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    Action/Adventure

    KC Grifant

    Melinda West: Monster Gunslinger

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    Jamie Weatherly

    UnLoaded

    Gabby Olczak

    An Author Interview

    The GAB TALKS

    Author interviews with award-winning books.

    Anthology

    Henry Herz

    Wink: Young Adult Tales that Wink at Classic Children's Books

    Audiobooks

    Michael J Cooper

    Wages of Empire

    Book Cover Design Fiction

    Hoyt Rogers

    Sailing to Noon

    Business: General

    Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, MBA, JD

    Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction

    Business: General

    Stan Gwizdak

    Karmic Selling: Earning Business by Earning Trust

    Business: Motivational

    Adam Boggs

    The Business Artist

    Career

    Lucy Brazier

    The Modern-Day Assistant: Build Your Influence and Boost Your Potential

    Chapter Books

    Liz Fahey, Uncle Jerry

    Danger in the Hills: A NOLO Story

    Childrens: Fiction

    Ekaterina Otiko

    Hello, Australia!: A Children's Picture Book Outback Adventure for Kids Ages 4-8 (Sophie & Stephie: The Travel Sisters)

    Childrens: Inspirational/Motivational

    Kylee McGrane-Zarnoch

    Your Magic

    Childrens: Religion Fiction

    J.C. Prins

    The Secret Princess: A Tale of Hope

    Christian

    Dr. Susan Agbenoto

    New Wine: A Journey into refueling your life in the spirit

    Crime Fiction

    David Benjamin

    The Voice of the Dog

    Cross Genre

    Hoyt Rogers

    Thresholds

    Cross Genre

    Shelly Frome

    Fast Times, Big Cty

    Cultural and Social Issues

    Joachim O. F. Reimann, Ph.D. & Dolores I Rodríguez-Reimann, Ph.D.

    Immigrant Concepts: Life Paths to Integrations

    Fantasy

    Catherine McCarthy

    The Wolf and the Favour

    Fantasy

    Dylan Madeley

    Their Village, Their Fortress

    General Fiction

    T. A. Keenleyside

    Roads Not Taken

    Historical Fiction

    Elise Keitz Harlow

    When Bone Melts

    Historical Fiction

    Mark Jamilkowski

    The Road to Moresco

    History: United States

    Dave Tabler

    Delaware from Railways to Freeways

    Horror

    Stephanie Ellis

    The Woodcutter

    Humor

    William E Burleson

    Ahnwee Days

    Judaism

    Ben Gonshor

    The Book of Izzy

    LGBTQ Fiction-Young Adult Fiction

    Kalie Holford

    The Last Love Song

    LGBTQ Nonfiction

    C.O. Moed

    It Was Her New York: true stories and snapshots

    Leadership

    Laura Barnard

    Leadership Stereotypes: A Barrier-Breaking Approach to Transform the Leadership Landscape

    Literary Fiction

    Eric Giroux

    Zodiac Pets

    Marketing & Public Relations

    Melinda Spaulding and Mitch Tull

    Finding Insight: Discovering the Non-Obvious Obvious Connection to Why People Do What They Do

    Medical Thriller

    Alan Hollingsworth

    Prognosis: Guarded: The Breakthrough Novel of 1977 That Tried to Break Me

    Memoir

    Roy Taylor

    The Road to Courage: A Boy's Adventures on America's Last Frontier

    Middle Grade

    Laura Pashley

    Dodging Cupcakes

    Military Fiction

    Brad M. Meslin

    The Moldavian Gambit

    Military Nonfiction

    Jon Michaels

    Say Yes: Foundational Lessons from Combat Town, the Quigley, and Taking Invisible Paths

    Multicultural-Fiction

    Margarita Barresi

    A Delicate Marriage

    Mystery

    Judy Quan

    Sam Larsen Mysteries

    New Adult Fiction

    Sarah P. Blanchard

    Drawn from Life

    New Fiction

    Barbara Dullaghan

    Secrets in the Hollow: A Sleepy Hollow Novel

    New Fiction

    J.A.Cancelmo

    Detroit Unrequited

    Parenting & Family

    CJ Scarlet

    Raising Badass Kids: The Savvy Parents' Guide to Predator-Proofing Tweens & Teens

    Philosophy

    G. S. Payne

    So Who is God, Anyway?: An Unorthodox Theory for Doubters, Skeptics, and Recovering Fundamentalists

    Picture Books-Ages 4-8

    Anna Spencer

    Roglins

    Picture Books-All Ages

    Angela Kyparissis, Ph.D.

    The Dancing Darlings

    Poetry-Emotional

    Joyce Meyers

    Twisted Threads

    Poetry-Emotional

    Paris Rosemont

    Banana Girl

    Poetry-Universe

    David Joseph

    Sometimes We Can Fall Asleep Below Stars And Already Be Home

    Poetry-Universe

    Ben Groner III

    Dust Storms May Exist

    Political Thriller

    George Yuhasz

    Righteous Allegiance

    Reference

    Amnon Kabatchnik

    Murder in the West End: The Plays of Agatha Christie and Her Disciples

    Religion: Fiction

    Sarah Law

    Sketches from a Sunlit Heaven

    Romance

    NT Anderson

    Acts of Commitment

    Romantic Suspense

    Gary E Smith

    In The Blood

    Science Fiction

    Ingrid Moon

    The Handler's Gambit

    Science Fiction

    Jeremy Clift

    Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny

    Self-help: Motivational

    Ann M. Mracek

    Unpacking the Attic

    Short Stories

    Mo Moshaty

    Love the Sinner

    Social/Political Change

    Lloyd Alter

    The Story of Upfront Carbon: How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate Crisis

    Suspense

    Leslie Kain

    What Lies Buried

    Teen

    Michele Kwasniewski

    Burning Bright: Book Two in the Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart Series

    Teen

    David Pinckney

    Needle & Thread

    Thriller

    Daniel V. Meier Jr.

    Guidance to Death

    Thriller

    Matthew A Knorpp

    The Killer Who Lost His Mind

    Travel

    Linda Murphy Marshall

    Immersion: A Linguist's Memoir

    Western Fiction

    James Jennings

    Blue Wild Indigo

    Women's Fiction

    Amy Virginia Evans

    Debriefing Darly: Coming of Age at Any Age

    Writing and Publishing

    Judith Briles

    The Author's Walk

    Young Adult Fiction

    Robert Saxton

    Shades of a Warrior

    Young Adult Fiction

    Jonathan Floyd

    Lost on the Edge of Eternity

    Young Adult Nonfiction

    Dr. Juan Phillip Chisholm

    Mission Possible: How to Graduate From College Debt-Free College Debt-Free

    Action/Adventure

    A.W. Baldwin

    Against the Wind

    Addiction & Recovery

    Christina Dent

    Curious: A Foster Mom's Discovery of an Unexpected Solution to Drugs and Addiction

    Animals/Pets

    Susan Marie Chapman

    The Littlest Pelican Part 2 (A Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure)

    Audiobooks

    Zaayin Salaam MD

    With Love, From Planet B

    Audiobooks

    Jeremy Clift; Narrated by Gabrielle Gumbs-Gordon

    Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny

    Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business

    Elliott Parker

    The Illusion of Innovation: Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress

    Business: General

    Keith Keating

    The Trusted Learning Advisor: The Tools, Techniques and Skills You Need to Make L&D a Business Priority

    Business: General

    Margaret Watts Romney

    Speakership is Leadership: a Guide for Sudden Leaders Who Need to Lead with Their Words. Yesterday.

    Business: Motivational

    Simon T. Bailey

    Resilience@Work - How to Coach Yourself Into a Thriving Future

    Career

    Dimple D. Dhabalia

    Tell Me My Story: Challenging the Narrative of Service Before Self

    Children's-Educational

    SK Bennett

    Marco the Great and the Mystery of Phaseville

    Childrens: Fiction

    Ekaterina Otiko

    Hello, Hawaii!: A Children's Book Island Travel Adventure for Kids Ages 4-8 (Sophie & Stephie: The Travel Sisters 5)

    Childrens: Nonfiction

    Amy Leask

    They Do, Not You

    Christian

    CJ Sunshine

    Sunshine and Reign

    Christian Fiction

    E.O. Shiflett

    Son of Enoch: The Last Prophet

    Crime Fiction

    Meridith McKinnon

    The Ferns

    Cross Genre

    L.M. Weeks

    Bottled Lightning

    Cross Genre

    Ingrid McCarthy

    Anna's Shadow

    Divorce

    Dr. Kathi N. Miner

    The Committed Professor, A Memoir: My Fall From the Lectern to the Psych Ward

    Fantasy

    Alexandra Beaumont

    Dissonance of Bird Song

    Fantasy

    Stephanie Dean

    The Mystic Vial

    General Fiction

    Lucia Falcone

    The Secret of Villa Rosa

    Historical Fiction

    John F Andrews

    An American Nurse in Paris - Novels of the Great War

    Historical Fiction

    Carolyn Summer Quinn

    Until the Stars Align

    History: World

    Beverley Chalmers and Dana Solomon

    Holocaust Heroines: Jewish Women Saving Jewish Children

    Horror

    C. Fulster

    Martha's Notebook: A Zombie Apocalypse Trilogy

    Humor

    Karen S. Katz

    GETTING SAUCED—How I Learned Everything I Know About Food from Working in TV

    LGBTQ Fiction

    Eric Giroux

    Zodiac Pets

    LGBTQ Fiction-Young Adult Fiction

    Nadia Shammas

    Confetti Realms

    LGBTQ Nonfiction

    Dr. Joshua J. Caraballo

    I'm Not Dead...Yet: How I Turned My Misfortunes Into Strengths

    Literary Fiction

    Joshua S. Narins

    False Neutral

    Literary Fiction

    Mary Sheeran

    Quest of the Sleeping Princess

    Marketing & Public Relations

    Lilian Sue

    The Powerful Publicity Prescription: Harness the Power of Public Relations to Become a Sought-After Global Industry Expert

    Memoir

    Jim Kaveney

    Unlimited Heart: How To Transform Your Pain Into Purpose

    Memoir

    Ellen R.B. Smith

    Memoirs of a Suburban Troublemaker

    Middle Grade

    Christopher Kezelos & Christine Kezelos

    Intergalactic Jack and the Child of the Prophecy

    Military Fiction

    James Bultema

    Red Lines

    Mind, Body, Spirit

    Tracee Dunblazier

    Oracle of the Inbetween: 48 Cards + Guidebook

    Mystery

    Verlin Darrow

    The Not Quite Enlightened Sleuth

    Mystery

    Phil Bayly

    A Small Mountain Murder: A Murder On Skis Mystery

    New Fiction

    Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert

    Conversations With My Mother, A Novel of Dementia on the Maine Coast

    New Fiction

    Abraham Johns MD

    Bad Pharma

    Nonfiction

    Mimi Zieman

    Tap Dancing on Everest, A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure

    Personal Finance

    Sergey Tsabolov

    The Money Revolution: The Essential Fintech Handbook on AI Banking, Cryptocurrency, Robo-Advisory, Neo Banking, Crowdfunding, And More

    Picture Books-Ages 4-8

    Amy Leask

    That's What They Said

    Picture Books-Ages 4-8

    Katherine Davis-Gibbon

    Words

    Picture Books-All Ages

    Emily A. Reed, Illustrated by Rachel Dove

    Big, Brave Voice

    Poetry-Emotional

    Clem Stambaugh

    Hisses Like Whispers

    Poetry-Emotional

    Eleanor Lerman

    Slim Blue Universe

    Poetry-Universe

    Charles D.Williams

    Visible Magic

    Political

    Richard Moss MD

    The Empire of Eunuchs: How the Republican Party Betrayed America

    Political Thriller

    Lawrence Pintak

    Target: Hollywood

    Religion Nonfiction

    Chris Morehouse

    Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible

    Romance

    Crystal Charlotte (CC) Lane

    Shilpa's Blue Crayon

    Romantic Comedy

    Jenn Bouchard

    Considering Us

    Sales & Marketing

    Rohit Bhargava and Ben duPont

    Non-Obvious Thinking: How to See What Others Miss

    Science Fiction

    Clarence & Fermin

    Icarus In Silico

    Self-help: General

    Paul Hudon

    Abundance to Zen: Wisdom for a Fulfilling Life

    Self-help: Motivational

    Katherine Fabrizio

    The Good Daughter Syndrome: Help for Empathic Daughters of Narcissistic, Borderline, or Difficult Mothers Trapped in the Role of the Good Daughter

    Short Stories

    Mark Jonathan Harris

    Misfits

    Sports

    Kris Wilder & Lawrence Kane

    Chin Down Eyes Up: Simple not Easy, Mastering the Obvious

    Techno-thriller

    John Be Lane

    The Future Lies

    Teen

    Craig Ford

    Foresight

    Thriller

    Janet K. Shawgo

    A Change in Destiny, Dark Choices

    Thriller

    Micheal E. Jimerson

    Draw A Hard Line

    Travel

    Anne Kiehl Friedman

    Higher Love: A Psychedelic Travel Memoir of Heartbreak and Healing

    Visionary Fiction

    H.D. Logic

    Of the Noble and Great Ones

    Western Nonfiction

    Mark E. Miller

    A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming Ranch Family

    Women's Fiction

    Jacqueline Boulden

    Family Ties Family Lies

    Writing and Publishing

    Emily Crookston

    Unwritten: The Thought Leader's Guide to Not Overthinking Your Business Book

    Young Adult Fiction

    R.J. Smith

    Journey Through the Forest of Thimbleton

    Young Adult Fiction

    Lenore Borja

    The Lost Portal (Mirror Realm Series Book II)

    Addiction & Recovery

    Kristy Henderson

    Recovering Out Loud

    African American Fiction

    Chinedu Achebe

    When It All Falls Down

    Animals/Pets

    Susan Marie Chapman

    The Littlest Pelican Part 1 (A Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure)

    Audiobooks

    Stephen C. Pollock

    Exits

    Ted Olczak

    Be Seen In NYC

    Times Square Billboard

    See you book in the center of NYC's Times Square

    Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business

    Celia Soonets

    The Wheel of 8 Fears of Entrepreneurs

    Business: General

    John Fareed with Sean Hunter

    From Invisible to Icon: How to Become a Known Expert in Your Industry

    Business: Motivational

    Henna Pryor

    Good Awkward: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the Cringe to Become The Bravest You

    Career

    Jason Silver

    Your Grass is Greener: Use What You Have. Get What You Want. At Work and In Life.

    Gabby Olczak

    Ceremony

    Awards Dinner

    Come join your fellow award-winning authors from around the world.

    Childrens: Fiction

    Raven Howell

    Blink and Glow

    Childrens: Holiday

    Terry M. Wildman

    Birth of the Chosen One: A First Nations Retelling of the Christmas Story

    Childrens: Nonfiction

    Michael Hoffen

    BE A SCRIBE: Working for a Better Life in Ancient Egypt

    Christian

    C. Peggy Atoche

    Eternal Love: A Poetic Pathway to God's Heart and Mind

    Comics and Graphic Novels

    David Hazan

    Nottingham

    Cross Genre

    Nick Bostrom

    Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World

    Cross Genre

    Susan Hayden

    Now You Are a Missing Person

    Cultural and Social Issues

    Lena Imada

    Voices Unheard: Practical Insights for Deepening Understanding and Creating Lasting Change: An Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Success Guide

    Fantasy

    Brandon Mordas

    A Turned World

    Fantasy

    T.V. Holiday

    Slaying Paradise: Legend of The Iron Warrior, Vol. 1

    Fantasy

    Liz Sauco

    Lost Blades

    Historical Fiction

    Ashley E. Sweeney

    The Irish Girl

    Historical Fiction

    S Minsos

    Sky Walker Tehawennihárhos: Charter

    History: United States

    Stephen G. Yanoff

    Wonder of the West: The Adventurous Life of John C. Frémont

    Horror

    Brennan LaFaro

    The Demon of Devil's Cavern

    Humor

    James Hanna

    Lights Out Lizzie

    Humor

    Tim Cann

    Canceled

    LGBTQ Fiction

    Sara Scott

    The Touch of Her Voice

    LGBTQ Fiction-Young Adult Fiction

    Jennie Wood

    Paper Planes

    Leadership

    Jeremy Keating

    Price Writer: The nine-step method to becoming a highly successful general insurance pricing leader

    Literary Fiction

    Mary Hutchings Reed

    Harmony’s Peace & Joy

    Literary Fiction

    Hoyt Rogers

    Sailing to Noon

    Marketing & Public Relations

    Purna Virji

    High-Impact Content Marketing: Strategies to Make Your Content Intentional, Engaging and Effective

    Memoir

    Julie Ryan McGue

    Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood

    Memoir

    Brooke Champagne

    NOLA Face: A Latina's Life in the Big Easy

    Military Fiction

    John F Andrews

    Our Desperate Hour - Novels of the Great War

    Military Fiction

    Everett Riggs

    One Day In The Fall: A Gulf War Story

    Multicultural-Fiction

    Rumki Chowdhury

    Secrets in the Wind

    Mystery

    Margaret Fenton

    Little Boy Blue

    Mystery

    Erica Miner

    Overture to Murder: A Julia Kogan Opera Mystery

    New Fiction

    Will J. Donnel

    The Whirring

    New Fiction

    J.J. March

    His Majesty’s Legacy-The Outcast Queen

    Parenting & Family

    Alex Bisset

    The Destination Birth

    Philosophy

    S Minsos

    Culture Clubs: The Real Fate of Societies

    Picture Books-Ages 4-8

    Maria La Selva

    Perky Panda Asks Are You Ok?

    Picture Books-Ages 4-8

    Stephen G. Bowling

    Winslow Scarecrow

    Poetry-Emotional

    Claire Millikin

    Magicicada

    Poetry-Emotional

    KB Eliza

    Orphic Wonder

    Poetry-Universe

    Mary Lou Buschi

    Blue Physics

    Poetry-Universe

    Barbara Ungar

    After Naming the Animals

    Political Thriller

    Don Johnston

    By Means of Peace

    Psychiatry/Psychology

    Douglas Peterson

    How You Think And Feel Changes Your Body: Dynamic Body Psychology

    Religion: Fiction

    Nicholas D'Souza

    Death of a Blue Jay

    Romance

    Sam L Feldman

    Hookups, Hiccups, and Happenstances: Erotic Short Stories from the Sexual Revolution

    Romantic Suspense

    S.M. Sros Panchapor

    Run for Chapel Hill

    Science Fiction

    C.L. Lauder

    The Quelling

    Science Fiction

    S.J. Lee

    Of Friction

    Self-help: Motivational

    Gina Covarrubias

    Career Purpose: When Work Isn't Working for You

    Self-help: Spiritual

    Charlotte Hastings

    Kitchen Therapy: How to Become a Conscious Cook

    Short Stories

    Barbara Black

    Little Fortified Stories

    Suspense

    D.W. Layton

    Otello's Oil: A Saga of Blood and Oil

    Technology

    Norty Cohen and Delaney Ehrhardt

    Prompting Originality: The A.I. Handbook for Humans

    Teen

    Dr. Sherrie Poitier-Liscombe and Brittany Poitier

    The Adventures of Sherrie and Chubbie Teen Life Series Depression #2

    Thriller

    Mel Harrison

    Spies Among Us

    Thriller

    Larry and Rosemary Mild

    Kent & Katcha

    Travel

    Michael Mackay Richards

    The Travelling Ape: What Travelling (Nearly) Everywhere Taught Me about Humanity, Geopolitics, and Happiness

    Western Fiction

    CK Van Dam

    Lone Tree Claim: On the Dakota Frontier

    Women's Fiction

    Michelle Cox

    The Fallen Woman's Daughter

    Women's Fiction

    Carolyn McBride

    The Cicada Spring: A Potomac Shores Novel

    Young Adult Fiction

    Veronica King

    Down The Well

    Young Adult Fiction

    Melissa George

    The Enterprize

    Young Adult Fiction

    Wallace Martin

    The Goatman

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