If I had special powers I would not grump about it. So many of the characters in these books discover they have special powers and then they grump and complain they want to be normal. Really…Really? I would put on my Spanxs (gotta look good ya know), then my super suit, and I would run around town saving cats in trees. Now that would be a fun Friday night.

Painted Blind: A Modern Retelling of the Myth of Cupid & Psyche
by Michelle Hansen
4.7 Out of 5 Stars (50 Reviews)
Genre: World Literature | Teens

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Psyche Middleton has always been judged by her looks. When she meets a guy that can make himself invisible, she must decide if love is truly blind. He takes her to a palace in an idyllic kingdom, but his affection has one condition, she may not see him.

Enchanted, intrigued and not wholeheartedly believing he’s real, she betrays his trust for a glimpse of his face, and ends up at the mercy of his controlling mother. Psyche must complete three impossible tasks to prove her love, or die trying.

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Betrayed
by R.P. McCabe
4.6 Out of 5 Stars (41 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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In a time of global political upheaval comes the crime thriller novel, Betrayed. The primary complication in this action packed novel of retribution and suspense is a real Ponzi scheme that was uncovered in 2007 as the Bernard Madoff Ponzi crime was breaking on the national scene. With refreshingly honest and raw insight, R.P. McCabe explores a broad spectrum of social ills resulting from the contemporary tragedy of Ponzi crime and the subsequent collapse suffered by hundreds of thousands of American families. Yet, in the face of the impending certainty of grave retribution that is imminent, Mr. McCabe manages to entertain and inform his readers. This thriller is a hallmark story of our times filled with suspense and action that creeps up on you just as the psychosis that is consuming Wally Stroud threatens to replace the man he thought himself to be. Victims of Ponzi crime around the world will relate to the tragedy suffered when Wally and Poppy Stroud are betrayed in this story of heartbreaking loss and retribution.

The Strouds discover that they have lost their entire life’s savings to two nihilistic criminals in an elaborate Ponzi scheme. The suspense and action build in this thriller as it becomes obvious that Wally and Poppy will once more be betrayed and abandoned by the regulatory agencies they have turned to in desperation. Wally slips into a state of attenuated depression. Consumed by his own grief, he does not see that his wife, Poppy, has tumbled into an even deeper chasm of despair. The action begins to intensify when Poppy commits suicide. Now feeling further betrayed by his wife, Wally’s depression devolves to a long slide into psychosis. As with any well crafted crime thriller, the suspense becomes riveting. You know retribution is coming. R.P. McCabe takes us along on that suspense driven journey with vivid, heartrending truth. The resolution in Betrayed is stunningly unforgettable. Even then McCabe does not leave his reader and shut down the action. The denouement of this crime thriller is no less satisfying than the journey we are treated to throughout Betrayed. Mr. McCabe weaves his story of retribution with clever crafting of action counterbalanced by sublimely agonizing suspense, holding his reader in a state of suspended animation with appetizingly mature literary prose and crisp dialogue.

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One Mississippi
by Howard Littleson
4.6 Out of 5 Stars (22 Reviews)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Historical Fiction

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. . .It only takes one second of time
to have your life change forever. . .

Joplin Missouri, 1933, Kathryn Nash believes that her life has finally changed for the better. Her abusive husband of eighteen years, Clayton, has passed away suddenly and she has met an intriguing handsome stranger, John Stevens. Will a dark secret from Kathryn’s distant past surface and place Kathryn at odds with everyone in her world?Will her life change in a split second, sending her on a collision course with destiny that threatens her very life and the lives of those she loves the most?
The Great Depression, The Great Midwestern Crime Spree, and the early incarnations of the Ku Klux Klan all converge on the small town of Joplin and shape not only history, but the very course of Kathryn’s life. One Mississippi is a fast paced work of historical fiction that will keep you wondering what could possibly happen next and eager to find out just what can really happen in the time it takes to say the word “Mississippi.”

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Becoming Me
by Gardenia Destang
5.0 Out of 5 Stars (12 Reviews)
Genre: United States

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Thirty-one-year-old Terri Williams, a professional woman seems to have it all. By most standards, Terri has made it; she has found the perfect man, a good job, a solid house, close friends, and strong familial bonds. But something inside her gnaws at her soul.

Nine years ago, she loved and left Lamar Carrington. Despite the terms on which they broke up, his image, speech, and scent are never far from Terri’s heart. In her darkest moments, she considers much of the successful life she has built merely a coping mechanism to adjust to the great loss of what once was.

This epic tale of love, friendship, family, and parental bonds stretches outside Atlanta to take in tropical Florida, big-city Chicago, and the Caribbean delights of Jamaica. From dealing with her troubled sister, her unknowing relationship, and the compelling desire for an ex-lover, Terri has a world of hurt and love to unravel.

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Lord Fool to the Rescue (An Historical Romance Novella)
by L.L. Muir
3.2 Out of 5 Stars (53 Reviews)
Genre: Romance

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She has an excellent escape planned…

Lady Tempest MacIntyre has been offered, by her stepfather, as an item up for auction!But she has an excellent escape planned…if she can keep from tripping over the good intentions of the Duke of Stromburg, sometimes referred to as Lord Fool.

Leland Wescott, Duke of Stromburg, is no hero. But he can’t help but warn an innocent young woman that she is about to fall victim to her step-father’s greed. Luckily, she claims to have a plan to rescue herself. He only prays it is a damned good plan…

Lord Fool to the Rescue has at least one hero, a heroine, and an assortment of characters who may or may not be villains. The fun is in the discovery.

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Test of a Prince (The Vale of Shade Trilogy)
by T. L. Barrett
4.9 Out of 5 Stars (9 Reviews)
Genre: Fantasy

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A Curse lies over all of Jotunheim.

When Prince Arden sets out to do something about it, his outer form becomes monstrously twisted. With the help of his love, Arriana, and their plucky and diminutive friends, Tuckus and Oakia, the Prince sets out to gather old heroes, tried and true, to their side.

The Question: Will the help of a one-handed fisherman and a drug-addled swordsman be enough to begin the perilous trek needed to the darkest spot in the Nine Worlds: The Vale of Shade?

Test of a Prince is the first volume in a dark fantasy epic.

Will you take the Test?

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