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THE CHILDREN OF THE ROCKS    by LEE HARGUS HUNTER
Price: $3.00 USD. 46320 words. Published on March 4, 2009. .

Teen-adult: The story of a courageous band of children who faced danger and a strange way of life during the early days of our country. Exciting enough for dedicated gamers(are you listening game makers?)and discerning readers teen-adult. Based on a famous legend of a daring, light-skinned brave who led his warriors into battle with his long red hair flowing in the wind like a magic torch.
Annalea, a Princess in Exile    by Stephen Shore
Price: $5.99 USD. 53860 words. Published on March 11, 2009. .

Have you read ANNALEA, PRINCESS OF NEMUSMAR? Then prepare to continue the journey, as old friends, familiar enemies and intriguing new characters bring to life the hardships and adventures of the child who came to womanhood while living among slaves, former slaves, slavers, merchants, colonists, American Indians, seamen, harlots and pirates. The saga expands in volume 2 of the Annalea series.
Settling the Account    by Shayne Parkinson
Price: $2.99 USD. 218360 words. Published on May 13, 2009. .

Amy watches in growing fear the worsening confrontation between her husband and her son, until she realises that only one of them can survive it. How long can she keep them apart? The final volume in "Promises to Keep". It follows directly on from Book Two, "Mud and Gold".
Templar Curse    by Thomas Ronan
Price: $9.99 USD. 52200 words. Published on June 8, 2009. .

TEMPLAR CURSE follows a young West Point graduate through Rome and Greece and England, as he and a beautiful biochemist attempt to solve a century’s old Templar riddle. Their quest leads to the antidote for a biological weapon, before it can be deployed by the Hezbollah terrorists, who pursue them across Europe.
Radium Halos    by Shelley Stout
Price: $2.99 USD. 76750 words. Published by Girlebooks  on July 3, 2009. .

Radium Halos is historical fiction based on the true events of the Radium Girls, female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning in the 1920s from painting luminous watch and clock dials with radium paint. "Shelley Stout reveals in her characters, the humanity of a tragic tale." Batt Humphreys, former senior producer for CBS News and author of Dead Weight
A Man of Few Words    by Katherine Woodbury
Price: $0.99 USD. 27690 words. Published by Eugene Woodbury  on July 23, 2009. .

A lighthearted look at the critical events in Jane Austen's famous novel from the perspective of Fitzwilliam Darcy.
The Bishop's Daughter    by Karen Woods
Price: $3.99 USD. 86300 words. Published by Sleeping Beagle Books on July 31, 2009. .

When George Keppel, the Earl of Newport, broke off their romance, and married another woman, in 1809, Jane Sommersby was devastated. When his twins were born less than five months after that wedding, Jane swore she’d had a lucky escape; that she had been spared great misery. Now, it's 1812, and Newport’s a widower who is pursuing her, once more. Like Byron, Newport is dangerous to know.
Lost Among the Angels    by Alice Duncan 
Price: $2.99 USD. 90590 words. Published on August 18, 2009. .

When Boston Brahmin Mercy Allcutt gets a job with Ernest Templeton, P.I., she's ecstatic. Ernie, jaded ex-cop, is incredulous. Throw in a stray child, blackmail, murder, a poodle, a stalker, Mercy's imagination and Ernie's protective streak. Add a speakeasy, Chinatown, and some vicious criminals, they're in for a drama that will put the flickers to shame--if they survive to tell the story.
Texas Lonesome    by Alice Duncan 
Price: $2.99 USD. 101600 words. Published on August 21, 2009. .

Emily von Plotz barely eked out a living giving advice to readers of the San Francisco Call as “Aunt Emily.” Then she chanced to meet the man who had signed himself “Texas Lonesome.” Suddenly, she knew who would be perfect for him: Emily. But “Aunt Emily” had yet to learn that while Will Tate might be a Texan, he had never in his life been lonesome, lovelorn, or lacking an any way.
The Old Lady of the Lake - Stories from the Obey River Valley    by Darren Shell
Price: $0.99 USD. 67140 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on September 10, 2009. .

A charming collection of fictional stories based on local folklore of the Obey River Valley, Clay County, TN. The names of all the locations are historically correct, as are the overviews of the local history surrounding the area but by and large, the main characters are fiction. If you are a historian or a genealogist, don’t look here unless you are bored on a rainy day!