“Little Raindrop” by Nan Gartrell tells the story of what happens when Little Raindrop leans over to look at a rainbow and falls off the edge of a cloud. Little Raindrop Nan Gartell Book Trailer
Find out more about this author and book here http://www.llumina.com/store/littleraindrop.htm

For must of us, personal growth is a natural part of life. We try out many ways of coming into a better understanding of ourselves and those around us. But what drives us to do good deeds on behalf and in support of others? In the book Soul Progression by author Ron Pieris, we find a clear understanding of what it takes to grow internally and let it show externally.
According to Pieris, faith is less of an idea and more of an activity. That seems more in keeping with earlier, more traditional spiritual doctrines. We find evidence of the power of charity and what Pieris calls “works of faith” throughout the world's major religious texts, so there is obviously a great deal of validity to this idea.
If you want to recognize the importance of actively pursuing a truer faith, I wager that Pieris has something to offer you in this book. Soul Progression seems a great reading for the person who wishes to alter his or her perspective upon the matter of personal growth through coming into a more complete awareness of the true substance of faith.

Jackie O'Riley never had life handed him on a platter. For one thing, he was born in a time of poverty and uncertainty, when most Americans could barely stay alive and keep a roof over their heads. At least he’s not alone as he struggles to overcome his predicament. Narrowly avoiding war, he sees his nation become a world of electricity and automobiles. He sees people at their worst and best as he moves across country, always with one goal in mind...to be somebody. Beyond Jack Squat Pat Frank Book Trailer Find out more about this author and book here http://tinyurl.com/quu626 fiction, inspirational, the Great Depression

Melding the historical, the imaginary, and the fine arts, The Boy With the Blue Cap presents the story behind Van Gogh’s paintings through the narrative of a young, precocious boy, Camille Roulin, son of a postal worker. Camille develops a close relationship with the artist and pulls the reader into the story as he follows Van Gogh around Arles, exploring his world of vibrant color and artistry. When Van Gogh meets two gypsy women, events in and around Saintes Maries de la Mer, heat up, providing an element of intrigue. Weaving the artistic life of Van Gogh, his spiritual thoughts, and his relationship to Gauguin, into the story of a boy and his family, the novel explores the exploits and talent of this great artist. It also captures the unique flavor of Provencal life during the eighteen month period in which Van Gogh lived and painted in the Midi. The Boy in the Blue Cap Norman Beaupre Book Trailer Find out more about this author here http://www.nrbeaupre.com/ Find out more about this book http://tinyurl.com/q7hj8b

WHILE THE WIND BLOWS is Diana Higbee Reginato’s journey, told in both prose and poetry, of traveling on the grieving path. The path winds past the initial difficult days to a place where grief is no longer painful. With simple elegance, she tells her story in such a way that readers can easily relate it to their own experience. While the Wind Blows Diana Reginato Book Trailer Poetry, Death, Self help Find out more about this author here http://www.dianareginato.com/ Find out more about this book http://tinyurl.com/os5a4h

Of all the beautiful photos you’ve ever seen in your life, what would be the ones you would put in a single book to share with the world?

National Geographic tapped into its vault of photographs from over years of time and put them together in this amazing book.

Some of these pictures are dated back to the 19th century and some are never-before-seen pictures. All of them are breath taking.

As someone who loves photography, both the art and the mechanics, this book gave me insight to lighting, angles, subjects and opportunities like nothing else I’ve ever seen.


I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Here is a book video someone made for it so you can see some of these amazing photos yourself!

Personally, I enjoy romance that deals with overcoming some great obstacle to an intimate connection, especially when those barriers are naturally present, most often rooted in traits or qualities seemingly inherent within one or both individuals involved in that said romance. In other words, these are the impossible romances, the sort of coupling that leads you to ponder the miracles of pure love. Author K. M. Daughters deals with the subject of an unlikely and challenged love in her new book Rose of the Adriatic, a faith based novel about a visionary and a disbeliever.
Anna Babic has strong convictions that never waver even under the pressure of disbelievers' tests, but Matt Robins is not just any disbeliever--Anna is starting to believe that this is the man with whom she is destined to spend the remainder of her days. Yet Matt, whose faith was shattered some time ago, wishes to dispel her principles and overwhelm her convictions with a pessimism and doubt so characteristic of disbelievers. Are his attempts being made in vain, and will any of his efforts help him to overcome the matter of his falling in love with this purest of spirits? Is this unlikely pair a match made in destiny's honor?
This book is an ideal read for any person who enjoys faith-based romance or books that deal with the topic of love's ability to overcome barriers that are generally considered insurmountable.

This daughter of a rock star has it all—until murder crashes her world. During a concert, sixteen-year-old Shaley O’Connor stumbles upon the body of a friend backstage. Where is God at a time like this? Can she find out who the killer is before he strikes again?

Anastasia has a unique gift. She can talk to the dead. The gift alienates her when she is young and she longs to lead a normal life.
Now, as an adult living Florida and making a life of her art, Asia never outgrew her gift. And when she meets an amazing man with a fantastic story of his own she is launched into a world she never knew existed. One she might not escape.

This first book in a series by author Gabriela Herink is an incredible fantasy and paranormal with believable characters and an unpredictable plot, which is fresh and exciting.

Book video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CytPh0dYrms
Find out more here- http://www.llumina.com/store/giftedones.htm

Melissa Marr’s third seductive novel, a sequel to the New York Times bestsellers Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange, in which Seth and Aislinn struggle to stay true to themselves and each other in a milieu of shadowy rules and shifting allegiances, where old friends become new enemies, and one wrong move could plunge the Earth into chaos. Fragile Eternity Melissa Marr Book Trailer.
http://harperteen.com/contests/wickedlovely/ Find out more here http://www.Melissa-Marr.com Romance, Fantasy

MY MAN, MICHAEL proves you can be both a lover and a fighter! Combining mixed martial arts, romance and time travel!

The previous book in this series made both the USA Today and NY Times bestseller lists!

Michael thinks an injury will keep him from fighting again until a woman shows up and promises to heal him. But, he must travel with her and teach a community of woman warriors to fight in return.

Imagine Michael’s surprise when she fulfills her end of the bargain and finds that, to fulfill his he must travel into the future!

MY MAN, MICHAEL is out on Jan. 27, 09 and can be found at any major bookstore. Find out more about the book, the series and the author at http://www.lorifoster.com.

Today is historic day and I am happy to share it with you, my family, my friends, my countrymen.

The Goddess Prophecies: The Cup of Immortality is being heralded as the next Chronicles of Narnia, but it can also be compared to Lord of the Rings. Its an epic fantasy with 20 years of study and research behind the making of this novel.Author D.R. Whitney is an Arthurian scholar and has studied in the US and the UK. Her new novel, The Goddess Prophecies is published by Crescent Moon Press.
The book has already inspired a video game and movie!

 The story has epic fantasy elements and a lot of intrigue and perils as the last descendant of the Lady of the Lake, a modern and daring twenty-something inherits this mysterious amulet that leads her on an epic quest that time travels her through a Portal of Mists. With clandestine organizations and knights from Charlemagne chasing her, she finds herself in another world where she discovers that she must destroy the Master of the Souls and his minions who have stolen the Cup of Immortality to which her inheritance belongs. There her soul mate an incredibly powerful wizard returns to help her and together her quest takes them across these savage fantasy worlds with awesome creatures, powers and adventure that will keep you turning each page with anticipation. Find out more at http://goddessprophecies.com

The game pieces determine who kill them. The cards tell them who and how they will die. It’s a game of life and death. Of cat and mouse.
I love a good thriller! And I love it when the plot is complicated enough be intriguing but not convoluted. 
Murder Game by author Christine Feehan is one of her Ghostwalker books so it has a lot to it.
There’s the paranormal, military intrigue and of course romance. But, this book is different in that it is very much a suspense thriller. And a great one at that!
Kaden is a dangerous man whose only family is his team of Ghostwalker elite, paranormal military friends. When a series of murders puts the team in danger he searches out a woman with special abilities. She can see the history of the things she touches. And he wants her to
touch a game piece.
Tansy did some tracking for the FBI, but after some brutal cases something inside her snapped and she was hospitalized for months. No longer able to withstand her gift and the horrors that come with it, she stays far from civilization. Kaden has found her and will get her help whether she likes it or not. Her help with the case will save his friends. But it will destroy Tansy. With an undeniable chemistry between them
Kaden now must make choices no man should ever have to make.You can find out more on the author’s site. She has the first chapter up.

http://www.christinefeehan.com.



Also, a very chilling book trailer for the book is available at-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-r_x60pf1A

PW calls Catherine Anderson “A major voice in the romance genre” and I have to agree. If you’ve not read Anderson and you love a good romance with believable and loveable characters I strongly recommend any of her novels. But, the one coming out January 6, 2009 is the one everyone is talking about.

 

Star Bright is the story of a woman who escapes her dangerous and abusive husband one night on a cruise ship. She changes her looks and makes her getaway to find herself working for a handsome and charming cowboy.

 

The chemistry the characters have makes this a true romance of quality.

Anderson has a book trailer for Star Bright and you can find more at the author’s site- http://www.catherineanderson.com

Epic vampire novels, a roadside mummy, hauntings and horrors; either it’s Halloween season or Douglas Clegg. Wait! It’s both!!!

I am thrilled to have caught up with bestselling horror writer Douglas Clegg this week! Currently Douglas is handing out treats for Halloween by way of a full length novel, online and for FREE!

I asked if he had time for a quick interview and was lucky enough to get one! We’re here talking about his free novel that you can find here-
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6079898/Afterlife-by-Douglas-Clegg



COS: What is the main story of this book?
DC: In Afterlife, Julie Hutchinson is a woman driven to the edge of sanity when a brutal murder ignites a series of psychic invasions at her home. But these paranormal occurrences begin to raise questions about her husband -- and a mysterious government program for psychic children that he might have been involved with many years before. She's looking for answers, and she finds them in a mysterious and charismatic figure named Michael Diamond.


COS: How did you come up with the idea for the book?
DC: A friend told me that she had discovered a secret life that her husband had for their entire marriage. She had been in the dark on who he really was, and that sparked the idea for me of someone like my heroine, Julie Hutchinson, who begins to suspect that she doesn't know her husband as well as she had thought.

Also, I had people close to me die and went through questions about just what the afterlife can mean to people who are alive, here, and have to handle both grief and a strange sense that nobody ever leaves us.

I was living in New Jersey when I wrote it and drove out to these beautiful mountains there and also discovered a kind of lake district -- an hour by car from Manhattan. I began to wonder what it was like living out there, and I wondered "What if a nice suburban house by a lake would become a place for astral and psychic interference?"

And finally, I'd been reading about remote viewing experiments that the U.S. government and military may or may not have ever carried out. Somehow, it all came together, and I wrote out the final two paragraphs. After that I wrote the rest of the novel leading up to those two paragraphs.

COS: Why are you giving this book away for free?
DC: Free takes away the resistance for a reader to try a book. Digital downloads make it easy for anyone online to give a novel a try -- so I decided to do this with Afterlife, which already came out in hardcover and paperback. I'm hoping that readers who enjoy it seek out my other novels and stories -- whether at the library or bookstore or online.

Additionally, I've promised my newsletter subscribers at DouglasClegg.com that if Afterlife reached at least 10,000 downloads by Halloween night, I'd launch a new email serial novel in 2009. I launched the internet's first serial novel in 1999 -- called Naomi -- and so I felt it was high time for another one on the tenth year anniversary of the first.