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About Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez

My Niece and Nephew joke that I could open a used book store with all the books that I own. I love to read, that is my addiction. I can't go a week without going to a book store. I love crocheting. I love to write stories and poetry. I also love my family, even though they make me crazy at times. I am a huge Donald Duck Fan.

All Or None New Release Blitz

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Cozy Murder Mystery

Date Published: 11-11-2025

Publisher: Epicenter Press

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Returning to Sydney, Detective Ramesh Ryan is promoted to the Homicide
Squad. Zoe Yang joins him there. Now a detective herself, she is assigned as
his junior partner. Straight up, the cops are off and
running—investigating the discovery of a murdered company director.
Following the clues, Detective Ryan finds that this and a second murder may be
linked to past events.

As the pressure mounts for a quick solution to the case, the detective finds
that he too, is in the killer’s crosshairs. But Ryan is distracted from
the investigation by a romantic encounter with an old university friend. He
also worries about his mother, Mumta, and her new obsessive desire for
grandchildren from her only son. Could this be linked to her recent medical
tests? And there’s another pressing problem—the plague of rats in
his apartment block.

Detective Ryan’s hands are well and truly full.

 

 

About the Author

Clive Fleury

 

Clive Fleury is an award-winning writer of books and screenplays and has
worked all over the world as a Film/TV director, writer and producer. He has
written six books, most recently ‘All Or None’, the second novel in the
Detective Ryan Murder Mystery series.

‘All Or None’ sees Detective Ryan back in the thick of things. His latest
investigation into a mysterious death couldn’t come at a worse time. He
discovers his mother is hiding a troubling secret and is further sidetracked
by a new romance. Fans of who dunnit’s, crime thrillers, and cop and detective
stories will love this novel.

Clive’s other books include ‘Off Season’ – book one in the Detective Ryan
Murder Mystery series; ‘Kill Code’ – a dystopian science fiction novel set in
a world facing climate change; ‘Scary Lizzy’ – a novel about an
eight year old girl, who befriends an African child ghost – and the teen
action adventure book; ‘The Boy Next Door ‘ – a story of what
happens when a teenage girl has a crush on her next door neighbor, who
isn’t all he seems. He also co-wrote ‘Art Pengriffin and The Curse
of The Four’ – a young adult fantasy adventure about a teenage boy who
discovers his father was Merlin the Magician.

 

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Kennedy Sloane Gets Scooped Virtual Book Tour

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Contemporary Women’s Fiction/Contemporary Romance

Date Published: November 6th, 2025

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

 

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Faster than details break in a news story, Kennedy Sloane gets scooped.

On a rainy Manhattan afternoon, career-obsessed writer and news producer
Kennedy loses the interview that was guaranteed to catapult her to senior
producer status. Hours later, revered and feared book editor Muffin Evans, aka
the Manuscript Eater, shelves the publication of her promising debut novel.

Over a night of tears and too many glasses of wine, Kennedy responds to an
internet ad for a villa on the picturesque island of Hilton Head. She books a
five-week “hiatus from life,” to focus on herself, free from
distractions.

However, soon after arriving on the island, J.P. Long catches Kennedy’s
hesitant eye. Despite a series of serendipitous encounters around the romantic
oasis, Kennedy knows there’s no room in her life for a charming
professional golfer turned businessman who is battling his own personal and
professional insecurities.

But maybe he’s worth the trouble.

If there’s one thing Kennedy’s learned, it’s that life
rarely happens as expected, and sometimes, the best stories unfold when you
stop chasing the perfect headline.

 

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Kenny started her day just before sunrise like most other mornings, mentally pumping herself up for the hours to come atop the saddle of her Peloton, powering through a forty-five-minute hill climb that was sprinkled with motivational pep talks. Rushes of adrenaline from the Snoop Dogg playlist and the high five emojis that lit up the scoreboard on the upper right corner of KennyNYC’s screen had a way of physically waking up her still sleepy body.

For inspirational and aesthetic purposes, the stationary bike occupied one of the front-facing bay windows of Kenny’s spacious three-bedroom apartment on the fifteenth floor of the high-rise, doorman building on Riverside Boulevard.

There was no energy like waking up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. On the days Kenny couldn’t muster the enthusiasm to sign into a vigorous instructor-led class, she’d at least sit on the bike and peddle at a leisurely pace while preparing for the day. Those mornings she’d allow herself to get lost in the sight of activity along the Hudson River.

Flashing lights cruising up and down the West Side Highway would make her wonder. Was there an accident, a fire? Or was the president or Taylor Swift in town? The congestion on the George Washington Bridge. Were these commuters who transplanted out of the city to make their Jersey housewives happy? Or was a Yankees game bringing traffic to a screeching halt?

The barges that moved at glacial paces through the current. What were they carrying? The occasional paddle boarder or kayaker. Were they wearing wet suits? Who would risk falling into that murky water? The Circle Line cruise ships that glided by several times a day. Were they filled with awestruck tourists or native New Yorkers falling in love with their city all over again?

The endless air traffic shuttling airbuses of passengers to and from JFK and LaGuardia. Who were on those planes and where were they going? Would one of those aircraft hit a flock of birds and descend on the congested river? Captain Sully and his crew made that miraculous landing in this exact location.

Kenny was endlessly curious. As a journalist, she was trained to be keenly aware of what was going on around her. Born a news producer, she was inherently interested in people’s stories.

Today Kenny didn’t have time to let her mind wander. She pulled her feet out of her cycle shoes, hopped off the bike and flung her sweaty tank top over her head and into the hamper. She glanced in the full-length mirror, assessing if she could ever be one of those girls who was confident enough to workout in just a sports bra.

She slid into her slippers and shuffled through the kitchen to plug in the percolator. Kenny always filled the pot with water and coffee grinds the night before. Accustomed to working and living on deadlines, she valued every minute of her day, especially the mornings; and the three minutes it took to prepare the coffee pot were best allotted to the nighttime routine.

 

About the Author

Caila Klaiss

 A graduate of Fordham University, Caila Klaiss is an award-winning network
news producer who spent seventeen years crisscrossing the country to cover
breaking and developing stories for platforms across ABC News. The bulk of her
career was spent producing true crime documentaries for 20/20.

Since making the difficult decision to leave a career she loved, Caila has
pursued her other life-long dream of becoming a writer. When she is not
reading, writing, or researching, Caila recharges by practicing yoga.

Born, raised, and currently living in northeastern Pennsylvania, Caila is a
New Yorker at heart whose happy place is a warm sandy beach, under a palm
tree.

 

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Echoes of Fortune – Shadows Over Cozumel Week Blast

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Mystery, Thriller

 

Date Published: November 11, 2025

 

What would you risk to uncover a secret buried for over 150 years?


From bestselling and multi–award-winning author David R. Leng comes the
next pulse-pounding installment in the Echoes of Fortune series.


His debut, Echoes of Fortune: The Search for Braddock’s Lost Gold
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captivated readers and earned a 4.5-star rating on Goodreads. Now the
adventure continues with a brand-new novella that plunges deeper into
history’s deadliest secrets.

When historian Jack Sullivan, Smithsonian curator Emma Wilson, and fellow
former Navy SEAL Steve Johnson set out for a Thanksgiving dive off Cozumel,
they expect nothing more than warm waters and forgotten wrecks. Instead, they
uncover a Confederate ghost ship that vanished in 1865—along with a
sealed brass tube containing secrets powerful enough to change history.

But they’re not alone. Shadowy mercenaries and a black-hulled yacht
stalk their every move, determined to silence them before the truth surfaces.
From dazzling reefs to the back alleys of Veracruz, Jack and his team are
forced into a deadly game where history isn’t past—it’s a
weapon.


Some secrets don’t want to be found. And some will kill to stay buried.

Perfect for fans of Steve Berry, Clive Cussler, Dan Brown, and James Rollins,
Shadows Over Cozumel delivers nonstop action, historical intrigue, and a
mystery that spans centuries.

 

About the Author

 David R. Leng

 David R. Leng, known for his expertise in risk management and insurance, now
ventures into the world of fiction with his latest historical thriller, Echoes
of Fortune. With a distinguished career spanning over 30 years, David is the
author of International #1 Best Sellers including “Insured to Fail” and “The
10 Laws of Insurance Attraction,” and has saved clients over $42 million in
premiums and overcharges. As Executive Vice President and Partner of the
Duncan Financial Group, David is celebrated for his innovative Risk Profile
Improvement Process and has earned numerous accolades, including Advisor of
the Year by the Institute of WorkComp Professionals. An avid contributor to
industry publications, David’s passion extends beyond his professional
achievements to include boating, skiing, woodworking, and supporting his local
high school’s musical productions. His foray into historical thrillers
reflects his deep storytelling skills and a lifelong commitment to engaging
and captivating audiences.

 

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Great Exploitations – A Hollywood Fable Blitz

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Fiction / Satire

Publication Date ‏: ‎ April 19, 2025

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Hollywood is brutal, especially for an aging TV writer who is not connecting
with her audience. Unemployed Charlotte DeBlane finds herself at precisely
that moment until she turns her tragic youth into a sparkly tweenaged
dramedy.

The legendary Fable Studios snaps up her project as a vehicle
for their newest hot starlet, Milary Stanton. Despite a tsunami of production
nightmares, the show becomes a smash hit.
When the disappearance of an
essential crew member wreaks of corporate foul play, Charlotte finds her dream
job turned into a nightmare. Ultimately, the inevitable forces of money,
power, and talent collide, forcing Charlotte to choose where her future leads.

K.R. has been working in Hollywood for more than four decades. Some of his
early credits include special effects on Mystic Pizza, and Leadman on Breakin
2
is Electric Boogaloo. He also worked on the original Lizzie McGuire and went
on to prop master many kids’ shows, from Ned’s Declassified School
Survival Guide
to Wizards of Waverly Place and Lab Rats. K.R. lives in
California with his therapist/author wife.

 

K.R. Levin

 I have been working in Hollywood for over four decades. After
graduating from Hampshire College in 1981, I moved to Los Angeles. Some of my
early credits include special effects work on Mystic Pizza and serving as a
Leadman on Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. I also worked on the original Lizzie
McGuire and went on to serve as a prop master for many kid shows, including
Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, Wizards of Waverly Place, and
Lab Rats. I recently moved more into motion pictures, including Promising
Young Woman and Lyle, Lyle Crocodile for Sony Pictures before officially
retiring in 2024. I live in Camarillo, CA, with my therapist wife, Laura and
two Bengal cats-Crouton and Bang Bang.

In addition to all that jazz, I
am a licensed pilot since 1989. I served as crew chief on a privately-owned
WWII bomber named Feeding Frenzy during the nineties. I have a 3d printing
workshop and a large model train layout at my home. I regularly fly RC gliders
and FPV aircraft out the back of my house.

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To Eternity and Back Virtual Book Tour

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Nonfiction

Date Published: June 24, 2025

Publisher: BlackBox

The Multiverse comprises different realms of reality as apparent in its
map.
The first realm is made up of different kinds of substances with
specific powers. These range from the world of pure matter (quantum fields) to
various embodied forms of life, consciousness and rational thought (microbial,
botanical, mammalian, et al.) to the world of pure spirit (angelic).
The second realm encompasses the agents who “operate” the substances.
These range from unicellular microbes to plants to animals to human beings to
angels.
Then there is the realm of purpose, beauty, the virtues, right and
wrong, good and evil.
Finally, we have the worlds that will never end: Plenitude on the one
side, Heaven; and Void on the other, Hell.
Our journey through the Multiverse begins with the Mission Control
Center.
Here we find the Source of all that exists, we discover that Its Life
has no beginning or end and, finally, that It is Tri-personal, Three Centers
in One infinite Mind and Will.
Next, we explore the Metaverse of Mind, the cosmos in which we live with
its five domains of mind.
Underlying the Metaverse is the MindField, infinite-eternal Mind.
We then move to the world of Homo sapiens, the highest form of mind in
the physical world.
From there we go to the realm of pure minds, the world of good and evil
spirits/angels.
Next up is the religious history of humanity that culminates in the
Incarnation of Infinity and the descent of the divine Spirit.
The Incarnation bestowed on Homo sapiens the God Gene, the Life of God.
Those who live with the divine Life offered to them enter into eternal
ecstasy; those who reject it suffer the endless agony of separation.
Finally, you will meet your Secret Lover.

 

EXCERPT

Takeoff

Let’s say today’s the last day of your life. 24 hours and you’re history. Dead. So, what’s your “end”-game?

 

If you didn’t know you had an expiration date, this is the guide for you. A ‘how-to” manual. 

 

A “how-to” for the end of the world––YOUR world. For tomorrow you’re going to lose all the things that “everyone” thinks important: dwelling, family, job, possessions. Everything and everybody. Gone for good. Gone!

 

It doesn’t matter if you’re a billionaire or a bum, a celebrity or a nobody, an introvert or a people person. There’s no escaping the end of your story.

 

Oh, if this is “getting to you,” if you’re thinking of hanging up or switching channels––don’t!  None of this is hypothetical. 

 

You’re going to die no matter what. For sure. The “tomorrow” could be 10 seconds or 109 seconds from now. You can’t know. Which means you need to be always “ready.”

 

So let’s head to the boarding gate.

 

Oh, and by the way, my name is Melchizedek. You can call me Mel.

 

Flight Announcements

 

Welcome aboard the flight to “the other side.”

 

We haven’t taken off yet. Time for the safety instructions.

 

So here’s a checklist of items that are entirely irrelevant “going forward”: 

  • date of birth
  • country of citizenship
  • constitutional rights
  • human and all other “rights” 
  • separation of church and state 
  • legal problems and issues 
  • frequent flyer miles 
  • bank account balances 
  • mortgage or rent payments 
  • stock market holdings and investment portfolios
  • employment status 
  • health and life insurance policies
    health condition
  • education level
  • personal and professional accomplishments
  • expertise in science or economics or computer programming or any other domain
  • academic reputation
  • entertainment or music industry or sports world achievements
  • influencer status
  • wokeness
  • gun rights
  • sexual orientation
  • gender identity
  • reproductive rights
  • climate change
  • becoming a billionaire
  • business building prowess
  • super AI

 

OK, now perhaps you’re mad, beside yourself.

 

At least I’m not a loser, you say. I tried my best. Even if I didn’t think about the “end,” I still lived life to the fullest. So what if it’s all temporary? Better to do something with the hand you’re dealt than to sit around moaning and groaning about the end. I have no regrets and no one’s going to “shame” me for not sinking into depression and despair.

 

Well, excuse me!

 

Sorry partner! Nothing personal here. This is not about the way you lived your life–at least not yet!

 

It’s about facing reality at every level. And we’ve only just begun.

 

Let’s look at it from another angle. Like it or not, you’ve been brainwashed, snowed, taken to the cleaners. You’re living in an illusion. 

 

And it’s easy to demonstrate the deception. 

 

People joke that you can’t take “it” with you. Except it’s no joke. It’s a hard fact that when “you” die, your earthly possessions remain earth-bound. Equally, it’s a hard fact that you will die. Finally, in a ten plus billion-year-old universe, all of recorded human history, a few thousand years, is a nano-second. Here for an instant, gone tomorrow, forgotten forever. 

 

Like it never was.

 

But does anyone speak of this? Do you think of it? No. Not ever.

 

You hear the news, go to school, get a job, all the while never being told about the oblivion right ahead. 

 

There are no cover stories, blaring headlines, breaking news bulletins, viral social media posts, power-packed podcasts, about the one thing that matters most: the imminent and all but immediate end of everything. 

 

You’re going full speed ahead–to nowhere!

 

Doesn’t anyone know? Anyone care? Total separation, total aloneness, total end. Inexorable. Inescapable. In your face.

 

This is Reality 101.

 

Been There, Never Done That

 

OK, enough about you.

 

It’s time to check out the Seven Stages of Grief table–shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing, acceptance.  

 

Take shock, denial, anger. 

 

Shock – The abyss of annihilation is headed your way. Unthinkable yet undeniable.

Denial – Let’s not think about it. Eat, drink and be merry.  Merry?

Anger – Who brought up this topic? Focus on the here and now. Abstractions are for losers.

 

Well, here’s the bad news. No matter how much you deny it or how angry you are, you can’t escape “death’s dateless night.” Check the obituary section. Even as you read this sentence, over one hundred people have left us. And you’re on the same hit list.

 

Everything you’ve achieved and become is destined for decimation. It will be as if you’ve never been. The here and now is here now but gone forever tomorrow. No, “you” don’t actually live on in your legacy or your family. You as an individual will not make it once your time has come.

 

So, snap out of it! And let’s get down to business.

 

Let’s skip past the bargaining, depression and testing. Assuming you finally accept it, how can you deal with your impending departure? This death threat.

 

The Other Side

 

Which brings us to a question you might now take seriously: what happens when you die?

 

This is where we talk about a map of the multiverse. Because, let’s face it, we live in a multiverse. 

 

Not the kind of multiverse the scientists talk about–various physical worlds with radically different physical laws. That’s so yesterday when you die–because death means physical realms are no longer the point.

 

No, the multiverse is about the kinds of dimensions that make up reality––the physical, the non-physical, the physical integrated with the non-physical, the spatial, the non-spatial, the biologically living, the non-living, the time-bound of the physical kind, the time-bound of the non-physical kind and a lot more.

 

I know, I know. You say, there’s no proof of dimensions other than those we encounter on Planet Earth. And nothing happens “after” death. It’s Poof! And we vanish. Never to be seen again.

 

Boy, I wish you were right! But, nope, there are no final exits, no “end of the matter.”

 

Sorry to say, there’s a final reckoning.

 

A “phase transition” of a final kind.

 

How do I know?

 

You’ll see.

 

But, first, fasten your seatbelts folks.

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About the Author

 R.A. Varghese

 R.A. Varghese is the author and/or editor of various books on the interface of
science, philosophy, and religion. His Cosmos, Bios, Theos, included
contributions from 24 Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Time magazine called
Cosmos “the year’s most intriguing book about God.” Cosmic Beginnings and
Human Ends, a subsequent work, won a Templeton Book Prize for “Outstanding
Books in Science and Natural Theology.” His The Wonder of the World was
endorsed by leading thinkers include two Nobelists and was the subject of an
Associated Press story. He co-authored There is a God―How the World’s Most
Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind with Antony Flew (a book translated into
Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Russian, and Arabic). His The Missing Link
(2013), includes contributions from three Nobel Prize winners and scientists
from Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale. Varghese was a panelist at the
science and religion forum in the Parliament of World Religions held in
Chicago in 1993 and an invitee and participant in the Millennium World Peace
Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders held at the United Nations in August
2000. Varghese has been interviewed on numerous radio and TV shows. He has
also been profiled in different print publications.

 

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