IR Approved Author Sarah Mattern: “It is easy to be fast and flexible as an indie, but there are many gaps of knowledge to fill in along the way.”

The book is about a young woman, Ellie Dray, who goes to prison for an ecoterrorist bombing at her university.

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IR Approved Author Rick Outzen: “Be unafraid to ask for help from others.”

In a classic tale of redemption, Southern newspaper publisher Walker Holmes rediscovers meaning in life and passion for exposing the truth when an explosion at the county jail peels off the masks worn by the town’s leaders to reveal the racist, corrupt and power-hungry faces beneath.

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The Atlas Six

The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiation.

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The Cowboy’s Daughter

One night with professional bull rider Trent Campbell had been everything that Kelly Sullivan had fantasized about. Unfortunately, it cost her everything. When she became pregnant, her father threw her out because she wouldn’t tell him the baby's father was his rodeo hero—the hero who ghosted her when she tried so many times to tell him about their daughter.

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Negotiation as a Martial Art

Negotiation is a social activity that involves disciplines like language, observation, reaction, listening, speaking, storytelling, humor, and sensing. The number one thing you bring to every negotiation is you. This book helps you understand how these various behaviors and disciplines come to play and therefore how you can become a better negotiator.

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IR Approved Author Ellie Beals: “I’ve wanted to write a novel since I understood what a novel was.””

"Emergence" is the story of two radically different people whose lives intersect with dramatic, potentially lethal consequences, in the wilderness of western Quebec. 

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Advice from IR Approved Author Christine Shields Corrigan: “Be fearless.”

A breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine forces Christine Shields Corrigan, a wife, mom, and meticulous list-maker, to confront her deepest fears of illness, death, and loss of control as she struggles to face cancer again.

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Advice from IR Approved Author Christina Berry: “Connect with other writers.”

At a funeral on her 29th birthday, Ari takes stock of her life and comes to a startling conclusion: she's not happy. Mired in a relationship that's gone stale, she approaches her husband Greg about opening their marriage. To her shock, he agrees.

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IR Approved Author Bill Zarchy: “My dad gave me an typewriter when I was young, and I soon was charging family members a quarter to subscribe to my family news service.”

On a freezing night in 1778, General George Washington vanishes. Walking away from the Valley Forge encampment, he takes a fall and is knocked unconscious, only to reappear at a dog park on San Francisco Bay—in the summer of 2014.

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