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Hard Shell Word Factory publishes book-length works by new and established
authors, for sale in electronic formats and trade paperback. Genres
include
many bestselling, award-winning books in non-fiction and fiction--Romance
(all categories), Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction,
Fantasy, Horror, Western, Historical, Mainstream, Young Adult and
Children's books.
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Moonfire
by Anne Clarke
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Newly elected as Ambassador to the infant colony of Treaine, Alex Mariltar has been ordered to take a wife from a race not his own. Rejecting the marriage choices of the Coalition, he settles on an elusive and beautiful creature from his dreams. Plucked from the supposed safety of a Coalition vessel, Earth woman, Joanna Chase, finds herself married to a jewel-eyed warrior with a will stronger than her own. [Cover art Dirk A. Wolf] (Published: 2002)
Words: 95705 - Reading Time: 273-382 min.
Category: Romance
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Under a Bear Moon
by Carrie S. Masek
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Lion, Tiger, or Bear? Something is prowling the moonlit streets of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Lynda Malone has seen its eyes blazing from behind bushes near school, but no one believes her. No one but her new lab partner, Greg Ursek. Lynda is warmed by Greg's faith in her and is drawn to his old-fashioned manners and transforming smile. But as their friendship deepens, she stumbles across a deadly secret: He's not entirely human. [Cover Art by Dirk A. Wolf] (Published: 1999) P.E.A.R.L. Award Nominee, Writers of the Future Contest Finalist, Dream Realm Award Winner, EPPIE Award Winner
Words: 55193 - Reading Time: 157-220 min.
Category: Horror
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Valkyrie
by Lindsay McKenna
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WOMEN IN GROUND COMBAT? Will it work? Who is for the test to find out? Who is against it? Will it succeed? Will it fail? Are women capable of being soldiers on the ground next to their male counterparts? Can they take the danger? The pressure? The threat of death? Congress, in 2003, has approved a one year test to find out. The U.S. Marine Corps is forced into allowing the Women's Liberation Forces (WLF) to work with them in a Southeast Asia crisis. In the middle of this intense, emotional storm... more info>> (Published: 2000) Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award Winner, Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award Nominee
Words: 147865 - Reading Time: 422-591 min.
Category: Alternate History
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A Caduceus is for Killing
by Diana Kirk
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When Dr. Andrea Pearson, an AIDS researcher, finds Dr. Milton Grafton mutilated and brutally murdered, she begins a descent into the bizarre that threatens her academic appointment and ultimately, her life. Homicide detective, Gary Krastowitcz, isn't prejudiced. He suspects everyone equally. The social implications of Grafton's murder lead the detective to a list of implausible suspects until he learns that things are not always what they seem. And so it begins... [#1 Best Author on the Internet... more info>> (Published: 1996) EPPIE Award Winner
Words: 66167 - Reading Time: 189-264 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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Search for the Sun [A Syran Novel]
by Ellen Anthony
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The princess is dead, murdered in a crime that rocks Gardon, and only her infant son is left alive. Who did it--the General, the Healer, or the Prime Minister? And why? Donal Yorkson and his veteran partner try to untangle the wicked crime only to find no motive and a preposterous list of suspects. When his partner turns up dead, Donal must defy his father and even his queen to uncover a crime more terrible than murder.[Cover art Dirk A. Wolf] (Published: 2002) EPPIE Award Winner
Words: 145196 - Reading Time: 414-580 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Love Thy Enemy
by Judith Lynn
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He holds her father captive and threatens his life. She must lie with him until she bears him a son. She hates him; he scorns her. She will do what she must. He will make her do more--much more. Inextricably joined with her father's enemy, Tora Oddvarsdatter feels like a traitor when pulsing desire and sensual pleasure rock her each time Jarl Magnus takes her into his masculine embrace. Magnus won't allow Tora to lie stiffly beneath him as if she were a suffering martyr. In the blanketing darkne... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 93697 - Reading Time: 267-374 min.
Category: Romance
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Last of the O'Rourkes
by Kate Douglas
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Tough and sassy Kat Malone has a stalker ... but he's the least of her problems. She's just learned that her lover and the father of her unborn child, sexy, irrepressible FBI agent Riley O'Rourke, has died in a car accident ... leaving behind a wife he'd neglected to mention to Kat. Kat attends his funeral, where even more surprises await her. Riley not only had a wife, he also had a brother, a twin who, though he looks exactly like the irresponsible Riley, is everything Riley was not. Uptight a... more info>> (Published: 2003) Affaire de Coeur's Reader-Writer Poll Finalist, Jada Press Grand Prize Winner, MyShelf.com Top Ten Read
Words: 67018 - Reading Time: 191-268 min.
Category: Romance
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A Madcap Scheme
by Karla Hocker
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It was a most outrageous scheme--but necessary if Olivia Fenshawe was to save her brother's reputation. Cutting her hair and donning his clothes, she daringly assumed his post as secretary to the dashing Earl of Worth--but, of course, it could not last. Unmasked, and with her brother still missing, Olivia is compelled to give in to the infuriating Earl's demand that she exchange one masquerade for another: that of his betrothed. Truly, a situation that could only be described as a madcap scheme. (Published: 2000)
Words: 98000 - Reading Time: 280-392 min.
Category: Romance
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Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary) [Andrew Mayhem Thriller #1]
by Jeff Strand
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If you're desperate for money, searching for a little adventure, and aren't the most responsible person in the world, you can end up doing some outrageous things. Which is how Andrew Mayhem ends up accepting $20,000 to find a key...a key buried with a body in a shallow grave. [Cover art Dirk A. Wolf] (Published: 2000) Dream Realm Award Winner, Inscriptions Engraver Award Winner, Bloody Dagger Award Honorable Mention
Words: 61227 - Reading Time: 174-244 min.
Category: Horror
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Tea and Witchery [Casadega Mystery Series, Book 1]
by Marie Dees
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In Cassadaga, Florida, the paranormal is normal and chats with the dead are an everyday occurrence. Lynn is unaware of the town's psychic connection when she drives into town for a visit with her aunt. But strangeness turns dangerous when the president of the Psychic Society is murdered after being cursed by a coven of witches. Now Lynn has to keep her aunt from being accused of concocting a poisonous brew while discovering who the real murder is. Should she be suspicious of quiet, reserved Alex... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 86889 - Reading Time: 248-347 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Plain Jane's Tight End
by Liz Hunter
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Jane Sebastian is perfectly satisfied living on Green Bay as a reclusive writer, managing her best friend's writing career, until one retired Packer invades her sanctuary and shows her how full life can be. She's finally found the hero of her dreams, with one small complication, he's engaged to her best friend. Tight end Bobby Goodison is in love with a wonderful woman. She makes him feel ten feet tall, and she deflates him when he gets too full of himself. She's feisty and funny--but not the wo... more info>> (Published: 2005) CAPA Award Nominee, ARIANA Award Winner: Best Cover Art, Quasar Award Winner: Cover Art
Words: 89088 - Reading Time: 254-356 min.
Category: Romance
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No Place Like Home
by T. A. Stone
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It's tough to solve a dead cop's murder when there's no hard evidence; it's tougher still when the cops don't want to believe the crime ever happened. It gets even more difficult when small town politicians fight scorched earth turf wars, and when a high-priced, well-connected crime consultant sets you up to take the rap for not only that crime, but a half-dozen other homicides as well, even a former FBI profiler and "black Ops" agent can find himself backed into a deadly corner. When a respecte... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 82007 - Reading Time: 234-328 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Triple Threat [A Taylor Madison Mystery]
by Elizabeth Dearl
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Triplets, a tornado, and twisted lies add up to trouble for Taylor Madison as Perdue's townfolk gather for Hank Barton's funeral. Why do the three identical sisters dislike each other so much? Why did Hank put such an odd codicil in his will? Throw in swaggering new deputy, a citizen's police academy, and an amateur tornado hunter, and Taylor find herself longing for the comparative peace of big city life! (Published: 2005) EPPIE Award Winner
Words: 83436 - Reading Time: 238-333 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Heir of Faxinor [Faxinor Chronicles Book 1]
by Michelle Levigne
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When Andrixine falls ill and spends the winter recovering in Snowy Mount, a community of holy folk, scholars and healers, she never dreams it will be the first step of an adventure that will change her life. But her illness came from a murder attempt, and the same enemy tries to kill her traveling party on the way home. When she seeks a weapon to rescue her mother, she is chosen by the mystical Spirit Sword to lead in the defense of her country, Reshor, against its ancient enemy. First, she must... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 80657 - Reading Time: 230-322 min.
Category: Romance
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Lorien [Faxinor Chronicles Book 2]
by Michelle Levigne
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Lorien vows to do whatever it takes to serve Reshor and protect her pregnant sister, Andrixine, the Sword Bearer. Even if it means making a loveless political marriage. She learns that the game of politics and courtly manners is a harsher duty than swordplay and battle. Then Ambassador Lord Arand of Eretia comes to Reshor to make politically astute marriages to protect his kingdom against Sendorland. He has been ordered to win Lorien for his queen's grandson. Arand and Lorien discover they have ... more info>> (Published: 2005) EPPIE Award Winner, Dream Realm Award Winner
Words: 82070 - Reading Time: 234-328 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Too Big To Miss
by Sue Ann Jaffarian
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Too big to miss--that's Odelia Grey. A never-married, middle-aged, plus-sized woman who makes no excuses for her weight, she's not super woman--just a mere mortal standing on the precipice of menopause, trying to cruise in an ill-fitting bra. She struggles with her relationships, her crazy family, and her crazier boss. And then there's her knack for being in close proximity to dead people .... When her close friend Sophie London commits suicide in front of an online web-cam by putting a gun in h... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 84058 - Reading Time: 240-336 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Elrod McBugle on the Loose
by Jeff Strand
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A comedy for kids ... and adults who were warped as kids! The students at Greenwater Junior High have said they'll never forget this year, and Elrod McBugle is the reason. He's not a bad person. He doesn't TRY to get in trouble, cause mayhem, and occasionally blow things up ... it just happens. And it's going to happen again and again! Share Elrod's hilarious adventures as he faces the wrath of the Slurpy Gulp Beverage Company, tries to become a millionaire selling homemade bubble gum, survives ... more info>> (Published: 2006) EPPIE Award Winner
Words: 29348 - Reading Time: 83-117 min.
Category: Young Adult
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Love is Blond [Cassadaga Mystery, Book 2]
by Marie Dees
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In Cassadaga, Florida, the paranormal is normal and chats with the dead are an everyday occurrence. When acclaimed spiritualist Ambrose Lunan arrives in town to host a convention he reveals that Patrick, the town's tarot card reader, is a former student. Lynn wonders why the young psychic seems unwilling to acknowledge the relationship, but Patrick won't answer her questions. Then someone sends Ambrose to join his spirit friends, and Patrick's partner, Rafael, is implicated in the murder. Lynn m... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 88333 - Reading Time: 252-353 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Borne On Wings of Steel
by Tony Chandler
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The much anticipated sequel to MotherShip! Traveling to the farthest known worlds of the universe, Mother, Jaric and Kyle continue their search for other survivors of the human race. They soon find themselves caught in a web of intrigue, deception and danger--orchestrated by the mysterious and powerful Paum. As they fight back, Mother comes face-to-face with the Paum--a life-altering encounter that shakes the foundation of her existence as an AI. As her enemies reveal themselves and attack, both... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 128172 - Reading Time: 366-512 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Poor Pio
by Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti
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Poor Pio. Sometimes his parents didn't have enough money to buy him shoes. But, that didn't bother Pio. He liked to wear his older brother's hand-me-downs with their scars. Pio did wish he could grow big and strong like others his age. His frail health made him wonder if he would live to see his next birthday. But he did live--for eighty-one years. And for the last fifty of them he bore Christ's five wounds called the Stigmata. In 1999, Pope John Paul 11 beatified Padre [Father] Pio. Beatificati... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 3948 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Spiritual/Religion
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Daddy in Training
by Michele R. Bardsley
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When Rory James, a widowed mother of three rowdy kids, agrees to appear on a television show to discuss child discipline, she's not prepared for the arrogant and uninformed views of childless veterinarian Seth Stone. As the debate heats up, the show's producer issues a $25,000 challenge: Allow Dr. Stone an opportunity to use his techniques with Rory's kids. Seth knows a lot about how not to treat children; lessons well-learned from an abusive father. He's positive the methods he's used to train ... more info>> (Published: 1999)
Words: 46614 - Reading Time: 133-186 min.
Category: Romance
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Sound the Ram's Horn
by S. Joan Popek
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Sometime in the near future, a baby is born that defies all the known medical laws. Genetically, his doctors say he is "all wrong," because they have no medical terms for his condition. They maintain that he should not live, yet he does. He and a few others like him are born with DNA patterns that, according to medical knowledge, should not exist. Yet, they do exist and their unique powers seem super human--but are they? Joshua and the Golden Children begin an adventure into the realm of human c... more info>> (Published: 2002) Frankfurt eBook Award Nominee
Words: 45800 - Reading Time: 130-183 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Buried in Baltimore [A Toni Credella Mystery]
by Louise Titchener
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When Toni Credella teams up with a tough private investigator in hopes of getting her own PI license, she finds herself investigating one crime too many. What's the connection between the murder of a homeless woman and a young girl who met a mysterious death decades earlier? Why has that forgotten girl's body been buried in a public place for so long? The search for answers sends Toni on a roller coaster ride of suspense, mystery and danger. To get her feet safely back on the ground, she'll have... more info>> (Published: 2001) Independent eBook Award Finalist, EPPIE Award Winner
Words: 67894 - Reading Time: 193-271 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Dark Changeling [Dark Changeling Series Book 1]
by Margaret L. Carter
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A successful, middle-aged psychiatrist tormented by an unquenchable lust for blood.... A vampire serial killer on the rampage.... At the age of forty, Dr. Roger Darvell discovers that he is no ordinary man. He also discovers that vampires exist, and that a few of them kill as wantonly and cruelly as any monster in a horror film. When a renegade vampire follows Roger from Boston to his new home in Maryland and attacks one of his patients, Roger must come to terms with the newly discovered truth a... more info>> (Published: 1999) EPPIE Award Winner, Dream Realm Award Finalist
Words: 113084 - Reading Time: 323-452 min.
Category: Horror
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Dream Thieves
by Steven Lee Climer
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If a man is unable to dream, can insanity be far behind? Edward Grimm is a talented wood carver living in 18th century Germany. He has made a fine living for himself carving carousel horses for royalty, but his heart and soul are dark. Grimm has never been able to dream, and loathes those who can. His anger at God for denying him this simple pleasure fuels jealousy and hate toward his little nephew who tells Grimm all of his fantastic dreams. Driven insane by this venom, Grimm seeks out the assi... more info>> (Published: 1997) EPPIE Award Winner
Words: 69548 - Reading Time: 198-278 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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