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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart — Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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She came home to save the ranch… and found the cowboy she never forgot.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


Excerpt of The Soul Consortium by Simon West-Bulford

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Medallion Press
July 2012
On Sale: July 1, 2012
Featuring: Salem Ben
384 pages
ISBN: 1605423939
EAN: 9781605423937
Kindle: B008EEUGKI
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Also by Simon West-Bulford:

The Soul Continuum, September 2015
Paperback
The Beasts of Upton Puddle, September 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Soul Consortium, July 2012
Paperback / e-Book

Excerpt of The Soul Consortium by Simon West-Bulford

My body will go on and on, but who lives within this
flesh? Am I losing perspective to such a
degree that I’m prepared to become a monster to find my
answer? And perhaps it is even worse.

Was it really the answer I was interested in, or was it the 
fascination of becom​ing a killer? This is why  Qod 
warned 
me  about  being  Orson  Roth.  Not  because  of  who  he 
was  but  because  my
choice might force me to face who I have become.

The  hiss  of  hydraulic  locks  snap  me  from  my 
musings,  and  my  hands  and  feet  are  freed.

Cables  lower  me  gently  to  the  floor,  and  I’m 
grateful  for  the  warm  breeze  against  my  face,  as
though  somehow  I  had  been  aware  of  the  stale 
atmosphere  gradually  build​ing  inside  the
W.O.O.M. through all the years of my immersion.

“Would you like to go to the Observation Sphere?” Qod asks. 
“Not much has changed in forty­
six years, but I know how it helps you think.”

All I do is nod when the cables slide away. The metallic flo
or sticks to my feet as I head for the
exit  of  the  Aberration  Sphere,  and  at  last  I’m  me 
again,  but  I  will  never  be  able  to  forget  the
murders I committed inside that man’s life. Even without my 
en​hanced  synapses, those bloody
memories will leave a permanent stain. Zachary Cox’s glassy 
gaze imprinting on my brain, Orson
Roth’s syringe in my hand, the stench of formaldehyde burnin
g my sinuses.

I  stop,  and  my  heart  skips  a  beat.  I  can’t  leave, 
not  yet.  I  came  into  this  new  sphere  for  a
reason, and Orson Roth had no answers for me. All around in 
every alcove, a tiny light glitters—
each one a soul containing some sort of aberration. But what
 are these ab​errations? I have my
suspicions, and I have a lead, but the thought of where that
 investigation may take me brings a
shudder of trepidation.

“Qod?”

“Yes?”

“I need you to locate another soul for me. His name is Keitu
s Vieta.”

Excerpt from The Soul Consortium by Simon West-Bulford
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