Louvre Trilogy and Giveaway by Lynn Murphy

Hiding Mona Lisa 
The Louvre Trilogy Book 1 
By Lynn Murphy 
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Historical

A handsome art curator who hates the Nazis...and loves art perhaps a little too much. A beautiful art thief with a crush on the curator. A Nazi with a talent for forgery. All three are determined to save the world's most famous painting from Adolf Hitler. Part mystery, part romance, part fiction and part historical truth, Hiding Mona Lisa raises once again the question of whether the Mona Lisa in the modern day Louvre is the real La Jaconde.

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Finding Fritz Gerhard 
The Louvre Trilogy Book 2

On the eve of World War II, Fritz Gerhard, Nazi art forger, faked his own death and threw himself into the Seine. He resurfaces two years later, having joined the French resistance and professes his love for Everley Pembroke. He has no idea that he is not yet finished with the Nazis. Everley is at Chambord, watching over the evacuated treasures of the Louvre. She allows herself to fall in love with Fritz, only to have him disappear again. Alain Darnay, reformed art thief and Louvre curator, has never gotten over the wife and son he lost. When he learns that his best friend has been captured and believed to have been sent to a concentration camp, nothing will stop him from finding Fritz Gerhard.

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Rescuing Rembrandt 
The Louvre Trilogy Book 3

Three years after the end of WWII, Louvre curator Alain Darnay is still trying to find the owners of the artwork he saved for Jewish collectors during the war. As Jacques Jaujard's tenure with the Louvre is coming to an end, Alain is sent a photograph of a Rembrandt painting that has been missing for almost fifty years. Ironically, the painting is the same one that Alain's closest friend, Fritz Gerhard, did his dissertation on. A series of random clues follows the initial contact and Alain cannot resist trying to determine who has the painting and how to acquire it. As he puts the puzzle together, he falls in love with the Louvre's newest curator, the beautiful Justine Charbonneau. Justine wouldn't mind a relationship with Alain, if it weren't for all the questions he won't answer and the past he won't talk about.

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I have a degree in Journalism, Art and English from Mercer University and am a certified teacher with endorsements in Art and English. I have written for several freelance publications and am a two time recipient of The Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award from Facing History and Ourselves.

I am married and have two sons and live in Peachtree City, GA. In addition to writing I enjoy running, cycling photography, hiking, canoeing and reading a good book.

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Earth Escape and Giveaway by Real Laplaine

Earth Escape: 
Odyssey to the edge of the universe
By Real Laplaine 
Genre: SciFi Adventure

Earth Escape is a sci-fi thriller set in the very near future, bordering on a dystopian age where geopolitical powers on Earth are edging toward nuclear war, and meanwhile, the interstellar ship, Evolution, and its captain, Jim Tale and his Ai companion, CASS, are light years away in search of a new home and answers to the dilemma facing mankind. Was it the Big Bang, Divine creation or were we put here for reasons we have forgotten? In this thrilling space odyssey, Jim Tale, a misfit - a man haunted by demons of his past and plagued by these existential questions, faces the most brutal truths about who we are and the creation of the cosmos and the role he must play if he hopes to save Earth from an imminent apocalypse.

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Victor Hugo said ... "A writer is a world trapped in a person."

That about sums it up for me. Besides the fact that I have a passion to unleash a world of ideas inside of me, my purpose for writing is to inspire others, to remind them that good does prevail over bad, to entertain the minds of readers, and to spark fires all over the world which introduce ideas, which incite activism, evolution for change and not an abiding faith to crusty old mediocrity; and ultimately, to repeat the message which sometimes gets lost in the miasma of life - that no dream is too big to realize - no matter what others may say the stars can be reached by those who want to.

"Everyone enjoys the escape. The thrill of living vicariously through the eyes and skin of characters who do things we may never do, or who in fact, mirror parts of our own lives, or who taunt us to live up to our ideals, our potentials - to our dreams. I write because it's a thrill, because coffee is cheap and I can sit and drink it all day while conjuring up stories for readers to enjoy. Reading is soul food. It opens new horizons to us, it stretches the mind and it reminds us that no dream is too big to realize."

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Draw Me In by Ash Hosking

Title: Draw Me In (The Missing Pieces Series #1)

Author: Ash Hosking

Release Date: November 23^rd

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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Sometimes, you don’t know what you’re missing until you find it.

Aela is a shy and quiet, University student with her future mapped out and doesn’t think she could be happier- unless maybe if the hot guy she’s crushing on from the gym would notice her existence.

Not that she has time for a guy right now…

Declan should be happy. His tattoo parlour is a growing success, he can have his pick of beautiful women any night he so chooses and he’s easily able to provide for his mother and baby sister. He has everything he needs. But something is missing…

Until their two worlds collide, quite literally, and a fateful mishap ensures nothing will ever be the same again.

Unfortunately, things start unravelling for Declan and he is forced to decide if having Aela’s love is worth risking her life.

Will they find a way to overcome their obstacles? Or is this just another loss Declan will have to learn to live with?

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Chapter 3 Excerpt

~Aela~

My lungs and legs start to burn with exhaustion, but I ignore it as I push to finish my last couple of kilometres on the treadmill. So I turn the music up that’s already blaring in my headphones for motivation.

I recheck the reflection in the window in vain and try to ignore the pang of disappointment when the view of the weight room is still the same—which is ridiculous. How can you miss someone you don’t even know?

There’s sudden movement beside me, and I startle, stumble and barely manage to save myself from face planting onto the treadmill. I glare at Kara, who had just appeared out of nowhere on my left.

“What the hell are you trying to do, kill me?” I gasp as I rip my headphones from my head. She laughs hysterically, bent over clutching her stomach, which draws the attention of everyone around us.

“Your face… priceless. Oh, my God. I can’t breathe,” Kara gasps through her laughter while I turn off the now life-threatening machine as I wait for her to stop.

I deepen my glare.

“You’re a total bitch. What are you even doing down here?” I ask when she finally straightens, her laugh turning into a quiet giggle as she tries to control it.

“I thought I’d take advantage of the resident’s discount and come see what you were doing.

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Ash Hosking is an admitted daydreamer and hopeless romantic with a dirty mind from the Gold Coast, Australia.

She lives with her sweet husband and adorable furbaby, Prim, who loves to snuggle on Ash’s lap to keep her from getting anything done.

When not at her day job in catering, she can usually be found either working on her next book or reading, including on her lunch breaks.

She enjoys warm days at the beach, is addicted to Zarraffa’s mocha fusions and can never say no to a Tim Tam.

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Pathogen Freebie Book by EL Loraine

Title: Pathogen

Author: EL Loraine & Tim Frasier

Genre: Dystopian

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A blinding light in the Southwestern sky changed everything. Nothing worked anymore and all Alexis could do was hope that her boyfriend and fellow scientist Jackson would still head to New Orleans for their week end together.

She couldn’t help thinking the worldwide pockets of viral outbreaks and this were somehow connected. If she and Jackson combined their efforts just maybe they could stop this before it became an epidemic.

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Alexis frowned, gun at the ready, and continued up the stairs, alleviating further squeaking by positioning her feet on the extreme sides of the treads.

She stopped at the landing and stood there holding her breath, listening, trying to decide what to do. Moving to the door to her right, sure the whimpering sound was coming from that room, she slowly reached out to the knob. 

In one movement she twisted the knob, and shoved the door hard. The door swung to her right, banging on the wall behind it. Lexy moved through the opening and into the interior of the room with her gun close to her body, rotating first to the left and then to the right.

Nothing.

She moved further inside, aiming the pistol back and forth, as she looked through the room.

She gulped and took herself in hand, preparing inwardly for the next move.

Stepping to the closet door she took another quick breath, gripped the knob and pulled it open.

Immediately, something inside the closet screeched and Lexy dropped down to one knee, gun extended, with a screech of her own.

  

Stealing Christmas by Alexa Riley

Coming November 29th

Christmas Winter is lucky she loves this time of year, because her name didn’t give her much of a choice. She’s always bubbly and happy. So when she takes a job as an elf in the mall, she’s excited to spread some cheer. But Christmas could never expect what happens when she catches the eye of a stranger.

Nicholas Light owns everything he sees, and when his eyes land on the new elf in his mall’s Santa exhibit, he knows she’s no different. There’s something about her sweet innocence that he has to have, and he’ll concoct a plan to make that happen.

Warning: Grab your jingle bells and swing them over your head… This holiday quickie is gonna light up your Noel. Okay, none of that made sense. But it sounded festive, right? This book is adorable, and you’ll love it. Just don’t get tinsel stuck in the wrong places. Trust us.

Alexa Riley is two sassy friends who got together and wrote some dirty books. They are both married moms of two who love football, donuts, and obsessed book heroes.

They specialize in insta-love, over-the-top, sweet, and cheesy love stories that don’t take all year to read. If you want something SAFE, short, and always with a happily ever after, then Alexa Riley is for you!

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