Saturday 7 May 2016

BEYOND ICE by Helene Level Zemel

Title: Beyond Ice
Author: Helene Levey Zemel
Genre: Sci-Fi
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Blurb: After the death of his wife, Dr. Martin Singh has become more and more involved in his work.  He and his associate, Professor Jim Harrison, believe that they may be on to some important scientific discoveries that will help to prolong human life.  They are intent on keeping their discoveries under wraps for the time being because they don’t believe that the scientific community is quite ready for what their research reveals.  They set up a secret laboratory in the beautiful wilderness of the Maine North Woods and are excited because Martin’s son, Pete, and his young bride, Liz, will soon be joining them at the laboratory.  
As the story opens up, we find Julie Miller, a Long Island housewife and well respected high school music teacher, looking forward to the start of the new school year.  While busy at work preparing her music students for the school’s annual musical production, she suddenly falls ill with a life- threatening illness.  This upsets the entire Miller family including family dog, Seymour.  Julie turns to the Internet to find support from fellow sufferers.  One of the members of her Internet forum recommends that she attend a conference given by the brilliant but reclusive Dr. Martin Singh and his associate.  Could this offer Julie hope or might it lead her down a dangerous path?
Helene Zemel spent her childhood and young adulthood studying for a career as a concert pianist.  She received a B.A. in Music from Hofstra University and an M.A. in musicology from Queens College which is part of the City University of New York.  She performed in numerous piano recitals and spent many years teaching piano.  Ms. Zemel also held various positions in business including accounting, marketing, and insurance sales.  She received an M.B.A. from New York Institute of Technology.
Ms. Zemel grew up on Long Island and also raised her family there.  The opening beach scene was inspired by her childhood on the island.  In March of 2015, after the death of her husband, she retired to Oklahoma City where she is enjoying the friendliness of the people.  This is her debut novel.
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Several days have gone by, and Jim and Martin have been keeping Julie heavily sedated and in bed in preparation for her cryopreservation.  Due to the heavy sedation, Julie can barely move although she struggles with whatever little strength she still has.  Martin and Jim walk into the bedroom where Julie is being kept.
“Get away from me, Martin,” Julie screams.  “Leave me alone.  Why are you doing this to me?”  She rips off her blankets and tries to get up from the bed.
“I’m sorry, Julie, but Jim and I will have to restrain you.  It is essential that you remain calm if you are to heal.”
Julie continues to struggle.  She tries to scratch Martin’s face.  Martin grabs Julie’s arms and pins her down.  He sits on her legs to keep her from moving.  Being so weak, Julie is no match for Martin’s strength.  She cries out.
“Jim, please get the restraints,” exclaimed Martin as he continued to hold Julie down.  “We need to restrain Julie.”
Jim brings in the restraints and they strap Julie in by her wrists and ankles.  Julie trashes around and pushes against the restraints, but her efforts are no match for the strength of the two men and the restraints.  Julie lets out a weak scream.
“Shush, shush, Julie.  We are doing this for your own good.  You are going to go to sleep now and when you wake up you will be fully healed just like my little monkey, Gita.  Don’t worry.  You won’t feel a thing.  Martin, start the IV.”
Martin attaches a bag of saline to the IV stand.  A feeling of dread overcomes Julie and she shudders.  She is suddenly aware that Martin and Jim are planning to freeze her alive just like they did with little Gita.  She struggles against the restraints, but Martin holds her down and is able to insert the IV infusion tubing into the port attached to her body that had been used for the chemotherapy sessions.  Mixed in the saline solution is Midazolam, a strong tranquilizer.  The drug quickly takes effect, and Julie stops struggling.
“Martin, start the propofol.”
Martin hooks up a bottle of propofol to the IV drip.  He quickly intubates Julie and hooks her up to a ventilator so that she will have plenty of oxygen going into her cells.  He attaches monitoring equipment to check on Julie’s vital signs.  He gives Julie an injection of Fentanyl to enhance the anesthesia effect and make sure that she will not experience any pain.
“Jim, help me move Julie into the bathtub.  We’ll have to go slowly so that we can take the IV stand and monitoring equipment into the bathroom.”
Martin and Jim place Julie into the bathtub and manage to move the IV stand and the monitoring equipment at the same time.  They plan to ice Julie’s body and bring down her temperature before placing her into the liquid nitrogen Dewar.  They remove her clothing.  A rectal probe is placed in Julie in order to monitor her core body temperature.
“Jim, bring up two bags of ice.  We’ll place them carefully around her body.  After we do that, I’ll get two more bags of ice to place around her body.”
Jim returns with two bags full of ice.  The two scientists place ice all around Julie’s body as she lays unconscious in the bathtub.  Martin goes down to the cellar and returns with two additional bags of ice.  They cover Julie with the additional ice and then place a Mylar blanket over her to help maintain the cold temperature.  They later add dry ice to bring her temperature down even further.  When she is sufficiently cooled down, they will transfer her into the liquid nitrogen bath.
“Martin, how do her vital signs look?”
“She is doing fine.  Her blood pressure and heart rate are going down and her respiration has slowed.  Her body temperature is coming down.”
“Good.  We will soon be able to transfer her to the liquid nitrogen.”
“We’ll have to move her into the laboratory.  We can temporarily unhook the monitoring and IV equipment, but we will have to be quick so that we can re-establish anesthesia and monitoring of her vital signs.  Jim, keep the Mylar blanket wrapped around her.  We’ll continue to ice her once we go downstairs.”
Jim and Martin carry Julie downstairs to the laboratory where the Dewar of liquid nitrogen is waiting for her.  Because Julie has lost so much weight due to cachexia from the cancer, she only weighs ninety-six pounds and the two scientists have no trouble carrying her.  When they reach the laboratory, they place Julie on a laboratory table and surround her with towels.  They re-attach the monitoring equipment to check on Julie’s vital signs.  They re-establish the IV connection so that they can maintain anesthesia and analgesia.  They continue to ice Julie’s body to slow down her bodily functions and metabolism still further.
“Martin, has Julie’s core temperature been sufficiently reduced for us to begin withdrawing some of her blood?”
“Yes, I believe that we are ready.  We can store several quarts of her blood in our refrigerator.”
“What if we have an electrical failure?”
“That is exactly why we bought the extra generator.  Besides we will analyze her blood so that we have a complete blood profile and blood type.”
The scientists withdraw and collect six quarts of Julie’s blood while they continue to keep her on ice.  They replace the IV bag of saline solution with the vitrification solution that worked so well on Gita.  This will keep Julie’s body from forming destructive ice crystals that could damage her cells.  They add some glucose to the IV.  They stop the Propofol and Fentanyl as they are no longer needed for anesthesia.  Julie’s bodily functions have slowed down so much that she can no longer feel any pain, and she remains unconscious.  Once she is placed in the liquid nitrogen her heart and breathing will stop, and she will be in suspended animation until she can be reanimated.
“Jim, is the liquid nitrogen Dewar ready for Julie?”
“Yes, we’re ready to go.  Let’s put on our protective gloves and carefully lower Julie into the liquid nitrogen.”
The two scientists put on their gloves and then gently lower Julie’s body upside down into the Dewar of liquid nitrogen.  After they finish placing Julie into the liquid nitrogen, they high five and congratulate each other.  After assuring that all the dials on the Dewar are perfectly set, they go upstairs for some lunch.  A few hours later they go downstairs to check on Julie.
“Martin, do you think that we did the right thing by cryopreserving Julie Miller.  I am having second thoughts.”
“Jim, it is way too late for second thoughts.  Besides, it would only be a few weeks before Julie would have died anyway even with the best of conventional medicine.  You know what harm chemotherapy and radiation can do to the body.  Julie is now perfectly preserved in suspended animation, and her body will be in good condition when we reanimate her once a cure for her cancer is found.”
“Martin, we should look for another volunteer.”
“Yes, I’ll troll the cancer forums and start to look for a suitable candidate.”
“I think that we should start to think of moving our operation.  As much as I like it here, the authorities will eventually come looking for Julie and link her disappearance to us.  If they can’t find us, they will probably find Pete and Liz.  We’ll need to find a location that even Pete and Liz won’t know about.”
“You’re right as always, Jim.  But right now let’s go upstairs and celebrate our first cryopreserved human patient.”

DARE TO TAKE by Carly Phillips


Dare to Take by Carly Phillips

Date of Publication: May 3, 2016

Blurb


She was off limits,
But he couldn't resist.

There are just some guys you don't touch--even someone as innocent and inexperienced as Ella Shaw knows that. But when her brother's best friend is up for grabs and willing, she can't resist. After all, she's wanted him for years...
On leave from the army, Tyler Dare WAS just looking for a little fun, but his best friend's sister is off limits. Yet unable to deny how sexy and alluring she is, he finds it all too easy to succumb to a night of passion and heat that ends the next morning in the worst way possible.
Now years later, Ella is stranded on a tropical island with a hurricane bearing down, and only Tyler can save her. It's his chance to make amends for the past and show the woman he's never forgotten that he's coming after her . . . in more ways than one.

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After a successful fifteen year career with various New York publishing houses, and over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels published, N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips is now an Indie author who writes to her own expectations and that of her readers. She continues the tradition of hot men and strong women and plans to publish many more sizzling stories. Carly lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She's a writer, a knitter of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she's a Twitter and Internet junkie and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find out more about Carly at www.carlyphillips.com.

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The sun shone overhead, the temperature neared ninety, and the humidity was hair-curlingly high on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, making it hard to believe a hurricane was coming soon. Ella Shaw glanced up at the blue sky, knowing it wouldn't remain pristine for long.
The calm before the storm.
She pulled her hair into a high ponytail and headed out of her hotel, determined to hit the local gift shop she'd caught sight of on her way to the photo shoot yesterday. She'd seen long, draping, blue-beaded necklaces from the storefront window, but she hadn't had time to stop. Her boss was a stickler for getting the right shot in the exact light, and they'd worked well past dark. By the time they'd wrapped for the day, the store had been closed.
As an assistant for Angie Crighton, a fashion designer based in Miami, Ella was responsible for the little details involved in a photo shoot. And though Angie, the photographer, and models had left the island this morning, Ella had stayed to make sure the shooting site was clean, the hotel pleased enough to allow them back another time. And if she were honest with herself, she liked the downtime after the craziness of a photo shoot, the rushing around of the crew, the bossiness of some of the models and, of course, of Angie herself.
Ella appreciated the fact that she had time to souvenir shop for her best friend, Avery Dare. How ironic was it that the two girls from very different worlds had met at all? But they had. And it was Avery who'd introduced Ella to the finer things in life, leading her to seek out a job with an haute-couture designer. Whereas Avery came from a wealthy family, Ella had been raised firmly middle class, but the two girls had bonded instantly. They'd even shared an apartment until recently, when her best friend had moved in with her rock star boyfriend, Grey Kingston.
Yep, two different worlds, even now, Ella thought wryly. But their friendship was solid. Which reminded her, she needed to let Avery know she might not make it back to the States tomorrow as planned.
When Ella had heard about the storm changing course, she'd tried to book an earlier flight out, without success. She shivered at the possibility of being stranded here alone during a hurricane and knew Avery would like the news even less. Her best friend suffered from severe anxiety, and Ella didn't like to make her worry.
She'd just buy Avery an extra gift to make up for it, she thought, walking into the shop. She immediately headed to the turquoise-blue beads she'd seen through the window. The shopkeeper claimed they were Larimar beads. Even if they were fake, the beads, popular in the Caribbean, were said to have healing powers. Ella purchased two dozen, a mix of bracelets and necklaces, so she could share with the children at the cancer treatment center where she and Avery volunteered.
Avery had been nine, Ella ten years old when they'd met at a Miami hospital, both donating bone marrow, both there at the behest of a parent. Neither of them really understanding what was happening. All Ella had known was that she was doing a favor for her father, helping the stepmother Ella didn't like all that much to begin with. Even at a young age, Ella had been a good judge of character, a better one than her father, obviously, because shortly after Janice had gotten well, she'd left Ella's dad. And both her father and Ella's life had gone downhill from there. Ella shook off the thoughts of her past before she could go deeper and darker, and focused on the pretty jewelry.
She spent some time choosing a thick turquoise bracelet for Avery and a similar one for herself before paying for everything and waiting for the shopkeeper to wrap things up.
Bag in hand, she started back to the hotel, cutting through side streets and looking into the windows of the stores, soaking up the culture along the cobblestone streets before heading back to Miami tomorrow. At least, she still hoped she'd be home. Knowing she couldn't change the outcome, she pushed her worrisome thoughts aside. She'd deal with the situation as it came.
Sweat dampened her neck from the humidity of the island, and she contemplated taking a cab back to the hotel. She reached into her straw bag and pulled out her cell phone to make the call, when, without warning, she felt a hard jerk on her purse.
"What the—?" She spun around, but whomever wanted her purse was quicker.
She barely caught a glimpse of a tall guy with dark hair as he yanked harder, nearly pulling her shoulder out of its socket before slamming her against the nearby building with his other hand.
Her head hit the concrete wall, and spots immediately appeared behind her eyes from the impact. As she struggled not to pass out, the man grabbed her purse, along with her cell phone that had fallen to the ground.
She opened her mouth to scream, but nothing came out. Her legs collapsed beneath her, and she fell to the ground, her head smacking the sidewalk before everything went black.
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A WEDDING AT MEADOWS SHORE by Eva Charles


A Wedding at Meadows Shore by Eva Charles

Date of Publication: May 2, 2016

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Prepare to fall in love with the Claytons and Harringtons, a wealthy and powerful New England family with a rich Portuguese heritage. Visit their beloved Meadows Shore nestled in the charming seaside town of Fair Harbor, where you'll enjoy love, laughter, loyalty, and an abundance of mouth-watering food.
A Wedding at Meadows Shore is Sophie Clayton's story. Smart, stubborn, and strong, family means everything to her. After a failed marriage, she creates a new life for herself, one that excludes men. Sophie doesn't trust men, or maybe she doesn't trust her judgment when it comes to them. Then she meets Max, a man who leads his life in a way that challenges those very trust issues.
Max Parker is a handsome playboy with a taste for younger women and a past that haunts him. He keeps what's left of his heart well protected behind a cool exterior, and fills the emptiness with lucrative business deals, punishing exercise, and women he'll never love. But there's another side to Max, one that he keeps well hidden, until Sophie blows into his life like a whirlwind and knocks him off his game, threatening to expose his darkest secrets.
There's an Old Portuguese adage that translates as, "the rooster crows loudly, but it's the hen who's in charge". And so it is with the Claytons and Harringtons: strong women, alpha males, and of course, Avó Angelina, the family matriarch who keeps them all on their best behavior.
Bem vindo à família, Welcome to the family!

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Eva Charles is the author of the multi-titled Meadows Shore Series that chronicles the lives and loves of the Clayton-Harrington family. She invites you to visit their beloved Meadows Shore nestled in the charming seaside town of Fair Harbor, where you will enjoy love, laughter, loyalty, and an abundance of mouth-watering food, Portuguese style.
After being a confirmed city-girl for more than thirty-five years, Eva moved to beautiful Western Massachusetts in 2014. There, she found herself living in the woods with no job, no friends (unless you count the turkeys, deer, and coyotes roaming the backyard), and no children underfoot, wondering what on earth she'd been thinking. But as it turned out, it was the perfect setting to take all those yarns spinning in her head and weave them into a romantic tale.
When she's not writing, trying to squeeze information out of her tight-lipped sons, or playing with the two cutest dogs you've ever seen, Eva's creating chapters in her own love story.

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DALEEN BERRY

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Shatter the Silence is the romantic and long-awaited sequel by New York Times Best-Selling Author Daleen Berry. The sequel to Sister of Silence, Ms. Berry's 2011 breakout memoir about surviving abuse, Shatter the Silence is set in 1990s Appalachia.

This romantic memoir weaves accounts of the true crimes Ms. Berry covered while working as a news reporter with details of her divorce, her ex-husband's ongoing harassment following their divorce, and finally, her love affair with the police detective who became first, a colleague, then a friend, and ultimately, the man who helped save her life.

Readers will weep as they learn about the collateral damage Ms. Berry and her four children sustained, following ten years trapped in a violent marriage. They will cheer when they see her refusal to live the rest of her life as a victim, and when Ms. Berry realizes she has, as a single mother of four at the age of 27, fallen in love for the very first time, they will be overjoyed. Finally, Ms. Berry’s loyal fans will be moved by the tender, intimate moments she shares, as they join this award-winning author on her journey to love and healing.

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Berry’s memoir, Sister of Silence, details her life growing up in Appalachia. It has received both critical and popular acclaim. Berry’s professional writing career began at the Preston County Journal, where she received a first-place award for investigative journalism from the West Virginia Press Association. She has also written for the Associated Press, the Daily Beast and Huffington Post

Berry has delivered a TEDx talk and spoken to students at Johns Hopkins University, UC Berkeley, and Penn State University. She has appeared on ABC, NBC, and CBS, among other networks. Sister of Silence and Guilt by Matrimony were recently selected for placement on WVU's Appalachian Literature list.

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Shatter the Silence is the romantic and long-awaited sequel by New York Times Best-Selling Author Daleen Berry. The sequel to Sister of Silence, Ms. Berry's 2011 breakout memoir about surviving abuse, Shatter the Silence is set in 1990s Appalachia. This romantic memoir weaves accounts of the true crimes Ms. Berry covered while working as a news reporter with details of her divorce, her ex-husband's ongoing harassment following their divorce, and finally, her love affair with the police detective who became first, a colleague, then a friend, and ultimately, the man who helped save her life. Readers will weep as they learn about the collateral damage Ms. Berry and her four children sustained, following ten years trapped in a violent marriage. They will cheer when they see her refusal to live the rest of her life as a victim, and when Ms. Berry realizes she has, as a single mother of four at the age of 27, fallen in love for the very first time, they will be overjoyed. Finally, Ms. Berry’s loyal fans will be moved by the tender, intimate moments she shares, as they join this award-winning author on her journey to love and healing.

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Title: Assured
Series: Soul Serenade #2 
Author: Kaylee Ryan
Genre: New Adult Romance
 Release Date: May 7, 2016



Blurb

I’ve always been the guy who plays the field. I like variety and my career ensures that I can have my pick of women.

Until her…

I’ve always been the girl who wants more. I want the white picket fence, the two point five kids and the dog. That’s what all little girls grow up dreaming about.

Until him… 

Why is it that she’s all I can see? I no longer want the variety instead all I want is her. I won’t stop until she believes that she’s mine. 

I assure you…

He’s not the kind of guy I usually date. He’s cocky, and famous and that hair. He says I’m what he wants, but I know his type. He likes to play the field. Only with me he’s different.

He’s assured.






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Cole and Stacy, Stacy and Cole.
Stacy wants Cole but with his past can she trust him even he is showing his true self to her, the kind, sweet side. Oh how she wants it all with Cole but will she get it. Yeah its true Cole has a past as a player but the more time he spends with Stacy the future he once thought he wanted changes, he wants it all and he wants it with Stacy he has a lot to prove and he's willing to do that and more. I really enjoyed this story and how all the characters played a part and had a story.
 
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Kaylee Ryan has had a passion for reading since she was a little girl. That passion has slowly led to spinning romantic tales, and a one-click addiction. When she doesn’t have her nose stuck in her kindle or fingers glued to the keyboard, you can find Kaylee hanging out with friends and family. She loves all genres of music, and enjoys scrapbooking. She lives in Ohio with her husband (her real life happily ever after) and their rambunctious little boy.



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