Ace Jones: Misadventures in a Winter Wonderland
Fiction > Humor & Satire
Snow deep in a winter wonderland, misadventures abound as everybody’s favorite fat girl, Ace Jones, is thrown face first into a dream come true. Don’t miss this special release from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Stephanie McAfee.
Abduction (Forever Deals)
Romance > Contemporary
Audrey Green’s life was going nowhere fast. She didn’t think things could get any worse until a stranger at a door proved her wrong.
Mistaken for another woman, Audrey is abducted and thrown into a situation she thought possible only in the movies.
Upon discovering the identity of her gorgeous yet arrogant captor, Audrey is forced to make the hardest decision of her life: Fight for her freedom… or stay and be rewarded.
Torn (Lords of the City Book 1)
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
This is the first sexy STANDALONE novel in Bestselling Author Alice Ward’s bad boy billionaire romance series, Lords of the City.
Sleek and formidable, Chicago is an empire, controlled by the men and women who rule from the upper floors. Beneath grey skies, there’s an order to the city, but when office hours are over, a scorching heat pulses within its walls that has nothing to do with the sun.
An adventurous and quirky graduate from Milwaukee, I’m unexpectedly offered a job interview at Stafford Scientific after a sabbatical in the jungle steals my heart. I never expected to meet Noah Stafford, the billionaire founder. Dressed in a sharp designer suit that flaunts his ripped muscles, Noah draws me to him with a power I’m unable to control. But there’s a problem.
Architects of Destiny (Cadicle #1): An Epic Space Opera Series
Science Fiction > Aliens
When Cris unexpectedly receives an invitation to join the Tararian Selective Service (TSS), the only organization to offer an official telekinesis training program, a new future awaits. It’s his dream opportunity to be among people like himself, free from the Priesthood and political objectives.
April (April series Book 1)
Science Fiction > Military
April is an exceptional young lady and something of a snoop. After a chance encounter with a spy, she finds herself involved with political intrigues that stretch her abilities. There is a terrible danger she, and her friends and family, will lose the only home she has ever known, and be forced to live on the slum ball Earth below. It’s more than an almost fourteen year old should have to deal with. Fortunately she has a lot of smart friends and allies. It’s a good things because things get very rough and dicey. They challenge the political status quo, and with a small population the only advantage they have in war is a thin technological edge.
The Rancher’s Dilemma: A story of the 1924 Kilauea Volcano
Historical Romance
On May 12, 1924, a park forest ranger notices rocks out of place near the mouth of the Kilauea Volcano. On Sunday, May 18, the ground splits open, rocks, fire, and ash fill the sky, and those who chose not to evacuate are in a fight for their lives.
LUCY DILLOW, daughter of the local pastor enjoys her days of ministering to Hawaii’s friendly people and teaching their young in a simple one-room schoolhouse. When the order arrives to evacuate because of the uncertainty of the volcano, she decides to stay behind with her family in case they are needed, and to keep a journal of the volcano’s activity. She doesn’t expect to butt heads with a handsome rancher over the danger involved.
Grave Girl
Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban
When Sam Marker ran away from her old life, all she needed was a job and somewhere to live. Anything would do. And then, one fateful day, she saw that the town of Rippon was looking for a new gardener…
Unfortunately for Sam, the ‘garden’ is actually a cemetery, and it just so happens to contain the deadliest grave in the world. As she tries to adjust to her new life in the sleepy little town, Sam finds herself increasingly drawn into a strange double life. Dark forces are gathering in Rippon, seeking access to the Devil’s grave, and soon she finds herself trapped in the middle of a struggle that could decide the fate of the world.
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A Year and a Day
Historical Romance > Medieval
With over five million copies of her novels in print, New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley has enchanted readers worldwide. Now she sweeps us back to an intensely romantic, tumultuous time in Scottish history. . . .
When Lynx de Warenne, Edward Plantagenet’s most prized warrior, invaded Dumfries castle, he took possession of Jane Leslie’s home–and soon wanted something more from the headstrong lass. Desperate for an heir, he proposed a handfasting: a Scottish custom whereby a man can lawfully take a woman into his bed, then, after a year and a day, the couple can either wed or part.
Murder Has Nine Lives (A Jaine Austen Mystery)
Mystery > Cozy
The future is looking bright for freelance writer Jaine Austen. She’s signed up for a new job, she’s looking forward to a tropical vacation, and her cat Prozac is slated to star in a major commercial. But when the claws come out behind the scenes, Jaine worries that murder might be the only thing to meow about. . .
A writer’s life is far from glamorous. Still, Jaine’s new gig to write an ad campaign for Toiletmasters’ new line of self-flushing toilets comes with a few perks–including a date with the president’s dreamy nephew. And with a much-needed trip to Maui on the horizon, it seems life couldn’t get any better–until her cat Prozac is tapped to star in a Skinny Kitty commercial.
Killing Cupid (A Jaine Austen Mystery Series Book 12)
Mystery > Cozy
“I’m crazy about Laura Levine’s mystery series. Her books are so outrageously funny, they always make me laugh out loud.” –Joanne FlukeLove is in the air as freelance writer Jaine Austen begins a new job at the Dates of Joy matchmaking service. . .
When Jaine lands a job writing web copy and brochures for matchmaker Joy Amoroso, she’s excited for a chance to help the lovelorn–until she realizes Joy is a ruthless taskmaster who screams at her employees for the smallest infractions, pads her website with pictures of professional models posing as clients, and offers up convincing but empty promises of love.
Bound By Blood
Romance > Paranormal > Vampires
Zack Ravenscroft loves women–all women–and they love him. The irresistibly seductive owner of the hottest casino in Nevada, Zack has tasted every wicked pleasure Sin City can offer. But never in his six hundred years as a vampire has he seen a morsel as delectable as Kaitlyn Sherrad, the mysterious young newcomer in town. Zack knows nothing about her–except that he craves her. . .
Kaitlyn is half vampire, half human–and all woman. As the cherished daughter of the Carpathian Coven’s master, she has been given every luxury a girl could desire.
Swallows And Robins: The Laughs And Tears Of A Holiday Home Owner
Humor & Entertainment
The best in travel humour. If you enjoy books by Bill Bryson, or A Year In Provence by Peter Mayle, you will love this.
The true story of the world’s worst housewife’s attempts to run two holiday homes in remotest France and her love/hate relationship with her guests
As the world’s worst housekeeper, running holiday homes wasn’t, with hindsight, a sensible idea. But two collapsing buildings on Susie Kelly’s land would cost more to demolish than to restore. Thus she became a seasonal landlady. But before the guests came the builders. No’s 1, 2, 3 all started promisingly, but by builder No. 4, and with her first guests just hours away, Susie’s patience was stretched to its limit.
Biker’s Law
Erotica > Romantic
Stone is the president of the Lords of Chaos, the second and youngest MC in the small Midwest town where he grew up. From a very young age he’d heard the stories of his dad. A man of vision who’d helped start the first MC in town, and how his partner at the time Clyde Drexel had double-crossed and murdered him. There was never enough proof, but the locals were convinced.
Now thirty years later, Stone, who has thwarted Drexel at every turn, is the president of his own club.
Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market
Business & Money > Investing > Stocks
A news-breaking account of the global stock market’s subterranean battles, Dark Pools portrays the rise of the “bots”–artificially intelligent systems that execute trades in milliseconds and use the cover of darkness to out-maneuver the humans who’ve created them.
In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market from the big exchanges that, again and again, gave the giant institutions an advantage over the little guy. Levine created a computerized trading hub named Island where small traders swapped stocks, and over time his invention morphed into a global electronic stock market that sent trillions in capital through a vast jungle of fiber-optic cables.
Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Crafts, Hobbies & Home
In this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist’s palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages, illuminating how the colors we choose to value have determined the history of culture itself.
How did the most precious color blue travel all the way from remote lapis mines in Afghanistan to Michelangelo’s brush? What is the connection between brown paint and ancient Egyptian mummies? Why did Robin Hood wear Lincoln green? In Color, Finlay explores the physical materials that color our world, such as precious minerals and insect blood, as well as the social and political meanings that color has carried through time.
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