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Exploited Blood: Book 1: The Onslaught (affiliate link)
It comes in waves.
It’s already too late for most of us. Walking around with bio-bombs ticking away in our bloodstreams. Bombs that are synchronized to go off together. Before you know it you’re diving into the deep end of depravity. A pool of insanity you’re never coming back from. Surfacing once or twice to witness the horrors you’ve caused before your soul takes a deep breath and disappears forever.
It’s not natural.
The infections occurring simultaneously across the globe prove it’s not a freak phenomena. Someone is behind the pandemic that’s turning people into insane cannibals. Who’d benefit from so much death and chaos though? The humanity of whatever group pulled the trigger on this madness is seriously up for debate.
There’s No Vaccine
Chris watches as the world around him falls apart. Bitten by a loved one he hovers in a feverish state for weeks. His recovery carefully observed by a group that considers itself above humanity. A group that sees people as prey. Chris becomes a pawn in the war to determine the future of mankind. Follow him as he evolves from being a frazzled twenty something college educated mama’s boy into something more. Hopefully it’s enough.
Ghosts of Guatemala (John Carpenter Book 1) (affiliate link)
The CIA never left Latin America…
The CIA is facing catastrophic blackmail at the hands of an erratic Guatemalan drug lord: the infamous patrón of Antigua – Pablo Puentes. Desperate for a swift solution, the agency calls in their black operative fixer: John Carpenter.
John is a cold-blooded professional ready for the job. But the mission doesn’t have a simple fix. Pablo has a disastrous kill switch in place.
John is still haunted by the mysterious death of his best friend who died on a far too similar mission, and now is uncertain about how much he can trust his handler or his sensual partner.
Back at the agency, tensions are running hot as the stench of corruption is growing to a boiling point. If things aren’t put to rights – and soon – the entire mission will go up in flames and take the CIA down with it.
Only John Carpenter can bring this drug lord to justice and get the answers he deserves.
Because this mission is personal…
If you like the relentless tension of Daniel Silva and the gritty reality of Lee Child then you’ll love this first book in the John Carpenter Trilogy!
Adventures of a Bookworm: Paige Turner Series #1 (affiliate link)
What happens when the bookworm becomes the main character?
Paige Turner and her book club friends live a thousand lives through the characters of their romance books. In real life, they’re just one of the millions of people running around New York City. That is until a New Year’s Resolution to lose her virginity forces Paige to step out from behind the pages of her books. Paige strikes out on romantic adventures inspired by the main characters of her favorite romance books from every genre and trope to fulfill her resolution.
Paige learns that it’s a truth universally acknowledged that billionaire bosses are hot, that some meet-cutes aren’t cute at all, that furries can fill in for shifters in a pinch to fulfill a paranormal romance trope, and sometimes that sexy cop really is there to arrest you.
Paige is in for the adventure of her life, from virginity auctions to secret clubs to emergency room visits. But she learns that it’s not the romance that makes the heroine the main character. It’s finding her inner strength, determination, and confidence that makes her the heroine of her own story. Can Paige fulfill her New Year’s resolution without getting arrested or fired and maybe even find herself and love by the end of the year?
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft (affiliate link)
👁️🗨️ Enter the unsettling universe of H. P. Lovecraft, the master of cosmic horror and creator of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Lovecraft is best known for his short stories and novellas that established the genre of Cosmic Horror, where humanity is insignificant against vast, uncaring, and incomprehensible alien forces. His works are typically divided into the Cthulhu Mythos (cosmic horrors), the Dream Cycle (fantasy), and early Macabre stories.
Included:
“The Call of Cthulhu” Short Story 1928
“At the Mountains of Madness” Novella 1936
“The Shadow Over Innsmouth” Novella 1936
“The Dunwich Horror” Novella 1929
“The Colour Out of Space” Short Story 1927
“The Rats in the Walls” Short Story 1924
“The Whisperer in Darkness” Novella 1931
“The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” Novella 1943*
“The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” Novel 1941*
Something Great: Hot Boss and Office Romance (affiliate link)
She didn’t know what she was missing … until he found her.
Jeanella’s life is predictable and comfortable. She has the strength of her friends, the security of a stable job, and she is dating a reliable man. It’s all smooth sailing until fate steps in and thrusts Maxwell Knight into her life.
Maxwell is dangerously good-looking and seductively charming. He is the type of man Jeanella swore she would stay away from. But when she lands her dream job and travels to New York for Fashion Week, Maxwell is all she can focus on.
Will she ignore the danger signs and jump straight into his arms, or will she miss out on the chance of finding something great?
Commitment (Redemption Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
He’s my best friend’s older brother.
A former pro hockey player turned single dad.
And the only man who’s ever broken my heart.
Andrew Brinks was my teenage daydream. Off-limits. Unattainable. Completely unforgettable.
But whatever I thought existed between us?
He made sure I knew he didn’t feel the same way.
That I meant nothing.
That I was completely forgettable.
So I let him go. Moved on. Even said yes to a man who actually wants a future with me.
But the second Drew sees the ring on my finger, everything changes.
Now he’s all broody stares and cryptic confessions, acting like maybe we were never over to begin with.
He says I don’t know the full story. That his reasons for keeping his distance were out of his control.
But an apology can’t heal all wounds.
Viktor: Heart of Her King (Kings of the Blood Book 1) (affiliate link)
One has a chance for revenge…
The other for redemption…
Together, they must make a choice.
Together, they hold the key.
Together, as one, only they can save the heart of her King.
He’s waited many lifetimes for her.
Now she’s here…
And so is the enemy from old…
Can he save her and his heart before it’s too late?
Three millennia of life and loss have brought the Supreme Commander to this place…
At this time…
To meet the only woman who can save his soul…
Nay, his very existence.
Too many days pondering her life.
Too many nights dreaming of the nameless, faceless man who makes her feel things she never thought possible.
Drive Me Wild (Bellamy Creek Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
When Blair Beaufort literally crashes into Bellamy Creek wearing a ball gown and a tiara, I should have towed her car, said goodnight, and sent her packing.
I’m a mechanic, not a hotel manager.
I’ve got enough on my plate trying to keep my shop from going under, my overbearing mother off my back, and my baseball team in contention for the league championship. I don’t have time for a former debutante with zero street smarts and a cash flow problem, even if she is crazy beautiful.
Problem is, she’s stranded in my small town, and I’m hiding a protective streak underneath my broody exterior that runs deep. So I offer her a place to stay and keep my hands to myself.
For exactly one night.
If only she weren’t so gorgeous. So funny. So eager to please. She’s a disaster behind the wheel, but she drives me wild without even trying–at work, at home, in the back of my truck . . . I can’t get enough of the way she makes me feel. But I know better than to think it can last.
She wants a fairy tale, and I’m no prince.
Redemption’s Edge (Redemption Mountain Book 1) (affiliate link)
One war ends as another begins.
Dax Pelletier is ready for a new life, far away from the one he left behind in Savannah following the South’s devastating defeat in the Civil War. The ex-Confederate general wants nothing more to do with commanding men and confronting the tough truths of leadership.
Rachel Davenport possesses skills unlike those of her Boston socialite peers—skills honed as a nurse in field hospitals during the Civil War. Eschewing her northeastern suitors and changed by the carnage she’s seen, Rachel accepts her uncle’s invitation to assist him at his clinic in the dangerous and wild frontier of Montana.
Now a Texas Ranger, a promise to a friend takes Dax and his brother, Luke, to the untamed territory of Montana. He’ll fulfill his oath and return to Austin. At least that’s what he believes.
The small town of Splendor is what Rachel needs after life in a large city. In a few short months, she’s grown to love the people and the majestic beauty of the untamed frontier. She’s settled into a life unlike any she has ever thought possible.
Survive the Dungeon (Dead Dungeon Book 1) (affiliate link)
Yellow Wife: A Novel (affiliate link)
Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her mother’s position as the estate’s medicine woman and cherished by the Master’s sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world.
She’d been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil’s Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailer’s cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, and she soon faces the ultimate sacrifice.
What She Left Behind (affiliate link)
Ten years ago, Izzy Stone’s mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother’s apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy’s help in cataloging items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past.
Young flapper and suffragette Clara Cartwright is caught between her overbearing parents and her desire to be a modern woman. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, instead finding love with an Italian Immigrant, Clara’s father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash of 1929, he can no longer afford her care—and Clara is committed to the public asylum.
Even as Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara’s story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother’s violent act?
Runaway Groomsman (affiliate link)
Hollywood screenwriter Sawyer Walsh knows a good love story when he sees it. But when it comes to real life romance, he’s a mess. That’s how he finds himself standing at the altar…as his ex-girlfriend ties the knot with his very famous best friend. The pressure, the resentment, the media coverage—it’s all too much—and before he knows exactly what he’s doing, he’s making a run for it, leaving a shocked congregation and flashing cameras in his wake.
Needing to lie low amid the media fallout, Sawyer lands in the charming town of Canoodle, California, where he crosses paths with Fallon Long, who runs the Canoodle Cove Cabins, a family-owned business and Sawyer’s new short-term residence. Overwhelmed with renovations and her long list of responsibilities, Fallon is struggling to make ends meet while attempting to bring the cabins back to their original glory. So when Sawyer arrives, she is grateful for the income, but immediately writes him off as just another vapid Hollywood hack, until he begins to prove her wrong at every turn.
As Fallon comes closer to saving the family business, an undeniable bond forms between her and the handsome screenwriter. But the pressures of her family obligations and Sawyer’s notoriety might prove to be too much for anyone to handle. Could Canoodle be the setting for a new romance—or is true love just a Hollywood cliché?
The Second Life of Mirielle West (affiliate link)
The glamorous world of a silent film star’s wife abruptly crumbles when she’s forcibly quarantined at the Carville Lepers Home in this page-turning story of courage, resilience, and reinvention set in 1920s Louisiana and Los Angeles. Based on little-known history, this timely book will strike a chord with readers of Fiona Davis, Tracey Lange, and Marie Benedict.
Based on the true story of America’s only leper colony, The Second Life of Mirielle West brings vividly to life the Louisiana institution known as Carville, where thousands of people were stripped of their civil rights, branded as lepers, and forcibly quarantined throughout the entire 20th century.
For Mirielle West, a 1920’s socialite married to a silent film star, the isolation and powerlessness of the Louisiana Leper Home is an unimaginable fall from her intoxicatingly chic life of bootlegged champagne and the star-studded parties of Hollywood’s Golden Age. When a doctor notices a pale patch of skin on her hand, she’s immediately branded a leper and carted hundreds of miles from home to Carville, taking a new name to spare her family and famous husband the shame that accompanies the disease.
The Winds of War (affiliate link)
Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk’s sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America’s Greatest Generation. Wouk’s spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events, as well as all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II, as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war’s maelstrom. The Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance stand as the crowning achievement of one of America’s most celebrated storytellers.
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