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Be Careful What You Witch For
Ava Day - 2016
Becoming a witch wasn’t one of them. Penny and her best friend Joy took a big risk when they returned to the quaint tourist town of Spring Valley to open a coffee shop. They thought they had the perfect location— the old, dilapidated Beacon Theater. So what if the locals said it was haunted. Of course it had a giant hole in the ceiling. Sure, the whole place is filled with scary books in a strange runic language and mysterious vials of who knows what. Nobody said this would be easy. But when they venture into the basement and find a woman's body hidden in a room that’s locked from the inside, they know they've got more than they bargained for. The police don’t think it's murder, but that doesn’t stop her ghost from waking them up one morning or a strange hooded figure from trying to break into their new business. Evil lurks in the shadows and it's up to Penny and Joy, with the help of their newfound magical abilities, to solve the mystery of the deceased woman and stop the Beacon from being overrun.
Choyce and Zenia 2: Finding Love By Mistake
Hydiea - 2018
She’s use to giving second chances, so Choyce was back on her good side with a raging soon to be ex-wife from hell. Carol is aiming for blood, if she can’t have Choyce, no one can. Zenia didn’t know loving Choyce would put her best friend in danger, let alone a coma. Joss placed himself in the picture showing his true colors, and just how dirty of a cop he was. Can Zenia continue to love Choyce, even though he comes with baggage? Can Choyce gain her trust back? Will Joss get what he deserves? Find out in this part 2 Finale what the future holds for this Dysfunctional group of people in New Orleans.
A Beast Tamed Her: An Urban Romance
Cherice Harris - 2019
Caleb was her protector, but there had always been something else lingering in the background. Now, as adults, things heat up when friendly feelings jump out the window, and their relationship begins to get complicated when they take the step to become more than just friends. However, just when things are starting to look up, everything takes a complete left turn. Aaliyah and Yazir are like water and oil. They just don’t mix. Aaliyah is new in town, and the only thing on her mind is school and caring for her sick mother. But we all know that’s when Cupid catches up to you. Often putting a bad taste in each other’s mouths, Yazir and Aaliyah are forced to be around each other because of their mutual friends. However, when tragedy strikes, will they ultimately end up needing each other to lean on? In this dynamic series, enemies will emerge, leaving this group of friends struggling for air.
Winfield County
John McGauley - 2016
Unprepared for the job, he finds that what appears to be a temporary appointment turns into a task much more challenging than he ever imagined. Full of colorful characters and action-packed scenes, Schofield discovers much about himself, his friends, and the secrets that are buried in the ground throughout the county.
Keep Your Friends Close and Enemies Closer: Love, Lies & Loyalty
Belleza - 2017
Back in the day they were as thick as thieves going to school, partying, and fighting whoever got in their way. Now that they are older and more mature they are living their lives in different ways while still holding onto their friendship and going through their own trials with love. Tiara been rocking with her husband Antonio since they both had nothing. She played the background while she helped build him into the man that he is now. They had their issues before and he promised to change once they got married, but Antonio is falling back into his old habits and she’s slowly forced to face to truth that her happy home isn’t so happy. Porsha always believed that no man was off limits. Love was a thing she didn’t indulge im until she put too much time and attention into the wrong man and she’s fallen for this guy. She’s tired of getting put on the back burner and is willing to do anything to make him hers even if she have to break up a happy home. Renae got slapped with reality learning that a man gonna be a man regardless of the situation. She’s been riding with Charles for years and went even more hard once he got locked up and helped take care of the kids he had on her with another woman. Finding out he was still cheating she wiped her hands clean of the situation and decided to put herself first. Although heartbroken Jamar and Jason steps into the women's lives and try to show them that there is still good men. Playing the rebound can be a dangerous game but it’s a risk they are willing to take. Jamar been gone for a while and let the love of his life slip through his hands doing his time upstate. The bad part about it is the girl he love is with the man he use to call a friend. Jason have baby mama drama to the max and is trying everything to separate himself from Andrea. He’s broken hearts, and been hurt before but he’s determined not to hold himself back from finding the right one. Love shouldn’t be so hard but it’s became a task that unravel secret, lies and disloyalty and have them all questioning who’s a real friend?
Terrified: Free sampler
Angela Hart - 2016
A remarkable story from a remarkable woman, it brought back a lot of memories for me' Casey Watson'A moving story that testifies to the redemptive power of love. I hope Angela Hart inspires many others to foster' Torey HaydenTerrified tells the emotionally devastating but ultimately uplifting story of Vicky, a little girl who arrives on Angela's doorstep unwanted and unloved after suffering years of emotional abuse at the hands of her mother. Desperate never to return home, Vicky is haunted by many demons and waking nightmares. This book tells the moving story of Angela's determination to set Vicky free.
Massa's Baby
K.A. Williams - 2017
She was the product of a Negro mother and a White father who she would go on to know as Massa. After spending over two decades on Mr. Cobweb's plantation, she was sold to Henry Winslow in Houston, Texas. Where she would eventually learn the mental bondage of slavery and the effect that it had on the Negro nation.
The Innkeeper's Daughter, SAMPLE
Michelle Griep - 2018
. .until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm. All Johanna wants is to keep the family inn afloat, but when the rent and the hearth payment are due at the same time, where will she find the extra funds? If she doesn’t come up with the money, there will be nowhere to go other than the workhouse—where she’ll be separated from her ailing mother and ten-year-old brother. Alex desperately wants to help Johanna, especially when she confides in him, but his mission—finding and bringing to justice a traitor to the crown—must come first, or they could all end up dead.
I Want You Both
Amanda Martinez - 2017
But after several weekends of driving eight hours both ways, Stella was regretting that decision. The only thing worse than the long drive, was not seeing Paul at all. Then Stella met a new friend who made the distance and separation a little easier to bear. Now Stella had a choice to make. Stay with her new friend, or forget her and go back to her husband.
Unravel
Annie Miller - 2021
He was the star football player, who turned every girl’s head and even some boys’, but he had eyes only for her. He was her first in everything but he was also her last. When she found out she was pregnant and he was leaving for the Army right after graduation, she knew they were going to grow apart. She decided to not get the abortion they agreed on, deciding to raise her most cherished gift Matt left her, their son Caleb.
Matt Davis, aka Gunny, loved being in the Army’s special forces. As a Ranger Sniper, he earned his moniker with his love of armory, any kind or sort; new or antique; legal or illegal, it made no difference in his collection. And just like his cache of dangerous weapons, he lived his life to the fullest and never looked back. There wasn’t a girl he didn’t like or a job he wouldn’t take on. His fast-paced life, however, came to a halt when he opened his front door to Evie, his first and only genuine love. The shock of seeing her turned into dismay when he discovers she did not get the abortion they agreed on and instead he is now the father to an eighteen-year-old boy who has gone missing from his senior spring break in Cancun, Mexico.
Together Evie and Gunny will embark on the most important mission of Gunny’s life, and the most heartbreaking for Evie. Will they find their missing son? Will Gunny forgive her for keeping this secret for twenty years, and will Evie be able to tell Gunny the true story behind her decision to keep their son?
Krikos: The Vertical Horizon
Rishabh Dubey - 2017
and the Earth doesn't exist anymore. Humans reside in a celestial space station that is larger than the average star and is powered by the stars themselves. It is informally called a 'Star-Eater', but it's official name is Krikos.While exploring the eternity of space, humans find a possibly habitable solar system. Krikos sends out a mission under the leadership of the famed warrior, Captain Krawn Xanethius, to examine the ideal planet. Krawn soon realises that they are not alone in the Universe. But, his real ambiguity lies in the mysterious existence of a human colony in the system prior to their arrival.A new war would engulf the Galaxy and plethora of lies shall be made known; making the anthropocentric yet existential human being question it all. The truth, though, lies in a small journal, written a thousand years before the birth of Krawn, by the creator of the Krikos and the smartest being to have ever lived - Dr. Flex D'Dustener.Is the purpose of the Krikos to merely save humankind... Or is it much more? Embark on this journey of unknowns and get the answer to the greatest question of all - 'Why?'.
Nick Stolter
Lee Anne Wonnacott - 2015
His son and daughters were quick-witted and handsome like their mother but had gained an instinctual cunning from him. Deep inside him was the knowledge that his family was the best thing he had ever done.The guns hung dusty and quiet in a cabinet in the barn behind a padlock. The younger times of chasing payroll lock boxes and gold carrying stagecoaches seemed a secret lifetime ago. Until one day, a dark shadow from his past rode into the yard firing up the lure of one last easy job.Quiet common sense wrestled with flashy, loud desire. The buckskin roan saddled, twin Colts cleaned and holstered, and Nick took one long look at home, then turned and headed north. Liquid courage from a bottle fueled his emerging streak of recklessness.What would he sacrifice to bring money back to the family? Could he pull of the job, and make it back home in one piece or would a bullet stop him?
A Soldier's Protection: An Eagle Security & Protection Novel (Beyond Valor, #4)
Lynne St. James - 2019
Now he has a second chance. All he has to do is keep her alive.Ex-SEAL Chase “Frost” Brennan was sure he’d never again see the only woman he’d ever loved. Faith Murdock was the civilian psychologist who’d brought him back to life three years ago, and now she was a seductive, alluring, burlesque dancer who’d hypnotized him. She had a story to tell, but before he could ask, all hell broke loose at the club.Faith started dancing for release but when her fan mail turned threatening, it terrified her. When Chase showed up her relief was staggering. He was the one man she trusted with her life. She’d never gotten over the pain of having to push him away for his own good, even though it broke her heart.Faith wasn’t the same woman he’d known, and Chase wanted to know why. He was determined to break down the barriers to her heart, but first he had to catch a killer and it quickly became clear he was no ordinary stalker. Even with the help of his ESP team and his best friend, Chase would have to put his life on the line for his woman. But he was willing to do anything to give Faith the happily ever after she deserved.
Love for Sail
C.L.R. Dougherty - 2014
Experience her anxiety; feel her fear. Watch her survive by her wits. Connie has recruited her friend, Paul Russo, to serve as cook and first mate. Paul can't join her on her maiden voyage, so Connie is forced to rely on pick-up crew for her first two weeks at sea. Trouble erupts aboard Diamantista as soon as she leaves shore. Anticipating that Paul will join her in the Virgin Islands before their first guests arrive, Connie stays in touch with him during her voyage. As they converse, neither one will acknowledge that their growing attraction is deeper than friendship. Love for Sail is the first book in the Connie Barrera Thrillers, a romantic thriller series from the author of the best-selling Bluewater Thrillers. The next Connie Barrera Thriller will be published in the fourth quarter of 2014. If you enjoyed the Bluewater Thrillers, you'll see a different side of some of your favorite characters when they appear in the Connie Barrera Thrillers. Connie Barrera first appeared in C.L.R. Dougherty's Deception in Savannah. She discovered her Love for Sail in Bluewater Ice and Bluewater Betrayal. Now she has her own stories to tell. Welcome aboard!
Peacock's Tale: A Tartan Noir Murder Mystery (Peacock Johnson Scottish Mystery Series Book 1)
Stuart David - 2015
Peacock’s wife thinks he did it, the police think he did it, even Frank McAlpine said he did it, moments before he died. But Peacock knows he’s innocent, and he knows he’s going to work out who really killed Frank to clear his name. But commiting crimes are more in Peacock’s line of work, he doesn’t have the first clue about how to solve one. Luckily, though, he knows a man who does, a man who owes him a favour. A second Scottish noir writer, Ian Rankin, has featured Peacock as the main villain in one of his bestselling Rebus novels- A Question of Blood. And Peacock feels he was somewhat misrepresented, made out to be much more of a hardened criminal than he actually is. He’d been planning to seek compensation from Rankin, on a massive scale, but now he sees an opportunity for Ian to make things good. If Rankin can use his detective skills to work out who actually killed Frank McAlpine then Peacock is willing to drop the action for libel. The only questions are, will Rankin agree. And is he up to the job.