Monthly Archives: September 2014
Featured Book of the Week – The Three Kitties That Saved My Life – Michael Meyer
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life [Kindle Edition]
Michael Meyer (Author)
FINALIST 2014 RONE Award, Inspirational BookAN UPLIFTING TRUE STORY OF LOVE – from love and loss to love once again – a feel-good read
#1 Amazon best seller in Love and Loss, December 2013
#1 Amazon best seller in Educator Biographies, April 2014
#1 Amazon best seller in Love & Romance, April 2014
What if you suddenly lost your partner through life? How would you find the will to go on all alone? Would you ever be able to fall in love again? This is the true story of my journey from grieving widower, not caring if I lived or died, to the once-again happily married man I am today, a man who both loves and cherishes life. My three kitties have given me a new zest for living.
My story begins with loss and tears, but it ends with lots of love and laughter. I hope that you will find yourself both entertained and inspired by my journey.
EXCERPTIt is amazing how time helps. In time, I have learned to overcome my own albatross. I have learned to live again, to love again. Life is a gift reads a plaque on our dining room wall, and that sums up what I have gained from the three kitties that saved my life. From Coco, I learned to care again. From Kitty, I learned to love again.FromPom Pom, I have learned how to cope with my own demons, the effects of aging being one of these.Pom Pom has taught me to accept what is and then tomoveonward. Yes, I have learned plenty from my three kitties.My journey has been a long one, a difficult one at times, but it has a happy ending. The three kitties in my life have made it so. They have all helped me to become the happy-to-be-aliveman that I am today. I now acceptrather than cope. I live each day to the fullest, knowing full well that life is a gift, and a very precious one at that. I look back on my life and I often think that Imust be the luckiest man in the world. I have so muchto be thankful for. The wonderment and beauty of life are both so dear to me.And, to add a delicious icing to the lovely taste of my life, I can say with total honesty to the whole world, my voice booming into the sky, my dancing feet not caring in the least who might see me, that I have been very fortunate to have done something that brings more sheer delight and wonderful pride to me than anything else that I have accomplished in my life: I have fallen madly, head-over-heels in love not once, but twice, and how many others can say that?
Thank you, Kitty!
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This Weeks Featured Author, MIke Meyers
Michael Meyer is the author of mysteries, thrillers, humorous fiction, and non-fiction: Love and romance, laughter and tears, thrills and fears.
His INTERNATIONAL SUSPENSE COLLECTION currently has two books: COVERT DREAMS, Book One; and DEADLY EYES, Book Two.
His CONTEMPORARY/HUMOROUS FICTION COLLECTION currently has two books: THE FAMOUS UNION, Book One; and THE SURVIVAL OF MARVIN BAINES, Book Two.
THE THREE KITTIES THAT SAVED MY LIFE was his heartfelt attempt to make things right again in his life after his first wife died, and putting this true story of love down on paper worked. It was something that he knew he had to do. One reviewer says of this book, “This is like drinking tea and honey on a cold day.”
THE SIR RODNEY VIGNETTES is a collection of humorous anecdotal episodes in the life of an Old World Charmer, allowing the English professor side of Michael Meyer to come forth.
He has resided in and has visited many places in the world, all of which have contributed in some way to his own published writing. He has literally traveled throughout the world, on numerous occasions. He has lived in Finland, Germany, Thailand, Saudi Arabia (where COVERT DREAMS – INTERNATIONAL SUSPENSE COLLECTION BOOK ONE – is set), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (where DEADLY EYES – INTERNATIONAL SUSPENSE COLLECTION BOOK TWO – is set). He gained the wanderlust to see the world, to experience other cultures, at an early age, and this desire has never left him. If anything, it has only gained in intensity as he has aged.
Among the many unique things that have happened to him in his world travels, he has walked the streets of Istanbul with a detective, searching for a pickpocket who got him good. He has ridden on the back of a motorcycle in Tehran while the driver, who spoke not one word of English, pointed out all the sights to him. He has wrestled an Iranian soldier who tried to break into his hotel room in Tehran. He has had the paint completely stripped from his car as he drove across Saudi Arabia in a sandstorm. He has stood on the stage of a busy nightclub in Tokyo, singing “She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes” to an audience feeling no pain from the Sake they were drinking. He has been chased by a family of mongooses (yes, that is the correct spelling) on the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Croix. And that is just the beginning of his long list of worldly adventures.
As a recent retiree from a forty-year career as a professor of writing, he now lives in Southern California wine country with his wife, Kitty, and their two adorable rescue cats.
SPECIAL NOTE: COVERT DREAMS has recently received a Compulsion Reads endorsement. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Compulsion Reads, this company specializes in reviewing and endorsing those novels that meet its quality standards based on the fundamental qualities of good storytelling. Many books that the company reviews don’t earn their endorsement, so this is a pretty big deal.
You can follow Mike at his Facebook writer’s site: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMeyersWritingLife
Be sure to check out his Pinterest writer’s page, which includes numerous audio readings, clips, and trailers of his books:
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A New Hit From TR Harris!!
The Enclaves of Sylox: Jason King: Agent to the Stars – Book One (Jason King – Agent to the Stars 1) [Kindle Edition]
T.R. Harris (Author)
From
international bestselling Science Fiction author T.R. Harris comes an exciting NEW series:
Jason King:
Agent to the Stars:
Book One: THE ENCLAVES OF SYLOX
SPECIAL NEW RELEASE PRICING SPECIAL:
Only $2.99 until Wednesday, September 17. ($4.98 thereafter)
(Along with the added bonus of the complete Book
One of The Human Chronicles Saga: The
Fringe Worlds. Two books for the price of one!)
Eleven years ago, Army
Ranger Jason King lost his job when
the aliens came to Earth and outlawed war among nations. Now he makes a fairly
decent living as the top real estate broker on the planet Sylox, the capital of
the Galactic Union. His clients are primarily Humans coming to the planet to
work at the huge Embassy Complex, and they find Earth-like housing – along with
a little taste of home — in the sprawling Enclaves
of Sylox.
Things are going pretty
well for Jason, right up to the time his latest customers from Earth arrive –
and that’s when all hell breaks loose! Now Jason finds himself entangled in layer upon layer of deadly conspiracy
involving a quasi-religious artifact whose theft is about to trigger
a galactic war. The Earth has also become ensnared in this conspiracy, placing
her squarely in the sights of two vindictive alien species bent on her
destruction.
Now all Jason King has to do is recover
the artifact, capture the thief, prevent a galaxy-wide war and save the Earth
from annihilation. And do all this between his real estate closings. Oh,
and there’s also a super-hot woman right in the thick of things, too, just to
make things interesting. And don’t forget the headlong chases through exotic star
systems, and the shoot-outs, and the fist-fights — you know, all the good stuff
that puts the adventure in space opera!
The
Enclaves of Sylox is typical T.R. Harris, full of adventure, humor and witty,
down-to-earth dialogue. Plus his skewed way of looking at Human-Alien
interaction. This one is funny, quirky … and a little bit different. After all,
when was the last time the hero in a space opera adventure was a real estate
broker?
This special edition of The
Enclaves of Sylox also has an added bonus: The COMPLETE Book One of T.R. Harris’s bestselling series The
Human Chronicles Saga – The Fringe Worlds.
That’s right, two complete novels for the price of one. Whatta deal!
Be sure to pick up all the science fiction
novels of T.R. Harris … and find
out why he has become one of the bestselling sci-fi authors on Amazon over the
past three years.
The Novels
of T.R. Harris
The Human Chronicles Saga
Part One:
The Fringe Worlds
Alien Assassin
The War of Pawns
The Tactics of Revenge
The Legend of Earth
Part Two:
Cain’s Crusaders
The Apex Predator
A Galaxy to Conquer
Jason King: Agent to the Stars
The
Enclaves of Sylox
(All the books are available on
Amazon.com.) Website: bytrharris.com
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Great Short Story
The Witching Hour [Kindle Edition]
Lynette E. Creswell (Author)
This 10 minute, lighthearted romance tells the story of Stella, a young woman who’s unlucky in love. One night she is invited to a Halloween party by her boss but the dreaded Delores, her spiteful co-worker has been invited too. Delores has her sights set on Harry Dunlop, Stella’s dream man but events are about to unfold that will teach Delores a valuable lesson and allow Stella to finally get to grips with far more than just her broomstick.
Dreaming... 