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Love and Lies (Small Town Secrets Book 1) (paid link)
Casey never wanted to get divorced—and she definitely didn’t plan to go home again. But she needed a place to lick her wounds, so she headed back to Winchester, Colorado, her hometown, the one place on earth she swore she’d never return to. Spending time with her hypercritical mother spurs Casey to find a job quickly so she can get back on her feet—and that’s where she meets sexy Scott Wardell, a man who makes her heart beat faster even while stirring her anger.
As she gets to know Scott better, she discovers that he plays drums for a local rock band. He seems perfect for her…except maybe he hasn’t told her everything about the ex. And his creepy best friend isn’t doing him any favors, either. But even if Casey could handle those problems, she’s got her own ex and cold feet she needs to grapple with…
Wicked Izzy (paid link)
Occult HorrorIn the town of Solomon, NC, a local woman named Isabelle Pearl is said to possess an unspeakable power. When JoAnna Stedford visits the town to search for clues to her late husband’s troubled past, she finds out that Isabelle holds the key to her destiny, as well as a remedy for her grieving heart.
Because in the town of Solomon when someone needs to speak to the dead, they go see the town psychic. But when they need something more, they pay a visit to Isabelle Pearl.
A game of hearts is a dangerous game to play, as hearts do break.
If Lady Verity Huxley doesn’t marry soon… she will lose everything. Following her father’s sudden death, an ultimatum came from the lips of her stepmother: “marry, or your mother’s virtue will be put to question and so your fortune.”
Her best option for marriage is her childhood friend, Christian, despite that she has always been secretly in love with his older brother, Jack. But with Jack being away, leading a roguish life in Europe, that is not going to be a problem. Or is it?
Mark Twain is best known as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His authentic voice, humor, and use of vernacular language undeniably changed American literature—some have called him the Father of American Literature.
Inside you will read about…
✓ The Mississippi Steamboat Pilot
✓ Westward to Fame and Fortune
✓ Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
✓ Debts and Bankruptcy
✓ Family Travels and Deaths
✓ The Last Years
And much more!
Are You Lonesome Tonight? : Women Running Wild (paid link)
On the telephone, Maxine Bleckner, frazzled single mother, is India Mcbride, voluptuous sex goddess, in this fun romance.
Harry Watson is also a single, stay-at-home parent to his three-year-old daughter, Sophie. He’s a freelance writer, and his latest assignment is to find out what telephone sex workers are really like. But all his preconceived ideas are wrong, wrong, wrong. India Mcbide is nothing like he expected, but very much what he’s dreamed of.
Desperate for money, Jenkins agrees to the mission and heads to the Russian capital. But when he finds the mastermind agent behind the assassinations—the so-called eighth sister—she is not who or what he was led to believe. Then again, neither is anyone else in this deadly game of cat and mouse.
Postcards From a Stranger (paid link)
A secret lies buried at the heart of her family—but it can’t stay hidden forever.
When Cara stumbles across a stash of old postcards in the attic, their contents make her question everything she thought she knew.
The story she pieces together is confusing and unsettling, and appears to have been patched over with lies. But who can tell her the truth? With her father sinking into Alzheimer’s and her brother reluctant to help, it seems Cara will never find the answers to her questions. One thing is clear, though: someone knows more than they’re letting on.
Dragonfly (paid link)
Where The Story Starts (paid link)
In some ways the two women couldn’t be more different: Leah’s a mother of two and the daughter of a barmaid; Clio’s a perennially single heiress to her baroness mother’s estate. But where Leah lacks grown-up company, Clio lacks any experience of the real world, and the unlikely friendship sparked by their curious first meeting offers both of them a welcome respite from the routine of their lives.
Pines (The Wayward Pines Trilogy, Book 1) (paid link)
A mysterious island.
An abandoned orphanage.
A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins (paid link)
When diplomacy fails, and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA’s Special Activities Division, a highly-classified branch of the CIA and the most effective, black operations force in the world.
Originally known as the president’s guerrilla warfare corps, SAD conducts risky and ruthless operations that have evolved over time to defend America from its enemies. Almost every American president since World War II has asked the CIA to conduct sabotage, subversion and, yes, assassination.
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