The Initiation (Filthy Rich Americans Book 1)

Saga Fiction
Author: Nikki Sloane
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The Initiation (Filthy Rich Americans Book 1)

No one knows how new members are selected to the board of Hale Banking and Holding. But there are rumors of a sordid rite of initiation.

Whispers how one woman and nine men disappear into a boardroom.

This time, that woman will be me.

The Hale family owns everything—the eighth largest bank in the world, everyone in our town, even the mortgage on my parents’ mansion. And now Royce Hale wants to own me.

He is charming. Seductive. Ruthless. But above all, he’s the prince of lies. My body may tighten with white-hot desire under his penetrating gaze, but I refuse to enjoy it.

I’ll make a deal with the devil to save my family and sell myself to the Hales. But Royce will never own my heart.

The Double Delight Complete Collection: Sold, Share, Submit

Contemporary Romance
Author: Angel Devlin
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The Double Delight Complete Collection: Sold, Share, Submit

Sold, Submit and Share now in one volume for easy reading (and re-reading).

SOLD: Tiffany meets the mysterious H and then falls for neighbor Brandon. Who will she choose. Does she even have to? (MFM)

SUBMIT: Kayla is torn about her feelings for ex-stepfather Daniel, and then her mom’s latest stepson comes to visit creating more confusion when she realizes she likes them both. (MFM)

SHARE: Haley advertises for two new roommates but is disappointed when she finds they’re together. Until they explain they’re looking for a woman to join them… (MMF)

Join the three roommates of Dyker Heights, for readers who like their reads on the steamy side.

Dewitched: The Untold Story of the Evil Queen

Fairy Tale Fantasy
Author: E. L. Sarnoff
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Dewitched: The Untold Story of the Evil Queen

After serving time for Snow White’s attempted murder, the Evil Queen is about to get a makeover. Just not the kind she expected. Thinking she’s being sent to a luxurious spa that will enable her to restore her beauty and recapture her title, Fairest of All, Jane Yvel instead finds herself at Faraway, a rehab center that caters to Fairytalelanders addicted to evil.

Upon confronting her love-hate relationship with her magic mirror and the demons of her past, she is sent back to the world of happily-ever-after. Her goal: to discover the true meaning of beauty. Her assignment: to work for Marcella, a demanding Princess-In-Waiting. Jane finds herself irresistibly drawn to Marcella’s dashing fiancé, Prince Gallant, and his exquisite seven-year old daughter, Calla Rose. Will the Evil Queen who had no heart end up with a heart that’s broken?

The Fixer (Professionals Book 1)

Romantic Suspense
Author: Jessica Gadziala
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The Fixer (Professionals Book 1)

AVEN-

There are a few things I don’t believe in. Like Santa. An honest politician. And gut instincts.
That was, of course, until I woke up with one.
And I knew.
This was the day I was going to die.

The cops, thus far, have proven useless and uninterested in my issues. When you couldn’t get help from legal channels, what other choice did you have but to look elsewhere?
That was how I came across Quinton Baird.
A “fixer.”
Whatever the hell that was.
All I knew was, I had a problem that needed fixing.
Hopefully, before it killed me.

White Hell (A Tanner Novel Book 17)

Crime Thrillers
Author: Remington Kane
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White Hell (A Tanner Novel Book 17)

Tanner and Sara’s small plane crashes into the Siberian wilderness…

…and that’s just the beginning of their trouble.

An old enemy of both Tanner and Sara wants them dead, along with a team of mercenaries and dozens of hardened killers.
If that wasn’t enough, Tanner must also protect the life of an innocent and deal with a blizzard.

The odds are stacked against them, but this is Tanner, and not even the wilds of Siberia can conquer him.

Corrupt (Devil’s Night Book 1)

Romantic Suspense
Author: Penelope Douglas
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Corrupt (Devil's Night Book 1)

Erika

I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.

His name is Michael Crist.

My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He’s handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.

But I noticed him.

I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.

Now, I’ve graduated high school and moved on to college, but I haven’t stopped watching Michael. He’s bad, and the dirt I’ve seen isn’t content to stay in my head anymore.

Ex Libris: The Secret Manuscript

Action Thriller
Author: John Oehler
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Ex Libris: The Secret Manuscript

Dan Lovel, a former agent with the US Diplomatic Security Service, has saved lives, taken lives, and enraged a lot of people who still wish him dead. He now lives off the grid, recovering stolen art and destroying counterfeits. Shortly before Christmas, Astrid Desmarais, a World Bank executive, asks him to steal five books from the locked collection of “Forbidden Books” in a monastery in Prague. The very existence of the books she wants has remained secret for centuries. Finally persuaded by Astrid’s appeals to his ancestry, Dan reluctantly agrees. But from the moment he enters the monastery, events spiral out of control. Dan must draw on the life he tried to bury as he faces decisions that pull at every fiber of his being.

W is for Wasted: A Kinsey Millhone Novel

Private Investigator Mysteries
Author: Sue Grafton
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W is for Wasted: A Kinsey Millhone Novel

The first victim is a local PI of suspect reputation, gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. The second is a John Doe found on the beach six weeks later with a slip of paper with private detective Kinsey Millhone’s name and number in his pocket.

Two seemingly unrelated deaths: one man murdered, the other apparently dead of natural causes.

But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some very strange links begin to emerge. Not just between the two victims, but also to Kinsey’s past. And before long Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised…

Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?

Creativity Self-Help
Author: Seth Godin
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Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?

If you’re stuck at the starting line, you don’t need more time or permission. You don’t need to wait for a boss’s okay or to be told to push the button; you just need to poke.

Poke the Box is a manifesto by bestselling author Seth Godin that just might make you uncomfortable. It’s a call to action about the initiative you’re taking-– in your job or in your life. Godin knows that one of our scarcest resources is the spark of initiative in most organizations (and most careers)-– the person with the guts to say, “I want to start stuff.”

Poke the Box just may be the kick in the pants you need to shake up your life.

A Maiden’s Grave

Thrillers
Author: Jeffery Deaver
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A Maiden's Grave

Along a windswept Kansas road, eight vulnerable girls and their helpless teachers are forced off a school bus and held hostage in an abandoned slaughterhouse. The madman who has them at gunpoint has a simple plan: One hostage an hour will die unless the demands are met.

Called to the scene is Arthur Potter, the FBI’s best hostage negotiator. He has a plan. But so does one of the hostages—a beautiful teacher who’s willing to do anything to save the lives of her students. Now the clock is ticking as a chilling game of cat and mouse begins.

Russian Roulette (Dev Haskell – Private Investigator, Book 1)

Pulp Thrillers
Author: Mike Faricy
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Russian Roulette (Dev Haskell - Private Investigator, Book 1)

Private Investigator Dev Haskell has finally got it made!

Beautiful Kerri seems to have fallen for him. She even left Dev a note . . .

Apparently she just needs a little help finding her sister.

Unfortunately, it turns out both women are involved with notorious Russian mob boss, Bracko the Whacko! Things quickly go downhill from there.

In short order Dev finds himself at odds with the local police, Homeland Security, ICE, and an FBI task force. He’s got a gunshot wound and shrapnel in his rear, ouch! Not to mention he’s on the run from a psychotic killer!

Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror

Afghan War History
Author: Erik Prince
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Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror

No company in our time has been as mysterious or as controversial as Blackwater. Founded by former Navy SEAL Erik Prince in 1997, it recruited special forces veterans and others with the skills and courage to take on the riskiest security jobs in the world. As its reputation grew, government demand for its services escalated, and Blackwater’s men eventually completed nearly one hundred thousand missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both the Bush and Obama administrations found the company indispensible. It sounds like a classic startup success story, except for one problem: Blackwater has been demonized around the world. From uninformed news coverage to grossly distorted fictional portrayals, Blackwater employees have been smeared as mercenaries, profiteers, jackbooted thugs, and worse. Because of the secrecy requirements of Blackwater’s contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA, Prince was unable to speak out when his company’s opponents spread false information.

A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front

World War I History
Author: Winston Groom
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A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front

The Ypres Salient in Belgian Flanders was the most notorious and dreaded territory in all of World War I—possibly of any war in history. After Germany’s failed attempt to capture Britain’s critical ports along the English Channel, a bloody stalemate ensued in this pastoral area no larger than the island of Manhattan. Ypres became a place of horror, heroism, and terrifying new tactics and technologies: poison gas, tanks, mines, air strikes, and the unspeakable misery of trench warfare.

Drawing on the journals of the men and women who were there, Winston Groom has penned a drama of politics, strategy, the human heart, and the struggle for victory against all odds.

It Devours!: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel

Horror Comedy
Author: Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
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It Devours!: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel

Nilanjana Sikdar is an outsider to the town of Night Vale. Working for Carlos, the town’s top scientist, she relies on fact and logic as her guiding principles. But all of that is put into question when Carlos gives her a special assignment investigating a mysterious rumbling in the desert wasteland outside of town. This investigation leads her to the Joyous Congregation of the Smiling God, and to Darryl, one of its most committed members. Caught between her beliefs in the ultimate power of science and her growing attraction to Darryl, she begins to suspect the Congregation is planning a ritual that could threaten the lives of everyone in town. Nilanjana and Darryl must search for common ground between their very different world views as they are faced with the Congregation’s darkest and most terrible secret.

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