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Product: Severance: A Standalone New Adult Romance
Description: One girl. Two brothers.
Crippled love blooming in the aftermath of the horrific event.

College freshman Alana Novak still lives at home with her controlling father. She has a baking blog and a habit of breaking curfew, especially since she met her first love, Dakota Bennett. But fate has other things in mind. And when unspeakable tragedy snuffs out Dakota’s life, Alana turns to the only person who shares her grief.

For years, guitarist Mikah Bennett’s existence has revolved around his band, Midnight Rust—he knows they’re about to break out. So when lead singer, Dakota, his younger half-brother, is killed, he’s shaken to his core.

Survivor’s guilt brings Mikah and Alana closer and as they spend more time together, they realize their connection runs deeper than just a trauma bond. The emotion simmering below the surface should feel wrong, but it doesn’t.

Sadly, the deck is stacked against Alana and Mikah. Can love win or are they destined to go their separate ways?

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Severance is a standalone new adult romance written in a dual timeline. This book covers a number of sensitive subjects including gun violence, depression, and PTSD. Please see reviews for guidance.
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Product: The Hotel Neversink
Description: A 2020 Edgar Award Winner!

"A gripping, atmospheric, heart-breaking, almost-ghost story. Not since Stephen King's Overlook has a hotel hiding a secret been brought to such vivid life." —Lydia Kiesling, author of The Golden State

Thirty-one years after workers first broke ground, the magnificent Hotel Neversink in the Catskills finally opens to the public. Then a young boy disappears.

This mysterious vanishing—and the ones that follow—will brand the lives of three generations. At the root of it all is Asher Sikorsky, the ambitious and ruthless patriarch whose purchase of the hotel in 1931 set a haunting legacy into motion. His daughter Jeanie sees the Hotel Neversink into its most lucrative era, but also its darkest. Decades later, Asher's grandchildren grapple with the family’s heritage in their own ways: Len fights to keep the failing, dilapidated hotel alive, and Alice sets out to finally uncover the murderer’s identity.

Told by an unforgettable chorus of Sikorsky family members—a matriarch, a hotel maid, a traveling comedian, the hotel detective, and many others—The Hotel Neversink is the gripping portrait of a Jewish family in the Catskills over the course of a century. With an unerring eye and with prose both comic and tragic, Adam O’Fallon-Price details one man’s struggle for greatness, no matter the cost, and a long-held family secret that threatens to undo it all.
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Product: The Severance Series Books 4-6
Description: Book 4 – The Imperfect Assassin
How far would you go to serve your country?

Take a woman, whose physical abilities have been enhanced by the latest genetic technology. Train her to use them to kill enemies of the state. Put her out in the field and let her do her job. And when she’s done your bidding and she’s no more use to you, decommission her with extreme prejudice. If you can.

Book 5 – The Brexit Affair
Change Demands Sacrifice

It is 2019 and three years after the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union, negotiations drag on. Scotland has voted ‘Yes’ to independence and Northern Ireland is about to hold its own referendum on whether to stay in the UK or join the Republic. Britain’s future is uncertain.

Nick Severance is on a visit to the UK from Japan when he is contacted by Gabriel Johnston of MI6. One of Johnston’s agents has disappeared after taking delivery of a brand-new computer virus that could seriously damage the UK’s infrastructure. With suspicions of a traitor in Johnston’s team running high, Nick agrees to unofficially assist in tracking down the missing agent.

Book 6 – The Godzone Connection
Can you really disappear without a trace?

Phoebe Fraser is an English woman working at a private bank in Tokyo. When she steals $10 million from a client’s account and then disappears, Nick and Mariko Severance are brought in as private investigators, to track her down.

It looks like a simple case of greed, until the body of someone close to Phoebe washes up on a beach in Tokyo Bay. Murder becomes linked with theft and Phoebe is the main suspect. One way or another, she has to be found.

The search takes Nick halfway around the world to New Zealand, where he unravels a story involving insider dealing, love and betrayal, and ultimate revenge. But he isn’t the only one searching. Certain interested parties also want to find Phoebe and for reasons of their own, silence her forever. It’s really just a question of who gets to her first.
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Product: Severance: A Novel
Description: Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance.
"A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring." —Michael Schaub, NPR.org
“A satirical spin on the end times-- kind of like The Office meets The Leftovers.” --Estelle Tang, Elle
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR * The New Yorker ("Books We Loved") * Elle * Marie Claire * Amazon Editors * The Paris Review (Staff Favorites) * Refinery29 * Bustle * Buzzfeed * BookPage * Bookish * Mental Floss * Chicago Review of Books * HuffPost * Electric Literature * A.V. Club * Jezebel * Vulture * Literary Hub * Flavorwire
Winner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award * Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction * Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award * Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 * An Indie Next Selection
Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend.
So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost.
Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers?
A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines, and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma’s Severance is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.
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Product: Severance: An Adult Dark Urban Fantasy & Supernatural Suspense (Faltering Souls Book 2)
Description: What doesn't make you evil, makes you stronger.

Nevaeh faces the overpowering gravity of her choice to save those she loves while striving for strength to fight her greatest threat--herself.

While she struggles to keep herself--and the unpredictable beast inside her--in check, she has to play the part of a Dark Celata and fulfill every wicked task they command of her, using her supernatural abilities. It's the only chance she has to get George and Gavyn back. However, with each mission she goes on, the line between the woman she used to be and the monster she's becoming grows thinner.

Archard watches the world suffer for his mistakes. In an attempt to right his wrongs--and heal the hole in his heart--he chases Nev, but every lead ends with more questions about who she is, where she comes from, and how to save her--if he can save her at all.

Will Nevaeh survive the soul-severing decision she's made?

Will those who love Nevaeh survive her?

Download this suspenseful, mysterious sequel to the Urban Fantasy, Falter, now to see what Nevaeh does next!

Book 2 in the Faltering Souls Series (Dark Urban Fantasy)

"A superb book, that will have your heart beating rapidly..." - Ria, Reading Is Our Satisfaction
"You will be engrossed, enthralled, and intrigued..." - D. Parrott
"...a worthy successor to one of the finest urban fantasies we read last year." - Avid Reader, Fantasia Reviews

Warning: This novel contains themes that are considered dark in nature. Please, read at your own risk. Severance is not an erotic novel, however due to a 1-2 erotic scenes, Amazon has placed it in the Erotic genre.
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Product: The Imperfect Assassin (The Severance Series Book 4)
Description: How far would you go to serve your country?

Take a woman, whose physical abilities have been enhanced by the latest genetic technology. Train her to use them to kill enemies of the state. Put her out in the field and let her do her job. And when she’s done your bidding and she’s no more use to you, decommission her with extreme prejudice. If you can.

Nick Severance has a new assignment. When his wedding celebrations in Japan are interrupted by news of a local killing in unusual circumstances, he is ordered to find the person responsible. His first clue takes him to London, and from there he goes on the hunt for a woman who manages to stays one step ahead as she does the lethal job she was trained for.

By the time they meet, she’s being sought by several people and the results of her actions threaten to harm thousands more. Can she redeem herself? Does she want to? And will Nick help, hinder or kill her?
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Product: Python for Everybody: Exploring Data in Python 3
Description: Python for Everybody is designed to introduce students to programming and software development through the lens of exploring data. You can think of the Python programming language as your tool to solve data problems that are beyond the capability of a spreadsheet.
Python is an easy to use and easy to learn programming language that is freely available on Macintosh, Windows, or Linux computers. So once you learn Python you can use it for the rest of your career without needing to purchase any software.
This book uses the Python 3 language. The earlier Python 2 version of this book is titled "Python for Informatics: Exploring Information".
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Product: The Layoff Survival Guide: The Layoff Survival Guide, Updated and Expanded: How to Negotiate Your Severance Agreement and Get the Added Benefits You Need When Dismissed from Your Job
Description: Negotiating Your Severance Package is Possible

Laid off, let go, downsized, dismissed…it’s all means the same… No job in the morning. It can happen to you.

You show up to work on time, rested, looking your best and ready to go. In a few hours you find yourself no longer a member of the team…unemployed. Don’t get caught without the tools to negotiate for a better severance package on your way out. Inside you will learn:

How Employee Dismissals Work

What the Company Wants

What you Can Negotiate

The Top Questions to Ask Before Departing

Be ready for the last meeting.

Scroll up and grab your copy now, before you find yourself in a dismissal meeting.

Negotiate a great deal on your way out.
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Product: The Revenge Season (The Severance Series Book 3)
Description: Timing is everything.

Is revenge really a dish best served cold? Nick Severance is about to find out, the hard way.

When pharmaceutical researcher Julian Frost is brutally murdered, Nick Severance is asked to investigate. Julian had recently returned to England from the Amazon rainforest in Peru, where he was looking for plant samples that could be developed into profitable new drugs. What he found there apparently sealed his death warrant.

Nick retraces Julian’s journey and meets some new and interesting people, some of whom would like him dead. While he attempts to survive their unique brand of hospitality, a new threat emerges in the form of someone from his past, who thinks this is the perfect moment for retribution.

Faced with hostility on two fronts, Nick’s chances of completing his investigation and living to talk about it seem slim. In a situation where appearances are deceptive and motives are misleading, can he find a way to regain the initiative, before it’s too late?
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Product: Crisanta Knight: The Severance Game (the Crisanta Knight Series Book 2)
Description: I'm the girl who wants to be strong in a world where everyone thinks I'm weak.
A lot of questions ran through my head as I desperately clung to the roof of a magic train crossing over a gaping canyon. Like: How did I get here? What could I have done to avoid this fate? And, did I remember to shave my underarms before coming on this quest? But even after taking on a witch in a gingerbread house, bloodthirsty actors, and a whole mess of magic hunters and other fairytale shenanigans, the biggest, most pressing question pulsing through my brain as my fingers started to slip and my enemy bore down on me was this: Could I really trust the person whose life I’d ruined to keep me from falling? With antagonists closing in, inner demons threatening to consume me, and vivid nightmares chewing up my soul every time I shut my eyes, I was running out of options. I knew the moment to decide whether or not I could truly trust any of my friends was fast approaching. But my head and heart were stuck. For just like the precarious position I now found myself in, the pain of holding onto the path I’d chosen thus far was outmatched only by the worry I had over (gulp) letting it go…

Readers love Crisanta Knight!

“I love this story; it brings out the inner princess in me. The main character reminds me of Merida from Brave due to her personality (I also have my fingers crossed that at some point she makes a guest appearance.” – One More Chapter Blog
“The worldbuilding continues to be amazing.” – Pages Full of Stars
“If you like reading books full of action, magic and a strong heroine, this is the one for you.” – Crazy Cat Books
"Trust, self-discovery and friendship were definitely the defining factors of this novel, with a great emphasis on trust.” – The Unicorn Reader, YouTube

The Crisanta Knight series

Book 1 - Protagonist Bound;
Book 2 - The Severance Game;
Book 3 - Inherent Fate;
Book 4 - The Liar, The Witch, & The Wormhole;
Book 5 (to be released in April of 2019) - To Death & Back.
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Product: Falter: An Adult Dark Urban Fantasy & Supernatural Suspense (Faltering Souls Book 1)
Description: She could save the world...if she doesn't destroy it first.

Living on the streets with her father is tough, but Nevaeh Richards soon finds a life immersed in angels and demons is tougher than she could ever imagine.

When her father suddenly becomes ill, Nev's eyes are opened to a world she never knew existed. A war is bleeding into the human realm, and she is developing strange new powers that has both sides eager to claim her soul's devotion.

But when the Devil takes her father's soul hostage, Nev has a fateful decision to make: save her father, or save the world...from herself.

A gritty, suspenseful story of spiritual warfare, the delicate line between good and evil, and love that might not be enough.

Download this book now because you don't want to miss what Nevaeh and her angels take on!

"I was not prepared for such a page turning story..." - A.S. McGowan
"Paranormal romance perfection." - Keri Q.
"A paranormal roller coaster ride that will leave you breathless." - L. Ross

Book 1 of the Faltering Souls Series (Dark Urban Fantasy)

Warning: This novel contains themes that are considered dark in nature. Please, read at your own risk.

Series order:
Falter (Published May 2016)
Severance (Published March 2017)
Contrition (Publishing May 31, 2018)
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Product: A Trade to Die For (The Severance Series Book 2)
Description: Divulging lost secrets can be murder

When Nick Severance gets his first assignment from the shadowy Japanese intelligence agency he joined after fleeing the UK, it seems easy enough. All he has to do is play the babysitter and escort a retired MI6 agent to a safe house.

But when Nick discovers why the agent needs help, the game changes. What was done secretly 20 years ago still has the power to ruin lives. But there’s no one else left alive who knows anything about it.

Until now. Someone with plenty to lose wants the secrets of the past to stay buried. And he’ll do anything it takes to make that happen.

But he’s not the only one who wants something. Nick must draw on all his resources as he becomes entangled in a web of lies, deceit and murder. His first assignment might just be his last.
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Product: Introduction to Networking: How the Internet Works
Description: This book demystifies the amazing architecture and protocols of computers as they communicate over the Internet. While very complex, the Internet operates on a few relatively simple concepts that anyone can understand. Networks and networked applications are embedded in our lives. Understanding how these technologies work is invaluable. This book was written for everyone - no technical knowledge is required!
While this book is not specifically about the Network+ or CCNA certifications, it as a way to give students interested in these certifications a starting point.
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Product: Severance (The Sovereign Book 1)
Description: To be born Gaian is to be born gifted. That wasn’t always true, but as more infants were born with special talents of the mind, what was once considered abnormal became the majority. The ungifted were sent to Thalassa, an island chain off the coast of the mainland. These orphans grew up in a vassal kingdom forced to pay dues to its overseers.

In Severance, the first book of The Sovereign, a Thalassan soldier and orphan gets wind of a plot against his island home and wages war against its oppressors. A captain’s daughter fights for a love across the cultural divide. An assassin’s need for power takes him on a bloody journey throughout both lands. And a princess tells the biggest lie in her nation’s history, protecting her family’s right to rule.

With alternating perspectives of war and tragedy, love and loss, secrets, lies, and counterplots – the fight for a nation’s independence starts here.
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Product: Severance
Description: In Severance, the debut novel from famed Cracked.com writer Chris Bucholz, the inhabitants of a generation ark find two unlikely heroes who fight to keep everything together.

After 240 years traveling toward Tau Prius and a new planet to colonize, the inhabitants of the generation ship Argos are bored and aimless. They join groups such as the Markers and the Breeders, have costumed orgies, and test the limits of drugs, alcohol, and pain just to pass the time.

To Laura Stein, they’re morons and, other than a small handful of friends, she’d rather spend time with her meat plant than with any of her fellow passengers. But when one of her subordinates is murdered while out on a job, Laura takes it as her responsibility to find out what happened. She expects to find a personal grudge or a drug deal gone wrong, but instead stumbles upon a conspiracy that could tear the ship in two.

Labelled a terrorist and used as a pawn in the ultimate struggle for control, Laura, with help from her friend Bruce and clues left by a geneticist from the past, digs deep into the inner working of the ship, shimmying her way through ductwork, rallying the begrudged passengers to rise up and fight, and peeking into an unsavory past to learn the truth and save their future.
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Product: The Severance Trilogy
Description: A journey through murder, loss, conspiracy and ultimate revenge
London detective Nick Severance steps outside the law and puts his freedom on the line. What options does he have?
Book 1 - A Terminal Agenda
A cop with an unblemished record. A murder in a London Street. An investigation that could end his career.
When DCI Nick Severance investigates what appears to be a routine murder, he is drawn into a plot that could bring death to thousands and destroy everything and everyone he cares about. Before it’s all over, he will make a choice that changes his life forever.
Book 2 - A Trade To Die For
Nick’s first assignment in his new career is to play babysitter to a retired MI6 agent. But when he finds out why the agent needs help, things get complicated. He becomes involved in a battle to keep them both alive while trying to untangle the web of lies, deceit and murder that created this situation in the first place. His first assignment might just be his last.
Book 3 - The Revenge Season
A brutal murder close to home. An old adversary with a grudge. A final act of revenge. But whose revenge?
When pharmaceutical researcher Julian Frost is brutally murdered, Nick Severance is asked to investigate. The case takes Nick to Peru where he meets some new and interesting people, some of whom would like him dead.
While he attempts to survive their unique brand of hospitality, a new threat emerges in the form of someone from his past, who thinks this is the perfect moment for retribution.
If you like suspense thrillers with an international flavour, then you’ll enjoy these three tense tales of murder, conspiracy and revenge.
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