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The Red Briefcase

Muhammed Gassama

David Bello, son of Jessey Bello and Mayuka Ndelle grew up in one of Africa’s smallest country. He had a beginning which was extraordinarily painful that he ended up in an orphanage at the age of four after the unfortunate death of his father. The Red Briefcase his father left behind had a secret which could have solved their nightmares, but his mum could not find it after doing thorough searching. A killer who mistakenly broke into their home luckily found The Red Briefcase in David’s house. The police went after the man and caught him, but the whereabouts of the Red Briefcase became more difficult after the man got killed by the police. But even after defying all odds and became a multi-billionaire construction magnate, David still needed the secret in The Red Briefcase to be able to reach the ultimate success and joy of his life. The Red Briefcase which got lost more than two decades ago could only get to him by a miracle and breaking of codes.

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A Place of Refuge

Brian C. Puckett

When a man he never met dies mysteriously, artist and Army veteran Neal Tate inherits a house in rural Hawaii. All goes well for Tate and girlfriend Susan in their new tropical homestead until Concord Space Systems wins a legal battle to build a rocket launching facility on the surrounding land. CSS wants to absorb Tate's property too but he refuses to sell, and his formerly blissful situation steadily deteriorates as CSS—headed by ruthless Japanese founder Hideo Kamada and former American astronaut Skip Schaefer—attempts to force Tate off his land. When the coercion turns violent Tate adopts a radical strategy to derail the corporation's plan to despoil a place he considers an irreplaceable treasure. But things don't go exactly as planned.

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The Riddle of the Sands

Erskine Childers

The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers is a vivid account of German preparations to invade England, released at a time when tensions between the two countries were at an all time high. Often cited as one of the 100 greatest novels of all time, The Riddle of the Sands has delighted generations of sailing aficionados and thriller readers with its nautical and political verisimilitude.

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Flirting With My Fated Alpha

C.M. Celaje

All Felicity ever wanted was for Sean to love her back to the point where she didn’t care if she became his mistress. But Sean flat out rejected her, even saying that she’s not even fit to be his slave more so his mistress. Why? Because she’s wolfless. Shamed and broken, Felicity left the pack and stayed under Sean’s best friend, Gregory’s care, After four years of trying to move on from the heartbreak and starting a life outside of the pack she grew up with, their paths crossed again. Sean, who was as gorgeous and hot as ever, became her new boss. As if that alone is not enough to ruin the wall she had put up against him, he started making advances on her that made her more confused. Until his offer came out of the blue. “Be my mistress.” “I don’t think your mate and future Luna will approve.” “It’s my problem to handle. Meanwhile, I’m giving you fifteen minutes to decide.” He put down a folder in front of her. “That’s the contract for our set-up. If you agree, sign it.” “And if I don’t?” “I’ll make you.” She didn’t want to be his flavor of the month anymore, but can she really say no to the only person who makes her heart flutter and her knees turn to jelly? How long will her heart handle such a set-up?

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The Sea-Wolf

Jack London

I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit. He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain. When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly. Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay. Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the Martinez was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco. The danger lay in the heavy fog which blanketed the bay, and of which, as a landsman, I had little apprehension. In fact, I remember the placid exaltation with which I took up my position on the forward upper deck, directly beneath the pilot-house, and allowed the mystery of the fog to lay hold of my imagination. A fresh breeze was blowing, and for a time I was alone in the moist obscurity—yet not alone, for I was dimly conscious of the presence of the pilot, and of what I took to be the captain, in the glass house above my head.

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Wrenchplains High School Series

Miel Hontucan

Book 1: Freshman Hailey Pensive and wide-eyed Hailey Madrigal thinks that being a freshman in high school will finally earn her some respect in her family. But it isn't easy overcoming insecurities and gaining confidence when she is constantly compared to her popular and talented brothers who also go to the same high school as her. Book 2: Sophie Elaine Elaine Perez's life has been turned upside down when Dana Ferrer, the school's Queen Bee, crashed her car at her lawn. One thing lead to another and the next thing they knew-they're going to be stepsisters! This was because their single parents turned out to have been high school sweethearts who rekindled their romance after the accident. Book 3: Junior Christine As an active member of the Young Volunteers Club, Christine Peralta was chosen to represent Wrenchplains High School in the town's Beauty Pageant. The problem is, well, she detests beauty pageants! Aside from balancing her time with her volunteer works, academics, friendships, and preparation for the beauty pageant, she must also support her boyfriend, Corey Madrigal, in joining a national singing competition and who might just make the toughest decision in his life. Book 4: Senior Trio Recovering from her big break-up, Hailey Madrigal is setting her eye to moving out of town for preparatory college but not without her mother's pleas to stay closer to home. But the course of her love life and the results of her college applications exceed her expectations in the end. Wrenchplains High School Series is created by Miel Hontucan, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

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Driver and the Miss: Get Closer to Me

Ringdom Translation

Yuki's body stiffened, this was her first kiss, Yuki's body trembled. Her hands automatically gripped Yuda's shirt. Yuda's hand that was on Yuki's chin, moved to Yuki's nape. Yuda's embrace grew tighter. Slowly, Yuki's hand raised and looped around Yuda's neck. Yuda sucked Yuki's lower lip, made Yuki open her mouth, it gave Yuda access to her mouth. Yuki's body trembled even more. She never thought the taste of kissing was more enjoyable than she ever imagined. She often saw her Mommy kissing her boyfriend, even did something more crazy with her new husband in front of her. But her daddy always told her to keep her virginity and avoid free sex. "Hmmmhhh..." groaned could be heard from Yuki's lips, when Yuda let go of her lips. Yuda lifted Yuki's body and placed her on the kitchen table.

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The Death That Wasn't

Colin Jacobson

“My stomach heaved. My ears buzzed. I felt the blood drain from my face, and I had difficulty refraining from retching. So he still lived!” Jack"s short stint as a soldier in Afghanistan comes to an abrupt end under suspicious circumstances, and he leaves, traumatized and guilt-stricken. While trying to overcome depression and rebuild his confidence, he is unwittingly caught up in the shady world of illegal bearer bonds, underhand business dealings, money laundering and kidnap, and becomes a suspect in a murder and robbery. He finds himself entangled with three dangerous and beautiful women, while hunted by a ruthless gangster who believes he has certain documents stolen in the robbery, and is threatened by a sinister figure from his past, who should have been dead. He is a marked man, and is forced to rely upon his military training to stay alive, while he tries to clear himself, and prove his innocence. Interwoven with sexual exploits, the gripping and explosive action is filled with twists and turns that will keep the reader guessing until the end. Is the solution to the mystery, and his acquisition of millions of dollars as straightforward as it seems? What is his lover"s ulterior motive? What is his?

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The Epic of Kings

Ferdowsi

"The Shahnameh" (The Epic of Kings) also transliterated as Shahnama is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 60,000 verses. Hakim Abu ʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi (940–1020 CE), or Firdawsi, was a highly revered Persian poet and the author of the epic of Shahnameh (the Persian "Epic of Kings") Translated by Helen Zimmern (1846-1934)

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The Iron Heel

Jack London

Jack London’s dystopian novel The Iron Heel posits a futuristic world in which the division between the classes has deepened, creating a menacing oligarchy that rules through terror. Anticipating the science fiction novels of the 1960s and "70s, the book stresses future changes in society and politics while paying less attention to technological details. Much of the narrative is set in the San Francisco Bay Area, including events in San Francisco and Sonoma County.

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