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The Ink Bottle House    by Kathleen Lynne
Price: $0.99 USD. 1850 words. Published on August 16, 2012. .

The ink bottle house is a very unusual historic house, but not because it has eight sides-there are two vagrant dragons living inside! When the nearby historic village takes their beloved home away, dragons Elsie and Otto make up their minds to stowaway on the trucks carrying it to see if they can ever live secretly in it again.
Trade Winds    by Dale Giancaspro
Price: $3.99 USD. 93010 words. Published on August 16, 2012. .

Follow Englishman Sir Thomas Sutton's epic adventures on the high seas as he battles the Spanish Armada then sails to Africa for the spice trade. A recent insurrection on the island of Zanzibar forces Sutton to venture into Africa's dark continent in search of a fabled ruby mine in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is the ultimate gamble, one that could easily cost him his life.
Telmenu Saimnieks - The Lord of Telmeni    by Guntis Goncarovs
Price: $0.99 USD. 118880 words. Published on August 17, 2012. .

Voldemars Vechi, an officer status in the Czarist Cavalry, finds himself caught between his obligated duty to his conscripted failing country Russia, and his heart and heritage, Latvia and Telmeni.
Eagle's Wish    by Evelyn Grant
Price: $3.99 USD. 72680 words. Published on August 17, 2012. .

The story of Carrie Ashton continues as the Comanche band she is now part of struggles to remain free as the white man wants to push all Native American people onto reservations and take the land for themselves. As the soldiers attack and destroy the Comanche camps, food sources become scarce as the buffalo disappear, Carrie, now known as Blue Eyes, fights to keep her family together.
Ransom for a Russian Prince    by Donna Nitz Muller
Price: $2.99 USD. 47650 words. Published on August 18, 2012. .

In 1915, Countess Elena Starista must escape Russia. In the midst of socialist unrest on the streets of Petersburg and a bitter, bloody war against Germany Elena must reach England. She intends to rescue the young Prince kidnapped from the cold Atlantic after the sinking of the Lusitania. At the risk of her life and her love, Elena must find a way through the desperate roads of Russia.
The Homeward Heart    by Kathy Keller
Price: $4.99 USD. 101240 words. Published on August 19, 2012. .

Beautiful, strong-willed Rorie Shelbourne dreamed of adventure and a life beyond the confines of her small English village. From the moment Cameron Deveraux, the darkly handsome and seductive sea captain from the colonies enters her life, she is thrown into a world of danger and intrigue where nothing is what it seems and she is forced to choose between love and pride.
Calvus    by Darryl Greer
Price: $9.99 USD. 97860 words. Published by Morris Publishing Australia  on August 19, 2012. .

In modern day St Albans, England there is a grisly discovery in Verulamium Park and Australian DI Chris O’Rourke is the investigating officer.
Sirocco, Storm over Land and Sea    by Inge H. Borg
Price: $3.99 USD. 86000 words. Published on August 20, 2012. .

Sirocco, Storm over Land and Sea, is Book 2 of the series. While it has strong tie-ins to the Author’s historical fiction saga Khamsin, The Devil Wind of The Nile, it also stands alone as a modern-day thriller. Egyptologist Naunet Klein arrives in Cairo to assist museum director Dr. Jabari El-Masri in deciphering golden tablets inscribed with dire predictions from
Canterville's Quest    by Wendy Cockcroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 21260 words. Published on August 20, 2012. .

Television medium Edward de Montfort Canterville plans to hold a live séance at the site of Titanic's resting place on the hundredth anniversary of the sinking. Can he pull it off or will protestors derail it?
Santa's Chair - a holiday short story    by Randall Allen Dunn
Price: Free! 5080 words. Published on August 21, 2012. .

Henry had only one thought. One question. Santa. Was he really real? Or not?