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Thinblade (Sovereign of the Seven Isles: Book One)

Fantasy > Epic
Author: David A. Wells

Thinblade (Sovereign of the Seven Isles: Book One)

When second son Alexander Valentine loses his brother to an assassin’s arrow, he discovers that his family protects an ancient secret and reluctantly finds himself at the center of the final battle of a war that was supposed to have ended two thousand years ago.

Pursued by the dark minions of an ancient enemy, Alexander flees to the mountain city of Glen Morillian where he discovers that he is the heir to the throne of Ruatha, one of the Seven Isles, but before he can claim the throne he must recover the ancient Thinblade.

Stories from a Teacher

Memoirs > Short Stories > Single Author

Author: Jonathan Flores

Stories from a Teacher

In 2008, Jonathan Flores surprised his students as one of the youngest, most energetic teachers they’d ever seen. After only four years, Mr. Flores turned in his resignation, and his students showed up to find out why. But instead of describing a single moment that made him quit, he told them his stories – each one, an insane memory from his teaching career.

While he describes how he fell in love with the job, he also describes the harder realities that followed.

Night of the Purple Moon (The Toucan Trilogy)

Children’s Books > Action & Adventure
Author: Scott Cramer

Night of the Purple Moon (The Toucan Trilogy)

Abby Leigh is looking forward to watching the moon turn purple, unaware that deadly bacteria from a passing comet will soon kill off older teens and adults.

The lightning-fast epidemic sweeps across the planet when the germs attack the hormones produced during puberty.

On a small island off the coast of Maine, Abby must help her brother and baby sister survive in this new world, but all the while she has a ticking time bomb inside of her — adolescence.

Ridiculous

Romance > Regency
Author: D.L. Carter

Ridiculous

 

After the death of her miserly cousin Antony North, Millicent Boarder is determined her family should never be poor or vulnerable again. To protect them she conceals her cousin’s death and assumes his identity. Now she must face the Ton and the world as Mr. North and accept the price she must pay for her family’s safety — she will never be loved.

Which means, of course, at this point she will meet the perfect man.

Optical Delusions in Deadwood (Deadwood Humorous Mystery Series #2)

Genre Fiction > Horror > Ghosts
Author: Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

 

Optical Delusions in Deadwood (Deadwood Humorous Mystery Series #2)

 

With her reputation endangered, her bank account on the verge of extinction, and her career at risk of going up in flames, Violet Parker is desperate. When the opportunity to sell another vintage home materializes, she grabs it, even though this “haunted” house was recently the stage for a two-act, murder-suicide tragedy. But someone–or something–in the house wants Violet stopped…dead.



The Dead Room

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Robert Ellis

The Dead Room

A young woman is found, brutally murdered and left on gruesome display in the “safety” of her own home. The atrocity kicks off an investigation into a bizarre string of increasingly disturbing murders, all believed to be perpetrated by someone of unprecedented savagery and cunning. As the city’s panic rises, civil attorney Teddy Mack is thrown headlong into the grisly homicide case–and into a world of dirty politics and corrupt justice, where deceptions are as deadly as the killer’s twisted secrets.

Unending Devotion

Religious Fiction > Romance
Author: Jody Hedlund

Unending Devotion

High-Stakes Drama Meets High-Tension RomanceIn 1883 Michigan, Lily Young is on a mission to save her lost sister, or die trying. Heedless of the danger, her searches of logging camps lead her to Harrison and into the sights of Connell McCormick, a man doing his best to add to the hard-earned fortunes of his lumber baron father. Posing during the day as a photographer’s assistant, Lily can’t understand why any God-fearing citizen would allow evil to persist and why men like Connell McCormick turn a blind eye to the crime rampant in the town.

Asylum Lake

Genre Fiction > Horror > Ghosts
Author: R. A. Evans, Doree Colon

Asylum Lake

After the sudden death of his wife, Brady Tanner moves to the small Michigan town where he spent summers as a youth. But he soon learns that small towns can be stained by memories…and secrets too. As Brady is drawn into unearthing the secrets of the town and of the abandoned psychiatric hospital on the shores of Asylum Lake, he discovers a new love in an old friend. But there is an evil presence lurking beneath the waters of the lake. What is the source of this evil–and what does it want with Brady Tanner?

I Think I Love You (a humorous romantic mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Stephanie Bond

I Think I Love You (a humorous romantic mystery)

Twenty years ago, the Metcalf sisters witnessed a murder and formed a pact of silence. Now they’re estranged and scattered because they all fell in love with the same man. When the sisters converge at their childhood home, old wounds are laid open against the backdrop of liquidating their parents’ antiques business. And when the playboy who broke up their family shows up, things go from bad to worse!

A Soul To Steal (The Sanheim Chronicles, Book One)

Genre Fiction > Horror > Ghosts
Author: Rob Blackwell

A Soul To Steal (The Sanheim Chronicles, Book One)

A serial killer on the loose, two reporters in his sights, and a legendary ghost haunting the town…

Something is stalking the citizens of Loudoun County, Va. Is it the return of the notorious serial killer known as Lord Halloween? Or is it something worse–a figure that can cloak itself as your worst nightmare? Kate and Quinn, two community journalists, rush to uncover the truth before a promised bloodbath on Halloween night.

Too Close to Home (Women of Justice Series #1)

hristian Books & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > Mystery
Author: Lynette Eason

Too Close to Home (Women of Justice Series #1)

Samantha Cash is the FBI’s secret weapon. Her methods are invisible, and she never stops until the case is closed. When missing teens begin turning up dead in a small Southern town, Samantha is assigned to help local chief Connor Wolfe find the killer. And he has two problems with that. There’s her faith–in God and herself. And then there’s the fact that she looks exactly like his late wife.


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Collapse (New America-Book One)

Genre Fiction > Political
Author: Richard Stephenson, Susan Hughes, LLPix Photography

Collapse (New America-Book One)

BOOK ONE in the NEW AMERICA series.

America is falling, ready to join the Roman Empire as a distant memory in the annals of history. The year is 2027. Tired and desperate, the American people are deep in the middle of The Second Great Depression. The Florida coastline is in ruins from the most powerful hurricane on record; a second just like it is bearing down on the state of Texas. For the first time in history, the Middle East has united as one and amassed the most formidable army the world has seen since the Third Reich. A hidden army of terrorists is on American soil.

What the Heart Wants (Soulmate Series: Book One)

Genre Fiction > Horror > Occult
Author: Kelli McCracken

What the Heart Wants (Soulmate Series: Book One)

Do dreams foretell the future? Are there soul connections that go deeper than love?

He can sense her emotions at any place and time. Their bond is powerful but a mystery. One thing he does know: She’s plagued his dreams for months. Maybe even longer.

No More Wasted Time

Romance > Contemporary
Author: Beverly Preston

No More Wasted Time

After losing her husband to a sudden heart attack, Tess Mathews escapes to Bora Bora to lay her husband and sorrow to rest. What she doesn’t expect is a new beginning. Tom Clemmins is an A-list actor whose life revolves around work and an onslaught of women. He travels to Bora Bora for a much-needed break. Tom has a few ideas of how he’ll enjoy his vacation, but love isn’t one of them. Until he sees Tess.

Jackrabbit Junction Jitters (Jackrabbit Junction Humorous Mystery Series #2)

Mystery > Women Sleuths
Author: Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

Jackrabbit Junction Jitters (Jackrabbit Junction Humorous Mystery Series #2)

Claire is back, raining trouble throughout Jackrabbit Junction in another fast-paced, fun, sexy suspense.

A burglar is on the loose! Claire wastes no time forming suspicions, but she’s sidetracked by a treasure hunt.

Even with help from her boyfriend, Claire is swirling in a whirlpool of chaos.

Tahoe Trap (An Owen McKenna Mystery Thriller)

ystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Todd Borg

Tahoe Trap (An Owen McKenna Mystery Thriller)

TAHOE TRAP is about a 10-year-old illegal, Mexican, immigrant boy named Paco Ipar. When Paco’s foster mother is murdered, he is left homeless, and, because he doesn’t speak Spanish, without even a country he can call home. Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna discovers that two contract killers out of Las Vegas are after Paco. McKenna knows that if he does nothing, the men will keep pursuing the boy. So McKenna plans to set a trap for them using Paco as bait. McKenna’s plan carries a huge risk. If it goes wrong, he will be handing the boy to the killers…

Blue Straggler

Comic Fiction
Author: Kathy Lynn Harris

Blue Straggler

Bailey Miller is “disconnected” from the cluster of her rural south Texas family. She has never quite fit in and now in her early 30s, she finds herself struggling with inner turmoil and a series of bad choices in her life.

Bailey’s drinking too much (even for a member of her family), has a penchant to eat spoonfuls of Cool Whip, works in a job that bores her beyond description and can’t keep a relationship longer than it takes for milk to expire in her fridge.

Blood Will Tell (Warriors of Ankh #1)

Romance > Fantasy & Futuristic
Author: Samantha Young

Blood Will Tell (Warriors of Ankh #1)

What would you do if you were born to be a predator? Would you fight your natural instincts or give in to your nature?

Eden is a soul eater closing in on her Awakening. Her family has convinced her that soon she will have to take a life in order to save her own. It’s a decision Eden doesn’t want to deal with even as her hunger for souls grows stronger every day.

Courthouse Cowboys: A Modern Tale of Murder in Montana (Legal Thriller)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: P.A. Moore

Courthouse Cowboys: A Modern Tale of Murder in Montana (Legal Thriller)

At Deer Lodge State Prison in 1999, murder sits before them in the guise of a skeletal, bloody-lipped, broken-nosed teenager who grins out one side of his mouth as he stares at them through a swollen eye. Evidently his fellow criminals brook no mercy for a convicted killer, regardless of his age or feeble intelligence.

This kid’s parents have no money and the local legal eagles have warned the Defalcos to let the conviction stand … or else. Yet that threat, a gauntlet thrown down, fuels the couple’s addiction to criminal law.

Carrots (A Shelby Nichols Adventure)

Fantasy > Contemporary
Author: Colleen Helme

Carrots (A Shelby Nichols Adventure)

Shelby Nichols is an average woman who is married to the only guy she ever fell for. Her life is organized and predictable, revolving around her husband and two children. All that changes the day she stops at the grocery store for some carrots. As the cashier rings up her purchases, a gunman is busy robbing the bank inside the store. When a customer grabs the robber’s mask, he is shot and everyone runs for cover. Everyone except Shelby, who finds herself face to face with the killer.

Freestyle For Life

Genre Fiction > Urban Life
Author: Latif Mercado

Freestyle For Life

Freestyle music is the new sound of the City, and recording artist, Solo Cortes is the voice. Until New York’s Finest pays him a visit during the most important performance of his life…

Pups in Tea Cups: Tales of “Littleness” overcoming BIG odds

Humor & Entertainment > Dogs
Author: Carolyn McCray

Pups in Tea Cups: Tales of "Littleness" overcoming BIG odds

Pups in Tea Cups: Tales of Littleness Overcoming Big Odds!
Heartwarming stories about man’s tiniest friends!

The River

enre Fiction > Action & Adventure
Author: Cheryl Kaye Tardif

The River

Del thought her father was long dead. But someone from her past says otherwise. Now she and a group of near strangers embark on a perilous mission…

Seven years ago, Del Hawthorne’s father and three of his friends disappeared near the Nahanni River and were presumed dead. When one of the missing men stumbles onto the University grounds, alive but barely recognizable and aging before her eyes, Del is shocked. Especially when the man tells her something inconceivable. Her father is still alive!

The Parrot Talks in Chocolate (The Life and Times of a Hawaiian Tiki Bar #1)

Genre Fiction > Spirituality > Inspirational
Author: Everett Peacock

The Parrot Talks in Chocolate (The Life and Times of a Hawaiian Tiki Bar #1)

The bartender, and his incredibly smart Macaw parrot both explore the magical paths of love and the tropics in this escapist tale from Hawaii. In his family run Tiki Bar, and from his bedroom in the treehouse just above, our storyteller describes the characters surrounding his idyllic existence. Not immune to danger or mystery, each adventure leads him further and further toward a self realization of just how perfect the world can be.

The Blasphemer – An Islamic Thriller

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: John Ling

The Blasphemer - An Islamic Thriller

When Abraham Khan releases an e-book condemning radical Islam, the consequences hit him fast and hard — an armed fanatic smashes into his home one evening, trying to kill him. He survives the harrowing attempt. Just barely. But will he survive the next one?

Maya Raines is the security operator brought in to protect Abraham. She is tough and committed. The very best at what she does. Always one step ahead of the threat.

But Abraham is no ordinary principal — he will not hide, and he will not stay silent.

Her Greek Romance

Romance > Contemporary
Author: Mona Risk

Her Greek Romance

In court, Ashley is in for a nasty surprise about her handsome Greek god and Stefano is about to lose the only woman who’s ever touched his heart. Will Stefano be able
to convince Ashley he’s not the enemy anymore?

The Glimpse: A Vision of America’s Future – Top Rated

Fiction > Biblical
Author: Grant Carroll

The Glimpse: A Vision of America's Future - Top Rated

The Dream
In 2007, God gave Grant Carroll a critical message for the American church through a chilling dream his wife had. Not long after, he began to notice uncanny similarities between the dream and real world events happening to Christians in the news as if the dream was giving predictions of the future. Grant felt led to turn the dream into a piece of Christian fiction that would grab people’s attention, so they would understand the dire warning of coming persecution, before it’s too late.

Eden (Eden Saga)

Religion & Spirituality > Fiction > Fantasy
Author: Matthew C. Plourde

Eden (Eden Saga)

When an earthquake plunges the world into darkness, Alexandra Contreras struggles for survival and seeks answers. Guided by a mysterious, scarred man, she braves the wasteland in search of humanity’s mythical birthplace: Eden. Once confronted with her tragic destiny, she must make a decision which will alter the fate of the world.

A Million Tears (The Tears Series)

Genre Fiction > Family Saga
Author: Paul Henke

A Million Tears (The Tears Series)

America at the turn of the century. For the enterprising immigrant – a land of optimism and hope. From the hardship and poverty of Wales in 1890 this is the story of the Griffiths family and their journey to succeed in the new country. Henke describes the excitement of the pioneers in the early twentieth century. A tale of intrigue and adventure – the characters come to life against the backdrop of the time. You will not want to put this book down.

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO

Fiction > Drama
Author: KELVIN F JACKSON

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO

Destiny Love and her son Jayonne are thrown into turmoil when a home invasion goes terribly wrong. Caught in the middle of snakes greed and decietful conspiracy, Destiny and her son are forced to go on the run from one of the most notoriously feared gangsters in Brooklyn.

 

A Song for the Asking (A Kane Novel)

Genre Fiction > Family Saga
Author: Steve Gannon

A Song for the Asking (A Kane Novel)

Detective Daniel Kane is the self-proclaimed king of his castle, his California beachfront home, and the ironfisted ruler of his subjects — his wife, Catheryn, and his four children: Tommy, Travis, Allison, and Nate. Hardened by years of law enforcement, he is determined to prepare his children to face a harsh and violent world. With a relentless will for perfection and scorn for anything less, Kane teaches them his rules for success and provides a model for the essentials of survival: strength, bravery, ambition, stoicism, and vengeance.

For the Love of Scott!

Biographies & Memoirs > Medical
Author: Jo Hamilton, Dr Phyllis M Olmstead, Maggie Payne Hamilton

For the Love of Scott!

The author recollects her family’s poignant story of love, bewilderment, and lingering frustration when faced with catastrophic medical mistakes. Read the experiences of Scott Hamilton’s family members as they struggle through a storm of horrific medical errors that could have been prevented and recognize what you need to do when someone you love is faced with life-threatening circumstances created by health experts.

Dark Lullaby: A Harbinger Short Story

Mystery > Hard-Boiled
Author: Carolyn McCray

Dark Lullaby: A Harbinger Short Story

Girls have gone missing.

Can an unstable FBI profiler find the killer before another child dies?

Second-Chance Mother: A Memoir

Parenting & Relationships > Adoption > Memoirs
Author: Denise Roessle

Second-Chance Mother: A Memoir

When Denise Roessle became a mother at 45, her long-held dream came true. She felt as if she were 19 again, the age at which she got pregnant out of wedlock and relinquished her newborn son for adoption. Suddenly, he was back — this stranger she had given birth to — and he wasn’t just searching for his roots. Joshua was looking for a mom.

30 Delicious Refrigerator Cake Recipes

Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Cakes
Author: Lori Burke, Lori Burke

30 Delicious Refrigerator Cake Recipes

Make mouth-watering, delicious cakes that require little to no baking in an oven!  Best-selling author  Lori Burke brings you 24 Refrigerator cakes that are fun and easy to prepare.  In addition she includes recipes for 6 Refrigerator Poke cakes that require minimal baking but are fun to make and so delicious. That’s a total of 30 crowd-pleasing recipes!

No Such Thing as a Secret: A Brandy Alexander Mystery (No Such Thing As…A Brandy Alexander Mystery)

Mystery > Women Sleuths
Author: Shelly Fredman

No Such Thing as a Secret: A Brandy Alexander Mystery (No Such Thing As...A Brandy Alexander Mystery)

When Brandy (a puff piece reporter for a local Los Angeles TV news station) returns to her hometown after a four year absence, she is thrilled to be reunited with friends and family. But her joy is short-lived when her best friend, John, becomes the victim of a tragic accident.

Toonopolis: Gemini (Toonopolis Files, #1)

Comic Strips & Cartoons
Author: Jeremy Rodden, Cami Woodruff

Toonopolis: Gemini (Toonopolis Files, #1)

If you are a fan of fantasy books, movies, comics, cartoons, and video games, you will love Toonopolis: Gemini!

The Templar Concordat

Genre Fiction > Action & Adventure
Author: Terrence OBrien

The Templar Concordat

When the truth is your greatest danger, and the enemy knows the truth, things can only go downhill when the enemy finally gets the proof. And that’s the proof the Hashashin get when they steal what the Vatican doesn’t even know it has. Now the infallible decrees of two Twelfth Century popes and three kings, stolen by the Hashashin, threaten to catapult the bigotry, bias, and religious blood baths of the Third Crusade straight into the Twenty-First Century.

New England Witch Chronicles

Teens > Romance > Paranormal
Author: Chelsea Bellingeri

New England Witch Chronicles

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were an embarrassing stain on America’s revered past. Innocent people were persecuted at the hands of a few over-zealous puritans. But what if there were real witches during those colonial hunts? What if there are witches in present day New England? That is what Alexandria Ramsey’s crazy grandmother believes. Grandma Claudia claims Alex descends from a long line of New England witches.

Seeing Trouble (Deadwood Mystery Series Short Story #1)

Women’s Fiction > Single Women > Humor
Author: Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

Seeing Trouble (Deadwood Mystery Series Short Story #1)

 

What do you get when you combine a chicken named Elvis, a locked diary, and a secret Violet Parker does not want share with her daughter?

Kiss Me or Die

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Scott Nicholson

Kiss Me or Die

Richard’s life is a horror story. And it’s all the fault of those people inside his head.

Richard thinks he has them stereotyped for his autobography, but he’s about to get a new tenant: the Insider, a malevolent soul-hopping spirit that may or may not be born from Richard’s nightmares and demands a co-writing credit and a little bit of foot-kissing dark worship.

Now Richard doesn’t know which voice to trust.

The Seasoning of a Soul: When Comprehension Comes through Trial and Experience

Abuse & Self Defense > Sexual Abuse
Author: Athena Demetrios

The Seasoning of a Soul: When Comprehension Comes through Trial and Experience

Growing up in abject poverty, terrorized by a boarder who lived in the root cellar, Athena Demetrios repressed the memories, thrusting her into a downward spiral of melancholy and despair. Transcendence and healing would come through reliving the horrors of her past through hypnotic regression. A powerful spiritual experience opened doors into other dimensions, which began an odyssey where truth became stranger than fiction.

Touchback

Genre Fiction > Sports
Author: Don Handfield

Touchback

When Scott Murphy scored the winning touchdown in the 1991 state championship game, it should have launched a golden future—the full scholarship to Ohio State, the million-dollar signing bonus, marriage to the beauty queen, and NFL glory.

Instead, it all ended with a sickening pop as his leg shattered in four places.

Billy Purgatory: I am the Devil Bird

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author: Jesse James Freeman

Billy Purgatory: I am the Devil Bird

Author Jesse James Freeman delivers a comic book for the ages in novel form with this wild, tongue-in-cheek, imaginative creation that will suspend your disbelief. Jump in if you’re looking to immerse yourself in a unique and original fantasy tale with a sick twist….Billy Purgatory dares you to join him.

Billy Purgatory happens to be the most badass skateboarder and sweet talker any broad can meet–even at the age of ten. He is also the target of supernatural forces he can’t understand, and doesn’t want to.

When I Married My Mother: A Daughter’s Search for What Really Matters – and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo

Biographies & Memoirs > Women
Author: Jo Maeder

When I Married My Mother: A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters - and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo

Jo Maeder was a not-so-young DJ on a decidedly youth-driven New York City radio station (Z100) when a series of crises led her to do the unthinkable: leave New York City for the Bible Belt – “Greensboring,” North Carolina – to care for her estranged, eccentric “Mama Jo.” Everyone predicted Operation Mama Jo would be a disaster. Jo’s therapist suspected Rescuer Syndrome – and her mother could not be rescued.



Where’s My Son? (Detective Jason Strong Novellas, #1)

Mystery > Hard-Boiled
Author: John C. Dalglish

Where's My Son? (Detective Jason Strong Novellas, #1)

Michael Barton comes home to find his infant son gone. There is no trace of the kidnappers, and the police have no leads. Michael is driven by a promise and he won’t stop.

Detective Jason Strong led the task force to find Michael’s son and has become his friend. But as Michael’s darkness grows, Jason fears he may be the only one who can stop him.

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