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Lesbian Contemporary RomanceThe Crossroads by Dawn Carter
Paperback: 226 pages
Publisher: Shadoe Publishing (December 9, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 149444030X
ISBN-13: 978-1494440305
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Heart ache a way of life for Samantha Petrino as she searched her path in life and came up empty. Befriending Melanie Walker, Samantha’s hopes and dreams to build a successful business were coming to pass. Then one fateful day, a car accident killing their friend causes Samantha’s life to spiral out of control. A secret relationship and the beginning of betrayal begins when Melanie pursued a relationship with April, Samantha’s girlfriend. The business partnership and long time friendship ends sending Samantha running. Finding comfort in her therapist, Samantha finds herself falling in love for the first time, but what can a married woman offer her? The journey of heartbreak and betrayal advance forward until Samantha loses the one constant in her life her high-school friend Brenda to cancer. A promise made to Brenda before she passes has Samantha transforming into the woman she was destined to be. Now can Samantha put the pain of the past behind her and rebuild a friendship with Melanie or would she continue to run?
Lesbian Mystery / ThrillerHeart of Fire by Dawn Carter
Paperback: 268 pages
Publisher: Shadoe Publishing (February 9, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1495470830
ISBN-13: 978-1495470837
Amazon: Heart of Fire
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Detective Danni Pacelli's life was going as planned when promoted to homicide. When she meets her new partner Annabel Flanery, the charming young Detective, the perfect life she fought so hard to protect, was now at stake. Danni quickly realizes the feelings she has for Annabel are more than infatuation. The more the two battle to save lives and fight crime together, the more in love they fall. But will Danni be brave enough to face admitting her feelings and allow Annabel to win her heart, or risk losing the security of the life she's always known? Or will she face losing Annabel instead? The fight to protect her heart emerges as she fights to protect her partner from the heroic efforts that will lead to certain death as they hunt down a serial killer.
Lesbian Mystery / ThrillerHeart of Vengeance by Dawn Carter
Paperback: 246 pages
Publisher: Shadoe Publishing (May 26, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1499240791
ISBN-13: 978-1499240795
Amazon: Heart of Fire
Amazon Kindle: Heart of Fire
A serial killer plagues the gay community and leaves a trail of dead bodies across state lines. Agent Danni Pacelli and Agent Parker Stevens rush against time to catch their killer and stop the body count from increasing. Agent Parker Stevens life was perfect when transferred to a new city and new location which offered her solitude from the grief of losing her partner and children to a predator. But, while hunting down her suspect, she meets Samantha Petrino who takes the once closed off Stevens and opens a world to new love. The charming advertising agent breaks down her defenses, and no matter how hard she fights to protect her heart, she finds herself falling for the beautiful and intelligent woman. New to the FBI, Agent Danni Pacelli’s struggles to balance her personal life along with the job, to save her relationship, she convinces her new partner to bring in Annabel and utilize the young detective’s skills to track down their killer or risk losing Annabel all together. The heroic efforts of two agents who hunt down a serial killer, but find more than they bargained for.
Charities Donation program progress:
328$ Albert Kennedy Trust: http://www.akt.org.uk/
1015$ Ali Forney Center: www.aliforneycenter.org/
50$ Audre Lorde Project: http://alp.org/
25$ BiNet US: http://www.binetusa.org/
125$ CARE: careprogram.org/
125$ The Center Colorado: http://www.glbtcolorado.org/
25$ LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland: http://www.lgbtcleveland.org/
476$ COLORS: www.colorsyouth.org/
105$ Covenant: www.covenanthouseno.org/
75$ Diversity Role Models: http://www.diversityrolemodels.org/
25$ The Diversity Center: http://diversitycenter.org/
317$ Galop: www.galop.org.uk/
150$ GLYS: http://www.glyswny.org/
135$ Human Rights Campaign: http://www.hrc.org/
50$ Huntsville GLBT Advocacy & Youth Services: http://www.glbtays.org/
100$ It Gets Better: http://www.itgetsbetter.org/
100$ Inland Northwest LGBT Center: www.thelgbtcenter.org/
28$ In Other Words: inotherwords.org/
235$ Lambda Legal: www.lambdalegal.org/
50$ Lambert House: www.lamberthouse.org/
50$ Lancaster LGBT Center: http://www.centralpalgbtcenter.org/
50$ LEAP: http://www.glbtleap.org/
512$ Lost-n-Found Youth: www.lost-n-found.org/
50$ MKE LGBT Center: www.mkelgbt.org/
130$ Moveable Feast: http://www.mfeast.org/
25$ Odyssey Youth Center: www.odysseyyouth.org/
25$ Out Youth: outyouth.org/
25$ Pathfinders: pathfindersmke.org/
150$ PFLAG: community.pflag.org/
175$ Point Foundation: www.pointfoundation.org/
100$ Ruth Ellis Center: http://www.ruthelliscenter.org/
650$ SAGE: giveto.sageusa.org/
25$ Terrence Higgins Trust: www.tht.org.uk/
455$ The Trevor Project: www.thetrevorproject.org/
160$ UCAN: www.ucanchicago.org/
25$ WayGay: http://www.waygay.org/
200$ You Can Play: http://youcanplayproject.org/
75$ YouthCare: www.youthcare.org/
997$ Other Funds
TOTAL: 7418$*
* more than 150$ is a direct donation from a supporter of the Rainbow Awards who isn't submitting; while some authors were more than generous, arriving to donate 5 times the suggested amount, being the submission fee a non mandatory and voluntary direct donation, we were struggling to raise the same amount as last year and there is who decided to cover part of it. I thank you for all you are doing, and if you wish to donate to the above links, please drop me a note with your donation and I will update the total.
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