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Her Final Victim


N.J. Moss - 2021
    . .Hazel and Jamie are happily married. Or so it would seem. Behind closed doors, things are far from normal. Jamie has an unhealthy obsession, and Hazel is more worried about herself than her husband.So when Millicent injects herself into their lives, with Jamie firmly in her sights, the trio end up on a path that will end in death.Everyone has secrets. Everyone has a dark side.But who is good, who is bad, and who is going to get away with murder?

When Love Comes


J.H. Croix - 2014
    Once wild and impulsive, she shut her heart off to love and adventure after her parents died. When she meets Luke Winters, their immediate attraction is overwhelming.Burned once before, Luke has committed himself to nothing but casual dalliances with women. Rugged and smoldering, he finds no shortage of women happy to oblige. When Hannah comes along, he questions what he might be missing. Both fight the depth of their feelings—love is not part of the plan.Hannah’s sense of identity is shaken when she unearths a surprising truth about her family. Meanwhile, Luke’s interfering family and complications from his past challenge Hannah and Luke to face their true feelings for each other. Can two people who don’t believe love is worth the risk find the courage to face their fears and open their hearts?

No Fairytale


Ben Galley - 2019
    In their place, an iron-fisted empire has arisen, one that has finally brought order to the war-torn lands. An empire that has outlawed magick for anyone but itself.At last, it seems that peace has come to Emaneska. Or, that is what the emperor would have Emaneska believe. On the fringes of the Arkan Empire, a different story is being written. Those who show magick talent must join the empire, live as an outlaw, or hang for their crimes.The Last War is still being fought, homestead by homestead, and a young peasant girl is about to be thrust into the violent world that exists beneath the lies of empire.Welcome back to Emaneska.

You Don’t Miss A Good Thing, Until It's Gone: Standalone


Nikki Nicole - 2018
    You got a small glimpse of what's to come in Giselle and Dro, that was the warm up. Kaniya and Lucky have been through it all together murders and plenty of mayhem. They've weathered so many storms, I've lost count. They’ve caught plenty of bodies together they don’t even know the amount. No matter what they went through, they've always found their way back to each other. Their love was strong enough, to rise above all the drama. Is love enough to keep the fire blazing and lots of females hating? It’s a lot of things going on that I won’t speak on, but when a woman is fed up, it’s nothing her husband can do about it. Trouble finds itself on The William’s doorsteps on a few occasions. Not early mornings, but a lot of late nights. Little do they know Mrs.Williams, is always on go. She lives for the drama, and she’s ready for Lucky’s moms. Her guns are always cocked and ready, to set it off at any given moment. On the outside looking in Kaniya and Lucky have it all. Married with three beautiful children. Nice home and a slew of luxury cars. Their relationship was built off love and loyalty in the beginning. It’s whole lot of drama in this saga. As of lately a few lies have started to arise. Baby, let’s not mention the babies, are they Lucky’s maybe? Take a ride with these two, to see if their love will survive this heart wrenching ending depending on where their hearts lie. You don’t miss a good thing, until it’s gone.

Italian Billionaire's Pregnant Fake Wife


Brittney Brooke - 2019
    Fake life. Boy was I in for a surprise… At first, it was just about the money.I needed a favor,A temporary bride for an inheritance oversight,And she needed tax-free cash fast.The rest…Hell, neither of us could’ve anticipated what our “agreement” would bring. A baby? No, that was not stipulated in the contract. But then again, Naomi wasn’t like all the privileged girls I usually f@#cked.She was independent.And insanely exotic;That dark chocolate skin,Long black hair,Enticing mahogany eyes,And supple curves—Jesus, how had some asshole not ensnared her already?Oh yes, before we knew it, “business” gave way to pleasure.And we screwed the days away.I didn’t sign up to be a baby daddy.But now Naomi has her claws in me.There’s just one problem—She doesn’t think this—us—can ever be real.She thinks it’s all just an improvised lie.And now I’m left wondering:Maybe she’s right… Note: Italian Billionaire's Pregnant Fake Wife is a steamy romance between an Italian Billionaire and his fake bride

Through the Fire: A Standalone Novel


Latoya Nicole - 2018
    What u go through in life doesn’t define you, it’s how u go through it!!! Life has a way of showing you that you are harder than you give yourself credit for and Melody was about to find that out for herself. Already down on her luck and living in her own personal hell, she was shown that before things would get better they had to get worst. Only for Melody, they would get a whole lot worst. With her back against the wall she runs to her first love, music, for the escape that only it could bring her. After one life changing song selection at karaoke, Melody feels like her luck is finally changing for the better and decides to focus solely on her way out. What she didn’t expect was for happily ever after to come to such an abrupt end. In a world dominated by men, Melody realizes that the top is overcrowded and there isn’t much room left for her. Rap legend, Shocka never took no for an answer. Hailing from the streets left him with the mind frame that anything was attainable if he set his sights on it. With the streets behind him and a baby on the way, his focus should remain in his music but Shocka wanted what he wanted. And he wanted Melody in the worse way. Like the perfect lyric over the wrong beat, Melody showed Shocka that even when you see potential in something, that doesn’t mean it’ll go the way you plan it. Sharing a love for music isn’t enough for the pair, as one soars to the top of the charts and the other is left clawing their way back from the past they escaped from. What happens when the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t really a light, but flames threatening to burn everything that you cherished down?

Bend with the Wind


Peter Rimmer - 2015
    Despite war and struggle it has always maintained a male heir; when the direct line disappeared a cousin from India had taken over. The Hall had gone into decline but the new male heir, Sir Thomas Beaumont, was determined to return the Hall to its former grandeur and to leave a good inheritance for his young sons.The story begins in peacetime England in 1933, in the idyllic setting of a sumptuous family garden party. Pleasantries are exchanged but times are changing and the lure of the outside world is pulling the sons into different directions: the army, the Colonial Service and big business.We are taken on a journey through Europe and the Far East, as the Second World War draws nearer and the world changes around the family. Peter Rimmer paints a poignant picture in this epic tale which weaves a rich pattern of family life, interspersed with love, intrigue, hatred and desire.'Bend with the Wind' is Peter Rimmer's fourth novel. He is the author of 'Cry of the Fish Eagle', 'Vultures in the Wind' and 'Echoes from the Past'.

The Long Goodbye (Graham's Resolution #7)


A.R. Shaw - 2021
    

My Lover, His Brother & Me...


Janey Woodall - 2013
    But, although Seb is attentive and great fun, Izzy has to admit that it doesn't look as though it's going anywhere which is why it's a shock when he asks her to spend Christmas with him and his family in Derbyshire.Faced with the prospect of an uncomfortable Christmas with her nightmare mother in France or the opportunity to get to know Seb a LOT better, Izzy is happy to agree.But back home, Seb seems to have something on his mind and then there's his family to deal with: his forceful mother and frail father, sister Marianne and big brother Quinn. Christmas cheer seems in short supply for Isobel and it's not necessarily the season to be jolly...A contemporary romantic comedy for fans of the likes of Jilly Cooper and Jenny Colgan.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lover-His-Bro...

Rhythm & Hood (A STAND ALONE NOVEL): A Dope Boy's Heartbeat


Niqua Nakell - 2016
    Young and sassy, Rhythm's only concern is graduating high school and having some fun. Raised by her hard working mother, Rhythm learned early on to love herself first and not to believe every boy's lies. Everything her mother has taught her get's put to the test when she constantly runs into the hood's most infamous bad boy that just so happens to go by the name, Hood.Hood is beyond rude, but to most that's part of his charm. With a sex appeal that is too strong for her faint hear, Rhythm ends up giving into his advances even though something is telling her she is destined for heartbreak.Hood lives by the saying cash rules everything around me, and is motivated by the drugs and fast life. Life for him is no longer the same when his heart starts beating to a different tune after Rhythm catches his eye. His desire for Rhythm brings out foreign emotions that he's just not ready for.Hood and Rhythm explore the possibilities between them and find out head first that love can be a dangerous game. With both of their hearts being involved, death and tragedy comes crashing in causing the two down a lonely highway. Follow the sound of Hood's heart beat in this hood love story to see just how Rhythm became a dope boy's heartbeat.

The Detective Lottie Parker Series: Books 1-3


Patricia Gibney - 2019
     The first three thrillers from million copy bestseller Patricia Gibney, introducing you to maverick Detective Lottie Parker. The Missing Ones: The hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body. Three small faces watched from the window, eyes black with terror. The child in the middle spoke without turning his head. ‘I wonder which one of us will be next?’ When a woman’s body is discovered in a cathedral and hours later a young man is found hanging from a tree outside his home, Detective Lottie Parker is called in to lead the investigation. The trail leads Lottie to St Angela’s, a former children’s home, with a dark connection to her own family history. Suddenly the case just got personal. As Lottie begins to link the current victims to unsolved murders decades old, two teenage boys go missing. She must close in on the killer before they strike again, but in doing so is she putting her own children in terrifying danger? Lottie is about to come face to face with a twisted soul who has a very warped idea of justice. The Stolen Girls: The young woman standing on Lottie’s step was a stranger. She was clutching the hand of a young boy. ‘Help me,’ she said to Lottie. ‘Please help me.’ One Monday morning, the body of a young pregnant woman is found. The same day, a mother and her son visit the house of Detective Lottie Parker, begging for help to find a lost friend. Could this be the same girl? When two more girls are found dead, Lottie is forced to put the demons of her own past aside to catch a very clever killer before they claim another victim … The Lost Child: ‘Let me out! Please…’ My tiny fists pound the door, but my voice reverberates off the stone walls and hangs in the air as if suspended by spider’s webs. No one comes... Years later, a woman is found face-down in a pool of blood. Detective Lottie Parker is called to the remote farmhouse in the bleak Irish countryside. A black rain jacket makes Lottie think she knows the killer’s identity, but then she finds a disturbing clue: is the murder linked to an old case at St Declan’s asylum? A case investigated by her own father, just before he took his life. When another victim is left for dead, and a young girl goes missing, Lottie knows she has to act fast. Can she uncover the truth before another life is taken? This gripping series will have you up in the small hours turning the pages. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Rachel Caine and Rachel Abbott will love the Detective Lottie Parker Series. Read what everyone is saying about the Detective Lottie Parker books: ‘OMG it is a cracking book!! … Patricia Gibney is my favourite author at the moment and my best find of the year – this book was fantastic, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.’ Donna's Book Blog, 5 stars ‘WOW.

Putting My Love In The Hands Of A Savage


Nikqua - 2017
    Being a lawyer and being good at it, Anthony wanted to make it to the top. Anthony doesn't always sit behind a desk and work on cases. Anthony and his brothers partnered up with their fathers running a big drug organization. While being behind the scenes, Anthony proved to be the best lawyer and the best man in the streets. Leaving her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, Toni hit the road to Nashville, Tennessee. What she didn't know was what she was about to get herself into when she met Anthony. She fell harder than she ever thought she would. When Toni Grant joined the law firm that his father owned, Anthony knew he was in trouble. The attraction they had for each other was obvious. Although they tried to stop it, the chemistry was too strong to ignore. With drama unfolding and love blossoming, the couple is at their wits end on the drama that was following their relationship. When they learn the truth about everything, will their relationship be able to survive the big mess that has surface around them?

Hanley's Revenge


Dick Kinsey - 2016
    'Hanley's Revenge' A Thoroughbred Racehorse Mystery Rick Randall, trainer for Tom and Sherry Cranston, owners of Lawn Shadow Farm, the most prestigious racing stable in the country, their jockey Hanley Woodhome, leading rider in the country and Steve Woodhome, Hanley's brother, are participants in a mystery that will transport you into the world of thoroughbred racing.

The Girl Below Stairs


Hope Dawson - 2021
    

Articles about Earth's Children


Hephaestus Books - 2011
    Auel.It is 56 pages of reprints of Wikipedia and other public domain online articles about her and her books.