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Harry Hid It: But Where is It?

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Harry Hid ItHarry Hid It, recently published by Freeze Time Media, is an adventure like you’ve never read before. Harry Strickland is a minor thief who decides to up his game for a bigger payday. The added profit means larger problems – mostly unexpected. Follow Harry and his gang of thieves as they plan and pull off high-stakes jobs. Harry keeps his crew together while dealing with law enforcement, other criminals, and the women in his life. This is a tale of adventure, mystery, and romance that will keep you turning the page to see what happens next.

“Harry Hid It” weaves its tale across Long Island, New York City, and New Jersey as Harry discovers that unique alliances may be the only way he can ever get to enjoy the money…if he survives. Join the roller coaster ride as you discover who gets caught, who ends up with who, and who dies!

Visit JJ’s Author Page to learn more about him.

Love and War

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“Love and War – and Eternally Damning Prophecies,” by River Eno and published by Freeze Time Media, is the first book in the Anastasia Evolution Series.

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Anastasia Drucilla Ekaterina Weber’s normal life came to an abrupt end when she was nine years old. That was the day she was left waiting in a closet after her brothers decided to stop playing hide and seek. That was the day her anxious emotions shifted her body’s shape from human to that of a faerie of the dark class, the Unseelie. From then on much of her time was spent learning how to hide what she was from her family, and the old vampire leaders that governed the country where she grew up.

Andru had always felt different. But the tiny faeries she spoke to in her room at night told her she was gifted, not particularly special. She knew strong magik was in her blood and soul, because her family had been practicing pagans for generations. Only hers wasn’t the magik of the witches in her family; they were empathic and psychic, to be sure, but commonplace as far as tangible conjuring was concerned. Sometimes, she could make things happen just by thinking about them, or so it seemed.

Except, none of that mattered if you weren’t allowed to let anyone know about the extraordinary things you could do. How much fun could you have when you’re afraid the tiniest slip of words could put you on the radar of the opportunistic vampires who were always searching to get their hands on true magikal power?

The vampires of the country of Genesis were undeniably dominant. Their gifts were obviously potent, but they were also quite singular. They didn’t call on the Earth’s forces to aid them the way the fey did — partly because the strength of the parent determines the strength of the child, and most vampires didn’t have the power to connect themselves to the magik of the gods. Most young vampires had never tried to do such things. Few would know where to begin.

Now, as a military officer in the Philadelphia Territory and the partner of a high-ranking official, Andru is a strong, often superior, soldier. But as her thirtieth birthday approaches, her carefully maintained magik is becoming dislocated, and her mind is constantly distracted. The control she’s perfected is crumbling the closer she becomes to her vampire partner, Romeo, and his father, General Galen.

Her best friend, Alivia and her ex boyfriend, Dacon — fully aware of her secrets — do their best to keep her grounded. But when extremists target her birthday party and military headquarters, is it another act of terrorism by neighboring countries or does someone want to expose her and all the winged skeletons in her supernatural closet?

“Love and War – and Eternally Damning Prophecies” is available in print and as an e-book.

Visit River’s Author Page to learn more about her.

Evolved

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Freeze Time Media released “Evolved” on Oct. 9, 2015.

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Imagine a day like every other, where people are going about their lives dealing with work, love, and the other humdrum tasks of living. Then a dark cloud appears over the horizon. Suddenly, small drones that shoot special arrows that can render a human dead within seconds are indiscriminately attacking. These drones seem determined to wipe out every man, woman, and child they can find. Those people who take cover only find a temporary respite. A second wave of drones that can tear through houses, cars, and any other type of structure comes through to kill those who are left. Those the drones do not kill are made slaves to clean up the dead.

There are survivors. From the catastrophe of the attacks, a band of rebels arises with a single-minded intent to destroy the drones, free the slaves, and find out who is behind the diabolic scheme. These fighters are not superheroes or military warriors. They are regular men and women who are determined to take their world back. Evolved follows these brave people who had their world turned upside down as they form new relationships and alliances in their efforts to destroy the evil that has enveloped the entire earth.

Visit Steve Woods’ Author Page to learn more about him.

Mustang: War in the Pacific and Europe

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Freeze Time Media released “Mustang: War in the Pacific and Europe” on Sept. 23, 2015.

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This novel tells the exciting saga of David and Anna Hershal, a mother and son fleeing Austria just ahead of pursuing Nazis. They reach America, where Anna establishes a vast clothing empire. Meanwhile, David masters the martial arts and in 1938, joins the Army at age fifteen. Stationed in the Philippines, he is involved in a Moro insurrection aimed at the assassination of General Douglas MacArthur and Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower. His heroic action results in his promotion to second lieutenant. After Pearl Harbor, his subsequent actions in guerrilla warfare and battles in the Pacific lead to further promotions and honors. David is a true Mustang in the Army, but his mission is not finished unless he can avenge the death of his father.

The book is available through Amazon, in paperback and as an ebook.

Visit Dr. Warren Chernick’s Author Page to learn more abut him.

 

The Darkest Night: A Novel on Reconstruction in the South

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Freeze Time Media released “The Darkest Night: A Novel on Reconstruction in the South” on May 5, 2015. 

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Author Joe Poindexter follows three disappointed Confederate soldiers as they leave for home in Arkansas after the last Civil War battle in North Carolina. As the three friends travel the poor country roads back west, they are exposed to the ravaged South and most of the major problems of the early Reconstruction period. The men observe the ruined Southland, the burned homes, farms, and plantations. They encounter homeless whites and numerous bands of wandering, freed Afro–Americans, all poor and hungry. Cruel Union soldiers and lawless Rebel soldiers, including deserters, only make things worse. And very quickly, the travelers realize that a new force has developed in their beloved Southland. The Ku Klux Klan has begun to fill the lawless void in the South. The question: is the Klan an ally or an enemy? Earl Forrest, with his wife, Emily, and a small daughter in Helena, Arkansas, worries constantly about his small family and their welfare. Al Emerson meets a beautiful, young woman who was raped during the war. She has a black child. But in love, he swears to return to Georgia in the immediate future and marry his new love, Rachel. The third soldier, Murlan Skidoff, known to his friends as “Squirrel,” worries about his older mother, father, and older sister, Mavis, and whether they survived the war. And finally, a black Rebel, Jim Washington, befriended by the white Rebs, will join up with the men and become a dear friend as they move back to their homes in Arkansas. Jim wonders how his mammy, a slave cook on an Arkansas plantation, is surviving after being freed. The four men will definitely come to realize that the Reconstruction era is one of the darkest periods in the history of the Southern United States.

This book is available through Amazon as a paperback and an ebook.

This is Joe’s third book. He is also the author of “Blue: A Novel on the Civil War,” and “A Divided State: A Civil War Novel.”

Visit Joe’s Author Page to learn more about him.

Blue: A Novel on the Civil War

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Freeze Time Media released “Blue: A Novel on the Civil War,” a historical fiction novel by Joe Poindexter, on July 2, 2014.

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In 1860, David Lofland and his family, residents of Hickory Flats, Tennessee, relocated to Arkansas. Before the move to Bluffton, Arkansas, David’s love, the beautiful Lillie Mashburn, was enticed to marry the local parson, Reverend Claxton. The long trip to Arkansas yields even more disappointments. The depressed nineteen-year-old, finding little joy in life, ultimately joins the Confederate Army, in February 1862. He’s sent to White Sulfur Springs training camp to prepare for the war. During the short training period, David meets two other young men, Lum and Squirrel, and they become close friends. The three men and the new 24th Arkansas Regiment are sent to Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post, Arkansas.

The heartache of losing Lillie, along with a series of other disappointments that David experiences, cause him to seriously question his faith and belief in God. If that’s not enough, the 24th Arkansas Regiment suffers serious losses, as the Confederates face heavy odds in 1863. The young Arkansans, upon being captured at the fall of Fort Hindman, are sent to Camp Douglas, the notorious Union prisoner-of-war camp near Chicago.

Find out how David learns to overcome grief, bitterness, and tragedy throughout his struggles.

 

Freeze Time Media published Joe’s first novel, “A Divided State: A Civil War Novel,” in March 2014.

Visit Joe’s Author Page to learn more about him.

A Divided State: A Civil War Novel

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Freeze Time Media recently released “A Divided State: A Civil War Novel.” Gravelly, Arkansas, was not too different from most small, towns in rural Arkansas. For the most part, there was not a great disparity in terms of wealth between the mostly lower middle class and a sizable lower class. Though poor, and largely uneducated, the hardworking Yell County residents were able to scratch out a living in the rocky soil of the Fourche River Valley. Cotton, the cash crop of the South, allowed most families to live reasonably happy, rewarding lives.

Though backward by some standards, the people were, for the most part, honest, hardworking, and God fearing. The standard of living was improving for most, and a brighter future lay ahead. Few people ever left Yell County and moved away. Most grew up there, got little education, selected a Yell County mate, bore children, worked hard, died, and were buried in one of the cemeteries. Since the industrious natives seldom had time for visiting and fellowship, they always enjoyed the occasional gatherings, whether church, revival, sale day, or even funerals or wakes. A segregated society existed, yet some knew not why since there were almost no blacks in Yell County. Of course, very few whites could have afforded to own a slave.

Beginning on May 6, 1861, life would begin to drastically change for most people in Yell County. Secession from the Union would change everything. Four young men, fast friends, would join the state militia. The four friends, all from slightly different social–economic levels and backgrounds, would become soldiers and prepare for the approaching invasion of Arkansas by Federal troops. From a training base at Van Buren, Arkansas, the Arkansas militia would march north to meet a Federal army moving down from Springfield, Missouri. The battle, on March 6-7, 1862, would be the largest Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River. The battle would result in a divided state of Arkansas, with a Federal capital at Little Rock and a Confederate capital at Washington, Arkansas.

“A Divided State: A Civil War Novel” is available in print from Amazon. The ebook is available from various sources, including Amazon, the iBookstore and Barnes and Noble.

Visit Joe’s Author Page to learn more about him.

 

 

 

 

 

No Greater Love

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Robert J. Smith recently released his second book, “No Greater Love,” through Freeze Time Media.

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In 1899 two young boys, James Peterson and Eddie Carter, are involved in an incident when they accidentally set Eddie’s house on fire. Hesitant to take responsibility, the boys shift the blame to an unsuspecting black man, Jesse, who has had an argument with Eddie’s father. Inflamed by the boys’ account of the fire, Eddie’s father enlists four brothers to help him run down the black man and lynch him. Aided by his friends, Jesse takes refuge in a nearby swamp until the truth is found out. The brothers follow Jessie into the swamp. Hidden and unhidden danger awaits everyone who wanders into the swamp. The chase rushes to a deadly conclusion as Jesse tries to elude Carter and the unsavory characters he’s hired to catch him.

Visit Robert J. Smith’s Author Page to learn more about him.

Chapter and Verse

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Freeze Time Media recently released “Chapter and Verse,” a gritty murder mystery by newcomer Frank Hamilton. The book is available through Amazon in print and as a Kindle book.

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It appears the Gospel Killer has returned from his sabbatical. A year and a half after the last victim was found, the dead bodies and pattern have begun anew. Every twenty-seven days a man is murdered. Each victim shares a Biblical name from the Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Additionally, each of the dead men is found nude, each has recently ejaculated, and the killer has used a serrated edged knife each time.

The Gospel Killer leaves his calling card, a King James version of the Bible, near each dead body. With Dallas police and the FBI both unable to stop the deaths, a wealthy and seductive widow of one of the Gospel Killer’s most recent victims hires private investigator Mark Witt to join in the search for the elusive serial killer.

Witt, an ex-cop and former seminary student, knows all too well of the ugliness that can occur in life. He knows the secrets that death can hold and he understands how killers cling to the shadows. What Mark doesn’t understand, though, is that the Gospel Killer knows of secrets too. When the Gospel Killer learns about a past mistake long held secret by Mark, it threatens the investigator’s entire life. In order to protect his family, and to keep his own secret locked in the shadows, Mark must now provide assistance to the Gospel Killer.

This is an untenable situation and one that both sides know will almost surely end in death…but whose?

Visit Frank Hamilton’s Author Page to learn more about him.

 

The Left Side of Reality

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Freeze Time Media recently released The Left Side of Reality, a haunting romance by newcomer Robert J. Smith. The book is available through Amazon in print and as an e-book.

Left Side of Reality Front Cover April 8In the late nineteenth century, a strange and unique experience happened to a young French farmer. Witnessed by both the farmer’s wife and a local French physician, the strange occurrence remained a mystery throughout both their lives. Nearly a hundred years later, a newly graduated doctor of psychology discovered the physician’s documentation of the bizarre event in some old papers that had been preserved over the years. Unbeknownst to the psychologist, the event was about to repeat itself in the life of a similarly young American.

Steve Pearce is a mildly successful accountant with a beautiful wife, great son, and everything to live for. Suddenly, his life is torn apart in the same way the French farmer’s had been nearly a hundred years before. How will he recapture the life he’s lost? Where are his wife and son? Who is this strange woman who claims to be his wife and is this young child he doesn’t remember really his daughter?

It seems Steve has a myriad of questions and no answers. Somewhere out there is the life he lost. How will he recover it? Will he recover it or is this his life now?

Visit Robert J. Smith’s Author Page to learn more about him.