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Kadesh, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

Holding the key to strategic military advantage, Kadesh is a jewel city that distant lands covet. Ramesses II of Egypt and Muwatalli II of Hatti believe they're chosen by the gods to claim ascendancy to Kadesh. When the two meet in the largest chariot battle ever fought, not just the fate of empires will be decided but also the lives of citizens helplessly caught up in the greedy ambition of kings. Genre: Historical: Ancient Egypt      Word Count: 90,…
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Catch Me If You Can by Margaret Pearce

  Chapter 1   The Bolton Road Fundraising Concert Janet Hopkins, draped in a tablecloth, long raffia hair secured under her chin with elastic, clung dramatically to the potted palm, as the water from the hose tried to sweep her across the chook shed. The other special effect was Billy Williams drumming away on the upturned rubbish bin. The movie tableau was very realistic. It was Dorothy Lamour caught in the cyclone. Nancy Edwards watched the audience with an expert…
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Blind Gods by Jack Adler

  During an age when Macedonians hold sway in ancient Greece and Rome is on the ascendancy, Agis, a king of Sparta, attempts to reform the city-state before it sinks into decline. Unfortunately, helots that were conquered and kept in servitude to Spartan threaten to rebel just when improvement is at last on the horizon. GENRE: Historical Fiction (Sparta)    Word count: 68, 614 (ebooks are available from all sites, and print is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and…
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The Amarnan Kings Ancient Egyptian Series by Max Overton

Set in Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E. and piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five Amarnan kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten-Scarab, a tapestry unfolds of the royal figures lost in the mists of antiquity. Book 1: Scarab-Akhenaten A chance discovery in Syria reveals answers to the mystery of the ancient Egyptian sun-king, the heretic Akhenaten and his beautiful wife Nefertiti. Inscriptions in the tomb of his sister Beketaten, otherwise known as Scarab,…
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Strong is the Ma’at of Re Ancient Egyptian Series by Max Overton

In Ancient Egypt, C1200 BCE, bitter contention and resentment, secret coups and assassination attempts may decide the fate of those who would become legends...by any means necessary.   Book 1: The King That he is descended from Ramesses the Great fills Ramesses III with obscene pride. Elevated to the throne following a coup led by his father Setnakhte during the troubled days of Queen Tausret, Ramesses III sets about creating an Egypt that reflects the glory days of Ramesses the…
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The Rowland Sisters Regency Romance Series by Catherine Dove

Book 1: Mr Harding Proposes Mr. Richard Harding is an eligible bachelor who has his heart set on marrying his lifelong friend and neighbor, Miss Georgiana Rowland. However, they have been good friends for so long that, when he finally screws up his courage and proposes to her, Georgie thinks he is merely teasing! Georgiana has good reason to be so distracted. Her younger sister is about to be launched into society, and most of the work and worry falls…
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Ascension Series A Novel of Nazi Germany by Max Overton

Before he fully realized the diabolical cruelties of the National Socialist German Worker's Party, Konrad Wengler had committed atrocities against his own people, the Jews, out of fear of both his faith and his heritage. But after he witnesses firsthand the concentration camps, the corruption, the inhuman malevolence of the Nazi war machine and the propaganda aimed at annihilating an entire race, he knows he must find a way to turn the tide and become the savior his people desperately…
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The River Series by Herb Marlow

The road from Louisiana to the L Bar Ranch on the Bosque River, Texas is a long and dangerous one, but for Earl Lamar, recently discharged sergeant from the First Texas Confederate Cavalry, it's the only way home. Book 1: Trouble on the Bosque After surviving the war, discharged Confederate soldier Earl Lamar learns his parents didn't...and the responsibility of the L Bar Ranch falls to him. After selling enough cattle to care for the original cowboys and new families,…
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Spotlight on Love by Regina Andrews

  [wp_social_ninja id="217217" platform="reviews"]   Chapter One 1941 Humming "Pennies from Heaven", Emergency Room Supervisor Helen Middleton leaned against the counter of the nurse's station. As usual, she was early for the start of her seven a.m. shift. Her hazel eyes scanned the pages of the morning medication charts with the intense concentration and efficiency she was so well known for among the hospital staff. The top graduate in Rhode Island General Hospital's class of 1937 focused on her duties…
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Adventures of a Small Game Hunter in Jamaica by Max Overton

    Preface   A bearded man with dreadlocks stepped out in front of me shaking his fist as I swerved my bicycle to avoid him. "White man blood and fire!" he called after me as I pedalled away.   This memory popped unbidden into my mind the other day, more than fifty years after the event, and brought with it a flood of other memories from my youth. I went to my stored butterfly collection and opened up the…
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Mary Anne By Daphne Saxby Taylor 

    5.0 out of 5 stars Great portrayal of Pioneering life in the mid 1800's. November 5, 2014 I found the story to be "true to life" during the times depicted and the story-line moved along at a good pace. I was able to relate to my own forebears who had also been pioneers in the mid 19th Century, and there were many scenarios that had also affected my Great, Great Grandparents (NO, not the RUM - but so…
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Max Overton

  Max Overton has travelled extensively and lived in many places around the world--including Malaysia, India, Germany, England, Jamaica, New Zealand, USA and Australia. Trained in the biological sciences in New Zealand and Australia, he has worked within the scientific field for many years, but now concentrates on writing. While predominantly a writer of historical fiction (Scarab: Books 1 - 6 of the Amarnan Kings; the Scythian Trilogy; the Demon Series; Ascension), he also writes in other genres (A Cry…
Author Interview: Herb Marlow, Featured Author (2014: October)
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Author Interview: Herb Marlow, Featured Author (2014: October)

This month we have Dr. Herb Marlow as our featured author, he currently has three books available up at WEE, with a fourth book being released in October. Author Interview Can you please tell us a bit about yourself that is not covered in your bio?   I have had a myriad of jobs/professions in my lifetime: Driving a truck and a forklift, selling real estate and insurance, being a cattle rancher in Oregon and Texas, writing stories and articles…