suspicion. And before long, his family begins to draw him into their schemes that span all the nine kingdoms of Underrealm. A dark plot is brewing upon the High King's Seat, and slowly Ebon finds himself being drawn into it. If he is to learn to become an alchemist--indeed, if he is to survive at all--he must cast off his family's black legacy, and become the wizard he was always meant to be. The Academy Journals is a new series set in the world of Underrealm, and a companion series to the Nightblade Epic, hailed as one of the best new sword and sorcery series in years. Your journey begins here. JOIN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF READERS ON AN EPIC ADVENTURE.

The Alchemist's Touch: A Book of Underrealm

Garrett Robinson

The top-to-bottom guide to taking your writing and publishing business from “Square One” to “Stratosphere.” Iterate and Optimize is a behind-the-scenes peek into how indie publishing company Sterling &amp; Stone grew their three-author team into juggernaut — and a next-level guide for authors looking to explode their sales and do the same. In Write. Publish. Repeat., bestselling authors Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt, and David Wright explained how to build a thriving international publishing empire with no luck required. Rather than resting on their laurels in the years since WPR was written, they’ve been evolving their once-fledgling business a little bit at a time: expanding to eight publishing imprints, ten high-profile podcasts, a coordinated staff working behind the scenes, millions of words published and hundreds of thousands of books in the hands of eager readers. In Iterate and Optimize, they show you how they grew their business from the ground up in tiny, incremental steps — and give you a road map so that you can do it, too. More than “just another self-publishing guide,” this book delves deep into the business behind the success of Platt, Truant, and Wright’s company Sterling &amp; Stone, making it the essential “advanced course” follow up to Write. Publish. Repeat. It explains how to tweak your processes over time while maintaining momentum, wringing more profit out of assets you already have. You’ll learn how to diversify and create more products with less work, generate more money doing what you already do now, and set yourself up so you can build a readership who will support you in the specific ways you intend to evolve. You’ll learn how to grow from a bare-bones, minimum-viable-product business into a slightly larger business or an outright empire — not with massive, flashy (and risky) moves, but by the sustainable magic of incremental growth: small improvements made consistently over time. In this book, Platt, Truant, and Wright give you all the nitty-gritty they’ve learned and implemented since their last nonfiction publishing bestseller. You’ll learn how to “iterate and optimize” the way you handle: • Exclusive versus “going wide” distribution • International and multi-format sales • Advertising and marketing • Optimizing book covers, descriptions, and metadata to increase conversion • Slowly and sustainable building your assistants or contractors, plus outsourcing right • Advanced product funnels, including the changed role of free books • Networking and in-person meet-ups • Workflow management and systems • The writing and pre-writing process so you can “write better faster” • Social media • Podcasting • Crowdfunding - what works and what doesn’t • And much more! This book isn’t for the faint of heart! It’s only for series “authorpreneurs” who’ve read and internalized the lessons of its predecessor Write. Publish. Repeat. and are ready to kick their businesses up a notch. In Iterate and Optimize, the authors hold nothing back … giving you a true insider’s look at all the details that make Sterling &amp; Stone run. There has never been a “gold rush” or “magic button,” despite the flood of online marketers who want to convince you otherwise. But for those authors who are willing to do the work, there is a path to success. It doesn’t require luck. It only requires two things: making little improvements over time, then finding ways to get the maximum out of what you already have. Or in other words: Iterate and Optimize. Ready to get serious about your business? This is the guide you’ve been waiting for. Get the ebook of this book for free through Kindle Matchbook when you buy the paperback!

Iterate and Optimize: Optimize your creative business for profit

Business & Money

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

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