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She can pay with her life ... or she can pay with her crimes.Alison Tanner thought she was living her best life. Her husband's seven-figure consulting business earned them entry into the country club crowd and paid for her gifted daughter's tuition at the best private school in the area. She lives in a gorgeous house, drives an expensive car, and she could afford designer clothes, if she cared about fashion at all.But when her husband, Tom, is killed in a gang-related shooting, it all comes crashing down. Tom's consulting agency was just a front for his real business: keeping their wealthy neighbors supplied with cocaine, oxycontin, and every other illegal drug money can buy. Tom died owing the local drug lord a lot of money - and now Alison's on the hook.Worse, unscrupulous DEA Agent Banks wants her to be his informant in a sting operation and doesn't care if she survives, as long as he gets his man.Desperate to protect her daughter from both a vengeful mother-in-law who wants custody and a drug lord who wants her daughter to work off Tom's debts in the streets, Alison agrees to go undercover, wearing a wire as she sells drugs to her snobby neighbors and learns more about the drug lord's operation.If she ever gets out of this, she vows she'll take her daughter and disappear forever - but her chances of surviving are getting worse by the minute. Does she have a shot at ever living a normal life again, or is everything blown?Blown is an intense new stand-alone crime thriller from Nolon King, author of Pretty Killer, 12, and the No Justice series. Fans of Ozark and Weeds will love Blown. Get your copy today.

The bestselling authors of 12, Pretty Killer, and No Justice bring you book four in this brand new unforgettable thriller series that blends mystery and suspense into pulse-pounding, revenge-seeking, fast-paced action.Frank Grimm has escaped to Wildwood to live with old friends while he recovers, but he's still obsessed with revenge. Without his cousin Stan - the only person he was able to trust - his worst impulses run rampant.If Frank wants to save another young girl from the man who killed his daughter, he must find the strength to stop sabotaging himself.Will Frank's obsession with revenge keep him from saving the girl? Or will he give up his hatred to see justice done?Hidden Virtue is book four in the King & Wright Hidden Justice series. Start reading your favorite new vigilante thriller today!

The bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone, Pretty Killer, and No Justice bring you book three in this brand new unforgettable thriller series that blends mystery and suspense into pulse-pounding vengeance and fast-paced action.Frank Grimm is in trouble again. Having lost his home and The Wild One gym, Frank and his cousin Stan retreat to a cabin near an isolated beach.The plan? Hide out while they continue their secret pursuit of the serial killer who murdered Frank's daughter.But a misstep gets them entangled in a local feud, bringing the police to their doorstep once again. Frank's attraction to the seductive Carmen Doria doesn't help.Will Frank and Stan catch the killer before the cops decide they're the criminals?Hidden Shame is book three in the King & Wright Hidden Justice series. Start reading your favorite new vigilante thriller today!

Once upon a time, the Grimms' fairy tales taught lessons. Now, the Grimm Reaper does.New detective Chelsea Sullivan is partnered with a maverick famous for closing cases and infamous for how he does it. He has a target on his back and a chip on his shoulder. Not exactly how she hoped to kick off her first homicide case.Jim McPherson doesn't mind showing an up-and-comer the ropes, but he does mind when she keeps putting herself in harm's way. Especially since her innocence is exactly the trait the serial killer seems to be targeting. Unless they're missing a crucial detail. And he can't help but think his new partner knows what it is.The body count is rising and the Grimm Reaper is after Chelsea. If they can't catch him before he catches her, there will be no happily ever after.Once Upon A Crime is the first book in Nolon King's new Once Upon A Crime Trilogy. Start reading your favorite new series today!

The sorceress of psychological suspense is back with the sixth book in her highly-anticipated new Nowhere USA series. Ninie Hammon is at her career-best in Blown Away - a story that keeps you guessing even as the secrets are revealed.Viola Tackett's oldest son plays a childish game with disastrous results. What might have remained a personal tragedy, blossoms into a town-wide catastrophe when he lies to his mother about what happened. Now Viola Tackett is hatching a diabolical plot to get revenge. Her plan endangers the life of every man, woman, and child in Nowhere County.Meanwhile, the Reverend Duncan Norman believes he's figured out who murdered his daughter from the clues in her diary, and he has no plans to turn the other cheek. When he goes in search of an eye for an eye, he's not willing to hear that he might have the wrong guy.As the residents of Nowere County squabble among themselves and kill each other, The Jabberwock keeps on silently picking them off one by one.Time is running out for everyone.Blown Away is the sixth book in Ninie Hammon's new series, Nowhere USA, a riveting psychological thriller about the residents of a forgotten county that inexplicably sinks through reality to find itself in the middle of Nowhere.Fans of Justified, Under The Dome, and LOST will find themselves right at home in Nowhere USA.

The sorceress of psychological suspense is back with the fifth book in her highly-anticipated new Nowhere USA series. Ninie Hammon is at her career best in The Witch of Gideon - a story that will make you too afraid to go down the basement stairs at night.10-year-old Lily Topple ran away from home in a little coal town called Gideon on one perfectly normal spring day in 1895 and got lost in the woods. When she found her way back the next morning, Gideon was a ghost town.Everyone had vanished. The Jabberwock took them.Lily stayed in the ghost town. Locals came to call her the Witch of Gideon. And when the Jabberwock returns a hundred years later and imprisons the whole of Nowhere County, systematically making those people vanish, too, former history teacher and genealogist Thelma Jackson seeks out Lily Topple's daughter, Rose. Now an old woman in a nursing home, Rose claims to know secrets her mother told her about the Jabberwock.Will she reveal what she knows about the creature before it's too late?A clock is ticking, counting down the minutes the residents of Nowhere County have left to solve the mystery before the Jabberwock "absorbs" them all.Tick. Tick. Tick.The Witch of Gideon is the fifth book in Ninie Hammon's new series, Nowhere USA, a riveting psychological thriller about the residents of a forgotten county that inexplicably sinks through reality to find itself in the middle of Nowhere.Fans of Justified, Under The Dome, and LOST will find themselves right at home in Nowhere USA.

The sorceress of psychological suspense is back with the fourth book in her highly-anticipated new Nowhere USA series. Ninie Hammon is at her career-best in The Hanging Judge - a story that will have you looking over your shoulder at every tiny sound.Recently-reunited childhood friends Charlie, Sam, and Malachi have come to a startling conclusion: whatever the Jabberwock is, it "wants to play" with them - and it's imprisoned the whole county to make sure the trio won't abandon it.Meanwhile, Viola Tackett has murdered the only law enforcement officer in the county, and she's staging a kangaroo court to solidify her authority as residents vanish one by one.Can Charlie, Sam, and Malachi survive Viola long enough to defeat The Jabberwock and return their town to the rest of the world?The Hanging Judge is the fourth book in Ninie Hammon's new series, Nowhere USA, a riveting psychological thriller about the residents of a forgotten county that inexplicably sinks through reality to find itself in the middle of Nowhere.Fans of Justified, Under The Dome, and LOST will find themselves right at home in Nowhere USA.

The top-to-bottom guide to taking your writing and publishing business from "Square One" to "Stratosphere." Iterate and Optimize is a behind-the-scenes peek into how indie publishing company Sterling & Stone grew their three-author team into juggernaut - and a next-level guide for authors looking to explode their sales and do the same. In Write. Publish. Repeat., bestselling authors Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt, and David Wright explained how to build a thriving international publishing empire with no luck required. Rather than resting on their laurels in the years since WPR was written, they've been evolving their once-fledgling business a little bit at a time: expanding to eight publishing imprints, ten high-profile podcasts, a coordinated staff working behind the scenes, millions of words published and hundreds of thousands of books in the hands of eager readers. In Iterate and Optimize, they show you how they grew their business from the ground up in tiny, incremental steps - and give you a road map so that you can do it, too. More than "just another self-publishing guide," this book delves deep into the business behind the success of Platt, Truant, and Wright's company Sterling & Stone, making it the essential "advanced course" follow up to Write. Publish. Repeat. It explains how to tweak your processes over time while maintaining momentum, wringing more profit out of assets you already have. You'll learn how to diversify and create more products with less work, generate more money doing what you already do now, and set yourself up so you can build a readership who will support you in the specific ways you intend to evolve. You'll learn how to grow from a bare-bones, minimum-viable-product business into a slightly larger business or an outright empire - not with massive, flashy (and risky) moves, but by the sustainable magic of incremental growth: small improvements made consistently over time. In this book, Platt, Truant, and Wright give you all the nitty-gritty they've learned and implemented since their last nonfiction publishing bestseller. You'll learn how to "iterate and optimize" the way you handle: • Exclusive versus "going wide" distribution • International and multi-format sales • Advertising and marketing • Optimizing book covers, descriptions, and metadata to increase conversion • Slowly and sustainable building your assistants or contractors, plus outsourcing right • Advanced product funnels, including the changed role of free books • Networking and in-person meet-ups • Workflow management and systems • The writing and pre-writing process so you can "write better faster" • Social media • Podcasting • Crowdfunding - what works and what doesn't • And much more!

Write. Publish. Repeat. The No-Luck-Required Guide to Publishing In 2013, Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt published 1.5 million words and made their full-time livings as indie authors. In Write. Publish. Repeat., they tell you exactly how they did it: how they created over 15 independent franchises across 50+ published works, how they turned their art into a logical, sustainable business, and how any independent author can do the same to build a sustainable, profitable career with their writing. Write. Publish. Repeat. explains the current self-publishing landscape and covers the truths and myths about what it means to be an indie author now and in the foreseeable future. It explains how to create books your readers will love and will want to return to again and again. Write. Publish. Repeat. details expert methods for building story worlds, characters, and plots, understanding your market (right down to your ideal reader), using the best tools possible to capture your draft, and explains proven best practices for editing. The book also discusses covers, titles, formatting, pricing, and publishing to multiple platforms, plus a bit on getting your books into print (and why that might not be a good idea!). But most importantly, Write. Publish. Repeat. details the psychology-driven marketing plan that Sean and Johnny built to shape their stories into "products" that readers couldn't help but be drawn into -- thus almost automatically generating sales -- and explores ways that smart, business-minded writers can do the same to future-proof their careers. This book is not a formula with an easy path to follow. It is a guidebook that will help you build a successful indie publishing career, no matter what type of writer you are ... so long as you're the type who's willing to do the work. ¿¿¿ What Indie Authors and Thought Leaders Are Saying: "Two of the best in the biz... A gem for aspiring authors." -- Hugh Howey "I have a pretty popular blog on self-publishing, and I've written a couple of books on the topic myself - meaning I've read a lot on the topic and come across lots of different strategies and approaches to building a loyal audience. For my money, this is the best book on self-publishing out there." -- David Gaughran "It's tough to find more honest and straight-forward marketing advice than what you'll get from these indie authors." -- Jane Friedman, former publisher of Writer's Digest "The most important book on self-publishing I've ever read. " -- Karol Gajda "Consider it the most valuable guide book to publishing success." -- Jim Kukral, Author Marketing Club You'll Wish You Could Have Read it Years Ago!

Part hero's journey, part crash course in storytelling by the modern mavericks of indie publishing, and the bestselling authors of Write. Publish. Repeat., Fiction Unboxed offers something that's never been offered before: a naked look into two writer's process, as they wrote and published a book in 30 days, from scratch, in front of the world. In 2013 Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant wrote and published 1.5 million words (a Harry Potter series and a half worth of fiction). The next year they showed the world how they did it. In May 2014, Johnny and Sean, along with their third partner David Wright, launched a Kickstarter campaign to see if their fans wanted to see how they wrote behind closed doors. They promised to start their newest project without knowing their story, characters, or even their genre, and publish the final draft before their 30 days were up. They promised to capture every email, every story meeting, and every word from every draft. They promised to show every molecule of their process, warts and all. They had 30 days for their fans to green light the campaign. It fully funded in 11 hours. Fiction Unboxed is as revealing as it is inspiring, empowering readers and writers as much as it will entertain them. With actionable advice that will benefit any writer, this book is a true gem for anyone who loves a well told story.