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Stranger in Paradise by Phyllis Humphrey
Price: $2.99 USD. 44910 words. Published by Criterion House on February 16, 2012. .
Dana Gifford is attracted to handsome Matt Hampton, but if his company buys the hotel where she’s assistant manager, she’ll lose her job. Furthermore, he might be responsible for sabotaging Dana’s best friend. It’s no time to fall in love with a stranger.

Once More with Feeling by Phyllis Humphrey
Price: $0.99 USD. 50400 words. Published by Criterion House on November 28, 2011. .
Stock broker Jaime Campbell and client Marshall MacRae have more than investing to keep them together. But a possible insider trading scandal may doom their romance.

Night of the Full Moon by Herb Clough
Price: $3.99 USD. 27100 words. Published by Criterion House on November 25, 2011. .
Night of the Full Moon is a work of creative non-fiction based on the real-life kidnapping of Palm Springs socialite Elaine Chaddick on May 8th, 1979,as told by the FBI's special agent in charge.

North by Northeast by Phyllis Humphrey
Price: $2.99 USD. 50280 words. Published by Criterion House on August 29, 2011. .
Romance and intrigue aboard the American Orient Express travelling through the Antebellum South between New Orleans and Washington D.C.

The Green Bough by Phyllis Humphrey
Price: $2.99 USD. 56420 words. Published by Criterion House on August 26, 2011. .
In 1913, the year after the Titanic sank and Oregon women got the vote, Gladys Humphrey, daughter of a Portland, Oregon physician, was hired to teach nine children in a one-room schoolhouse at a loggers' camp in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. But as a city girl and fresh out of school herself, she found this experience to be much more than she bargained for.

Dangerous Affairs by Gardner Brooks
Price: $2.99 USD. 76950 words. Published by Criterion House on August 21, 2011. .
Based loosely on a true story, a man kidnaps his two children from his estranged wife and sails with them on the Titanic to America. A tale of sexual affairs and intrigue wrapped up in one of the most infamous tragedies of 20th century.

The Genesis Project by Gardner Brooks
Price: $0.99 USD. 107900 words. Published by Criterion House on August 20, 2011. .
In Part I, a reseacher at a university creates a model universe in a computer but then becomes discouraged when its virtual beings misbehave. In Part II, the Creator decides to enter his simulation as an avatar to try to solve the problem. To do this, he must enlist the aid of a reputable being within the simulation to call together an appropreiate audience. Pandemonium ensues.

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