Rent A Husband: a Romantic Comedy

Fiction > Humor & Entertainment
Author: Sally Mason

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Rent A Husband: a Romantic Comedy

Dumped for a younger woman, delicious divorcée Darcy Pringle is determined to make a splash at her California town’s Spring Ball. But she doesn’t have a hot date. When a friend dares her to rent one: hunky womanizer Forrest Forbes, gone from riches to rags and desperate for cash, Darcy turns her life (and her bed!) topsy-turvy in this sexy romantic romp.

SALLY MASON loves to love. And loves writing about it!

The Spookshow: (Book 1)

 Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban
Author: Tim McGregor

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The Spookshow: (Book 1)

Life used to be drab for Billie Culpepper but all that changed after an accident left her in a coma for three days. That’s when the spookshow really began, when Billie realized that she could see the dead.

And the dead could see her.

Now, they won’t leave her alone.

Accompanying two friends through a haunted house, Billie uncovers a terrible secret that brings, not only the police, but the homicide detective responsible for putting her into the hospital in the first place. He’s also the one man she sworn to stay away from.

Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery, Book 1)

 Mystery > Cozy
Author: Denise Grover Swank

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Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery, Book 1)

For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV on a Friday afternoon is bad even before she sees a vision of herself dead. She’s had plenty of visions, usually boring ones like someone’s toilet’s overflowed, but she’s never seen one of herself before. When her overbearing momma winds up murdered on her sofa instead, two things are certain: There isn’t enough hydrogen peroxide in the state of Arkansas to get that stain out, and Rose is the prime suspect.

Rose realizes she’s wasted twenty-four years of living and makes a list on the back of a Wal-Mart receipt: twenty-eight things she wants to accomplish before her vision comes true. She’s well on her way with the help of her next door neighbor Joe, who has no trouble teaching Rose the rules of drinking, but won’t help with number fifteen– do more with a man. Joe’s new to town, but it doesn’t take a vision for Rose to realize he’s got plenty secrets of his own.

Dump Dinners: 101 Easy, Delicious And Healthy Meals Put Together In 30 Minutes or Less!

 Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Meals
Author: Ruth Ferguson

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Dump Dinners: 101 Easy, Delicious And Healthy Meals Put Together In 30 Minutes or Less! (dump dinners, dump dinner recipes, crockpot recipes, dump dinners ... recipes, healthy recipes, healthy cooking)

Now you don’t have to sweat meal times ever again because Dump Dinners is the answer. This is the BEST Dump Dinners Recipe book for busy people-hands down!

With over 100 recipes, Dump Dinners: 101 Easy, Delicious And Healthy Meals Put Together!

In 30 Minutes or Less saves time and money week after week with easy meals that keep one eating well at home every day.

From Monterey Jack Chicken and Rice Casserole to Pepperoncini Pot Roast, this cookbook contains recipes for everything from soups and roasts to cobblers and puddings, inspiring night after night of great meals.

Simply prep a few ingredients, toss them in the pot, and cook ’em together to create a magically delicious meal. Your dinner will be deeply flavored, great-smelling dinner for you and your family every night!

Keeping Mum: A Comedy Romance Novel (Book 1)

 Humor & Satire > Dark Comedy
Author: Perrin Briar

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Keeping Mum: A Comedy Romance Novel (Book 1)

When modern-day Scrooge Hetty Loveridge saw the opportunity to exploit an inheritance tax loophole for her children, she took it. She need only live seven more years. One week shy, she keels over, dead.

With their inheritance at stake, Peter and Kate get more than they bargained for as they attempt to fool the tax-man into believing their mother is still alive. For seven days Peter dresses as his mother, speaks as his mother, acts as his mother, and soon discovers she wasn’t just the difficult woman he remembers her as. And when an old flame enters the scene, it’s a recipe for disaster.

At the heart of this fast-paced and funny tale is a story about family, redemption, and hidden secrets. Would you do anything to protect your inheritance?

Choosing Charleston

 Romantic Comedy
Author: T. Lynn Ocean

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Choosing Charleston

Fleeing a lousy husband and chaotic northern life, Carly Stone needs to get out of town. Craving a major dose of her mamma’s famous cooking and her daddy’s upbeat life lessons, she heads to historic Charleston, South Carolina. While she’s welcomed home with wide-open arms, Carly is shocked to find that things are much different than when she left a year ago. For starters, a land developer is erecting a building supply superstore that will surely put her family’s small business out of business. Her wacky grandmother has moved in and keeps confusing her with her famous twin sister, Jenny. And to complicate matters, Carly is outrageously attracted to a construction worker when she should be figuring out how to save her marriage.

The Soul Collector: Borrowed Souls: Book 1

 Horror
Author: Paul B Kohler

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The Soul Collector: Borrowed Souls: Book 1

Jack Duffy is the exemplification of average. He lives a normal life with a less than desirable job. He’s a distracted husband, living in a ordinary apartment, and is married to an extraordinary wife. That’s how he would explain it. At the end of an unusually bad day, Jack’s life is turned upside down when he witnesses something truly harrowing.

The only thing that can catch him from falling is the soul collector. His primary concern: Will he be allowed to keep his soul, or will he have to give it back?

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Blue Dahlia: In the Garden Trilogy

 Romance > Fantasy
Author: Nora Roberts

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Blue Dahlia: In the Garden Trilogy

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes the first novel of the In the Garden trilogy. Against the backdrop of a house steeped in history and a thriving new gardening business, three women unearth the memories of the past and uncover a dangerous secret.

A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night…

Trying to escape the ghosts of the past, young widow Stella Rothchild, along with her two energetic little boys, has moved back to her roots in southern Tennessee—and into her new life at Harper House and the In the Garden nursery. She isn’t intimidated by the house—nor by its mistress, local legend Roz Harper. Despite a reputation for being difficult, Roz has been nothing but kind to Stella, offering her a comfortable new place to live and a challenging new job as manager of the flourishing nursery.

The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game

 History > Puzzles & Games > Board Games
Author: Mary Pilon
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The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game

The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man’s lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game’s questionable origins.

Most think it was invented by an unemployed Pennsylvanian who sold his game to Parker Brothers during the Great Depression in 1935 and lived happily–and richly–ever after. That story, however, is not exactly true. Ralph Anspach, a professor fighting to sell his Anti-Monopoly board game decades later, unearthed the real story, which traces back to Abraham Lincoln, the Quakers, and a forgotten feminist named Lizzie Magie who invented her nearly identical Landlord’s Game more than thirty years before Parker Brothers sold their version of Monopoly. Her game–underpinned by morals that were the exact opposite of what Monopoly represents today–was embraced by a constellation of left-wingers from the Progressive Era through the Great Depression, including members of Franklin Roosevelt’s famed Brain Trust.

Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered

 History > Civil War > Campaigns & Battlefields
Author: Alan Axelrod
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Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered

With April 12, 2011, set to mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, the time is ripe for a new assessment of the conflict’s most influential and controversial military leaders. Generals South, Generals Northhighlights twenty-four such commanders—twelve each from the Confederacy and the Union. Best-selling author and military historian Alan Axelrod presents a biography of each, narrates the major engagements in which each fought (emphasizing tactical leadership and outcome produced), and explores each man’s ever-controversial reputation. His consequent rankings are based on both historical and modern-day sources.

Each profile is accompanied by callout quotations, photographs of the general, additional illustrations such as battle depictions, and a map depicting either a major engagement or the general’s movements throughout the war. The result is an ideal quick reference for Civil War buffs and a beautiful addition to the library of general readers that is sure to start as many arguments as it settles.

Daisy McDare And The Deadly Art Affair (Cozy Mystery) (Daisy McDare Cozy Creek Mystery Book 1)

 Mystery > Cozy > Culinary
Author: K.M. Morgan

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Daisy McDare And The Deadly Art Affair (Cozy Mystery) (Daisy McDare Cozy Creek Mystery Book 1)

Daisy McDare wants nothing more than to find the man of her dreams and build a thriving interior decorator business. Instead she finds herself heartbroken and in the middle of a murder investigation.

Daisy is in the middle of a decorating job at a famed local celebrity’s mansion when the arrogant painter is found murdered in his backyard studio. Suddenly there’s a house full of suspects, each with a bigger reason to want the victim dead than the next.

When the local police get stumped during their investigation, Daisy realizes she’ll have to take matters into her own hands. But she can’t crack the case alone. She recruits her cupcake-baking best friend Samantha, wise-cracking Granny Annie, and her feisty West Highland Terrier Shamus to find the killer.

Daisy McDare And The Deadly Restaurant Affair (Daisy McDare Cozy Creek Mystery Book 6)

 Mystery > Cozy > Culinary
Author: K.M. Morgan

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Daisy McDare And The Deadly Restaurant Affair (Cozy Mystery) (Daisy McDare Cozy Creek Mystery Book 6)

Daisy McDare’s latest decorating job turns into a crime scene when Adam Dunning, the arrogant owner of a French restaurant, is found stabbed in the back. As Daisy starts digging deeper, she realizes Adam had a knack for making enemies. Between Adam’s bitter wife, needy mistress, unhappy staff, and scheming daughter, Daisy has her hands full in trying to crack the case.

Daisy arms herself with cupcakes, one-liners, and plenty of spunk to find the killer before they strike again.

Clouds of Witness (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)

 Mystery > Cozy
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers

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Clouds of Witness (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)

After 3 months in Corsica, Lord Peter Wimsey has begun to forget that the gray, dangerous moors of England ever existed. But traveling through Paris, he receives a shock that jolts him back to reality. He sees it in the headlines splashed across every English paper—his brother Gerald has been arrested for murder.

The trouble began at the family estate in Yorkshire, where Gerald was hunting with the man soon to be his brother-in-law, Captain Denis Cathcart. One night, Gerald confronts Cathcart with allegations about his unsavory past, leading the captain to call off the wedding. Just a few hours later, Cathcart is dead, with Gerald presumed to be the only person who could have fired the fatal shot. The clock is ticking, and only England’s premier sleuth can get to the bottom of this murky mystery.

Safe Harbor

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: Judith Arnold

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Safe Harbor

From the time they were eight years old, Kip Stroud and Shelley Ballard spent their summers together on Block Island, swimming, biking, exploring…and growing up. As teenagers, they argued about books, complained about chores and learned from each other a little about the way boys and girls viewed each other. They were best friends—until a tragedy in Shelley’s life tore them apart.

Twelve years later, Kip has had to face his own tragedy. When he returns to the island to heal, he discovers that Shelley is now living there, older and wiser but bearing emotional scars. He is scarred, too—something they can share as they rediscover their friendship. But comfort and compassion aren’t love.

Kip believes he will never love again. Shelley believes she can’t love. Yet one night, their beliefs are shattered, and they realize they have a lot more to learn from each other.

Under the Empyrean Sky (The Heartland Trilogy Book 1)

 Science Fiction > Dystopian
Author: Chuck Wendig

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Under the Empyrean Sky (The Heartland Trilogy Book 1)

Corn is king in the Heartland, and Cael McAvoy has had enough of it. It’s the only crop the Empyrean government allows the people of the Heartland to grow—and the genetically modified strain is so aggressive that it takes everything the Heartlanders have just to control it. As captain of the Big Sky Scavengers, Cael and his crew sail their rickety ship over the corn day after day, scavenging for valuables. But Cael’s tired of surviving life on the ground while the Empyrean elite drift by above in their extravagant sky flotillas. He’s sick of the mayor’s son besting Cael’s crew in the scavenging game. And he’s worried about losing Gwennie—his first mate and the love of his life—forever when their government-chosen spouses are revealed. But most of all, Cael is angry—angry that their lot in life will never get better and that his father doesn’t seem upset about any of it.

Blightborn (The Heartland Trilogy Book 2)

 Science Fiction > Dystopian
Author: Chuck Wendig

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Blightborn (The Heartland Trilogy Book 2)

Cael McAvoy is on the run.

He’s heading toward the Empyrean to rescue his sister, Merelda, and to find Gwennie before she’s lost to Cael forever. With his pals, Lane and Rigo, Cael journeys across the Heartland to catch a ride into the sky. But with Boyland and others after them, Cael and his friends won’t make it through unchanged.

Gwennie’s living the life of a Lottery winner, but it’s not what she expected. Separated from her family, Gwennie makes a bold move—one that catches the attention of the Empyrean and changes the course of an Empyrean man’s life.

The crew from Boxelder aren’t the only folks willing to sacrifice everything to see the Empyrean fall. The question is: Can the others be trusted?

The Harvest (The Heartland Trilogy Book 3)

 Science Fiction > Dystopian
Author: Chuck Wendig

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The Harvest (The Heartland Trilogy Book 3)

Blood will water the corn…

It’s been a year since the Saranyu flotilla fell from the sky, and life in the Heartland has changed. Gone are the Obligations and the Harvest Home festivals. In their place is a spate of dead towns, the former inhabitants forced into mechanical bodies to serve the Empyrean—and crush the Heartland.

When Cael awakens from a Blightborn sleep, miles away from the world he remembers, he sets out across the Heartland to gather his friends for one last mission. As the mechanicals, a war flotilla, and a pack of feral Empyrean girls begin to close in on the Heartland, there isn’t much time to make their next move. But if they can uncover a secret weapon in time, Cael and his friends might just find themselves with the power to save the world—or destroy it—resting in their hands.

Harm None (A Davies & West Mystery Book 1)

 Mystery > British Detectives
Author: Will North

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Harm None (A Davies & West Mystery Book 1)

Penwith, the southwest tip of Cornwall, is a land of mystery and magic, of prehistoric monuments, witchcraft…and murder. When an American archaeological team stumbles upon the skeletal remains of a missing child beneath a Stone Age burial quoit, irascible CID Detective Sergeant Morgan Davies, and her Scene of Crimes partner, Calum West, unearth a growing list of suspects.

Within days, another body is discovered. Is the killer the mind-reading witch—or “village wise woman” as she likes to be called—who has long been a suspect in the child’s disappearance? Is it the drug-dealing partner of the child’s heroin-addicted mother? Or is it someone even closer to the investigation? Just as Davies and West close in on their prime suspect, another child goes missing.

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The Amish Widow’s Faith Boxed Set 1-4 (Amish Romance)

 Romance > Inspirational > Amish
Author: Joseph Hersh

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The Amish Widow's Faith Boxed Set 1-4 (Amish Romance)

After a long journey, love has finally come to Samantha Lapp’s life. But just as quickly as happiness has found her, tragedy strikes. Samantha is left trying to pick up the pieces of her broken life. Will her faith be strong enough to guide her through, and will she ever be able to open her heart up again after what happened?

Again, Alabama

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: Susan Sands

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Again, Alabama

Cammie Laroux is back in Alabama—again.

Dragged back to her small town to help her mother recover from surgery while rescuing the family event planning business should be a cinch. Even for a disgraced television chef, right? Wrong.

Among the many secrets Cammie’s family’s been hiding is the fact that their historic home is falling down. Oh, and the man hired to restore the house, Grey Harrison, is the same high school and college love of her life who thrashed her heart and dreams ten years ago. Yeah, that guy.

Grey, a widower with a young daughter, has never stopped loving Cammie, and when they are face to face once again, the chemistry is off the charts. Cammie may be in full-blown denial, but letting go is no longer in Grey’s vocabulary, even when winning Cammie’s forgiveness and renovating their love may seem like an impossible build even for a master architect and carpenter.

Third Time’s a Charm (Holland Springs, Book 3)

 Romance > Holidays
Author: Marquita Valentine

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Third Time's a Charm (Holland Springs, Book 3)

Rose Holland doesn’t have time for relationships, and certainly not with a smooth talking Englishman like Sasha Romanov. Only, Sasha isn’t there *just* to seduce Rose. He wants her land and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal… until that is, he falls under her spell.

Can Sasha convince her to give him what he wants, or will she send him away once she learns the truth?

Morning After (Reynolds Security Book 1)

  Romantic Suspense
Author: Melissa Hale

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Morning After (Reynolds Security Book 1)

Erica Sanders has a plan and she has never met anyone who made her want to deviate from her carefully laid out life plan. She is going to find a man who is good husband and father material. She has a plan and a timeline. She is not interested in passion. Passion is overrated.

Then in walks Ethan Reynolds a former Marine who runs a successful security company across the street. Even though he’s not what she was looking for, when he sets his sights on her he’s hard to resist.

When he makes it his job to protect her from a stalker she didn’t even know she had, her perfectly ordered world is thrown into upheaval and it’s only a matter of time until she discovers passion’s not so overrated after all. Too bad her stalker may end it all before she has a chance to really enjoy it!

When Snow Falls (A Whiskey Creek Novel Book 2)

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: Brenda Novak

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When Snow Falls (A Whiskey Creek Novel Book 2)

After growing up in cheap motels, moving from town to town with her sister and mother, Cheyenne Christensen is grateful to be on her own. She’s grateful, too, for the friends she found once her family settled in California. But she’s troubled by the mystery of her earliest memories, most of which feature a smiling blonde woman. A woman who isn’t her mother.

Although Cheyenne has repeatedly asked for explanations, the people who could help aren’t talking. Cheyenne is set on finding answers, but without so much as a birth certificate, it won’t be easy.

Things get even more complicated when her closest friend is attracted to the man Cheyenne has secretly loved for years. For Eve’s sake, she decides to step aside—which lands her right in the arms of Dylan Amos, oldest and baddest of the hell-raising Amos brothers. He’s the kind of guy she’s sworn to avoid.

Killing Pretty: A Sandman Slim Novel

  Horror
Author: Richard Kadrey

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Killing Pretty: A Sandman Slim Novel

Sandman Slim investigates Death’s death in this hip, propulsive urban fantasy through a phantasmagoric LA rife with murder, mayhem, and magic.

James Stark has met his share of demons and angels, on earth and beyond. Now, he’s come face to face with the one entity few care to meet: Death.

Someone has tried to kill Death—ripping the heart right out of him—or rather the body he’s inhabiting. Death needs Sandman Slim’s help: he believes anyone who can beat Lucifer and the old gods at their own game is the only one who can solve his murder.

Stark follows a sordid trail deep into LA’s subterranean world, from vampire-infested nightclubs to talent agencies specializing in mad ghosts, from Weimar Republic mystical societies to sleazy supernatural underground fight and sex clubs.

Sloth: A Sinful Secrets Novel

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: Ella James

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Sloth: A Sinful Secrets Novel

She tells me she’s a lover of chicken pizza and video games, a hot sorority girl with the nickname Sloth. She wants to know something about me in return. She says I owe her.

This is how she saves my life. She doesn’t even know it. We’ve never even seen each other. But I need a reason. Just one reason to continue. She becomes mine.

The anonymity is good. She doesn’t need to know me, but I need her kindness. We both live our lives: a letter here, a post card there. For three years, I escape my demons. And then one day I’m pulled back in.

I’ve resigned myself to what I know is coming. Until the girl I’m spanking gives her safe word: Sloth.

And then the lie I’m living starts to unravel.

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