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Mycroft Up Against It    by Sam Bonnamy
Price: $2.99 USD. 47780 words. Published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing  on March 2, 2012. .

Once again Anna and Mycroft Holmes tear through London in hansom cabs as they pursue three further adventures set in the eighteen-eighties. Mycroft puffs and pants his way through his cases, applying not only his keen mind but also, in one case, the precepts of the Kama Sutra, while Anna hobnobs with Buffalo Bill, Henry Irving and Oscar Wilde.
Specious Nephew-book 2- Amazing Gracie Mysteries    by Fay Risner
Price: $9.99 USD. 52580 words. Published on March 3, 2012. .

Gracie Evans isn't happy with all the excitement at the Moser Mansion for Women Rest Home in Locked Rock, Iowa. Molly Moser, owner of the mansion, is marrying the butter and egg man in the back yard. The residents can bring a relative to escort them to the wedding. Melinda Applegate puts a notice in a newspaper column to find some kin. A stranger shows up claiming to be her long lost nephew.
The County Seat Killer -book 3-Amazing Gracie Mystery Series    by Fay Risner
Price: $9.99 USD. 56230 words. Published on March 3, 2012. .

The Moser Mansion women have been summoned to appear at the county seat to testify against former neighbor, Mavis Jordan, at her murder trial. The county seat turns into a deadly place for Gracie Evans when a mysterious man stalks her with the intention of killing her before she can testify. She wishes she'd hadn't had to come to the trial.
The Chance Of A Sparrow-book 4-Amazing Gracie Mystery Series    by Fay Risner
Price: $9.99 USD. 55700 words. Published on March 3, 2012. .

Gracie Evans is tired of living in the Mansion Rest Home. She's homesick for her farm Three Oaks and wants to turn back time. She has developed the worse case of spring fever that you have ever saw. She wishes to go home and gets her wish. The renter asks her to farm set. Between a murder, roaming Indians and someone taking a shot at her Gracie decides she should be careful what she wishes for.
Moser Mansion's Ghosts-book 5-Amazing Gracie Mystery Series    by Fay Risner
Price: $9.99 USD. 50080 words. Published on March 3, 2012. .

Moser Mansion has become a spooky place. Libby Hook sees ghosts wandering around with her in the night. With everyone on edge, Gracie Evans blames the hauntings on the contractor that is trying to buy the mansion so he can turn it into a hotel. The residents would have to find new homes. The only one who knows what is going on is the talking parrot, Turkeyneck. He's mad at Gracie so he won't talk.
Locked Rock, Iowa's Hatchet Murders-book 6-Amazing Gracie Mystery Series    by Fay Risner
Price: $9.99 USD. 57510 words. Published on March 3, 2012. .

Gracie Evans becomes a women's activist in Locked Rock, Iowa. She talks to women's bible group into joining Carry A. Nation's fight for prohibition. The women march with their hatchets to Main Street to bust up the saloon. Gracie and two others are jailed and given community service. That isn't enough for one spiteful person that hacks to death Ida Frank's family.
Stronger Than Passion    by Sharron Gayle Beach
Price: $1.49 USD. 131000 words. Published on March 5, 2012. .

Stronger Than Passion is a historical romance set during the stirring events of the Mexican-American War. Travelling from the intrigues of Washington D.C. to the pageantry of aristocractic Mexico City, to the pulsing Texas borderlands, this novel portrays all the drama of a time of turbulance, when cultures clash and the resulting explosion can only end in violence -- or love.
Mormon Apologetics: A Losing Battle    by John Weldon
Price: $3.99 USD. 23360 words. Published by John Ankerberg on March 6, 2012. .

This small book for laymen attempts to examine LDS apologetics to see if they make their case. Mormonism claims to constitute an authentic divine revelation; to be a genuine Christian religion (actually the only true Christian religion on earth); to believe in Jesus Christ & the Bible & in salvation by grace—& to have truth on its side.
Eve of All Hallows (A Historical Fantasy)    by LGC Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 31120 words. Published on March 6, 2012. .

A young Anglo-Saxon king searches for a mysterious druid queen rumored to hold the key to ultimate power.
A WHISPER FROM EDEN A Native American Fantasy    by Phoenix 
Price: $0.99 USD. 214060 words. Published on March 7, 2012. .

A young writer finds love and adventure with the exotic and beautiful Mandan tribe. As he learns more about them, he has a big problem – much of what he finds is too unbelievable to reveal. Clayton finds that their “gods” might not be a fantasy and the Europeans were not the first “aliens” to find the Mandan. A 19th century saga of the fulfillment of an ancient promise.