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The Middle Building On Treemont Avenue
Danielle Carleon - 2018
In The Middle Building on Treemont Avenue, Asla Hall resides on the 11th floor with her husband. She’s successful and has everything a woman could wish for except a child, however she’s fully present in her husband’s daughter’s life…a child from an outside relationship. In The Middle Building on Treemont Avenue, Layah Stone is a career-driven woman. As a young doctor she finds herself achieving all of her goals, however she fails miserably in the love department. Layah is dealing with a dark past and horrid childhood. In The Middle Building on Treemont Avenue, Bailey hails from Atlanta, Georgia but settles on Treemont Avenue after landing the job of her dreams as the new and young face on the morning news. Bailey is also battling a mental illness and still she somehow finds love in the midst of her chaos. In The Middle Building on Treemont Avenue, Tori is the youngest of the bunch and the firecracker of the crew. She’s built ford tough and has her fiery mother to thank for that. Tori is madly in love and struggles between being a lady or tucking her gun for once and for all. Danielle Carleon crafts a coming of age story about four women who each discover something different about themselves once they all move into the same building and become friends. This full-length standalone is full of life’s lessons, love and focuses on the important of sisterhood.
Bound By Love
P.G. Van - 2018
But when his eyes met with those of a simple and beautiful woman he grew up with, his heart longs for her. He wants her but fights the fierce attraction towards her even if he can't take his eyes off her. The way he looks at her makes her heart thud with excitement but she knew he is supposed to marry another woman. How long will they be able to deny the passion between them?
Bound by Love is a standalone, passionate romantic short story.
Saddle Mountain
Paul L. Thompson - 2013
From 1873 until his death in 1896, Judge Isaac Charles Parker policed seventy-four thousand square miles, with two hundred or so lawmen. The area was called by several names; Last of the Western Frontier, Hell’s Fringe, The Nations and Indian Territory just to name a few. Several more names were used, but should not appear in print at this time.
Invasion (The War of 1812 Epics #3)
A.J. MacKenzie - 2019
May 1813. Under covering fire from their navy on Lake Ontario, U.S. troops storm ashore at Niagara. Captain John MacLea and his reformed company of militia fight desperately but they and the other defenders are overwhelmed and forced to retreat.The American force is mightier than it has ever been, spearheaded by Colonel Peter Beauregard, a ruthless spy-master, and James Boydell, a Canadian captain, former friend of MacLea's, and traitor to his country.As the invading army closes in, and with no time left, the hope of an entire army, and all of its men, rests on the shoulders of the most unexpected of people. Failure is not an option. They must succeed, or face total defeat.
A brutal, moving action-adventure thriller, steeped in intricate historical research, perfect for fans of Adrian Goldsworthy, Bernard Cornwell and Simon Scarrow.
Eboni With The White Skin
Ashantay Keys - 2017
Trying to instill in their precious daughter their bigotry and those they felt superior over, only made Eboni do exactly what they forbade. Secretly living a life her parents and peers would be disgusted by, Eboni finds herself smitten with Julien St. West, but he's not the kind of man that the Sinclairs would welcome with open arms. Finding out about Eboni's upbringing, Julien ignores Eboni's warnings and begs to become apart of her family not knowing what consequences lie in his near future. Will Julien ever meet the Sinclairs or will he lose his life trying?
Where's Olivia?: A Calico Cat Mystery
Patricia Fry - 2021
Mountain Life: A Mountain Man Adventure
Mike Mackessy - 2020
Gone are his peaceful trading relationships with the Crow Indians as he must fight to stay alive using every skill he possesses to best his opponents.This new Mountain Man adventure is set in Texas and takes the readers on an adventure they won’t quickly forget.
A Vast and Desolate Land: A Western Frontier Adventure (A Rab Sinclair Western Book 3)
Robert Peecher - 2018
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Macklin
C.M. Curtis - 2016
The Arizona desert is a vast inferno, infested with murderous bandits from both sides of the border, rustlers, robbers and outlaws of every kind. But when the Apaches escape the reservation and go on a bloody, killing rampage, the army calls on one of their former officers to come back as a scout. They ask Dave Macklin to help them track down the renegades and subdue them. Macklin reluctantly agrees, but he soon finds out it’s a decision he may not live to regret.
Even The Preacher Got A Side Chick 2
Angie Hayes - 2016
Just when he thought that all of his secrets could continue to stay hidden, all of his sins slowly began to get exposed. It's then when Paul decides to do whatever it takes to make sure that he doesn't lose his church or his marriage; even if that means getting rid of everyone attempting to stand in his way. As they say, birds of a feather flock together and just like the Pastor, Deacon Travis Whitehead is living a double life as well. After playing the field for years, he finally decides to step up and do right by his wife, Fatima and their marriage. He soon finds that one of his mistresses has no plan of letting him go. Will Travis be able to end his extra-marital affair without his wife finding out, or will his side piece make sure that her presence is known? Fatima is fed up with her husband’s trifling ways. She decides to end their marriage and go on with her life, but not before she meets the sexy and mysterious Quincy. She's trying her best not to give into the temptation, but finds herself falling more and more for him. Done with Travis and all of the heartache he's caused, she decides to walk away. The only problem is that Travis isn't willing to let her go. Will Fatima be able to leave him peacefully, or will death do her part? Everything you do shall always come to the light, and God is always watching. Church is now back in session and you don't want to miss this service. The lies and adulterous ways continue in the second installment of, Even The Preacher Got A Side Chick 2.
The Paradise Gig (Key West Capers Book 15)
Laurence Shames - 2020
FICTION: Poolside at their motel, the Fab Four fell into conversation with a snappy-dressing local named Bert the Shirt, who listened as the band worked out a harmony to the most beautiful song he’d ever heard--and wouldn’t hear again for over half a century. FACT: That night, the Beatles played an unannounced free concert in the motel bar. Everyone was welcome. Local musicians showed up with guitars and keyboards, and had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of jamming with the Beatles till 4 am. This legendary event has forever after been known to Key West locals as THE PARADISE GIG.FICTION: Next day, hung over and exhausted, the Beatles left for the airport, having somehow lost a stained and battered notebook that held a priceless stash of unrecorded songs. NOW CUT TO THE PRESENT: A beautiful woman is doing a yoga headstand on a Key West beach when she’s abducted by a pair of thugs. An aspiring young singer is offered a recording deal that seems a bit too good to be true. Bad things happen to a couple of one-hit wonders…And old Bert hears a new song that is hauntingly familiar, but that he can’t quite place.Could it possibly be the same song he’d heard at poolside so many years before? Could it be that all the present mayhem circles back through the decades to THE PARADISE GIG? Could the precious, even sacred, Beatles notebook possibly turn up after all these years? Could Bert be the hero who would rediscover that stash of unheard songs for music lovers everywhere—and save a young singer’s life in the process? With Nacho, his intrepid Chihuahua, at his side, and with no one but bumbling detective Pete Amsterdam for an ally, the undaunted Bert the Shirt sets out through the Florida haze to piece it all together, learning along the way how much the world has changed—and how much it has not. In equal parts suspenseful and nostalgic, funny and romantic, this time-bending caper celebrates the power of music and the many tricks of memory, the joys of youth and the comforts of age, and the free and funky spirit of Key West.
My Sister Sarah
Victor Pemberton - 1999
Beattie, raucous and fun-loving, sees her sister Sarah's quiet reserve as snobbery, and Sarah cannot understand why Beattie appears to upset their parents' comfortable Islington household at every opportunity. When Sarah discovers her younger sister's spiteful affair with the naval officer she'd hoped to marry, she is devastated, whilst the defiant Beattie's reputation lies in tatters. As London recovers from the trauma of the Great War the girls are forced into very different lives. But, through the child they both love, it seems there might be a chance that the tragedy that drove them apart might one day compel their paths to cross again...
UNEARTHLY
Stephen R. King - 2018
Sometimes it feels like we are all on a different planet earth. Sometimes we are!
A Pregnant Christmas Bride for the Bad Mannered Brick Layer: Mail Order Bride Historical Romance (The Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas Book 7)
Emma Morgan - 2018
She is relieved to find a man willing to take on a pregnant wife, and resolves to make the union work. Even is the man is a bit loud, spends too much time at the pub, and speaks to her as if she had no mind of her own. Robert Killiam works as a bricklayer in the city, and living a solitary life has not does much for his manners. He’s used to folks who speak their mind, and mild-mannered Alice seems happy to go along with whatever he suggests. She’s lovely and kind, but—he thinks—also a bit dull. But the Christmas holiday bring back sad memories for Alice, and she finally puts her foot down. Robert sees something new in this timid woman, and he’s more determined than ever to make her happy. And when the baby suddenly arrives early, he realizes how much this budding family has already changed his life.