MYSTERY THRILLER TRIPLE PACK    Chills & Thrills from Coast to Coast

Between A Smile and a Tear

A blackmailing stripper. A self-help preaching hit man. A gangster with a penchant for leeches. The streets of San Francisco have never been so twisty as Jack Waters struggles with powerful and mysterious forces trying to destroy his family, his sanity, his life.

 Ransom Dreams

What motivates a sociopath? Elaine Burnett must find out or die.

One innocent act sets off a cascade of events that will turn her life upside down and threaten it, as well as that of her lover, psychologist Alan Everson. As Walker relentlessly stalks the couple, they struggle to solve the mystery of what is driving their tormentor before he destroys their love and their lives.

 Acapella Blues

Sam Ravello, a singer-songwriter living on Cape Cod, tries to help a young Romanian woman and her little boy and becomes entangled in a sinister plot involving corruption, blackmail, and a violent criminal underworld. The mystery Sam solves is sadder than any song he’s ever written, a dirge about innocence forever lost and the extremes of love betrayed.

Read more about Robert Buchianeri.

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R.J. Bucchianeri’s second book in the Django Jagger adventure series continues the exciting adventures of Django Jagger and his friends. This time Django Jagger and Riley Rogers become entangled in a sinister plot revolving around bald eagle poaching and the hunt for the key to an ancient mystery. Trekking deep into a hidden part of the Grand Canyon, Django and Riley find themselves stalked by the People of Darkness and Scorpio Rune—enemies willing to go to any length to secure the secret to eternal life.

Read more about R.J. Bucchianeri’s books for YA here.

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From Amazon best-selling author Jacci Turner comes the third book in the Finding Home series, Finding Willow.

At long last, Riley and Mia have reached the place they’ve been dreaming about: Riley’s father’s ranch. After a warm welcome, the girls settle in, happy and relieved. Then things start to go horribly wrong. Ranch life is harsher than Riley expects, she never gets to spend time with her father, and their new grandmother doesn’t seem to like them. Then a mystery boy appears to haunt her dreams and Riley starts to wonder if this new family is really going to work out. After all, they still don’t know if the courts are going to allow Mia to be adopted by Riley’s new family.

What will happen if the courts say no?

Come along as Riley and Mia struggle through more surprising twists and turns to discover if they have finally found their forever family!

Available in print and ebook.

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By New York Times Bestselling author Gregory Benford.

Second Edition: Includes New Stories

Death came in on sixteen legs.

So begins a novella set in the Galactic Center series, “A Hunger for the Infinite.” Now this novella and much other writing about the science and fiction in the series, appears in one volume. Unique in literature, the series comes from the author’s own scientific research. The series took a quarter century to complete, and Benford traces his own research into the strange structures there, first discovered in the 1980s. Critics have described the six novels as “magnificent” by “the most rigorous of hard SF writers.” The series has been called “one of the greatest sf series ever written,” “a major achievement in realizing the potential of hard SF not only as speculation, but as literature,” with “a bardic heft worthy of Poul Anderson.” “No one has surpassed this ground-breaking achievement in mapping the unmappable depths of space, time, and consciousness.”

For the first time, all the depth surrounding the series is collected in one volume.

Read more about Gregory Benford’s titles published by Lucky Bat books here.

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By Dorothy Black Crow, The Handless Maiden is the first book in this series.

The story:

In a time of great struggle on the reservations, when the American Indian Movement fought for justice and the FBI fought for control . . .

Alex Turning Hawk, an Oglala Lakota medicine-man-in-training, and his wife, Tate, battle a night-stalking killer, the FBI, and their own Lakota neighbors. It all starts with Tate. Driving in a blizzard, she is led by a ghost hitchhiker to find the body of a friend – her hands cut off – hands tattooed with the words, “Red Power.”

To find the killer and the hands, will she and Alex Turning Hawk follow the path of the Sacred Pipe— or the gun?

Read more about the author on her Lucky Bat Books page: Dorothy Black Crow

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Lucky Bat is delighted to offer a new book of poetry by acclaimed author and poet, Charles O’Hay, whose previous work, Far From Luck, Kirkus proclaimed as “…gritty, keen and sympathetic without being condescending…Some of his imagery is especially striking, made all the more so by his clear, straightforward language throughout.”

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Favorite Recipes from the Oregon Writers’ Network

Edited and compiled by Lucky Bat Books Managing Editors Dayle A. Dermatis and Louisa Swann, Cooking Up Stories gathers together favorite writers’ recipes, from deadline crunch munchies to celebratory feasts. With an introduction by Dean Wesley Smith and including a recipe by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Oregon Writers’ Network mentors and lead instructors.

About the Book:

Writers live in a strange world — they tend to sit at their computers and make things up all day. Often, especially during the moments when writing in “the zone,” life outside the story ceases to exist.

But even writers have to eat.

From Procrastinator’s Bread to Deadline Chicken — come along for an inside look at some of the top recipes that help keep writers writing!*

Everyone who worked on this cookbook, including Lucky Bat Books staff, donated their time, and 100% of the proceeds will go to Beach Bark, an organization of animal lovers who work with the Central Coast Humane Society for the benefit of animals in north Lincoln County, Oregon.

* Includes story excerpts and writerly musings

Read more about the editors, Dayle Dermatis and Louisa Swann – both authors, editors and members of the Oregon Writers’ Network.

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“Songs of human interconnection…”

Crucible Womb is a collection of poetry surrounding the journey to the authentic self. According to author Charlie O’ Hay, Jill’s poems are, “songs of human interconnection, deeply rooted in the power of the natural world. They are “we” poems, both embracing and contemplative. As fingers might trace an old scar or explore the body of a new lover, these poems address both the gamble and pain of human experience with humility and grace.”

About the Poet

Jill Marlene also works as a marriage and family therapist intern so much of the work is profoundly influenced by the philosophical and personal issues surrounding psychological development and change. Gender differences, child abuse, recovery, existentialism, self knowledge, family trauma, family systems, love, child rearing, mindfulness and the integration of dualistic opposites are all themes explored in her work.

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We at Lucky Bat Books are excited to announce that we have published For the Children’s Sake, an explosive near-future mystery, the second novel from the author of All in Her Head, mystery writer N.M. Cedeño!

The children are quarantined. Their touch is deadly. Their advocate is dead, and they want out…

Father Ingall Bryan is already dead, murdered outside his home, when his brother Nate finds his body. The priest had been the single-minded champion of the voiceless Allergen Children, whose inexplicable genetic mutation causes their touch to be deadly. Now that Father Ingall has been murdered, who will speak up for them?

The priest’s enemies were too numerous to count—from the families of those accidentally harmed by the children, to those fearful that the children may wipe out humanity at will. Are they ruthless killing machines, or innocent victims?

It soon becomes clear that Nate will have to find his brother’s killer on his own. Nate’s investigation raises questions that somebody doesn’t want answered. Traps lie around every corner as the killer tries to stop him and any research that could help the Allergen Children.

As the body count increases and the attacks on the researchers escalate, the situation for the quarantined children becomes explosive. Can Nate solve his brother’s murder in time to save the researchers’ lives, defuse a political time bomb, and prevent further injustice? He must, for his brother, and for the children’s sake.

For the Children’s Sake is available in print and ebook for all ereaders.

About the Author

N. M. Cedeño lives in Texas and writes mystery short stories and novels. Her mysteries vary from traditional mysteries to suspense to science fiction in genre. Her romantic suspense novel, All In Her Head, was published in 2014 by Lucky Bat Books. Her science fiction mystery “A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy” was published by Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine in 2012, and is available online. For more information, please visit NMCedeno.com.

Other Stories by N. M. Cedeño
If you enjoyed this story, you may also like:

Near Future Crime and Mystery Short Stories:
“A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy”
“In the Interest of Public Safety”
“Pariah”

Suspense / Mystery Novels:
All in Her Head (a Lucky Bat book)

Connect with N. M. Cedeño
To connect with N. M. Cedeño please visit NMCedeno.com

Managing editor for For the Children’s Sake is Jessica Santina

Cover artist: Brandon Swann

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We all know Janis Ian as an internationally famous songwriter and performer, but she’s been showing us over the last several years that she is also multi-talented.

At about the time she was writing At Seventeen, for which she won her first Grammy, she was also writing poetry; she had been since she was seven. Those poems, plus 10 not included in the original, along with a new poem by Janis, and a new introduction and afterword, make up this ebook, Who Really Cares, Childhood Poems by Janis Ian.

Photos of Janis Ian in Lucky Bat Books’ Poetry Ebook Conversion

Photos of Janis as a teen and a child add texture to the book’s poetry, and her introduction and afterward add context. This is a book that is treasured by her fans and music afficionados as well — in it you’ll read the poetry and thoughts that later became songs and that have been performed and still are being performed by Janis and others.

Celebrating Janis Ian’s Poetry Book with a Sale on STARS!

Since we are releasing Janis Ian’s poetry book, Who Really Cares, we also think this is a good time to save you $2 (two bucks!) on STARS: The Anthology.  While you are on your favorite etailer site buying your copy of Ian’s poems, pick up a copy of STARS and read science fiction by some of today’s greatest writers. (Did you know Janis Ian is a fan of science fiction and a writer herself? She is.)

Buy Janis Ian’s books in paperback and ebook formats. Look for STARS on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and other etailer sites. And for Who Really Cares on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and others.

Publishing Janis Ian’s Books

As part of her team of publishers, Lucky Bat Books works with Janis Ian on designing ebooks. Check out the ebook version of STARS to enjoy links to the music as you read the short stories, each based on a song by Janis Ian and written by top science fiction writers. Convenient links from the story author bylines to their bios at the end of the ebook give you insights into the writers and context for the story-to-song connection.

In publishing Janis Ian’s Who Really Cares, Childhood Poems, we have been honored to be part of Janis’s history as well as to be included in her future. She is a woman going nonstop. Visit her website “listening room” for free downloads of music from The Tiny Mouse, a beautiful children’s book, and to listen to full versions of her music. Her website is also the best place to keep up with what she’s doing next, and where on the planet you might find her.

For more on the books we’ve published by Janis Ian, see our Janis Ian page here.

About the Who Really Cares team:

Ebook conversion by Cindie Geddes

Cover by Nuno Moreira

Managing Editors: Louisa Swann and Judith Harlan

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Adrienne Tropp is the author of Somebody Forgot to Tell Harry: Harry Reid’s Journey from Searchlight to Spotlight, a young person’s biography of Senator Harry Reid. The book is written for children ages 8 through 12 (grades 3-6). It is the first book in the Nevada Biographies for Children series.

Adrienne Tropp has been a political junkie since probably the age of five. She listened intently to discussions by her family and neighbors, and as a young teenager began expressing her views to others. In college, she took a more active part in politics: She dispersed campaign literature, knocked on people’s doors, and did telephone canvassing. Her goal was often to get out the vote.

When she met her husband, Richard Tropp, she found a like-minded soul, so her interest in politics never waned. Their son and daughter, not surprisingly, grew up in a household filled with political debate.

Adrienne has taught in New York, Texas, North Carolina, and Nevada, the four states in which she’s lived. She has always believed students should not know their teachers’ political views. She is proud that her students rarely figured out whom she was supporting in an election.

After retiring from teaching, Adrienne ran a tutoring service, undertook her dream of writing, and found time for traveling. Perhaps her newest loves, her grandchildren, may supplant politics in her heart.

Discover more about Adrienne Tropp and her Nevada Biographies for Children series at AdrienneTropp.com.

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The Half Book.

He got the job. He got the girl. He got the diagnosis. Son of a…

Dan Duffy was twenty-nine when he heard the worst three words imaginable: “you have cancer.” Testicular. Stage three. His life became equal parts fear and anger, with a dash of stupidity for flavor. From systematically alienating everyone around him to embracing psychological and physical acts of acute masochism and loathing, cancer became the least of his worries. It was at his lowest point where Dan found salvation in common sense, and redemption in his ultimate purpose to give people the truth, and ultimately hope, while facing this disease.

Dan has often said, “Cancer is going to hit you like a truck. Period. You can either brace for impact, or get run over.” Dan’s story will make you laugh, make you think, and affirm that no one is alone in this fight.

 About Dan Duffy

Dan Duffy has been telling stories for over twenty years. After an award-winning radio career with the nationally syndicated Steve and DC Radio Show, he moved from audio to visual arts, graduating from the Vancouver Film School. He returned to his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri to hone his skills before moving to Los Angeles.

However, fate, a woman, and a diagnosis changed everything. Four months before making the jump to the West Coast, Dan met Stephanie, the woman he would marry. Four months after that meeting, he was diagnosed with stage-three testicular cancer. Six months later, Dan was cancer-free, but left with a myriad of questions with no answers.

It was in his quest for those answers when Dan realized that there may have been a personal reason for his diagnosis, and the more he learned, the more he knew that with his knowledge of not just the physical, but the psychological dynamic of this disease, he could warn others about many of the same pitfalls he, himself, was unable to avoid.

With a friend and colleague, Dan co-founded The Half Fund, an organization dedicated to spreading cancer education to patients, their providers and caregivers, and loved ones. The Half Fund board seeks out commercially viable artistic mediums to achieve this goal, from movies to music to books.

The first project of The Half Fund, The Half Book, was written by Dan to not only educate, but to help others see the glimpses of almost farcical humor that can and will occur during treatment. All net proceeds from this book will be split between the American Cancer Society and The Half Fund, where it will be given away to other artists to educate in new ways. These artists must also give away all net proceeds.

This married father of two boys has said that while he wouldn’t wish it on anyone, cancer was one of the best things that ever happened to him. It gave him a purpose and a mission to live his life for the betterment of others.

Read more about Dan Duffy and The Half Fund here.

The Buzz about the The Half Book

“When I read Half, I felt like I was on Dan’s journey with him. The good. The bad. The painful. The funny. I felt every moment of his journey. It really helps you realize that, while we all look different, live in different places, and have different life experiences, the human experiences of challenge and triumph is familiar to us all.”

Angela Hayes | Managing Director, Mission Support Communications

American Cancer Society
“I have always said that I am not grateful for having cancer, but I am grateful for the blessings it has brought. Dan is one of those blessings. He has many gifts, especially writing and storytelling. But he, himself, is a gift to everyone who is fortunate enough to know him. Thanks Dan, for all you give unconditionally.”

Teri Griege | Survivor, Triathlete, Founder and CEO
Powered By Hope Foundation
“Dan Duffy has endured struggles that most can’t imagine, and not only endured, but has thrived. In this remarkable, emotional, poignant and surprisingly funny book, he shares not only what he learned as he battled cancer, but what it means for all of us in the daily fights of life. There is reason for hope…and you’ll know why after you read this book!”

John O’Leary | International Speaker and Author

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The Exception and The Rule: On Being Stage IV.

You are weak; you are weary, and your spirit is broken. Your opponent is stronger than you, more resilient, and more clever. You face overwhelming odds of defeat. In a wager for your life, would you bet on you?

And as you turn to face your opponent, are you the exception or are you the rule?

Stage IV cancer does not come with a safety net. There are no do-over’s or second chances, and for those of us diagnosed with stage IV cancer, we enter the most crucial phase of our lives, where nearly every second and decision made becomes one of life and death. In this inspirational, heart-wrenching, and unbridled work, Sarah Kugler Powers in The Exception and The Rule: On Being Stage IV, shares the experiences and the lessons she learned during the years she underwent cancer treatment.

Sarah discusses in-depth topics such as: having difficult conversations with family and friends, working with doctors, dealing with depression and anxiety, and facing death. In taking the reader with her through her own grief, anger, and constant struggles, Sarah’s story affords the reader a first-hand look at the conversations, the heartbreak, and the circumstances surrounding some of the greatest questions patients must face and ask of themselves and their medical teams.

10% of all lifetime profits are donated directly to the non-profit cancer organization The Half Fund.

Read more about The Exception and The Rule and about Sarah Kugler Powers on her website: SarahKuglerPowers.com.

About Sarah Kugler Powers

Sarah Kugler Powers’ story spans a three-year period and includes content derived from Sarah’s meticulous and detailed records. She takes the reader through her personal experience with cancer and affords the reader the opportunity to experience first-hand what it truly is to be stage IV.

Sarah Kugler Powers is an accomplished academic scholar, holding multiple degrees in sociology, political science, and economics. In 2008, Sarah was awarded one of two academic research positions to begin working with the international economic consulting firm, Public and Corporate Economic Consultants at the University of Cambridge, UK. In 2009, she returned to the United States where she took a position with the international business management consultancy firm, Turner & Townsend. In 2011, she began her legal studies at the University of Connecticut School of Law and was diagnosed with stage IV cancer shortly after.

In December 2011, at the age of twenty-four, Sarah Kugler Powers was diagnosed with high-risk advanced unfavorable stageIVBX Hodgkin lymphoma, which was refractory to front-line ABVD chemotherapy. The aggressiveness of Sarah’s cancer required implementing the highly toxic German chemotherapy regimen escalated BEACOPP, as well as a third high dose chemotherapy regimen. On September 3rd, 2012, Sarah received a bone marrow transplant at Stanford Medical Center, followed by a high-dose targeted radiation treatment plan.

Following her cancer treatment in 2013, Sarah continued her legal education at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas. Shortly after beginning at the Dedman School of Law, Sarah joined the prominent Texas law firm Prospere & Russell, a private criminal defense firm.

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Lucky Bat Books is excited to announce a new release just in time for the heated political season. In Unlocking the Schoolhouse Door: Essays on the Misunderstandings of Public Education, former educator and author Larry White takes readers inside the classroom to reveal what’s happening—and what should be happening—in public education today.

For anyone who’s ever rolled their eyes or expressed concern over the state of education in this country, or wondered about what reforms look like in the classroom, this book is for you.

From the book:

You wouldn’t go to your doctor’s office and advise him on running his practice, or propose reforms for how a CEO ought to run his company. Yet every day, your neighbors, politicians, and business owners complain about the failure of schools and call for change without ever setting foot in them. Criticism abounds regarding what schools are doing (and how they’re doing it wrong).

In Unlocking the Schoolhouse Door, author Larry White examines how repeated and misguided attempts at reform—testing, unfair expectations placed on teachers, and an overemphasis on content—are undermining schools’ efforts to prepare students for the future.

Whether you’re a teacher, an administrator, a parent, a politician, a business owner, or simply a citizen concerned about the state of education today, this book will shed light on what is—and what should be—occurring in classrooms today.

This collection of newspaper columns, culled from the author’s 34 years of experience as a high school teacher and mentor to both students and teachers, deals with such hot-button issues as teacher tenure, the role of parents, discipline and behavior management, grading and assessments, addressing special needs, and the real purpose of schools.

Filled with observations, anecdotes, and practical tips from the front lines, Unlocking the Schoolhouse Door will take you inside today’s schools to show you the realities of so-called reform, while pointing the way to a better future for America’s schools.

Unlocking the Schoolhouse Door is available in paperback and ebook.

Cover Design: Nuno Moreira

Managing Editor: Jessica Santina

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Lucky Bat Books is excited to announce the publication and distribution across multiple platforms of Susanna Solomon’s new collection of short stories featuring the wacky, funny and dear characters of More Point Reyes Sheriff’s Calls.  Using actual Sheriff’s Calls published in the Point Reyes Light as inspiration Solomon has created a collection of stories that weave together the bright fabric of this pacific coast cast of characters and strange Marin County behavior.  The book places these richly drawn characters in such a specific landscape that if you’ve been there the laughter bubbles up immediately in recognition, if you haven’t been lucky enough to see Point Reyes in person you’ll want to book a weekend just to walk around and take it all in.  Solomon creates folks we think we know places them in sometimes excruciatingly funny situations.  Meet this family of friends she has given life to and treat yourself by reading about their peculiar Point Reyes adventures.  Solomon’s been an invited presenter at Quiet Lightning, Why There Are Words, Aqus Café in Petaluma, Writing Without Walls, Lip Service West in Berkeley, Pints ‘N Prose, and other venues.  You can find out more about Susanna Solomon at her website: http://www.susannasolomon.com/

It’s 1965, and as America is increasing its military presence in Southeast Asia, the Cold War is heating up in Alaska. The Russians, desperate to stop the spread of democracy, send their Air Force MiGs to make incursions, testing the much-touted North American DEW Line and drawing their own line in the sand. U.S. jets have scrambled but are unable to catch them.

Now an unlikely band of Americans must work together in the remote Alaskan landscape to thwart the enemy and ensure the nation’s safety.

There’s Henry Mullen, a Native American who works alongside his German shepherd as a wilderness hunting and fishing guide and still suffers flashbacks from the Korean War…

Bill Grist is a wounded ex-soldier and now-unsuspecting geologist from Nevada whose return to Alaska brings back memories of a long-ago whirlwind affair with a local woman and the many secrets she’s kept from him…

Janet Cooper is a crack shot—an FBI agent with a pilot’s license and nursing degree who must prove herself a vital asset to her male counterparts while relying on her wits and training to survive here in the Alaskan wilds…

As their stories and those of their compatriots converge, the intrigue, romance, and nonstop action of Terry Katzer’s debut novel will keep you guessing until the unbelievable and gripping climax. Inspired by historical events, Arctic Under Attack is a fictional account of the heroic efforts of a motley crew of Americans who cleverly outwitted the Russian military and stopped their advance in its tracks.

Available in print and ebook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Kobo, and iBooks.

Managing Editor: Jessica Santina

Cover Design: Brandon Swann

Author of Killing Penelope, A daughter’s memoir of failed rescues.

A hauntingly beautiful memoir of humor, grace, gratitude, and failed rescues

Killing Penelope is a true story about a girl’s devotion to her mother, Penelope, a wild and eccentric woman who never intended to have a child, and to her father, Gardiner, a Harvard-educated physician whom the child depended upon to be the steady, stable parent.

Penelope did not wear dresses and heels like other mothers of the 1960s. She wore Levi’s and men’s shirts, and she held a shotgun with more comfort than she held her baby girl. Penelope loved Gardiner but not enough to give up her Swiss lover, Helene. Kimball was eight when Penelope developed a life-threatening illness, which left her emaciated, drug-addicted, and mentally unstable.

When Gardiner abruptly left the family, Penelope gathered her strength and told Kimball they were going to start a new life. Kimball was twelve when they packed up the Porsche, dogs, parakeets, and bags of narcotics, and left the only home she had ever known. Kimball’s early teen years were frightening and unpredictable as she desperately tried to save Penelope, who succumbed to addiction, depression, and recurring bouts of illness.

In this memoir by Kimball Converse Pier, the author gives a beautiful portrayal of her experience of retrieving humor, grace, and gratitude from the rubble of despair and loss.

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Kimball Converse Pier, Ph.D. is a depth psychologist and psychotherapist who lives and practices in Truckee, California.  She lives with her husband, Jon L. Weedn, and their two miniature Dachshunds, Penny and Ruthie. She has two grown children, a daughter who is a social worker, and a son who loves anything to do with a board (snow, surf or skate).

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Killing Penelope, A daughter’s memoir of failed rescues by Kimball Converse Pier, published by Lucky Bat Books, edited by Jessica Santina, cover design by Nuno Moreira, interior print and ebook design and layout by Sarah Katreen Hoggatt. Managing editor Judith Harlan

Print ISBN: 978-1-943588-52-7

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-943588-53-4

From the moment we read the first chapter of Patti Doty’s Finding Home and met her plucky protagonish Quinn, we were hooked! We’re sure you will be too. Lucky Bat Books is excited to welcome author Patti Doty to our list of authors, and we’re even more excited to announce the long-awaited release of Finding Home, the follow-up to her first book in the series, Runaway.

Quinn DeMello has a long history of making bad decisions. Her problem-solving tactics—alcohol, sex, and running away—haven’t served her well. Now, in the days after 9/11, psychotherapist Quinn abandons her safe haven and her lover, Owen, to volunteer with the Red Cross. In the midst of trauma, the forty-three-year-old is determined to change her ways. Stunned by the destruction and in awe of the workers’ heroism at the Pentagon crash site, she puts aside her inner turmoil and applies her skills—her flute, her chanting, and her focused attention—to help these heroes keep going.

Enter Chris McLean, MD, nicknamed “Heartbreak Harry”: surgeon and rescue chief with a marked interest in his newest recruit. Meanwhile, Owen is determined to be Quinn’s knight in shining armor … whether she wants one or not. Heartbroken and confused, Quinn’s dangerous old ways are rearing their ugly head.

But when an unexpected event threatens her very existence, Quinn must make hard choices, and maybe, just maybe, she can keep herself alive.

Available in print and ebook.

Managing Editor: Jessica Santina

Cover Design: Nuno Moreira

If you haven’t read Erik Bundy’s paranormal mystery Crying Woman Road series from Lucky Bat Books, you’re in for a magical treat. The first book, Magic and Murder Among the Dwarves, has been reissued with a spiffy new cover, and the sequel, The Dwarf Assassin, is now available too.

A murderer. Supernatural evil. A psychic who doesn’t know the meaning of “quit”.

If you try to shun your gift, it will punish you. Recently widowed, Amanda Knight moves to the Blue Ridge Mountains to quietly grieve and build a normal life. But her neighbors, who never come above ground until after dark, ask her to find a missing baby and to solve a gruesome murder for them.

As she chases the brutal and clever killer, Amanda’s life becomes part of the deadly stakes.

And sometimes your worst enemy is inside you.

Then the dark side of Amanda’s psychic power turns against her. Now she faces an evil presence more sadistic and cunning than any murderer. She must face her fears and outwit an enemy who cannot die.

She is no longer fighting for a normal life but to stay alive . . . and death is no longer the worst thing that can happen to her.

Read more about Erik Bundy on his author page.

Lucky Bat Books is pleased to announce the publication of Ben Garrido’s wacky dystopian satire, The Potency! (And yes, that exclamation point is part of the title.)

In a world turned upside down by the God of Potency’s prancing dickishness – Queen Elizabeth II in orbit, the Dalai Lama partially digested – two heroes set out to restore natural order, overcome crippling dandruff and escape the pull of the Mongolian Illuminati.

Chul, a self-righteous South Korean salaryman, vows to find and consume the vaunted Twinkie of Destiny, achieve 15 minutes of earthly omnipotence, restore the honor of Korea and lay Japan low. He is joined by CJ, a vengeful American plumber who seeks to punish the God of Potency and strike at Islam to avenge the tragedy of 9/11.

Can anyone stop the God of Potency? Can our heroes find the Twinkie of Destiny before it’s too late? Will either CJ or Chul stop being an asshole? There’s only one way to find out!