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The Free Trappers: The Saga Of Jedediah Beech - (Volume 2)
D.L. Bittick - 2018
It takes him from the Hasinai Caddo villages of eastern Spanish Tejas to the Rocky Mountains and parts in between. Along the way, he encounters colorful and unsavory frontiersmen, hostile and friendly Indians as well as struggles with wild nature. But he also finds loyal friends and unconditional love.
I Hear Christmas (A Swiss Amish Christmas Book 1)
Tattie Maggard - 2017
She’s thrilled when she’s asked to help with the Christmas program the Amish school is putting on—even more so when she finds Lucas Wickey has also volunteered to help. Despite being “slow,” Lucas can sing better than anyone in Swan Creek Settlement. As her feelings for him grow, she must decide what’s more important—what everyone else thinks, or what she’s hearing from her heart.
Approximately 22,000 words
Promise of Dreams
Cecelia M. Chittenden - 2017
Her father has gone to bring home a son missing because of the war. Loyal servants give her support and comfort and are at her side when she learns of her father’s death. She promises to fulfill her father’s dream but someone doesn’t want her to, the one person she should be able to trust. He sets out to defeat her until another man, a Northern stranger, comes to her aid.
Nash Cline
R.O. Lane - 2019
He sees a year and a half of bloody fighting before heading west. At Atchison, Kansas, he picks up the Smoky Hill Trail and travels through Kansas, which is ruled by hostile Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, who attack a stagecoach and capture a young woman named Ada Simmons. Nash is at the Army fort when the abduction is reported, and he insists on going out in the middle of the night to get the young woman from Cheyenne warriors. After he arrives in Denver, Nash sets up a detective business and prospers while the young woman he rescued becomes a consultant to the wealthy, many of whom hit it rich in the the gold and silver mines. As Nash and Ada pursue their vocations, their lives run together and they learn to care for one another. Nash learns to be a top-flight detective and protects his clients at all costs. Another exciting western from R. O. Lane with a touch of romance.
The Death Certificate: A genealogy meets metal-detecting mystery
Stephen Molyneux - 2019
What he discovers is shocking and tragic. He starts to feel a connection for their paths had crossed – literally – albeit with a gap of about 150 years but crossed they had. Combining his interest in genealogy and metal-detecting, Peter forms a theory about a link between a scandal in the antiquities world of Victorian London and what may have occurred on the farm. Follow the story as modern-day events play their part.
Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza
Carlos Antunes - 2014
Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza collects 1000 pages of new and classic Archie tales in our biggest collection ever, with over 100 full-color stories featuring America's favorite red-head and friends navigating the pressures and pratfalls of teenagers everywhere!
Cold Justice
Ant Middleton - 2021
It's here: the landmark debut thriller from superstar Ant Middleton, million-selling, number one Sunday Times author of First Man In and The Fear Bubble and star of SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Mallory, ex-Special Forces, is forced to leave the military after a fatal, vengeful decision. Now he walks the world, helping those in need, running away from a past he'd rather forget and the killer inside him.
The Totally Legend of Brandon Thighmaster (Authors and Dragons Origins Book 1)
Steve Wetherell - 2017
I am Brandon Thighmaster. Monk. Hero. Inspiration. I enjoy crunching, squats, looking at myself, looking at other people looking at myself, and long walks on the beach. I also do adventures and stuff, and I guess you can read about them here. But enough about you, let's talk about me. Brandon Thighmaster."
PETER AND THE WEREWOLVES
Darren Pillsbury - 2011
Rowling (the HARRY POTTER series), Darren Shan (CIRQUE DU FREAK), R.L. Stine (the GOOSEBUMPS series), and Stephen King (IT) and Ray Bradbury (SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES)…Volume Two in the PETER AND THE VAMPIRES series!Peter and his best friend Dill survived the last book barely intact. But along the way, Peter discovered there’s a centuries-old Curse on his family – he just has no idea what it is, or how it got there. Peter’s grandfather is the only person who knows, but he’s not telling…In this volume, Peter encounters another chilling gallery of villains and monsters, including:A band of murderous mannequins that roam the local mall at night…A psychotic group of trick-or-treaters who not only rob Peter of his Halloween haul, but then come to his house, demanding something far worse…A carnival run by a group of evil sideshow freaks who keep a ghastly secret in their Hall of Mirrors…And a trio of college frat boys who want to use our hero in a horrific rite of initiation.The PETER AND THE VAMPIRES series is for teens and adults who, when they were kids, were looking for stories that kicked butt. The protagonist might be young, but the stories are dark, funny, and edge-of-your-seat suspenseful.PETER AND THE WEREWOLVES is the second in an ongoing series that includes PETER AND THE VAMPIRES (Volume 1) and PETER AND THE FRANKENSTEIN (Volume 3). This book is 112,000 words (320+ pages) and contains some mild language, violence, and scary situations.
The Last Blog
Rob Blackwell - 2015
14, 2010, and was never seen again. The only clues to his fate were a series of blog posts he left behind, allegedly recounting his final hours inside one of the most haunted houses in the world. But what started as an investigation into the mysterious occurrences inside Madison Manor also revealed shocking truths about Sean’s own past. “The Last Blog” is a 10,000-word short story that includes Sean’s final blog postings, as well as additional analysis and insight provided by noted supernatural expert Soren Chase. It’s the perfect treat for Halloween!
Like Father Like Daughter
Anne Baker - 1992
Seduced and left pregnant by the son of the family, she feels forced to marry the butler, but finds herself condemned to a life of abuse and poverty.Only her love for her daughter, Laura, keeps Elin going. Laura grows up with her natural father's intelligence and drive, as well as his talent for business, and when she seizes the chance to buy an ailing company, it is the start of a meteoric career. But Laura's personal life is less of a success, and it will take a twist of fate to enable Laura and her mother to find love and happiness.
The Crossroads Brotherhood Trilogy
Robert Fabbri - 2014
In each of these exclusive e-novellas, Marcus Salvius Magnus, leader of the Crossroads Brotherhood, must overcome his own problems whilst battling his way through Rome's savage and corrupt political arena.
The Quilting Bee
De-ann Black - 2019
She plans to bake cakes and sew quilts.Romance isn’t on her agenda, especially as she’s been unlucky in love in the past. But when she joins the ladies quilting bee, they encourage her to believe that romance is brewing when a couple of the local men take an interest in her.While setting up her quilting and baking business in the cottage, Abby becomes a busy bee, but will she make time to take a chance on love?
Apache Snow
William L. Casselman - 2015
While the characters are fictional, the battle was very real and when it was over 70 Americans were killed in action, 420 were wounded and 633 North Vietnamese were confirmed dead. Matthew Kendal, a pastor’s youngest son from a white middle-class California background, enlists in the army and volunteers for service in Vietnam to avenge his brother’s death; a Green Beret sergeant killed in 1968. During training Matthew becomes close friends with John Adams, a tough-skinned Afro-American youth from the poorer neighborhoods right outside our nation’s capital, and Jose Martinez, a street wise Chicano from East Los Angeles. Together they experience the rigors of Airborne training and journey to Vietnam to become Screaming Eagles, of the 101st Airborne. Placed in 2nd Squad, the story follows the actual events surrounding D Company during the intense battle for Hill # 937, which would later be known as the “Battle for Hamburger Hill”.
Mesmerized By A Street King
Belleza - 2018
After their mother’s death they are taken in by a hustler named Ernest, who they refer to as, Unc. He teaches them everything they need to know about the street life and getting rich. Twenty years after the death of their mother the Moseley brothers are all grown up and living their lives but their family values remain intact. What do you do when the one you vowed to spend the rest of your life with, doesn’t support the life you live? The oldest of the brothers, Johan, is happily married with three sons. Just about done with drug game he now makes his money legally and plan on expanding but his wife, Tabitha, does not support his career change and has no issues letting him know how she feels. Tabitha has a deep, dark secret that would ruin the perfect life she has with Johan and her sons. Will Tabitha risk it all to keep her secret safe or is it time that the truth finally comes out? Will love be enough to keep Johan and Tabitha together if her secret is finally exposed? Younger brothers Zayne and Asahd are still running the family empire. Unlike Asahd who has no plans of slowing down and lives unapologetically jumping from women to women, Zayne’s main focus is raising his six year old daughter, Za’naa. With the absence of a father figure in his life and the disappearance of his daughters mother he’s trying to be everything she need, even if that mean putting his desires last. Best friends, Camilla and Keira just might be what the two younger Moseley brothers need in life, even if they don’t know it. The drama that these two couples will face might be enough to break them up before they even get started. Will they be able to beat the odds and stay together or is love just not meant to be? Join this wild ride with the Moseley brother’s and the ones closest to them and find out how these women find themselves Mesmerized By A Street King.