Books with author Brad Austin

MEDEA TURNS INTO A CAT AT NIGHT, due to her mother’s curse. In Undying Witch her mother, DIMA, found a shapeshifting stone. She is 130-years-old but appears to be 18, the same age as her two daughters. NIKKI works as a maid, rather than in the family witchcraft business of fortune-telling, seances, and other witchery-for-hire. She was born a Marilyn-Monroe lookalike. Despite her beauty, jealousy eats away at Nikki because her mother and sister have magic. Nor is Nikki allowed near the books of spells, enchantments, and potions Dima stole from Russian monks. Medea is tortured by a secret that can destroy the sisterly tie between her and Nikki. Unknown to her family, Nikki, is developing a magical gift which she cannot control, a sorcery that will threaten Medea and pit two powerful sisters against each other.SAMPLE CHAPTER at authorbelinda.com/sample.html(PLEASE NOTE: The books in the series, A Dysfunctional Family of Witches, can be read in any order. Each book comes to a conclusion, but the story of the Romanov witches continues through time. Book 2, Witch Daughter, and a Prequel, Undying Witch, are both now available.)REVIEWS of Undying Witch•GREAT book!!! “Dima and Medea are fascinating characters and mother-daughter dynamics are always interesting to read about. Medea's powers are not to be played with and I enjoyed how the book played out. It is well written and a total delight to read!” Janet Cousineau - London, ON, Amazon•Awesome! “Let me tell you this book did not disappoint.” Emmyjo, Amazon•a fast-paced enthralling read... “It is filled with so much action and magic that the book kept me hooked from the first page. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down until I had read the last page.” Nancy Allen (The Avid Reader), Amazon•Fantastic story!! “I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It is very well written, it flowed perfectly and I ended up caring about the characters. It is hard to find a book of this quality!” TashaS, Amazon •Its quirky and funny. "This is a fantastic tale. Its a quick and fun read." Paigelauren Forrester, Goodreads

There have been distinct turning point moments in human history, such as when “germ theory” explained how to control many diseases, or how cholesterol levels helped to predict heart disease. The list goes on. All of these moments have one thing in common: the risk of radiation, germs, and cholesterol cannot be seen or felt. They are difficult to understand from a visceral standpoint. Businesses today are at a new turning point. Cybersecurity issues are making headlines around the world, impacting company reputations for years (such as Sony), changing the value and direction of businesses (Yahoo), and possibly influencing elections around the world.This book covers none of those things. This book is about you.You are an owner or executive in a business that is likely not on the Fortune 100 list. Others in your industry have been hit by cybersecurity issues. You know that there is something to be concerned about, but you don’t know exactly what to focus on. This book will educate you on how to close that gap.Secure Enough? Is the only book that guides you through the 20 toughest cybersecurity questions you will face—helping you to speak knowledgably with technology and cybersecurity specialists. No longer will you feel like a fish out of water when you talk about cybersecurity issues that could harm your business.Cybersecurity breaches can cost you revenue, damage your brand, and could even land you in jail! Government regulations such as HIPAA carry large fines and serious prison time.In Secure Enough? you will discover:How a strong cybersecurity strategy will be a competitive advantage to your company, winning you more clients/customers—and keeping your existing ones.How to improve the trust your clients place in your organization so they are less price sensitive and have faith in your ability to serve their needs—which includes keeping their data private.How to spend your money wisely to keep your cybersecurity risk at a manageable level.You’ll get up to speed fast on the most important questions to ask about cybersecurity, in easy-to-understand terms, to keep your company safe.

There have been distinct turning point moments in human history, such as when “germ theory” explained how to control many diseases, or how cholesterol levels helped to predict heart disease. The list goes on. All of these moments have one thing in common: the risk of radiation, germs, and cholesterol cannot be seen or felt. They are difficult to understand from a visceral standpoint. Businesses today are at a new turning point. Cybersecurity issues are making headlines around the world, impacting company reputations for years (such as Sony), changing the value and direction of businesses (Yahoo), and possibly influencing elections around the world.This book covers none of those things. This book is about you.You are an owner or executive in a business that is likely not on the Fortune 100 list. Others in your industry have been hit by cybersecurity issues. You know that there is something to be concerned about, but you don’t know exactly what to focus on. This book will educate you on how to close that gap.

Jupiter is a 12-year-old nerd and hacker with mostly online friends. She hacks using the handle, White-Rabbit. Then one evening, comes a lightning storm to end all storms, a storm that zaps the computer, freeing computer-gnomes. The gnomes escape the computer and surround Jupiter where she sits at the study desk. Using magic, the gnomes turn her into a tiny, digital girl and shove her through the lens of the camera and into the monitor. Now, Jupiter is lost inside the computer, in a digital world filled with dangers, a world that has a gateway to the internet where a digital girl could get duplicated and spread across the world-wide-web onto tablets, cellphones, videos, and well, cyberspace. Oh, heavens, the technology to turn a human being into a digital being is valuable and everyone seems to want a piece of Jupiter, including hackers who use avatars from the Wizard of Oz! How will she ever escape back to her world and become a real girl again?Time is running out as Jupiter struggles to break free of her prison.Digital Girl is a bit like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, only Wonderland is the computer. Digital Girl is a bit like Through the Looking-Glass, only the Looking-Glass is the monitor. A shrunken Jupiter falls down the camera hole rather than down the rabbit hole.

Set in the early 1990s in San Francisco, TEMPORARY PARADISE tells the story of Keith Emerson, a high school student who decides one day to run away from home into Golden Gate Park. Despite some initial loneliness, he gets recruited in a camp of like-minded individuals. As the group tries to survive in the outdoors, they run afoul of the local police and other outside dangers. Will the group survive the elements? Will Keith decide where he actually fits in society? Will Keith make it out alive to tell his story?

Due to her mother's curse, MEDEA TURNS INTO A CAT AT NIGHT. DIMA has a shapeshifting stone. She is 130-years-old but appears to be 18, the same age as her two daughters. NIKKI works as a maid, rather than in the family witchcraft business of fortune-telling, seances, and other witchery-for-hire. She was born a Marilyn-Monroe lookalike. Despite her beauty, jealousy eats away at Nikki because her mother and sister have magic. Nor is Nikki allowed near the books of spells, enchantments, and potions Dima stole from Russian monks. Medea is tortured by a secret that can destroy the sisterly tie between her and Nikki. Unknown to her family, Nikki, is developing a magical gift which she cannot control, a sorcery that will threaten Medea and pit two powerful sisters against each other.PLEASE NOTE: The books in the series, A Dysfunctional Family of Witches, can be read in any order. Each book comes to a conclusion, but the story of the Romanov witches continues through time. Book 2, Witch Daughter, and Book 1 The Witch with Nine Lives, are both now available.)REVIEWS of Undying Witch: Prequel (A Dysfunctional Family of Witches)-GREAT book!!! “Dima and Medea are fascinating characters and mother-daughter dynamics are always interesting to read about. Medea's powers are not to be played with and I enjoyed how the book played out. It is well written and a total delight to read!” Janet Cousineau - London, ON-AmazonAwesome! “Let me tell you this book did not disappoint.” Emmyjo-Amazon A fast-paced enthralling read... “It is filled with so much action and magic that the book kept me hooked from the first page. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down until I had read the last page.” Nancy Allen (The Avid Reader)--Amazon Fantastic story!! “I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It is very well written, it flowed perfectly and I ended up caring about the characters. It is hard to find a book of this quality!” TashaS- Amazon Its quirky and funny. "This is a fantastic tale. Its a quick and fun read." Paigelauren Forrester, Goodreads

Jupiter is a 12-year-old nerd and hacker with mostly online friends. She hacks using the handle, White-Rabbit. Then one evening, comes a lightning storm to end all storms, a storm that zaps the computer, freeing computer-gnomes. The gnomes escape the computer and surround Jupiter where she sits at the study desk. Using magic, the gnomes turn her into a tiny, digital girl and shove her through the lens of the camera and into the monitor. Now, Jupiter is lost inside the computer, in a digital world filled with dangers, a world that has a gateway to the internet where a digital girl could get duplicated and spread across the world-wide-web onto tablets, cellphones, videos, and well, cyberspace. Oh, heavens, the technology to turn a human being into a digital being is valuable and everyone seems to want a piece of Jupiter! How will she ever escape back to her world and become a real girl again?Time is running out as Jupiter struggles to break free of her prison. Digital Girl is a bit like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, only Wonderland is the computer. Digital Girl is a bit like Through the Looking-Glass, only the Looking-Glass is the monitor. A shrunken Jupiter falls down the camera hole rather than down the rabbit hole.