Complete BRAINRUSH, a Thriller: (Book One) First Look
BRAINRUSH, a Thriller: (Book One)
Listed in the Wall Street Journal as the #1 Bestselling Action/Adventure in their “Readers Guide to Self-Published Big Sellers” (Dec 9, 2011).
When terminally ill combat pilot Jake Bronson emerges from an MRI with extraordinary cognitive powers, everyone wants a piece of his talent–including Battista, one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists. To save his love and her autistic child, Jake is thrust into a deadly chase that leads from the canals of Venice through Monte Carlo and finally to an ancient cavern in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan–where Jake discovers that his newfound talents carry a hidden price that threatens the entire human race.
An original weave of current events bound by colorful locations and cutting-edge technology, Bard’s novel is a must-read for fans of Michael Crichton, James Rollins, Clive Cussler, and Brad Thor. A dynamic mix of fast-paced action and thought provoking soul, this book challenges the reader to keep pace with every sharp turn and shocking twist. Acclaimed by fans of action, sci-fi, and political thrillers alike, Brainrush is one of the most innovative and entertaining books of the year.
BRAINRUSH was in the top-10 of the Amazon-USA Top-Rated List for over four months straight. The sequel, “BRAINRUSH-II, The Enemy of My Enemy”, was released early December to rave reviews. Within a few weeks it became the #1 Top-Rated Action/Adventure AND the #1 Top-Rated Mystery/Thriller on Amazon USA–where it remains today (April 27, 2012):
Reviews:
“Brainrush explores the bonds of friendship while pushing the boundaries of science, creating a compelling, action-packed thriller with a climax that’s a knock-out!”
- CJ Lyons, New York Times Best-Selling Author
“A terrifically entertaining thriller with three finely executed set pieces strung together with nice characterization. Especially successful is Bronson, an amiable, low-key tough guy able to rescue his princess, survive brutality, and retain a sense of humor.”
- Publishers Weekly 2011*
“If this startling debut doesn’t have you turning pages at breakneck speed, then you’re not paying attention. Rich characters, crackling dialogue, and a climactic sequence that is stunning, enervating, and innovative all at once. Richard Bard is a voice to be reckoned with.”
- Rebecca Forster, USA Today Best-Selling Author
“An inventive and compelling hybrid of science fiction, adventure, and political thriller. Rather than end the novel with a simple rescue operation, however, this author provides a far more intriguing and unexpected conclusion.
- Publishers Weekly 2010*
*Note: As a semifinalist in the 2010 and 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, the unpublished Brainrush manuscript received two separate reviews from Publishers Weekly
This title is also available in audiobook. The sequel, “BRAINRUSH II, The Enemy of My Enemy” is also available.
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who thinks i have a book problem? (274/365)
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even if they are only library books…it was a good trip today.
Book Bonanza
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To say I got a few books would be an understatement. I received all of those above this Christmas.
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Honest Loose Ends – A Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery (Book 1) First Look
Loose Ends – A Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery (Book 1)
Dying is what changed Mary O’Reilly’s life. Well, actually, coming back from the dead and having the ability to communicate with ghosts is really what did it.
Now, a private investigator in rural Freeport, Illinois, Mary’s trying to learn how to incorporate her experience as a Chicago cop and new-found talent into a real job. Her challenge is to solve the mysteries, get real evidence (a ghost’s word just doesn’t hold up in court), and be sure the folks in town, especially the handsome new police chief, doesn’t think she’s nuts.
Twenty-four years ago, a young woman drowned in the swimming pool of a newly elected State Senator. It was ruled an accident. But now, as the Senator prepares to move on to higher positions, the ghost of the woman is appearing to the Senator’s wife.
Mary is hired to discover the truth behind the death. She unearths a connection between the murder and the disappearance of five little girls whose cases, twenty-four years later, are still all unsolved. As she digs further she becomes the next target for serial killers’ quest to tie up all his loose ends.
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Complete Sex on the Beach – Jack Hammer Sex Series: Book I Product Review
Sex on the Beach – Jack Hammer Sex Series: Book I
Jack Hammer is a successful, self-made man and has all the female attention he wants at work and everywhere else he turns. Despite the extra attention from his secretary, he needs something to take his mind off of the long hours he puts in at his desk job. Searching for a change of pace, Jack jumps on a flight to the tropics seeking adventure and something different. Will the sensuous flight attendant be able to take his mind off the daily grind? Can the clerk in the surfboard shop with the long, tanned legs distract him from the mundane, dreary city life?
Approximately 3100 words.
Adults only.
Excerpt:
After a twenty minute commute home, Jack pulled the black Boxster into the garage under his condo and paused for a minute as he considered taking the powerful motorcycle out for a spin. No, he needed a deeper release that even a fast ride wouldn’t deliver.
Jack threw some clothes into duffel bag and grabbed an extra wad of cash out of the safe behind the large painting in his home office. He knew having a wall safe seemed cliché when he had it installed but it really was one of the last places anyone would look for a safe.
Several hours later, he leaned back into his first class seat and stared out the window at the sun drenched Pacific Ocean nearly six miles beneath the plane. A sultry voice interrupted his reverie asking “Is there anything at all I can get for you Mr. Hammer?” The flight attendant’s obvious emphasis on the word anything made Jack wonder what that sexy voice would sound like after a few hours of being fucked. Probably a bit ragged and even sexier, he decided.
“No, thank you,” Jack smiled broadly and wondered if she would slip him her phone number before the flight was over.
***
The next morning, Jack woke up as the sun was rising and walked out to the oceanfront deck. His foot brushed a black, silky thong and he was glad Samantha had booked him a secluded villa because he was sure the shrieks of Robin “The Flight Attendant,” would have kept any neighbors awake. As he suspected, she couldn’t wait until the end of the flight to lean over his seat and drop a note into his shirt pocket while pursing her lips seductively at him.Jack Hammer is a successful, self-made man and has all the female attention he wants at work and everywhere else he turns. Despite the extra attention from his secretary, he needs something to take his mind off of the long hours he puts in at his desk job. Searching for a change of pace, Jack jumps on a flight to the tropics seeking adventure and something different. Will the sensuous flight attendant be able to take his mind off the daily grind? Can the clerk in the surfboard shop with the long, tanned legs distract him from the mundane, dreary city life?
Approximately 3100 words.
Adults only.
Excerpt:
After a twenty minute commute home, Jack pulled the black Boxster into the garage under his condo and paused for a minute as he considered taking the powerful motorcycle out for a spin. No, he needed a deeper release that even a fast ride wouldn’t deliver.
Jack threw some clothes into duffel bag and grabbed an extra wad of cash out of the safe behind the large painting in his home office. He knew having a wall safe seemed cliché when he had it installed but it really was one of the last places anyone would look for a safe.
Several hours later, he leaned back into his first class seat and stared out the window at the sun drenched Pacific Ocean nearly six miles beneath the plane. A sultry voice interrupted his reverie asking “Is there anything at all I can get for you Mr. Hammer?” The flight attendant’s obvious emphasis on the word anything made Jack wonder what that sexy voice would sound like after a few hours of being fucked. Probably a bit ragged and even sexier, he decided.
“No, thank you,” Jack smiled broadly and wondered if she would slip him her phone number before the flight was over.
***
The next morning, Jack woke up as the sun was rising and walked out to the oceanfront deck. His foot brushed a black, silky thong and he was glad Samantha had booked him a secluded villa because he was sure the shrieks of Robin “The Flight Attendant,” would have kept any neighbors awake. As he suspected, she couldn’t wait until the end of the flight to lean over his seat and drop a note into his shirt pocket while pursing her lips seductively at him.
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Honest Eagle’s Run (Texas Passions, Book One) Product Review
Eagle’s Run (Texas Passions, Book One)
Book 1 in the Texas Passions series.Her father was murdered by an unknown killer. Now Leah Morgan, the half-Comanche daughter of the owner of White Eagle Ranch, is faced with his unsolved murder, as well as two illegitimate half brothers who have each been left a share of the ranch. If not for Shane Duffy, the hot-looking, hot-blooded veterinarian, she’d be falling apart completely.As she fights to retain control of the ranch and considers her heritage, Leah finds comfort in long nights of sweaty sex with Shane. And then there’s Grant Fallon, the geologist who wants to show Leah he can bring her more screaming orgasms than the hunky vet if she’ll just give him a chance.But someone has an ulterior motive. Is it Shane? Grant? One of her half brothers? Leah might find the answer…if she’s not too busy chasing away the shadows in the arms of her lover.Book 1 in the Texas Passions series.Her father was murdered by an unknown killer. Now Leah Morgan, the half-Comanche daughter of the owner of White Eagle Ranch, is faced with his unsolved murder, as well as two illegitimate half brothers who have each been left a share of the ranch. If not for Shane Duffy, the hot-looking, hot-blooded veterinarian, she’d be falling apart completely.As she fights to retain control of the ranch and considers her heritage, Leah finds comfort in long nights of sweaty sex with Shane. And then there’s Grant Fallon, the geologist who wants to show Leah he can bring her more screaming orgasms than the hunky vet if she’ll just give him a chance.But someone has an ulterior motive. Is it Shane? Grant? One of her half brothers? Leah might find the answer…if she’s not too busy chasing away the shadows in the arms of her lover.
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Complete Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy Review
Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
When unworldly student Anastasia Steele first encountered the driven and dazzling young entrepreneur Christian Grey it sparked a sensual affair that changed both of their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and, ultimately, repelled by Christian’s singular erotic tastes, Ana demands a deeper commitment. Determined to keep her, Christian agrees.
Now, Ana and Christian have it all—love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate. Ana must somehow learn to share Christian’s opulent lifestyle without sacrificing her own identity. And Christian must overcome his compulsion to control as he wrestles with the demons of a tormented past.
Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to make Ana’s deepest fears turn to reality.
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A quick little story about Alice in Quantumland.
I was serving jury duty a few years ago, and I was reading that book while I waited to be given a case. I had a bit of a shock one morning as I was making my way through the courthouse security.
I had set down my jacket, purse, and book on the scanning machine and had successfully stepped through the metal detecting doorway, when a severe voice commanded me to step aside. My mind was racing. Had I forgotten to leave my fingernail clippers at home? Were they upset about the half eaten doughnut in my purse?
I made my way over to the security guard with the resonant voice, and very humbly asked what was wrong. She reached over to the scanner and slowly picked up my book. She looked at it. Turned it over. Read the back. Turned it over again (tapping it against her hand repeatedly). Finally she looked at me.
"Is this your book?" she asked.
"Yes." I stammered.
"Is it any good?"
My heart was racing by this time. I felt like I was arriving in some sort of weird quantumland of my own. I managed to finally get a grip on my heaving thoughts and whispered out a hoarse little "What?"
"The book," she says "Alice in Quantumland, is it interesting? Is it any good?"
"Oh." says I, "Yes! The book is great!"
"Uh-huh." She says. "I was just wondering because I’m only working this job to pay my way through college. I’m taking Quantum Mechanics." . . .
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My poetry books. A bit of a mixed bag.
Village Books (What Books Make You Free?)
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Some books
Leave us free
and
Some books
Make us Free
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A great (and beautiful) mainly new bookshop.
Worth visiting and it is right next to Eclipse Bookstore
Bellingham, Washington, USA
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Complete Child of the Mist (These Highland Hills, Book 1) Product Review
Child of the Mist (These Highland Hills, Book 1)
In the harsh Scottish highlands of 1565, superstition and treachery threaten a truce between rival clans. It’s a weak truce at first, bound only by an arranged engagement between Anne MacGregor and Niall Campbell-the heirs of the feuding families.
While Niall wrestles with his suspicions about a traitor in his clan, Anne’s actions do not go unnoticed. And as accusations of witchcraft abound, the strong and sometimes callous Campbell heir must fight for Anne’s safety among disconcerted clan members. Meanwhile his own safety in threatened with the ever-present threat of someone who wants him dead.
Will Niall discover the traitor’s identity in time? Can Anne find a way to fit into her new surroundings? Will the two learn to love each other despite the conflict? With a perfect mix of a burgeoning romance and thrilling suspense, this book is historical fiction at its best.
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New Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy Product Review
Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house.
But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven and demanding Fifty Shades.
While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her, and make the most important decision of her life.
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This is my shelf of recently read, skimmed or started books.
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A selection of my books for the semester. DO YOU SEE A THEME?!
(I like that I have a book called COD.)