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India Fortunes: A Novel of Rajasthan and Northern India through Past Centuries    by Gary Worthington
Price: $9.99 USD. 273760 words. Published on February 10, 2012. .

In this award winning companion to India Treasures, a hunt through an ancient fortress for a maharaja's treasure links seven novellas of earlier times. Experience building the Taj Mahal; the legendary Shivaji battling the Mughal Empire; the founding of the Sikh religion; a famous queen fighting the British; Gandhi, Nehru, and the struggles for freedom and survival at Independence and Partition.
The Naked Lady of Whispering Gulch    by O'Neil De Noux
Price: $0.99 USD. 6320 words. Published on February 11, 2012. .

Whispering Gulch wasn’t much of a town. Didn’t even have a boot hill like Tombstone. On a dusty day, near the end of the 19th Century, a Pinkerton man arrives in Whispering Gulch on a wandering daughter case.
The Orion Ghost    by Olivia Rogers
Price: $3.99 USD. 39360 words. Published on February 14, 2012. .

Jennifer and twins Jack and Claire spend their summer holiday in France. When they meet two French children, their adventures begin. While unravelling an 18th century mystery, the children are caught in another more dangerous one. Who is the ghostly girl haunting Jennifer? Will the children escape from a gang of criminals? And why does Orion seem to be guiding all their actions?
Scoundrel!    by Keith Thompson
Price: $7.99 USD. 132030 words. Published by NorLightsPress  on February 16, 2012. .

Historian and novelist Keith Thompson explores the American Revolution through the eyes of General James Wilkinson, a real-life scoundrel from our nation’s early history. In the tradition of George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman novels, Scoundrel! mixes fact and fiction through Thompson’s intense characterization and marvelous story-telling.
Lizzie and the Guernsey Gang    by April W. Gardner
Price: $2.99 USD. 42860 words. Published by Astraea Press on February 16, 2012. .

Lizzie Browning loves nothing more than her tiny, island-home of Guernsey, but when German bombs drop on her crystal beach, her peaceful world explodes. But Lizzie soon learns that God doesn’t always answer prayers in the way she expects. He might actually plan for them to live under Nazi rule…forever.
Carrie's Hired Hand    by Mary C. Findley
Price: $0.99 USD. 13230 words. Published on February 17, 2012. .

A Northerner married to a Southerner gets enough stares and scorn. Carrie doesn't need more from Robert Salliger, handsome friend of her dying husband. He says Ben's death is his fault. He swears to take care of Carrie and the children. But she goes home alone, and can't read the letters that come. When a deaf and dumb boy arrives she is glad for the help but has no idea how much help he will be.
Convergence of Valor    by Guntis Goncarovs
Price: $2.99 USD. 88480 words. Published on February 19, 2012. .

A Confederate submarine experiment evolves into the CSS H. L. Hunley, and Gunter Rohlenheim, a German spy, using the alias Sam Miller, is consumed with the desire to become part of her crew. When the Hunley is called up of rduty as a blockade breaker in Charleston, South Carolina, Gunter is torn between loyalty to his homeland, the submersible, and an attractive war widow.
Woman War Chief    by Jerry A Matney
Price: $2.99 USD. 103300 words. Published on February 20, 2012. .

This is the story about a Native American warrior called Woman War Chief, a female born in 1800 who became a chief with the River Crow tribe. She lived in the region that became Wyoming and Montana. Born to the Atsina tribe, the young girl was abducted by a small band of Crow hunters, who adopted her. The Crow named her Pine Leaf, and then later called her Woman Chief.
The Translator of The Gospel (a Short Story)    by Lucas Nicolato
Price: $0.99 USD. 6690 words. Published on February 23, 2012. .

This short story narrates the life of a scribe in the court of Alfred the Great, who, being captured by vikings and sold as a slave to an emperor in the Far East, has the difficult mission of translating Luke's Gospel in such a way as to please the evil tyrant.
Axe Of Vengeance    by F.G. Moore
Price: $4.95 USD. 103920 words. Published by Mirador Publishing  on February 24, 2012. .

Sixth Century Europe is in turmoil. The civilization, culture and order of the Roman Empire have been replaced by the savagery and brutality of Barbarian Hordes. Only Ireland remains at peace, thus far shielded from the threat of crimson steel. Norse raiders from the cold Northern shores have set upon the tranquil coastline of Ireland. Murder, theft and mayhem become commonplace.