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The S.N. Killer

Contemporary Fiction

Author: Shameek Speight

The S.N. Killer

In today’s society,everyone lives online in order to interact with each other. Nearly everyone is somehow linked to a social networking site. Do you know the person behind your next friend request? Do you know the person behind that profile picture, or better yet the person you’ve been chatting with for months or the person you been flirting with, or do you just think you know?

Detective Lauren Pitman and her partner Detective Alexis Lovett head a Special Division Unit, in charge of solving Internet Crimes. Recently women have been targeted throughout the Tri-State Area. Several victims have been found dead with missing body parts. What these women seem to have in common is that all these women were all online on different social networking sites, talking and interacting with a man, who police cannot seem to be able to trace or locate almost as if he doesn’t exist.

The Influence (Supernatural Thriller)

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Matthew John Slick

The Influence (Supernatural Thriller)

Mark is in his garden, grieving and depressed over the unexplained death of his son and without knowing it, is almost coaxed by a demon into committing suicide. But, at the last moment Sotare, an angel, rescues him and is later permitted to appear to Mark in the Garden. The two dialogue about God, life, death, good, evil, the spiritual realm, and the nature of truth. However, all is not well. The demons are watching and powerful evil forces are sent to kill and destroy those who are close to Mark and those who are praying for him. As Sotare teaches Mark, he is given answers to his questions — but they do not come easily. He must face his greatest challenge in order to learn his greatest lesson.

We’ll Have The Summer

Contemporary Fiction

Author: Dutch Henry

We'll Have The Summer

The doctors say she’ll be gone by fall, but they have one last summer. One hot summer to consummate a lifetime of love, to cry together, laugh together … remember together. When a troubled teenage girl and an injured horse turn to them for help, Mary and Sam Holt find enough room in their own large and breaking hearts to show the girl life’s glories and restore a champion’s will. We’ll Have The Summer is a magnificent story about life, love, and horses.

Rubies of the Viper

History

Author: Martha Marks

Rubies of the Viper

When her brother is murdered in first-century Rome, Theodosia Varro inherits the family estate, going from poverty and isolation to great wealth and a prestigious position in society. Unfortunately, she lives in a time and a place that deny women of her class the very things she most desires: personal freedom and self-determination. Only by identifying her brother’s killer can she feel safe, yet her efforts take her in quite the opposite direction. After her own actions and the scheming of others lead to catastrophe, Theodosia struggles to survive and recover what matters most in her life.

Firefly Beach

Contemporary Fiction

Author: Meira Pentermann, Amy Feiman

Firefly Beach

When Beth LaMonte rents a cottage on the coast of Maine, she wishes only to withdraw and paint. A mysterious ball of light disturbs her peace and leads her to a secret beach where she finds the diary of a girl who disappeared in 1975. Now Beth is on a mission, not only to bury her own past, but to put to rest the spirit of Firefly Beach.

Pam of Babylon

Contemporary Fiction

Author: Suzanne Jenkins

Pam of Babylon

For Long Islander Pam Smith, keeping house and staying beautiful dominate her daily routine as she awaits the return of her husband, Jack, every Friday evening. When he suffers a fatal heart attack on the train home from Manhattan, Pam’s exquisitely arranged life is catapulted into turmoil as she is forced to face the realization that her marriage is nothing more than a black hole plagued with cruel infidelity, abuse, and sexual deviance. Witness Pam as she graciously and gracefully accepts the foul world her husband’s “other life” forces on her previously immaculate existence.


Drinking with Dead Women Writers (Drinking with Dead Writers)

Historical Fiction

Author: Elaine Ambrose, AK Turner

Drinking with Dead Women Writers (Drinking with Dead Writers)

Essays on drinking with Dorothy Parker, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Erma Bombeck, The Bronte Sisters, Willa Cather, Emily Dickinson, George Eliot, Margaret Mead, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Margaret Mitchell, Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Connor, Sylvia Plath, Ayn Rand and Virginia Woolf.

Moonlight Falls (UNCUT Edition) (Dick Moonlight)

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Vincent Zandri

Moonlight Falls (UNCUT Edition) (Dick Moonlight)

Albany, New York, is the setting of Zandri’s paranoid thriller (in the Hitchcock tradition) about Richard “Dick” Moonlight, former APD detective turned private investigator/massage therapist, who believes he killed Scarlet Montana, his illicit lover and wife of his ex-boss Chief of Detectives Jake Montana. The dilemma … Moonlight doesn’t remember what happened!

This edition is an “uncut” version of the original 2009 novel featuring 100 pages of original material that is derived from multiple points of view. In this version, you not only have Moonlight’s perspective, you also enter into the head of several major characters, including Scarlet Montana, her husband Jake Montana, Moonlight’s ex-wife Lynn, and even the Russian mobsters who are busy harvesting human organs illegally.

Time Slice

Fantasy

Author: Kerry Downing

Time Slice

Newly retired workaholic Roy Washburn is not ready for a life of leisure. On a trip to the mall with his wife, he finds a small metal cylinder with odd markings. One nudge of the cylinder’s triangle-shaped pointer and Roy finds himself embarking on an exciting new adventure in the Time Stream. There he meets The Traveler, a tall, gangly being who shows Roy how to use the cylinder to visit other civilizations that co-exist on “his” Earth, each occupying a different, thin Time Slice.

Bringing the Thunder: The Missions of a World War II B-29 Pilot in the Pacific (Stackpole Military History Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Author: Gordon Bennett Robertson Jr.

Bringing the Thunder: The Missions of a World War II B-29 Pilot in the Pacific (Stackpole Military History Series)

The B-29 bomber was made to soar in thin, cold air, dropping its massive bomb load from heights so great that the crews might never see their targets through the clouds below. That was just fine with Ben Robertson, pilot in command of one of the big four engine bombers hammering Japan to its knees in a nonstop bombing campaign in the Pacific. When General LeMay ordered the B-29s to switch tactics from daylight, high-altitude bombing runs to nighttime, low-level runs, Ben’s attitude changed. What was once seen as simply dangerous–bombing Japan–now seemed a whole lot more like suicide.

Tunisian Crochet: The Look of Knitting with the Ease of Crocheting

Lifestyle & Home

Author: Sharon Hernes Silverman

Tunisian Crochet: The Look of Knitting with the Ease of Crocheting

Tunisian crochet, sometimes called the Afghan stitch, combines the ease of crocheting with the appearance of knitting. This instructional pattern book brings Tunisian crochet into the realm of high fashion with exquisite stitch patterns, meticulous shaping, and attractive finishing. Sixteen chic projects for apparel, accessories, and home decor are explained in detail. Readers will learn how to make wearable items such as a chain mail scarf, child’s jumper, honeycomb skirt, and man’s vest. Home decor projects include an ottoman cover, placemats, afghan, pillow, and more–all using Tunisian crochet techniques.

Journal

Action & Adventure

Author: Craig Buckhout, Abbagail Shaw, Patrick Gantt

Journal

The year is 2054. Global Warming, disease, famine, and war have decimated the human population. Alan Trent, a particularly ambitionless man, who avoids trouble “just like I avoid poison oak and all other things uncomfortable,” finds a set of journals while scavenging through a house for food in what used to be Washington State. The journal’s author was a woman named Claire Huston. Her words inspire Alan to continue writing in her journals in the hope that by doing so “her humanity will somehow stay alive ….” She also causes him to do something wholly uncharacteristic — rescue a boy from a group of men. He rescues the boy all right, but it’s much more complicated than that.

Bonded in Brazil

Romance

Author: Rhiannon Ellis

Bonded in Brazil

A few missed loan payments, and a family of Brazilian vintners stands to lose the fruits of four generations of labor. To save the business, devoted daughter Eliana Menino strikes a deal of her own to work off the family debt in service to the man she calls demonio—devilishly handsome private investor Hale Forester. Uprooted from her childhood home in exotic Brazil to work for Hale at his sprawling Napa Valley estate, Eliana soon realizes that the ruthless man who can make or break her family has a secret past … and the power to break her heart.

L.A. Rain: Three Novels

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: J.R. Rain

L.A. Rain: Three Novels

Three bestselling mystery novels by J.R. Rain—all set in the City of Angels, including ELVIS HAS NOT LEFT THE BUILDING, THE BODY DEPARTED, and THE VAMPIRE WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.

It’s tough being the King. Which is why in 1977 Elvis faked his own death and endured massive facial reconstruction surgery, and disappeared from the limelight to live a normal life as the unassuming Aaron King. Unfortunately, leaving fame behind also meant leaving his fortune behind, too, and now Elvis finds himself broke and living in near poverty in a small apartment in Los Angeles. Luckily for him, it turns out he’s a pretty good private investigator. Now in his seventies and contemplating a return to music (discreetly, of course), Elvis is hired to solve a baffling missing person case.

How to De-clutter and Make Money Now: Turn Clutter Into Cash with The One-Minute Organizer (Decluttering Your Life)

Lifestyle & Home

Author: Donna Smallin Kuper

How to De-clutter and Make Money Now: Turn Clutter Into Cash with The One-Minute Organizer (Decluttering Your Life)

If you’ve got clutter, you’re richer than you think! Within minutes of getting this book, you can start turning your clutter into cash. Learn how you can make hundreds if not thousands of dollars over the next few days, weeks or months – and enjoy a more decluttered home. Learn what sells, where to sell it, and for how much…PLUS a whole lot more that may surprise you.

The Most Important Catch

Romance

Author: Jaclyn M. Hawkes

The Most Important Catch

Run or die! She knew too much, and she’d seen too much. And the police refused to help.

Knowing that she was to be the next scheduled death, Kelly Campbell hid under head to toe black leather and a tinted motorcycle helmet and ran for her life. When the weather turned cold, she turned south.

Halloween Jack and the Devil’s Gate

Fantasy

Author: M. Todd Gallowglas

Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate

It is the one night of the year where the Devil and his kin and minions are free to roam the world, causing whatever mischief they can get into. It started with a turnip. True, some stories say it was a gourd, others go with the now traditional pumpkin, but, in truth, that first lantern was carved out of a turnip. The stories don’t all agree on how it was that Jack of the Lantern scared the Devil so much that he and all his minions stay away from anything that even resembles Jack’s lantern. However, deep in the bowels of his dark realm, sitting on his dark throne, the Dark One has not forgotten. He has waited, plotted and schemed his revenge.

The Face of God (Supernatural Thriller)

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Bill Myers

The Face of God (Supernatural Thriller)

When senior pastor Daniel Lawson steps down from his mega-church in an attempt to rediscover the fervent love of God he once had, he stumbles upon one of the mysterious stones used by the High Priest in the Old Testament and soon finds himself rushing to different parts of the Arab world in a race with a terrorist to find the other stones.

His wife of twenty-three years has been murdered. His faith in God is crumbling before his very eyes. Now, with his estranged son, he sets out to find the supernatural stones spoken of in the Bible. Stones that will enable the two of them to hear the audible voice of God. Stones that may rekindle their dying faith and love.

Big Leagues (A Cat McDaniel Mystery)

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Jen Estes

Big Leagues (A Cat McDaniel Mystery)

Rookie sportswriter Catriona McDaniel is on deck in Sin City for the job of a lifetime with baseball’s hottest team. The Las Vegas Chips have the best record in baseball, snagging two trophies in their first three years. Two men are vying for the position of “boyfriend of summer.” Her new boss, Erich König, is a German wunderkind and the Desert’s most eligible bachelor. Then there’s her neighbor—a biology professor whose fetal pigs know more about baseball than he does. Not all the men admire Cat.

Chosen By Sin

Romance

Author: Virna DePaul

Chosen By Sin

A wounded alpha werebeast bent on revenge…A female vampire trying to save her adoptive dragon-shifter family….

Can they stop a group of rebel shape-shifters hoping to unleash every demon in hell? Only if they relinquish their secrets, face their fears, and open themselves to love.

Romance
Author: Eileen Stoecklin

The Beautiful Truth

Wind through the streets with Jason Rowe, a young homeless man living in Flint, Michigan. Eating out of garbage cans, finding the most daring places to take refuge, and facing constant hunger and exhaustion are only some of the adversities he faces. However, while on his quest to survive, he finds an unexpected and lasting friendship and teaches the woman he falls in love with, what true beauty is.

Get LENIN

Action & Adventure

Author: Robert Craven

Get LENIN

As the German troops approach Moscow during the Russian offensive of World War II, encountering ever more determined resistance as they go, what if they could snatch the greatest and most heroic symbol of the Soviet Revolution, the body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin? Would Soviet morale collapse? Would Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union be defeated? Would Nazi Germany conquer the world?

The race is on, and if the Nazi plot succeeds the war and humanity itself may be lost.

Murder Half Baked

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Kathleen Delaney

Murder Half Baked

A dead man in the cemetery, another in the bakery. Ellen McKenzie has to find the killer soon … before another death puts a stop to her wedding. The groom is Dan Dunham, Santa Louisa’s Chief of Police. The guest list is growing and Ellen’s dreams of a small, intimate candlelight ceremony are rapidly disappearing. A major distraction is Ellen’s quest to find a new building for Grace House, a halfway house for needy women. Then she finds old Dr Sadler dead in the cemetery, his head bashed in by the arm of a marble angel. Every suspect is connected to Grace House. After it goes up in flames, all the residents, including one new-born, move in with Ellen and Dan. Will Ellen and Dan ever solve the murders and get their lives back?

Cowboy Billy and the Smelly Bank Robber. (Fun Rhyming Children’s Books)

Children’s eBooks

Author: Lily Lexington

Cowboy Billy and the Smelly Bank Robber. (Fun Rhyming Children's Books)

Follow Billy as he battles the Smelly Bank Robber and rescue the kitty of the blonde girl with the curls.

Synthetic: Rise of the Siren

Science Fiction

Author: Shonna Wright

Synthetic: Rise of the Siren

Kora hates vampires and swears she’ll never make one. Using artificial cells, she synthesizes pleasant, harmless creatures like mermaids and gnomes for wealthy clients who want mythical creatures roaming their grounds and swimming in their private lakes.

When trillionaire Ruby Lazar buys Kora’s masterpiece, the Siren, Kora leaps at the opportunity to deliver her marvel in person. She rushes off to Ruby’s Gothic castle on the cliffs of Point Dume only to end up imprisoned in a Victorian monkey cage. To save her own life, Kora must transform the Siren into the very creature she loathes.

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