Nefertiti’s Heart (The Artifact Hunters Book 1)

 Science Fiction > Steampunk
Author: A. W. Exley

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Nefertiti's Heart (The Artifact Hunters Book 1)

Cara Devon has always suffered curiosity and impetuousness, but tangling with a serial killer might cure that. Permanently.

London, 1861. Impoverished noble Cara has a simple mission after the strange death of her father – sell off his damned collection of priceless artifacts. Her plan goes awry when aristocratic beauties start dying of broken hearts, an eight inch long brass key hammered through their chests. A killer hunts amongst the nobility, searching for a regal beauty and an ancient Egyptian relic rumoured to hold the key to immortality.

A Night of Forever, A Novella (The Night Series)

 Historical Romance > Victorian
Author: Lori Brighton

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A Night of Forever, A Novella (The Night Series)

Who is Aidan Callaghan? Mary Ellen James is intent on uncovering the truth about the mysterious man. But as she soon finds out, some things are best left buried in the past.

This short story was first featured in the anthology, Entangled.

Hard Case I (John Harding Book 1)

 Thrillers > Pulp
Author: Bernard Lee DeLeo

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Hard Case I (John Harding Book 1)

HARD CASE begins in a back alley warehouse in East Oakland, CA, where Harding fights for money, and to keep his skills honed, coupled with the fact he likes it. Harding does odd jobs with the only guy he trusts implicitly, his handler and manager, Tommy Sands. They bodyguard, escort tourists around the Bay Area, and do bail bond, skip trace work for a lawyer named Tess Connagher.

Two events throw Harding’s seamy life in the shadows out into the light. Strobert is ordered to enlist Tess Connagher’s law firm to act as an intermediary with Harding in order to protect an outspoken Afghani woman whose family Harding protected long ago. The woman’s father requested him, and the state department realizes they’ll be off the hook if anything happens to Samira Karim while under Harding’s care. Secondly, Harding fights a particularly brutal fight with a Russian mob backed fighter named Van Rankin who hates Harding. They’d had words.

The Closet (Summerset Tales Book 1)

 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Jac Wright

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The Closet (Summerset Tales Book 1)

Love is a battlefield. Who will get out of it alive?

​​Harry Duncan Wood runs a hotel in the historic city of Bath with his beautiful young wife. When he falls in love with Mill House, an old greystone farmhouse on the banks of river Avon among the soaring hills of Somerset, and sets about moving his family there, the first appearances of the cracks in the marriage take him by surprise. Is his wife seeing another man? Duncan needs to get to the bottom of the affairs for his own sanity. Sometimes, however, ignorance is bliss and will also keep everybody alive.

Dead Man Falling

 International Mystery & Crime
Author: Desmond Cory, John McCarthy, Richard McCarthy

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Dead Man Falling

A bizarre honeymoon plunges Fedora into the search for a disguised Nazi killer, a fabulous cache of diamonds – and an espionage plot so monstrous it will hold readers spellbound until the shattering climax.

In short, it was an assignment Johnny wouldn’t have accepted from British Intelligence in a million years – but on his own, with a once-in-a-lifetime girl like Marie-Andrée at his side, he jumped at the chance. Unfortunately, it was only his first mistake…

First it was Eric Amber, then Ian Fleming, now the most lethal espionage mastermind blasts onto the scene …

Ashes – Book 1 (Romantic Suspense)

 Romance > Mystery & Suspense
Author: Leslie Johnson

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Ashes - Book 1 (Romantic Suspense)

She’s the wind. He’s the fire. Both are independent, hot headed, and strong. Neither want a relationship or to be tied down in any way. But outside forces have other ideas.

When Beth is confronted by an old demon, she can’t imagine the danger she’s in. She’s too stubborn to ask for help, but will she have a choice? How do they fight an evil that can’t be seen or understood?

The Blue Fairy Book (Xist Classics)

 Fantasy > Fairy Tales
Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Andrew Lang

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The Blue Fairy Book (Xist Classics)

The Blue Fairy Book is the first volume in Andrew Lang’s collection of fairy tales for children. This book includes the following stories:

  • The Bronze Ring
    Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess
  • East of the Sun and West of the Moon
  • The Yellow Dwarf
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
  • Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper
  • Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
  • The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was
  • Rumpelstiltskin
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Master Maid
  • Why the Sea Is Salt

… and many more …

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Half Way Home

 Science Fiction > Adventure
Author: Hugh Howey

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Half Way Home

Five hundred of us were sent to colonize this planet. Only fifty or so survived.

We woke up fifteen years too early, we had only half our training, and they expected us to not only survive … they expected us to conquer this place.

The problem is: it isn’t safe here.

We aren’t even safe from each other.

Anna and the French Kiss

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: Stephanie Perkins

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Anna and the French Kiss

Anna can’t wait for her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a good job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she’s not too thrilled when her father unexpectedly ships her off to boarding school in Paris – until she meets Etienne St. Clair, the perfect boy. The only problem? He’s taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her crush back home. Will a year of romantic near-misses end in the French kiss Anna awaits?

The 52 Weeks: How Two Women Got Unstuck, Got Inspired, and Got Going, and How You Can Too!

 Self-Help > Motivational
Author: Karen Amster-Young, Pam Godwin, Barbara Hannah Grufferman

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The 52 Weeks: How Two Women Got Unstuck, Got Inspired, and Got Going, and How You Can Too!

Edging into forty-something, Karen and Pam found themselves in a state of stuck. They had checked off many of their major life goals—career, husband, children, friends—but they’d lost momentum. After griping over drinks one night, they came up with a plan to face their fears, rediscover their interests, try new things, and renew their relationships. They challenged themselves to try one new thing every week for a year—from test-driving a Maserati to target practice at a shooting range to ballroom dance lessons—and to blog about their journeys. They quickly realized it was harder than they ever imagined but came through it with a sense of clarity and purpose that has them itching to share the possibilities with the millions of middle-aged women out there who feel the same way about one or many areas of their lives.

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

 Humor > Satire
Author: Tucker Max

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I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. –from the Introduction

Night Chill

 Suspense > Horror
Author: Jeff Gunhus

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Night Chill

In the tradition of Stephen King and Dean Koontz – intended for mature audiences. Jack Tremont moves his family to the quiet mountains of Western Maryland hoping to leave behind a troubled past and restart his life. Instead, he finds himself caught up in a nightmare when his daughter Sarah is targeted by Nate Huckley, a mysterious and horrifying stranger driven by a dark, ancient power who will stop at nothing to abduct Sarah. When Sarah goes missing, suspicion falls on Jack and he must uncover the secrets of the small mountain town of Prescott City and face the evil secret hidden there. As he digs further, he learns the conspiracy reaches more deeply than he could have imagined.

Wifey

 Humor & Satire
Author: Judy Blume

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Wifey

With more than four million copies sold, “Wifey” is Judy Blume’s hilarious, moving tale of a woman who trades in her conventional wifely duties for her wildest fantasies-and learns a lot about life along the way.Sandy Pressman is a nice suburban wife whose boredom is getting the best of her. She could be making friends at the club, like her husband keeps encouraging her to do.

Or working on her golf game.

Or getting her hair done.

But for some reason, these things don’t interest her as much as the naked man on the motorcycle…

Bel Canto

 Thrillers > Psychological
Author: Ann Patchett

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Bel Canto

In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. His hosts hope that Mr. Hosokawa can be persuaded to build a factory in their Third World backwater. Alas, in the opening sequence, just as the accompanist kisses the soprano, a ragtag band of 18 terrorists enters the vice-presidential mansion through the air conditioning ducts. Their quarry is the president, who has unfortunately stayed home to watch a favorite soap opera. And thus, from the beginning, things go awry.Among the hostages are not only Hosokawa and Roxane Coss, the American soprano, but an assortment of Russian, Italian, and French diplomatic types.

The Sasha McCandless Series: Volume 1 (Books 1-3)

 Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Series
Author: Melissa F. Miller

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The Sasha McCandless Series: Volume 1 (Books 1-3)

After eight long years, Sasha McCandless is about to make partner at a prestigious law firm. When a plane operated by her client slams into the side of a mountain, killing everyone aboard, Sasha gears up to defend the inevitable civil lawsuits. She soon realizes the crash was no accident: a developer has created an application that can control a commercial plane’s onboard computer from a smartphone. Sasha joins forces with a federal air marshal, and they race to prevent another airline disaster. But when people close to the matter start turning up dead, Sasha must rely on both her legal skills and her Krav Maga training to stop the madman before he kills her.

The Old Cape House

 Historical Romance
Author: Barbara Eppich Struna

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The Old Cape House

Nancy Caldwell relocates to an old sea captain’s house on Cape Cod with her husband and four children. When she discovers an abandoned root cellar in her backyard containing a baby’s skull and gold coins, she digs up evidence that links her land to the legendary tale of Maria Hallett and her pirate lover, Sam Bellamy. Using alternating chapters between the 18th and 21st centuries, The Old Cape House, a historical fiction, follows two women that are lifetimes apart, to uncover a mystery that has had the old salts of Cape Cod guessing for 300 years.

How We Got the Bible

 Christian Books & Bibles > History
Author: Neil R. Lightfoot

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How We Got the Bible

How old are the earliest Biblical manuscripts?
How has the Bible been preserved and transmitted to us?
Why do we have so many different translations of the Bible?
How did early Christians decide which writings to include in the Bible?

How We Got the Bible provides well-researched, accessible answers to many questions like these. Learn about the first materials used to write down the words of Scripture. Uncover the facts of some of history’s most fascinating archaeological discoveries, including those of the Sinaitic Manuscript, the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Travel through history, from Jerome to Tyndale and beyond, as Neil R. Lightfoot discusses the origin, transmission, and translation of the Bible.

Money, Lies, and Murder (Amber Fox Mysteries book #2) (The Amber Fox Murder Mystery Series)

 Mystery > Cozy
Author: Sibel Hodge, Gemma Halliday

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Money, Lies, and Murder (Amber Fox Mysteries book #2) (The Amber Fox Murder Mystery Series)

Armed with cool sarcasm and uncontrollable hair, feisty insurance investigator Amber Fox is back in a new mystery combining murder and mayhem with romance and laughter…

Three deaths. A safety deposit box robbery. The boxing heavyweight champion of the world. Somehow, they’re all related, and it’s up to Amber to solve a four year old crime to find out why. Only she stumbles across a trail of dead bodies and a web of lies spanning both sides of the social divide, this case starts to get personal. Someone thinks Amber’s poking her nose in where it’s not wanted, sparking off a deadly game of fox and mouse–only this time, Amber’s the mouse. Out of options, Amber is forced to take refuge in the home of her ex-fiancé, Brad Beckett, and now it’s not just the case that’s heating up!

Memory House (Memory House Collection)

 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Bette Lee Crosby

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Memory House (Memory House Collection)

Ophelia Browne knows the answer is yes. She knows because she’s been granted the unique gift of finding and caring for those forgotten memories. But now she’s nearing ninety, and Browne women seldom live beyond ninety.

Before time runs out Ophelia must find a successor. Someone who can take hold of the gifts and keep the memories from fading.

When broken-hearted Annie Cross shows up on the doorstep of The Memory House Bed and Breakfast, Ophelia knows she is the one. The two women forge a bond of friendship as they sip magical dandelion tea and share stories. When Annie starts to sense the memories Ophelia is delighted, but then a thread of violence begins to unravel and Ophelia fears things have gone too far.

The Marshalls Boxed Set: The Marshalls Books 1-3 (Texas Heroes)

 Romance > Westerns
Author: Jean Brashear

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The Marshalls Boxed Set: The Marshalls Books 1-3 (Texas Heroes)

Still haunted by failing to save his sister, the last thing former homicide detective Quinn Marshall wants is another woman to watch over when his brother asks him to help a friend. Soap opera star Lorie Chandler has already lost her husband to an obsessed fan, and now her son is the madman’s new target.

While the police hunt the killer, Quinn’s rugged Texas ranch is the ideal hiding place for Lorie and her child. Neither Quinn nor Lorie expects the explosive heat or the powerful emotion that flares to life in his canyon refuge, yet there is no future for them and both are painfully aware that their time together can only be temporary. When the madman finds them, Quinn’s sole focus is on keeping Lorie and the boy he’s come to love safe, even though his success will mean that he will have to give them up to a life where he cannot belong.

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Cherish

 Historical Romance
Author: Catherine Anderson

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Cherish

He Longed for…

Race Spencer’s gunslinging days are far behind him. He is now a rugged, respectable rancher, but it’s a solitary life. Then Fate leads Race to an earthbound angel—lost and alone’ the sole survivor of an outlaw attack—and even his hardened heart is moved. He sweeps the ivory-skinned beauty into his arms and carries her away from danger.

A Woman to Cherish

When innocent Rebecca Morgan wakes up in a stranger’s embrace, her life has been changed forever. Race’s touch makes her blood sing and stirs up emotions in her she never knew existed.

Serenity House Trilogy

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: Kathryn Shay

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Serenity House Trilogy

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Kathryn Shay knows teenagers and puts that knowledge into creating a contemporary romance series about successful women who were once troubled teenagers.

Welcome to SERENITY HOUSE, a series of stories about women who spent a part of their adolescent years in a group home for troubled girls. Each story explores what effects their dysfunctional backgrounds had on them. As you might guess, trust—not being able to trust—is a big issue for all three. But with the help of those who love them, each woman overcomes her difficult beginnings and becomes the person she was meant to be.

Destry (Rough and Hard Book 1)

 Romance > Westerns
Author: Lola Stark

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Destry (Rough and Hard Book 1)

Rancher Destry Reeves is your typical country boy; he believes in hard work and the easy life. None of which he recognises in Amelia Highsmith.

When a chance encounter involving a cow, a truck and a dark Texan night puts the two on a collision course, it’s not long before the fireworks begin and the simple life is turned upside down.

The last thing Amelia expects is for a brute of a cowboy to get in the way of her new life. She’s left behind a world of high class dinners and city lights in an effort to escape a life she never wanted. Amelia finds herself in a world so far removed from home that it becomes impossible to break free without finding herself first.

An Indecent Proposition (The Indecent series Book 1)

 Romance > New Adult & College
Author: Stephanie Julian

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An Indecent Proposition (The Indecent series Book 1)

One woman. Two men. Half a million dollars. One night…

One night. That’s all Erik and Keegan want with Julianne. And they’ve come up with the perfect plan: Offer Julianne a half-million dollars. Julianne is in debt up to her eyeballs due to her mother’s illness. Five-hundred-thousand dollars would pay off her bills and give her a start on a new life. All she needs to do is have sex with a man she’s never met.

An explosion left Erik with scars, physical and psychological. Work is his only refuge. Until he sees Julianne through a surveillance camera. And he discovers a desire he thought had been burned out of him.

Faint of Heart

 Horror
Author: Jeff Strand

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Faint of Heart

Rebecca Harpster is frightened of spending the night alone, but she assures her husband Gary that she’ll be fine when he goes out camping with his buddies for the weekend. They have a safe little home in the woods of Alaska with an excellent security system. Yeah, she knows she’ll spend the entire time jumping at every noise, but she also knows that the danger is all in her head.

By Sunday night, Gary still hasn’t returned.

And when somebody shows up at the house, it’s not her husband.

At gunpoint, Rebecca learns what has happened. Two men have kidnapped Gary. He went through a weekend of pure hell.

They’ll give him back to her, but first, Rebecca has to relive his entire experience, step by horrific step…and survive…

Kutter

 Suspense > Horror
Author: Jeff Strand

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Kutter

Charlie Stanlon is a serial killer. A ghastly, vicious sociopath who chains women to a table in his basement and tortures them to death. He has no friends. He has no family. He despises his co-workers. His only pleasure in life is to cause pain and terror…

…until the day he finds an adorable Boston Terrier and takes it home.

Previously included in THE MAD & THE MACABRE.

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