Inside Sam Lerner

Mystery > Police Procedurals
Author: Gwen Banta
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Inside Sam Lerner

After his wife’s death, Sam Lerner – former Los Angeles homicide detective – is running from his life. He returns returns to his native New Orleans and ends up at the Gentlemen’s Club, an escort establishment owned by his longtime friend.

There, he befriends Madsen Cassaise: a young Creole who cares for him as he struggles to overcome his grief and growing dependence on alcohol. But when Madsen is found drowned, Sam is drawn into the investigation.

As more escorts disappear, Sam moves ever deeper into the bayous, cemeteries, levees and bistros of the Vieux Carre… and uncovers a far-reaching, shocking crime operation.

Painting the Lake

Mystery > Police Procedurals
Author: Jody Wenner
FREE

Painting the Lake

Winter in Minnesota can be deadly. George has always plunged into the season with a sense of contentment, but as the snow begins to fly he hits a patch of icy luck. Newly retired, he heads up north to escape his troubles and do some painting. There he meets a young woman who begins pursuing him for more than his art. When she takes him on a wild ride, George isn’t surprised to find Detective Nancy Simmons at his cabin door. For Nancy, winter comes with a much harsher reality. She feels the bite as she investigates who dumped a young woman’s body in Lake Superior’s frigid waters.

Happily Ever After

Inspirational Fiction > Romance
Author: Jenn Faulk
FREE

Happily Ever After

Cammie Evans was a girl with a plan from the moment God called her to be a foreign missionary. After several years spent all over the world, though, she finds herself with a new assignment that leaves her questioning all that she once thought to be true about life, love, and calling.

David Connor was always the weird kid in the youth group, never destined to live up to his father’s expectations. After several years of working to find his own significance in Christ and his calling as a foreign missionary, he finds himself asking hard questions about who he is and what God wants from him.

As their lives change and the past becomes part of the present, can Cammie and David help one another find their own happily ever after?

Apple Pie and Arsenic: A Maple Lane Cozy Mystery

Mystery > Cozy > Culinary
Author: C. A. Phipps
FREE

Apple Pie and Arsenic: A Maple Lane Cozy Mystery (Maple Lane Mysteries)

Madeline Flynn thought that opening her bakery and winning the top prize for her apple pie at the Spring Festival would be the most excitement in her day.

She wasn’t expecting to find the dead body of her good friend beside her car or to be accused of murder.
Things like that just don’t happen in small towns like Maple Falls.

With nowhere else to turn, she enlists the help of her old flame Sheriff Ethan Tanner, as well as her irrepressible Gran, to find the murderer before Maddie’s put in jail or there’s another death on their hands.

Danger threatens at every turn, and when Maddie ends up on her own, scared and out of her depth, it seems that even an award-winning baker isn’t safe from Maple Falls’ first serial killer.

Twijitsu: Grappling with a Tweet-Crazy President

Suspense > Political
Author: Snider Vichon
FREE

Twijitsu: Grappling with a Tweet-Crazy President

When a relentless investigative reporter discovers Twijitsu — a remarkably simple contest designed to muzzle the president’s tweets — she finds the idea irresistible.

Who created the competition? Will it succeed? More than anything, she is dying to know if the president is already aware. (Yes, it turns out, he is.)

In a race with the White House to unmask Twijitsu’s anonymous founder, the reporter realizes she’s in over her head. As the contest’s popularity soars, the president’s behavior grows increasingly erratic. What will he do if the identity of Twijitsu’s mastermind is revealed?

Diaries of a Heartbroken Duchess: A Historical Regency Romance Collection

Historical Romance > Scottish
Author: Hanna Hamilton
FREE

Diaries of a Heartbroken Duchess: A Historical Regency Romance Collection

Three unique Ladies. Three unprecedented romances. Three reasons to make one believe in the power of love, the strongest power the earth has ever faced…

The Governess Who Stole My Heart
Few ladies have the chance to be suited by not one, but two charming powerful gentlemen. But power can be dangerous and nothing is as it seems to be.

A Charming Cavalryman for Clementine
Clementine never wished to find love, and yet it plagued her. For love can be a torture when the raging war claims the life of the man she adores…

Diana Adores the Puzzled Earl
Robert will pursue his passion for literature only to discover another in the face of a young author, Diana. But she is a woman he could never have.

Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships

Social Psychology & Interactions
Author: Daniel Goleman
Regularly $12.99, Today $1.99

Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships

Emotional Intelligence was an international phenomenon, appearing on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year and selling more than five million copies worldwide. Now, once again, Daniel Goleman has written a groundbreaking synthesis of the latest findings in biology and brain science, revealing that we are “wired to connect” and the surprisingly deep impact of our relationships on every aspect of our lives.

Far more than we are consciously aware, our daily encounters with parents, spouses, bosses, and even strangers shape our brains and affect cells throughout our bodies—down to the level of our genes—for good or ill.

The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living

Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Natural Foods
Author: Mark Bittman
Regularly $16.99, Today $2.99

The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living

From the award-winning champion of conscious eating and author of the bestselling Food Matters comes The Food Matters Cookbook, offering the most comprehensive and straightforward ideas yet for cooking easy, delicious foods that are as good for you as they are for the planet.

The Food Matters Cookbook 
is the essential encyclopedia and guidebook to responsible eating, with more than 500 recipes that capture Bittman’s typically relaxed approach to everything in the kitchen. There is no finger-wagging here, just a no-nonsense and highly flexible case for eating more plants while cutting back on animal products, processed food, and of course junk. But for Bittman, flipping the ratio of your diet to something more virtuous and better for your body doesn’t involve avoiding any foods—indeed, there is no sacrifice here.

Broken Heart on Hold: Surviving Separation

Family Relationships > Divorce
Author: Linda Rooks
Regularly $14.99, Today $1.99

Broken Heart on Hold: Surviving Separation

A woman who is separated needs a friend to walk beside her on her difficult journey.

Broken Heart on Hold is that friend, one that will uplift, encourage, and hold her up while offering practical insights and pointing her to God. It is a book of hope. Because it is written by a woman who has gone through the trauma of a separation and the eventual healing of her own marriage, the reader will know she is not alone.

This collection of honest, heartfelt messages reaches down into the valleys of a woman’s loneliness, travels with her through her mental labyrinths, and sheds light in the dark tunnels where answers seem nonexistent. It provides the emotional and spiritual strength to help a woman sort through her confusion.

Harvest of Rubies

Historical Fiction > Religious
Author: Tessa Afshar
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99

Harvest of Rubies

The prophet Nehemiah’s cousin can speak numerous languages, keep complex accounts, write on rolls of parchment and tablets of clay, and solve great mysteries. There is only one problem: she’s a woman in a man’s court.

In her early childhood years, Sarah experienced the death of her mother and her father’s subsequent emotional distance, and she came to two conclusions: God does not care about me, and my accomplishments are the measure of my worth.

Catapulted into the center of the Persian court, Sarah is working too many hours, rubbing elbows with royalty, and solving intrigues for the Queen.

A Quiet Place

World Literature > Asian > Japanese
Author: Seicho Matsumoto, Louise Heal Kawai
Regularly $13.99, Today $3.99

A Quiet Place

While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn’t totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly-spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife—who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings—ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighborhood?

When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife’s death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife’s recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life…

Carved in Bone: A Body Farm Novel

Thrillers > Crime
Author: Jefferson Bass
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99

Carved in Bone: A Body Farm Novel

Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton has spent his career surrounded by death at the Body Farm. Now he’s being called upon to help solve a baffling puzzle in a remote mountain community. The mummified corpse of a young woman dead for thirty years has been discovered in a cave, the body bizarrely preserved and transformed by the environment’s unique chemistry. But Brockton’s investigation is threatening to open old wounds among an insular people who won’t forget or forgive. And a long-buried secret prematurely exposed could inflame Brockton’s own guilt—and the dangerous hostility of bitter enemies determined to see him fail . . . by any means necessary.

Count It All Joy: Discover a Happiness That Circumstances Cannot Change

Christian Living > Spiritual Growth
Author: David Jeremiah
Regularly $19.99, Today $0.99

Count It All Joy: Discover a Happiness That Circumstances Cannot Change

The apostle Paul wrote his most personal letter while abused and abandoned in a Roman prison. He wrote to believers who lived in the shadow of the Roman tyrant, Nero. And yet this letter, Philippians, is the most joy-filled epistle in the Bible.

Weaving together modern stories and historical detail, Dr. David Jeremiah explores Philippians verse by verse, showing us what it means to be joyful in spite of circumstances. Whatever you are facing today, Count It All Joy will inspire you to find the joy that Jesus promises.

Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens + Teens

Parenting and Families
Author: Laura S. Kastner
Regularly $9.99, Today $2.99

Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens + Teens

Parenting a teenager is tougher than ever, but new brain research offers new insight into the best way to connect with teens. With humor, wisdom and a deep understanding of the teenaged brain, noted teen expert Dr. Laura Kastner shows parents how to stay calm and cool-headed while dealing with hot-button issues everything from rude attitude and lying to sex and substance use — with clear, easy-to-follow suggestions for setting limits while maintaining a close and loving relationship. Find out why Dr. T. Berry Brazelton calls Getting to Calm required reading for any parent who struggles with their teen!

 



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