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Steel Trust: A Jack Steel Action Mystery Thriller Prequel Novella (A Jack Steel Thriller) (paid link)
Steel and his black ops team navigate Canadian wilderness to attack terrorists that are planning a mid-level threat. The black op quickly falls apart when they instead encounter sophisticated operatives planning something much more sinister.
Worse, Steel has always made a career of protecting the innocent, and he faces an overwhelming desire to save a girl who reminds him of his daughter. He knows what his orders are, he’s just not sure he can follow them. Millions of lives hang in the balance, along with Steel’s conscience.
But it doesn’t look like he’ll make it through the day…
As eager voyagers boarded the Titanic on that fateful day, no one realized something else had boarded with them.
When she received the contract from White Star Lines, Nora Ryan couldn’t believe her luck. She was going to be paid to travel on the Titanic’s maiden voyage. She didn’t mind taking care of a few common illnesses along the way if it meant experiencing a cross-Atlantic journey in style.
But when the passengers become ill, one after the other, Nora was flustered. The disease is unlike anything she had ever witnessed. The speed at which it makes its victim’s deteriorate, sends chills down her spine. When the first passenger dies, Nora believes death would bring peace to his suffering, instead the suffering has only begun.
An enchanted world. A missing sister. And suspects with dangerous supernatural abilities around every corner.
When Arabella Black is swept away to a fantastic and faraway land by her cat, who she thought was an everyday Maine coon, she discovers everything she knew about her life was a lie. The biggest lie of all: she’s not human. Not even close. And to top that off, her sister is missing, her family home is threatened and a mysterious shapeshifter is following her. So what’s a half-banshee, half-dryad to do, but get her sleuth on.
Can Arabella harness her new powers to unlock her family heritage, help her sister and save the family home in this place of secrets and sorcery?
When stagnation threatens the future of her beloved island, 30-year-old mayor Holly Baxter goes head-to-head with the community’s elderly retirees. With secrets swirling, family drama brewing, and an ex-boyfriend hanging around, can Holly find a way to save her slice of paradise?
Her best bet is to allow a reality show to film on the island, but not everyone is thrilled to have cameras and prying eyes on Christmas Key. In fact, one of the locals is more than happy to let her know how he feels about the situation, and before she knows it, Holly is defending her choices in front of the whole island…
Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story (paid link)
Hellbent: An Orphan X Novel (paid link)
Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with the Orphan Program, Evan disappeared and reinvented himself as the Nowhere Man, a man spoken about only in whispers and dedicated to helping the truly desperate.
But this time, the voice on the other end is Jack Johns, the man who raised and trained him, the only father Evan has ever known. Secret government forces are busy trying to scrub the remaining assets and traces of the Orphan Program and they have finally tracked down Jack. With little time remaining, Jack gives Evan his last assignment: find and protect his last protégé and recruit for the program.
Blood Orange (paid link)
Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise–she’s just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems…
Just one more night. Then I’ll end it.
Alison drinks too much. She’s neglecting her family. And she’s having an affair with a colleague whose taste for pushing boundaries may be more than she can handle.
I did it. I killed him. I should be locked up.
Alison’s client doesn’t deny that she stabbed her husband – she wants to plead guilty. And yet something about her story is deeply amiss. Saving this woman may be the first step to Alison saving herself.
Lakewood: A Novel (paid link)
When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies, and the full extent of the family debt is revealed, the black millennial drops out of college to support her family and takes a job in the mysterious and remote town of Lakewood, Michigan.
On paper, her new job is too good to be true. High paying. No out of pocket medical expenses. A free place to live. All Lena has to do is participate in a secret program—and lie to her friends and family about the research being done in Lakewood. An eye drop that makes brown eyes blue, a medication that could be a cure for dementia, golden pills promised to make all bad thoughts go away.
A Navy SEAL on leave. A neuroscientist in danger.
And one dance that might lead to a second chance…
Catherine: A stranger has been warning me about my research for the government. My coworkers tell me not to worry, but it bothers me. I can’t let it show, though. This is my first time as a project lead. At least, a weekend wedding in Newport promises a much needed escape.
But when I come face to face with Angelo DeMarchis, that illusion shatters.
He’s the one who got away.
And he’s grown even sexier after all these years.
That’s when I realize I’m in even more trouble.
And once again, the price might be my heart.
Venom and Vanilla (The Venom Trilogy Book 1) (paid link)
Successful Seattle baker Alena Budrene doesn’t want to die. But when she’s infected with a lethal virus spread by supernatural beings, her only chance for recovery is to make a deal with the devil—or in this case, a warlock.
Though he saves her life, it looks nothing like the life she once knew—and neither does she. Alena is a new breed of “Supe” no one has ever seen before. Even the supernatural police don’t know what she is. Now exiled to the northern side of the Wall, which marks the divide between humans and Supes, Alena is thrust into a dark and magical new world.
The Return of the Elves Collection: Books 1-4 (paid link)
A hidden conspiracy. A threat that spans worlds. A fate long foretold.
When Arlyn journeys through the Veil to confront her elven father, she’s launched into life-altering quest for acceptance…and a place to belong. Journey into a realm where half-bloods, exiles, scouts, and seers band together to prevent their worlds’ destruction. This collection includes Books 1-4 in the Return of the Elves epic fantasy series:
-Soulbound
-Sundered
-Exiled
-Seared
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