Brownstone (The Jack Elliot Thriller Series Book 1)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Dean Kutzler
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Brownstone: A Jack Elliot Thriller (The Jack Elliot Thriller Series Book 1)

One Secret–Devastating consequences.

Jack Elliot isn’t an ex-cop or marine. He doesn’t know martial arts, hand-to-hand combat, or even how to fight. He’s just a journalist from Montreal returning home to NYC to pay respect to a dying uncle.

An uncle with a secret.

It isn’t long before Jack is twisted into a plot so thick with murder, mystery, and deceit that he’s racing just as hard to save his life as he is to find the truth.

NUDES: A Hollywood Romance (Exposed Book 1)

Contemporary Romance
Author: Sarah Robinson
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NUDES: A Hollywood Romance (Exposed Book 1)

Ben Lawson is making a comeback…
After a few tabloid headlines, they think they know me. They don’t know a damn thing. As CEO of a movie production company, I’ll show them who I really am when we hit it big at the box office. My ex thought her smear tactics would ruin me, but I’m unbreakable. Rising from the debris, I swore I’d never let a woman distract me like that again. But then, my leading actress walked on the set and changed everything.

Seductive, sexy, and unapologetic, Aria Rose could break me. I wanted to help her, protect her…love her. Instead, I destroyed her.

Aria Rose is baring it all….
I knew better. I knew not to trust another Hollywood heartthrob with a reputation like his. He was my boss and became my ruin. I should have stayed far away from him. Ben Lawson promised me the world. He even promised me his heart.

I Saw Him Standing There: Oceanic Dreams Book 1

Romantic Comedy
Author: Holly Kerr
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I Saw Him Standing There: Oceanic Dreams Book 1

Small-time con artist Siggy needs to get out of town fast. When she’s offered tickets on the legendary Oceanic Aphrodite, Siggy jumps at the chance to get away.  A week on a luxury cruise ship, with a suitcase full of clothes and all expenses paid? Yes, please! The only catch is that she has to pretend to be someone else.
No problem. Siggy has no intention of getting close enough anyone to discover her secrets.
But this is the Oceanic Aphrodite and love is in the air. When Siggy sees assistant cruise director Will taking tickets, Cupid’s arrow hits the target. Luckily, Will’s too busy smiling at her to check out her fake passport because he’ll toss Siggy off the ship if he finds out about the scam.
Onboard, dolphins and cameras and runaway ferrets bring Siggy and Will together. The more time they spend together, the more Siggy wants to tell him the truth.

The Two Gates: A Novel

Alternative History
Author: Ken Davenport
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The Two Gates: A Novel

Finally one of history’s most enduring “what if” questions is answered:

What if John F. Kennedy survives the assassination attempt in Dallas?

It’s January 1964. Political intrigue and infighting roils Washington in the wake of the assassination attempt, as President Kennedy returns to the White House from the hospital to face a growing crisis in Vietnam that threatens America’s Cold War strategy. The president doesn’t trust the information he is getting from Saigon, where in the aftermath of the coup that toppled the U.S. supported government, the American military is engaged in a shadow operation to make things seem better than they really are.

So he turns to the one man he does trust: Lt. Colonel Patrick O’Shea. A decorated combat veteran of Korea, O’Shea has been plucked from obscurity to be Kennedy’s military advisor, and is tasked by the president to figure out what is really going on in Vietnam.

In His Eyes: Blemished Brides Book 1

Historical Romance
Author: Peggy L Henderson
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In His Eyes: Blemished Brides Book 1

Carefree and strong-willed, Katherine Montgomery is the daughter of a successful Montana horse rancher. When a tragic accident claims her father’s life, Katherine is left to deal with an overbearing mother whose agenda does not include a young daughter. Fate deals her another devastating blow, leaving her to face an uncertain future far away from everything and everyone she’s loved.

Trace Hawley used to push the limits of the law, and no one was going to plan his future for him. The death of the man who always had his back leaves him to finally face responsibility. The promises he made a decade ago have shaped him into the man he is today, and will bring him face to face with the one girl from his past he always tried to avoid.

After a ten year absence, Katherine returns to the ranch she once loved to discover the shocking reason her mother summoned her home. Surprised to find Trace still at the ranch, her childhood infatuation grows into something far stronger as he challenges her to lead the life she once wanted, but seems to have forgotten.

Lady by Chance (Historical Regency Romance) (House of Haverstock Book 1)

Regency Historical Romance
Author: Cheryl Bolen
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Lady by Chance (Historical Regency Romance) (House of Haverstock Book 1)

Cheryl Bolen has done it again with another sparkling Regency romance. . .I highly recommend it. – Happily Ever After

Anna de Mouchet has the stuff of which Regency heroines are made – the right stuff, that is! – In Print

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Manipulated into a marriage of convenience to prove their patriotism, Anna and Charles, the Marquess of Haverstock, question each other’s loyalties. But there’s no question that Anna’s silken touch has bewitched the powerful lord who has become her husband, and no question that she craves every moment in his arms.

Devil’s Reach Trilogy: Books 1-3

Romantic Suspense
Author: J.L. Drake
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Devil's Reach Trilogy: Books 1-3

Bestselling author J.L. Drake brings you a tale of love in a world where only the strongest survive. Are you ready to embrace the darkness?

The Devil’s Reach Trilogy is now available in a boxset!

Trigger:
I was raised by the Devil himself, formed into a man who was unreachable.
I went from the boy with bruises to the man with a trigger. Killing is the only thing that calms the itch…until she changed everything.

Demons:
I thought the light would bring redemption. Salvation. But it only brought the Devil to my doorstep.
My demons are breaking through, and my weakness has been exposed. Now there’s only one person who can calm this hell…Tess.

Someday the Rabbi Will Leave (The Rabbi Small Mysteries Book 9)

Amateur Sleuth Mysteries
Author: Harry Kemelman
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Someday the Rabbi Will Leave (The Rabbi Small Mysteries Book 9)

An interfaith wedding, local politics, and a lethal hit-and-run case keep Rabbi Small busy in this mystery in the New York Times–bestselling series.

Since becoming the rabbi at the synagogue in Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, David Small has seen his congregation through a fair share of unholy bickering and corruption. So when millionaire Howard Magnuson is elected president of the synagogue, the rabbi isn’t surprised that Magnuson wants to bring corporate efficiency to the temple—at the expense of religious tradition. Conflict flares when Rabbi Small refuses, on the basis of temple rules, to officiate the interfaith wedding of Magnuson’s daughter to a non-Jewish Boston politician, and the new president calls for the rabbi’s dismissal.

The American Experiment: The Vineyard of Liberty, The Workshop of Democracy, and The Crosswinds of Freedom

Federal Government
Author: James MacGregor Burns
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The American Experiment: The Vineyard of Liberty, The Workshop of Democracy, and The Crosswinds of Freedom

In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize–­ and National Book Award–winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history. In The Vineyard of Liberty, he combines the color and texture of early American life with meticulous scholarship. Focusing on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, Burns brilliantly shows how Americans became divided over the meaning of Liberty.
In The Workshop of Democracy, Burns explores more than a half-century of dramatic growth and transformation of the American landscape, through the addition of dozens of new states, the shattering tragedy of the First World War, the explosion of industry, and, in the end, the emergence of the United States as a new global power.

Mountain Madness: Mt. Everest and the Life & Legacy of Scott Fischer

Sports Biographies
Author: Robert Birkby
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Mountain Madness: Mt. Everest and the Life & Legacy of Scott Fischer

Scott Fischer found in Mount Everest a perfect landscape for his fearless spirit. Scaling the world’s highest peak tested his skills, his courage, and his endurance. His legendary final expedition—and its tragic outcome—are portrayed in Everest, the 3-D movie adaptation starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Scott Fischer. Now Robert Birkby, renowned outdoor adventure writer and one of Fischer’s close friends, captures in this intimate and stirring portrait of the climber what led him to trek to the top of the world—before he left it altogether.

Mountain Madness is “a vivid portrait of a superb athlete whose love of mountain climbing drove everything he did” (Ed Viesturs, author of No Shortcuts to the Top). Also included are a new introduction and updated epilogue, as well as new photos exclusive to the digital edition.

Address to Die For (A Maggie McDonald Mystery Book 1)

Amateur Sleuth Mysteries
Author: Mary Feliz
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Address to Die For (A Maggie McDonald Mystery Book 1)

Maggie McDonald has a penchant for order that isn’t confined to her clients’ closets, kitchens, and sock drawers. As she lays out her plan to transfer her family to the hundred-year-old house her husband, Max, has inherited in the hills above Silicon Valley, she has every expectation for their new life to fall neatly into place. But as the family bounces up the driveway of their new home, she’s shocked to discover the house’s dilapidated condition. When her husband finds the caretaker face-down in their new basement, it’s the detectives who end up moving in. What a mess! While the investigation unravels and the family camps out in a barn, a killer remains at large—exactly the sort of loose end Maggie can’t help but clean up . . .

The Orphans of Race Point: A Novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Patry Francis
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The Orphans of Race Point: A Novel

Set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a suspenseful page-turning saga of love, murder, and the true meaning of faith from the author of the acclaimed The Liar’s Diary.

Set in the close-knit Portuguese community of Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Orphans of Race Point traces the relationship between Hallie Costa and Gus Silva, who meet as children in the wake of a terrible crime that leaves Gus parentless. Their friendship evolves into an enduring and passionate love that will ask more of them than they ever imagined.

On the night of their high school prom, a terrible tragedy devastates their relationship and profoundly alters the course of their lives. And when, a decade later, Gus—now a priest—becomes entangled with a distraught woman named Ava and her daughter Mila, troubled souls who bring back vivid memories of his own damaged past, the unthinkable happens: he is charged with murder.

Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence

Forensic Science
Author: Tim Junkin
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Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence

Fans of Serial and Making a Murderer, meet Kirk Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence.

Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland’s gas chamber. From the beginning, he proclaimed his innocence, but when he was granted a new trial because his prosecutors improperly withheld evidence, the second trial also resulted in conviction.

Bloodsworth read every book on criminal law in the prison library and persuaded a new lawyer to petition for the then-innovative DNA testing. After nine years in one of the harshest prisons in America, Bloodsworth was vindicated by DNA evidence.

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