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Maggie Lynch
Maggie Lynch is the author of 20+ published books, as well as numerous short stories and non-fiction articles. Her fiction tells stories of men and women making heroic choices one messy moment at a time.
After careers in counseling, the software industry, academia, and worldwide educational consulting, Maggie chose to devote her time to her career as a full time author. Her fiction spans romance, suspense, fantasy and science fiction titles. Her non-fiction focuses on guiding authors to business success in their career through planning, distributing, and marketing their completed work. |
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Book 1 of the Forest People Series – The Awakening
A teenage shifter turned captive. A magical land in danger. Is she a monster or a savior?
Sixteen-year-old Camryn Painter struggles with more than the usual teenage identity issues. As a human chameleon, emotions trigger a transformation into the visage of whomever she sees. But when her foster parents die in a crash and she’s taken captive by so-called scientists, she’s not sure if she’s human or just a freak of nature.
Desperate to control her abilities and escape, Camryn emerges from her prison and into a dangerous magical forest. Surrounded by dragons, faeries, and other extraordinary creatures hungry for her power, some in the forest claim she’s their prophesied savior. Unfortunately for her, that declaration triggers a supernatural civil war.
Can Camryn unite the fractured forest people, or will her powers erase more than her own identity?
Chameleon: The Awakening is the first book in The Forest People YA paranormal fantasy series. If you like incredible worlds filled with unique creatures, intriguing twists and turns, and heartfelt coming-of-age stories, then you’ll love Maggie Lynch’s enthralling adventure.
CHAMELEON: THE AWAKENING
THE FOREST PEOPLE - BOOK ONE |
Book 2 of the Forest People Series – The Choosing
A human chameleon. An endangered mythical forest. Can she bond with a thunder dragon in time to save her new family?
Camryn Painter has enough identity issues without discovering a deadly new magic coursing through her veins. Though her chameleon-like abilities herald her as the forest people’s savior, she’s terrified by the growing dark power within her. And it only gets worse when she realizes that to control this new magic she’ll have to bond with a deadly Thunder Dragon…
As Camryn embarks on her dangerous quest, she discovers that the same human tyrants who experimented on her are behind multiple grisly murders as well. To fulfill her destiny, she may just have to infiltrate her former prison.
Can Camryn master her new abilities to stave off more death, or will power-hungry humans destroy her magical home for good?
Chameleon: The Choosing is the second book in The Forest People YA paranormal fantasy series. If you like heroic challenges, original creatures, and frightening battles between dark and light, then you’ll love Maggie Lynch’s rousing adventure.
CHAMELEON: THE CHOOSING
THE FOREST PEOPLE - BOOK TWO |
The Forest People Book 3 – The Summoning
She turned a man to ashes. He scattered himself across time and multiple dimensions. Can she recreate him in time to save his life and prove she is the chosen one?
Surviving the ultimate transformation and the Agnoses predators, Camryn now faces the rise of a new Mazikeen Queen who thinks nothing of calling the darkness for her own needs. With the Forest People on the brink of war, she retreats to the solitude of the Cloud Forests. To grieve. To heal. To accept she is the Chameleon of prophecy.
But the ancient world proves to be anything but quiet and she is far from alone. Guided by the First Forest People, who are now elemental spirits, Camryn must master the powers of air, earth, water and fire. Only then can she enlist her thunder dragon, control time itself, and save Dagger from the void.
Even then, her quest is far from over. With the realms of Forest and Human pitted against each other, one world teeters on extinction while the other tips toward eternal darkness. Only Camryn seeks a balanced resolution, and with it an impossible choice requiring her to make the greatest sacrifice of all.
Chameleon: The Summoning is the third book in The Forest People YA paranormal fantasy series. If you crave unlikely heroes and heroines, internal and real battles between creation and destruction, and mind-blowing magic then you’ll love joining Camryn as she finds her true self and fulfills a thousand-year-old prophecy against all odds.
CHAMELEON: THE SUMMONING
THE FOREST PEOPLE - BOOK THREE |
Sweetwater Canyon Book 1 – Michele’s Story
She’s chosen music over men. He prefers casual to committed. Will their shared passion strike a life-changing chord?
Music is the love of Michele Scott’s life. As the lead singer and bassist of an all-female band, touring means lots of sisterhood and no time for men. But when she meets David at a concert, her heart begins to change its tune…
David Blackstone thinks romantic obligations are for fools. As a fiercely independent self-made millionaire, he’s content with casual flings. But when he offers his spare concert ticket to a pretty stranger, he finds himself wondering if his solo life might be better sung as a duet.
As their strong feelings crescendo, David’s pushy style and Michele’s struggle to move past her ex’s abuse, put their happy ending in jeopardy. Can two willful souls overcome their stubbornness to write their love song, or will their rising passion end on a sour note?
Undertones is the first book in the Sweetwater Canyon contemporary romance series. If you like endearing characters, emotional rollercoasters, and happily-ever-afters, then you’ll love Maggie Lynch’s heartfelt novel.
UNDERTONES
A SWEETWATER CANYON NOVEL |
Sweetwater Canyon Book 2 – Rachel’s Story
She plays the fiddle to soothe her pain. He writes poetry to confront his past. Will two wounded hearts turn their laments into love?
Rachel Cullen’s music is her therapy. Playing the fiddle with her all-female Americana band is her only escape from the specters of the past. When her newest student’s father attends a lesson, Rachel’s heavy heart skips a beat, but she fears she might be too broken to start again…
Divorcee Noel Karshaw wants only the best role models around his precocious five-year-old girl. Careful not to repeat his past mistakes, he avoids all women with emotional baggage. And while his daughter’s new music teacher is indeed lovely, the wounded woman doesn’t meet his exacting standards. So why can’t he stop thinking about her?
As their attraction becomes impossible to ignore, they’re the only ones who can decide how their love song ends. Will Rachel and Noel overcome their tragic pasts together, or will their bittersweet ballad fall flat?
Healing Notes is the second standalone book in the heartwarming Sweetwater Canyon contemporary romance series. If you like wounded souls, emotional crises, and loving family stories, then you’ll love Maggie Lynch’s gorgeous novel.
HEALING NOTES
A SWEETWATER CANYON NOVEL |
Sweetwater Canyon Book 3 – Sarah’s Story
Her guitar helped her leave. His grim news calls her home. Will she abandon the safety of her sisterhood for a chance to heal old wounds?
Sarah Cosgrave escaped her alcoholic father’s depression by losing herself in her music and her faith. Playing guitar with Sweetwater Canyon gives her the loving family she never had. But when her ex-boyfriend calls with unwelcome news, can her conviction sustain her on her long journey home?
As the musician watches Tom care for her ailing father, she sees how much her ex has changed since he broke her heart. Pushing past her feelings of betrayal, Sarah rediscovers her hope for the future. But when an irrational woman from Tom’s past tests their faith, Sarah’s new mournful melody could end in silence…
Heartstrings is the third standalone book in the uplifting Sweetwater Canyon contemporary romance series. If you like strong-willed characters, emotional ups and downs, and life-changing moments, then you’ll love Maggie Lynch’s harmonious novel.
HEARTSTRINGS
A SWEETWATER CANYON NOVEL |
Sweetwater Canyon Book 5 – A New Year’s Novelette
The Sweetwater Canyon musicians celebrate Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve) in Scotland with Rachel’s father, Gavin Cullen. Since his wife’s death eight years ago, Gavin has never completely been the same. Clearing the cobwebs of the past year in order to begin anew is a tradition with special meaning at the family bed and breakfast inn.
When a young, homeless stranger is invited inside he is met with caution by some members of the band. Will he be a source of division or will he help to free the Cullen’s from the past?
THE HOGMANAY STRANGER
A SWEETWATER CANYON NOVELETTE |
Sweetwater Canyon Book 6 – Theresa’s Story
Illness is a private matter…but recovery is a family affair
When Theresa is diagnosed with breast cancer it impacts everyone in the band, but especially Kat. Through surgery and chemo, Kat is by her mother’s side and puts off going to college and moving forward with her life.
Rachel’s widowed father, Gavin Cullen, is temporarily living at their home after his own home in Scotland is burned to the ground. In the first few months he falls hard for Theresa. But Theresa long ago decided never to remarry. Divorced for fourteen years, she has raised Kat alone and managed a career.
Though Gavin is charming, and handsome, and very hard to ignore … she is no longer the woman she used to be in mind, body, or spirit
TWO VOICES
A SWEETWATER CANYON NOVEL |
Christmas Courage – A Christmas Novelette
A week before Christmas, Kat’s father turns up on their doorstep and wants to be a part of her life.
As far as Theresa is concerned, when Doug walked out fifteen years ago, leaving her with a two-year-old child and a mountain of debt, he forfeited all claims to Kat’s life. He does not get to waltz in like Santa Claus and re-claim her.
Kat needs more than courage to navigate this Christmas season. She needs a miracle.
CHRISTMAS COURAGE
A SWEETWATER CANYON NOVELETTE |
This holiday trio contains three stories featuring beloved characters from the Sweetwater Canyon series.
Thanks for Love – A Thanksgiving Novella
Is faith and forgiveness enough to make a family of four survive and thrive?
After Sarah’s horrific ordeal with Amanda, all she wanted was to be in Tom’s arms forever. But now she’s not sure she is the best person to bring this family together.
When it looks like the wedding is off, Connor and Grady put together a plan to get the family they’ve always wanted. A Thanksgiving Day wedding, with all of Broken Bow in attendance is in jeopardy. Can the boys get the bride to show up?
Christmas Courage – A Christmas Novelette
A week before Christmas, Kat’s father turns up on their doorstep and wants to be a part of her life. As far as Theresa is concerned, when Doug walked out fifteen years ago, leaving her with a two-year-old child and a mountain of debt, he forfeited all claims to Kat’s life. He does not get to waltz in like Santa Claus and re-claim her.
Kat needs more than courage to navigate this Christmas season. She needs a miracle.
The Hogmanay Stranger – A New Year’s Novelette
The Sweetwater Canyon musicians celebrate Hogmanay in Scotland with Rachel’s father, Gavin Cullen. Since his wife’s death eight years ago, Gavin has never been the same. Running the bed and breakfast inn is what has kept him going.
When a young, homeless stranger is given a room in the inn on New Year’s Eve, he’s met with great caution. Clearing the cobwebs of the past in order to begin anew is a tradition at Hogmanay, but can the Cullen family let go?
A SWEETWATER CANYON
HOLIDAY TRIO |
Is faith and forgiveness enough to make a family of four survive and thrive?
After Sarah’s horrific ordeal with Amanda, all she wanted was to be in Tom’s arms forever. But her road to rehabilitation is a difficult one, both physically and mentally. She pushes herself hard to return to the Sweetwater Canyon band, to be a good mother to the Davidson boys, and to maintain her faith.
When it looks like the wedding is off, Connor and Grady put together a plan to get the family they’ve always wanted. A Thanksgiving Day wedding, with all of Broken Bow in attendance is in jeopardy. Can the boys get the bride to show up?
THANKS FOR LOVE
A SWEETWATER CANYON NOVELLA |
Children with no birth records and a soldier with PTSD together must define the value of human life.
Jenna Mosier is on a mission to save her murdered sister’s child. Estranged for ten years after a bitter fight, the trail is as cold as her dead sibling. The only glimmer of hope is the place her sister’s body and a ten-year old boy were abandoned…the backyard of Reed Adler, retired Marine Special Ops.
Working together, Jenna and Reed piece together a mystery involving missing children and biogenetics research..and find they have more than justice and revenge in common. But the closer they get to answers, and each other, the more deadly the game becomes. With their hearts and lives on the line, they must decide what they are willing to risk to save one young boy.
This is the first book in a suspense series where a group of former Marines become Shadow Finders. They help find those who have disappeared, have no identity, or are presumed dead.
EXPENDABLE
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When women and children are sold to the highest bidder, looking the other way is not an option.
In Lena Callahan’s last movie, based on a real story, she portrayed the mother of a kidnapped child sold into a human trafficking ring. Soon after meeting the woman in Burma, she learns the woman was killed and her three month old baby is missing. Lena realizes real life is a hundred times worse than in her movie and she is determined to find both of the missing children.
When Mike Konrad disarmed bombs in Iraq he was never rattled. He figured if it was his day to die, so be it. But when he learns Lena is missing in Burma he’s scared to death for her. He knows the fate of women sold to the highest bidders. He activates the Shadow Finders and immediately gets on a plane. Failure to find Lena and bring her home is not an option.
VANISHED
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Living 800 years is like the fountain of youth for some…and for others it’s worse than a death sentence.
Eternity, Inc. owns a virus that allows humans to live up to 800 years–their physical bodies age only one year for every ten years of life. Miki Yokoyama leads a rebel organization known as the Agers. Her goal is to create a counter agent to reintroduce “natural” death, no matter the cost. When Eternity learns of the Ager plan, they send their best agents to infiltrate Miki’s organization and to sabotage any efforts to distribute a counter-virus.
Rohin Chawla and Miki were science partners and passionate lovers when they originally discovered the Eternity virus in Antarctica two hundred years ago. But they separated as enemies. When they meet again, Rohin realizes he must rally his resources to stop the Ager virus or risk the only viable future he sees.
But no one can foresee the extent human treachery will go when there are astronomical profits and world-wide political power at stake. Will Rohin and Miki combine forces against a greater evil, or fight each other over prolonged life or natural death? Their decision will determine who survives—and, ultimately, the outcome of humanity’s future.
NOTE: This is the 2nd Edition of the novel previously titled Eternity
ETERNITY
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Help no one. Show no mercy. Stay alive.
Lehana Saar learned the smuggler’s trade the hard way–as an indentured servant to the Rim’s most notorious pirate. With the skills she acquired and now with her own ship, the star freighter Phoenix, Lehana is known throughout the Rim as a trafficker who will take any job, however dangerous, for the promise of a good profit. But when she’s forced to crash land near a mining colony owned by the heinous, galactic cartel Que-Corps, she’ll need all her cunning and experience just to survive. And maybe, with a little luck, she might even turn a profit by forging a deal with the mine’s owners. That is if she can turn a blind eye to the dismal conditions and merciless exploitation of the thousands of Que-Corps’ slave laborers.
Forty-five years ago Kash Trider and his wife crashed on Ydro-Down. Captured by Que-Corps, they were forced into the mines with no chance of release. Qubition ore killed Kash’s wife and now only two things keep him going: his hatred of Que-Corps and the hope of freeing his two children from the same fate. When the Phoenix crashes near the mine, Kash risks everything to get his children on that ship. But will the hard-edged captain help him escape or will she turn him in for the five million DIC price on the head of a fugitive Que-Corps slave?
GAVITY
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He loves returning to his roots as a farmer and believes in the connection and goodness of all things.
She knows that love is not forever and the universe will find a way to devastate you when you begin to trust anyone with your life.
After her indentureship to the pirate Hellebor was paid by Kash Trider, Lehana and Kash started a new life with different names on a bucolic ag planet. As Nisa Star and Kieran Sulien, they and the two children are thriving and the Raeaa colonists have embraced them as one of their own.
But the agricultural life in every Rim ag planet is put at risk when a virus begins decimating the crops and then infecting the people with a wasting disease—a disease that can kill an entire population within a few months. As Rim scientists rush to find a cure, Nisa and her ship are called to take trial vaccines to every impacted colony.
What seems to be an easy run to save the Rim is thrown into peril when KaCorp makes a power play to corner the market and sell the vaccine only to colonists who can afford their exorbitant price. They’ve forcefully taken over the research facility and destroyed all the equipment. The scientists have been imprisoned and their work stolen. Worse, to distract Nisa from her mission, someone has kidnapped Kieran and he is dying alone on a poisoned planetoid she can’t find.
Thrown into a fight for the lives of all those on the Rim, Nisa must make heartbreaking choices, face the call of revenge, find a way to her own redemption, and ultimately learn to embrace the gifts of the cryoborn. To win she must learn to trust her life and those of her family not only to those she knows, but to complete strangers…the one thing her entire life experience has taught her never to do.
MAGNETISM
CRYOBORN GIFTS |
Frustrated with the plethora of conflicting information on how to self-publish? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to sit down with someone who has already made the mistakes, done the analysis, and will provide you the short cuts—the secrets about the things that work? Now you have that chance with the Career Author Secrets series.Indie Publishing (Self Publishing) has changed dramatically in the past five years. There are now new, easier tools to use for every part of the process—editing, formatting, distribution, sales, and analysis. This first book in the Career Author Secrets series provides a foundation for navigating the indie publishing process and staying away from the scammers. It breaks down the requirements for self-publishing successfully, protecting your rights for the future, and YES I do share all the secrets I’ve learned.
It contains everything a DIY author needs to get her book from manuscript to professional publication in both ebook and print, including:
Why books don’t sell
Options for DIY or contracting professionals
The truth about ISBNs & Copyright Registration
Secrets for formatting your book the easy way
Creating book covers that sell
Making decisions about distribution
This book is especially valuable for those with limited technical skills who want to produce a quality professional book for the least amount of cost. Learn the secrets to easier implementation and how to make good decisions on what is worth your time and money.
SECRETS EVERY AUTHOR SHOULD KNOW
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Once you have a finished book, you need to get it into readers’ hands. Loading your book to a vendor looks deceivingly easy. However, the career author knows that each vendor has its own methods for promoting books, performing searches, and identifying ready buyers. You need to take advantage of these differences in order to maximize your profits and discoverability.
Capitalize on competitive retail pricing in different markets, and use effective metadata to draw more readers to your books. Learn to:
Write compelling book blurbs for each title that focus on “reader cookies” and marketing.
Unlock keywords and get access to hidden category options.
Take advantage of search algorithm nuances at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Apple.
Use aggregators to increase distribution opportunities around the world.
Evaluate opportunities for direct sales to bookstores and individual consumers.
SECRETS TO PRICING AND DISTRIBUTION
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Have you put your book out there and been disappointed in your sales? Perhaps you’ve tried a variety of marketing tactics to boost discoverability: blog posts, social media, book tours, paid ads in a variety of venues. But nothing is working.
The publishing landscape changes every year. The number of books published has increased and the competition for readers is more than it has been before. The key is to define your audience and then convince those potential readers of the value of your book. Your marketing time and money should primarily be spent on a message of value–not price, not story, and not genre.
This book provides specific techniques to exploit that value without resorting to the typical overexposure in social media and newsletters with “Buy My Book” sales messaging. Instead, focus on the top three proven techniques that actually sell books. Follow step-by-step instructions and timelines to learn how to: 1) Create an Effective Plan for Communicating to Readers; 2) Use Social Media and Email lists to Engage with Your Readers; and 3) Plan for Effective Campaigns for both Book Launches and Backlist Rejuvenation throughout the year.
In addition this book provides techniques to:
Distinguish specific groups of readers most likely to buy your novel or nonfiction book.
Understand your competition and the advantages that your book offers.
Clarify hooks that capture attention of the media, reviewers, and readers.
Identify where and how to reach readers, reviewers, and media.
Create and implement a consistent brand throughout all marketing efforts.
Effectively select, from 100+ options, the appropriate marketing tactics and timing that matches your book intentions and values.
Maximize organic reach and stay to a budget of less than $100 per book campaign.
Develop a long-term online marketing plan.
SECRETS TO EFFECTIVE AUTHOR MARKETING
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