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I was watching a video this morning about rescued baby raccoons. I turned to my youngest and started to say what I would do if I found a baby racoon. He wouldn’t even let me finish my thought. He just sternly said to me, “You can’t have a racoon mom.” My response was brilliant. “You can’t tell me what to do! I am an adult!” Yes, brilliant argument. Now I am looking for baby raccoons.
The Broken Bridge: A Succulent Sleuth Cozy Mystery (Succulent Sleuth Series Book 1)
by Iris March
Genre: Mystery
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An abandoned backpack. A damaged walking stick. A broken bridge. What happened on the Buckeye Trail?
Succulent-savvy sleuth, Molly Green spends her day tending her eco-friendly garden center, inherited from her beloved grandparents. She wants nothing more than to nurture her nursery and share her plant passion with the world.
When a hiker goes missing on the Buckeye Trail that runs behind the garden center and a bridge on the trail is damaged, the police suspect foul play. As clues mount up, Molly fears she may know who is to blame, perhaps someone in her own family.
To make matters worse, Molly must navigate the inconvenient appearance of an overly talkative colleague, pulling her from her path to uncover the mystery of the broken bridge.
Can she discover what really happened that day on the trail? Or will the spikes and thorns surrounding this mystery take Molly out as well? Find out in the first book of the Succulent Sleuth Cozy Mystery series, The Broken Bridge.
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Be My Baby (With Love, From Kurrajong Crossing Book 8)
by Dakota Harrison
Genre: Romance
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Their timing has always been wrong, do they finally have it right?
Well-respected Kurrajong Crossing local Max Jameson has run the popular inn, the Spotted Cow, for over a decade. After losing his wife, Lucy, six years ago, Max has kept to himself. Though the relationship wasn’t romantic, Max hasn’t so much as been on a date since then… despite being in love with Millie Stevens for longer than he’d like to admit.
Millie wants a baby more than anything. At thirty-six, she feels her biological clock ticking and turns to her best friend, Max, to be the biological father of her child. He is everything she could want for her child’s father — kind, intelligent, loyal, and devastatingly handsome. And if he said yes, it could be completely anonymous, no strings attached.
Max would love to build a family with Millie, though he wishes it was because she wanted him, not just his child. But not everything goes to plan, and when feelings grow and disaster strikes, will Max and Millie’s hopes for a future go up in flames?
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Tilt (Upside Down Book 1)
by Todd Simpson
Genre: Science Fiction | Action & Adventure
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Ayaka is quite sure that she has created the first true artificial life. But that life is very strange. Very. When a ship full of similar entities arrives in orbit, all of her assumptions are challenged. How could these lifeforms be in outer space, when she had just created them in her lab? What are their intentions, and are they really intelligent enough to challenge the citizens of Tilt? Tilt explores artificial life from a new angle, and challenges our assumptions of what intelligence really is. “Destined to be the next monumental SiFi epic saga everyone will want to read!” “Very interesting concept and great writing.” “Tilt is smart, engaging, funny, and timely. It deals with questions around future encounters and conflicts between human and artificial intelligences in a playful, surprising, thought-provoking way.” — Amazon.com reviews.
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Bloody Rendezvous
by W.R. Benton
Genre: Black & African American | Westerns
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‘One Eye Jack’ is back
Mountain man One Eyed Jack and his partner Rawhide are in town to sell their season’s catch of furs when they are approached by a mysterious woman. She’s looking for her missing brother, John York. The death of the York family patriarch leaves John as the new heir of York Whiskey company. The young woman is desperate to find the missing man, and return him to the responsibility of their thriving family business. She urges Jack to help track the man down. Finding the missing man him means leaving the comforts of town and returning to the mountains.
With winter setting in and looking long and heavy, Jack isn’t looking forward to the task. It’s hard to locate anyone in the wild and now frigid territory of the Rockies, let alone someone who might not want to be found. Before the task is finished both hunter and hunted will battle bitter cold nights and vicious Indian attacks.
With John finally in his company and weeks of winter still in the works, Jack realizes making it back to Butterfield’s trading post might be their only hope for survival.
Come Spring, Jack and the other men make way for the first Fur Rendezvous in Wyoming. When they arrive at the Henry’s Fork River, the men find a rollicking rowdy party where the whiskey flows freely. It’s an event sure to tickle the fancy of any trapper, each of them eager for human company and a little excitement after the long winter. But when a wrestling match turns deadly, it starts a chain of events that will test the mettle of John York and his fellow mountain men. It’s going to be a bloody rendezvous indeed.
More mountain man action than you can shake a stick at from Western writer W.R. Benton, a master of the genre and favorite of fans for years.
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Only The Leaves Whispering (The Last Hundred Book 1)
by Jim Ellis
Genre: Historical Fiction | Action & Adventure
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Jock MacNeil, the eldest son of a Highland Catholic family, leaves school at thirteen to follow his father’s footsteps and become a blacksmith. But after a family tragedy changes his plans, Jock joins CSS Alabama and heads to the New World.
He befriends the retired Royal Navy Surgeon, James Gunn, and David Llewellyn Assistant Surgeon of Alabama. Living among the seamen, Jock learns how to take responsibility – and how to defend himself.
But can Jock survive the perilous journey, and what awaits him in the Civil War on the other side of the Atlantic?
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Until the Sun Goes Down (Until.)
by Ike Hamill
Genre: Horror | Suspense
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UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN – a terrifying and inventive novel by IKE HAMILL.
I tell the old man about what kept me awake when I was a kid. He doesn’t laugh when I mention vampires.
“They’re in the cellar,” he says.
It must be the heat. The old man is delusional. At least that’s what I tell myself. Things are different in the middle of the night. When monsters come tapping, it’s impossible to dismiss the idea that the Maine woods hold secrets–deadly secrets.
A new look at the vampire genre, UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN will draw you into the slow madness that creeps through the night. There’s nothing romantic or alluring about the embrace that awaits you.
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Grab A Friend And Fly
Kids today! I just don’t get them. Last week my youngest baby basset had an appointment with the DMV to get the paperwork done and get his picture taken for his learners permit. Unfortunately he forgot he had the appointment. How do you forget such an important appointment? Back in my day (yes I just said that) we couldn’t get our drivers licenses fast enough. We even made the behind the wheel drivers test on our 16th birthday. We weren’t going to miss a single day of freedom. The moment we got that license in our hands, we grabbed our best bud and we were gone! In the days there were no provisional periods, and it was awesome! As a parent I couldn’t be more thankful of the stricter laws. Kids today though just don’t seem to be in a rush to get their license. It’s like they like being at home and hanging out with their parents. We are not just talking a few cases. Most kids I talk to all say the same thing. They are just not in a rush. Such a difference to my generation that was so wild and feral.
The Sleeper
by Dr. Michael Breus, Sean Platt
Genre: Thrillers
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Former soldier Ash Sanders is plagued by violent nightmares. Gunfire. Explosions. Blood. A nameless attacker. In his nightmare, Ash fights off his attacker, killing him.
In the morning, he wakes to find his wife lying in bed beside him. Murdered.
Ash is about to take the fall for his wife’s death until he’s exonerated by sleep psychologist Mina Irving. She discovers that Ash has a variation of REM Behavior Disorder called sleep violence and that he had no control over what he was doing. But, while the disorder is real, Ash’s symptoms don’t quite match up with any of Mina’s other patients.
Something else is going on.
Ash has memories of a life he doesn’t understand. And dreams that don’t make sense.
People are following him.
They want what’s in his mind.
And will kill him to get it.
The Sleeper is the first technothriller novel by the acclaimed Sleep Doctor, Dr. Michael Breus.
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Mafia Madame
by Alexa Spagnoli
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Action & Adventure | Thrillers
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In booze, gambling, and sex fueled 1980s Vegas, an unlikely Mafia kingpin was just making her way on to the scene – 18 year old Cyn Hardy.
Mafia Madame pulls the curtain back on the Las Vegas sex industry, the same way Casino revealed the inner workings of the gambling industry.
“Mafia Madame is a well-crafted story which will have you burning the midnight oil as you keep turning the pages to find out what happens next.” – R.J. Krzak, Award Winning Author
1984 – Las Vegas, Nevada. Infamous Mob Boss, Tony Spilotro’s reign in Vegas is ended by an assassination, leaving a power vacuum in his wake.
Sin City is up for grabs and Chicago, Detroit and New York families are locked in a territorial struggle to stake their claim in the Gold Rush that is Eighties Vegas.
Enter Cyn, a wide-eyed, 18 year old, small town Michigan girl. After moving to Vegas and falling in love with the son of a Chicago Mob Boss, she finds herself entangled in the shadowy world of organized crime and the barely-legal sex industry.
It’s up to her to defeat her New York Mafia business rival, or risk losing everyone who has ever meant anything to her. Her series of dangerous and bold choices lead to a rich and surprising odyssey of love, family and loyalty.
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That Was Before
by Dan Lawton
Genre: Thrillers | Crime Fiction
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An hour after Randolph Spiers quits his job as a mechanical engineer, he finally approaches the woman he’s eyed at the supermarket, only to watch it explode minutes later with her trapped inside. The old Randolph would have gone home to his adulterous wife and forgot about it.
That Was Before.
The new Randolph tracks down the woman and drives her cross-country without a plan or Midwestern destination in mind. Even with his old life in shambles, that may be the least of his problems. The enigmatic woman next to him is running from her past too, and as trouble closes in and the truth behind the explosion is revealed, he’s forced to question everything he thought he ever knew and felt-and everyone.
Now he must decide whose side he’s on. And he doesn’t know who to trust.
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The Broken Road (Lighthouse Romance)
by Amanda Johnston, Spencer Smith
Genre: Religion & Spirituality | Religious & Inspirational Fiction | Romance
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In 1882 Colorado, Lydia Ghering has successfully kept her boarding school open during the year following her husband’s unexpected death. Self-reliant and determined, Lydia takes pride in her ability to carry on, but her resilience comes at a price.
Ethan McKinley is journeying across the country to fulfill his life’s ambition of captaining a ship when he finds himself stranded in Colorado foothills after a train wreck. His arrival at Lydia’s doorstep looking for temporary work kindles a friendship that causes him to question the destiny he has always pursued.
As their friendship deepens, Lydia must confront secrets from her past, while Ethan must decide his future. Both must seek their answers from the one who offers all they need.
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True Winter (A Series of Four Seasons Book 1)
by Q.K. Petty
Genre: Thrillers | Mystery
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Delve into a secret world under our own tied to legacy, violence and history!
Five hundred years ago, a deadly artifact called the Chains of Peter was stolen.
Now, the chains have resurfaced in Mobile, Alabama, and the House of David, a secret organization that specializes in securing dangerous artifacts, has sent its most lethal operative to find them.
Judge Eden Dowler is all but certain the wealthy Bachman family is hiding the chains, and he has a win/win plan for securing them. As it happens, the Bachmans’ youngest son, Orion, is Eden’s estranged half-brother.
All Eden has to do is convince his brother to join the House of David, and the chains are as good as his.
Orion Bachman is the perfect candidate — loyal, intelligent, fit, and eager — and Eden is certain his brother’s healthy upbringing will benefit the House, which usually only recruits broken children.
There’s just one problem. A mysterious counter organization known as Seditio will stop at nothing to keep the House from securing the chains.
When Seditio sets its sights on the Bachman family, Eden realizes the stakes have become personal. But what’s the best way to protect Orion?
Should Eden train him to fight and kill, or guard Orion’s innocence so he doesn’t become one more broken soul in the House of David?
As the House continues its bloody search for artifacts, Eden begins to question its integrity and the role he plays within it.
Unfortunately, Orion is beginning to question everything else, including whether he should have ever put his faith in someone like Eden Dowler.
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Are We Okay?
I am usually a pretty nice person, but there are some things that turn me into an absolute monster. It happened this morning. I was cracking eggs into a bowl and a teenie tiny piece of shell dropped in. The first five attempts to get it out were okay. Got it, nope, GOT IT!! Nope nope. This time… nope. Was that it? Nope. I think I got it this time…. nooooo. That’s when everything went red. The obscenities that flowed from my head would have made the devil blush. I’m not proud of what I said. I would like to say that’s not who I really am, but drop another shell in that bowl and see what happens. I’m not sure who ate it this morning, but hubby and I are still okay. I may have over reacted.
Saving Mitch: Book 1 of 5: The MacDonald Brothers
by Emily Matthews
Genre: Romance | Action & Adventure
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A hot-headed cop. A beautiful witness. And a bad guy after them both.
Officer Mitch MacDonald’s life is irrevocably changed when his partner is killed in the line of duty. His obsessive search for the culprit is about to cost him his job. When clumsy veterinarian Maggie Tucker witnesses a crime that could help Mitch catch the suspect, he must set aside his growing attraction to her to find the killer and keep them both safe.
When Maggie meets Mitch, sparks fly, but not in a good way. He witnesses her most embarrassing moment and then writes her a ticket! She immediately dislikes him, but once they are forced to spend time together, she begrudgingly finds herself falling for his sexy, bad-boy ways.
When the killer catches up with them, and Maggie is in danger, Mitch will do anything to save her. But when all is said and done, he’s left wondering who saved who.
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Wish Again (The Wishing Tree Series Book 4)
by Tammy L. Grace
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Romance
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Wishes in branches tied with string. Someone’s hopes. Another’s dreams.
Paige Duncan returns to the small town of Linden Falls to seek the comfort of her hometown and her beloved mother. That contentment is short-lived when after only a few months, she’s faced with an unexpected and monumental loss.
In the midst of struggling to keep her mother’s beloved bookstore afloat in the wake of her sudden death, Paige has the chance to grant a wish from the iconic wishing tree in the town square. She lost her trust in the tree long ago, but her mother’s voice rings in her ears, reminding Paige that when feeling disappointed, simply wish again.
Paige reluctantly agrees to bring her mom’s therapy dog to visit the care center where her mom volunteered for years. As autumn creeps in, busloads of tourists and one special visitor arrive, and someone at the center reminds Paige that she is stronger than she realizes. Will her mother’s advice allow Paige to believe in the magic of the Wishing Tree and second chances one more time?
Join Tammy Grace, USA Today Bestselling author, as she brings the latest book in The Wishing Tree series alive, featuring a heart-warming story of love and loss, and the hope of turning lost dreams into second chances.
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A Fair Murder (Julia Blake Cozy Mystery Book 6)
by Gillian Larkin
Genre: Mystery
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A Cozy Mystery
Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She has the unfortunate knack of getting herself involved in murder enquiries.
In this story, Julia helps out at the school fair for a local school. The new head teacher, Deborah Paignton has made herself unpopular by implementing changes to the school and continually upsetting members of staff. Julia discovers the murdered body of Deborah Paignton after the fair has finished. She knows immediately there is more than one person who would have liked to see the end of Deborah.
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It’s The Game We Love
by Brandy Echols
Genre: Black & African American | Urban
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After being framed for his mother’s vicious death, Elandro Tezmont returns home from a fifteen year sentence. While adjusting to his freedom, he finds that his younger sister, Redd, is struggling, his close friend, Daniel, is now a drug addict, and the true murderer of his mother has yet to be revealed. After being ambushed by a group of strangers, Elandro refuses to continue with the disrespect. His life begins to move at a fast pace once his best friend, Trel, introduces him to the infamous Randall Vargas.
Randall is the king of the city, and his trust in Trel allows him to extend a helping hand to Elandro. As he emerges into the drug game, his life proceeds to change for the better; at least that’s what he thought. Aside from hustling, he finds himself extremely attracted to his sister’s best friend Rhein. Despite his sister’s warnings to stay away, Elandro sweeps Rhein off her feet. But when his childhood crush, Brittnea, shows up, he finds himself juggling two hearts. While trying to tame both ladies, he’s unknowingly being favored by Randall’s beautiful niece, Dallas.
Dallas knows her uncle would frown upon the idea of her and his employee, but she still has the urge to get a piece of Elandro. She makes it damn near impossible to resist her, and her behavior begins to cause trouble for Elandro. Things get even worse when The Lezyir brothers emerge from Miami to attack Randall’s squad, leaving behind a bloody massacre. While trying to protect his family and play king of hearts, Elandro finds himself in a war he could’ve never prepared for, and he quickly realizes it’s a cold world.
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Misty Falls
by Shaun Whittington
Genre: Horror
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Todd Seaward is a widower at sixty-nine years old and feels blessed to have inherited a handful and colourful set of friends in his new residential home, Misty Falls. For the first few months in the nursing home, he has made some wonderful friends and although he still pines for his first love, Emily, he feels that his newfound pals, nicknamed, The Healthy Gang, has been the saviour of him, especially his very good friend, Grace Guerra.
As soon as Todd finds his feet and is used to the surroundings and staff, he finds that all this changes with the arrival of new carer, Joseph File, nicknamed, Hopper. It is apparent to all residents that Joseph File is a short tempered individual who has no qualities for the job and is only using Misty Falls as a stop-gap until something better comes along. What the residents don’t know about Hopper is that there is a dark side to the forty-year-old male.
After an incident in their friend’s room, Todd Seaward and his good friend, Don Swain, upset Hopper and begin to experience this ‘dark side’ to Joseph File, and the pair of them are subjected to months of infrequent physical abuse from the carer, verbal taunting and other despicable acts. But what Joseph File — Hopper — doesn’t know about Todd’s good friend, Don Swain, is that he has an unexplainable gift, a gift that he has kept a secret all his life. And this is a gift that is capable of ending all their troubles. But will he use it?
Because Hopper is angered by Todd Seaward and Don Swain after what had happened in the room, the two senior citizens keep Hopper’s violent outbursts to themselves in order not to worry the rest of The Healthy Gang or the rest of Misty Falls, as they know that complaining to the management, who are obsessed in keeping the good name of Misty Falls, would be pointless as they have a history of sweeping complaints under the carpet.
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Trust Me
Now that my baby bassets are older, I keep trying to get them to watch movies with me that freaked me out when I was younger. For some reason they just aren't biting. Do you think it's the crazy smile I have on my face when I say" Ya wanna watch Silence of the Lambs...
BOOP!
You all know how much I hate sharks and how I have a fear of them even in swimming pools. Well, if for some reason I found myself in a shark cage, and a shark swam right up close, I can't say I wouldn't try to boop it on the nose. I Know. I know. I can't even explain...
Wings of redemption (Elorian Series Book 1) by Gemma A Summers
"Once I thought he was my new world, my refuge, my life, when he held me into his arms, gently lifted my chin and asked, ''Who did this to you? Who gave you all these bruises?" I thought he would keep me safe from the world, from my parents, who tormented me since...