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Daughter Am I    by Pat Bertram
Price: $6.99 USD. 87420 words. Published by Second Wind Publishing, LLC on October 13, 2009. .

When twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered grandparents -- grandparents her father claimed had died before she was born -- she becomes obsessed with finding out who they were and why someone wanted them dead. "A delightful treasure hunting tale of finding oneself in a most unlikely way." --Publisher's Weekly
Murder in the Devil's Cauldron    by Kate Ryan
Price: $4.99 USD. 147790 words. Published on March 7, 2010. .

What if you witnessed a murder and no one believed you except the killer? What if you had proof of the murder, but didn’t know it? And what would you do to bring the killer to justice and save your best friend's life? The Devil's Cauldron is a natural formation on the Enchantment River that swallows half the river. Whatever goes in, never comes out.
Vengar the Barbarian in... The King, His Son, Their Sorcerer and His Lover    by Chris Randolph
Price: $0.99 USD. 10190 words. Published on June 16, 2010. .

When Vengar the barbarian comes to the sandstone city of Tensara, a mysterious maiden begs him to rescue her sister from a wicked sorcerer. He accepts the mission but it quickly turns into more than he bargained for, leaving him tangled up in a dastardly plot to start a civil war. Can Vengar prevent the coming war? Will he bed the maiden? What's the deal with the ridiculously big sword, anyway?
Bad Agent, No Catnip! Bad Career Advice and Questionable Misinformation from the World's Worst Literary Agent, Sydney T. Cat    by Sydney T. Cat
Price: $4.99 USD. 14470 words. Published by Tsunami Ridge Publishing  on August 10, 2011. .

Bad Career Advice and Questionable Misinformation from the World's Worst Literary Agent, Sydney T. Cat! Collected for the first time in this hilarious little book, Sydney T. Cat shares (though bad example) dozens of gaffes, schemes, missteps, cons, and foul-ups real-life "agents" have used to part writers from their money, screw up their careers, and crush their dreams! A must-read for writers!
Chancers    by Warren Karno
Price: $2.95 USD. 71840 words. Published on August 30, 2011. .

A cruise is perhaps the last place you would look for scandal, scallywags, sex and murder. Miles encounters all of these in a fast moving sea drama, that takes him from the luxury of a liner at sea to a bowels of East Asia. In a last ditch attempt to resolve the fraud he encountered on board. Chancers takes readers from England to Philippines where Miles has to decide – what price justice?
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.
Ten From Four: A Collection of Short Stories    by Philip Wooldridge
Price: $5.99 USD. 43280 words. Published by Four Moons Books  on September 29, 2011. .

Ten From Four is an eclectic collection of my works. Stories included are: A Time Called Home, Granny Fuhrmann And The Last Supper, Scam Of The Scandinavian, A Dog's Tale, The Courtship Of Ambrosia Snodgrass, Max Finnegan: Rogue Prince Of Pinconning, Worthington Manor, The Moose And Leo LeSander, Road To Chupadero, and Turning Points. Read samples of each at Four Moons Books on Smashwords.