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Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law Mystery/Romance Series)

Mystery > Women Sleuths

Author: Jana DeLeon

Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law Mystery/Romance Series)

Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana.

Unfortunately, death doesn’t slow down Helena one bit.

DEA Agent Luc LeJeune is wondering what his undercover assignment investigating the sexy scientist has gotten him into – especially as it seems someone wants her dead. Keeping his secrets while protecting Maryse proves to be easier than fighting his attraction for the brainy beauty.

A Larger Universe

> Science Fiction & Fantasy

Author: James Gillaspy

A Larger Universe

The broadcast interview of a young computer prodigy attracts the attention of aliens aboard an interstellar trading ship. The kidnapping of Tommy (and his cat) begins an adventure among the stars, a coming of age story entangled with computers, faster-than-light travel, a dying civilization, and an ancient evil.

On board the five-thousand-meter starship, he meets a crew of humans, descended from peasants, priests, and soldiers taken from Earth a thousand years before. He soon learns that all are slaves to the seldom-seen aliens inhabiting the upper third of the ship. His first months are spent in mindless work that he later learns is meant to domesticate his “feral” nature.

Eventually, he is introduced to the reason for his kidnapping: Tommy is expected to replace the ancient and failing computers on the ship with computers taken from Earth, beginning with the long-dead missile controller, without which the ship is defenseless.

The Edge of Forever

> Romance > Contemporary

Author: Barbara Bretton

The Edge of Forever

This award-winning Harlequin novel is available for the first time in eBook format.

Opposites attract. But can a night of passion turn into a love that lasts forever? Meg Lindstrom is a struggling photographer who drives a limo to make ends meet.

Joe Alessio is a best-selling author of fiery historical romances who hasn’t written a word in months.

They don’t have a thing in common until Meg falls at his feet one sunny October afternoon and Joe realizes he’s finally met the woman of his dreams. But can a night of passion turn into a love that lasts forever?

Ready or Not (Aggie’s Inheritance)

> Christian Fiction

Author: Chautona Havig

Ready or Not (Aggie's Inheritance)

Fresh out of college, Aggie Milliken thinks she’s prepared for anything life can throw her way. Think again, Aggie!

After the abrupt loss of her sister and brother-in-law, Aggie is stunned to find herself the sole guardian of their eight lively children. If learning basic parenting skills wasn’t complicated enough, she must also battle the children’s half-crazed grandmother, survive a massive remodeling project, and navigate the waters of new friendships-alone.

She has little experience with children and none with housekeeping, and it shows. What she has going for her is grit, a double dose of determination, and the confidence that this is exactly where the Lord wants her to be.

The Honour of the Knights (First Edition) (The Battle for the Solar System)

> Science Fiction > Adventure

Author: Stephen Sweeney

The Honour of the Knights (First Edition) (The Battle for the Solar System)

When starfighter pilot Simon Dodds is enrolled in a top secret military project, he and his wingmates begin to suspect that there is a lot more to the theft of a legendary battleship and an Imperial nation’s civil war than either the Confederation Stellar Navy or the government are willing to let on.

Within weeks of being reassigned to the Confederate border system of Temper, the five would begin to untangle a web of lies and a cover-up that seemed to span the length of the entire galaxy. And it would not be long before they themselves would come face to face with that which destroyed an empire: an unforgiving, unstoppable, and totally unrelenting foe.

What a Westmoreland Wants (Silhouette Desire)

> Romance > Multicultural

Author: Brenda Jackson

What a Westmoreland Wants (Silhouette Desire)

He’d been biding his time, and now the perfect opportunity had arrived to pursue the ultimate object of his affections. Offering Gemma a job to decorate his new home meant she had to come to him. And on his territory, the Aussie knew he could easily woo her into his bed. But this Westmoreland woman was no pushover. If Callum was going to get what he wanted—as always—the millionaire just might have to utter three little words first.

Blacklisted

> Genre Fiction > Action & Adventure

Author: Luke Romyn

Blacklisted

Nobody can escape their past. It will always be there, returning to haunt you in the darkest times of your life.

Mike Swanson knows this – his past torments him daily and he sets himself upon a path of death and misery. He justifies his dark deeds by enacting them upon those he perceives as evil, not knowing that the real evil lies within himself.

Killing the scum of society, Mike becomes one of them and draws the attention of a group who require people with his skills. Unwillingly enlisted into the notorious ‘Blacklisted Brotherhood’, Mike must first survive horrendous training in order to hunt down a madman whose deeds will see the world plunged into anarchy if he succeeds.

Bone Dry (Blanco County Mysteries)

> Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Author: Ben Rehder

Bone Dry (Blanco County Mysteries)

 

Life can get a little wild from time to time for John Marlin, the game warden in Blanco County, Texas—but few incidents compare to the stories flying around town at the start of this new deer season. Hunters are reporting an incredible sight: a six-foot-tall, drop-dead gorgeous blonde is roaming the woods, searching out camouflage-clad men with guns and disarming them with powers of seduction the likes of which none of them have ever come across before. Everyone has a hearty laugh at the expense of a few embarrassed hunters, until one of their own turns up dead in the woods.

The Tourist Trail: A Novel

> Genre Fiction > Action & Adventure

Author: John Yunker

The Tourist Trail: A Novel

Biologist Angela Haynes is accustomed to dark, lonely nights as one of the few humans at a penguin research station in Patagonia. She has grown used to the cries of penguins before dawn, to meager supplies and housing, to spending most of her days in one of the most remote regions on earth. What she isn’t used to is strange men washing ashore, which happens one day on her watch.

The man won’t tell her his name or where he came from, but Angela, who has a soft spot for strays, tends to him, if for no other reason than to protect her birds and her work. When she later learns why he goes by an alias, why he is a refugee from the law, and why he is a man without a port, she begins to fall in love—and embarks on a journey that takes her deep into Antarctic waters, and even deeper into the emotional territory she thought she’d left behind.

Amador Lockdown

 

Author: Coral Russell, Chryse Wymer

Amador Lockdown

Something has moved into the Amador Hotel. Hector, Marcos, Bev, and Tony of the Paranormal Posse are called in to either debunk the haunting or get rid of whatever is causing the problems. With the surprise arrival of Hector’s son, he tries to keep his professional and personal lives separate, but whatever is haunting the Amador Hotel has other plans.

Murder of Crows (Book One of The Icarus Trilogy)

> Science Fiction > Space Opera

Author: Kevin Kauffmann

Murder of Crows (Book One of The Icarus Trilogy)

What would you consider freedom? For some, it’s choosing their way to die.

Murder of Crows is based in a not-so-far-flung universe where humanity did not reach the stars but instead found itself mired in corporate takeovers and local politics. In order to deal with overpopulation and pollution the governments of the world decide to tow asteroids from the Kuiper Belt into orbit around Earth, add atmospheres and transform them into miniature planets. While most of the asteroids were designed for colonization, Eris was destined for constant commercial warfare. Most people just call it “War World” after their favorite television show.


Love In The Falls – Sam & Camden (New Beginnings Series – Romance)

> Romance > Contemporary

Author: Rachel Hanna

Love In The Falls - Sam & Camden (New Beginnings Series - Romance)

Camden Lane is three months away from her wedding to Preston Donnelly. From a rich family, she is expected to marry the handsome doctor and “make something of herself” after taking a year off after medical school. One fateful day, she decides to go with her friend, Natalie, into the north Georgia mountains to hike near a waterfall. This excursion will change her life forever.

Sam Steele is a hard working farm owner who goes on his first date with Jenny to hike the falls. When tragedy strikes, his life will be changed forever too.

My Dinosaur is Scared of Vegetables (Fun Rhyming Children’s Books)

> Children’s Books > Animals > Dinosaurs

Author: Lily Lexington

My Dinosaur is Scared of Vegetables (Fun Rhyming Children's Books)

Follow Jack and his cute dinosaur friend in his quest to avoid eating his vegetables.

 

– Your child will laugh, giggle and love to read this story over and over.
– For children aged 3-6

Pick up your copy today!

Dominant Species Volume Two — Edge Effects (Dominant Species Series)

> Genre Fiction > Horror > Dark Fantasy

Author: David Coy

Dominant Species Volume Two -- Edge Effects (Dominant Species Series)

It is the year 3012. The human incursion begins.

40 warp days from Earth is the newly discovered planet, Verde’s Revenge – a jungle planet green, thriving, and fertile. Containing a wealth of natural resources, it is the chosen location for a new off-world colony.

Biologist Rachel Sanders thinks she has drawn a lucky card when she’s hired to perform the biological surveys on Verde’s rich ecosystems. She will soon discover new and diverse species – and long the way reveal a growing threat more perilous than she could ever have imagined.

Negotiating with Backbone: Eight Sales Strategies to Defend Your Price and Value

> Management & Leadership > Negotiating

Author: Reed K. Holden

Negotiating with Backbone: Eight Sales Strategies to Defend Your Price and Value

Sales professionals now confront the most serious threat to their success. Regardless of their size, industry, country, customer type, nature of the relationship or amount of value they provide, sales professionals are finding that purchasing decisions are increasingly being limited by procurement. The modern procurement function is purchasing on steroids. Where traditional purchasing managers negotiated, procurement officials attempt to dictate.  Procurement deploys a variety of tactics designed to do one thing: gain unprecedented discounts and concessions out of even the most sophisticated sales professionals.  This book is a strategy guide for salespeople to help them level the procurement playing field.

Becoming Fearless: My Ongoing Journey of Learning to Trust God

> Religion & Spirituality > Inspirational

Author: Michelle Aguilar

Becoming Fearless: My Ongoing Journey of Learning to Trust God

Michelle Aguilar’s inspiring story goes beyond her grand-prize victory on the immensely popular The Biggest Loser. Becoming Fearless is about having faith in God when you’ve lost faith in yourself. It is an encouragement to “feel the fear” in any obstacle in life without being paralyzed by it. Finally, it is a story about reconciliation between Michelle and her mother, an exploration of the difficult and freeing work of forgiveness, and a reminder that what you learn on the journey is even more important than the destination.

… then just stay fat.

> Diets & Weight Loss > Humor

Author: Shannon Sorrels, Joel Horn, Kevin Lepp

... then just stay fat.

For a couple of years, Shannon Sorrels has wanted to put out a book about fitness and weight management, a book that’s entertaining, motivating and a tad bit pointed, sort of a Dave Barry and Erma Bombeck meets Dr. Oz and Bob Greene — definitely not your traditional this-is-how-to-lose-weight manual.

This book isn’t a step-by-step weight-loss or fitness plan. There already are plenty of those, and Sorrels doesn’t agree with most of them anyway.

Instead, it is intended to motivate and entertain, spur some heated debates – and maybe even put an end to all of the excuses.

Necrophobia #1 (Zombie Apocalypse)

> Genre Fiction > Horror > Occult

Author: Jack Hamlyn

Necrophobia #1 (Zombie Apocalypse)

An ordinary summer’s day. The grass is green, the flowers are blooming. All is right with the world. Then the dead start rising. From cemetery and mortuary, funeral home and morgue, they flood into the streets until every town and city is infested with walking corpses, blank-eyed eating machines that exist to take down the living.

The world is a graveyard. And when you have a family to protect, it’s more than survival. It’s war.

Winter’s Wrath: Sacrifice (Winter’s Saga #3)

> Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Author: Karen Luellen

Winter's Wrath: Sacrifice (Winter's Saga #3)

Lines between good and evil blur as the Winter family fight for survival in Winter’s Wrath: Sacrifice. Book #3 in Winter’s Saga delves into the choices we make and the butterfly effect on the world around us. Meg Winter must cope with the caveats of her evolved gift or be consumed by them. Her family and friends watch helplessly as she struggles to find herself, learn what is worth fighting for and let go of things beyond her control. Will she break free of her own fears before it’s too late or let her insecurities rule them all?

Tales of the Revolution: True Stories of People who are Poking the Box and Making a Difference

> Business & Investing > Management & Leadership

Author: Seth Godin

Tales of the Revolution: True Stories of People who are Poking the Box and Making a Difference

Early in March, The Domino Project published Seth Godin’s Poke the Box. We Immediately received stories about people taking initiative in their own lives – doing things differently at work or with their families, taking initiative in places they were scared to. Prompted by the number of inspiring stories we received, we launched Tales of the Revolution, profiling examples of passionate self-starters who regularly went above and beyond to make a difference by doing. This free Kindle edition is a sampling of the hundreds of stories we received. Each one could be just the right inspiration for you to keep poking.

Married To a Married Man

> Romance > African American

Author: Nathanial Portis

Married To a Married Man

After finishing graduate school, Kayla Brown moves to Houston with her son to start her new career as a consultant. Kayla sets out on the dating scene, but soon discovers it’s not all it’s cracked up to be and opts to focus on her career and son. That all changes the day she collapses at the gym and is swept away by a handsome, mystery man.

She soon discovers that her rescuer is a powerful executive at the firm she is working for and decides to use her feminine wiles and their mutual attraction to help her boost herself up the corporate ladder. She just never counted on falling love.

Gone

> Genre Fiction > Horror > Short Stories

Author: Adam Light, Evans Light, Dylan Myers

Gone

Greg is having a bad morning. He overslept and now he is going to be late for work. He can’t even seem to get himself dressed, and is shoe is conveniently missing. Throughout the day, other things begin disappearing and Greg’s day looks like it is about to get much worse.

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