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Gone Part Two Leads the Self-Published Bestsellers List

By Dianna Dilworth 

gonepart2Gone – Part Two by Deborah Bladon leads the Self-published Bestsellers List this week.

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Amazon Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of December 24, 2014

1. Gone – Part Two by Deborah Bladon: “The second part of GONE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Lilly Randall had finally landed the job of her dreams. She couldn’t have imagined that when she started working for Clive Parker at Corteck, that she’d end up in his bed.”

2. Departure by A.G. Riddle: “Flight 305 took off in 2014…But it crashed in a world very different from our own…With time running out, five strangers must unravel why they were taken…And how to get home.”

3. Beneath Him by Komal Kant: “Sometimes love can start with a little hate. When Sky Hudson first has a run-in with tall, dark, and handsome Nicholas Ruggarson, she wants nothing more than to throw her coffee at him. He is rude and arrogant, and she is glad she never has to set eyes on him ever again. Or so she thinks.”

4. Gone – Part One by Deborah Bladon: “The first part of GONE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Sending a half-naked picture to a stranger she met online, seems innocent and fun to Lilly Randall. After spending the past four years working towards an honors degree, she needs a distraction and flirting with a man she doesn’t know can’t hurt, right?”

5. Maude by Donna Mabry: “In 1906, I was barely over fourteen years old, and it was my wedding day. My older sister, Helen, came to my room, took me by the hand, and sat me down on the bed. She opened her mouth to say something, but then her face flushed, and she turned her head to look out the window. After a second, she squeezed my hand and looked back in my eyes. She said, “You’ve always been a good girl, Maude, and done what I told you. Now, you’re going to be a married woman, and he will be the head of the house. When you go home tonight after your party, no matter what he wants to do to you, you have to let him do it. Do you understand?””

6. The Billionaire’s Christmas by J.S. Scott: “Called an eccentric beast by the citizens of Amesport, Maine, handsome, sensual billionaire Grady Sinclair stays isolated in his mansion on a private peninsula. The arrangement suits Grady just fine—until an unassuming woman rings his doorbell, awaking his long dormant passion with her fearlessness. All he wants is to make the fiery blonde his forever. But will he have to become the monster everyone thinks he is to get his Christmas wish?”

7. The Surrender Your  Love Trilogy by J.C. Reed: “Meeting Jett was like lightning. Dangerous. Better left untouched. And better forgotten. But lightning always strikes twice. Brooke Stewart, a realtor in New York, doesn’t do relationships. When she’s sent to a remote estate to finalize a real estate deal, she discovers her new boss is no other than the guy she left naked in bed.”

8.  Chosen by the Vampire Kings: BBW Romance by Charlene Hartnady: “Brant and Zane have a ton of work ahead of them. It will see them groveling, begging, pleading…on their freaking knees. No, that would be letting them off too easily…crawling over hot coals…naked.”

9. One Urge, One Plea, Keep Me Trilogy by Scarlet Wolfe: “Erotica romance author and owner of one of the largest publishing companies, Damon Lear, has secrets that keep him out of relationships and into behavior that is taboo to many. He is willing to set his strict rules aside for one memorable night with romance writer, Alayna Wynn, who he meets at his friend’s wedding. He fails at propositioning her, but they share one heated kiss, and he assures her they will meet again.”

10. The Atlantis Gene: A Thriller by A.G. Riddle: “We survived, but no one knows how. Until now. The countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin, and humanity might not survive this time.”

Smashwords Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of December 24, 2014

1. Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills By 

2. Game Programming Patterns By 

3. Private Practice Preparedness – The Health Care Professional’s Guide to Closing a Practice Due to Retirement, Death, or Disability By  & 

4. The Generous Qur’an: An accurate, modern English translation of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book. By 

8. Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volumes 1-4 (Introduction, Planets in Signs, Planets in Houses, Planets in Aspect) By 

9. Our Universal Journey By 

10. The Liar The Cheat and The Thief – Deception and the Art of Sword Play By