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Nothing Else Matters    by S.D. Tooley
Price: $4.99 USD. 75070 words. Published by Full Moon Publishing on October 11, 2009. .

"A staunch opponent of gambling is found murdered on a riverboat casino." When a renegade mercenary is hired to kill an opponent of gambling, he is puzzled why a reverend would be targeted. But then he realizes he has been paid with counterfeit money and now is suspicious of the satchel the reverend carried. The second in the Sam Casey series and winner of ForeWord Magazine's Best Mystery Award.
Gambling for Winners: Your Hard-Headed, No B.S. Guide to Gaming Opportunities With a Long-Term, Mathematical, Positive Expectation    by Richard Stooker
Price: $7.99 USD. 52800 words. Published by Wealth & Health Press  on April 9, 2010. .

This book is for you only if you gamble to make money. If you're hard-headed, serious, willing to work, and tired of the mainstream gambling books that simply teach you how to lose less instead win . . . If you understand that casinos don't stay in business by giving out more money than they take in . . . This is an extensive examination of the most p0pular forms of gambling.
The One That Got Away    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $0.99 USD. 4200 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 8, 2010. .

The regulars at Spirit Winds Thursday night blackjack tournament never call attention to themselves. Some are retired, some are a little shady, some have seen too much. But none of them believed in UFOs. Until that night when the lights went out in the middle of the tournament…and something very, very strange happened. Something eerie. Something…alien.
Selfishness Matters    by Theo Selles, M.Sc.
Price: $9.99 USD. 35060 words. Published on July 10, 2010. .

A wickedly funny parody of the self-help industry. Family Therapist Theo Selles channels "The Big Fill" and tells you everything you need to know in order to "live your life completely right". If you're tired of pompous windbags thinking they know what you should do, this book is for you! A scathingly funny attack on the culture of Self!
Five Oregon Stories    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 36310 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 13, 2010. .

Oregon provides the setting for all five stories in this collection. The stories range from the whimsical “The One That Got Away” to the moving “Patriotic Gestures.” The collection also includes “The Amazing Quizmo,” “Going Native,” and “The Moorhead House.”
Mujeres en fuga    by Rose Marie Tapia
Price: $5.99 USD. 34520 words. Published on February 25, 2011. .

¿Qué es un pasatiempo? ¿Qué es una adicción? ¿Cuándo amamos y cuándo dependemos de que nos amen? ¿Cuándo pasamos los límites que dividen estos terrenos? Y sobre todo: ¿cómo se enmienda una vida que haya caído en el vacío de las adicciones?
Lightning Rider    by Rick Mofina
Price: $0.99 USD. 9420 words. Published on May 29, 2011. .

Twenty-six year-old Jessie Scout had endured a life steeped in pain. She had come to Las Vegas, a city of risk, not to gamble. But to collect. This short work won Canada's top literary prize for crime fiction, the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story, presented by the Crime Writers of Canada.
Dangerous Women & Desperate Men    by Rick Mofina
Price: $2.99 USD. 27910 words. Published on June 19, 2011. .

Four gripping stories of people on the brink; a broken-hearted woman in Las Vegas plots to take what she is owed, a haunted street cop finds his life on the line in a way he never expected; a desperate agent in California makes a life-changing choice; a hard-working middle-aged woman whose world is coming apart fights back with shocking vengeance.
Dangerous Waters    by R.G. Crossley
Price: $1.99 USD. 4000 words. Published by 53rd Street Publishing  on August 1, 2011. .

On a stormy night on the Oregon Coast failed writer Bert Sump craves a drink at his favorite casino. Instead he walks into the middle of a robbery. When the storm knocks out the power the police are occupied elsewhere and the crooks plan to kill all witnesses. With the odds falling fast, Bert must find a way to survive or today will be his last.
Con Game    by stan singer
Price: $4.99 USD. 52710 words. Published on August 31, 2011. .

This is the semi-fictional story of an innocent, good man who goes to jail for a crime he didn't commit. He then comes out a changed man; a real criminal much worse then what the courts ever thought he was. He joins a crew from contacts he made in jail who make their living robbing drug dealers. All the while he plots and partakes his revenge on all the people responsible for his incarceration.