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Imagine living in a world where everything you do is controlled.In the distant future the United States has been split into two regions separated by a barren wasteland; this is the country of Dystopia. Here the individual is discouraged, freedom is an illusion, food is rationed, and everything you do is tracked by a chip implanted in your arm. This is Dana Ginary's world.At age seventeen, people receive their career assignments chosen for them by a government body. Forced to work at the Waste Management Plant because she was declared too individualistic, Dana finds herself surrounded by death and brutality. Knowing her days are numbered, she looks for a way to leave the plant before she, too, becomes one of its causalities.It is then she meets a man named George and soon finds herself caught up in a cat and mouse game between the resistance and the Dystopian government. Dana finds herself faced with an agonizing choice of whom she will betray and whom she will save: her friend George, her parents, or herself.The eyes are always watching.

Like steel, an individual's strength is forged by fire.Book 2 in the Dystopia TrilogyExiled from Dystopia, Dana is forced to wander in the barren wasteland until she chances upon a small settlement. There she meets a man named Sampson who introduces her to a new way of life; one that involves independent achievement. Learning the value of living independently, for the first time Dana is able to decide her own fate and manages to create a new life for herself.Then Kenny shows up, lost and confused like she was. Unable to leave him in the desert, Dana takes him in, but Kenny misses Dystopia and attempts to bring it there. Soon trouble arises and everything Dana has worked hard to achieve is in peril.Back home, riots plague Dystopia, resources are more limited, and the resistance is gaining strength fueled by Dana's courage. Furious at her escape and what she has started, President Klens orders Dana to be found at all costs and puts Colonel Fernau in charge. Obsessed with finding her himself, he will stop at nothing to get revenge.

All it takes is one spark to ignite the flame of liberty.The final book in the Dystopia TrilogySix months have passed since Dana and Kenny parted. Forced to live as a wanderer, Dana discovers a crashed drone and learns of the chaos within Dystopia and what President Klens has planned for the resistance. Realizing that she must go back, Dana acquires the help of a seventy-year-old man and an old friend. Upon her return, she finds that rebellion is in the air as the government continues to eliminate dissenters.Forced to disguise herself, Dana searches for the resistance to tell them of President Klens' plans. After a few run-ins with the officers and narrow escapes from Colonel Fernau-his obsession with her growing each day-she learns that the people of Dystopia yearn to be free from their oppression. What they need is a leader. Knowing that everyone she cares for will never be safe so long as the government reigns supreme, Dana must decide how far she is willing to go achieve freedom; and what she is willing to sacrifice.

Yee-Haw Mel's out west and murder isn't far behind.While on vacation with her aunt and Jackie on a dude ranch in South Dakota, a dead body shows up in her room. In an area she does not know very well it is up to Mel and her friends to solve the mystery. During the investigation Rachel shows up and so does the ghost of Jedidiah: a man who died in the late 1800s. With one turn after another Mel soon finds herself on a treasure hunt. Can she and her friends solve the murder and find the treasure before the killer finds them?

Mellow Summers just wanted to go to college and get her film degree. She moved into a furnished apartment with her friend Jackie only to find that it already had a tenant: the ghost of a girl who was murdered a year earlier. Now it is up to Mellow to not only discover who the murderer is, but to prove it as well. With the help of the ghost Rachel, Mellow sets out to solve the year old mystery. She soon finds out that she may have taken on more than she can handle. Pursued by someone who wants the identity of the killer to remain a secret, Mellow will have to use all her resources to outwit him and help the spirit of Rachel move on.Check out the first book in this new series.

Mellow Summers has already solved one murder mystery when she met the ghost Rachel. But now that Rachel has gone, Mellow hopes to continue with a normal life. But normal is not in her future.One night Timothy shows up claiming to have been murdered. Now Mellow must help another ghost solve a mystery. At the same time, various businesses have experienced thefts of small, but valuable items. Even the Candle Shoppe is a victim. In investigating Timothy's murder and the many thefts, Mellow is led to the dreaded and haunted Pen Mill's Estate. Can she solve both mysteries before she gets scared out of her wits?

Rachel is back. And so is trouble.Mel wakes up covered in blood and with a knife in her hand. She has no memory of what happened. Rachel gets word about it in the spirit world and decides to help Mel out. Now the prime suspect in a murder investigation, it is up to Mel's friends to prove her innocence. But can a ghost get Mel off the hook and catch the real killer?

In this fourth book in the Mellow Summers Series Mel finds herself on a new mystery with the ghosts of three little girls.While at the library investigating a ghost story for Tiny, a woman is murdered. As the investigation intensifies, Mel discovers that the victim was not so innocent after all. Embarking on one twist after another, Mel tries to find the murderer and help the three girls cross over.

Mr. Chilie wants to learn how to cook the best bowl of Chili anyone has ever tasted. But his cooking skills leave something to be desired. With his best friends helping him, can he achieve his goal?

It's art day in school and Mr. Chilie gets to build a pinata. But things just don't go as planned.

It's Christmas time and Mr. Chili and his friends want to wait up for Santa. After each tell their story of how they think Santa delivers his gifts, they hear a thump on the roof. Could their wildest dreams have been realized? Did Santa arrive so that they could greet him?

Book 7 in the Mellow Summers SeriesCollege StudentCandle Shoppe EmployeeAmateur SleuthGhost MagnetWhile working at the Candle Shoppe, a man rushes in demanding to speak to Mel. He tells her that someone is trying to kill him and then drops dead. Though the coroner informs her it was a heart attack, Mel cannot get the man's words out of her head.Soon she is drawn to an abandoned inn that dates back to 1688 and the legend of Smiley's Ghost. With the help of her friends, Mel explores the abandoned inn and soon finds herself being harassed by a black rider on a horse. Knowing that all is not as it seems, Mel must discover the secret of Smiley's Ghost and the inn before she becomes the killer's next target.Other books in the series.Sugar And Spice And Not So NiceFrogs, Snails, And A Lot Of WailsAn Apple A Day Keeps Murder AwayThree Little GhostsOh Holy GhostWhere Trouble Roams

Book 8 in the Mellow Summers SeriesCollege StudentCandle Shoppe EmployeeAmateur SleuthGhost MagnetHalloween has arrived and so has everyone's favorite ghost: Rachel. Invited to a Halloween party, Mel and her friends hope to enjoy a night of fun. The party soon turns sour when a man turns up dead during a murder mystery game.While Detective Shorts is busy questioning everyone who attended the party, Mel and her friends start their own investigation. Soon they find themselves digging into secrets best forgotten-the hostess' mysterious sister and a lost will-and an underground tunnel that the murderer used to sneak into the mansion. Will Mel be able to solve this case before the night ends and the killer disappears? Other books in the series.Sugar And Spice And Not So NiceFrogs, Snails, And A Lot Of WailsAn Apple A Day Keeps Murder AwayThree Little GhostsOh Holy GhostWhere Trouble RoamsTwo Ghosts Haunt a GroveTrick or Treat or MurderRoses Are Red He's DeadDouble, Double, Nothing But TroubleRing Around the Rosy, Not Another GhostyHickory Dickory Dock The Ghost In The ClockViolets Are Blue More Trouble BrewsHey Diddle Diddle The Zombie In The Middle

Every myth has a beginning.After escaping the destruction of her home planet, Lanyr, with the help of the mysterious Solaris, Rynah must put her faith in an ancient legend. Never one to believe in stories and legends, she is forced to follow the ancient tales of her people: tales that also seem to predict her current situation.Forced to unite with four unlikely heroes from an unknown planet (the philosopher, the warrior, the lover, the inventor) in order to save the Lanyran people, Rynah and Solaris embark on an adventure that will shatter everything Rynah once believed.

Book 2 in the Solaris Saga.A teen & young adult science fiction series full of action, adventure, mystery, and a little bit of time travel.Go to www.mcnultyjanet.com to learn more about the author and her works.Part of the Kindle Matchbook program. Buy the paperback for $13.99 and get the kindle version for only $0.99 Regret is the bane of every heart.Following the tragic battle with Klanor, sorrow fills the crew aboard Solaris. Rynah locks herself in her quarters, refusing to speak with the others, but Solaris convinces her to put aside her grief and continue the mission Marlow had entrusted to her. During a meeting in the ship's galley, Rynah and the crew resolve to pursue the next crystal.While on their way to a volcanic planet where the crystal is rumored to be, Rynah and her crew are almost killed by an ion storm and are forced to land on an outlying planet. While there, Rynah dreams she hears a familiar voice screaming her name, a voice with a startling message: Brie is still alive But where is she?

The final book in the Solaris Saga.Go to www.mcnultyjanet.com to learn more about the Solaris Saga.Part of the Kindle Matchbook program. Buy the paperback and get the kindle version for $0.99 Every legend has an end.Wounded and dependent upon Klanor for help, and pursued by the FBI and Stein, Rynah treks across the New Mexican desert in search of Solaris and the others. Knowing that they are following a lead from the ancient poem, she and Klanor make their way to Albuquerque to rendezvous with them.But Stein isn't Rynah's only worry; the president of the United States has issued an order to kill her on sight. Exhausted by Stein's constant pursuit of her and the FBI's complicit aid to him, Rynah and her crew resolve to take the fight to him and end his annihilation of Earth. While devising their plan, she discovers a secret Marlow kept from Solaris-her world and ours have been connected for thousands of years.