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Out Of The Shadows


Tessa Van Wade - 2021
    It is not a random attack, as she soon discovers. The stranger who rescues her tells her she’s part of a hidden race of people whose oppressive government is on the verge of a violent uprising. Against her will, she is drawn into a maze of deception and conspiracy, which defies everything she has ever known. As she attempts to separate fact from fiction, she becomes too entrenched to retreat. Her only hope is to discover the truth before it is too late. In this first installment of The Velieri Uprising, newfound novelist Tessa Van Wade, creates a deeply layered world of unforgettable characters in a fast-paced struggle for survival.

Magic Words and How to Use Them


Genevieve Davis - 2020
    

All For Him


Paisley Stone - 2012
    She lands a job as a nanny, but on her way to her first day on the job, bad luck strikes again when her car breaks down stranding her on the side of the road.With the nanny job all but lost thanks to her unreliable car, a sexy stranger, billionaire Dain Thomas, interrupts her bad luck with an offer that has this down and out Midwestern girl soon to be in the middle of a world where wealth and pleasure are the driving force to happiness. When Lacy stumbles upon a secret erotic lifestyle in the wealthy enclave of Hidden Valley, the enigmatic Dain Thomas pushes more than a few buttons in Lacy's vanilla world. As Dain reveals his erotic secrets, Lacy is torn between a new world of tantalizing pleasures and the desire to be loved by a man who gives all of himself to her. Although drawn to Dain's irresistible charisma, brilliance and gorgeousness, Lacy fears his need for power and control will overshadow the one thing she longs for... true love. All For Him, a 15,000 word erotic romance novella, is intended for mature audiences.

War of the Spheres


B.V. Larson - 2019
    They crash into an incredibly advanced piece of technology: a massive force-field. Unknown beings have placed a barrier around our star and planets, enclosing us within. We’re locked inside a Great Sphere. Was this invisible obstacle built to imprison us—or to protect us? No one knows the truth, but it soon becomes clear the barrier has leaks. Aliens infiltrate and try to sabotage our efforts to escape our cage. A warship crewed by military people and scientists beta-test an engine designed to pass through the barrier. Chief Gray, a security officer from Control, is assigned to help. His mission is critical: Earth must escape her bonds at all costs, even if it means war with our hostile neighbors. War of the Spheres is a new novel by James Millington and B. V. Larson, a bestselling SF author with over three million copies sold.

The Hearth and Eagle


Anya Seton - 1948
    In one of her most ambitious novels, Anya Seton here created one of her most memorable heroines, and one of her most varied tales.

LaMisha


Donn Falcone - 2011
    Needing a short break before an inevitable confrontation that may change everything he's lived for, he decides to kill some time in a Nevada motel. Dropping by the lounge, he meets LaMisha, the pretty, busty, black bartender. The conversation is warm and animated, and a certain electricity seems to flow between them... but will the sparks get a chance to fly? "LaMisha" is an excerpt from Donn Falcone's sexually-charged novel of adventure and awakening, "SEX, LIES, & CHROME," available for Kindle and as a paperback on Amazon.com.

At Home in Mitford / A Light in the Window / These High, Green Hills / Out to Canaan /A New Song / A Common Life / In This Mountain / Shepherds Abiding


Jan Karon - 1994
    At Home in Mitford/A Light in the Window/These High, Green Hills/Out to Canaan/A New Song/A Common Life/ In This Mountain/Shepherds Abiding

The Trouble with Ally


Sheila Norton - 2003
    Still smarting from the fact that her husband left her for a younger woman, she’s trying to cope single-handedly with a sick elderly cat, a sick elderly mother and a sick elderly car – to say nothing of two daughters who treat the house much like a comfortable hotel. And on top of everything else, she’s having trouble hanging on to her job.So why does everyone else seem to think turning fifty is the trouble? And why does everyone seem to think she’s losing her mind? She’s not really going crazy ... or is she?

The Aberrants Box Set


Sarah J. Stone - 2017
    No one knows her as anything beyond the town’s mechanic, when in reality she is so much more.
 But all of that changes when a group of strangers arrive in their convoy of battered cars in desperate need of repair. They are Hunters - Shifters that have been charged with keeping the peace between the clans and making sure that evil, twisted Aberrants are not able to wreak havoc across the land. 
 Soon Jaelle is pulled into a chase she wanted no part in, and her life is turned upside down. 

Abandoning old relationships and forging new ones, Jaelle must extricate herself from the complex web woven around her. With the clock ever ticking down to zero, she knows she only has so much time before her luck will run out.

The Grey


Sky Winters - 2016
    Beware of the Wolves. Born without the ability to hear, Savannah has always had heightened senses. When her family moves to the mysterious town of Grey Mountain she can tell something is “off”. She soon meets Xander Wilson, and is consumed by his magnetic pull. Handsome and wild, he intoxicates her with his presence and makes her feel alive and uninhibited. Xander wants to claim her and defy his ancestral SHIFTER fate. But when his pack turns on her, will he be able to save her before the Grey consumes them both?

No Place to Hide


Dan Latus - 2018
    He wants revenge on those who put him there.He also wants the missing £20 million from his last heist.Fogarty is ticking names off his hit list.He knows where Jake lives.It’s time for Jake and Magda to run.But Magda is no stranger to the criminal underworld — or to the violent men hunting them. CAN JAKE REALLY TRUST HER?AN EXHILARATING THRILLER THAT WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESSMEET JAKE ORD, an ex-spook who does not dwell on the past. Why would he? It holds few attractions for him. He just wants some peace and quiet in his retirement. But characters from the old days keep cropping up. And they always bring trouble. Luckily, Jake is a man who can handle himself. And he’s not afraid of getting his hands dirty.

My Father's Kingdom: A Novel of Puritan New England


James W. George - 2017
    Love. Murder. Prophecy. War...In 1620 more than one hundred devout men and women crossed the treacherous Atlantic Ocean and established a colony in the New World where they could build a righteous and Godly society. Without the fortuitous friendship of the Wampanoag people and their charismatic leader Massasoit, however, it is doubtful the holy experiment would have survived.Fifty years later Plimoth Colony has not only survived, it has prospered, and more and more Englishmen are immigrating to New England. The blessed alliance with the Wampanoag, however, is in severe jeopardy. Massasoit has passed away along with most of the original settlers of Plimoth Colony, and their children and grandchildren have very different ideas about their historic friendship.Thrust into the center of events is Reverend Israel Brewster, an idealistic young minister with a famous grandfather and a tragic past. Meanwhile, Massasoit's son, known as "King Philip" by the English, is tormented by both the present and the past. He is watching the resources and culture of the Wampanoag nation fade away at the hands of the English and desperately wishes to restore hope and security to his people.In a world of religious fervor, devastating sickness, and incessant greed, can the alliance of their forefathers survive? Or will New England feel the wrath of tragic, bloody war?

The Tainted Accords Box Set: The Complete Series


Kelly St. Clare - 2017
    What I am capable of, what I will change, what I will become. But there is one thing I will never know… The veil I’ve worn from birth carries with it a terrible loneliness; a suppression I cannot imagine ever being free of. Some things never change… My mother will always hate me. Her court will always shun me. …Until they do. When the peace delegation arrives from the savage world of Glacium, my life is shoved wildly out of control by the handsome Prince Kedrick who, for unfathomable reasons, shows me kindness. And the harshest lessons are learned. Sometimes it takes the world bringing you to your knees to find that spark you thought forever lost. Sometimes it takes death to show you how to live. Book Two (Fantasy of Flight): My veil is gone and I need it back. *************************************************************************** Stuck in the lethal Outer Rings of Glacium, I must fight to survive while keeping my true identity the gravest of secrets. Only then can I continue the search for Prince Kedrick's murderer and navigate my way back to King Jovan's castle. No one can discover I'm the Tatuma of Osolis - the princess of their enemy world. . . especially now I know why I was veiled at birth. . . Has my mother refused Jovan's peace offers and declared war? Do my brothers and Aquin know I'm alive? Who are my enemies and who are my friends? Nothing is certain. Though if I think about it. . .nothing has been certain in a long time. Book Three (Fantasy of Fire): An army is half way to Glacium. And not just any army - it belongs to my mother. ************************************************************************** Time is running out as I rush to prevent a war which will kill thousands; The Solati people, my brothers, and the many Bruma I've come to care for. Yet it appears preventing this inter-world war is just one snowball in an avalanche of problems as the situation in Glacium becomes volatile and destructive. My various identities hover on the edge of discovery, forcing me to consider drastic action. Old questions rise up and threaten to explode. The two halves of me tug in opposite directions. The Tatuma of Osolis knows what she should do, and the Olina of Nowhere Special finally knows what feels right. What it really comes down to is, am I brave enough to follow my heart? Book Four (Fantasy of Freedom): This is the heaviest the veil has ever felt. But I am the strongest I have ever been. The veil is nothing. ************************************************************************** A part of me knew when I was taken from Osolis, That when I returned--if I lived long enough to return--I would carry death and destruction to her doorstep. That is the irony of peace. It only comes after war.

Lyon Hearted


Jade Lee - 2021
    unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives... and loves.ABACAS WOMANLi-Na lives in a black and white world, painting her feelings onto canvas by day and counting money in the Lyon’s Den at night. She’s found safety in the dark ink and the heavy clack of her abacas, but it is really a life? MAN OF ART Lord Daniel can’t draw worth a damn, but he can sell what he finds. And what he finds is Li-Na, a woman of such sublime talent that he will go to extraordinary measures to capture her art. When she refuses to leave her safe cocoon, he conspires with Mrs. Dove-Lyons to bring her to Cornwall where she will have everything she needs to paint. And if her art requires a more personal connection, then he willingly offers up himself as inspiration. A SLOW SEDUCTION Li-Na will not give up her soul to this powerful man, no matter how many castles he owns. She paints him as a tiger hunting in the jungle. She feels him watching her, protecting her, and tempting her until her canvas is filled with his eyes, his mouth, and his caress. But she cannot surrender the only part of her still alive. Unless being consumed by him is the only way to bring color back to her heart.

Roughing It, Part 1.


Mark Twain - 1913
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