The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle leads the Self-Published Bestsellers List this week.
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Amazon Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of December 30, 2015
1. The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle: “Read the novel that started it all: The Atlantis Gene is the first book in A.G. Riddle’s bestselling Origin Mystery trilogy, which has sold OVER ONE MILLION COPIES, is being translated into eighteen languages, and is in development to be a major motion picture!”
2. A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest: “On the evening of Sofia Claremont’s seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake. A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.”
3. Stitch: Satan’s Fury by L Wilder: “As the club Enforcer, Stitch is the man chosen to protect the club. There are no limits to his brutality, no lines drawn in the sand. The club is his life, and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep his brothers safe.”
4. Bad Boy’s Baby by Sosie Frost: “Star professional quarterback Jack Carson has the worst reputation in the league. He’s arrogant and gorgeous, and if he’s not in bed with a new woman, he’s sleeping off the party in a jail cell.”
3. Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthorn: “It’s been exactly ten years since the murders at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, and Charlotte (Charlie for short) has spent those ten years trying to forget. Her father was the owner of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza and the creator of its four adult-sized animatronic animals, and now Charlie is returning to her hometown to reunite with her childhood friends on the anniversary of the tragedy that ripped their town apart.”
4. Pretend You’re Mine: A Small Town Love Story by Lucy Score: “Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. Strong, sweet, and sexy, he doesn’t have a girlfriend and doesn’t want one. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy.”
5. Stolen: A Bad Boy Romance by Kaylee Song: “I was a monster with one purpose. Kill. I couldn’t let anyone get too close. Especially Kathryn. But one night with her and I was hooked. I couldn’t let her go. It was a sin. Her brother, her father, they were the ruling crime lords of Baltimore. And I was their right-hand man. Death. That’s what I was facing for touching her.”
6. Pretend You’re Mine: A Small Town Love Story by Lucy Score: “Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. Strong, sweet, and sexy, he doesn’t have a girlfriend and doesn’t want one. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off his back until he’s out on another mission.”
7. A Shade of Vampire 2: A Shade of Blood by Bella Forrest: “Having been delighted by the bestselling debut, A Shade of Vampire, readers are begging for more. In A Shade of Blood, Bella Forrest transports you deeper into a unique, enthralling and beautifully sensitive story. Prepare to be lost in its pages…”
8. To Love Jason Thorn by Ella Maise: “Oh, how stupidly in love with that boy I was. He was the first boy that made me blush, my first official crush. Sounds beautiful so far, right? That excitement that bubbles up inside you, those famous butterflies you feel for the very first time—he was the reason for them all.”
9. Dark Paradise by Winter Renshaw: “There’s a name for girls like me: Sugar Baby. I’m used to being passed around the sexually depraved, middle-aged senators of Washington D.C. like candy, but when I meet him – the mysterious man who buys my exclusivity for three months for price that should frighten me more than his demands – everything changes.”
10. Maude by Donna Foley: “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.”
Smashwords Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of December 23, 2015
1. Daughter of The Sun by Michael Lane
2. Naturally Flawless: A holistic approach to clear skin by Andisheh Farahmand
3. A Simple Cup by Michael Lane
4. LEFT Brain Trading Forex e-course by Lewis Evans
5. Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills by George J. Siedel
6. The Generous Qur’an: An accurate, modern English translation of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book. by Usama Dakdok
7. Social Security Sense by Dana Anspach
8. Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath The Sun by Sam Farren
9. How to Have a Healthy Holy Holiday by Dr. Mike Courtney
10. Private Practice Preparedness – The Health Care Professional’s Guide to Closing a Practice Due to Retirement, Death, or Disability by Rob Reinhardt, LPCS, M.Ed., NCC & Anne M. “Nancy” Wheeler