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Feisty Nuns (A Mary Catherine Mahoney Mystery Book 3)


Rita Moreau - 2016
    A murder from hell. A mess only a psychic can sort out… Mary Catherine Mahoney, MC for short, has her work cut out for her. When a notorious bad boy turns up dead in Miami, the ex-wife turns to MC for help. It turns out the deceased left the ex-wife an envelope with instructions on what to do after his death. With the envelope empty, only MC’s psychic genes can solve the case. When Sister Hildegard and Sister Matilda come to town, they call on MC as well. They’re being audited. Not by the IRS, but by the Vatican! The feisty nuns tell MC she needs to handle the audit so that a certain “something” stays a secret. Throw in some zany Greek aunts, a treasure hunt in Key West, and an encounter with her ex, and you’ve got more than enough work for MC to handle. If she’s up for the jobs at all… Feisty Nuns is the third book in a series of cozy mysteries. If you like zany, relatable characters, upbeat cinematic stories, and edge-of-your-seat plot twists, then you’ll love Rita Moreau’s lively whodunnit. Buy Feisty Nuns to solve the witty mystery today!

The Moscow Whisper (Sean Richardson, #3)


Michael Jenkins - 2020
    Hours later, with bodies strewn across a terrace, a piece of secret intelligence reveals an international plot of colossal magnitude.For disgraced agent Sean Richardson, this is the beginning of a deniable mission to infiltrate and disrupt a group of Russian mercenaries who are working clandestinely to take over a nation state.Acting covertly as an illicit arms trafficker, Sean is dropped into a deadly cauldron of terrorists and high-tech weaponry that will take a nation down. As the bullets fly and the chaos rains in, can Sean take down the merchants of death…..or has he finally met his match?

Repair


Trish Williford - 2021
    Just weeks before our wedding, the ideal life I knew took an unexpected turn when my fiancé’s mistress came forward with her pregnancy. Being newly single at thirty-one, the last thing I had envisioned for myself was to return to my hometown of Sunnyville. Until now, I have successfully avoided this town for the last eight years, thanks to Tank Easton. Broody, sexy, lying, beautiful, selfish jerk. Who just happens to be my brother’s best friend. Knowing there is no way to avoid Tank, I plan to put our one-night stand behind us and start anew. Be cordial. Possibly become friends eventually, for my brother’s sake. Life is too short to hold grudges. Forgive and forget, right? Harder said than done. Trish Williford’s Repair is a steamy, sweet, second chance, contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes World project.

The Spy Killer (John Smith Book 1)


Jimmy Sangster - 2019
     "An exquisite series launch. A tight and often violent tale of intrigue. Spy fiction fans will revel in this dark, witty story." Publishers Weekly Ex-British spy John Smith is nearly broke, has bad teeth, is lousy in bed, and drinks too much. But he's no fool. He's a man who knows his own limitations and works within them. He blackmailed his way out of the secret service years ago and is barely making a living as a London private eye when his ex-wife comes calling and asks him to follow her philandering husband. But that sleazy, all-too-common job leads to some uncommon trouble...and Smith is thrown like a chunk of raw meat into a lion's den of international espionage, betrayal, and killing. His only hope of surviving is to outwit his clever and brutal adversaries at their own deadly game. "Very astutely plotted, with many surprising twists and a sharp bite" The New York Times "There's nothing ordinary about this adventure. It's big league intrigue." Kirkus Reviews "A deadly, cold, serious drama of counter-espionage." Atlanta Constitution "A witty spy story in the anti-James Bond tradition." The Cedar Falls Courier This novel was originally published under the title private I and was adapted into a feature film The Spy Killer starring Robert Horton, Jill St. John and Sebastian Cabot.

Battle Sight Zero


Gerald Seymour - 2019
    A weapon with a unique image. A symbol of freedom fighters and terrorists across the globe. Undercover officer Andy Knight has infiltrated an extremist group intent on bringing the rifle to Britain - something MI5 have been struggling for years to prevent. He befriends Zeinab, the young Muslim student from Yorkshire who is at the centre of the plot. All Zeinab needs to do is travel to the impoverished high-rise estates of Marseilles and bring one rifle home on a test run. Then many more will follow - and with them would come killing on an horrendous scale. Zeinab is both passionate and attractive, and though Andy knows that the golden rule of undercover work is not to get emotionally attached to the target, sometimes rules are impossible to follow. Supremely suspenseful, Battle Sight Zero follows Andy and Zeinab to the lethal badlands of the French port city, simultaneously tracking the extraordinary life journey of the blood-soaked weapon they are destined to be handed there.

The Box: A Greek Myth Paranormal Romance (Her Three Immortals Book 4)


Hazel Storm - 2021
    

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Steven Moore - 2020
    The man who’s always one step ahead of the deadly grasp of the Illuminati and their clandestine operatives around the world. Years of searching for missing antiquities and legendary lost cities have brought him to the end of his rope, his job, and almost his life. But now he’s at the beginning of a new career, working with powerful forces in a dangerous fight against the Illuminated Ones.For once in his life, he has been given everything he needs to reach his goals, but it’s not that easy. One wrong move and he’ll be facing the wrong end of a sacrificial dagger.

Reckless


Mika Jolie - 2018
    HEAs guaranteed. You’ve done what’s expected. You’ve stayed in the “good girl” lane. How’s that working for you? If you have a chance at falling in love . . . Will you take matters into your hands? Kiss a stranger with wild abandon? Throw caution to the wind along with your clothes? Don’t think about the consequences. Dive into the forbidden, the off-limits. Be fearless. Be wild. Be unpredictable. Be reckless. ***Each novella in the Reckless anthology is an never before published, standalone story by Mika Jolie, Kylie Stewart, P M Carson, and Sharla Lovelace.

Endure


Mike Kraus - 2021
    A father and daughter caught in the middle. A desperate struggle for survival, where each step may be the last.In the North Atlantic, a massive fissure in the sea floor has opened up, and an underground reservoir is releasing quadrillions of gallons of water into the oceans.A dozen Naval ships investigating this strange anomaly are sunk, leaving one scientist and his daughter as the only survivors.As unforeseen consequences spread from the anomalous rupture, those on both land and sea are faced with the reality that life in the world is rapidly changing as the current epoch ends… and a new one begins.

The Code Within (Trent Turner #1)


S.L. Jones - 2014
     For years, Trent Turner has worked in the shadows using his vigilance and determination to covertly defend his country. His anonymous days dispatching of the world's dark realities are interrupted when the unthinkable happens and sends him on a path that could destroy him. He finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy where political and financial powers collide when members of a hacktivist group are strong-armed into helping a sworn enemy of the United States rise to power once again. It's a race against time for the operative to prevent an attack that will transform the enemy into a superpower once again and destroy his country in the process.

Road to Redemption: A Global Spy Thriller (The Ahriman Legacy Book 2)


Puja Guha - 2020
    After the events of Ahriman: The Spirit of Destruction, Petra Shirazi settles into a life in Paris under the alias of Ana Zagini. Her new world comes crashing down after a visit from a former Agency colleague forces her back into fieldwork. As they race to stop a mole that has infiltrated the Agency, they uncover an insidious plot to destroy the leadership of the International Monetary Fund and place it in the control of a corrupt Russian politician. The investigation spirals downward and she is forced to enlist the help of the Ahriman, now in hiding and presumed dead by most intelligence sources. Together they must face their demons to stop a conspiracy that threatens to bring global commerce to its knees.

His First Lady


Avery Scott - 2019
    Her job as a hired gun speechwriter for the Michael Reese Presidential Campaign is the perfect fit for her skills and the perfect chance to advance her career. Michael is sexy, charismatic, and single, but that’s beside the point. Kendall is in it for the chance to advance her career. Her job is to tell people what they want to hear. She's selling a product. She doesn't really believe all the wonderful things she writes about him - or does she? When the campaign manager decides that a bachelor playboy will never make the white house, the search is on for an aspiring First Lady to spice up their campaign and Kendall is picked for the part. After a makeover, she hits the campaign trail on Michael's arm. Michael would prefer to be packaged as a bachelor, he’s been divorced twice and isn’t looking to get burned a third time, but Kendall tests his resolve. What is supposed to be a bluff for the press soon turns into something more. Passion spirals out of control after a hot night in a D.C. hotel, and the line between fact and fiction is blurred. Will Michael open himself to love again? Is Ashley destined to become the First Lady or just a former employee? Could Ashley be the perfect candidate to win Michael’s heart?

After the EMP


E.E. Isherwood - 2021
    New car. New retirement.Stolen by the EMP.It gets worse. Frank’s neighbors failed to prepare at all, so it falls on him to keep them alive.He starts easy: stockpile food, water, and guns. Disaster lessons he'd picked up reading books about the end of the world.But after the EMP, keeping people safe gets complicated. He has to rally the neighborhood before the streets turn to chaos.And they will. He’s read enough to know the power might come on tomorrow……or never.

States of Grace


Mandy Miller - 2021
    Fresh out of jail, living in a no-tell-motel, and eating ramen, Grace has no option but to turn to the dark side, defending the types of criminals she used to relish locking up. To make things worse, she’s fighting the opioid addiction that got her in this mess in the first place.With few options to salvage her career, Grace schemes to defend a trust-fund teen accused of capital murder to pay the bills. But her plan has two flaws. One—Grace believes accused equals guilty. Two—the accused is the daughter of the beauty queen who stole Grace’s husband.Much to her surprise, Grace soon discovers her client may not be guilty after all. With the cops looking the other way and misdirecting her every step, the only explanation that makes sense to Grace is the dead guy was neck deep in the criminal underworld.When Grace discovers irrefutable evidence of her client’s innocence, the race is on to find the real killer and leads her deep inside Florida’s illegal pill mill trade. But is it too late for Grace to save her young client from the death chamber and herself from ruin?

Sea of Wolves


Philip K. Allan - 2020
    Across the stormy North Atlantic battle rages between wolfpacks of U-boats and escort ships fighting to protect the Allies’ vital convoys. Meanwhile teams of codebreakers at Bletchley Park struggle to penetrate the German Navy’s Top-Secret Dolphin code, and unlock the flow of vital intelligence that will swing the battle in the Allies favour.Sea of Wolves plots the lives of three people caught up in the centre of the battle. Vera Baldwin, a young crossword-enthusiast, lifted from her quiet suburban life and thrown into the middle of the greatest codebreaking effort the world has seen. Otto Stuckmann, the rookie commander of U70, a German naval veteran struggling with the ceaseless demands being placed on him. Leonard Cole, the newly appointed first lieutenant of HMS Protea and a man with unfinished business to resolve.Each is unknown to the others as their fates spiral around each other, touching and twisting towards a final encounter that will change their lives forever.