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The Prize

Shaka Press
Holly loves to surf. It connects her with her ancestors and her deceased father. Surfing changes for her the day she sees Lily ride a wave and they become friends. Together they enter a surfing compet...

Spear of Lugh: The Witch's Rebirth Part III

Michaela Riley
Spear of Lugh: The Witch’s Rebirth Part IIIPrepare for the Rebirth. Prepare for War. She was reborn on Samhain. And that was only the beginning.From the award-winning imagination of Michaela Ri...

Cauldron of Dagda: The Witch's Rebirth Part II

Michaela Riley
Cauldron of Dagda: The Witch’s Rebirth Part IIThe Witch's Rebirth Series: Where Ancient Darkness Meets Unyielding ResolveThis Samhain, the veil thins, and a legend awakens.Michaela Riley, the award-...

X Rubicon: Crossing Life, Sex, Love, & Killing in CIA Proxy Wars: An indictment of US Citizens: ignorantia non excusat

Sean Griobhtha
“Sean Griobhtha’s work—particularly X Rubicon—has a profound emotional impact on readers, often described as jarring, transformative, and deeply unsettling, but also compassionate and hopeful....

K9 Mine

Shannon MacLeod
Travis dreamed of partnering with a police dog—but Fate handed him a faery and something unexpected instead…Corporal Travis McLean is a man on a mission and doesn’t have time to waste ...

K9 Mine

Shannon MacLeod
Travis dreamed of partnering with a police dog—but Fate handed him a faery and something unexpected instead…Corporal Travis McLean is a man on a mission and doesn’t have time to waste on trivial...

Being Broken: Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse

Geoffrey R. Jonas
A young woman dies alone in a hotel room, her fentanyl-poisoned cocaine still on the desk. She had been missing for nearly 2 weeks. Social Services had been trying to find a place for her to live with...

Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I

Michaela Riley
Labyrinth of Shadows: The Witch's Rebirth Part I by Michaela Riley - A Dark Fantasy Series You Can't Put DownThe first installment of "The Witch's Rebirth Series" has been lauded for its intricate wor...

Off-Limits Dragon Mates: Enemies to Lovers Romance Collection

Sunny Briar
One click this Forbidden Desires & Dangerous Bonds Paranormal Romance Collection and enjoy four stories of off-limits love, fractured alliances, and magic that refuses to obey. In a world divided ...

Sarah Stryker: The Outcast

Hanif Muhammad
For the past two years Sarah Stryker has been cursed with incessant turmoil. She is a young woman living in Seattle who has had to grow up way too fast after surviving a horrifying abduction and losin...

Two Over Easy All Day Long

Shari Lane
Accountability. What would it look like for a powerful man to face the consequences of his actions?Found family. Can a company president from Manhattan find a home in rural Oregon?Personal transformat...

Stolen Hearts, Hidden Shores

Oscar J. Starr III
Stolen Hearts, Hidden Shores By Oscar J. Starr IIIIn the idyllic paradise of the Seychelles, where turquoise waters conceal ancient mysteries, marine biologist Isla Rivera uncovers more than she barga...

Moonlight Justice

Nala Nicole
When The Moon Rises, Justice AwakensBella, a woman born on the moon, possesses extraordinary strength tied to the lunar cycle. By day, she is Detective Bella Hayes, a quiet observer of the law’s fai...

Dragonfly Illusion

Peter Bond
A hidden technology. A global conspiracy. A truth buried for centuries.Jack Sugarman never questioned the accident that took his parents until a long-forgotten letter forces him to confront ...
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Hidden Gems Waiting to Be Found

Every now and then, a brilliant book escapes the spotlight. This collection shines a light on those quietly powerful reads that deserve a place on your shelf. Unexpected. Underrated. Unforgettable.

Little Girl Lost

By: E.E. Williams
A man’s dark secrets rise from the ashes of his past to put him in the crosshairs of a corrupt police detective and a small town whipped into a frenzy by a reckless media storm.Five-year-old Cyndi Luchak has vanished from her mother’s Bergsburg, Ohio condo and the prime suspect is Paul Schneider, once a beloved schoolteacher now relegated to working an overnight IT helpdesk job. An “incident” with a student at his former school has made Schneider a virtual hermit who rarely interacts with his neighbors other than Cyndi’s mother, Gretchen, and the little girl, for whom he occasionally babysits.Though lacking any evidence linking Schneider to Cyndi’s disappearance, Detective Rick R...
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The Rise and Fall of a Republic: Gone are the Days of a Constitutional Republic

By: RJ Salerno
What if the Republic you thought you lived in… no longer exists?In The Rise and Fall of a Republic, RJ delivers a piercing indictment of America’s slow but deliberate descent into authoritarianism. From warrantless surveillance and militarized policing to technocratic governance and the silencing of dissent, this provocative work traces how the foundational principles of liberty, justice, and self-rule have been eroded—not by invasion, but by institutional betrayal.Drawing on history, legislation, Supreme Court rulings, and real-world examples, this book exposes:The hidden architecture of the modern police stateThe transformation of citizens into data pointsThe collapse of equal justic...
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The Days of our Birth

By: Charles Laidlaw
Peter and Sarah grow up living next door to one another in a small town in the east of Scotland.  They also share the same birthday.  He’s not so bright, but she’s formidably intelligent.  She’s also autistic, and can’t understand why nobody except Peter likes her.The days of our birth follows Peter and Sarah over twenty years.  His journey into adulthood is fairly effortless; hers, more complex.  It explores how two very different people can grow up as best friends, but never quite understand why they’re best friends and what they really feel about one another.The book, filled with humour and poignancy, is an exploration of how people change, the things we...
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Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview

By: Laurie Kaye
Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview   is my memoir, the story of my rock radio-related early life and career wrapped around John Lennon’s final interview which I co-conducted for RKO Radio at the Dakota in New York back on December 8, 1980 mere hours before he was shot and killed. I also wrote and co-produced the incredibly well-received 3 hour RKO special that aired a mere 6 days after John’s assassination:  John Lennon - The Man, The Memory, as well as the 14 hour RKO Presents The Beatles - the longest Fab Four radio special ever created for the U.S.! It was syndicated shortly afterwards to be played around the world...
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End of Crows: Book One (Order & Chaos Series)

By: R.A. Lingenfelter
R.A. Lingenfelter invites you into a world beyond the imaginable in ‘End of Crows.’ Graced with the coveted 2022 Reader’s Choice International Gold Medal in Young Adult Adventure, this gripping tale redefines the traditional battlegrounds of human survival.Picture a dystopian future, devoid of freedom, where our every movement is dictated by an insatiable Dominion. High school joys as simple as proms, dances, and boyfriends are distant fairy tales for our protagonist, Willow. However, where humanity is oppressed, resistance is born. Nestled within the rugged Colorado Mountains lies a faction of rebels, known simply as the Crows.In this thrilling, heart-stopping saga, Willow embarks on ...
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Wine Vines & Murder Signs: A Lila Bennett Cozy Mystery (Mysteries of Mount Pleasant Book 3)

By: Audrey Alden
A cryptic murder. A vineyard’s buried secrets. And a silence someone will protect at all costs.Mount Pleasant’s vineyards should be a place of peace, good wine, and summer sunshine. For Lila Bennett, it’s about to become anything but.She’s ready to enjoy the season opener at Deepwater Vineyard—especially with her loyal Golden Retriever Finn and her good friend, Representative Alan Green, by her side. But when an employee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, strange symbols scattered around the scene, everything changes.The vineyard owner begs Lila to help clear their name before bad publicity destroys the business. What starts as a simple favor pulls Lila into a maze of hi...
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The Poker Face of Murder: A gripping cozy mystery with twists (Rose Cruz Cruise Ship Mysteries Book 4)

By: Audrey Alden
The Midnight Tide’s poker tournament should be all glitz, glamour, and high stakes—until a deadly hand is dealt.When a notorious high-roller is found lifeless in his suite, his winnings vanished and two golden poker chips eerily placed over his eyes, Cruise Director Rose Dela Cruz knows this isn’t just a simple robbery gone wrong.As whispers swirl through the ship’s elegant halls, Rose and her loyal beagle Rex follow a trail of counterfeit chips, tampered casino footage, and buried grudges that run deeper than anyone suspects.With the clock ticking toward the ship’s next port, every friendly smile hides a secret, and every ally could be the one holding the winning card — or the d...
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Darkest Light: A Ravaged Skies Novel: An EMP Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (Fire in the Sky Book 1)

By: A. M. Geever
In the end, the only law is survival.A solar superstorm shatters civilization overnight. Now, the price of survival is written in blood.U.S. Marshal Cody Greer is stranded deep in the Montana wilderness with a fugitive in tow, where the line between lawman and outlaw begins to blur.Emma Greer, alone at home with her infant daughter, barely knows her new neighbors but she sees what others can't: they must organize or perish.After a betrayal ended his military career, former Army Ranger Caleb Frost chose a different path: robbing banks. Now, his luck is about to run out.When yesterday's enemies might be tomorrow's salvation, can they find their way through the darkness beneath the Ravaged Skie...
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Burning Escape (Chasing Fire: Alaska Book 3)

By: Michelle Sass Aleckson
RESCUE. DANGER. DEVOTION.THIS TIME, THEIR HEARTS ARE ON THE LINE.She was born to fight fires...When Tori Mitchell said goodbye to the handsome stranger after their heart-stopping dance on her last night of freedom, she never expected him to wind up on the same Midnight Sun elite smokejumper team. Now the two rookies are on the run through the Alaska backcountry, chased by militia men intent on stopping the wildlands firefighters. Forced to rely on each other, Tori has to ignore the sparks between them if they're going to stay alive. Otherwise that spark will turn into a flame neither of them can put out.He's got something to prove...Born into a family legacy of firefighting, Orion Price is d...
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Adventures on Terra: Books 1-3: (A LitRPG Adventure)

By: R.A. Mejia
The omnibus collection of the Adventures on Terra series. Three books and over 400,000 words of entertaining LitRPG adventure.Book 1Armon Ellington is nineteen year old kid that always felt out of place. He’s an orphan, a gamer, and a role playing game geek. When he dies after a seventy-two hour gaming marathon, instead of going to an afterlife he’s transported to a new world governed by rules that are eerily similar to the RPG games he loves. On this new world, Terra, he can be anything he wants, a warrior, mage, or even a crafter. Only, Armon wants more than that, he also wants friends and family.Book 2When the Imperare Empire attacked the village of Restrian, they killed most of the k...
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Apocalypse: Regression (Book 7): (A LitRPG series)

By: R.A. Mejia

The siege is over, but the war is far from won. After narrowly defending the Black Witch’s castle from a monstrous assault, Nick Gallows returns home to a city in mourning. But War waits for no one.

A brutal power struggle, a dangerous rescue, and a marriage forged in the heart of conflict push Nick to his limits.

To hide Earth from its enemies, Nick launches a coordinated assault against the dragonkin—but victory will take everything . . . and everyone has something to lose.

When time weighs heavily, it's time to hit the weights in this regression LitRPG/Gamelit story of dungeon-diving, leveling, stats, and facing down the apocalypse!

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Drop the Spurs, Cowgirl: A brother's best friend, loathe-to-love Montana Ranches Christian romance (Cavanagh Cowgirls Romance Book 2)

By: Valerie Comer
She knows his secrets. But can she drop her spurs and forgive him?Vivienne Cavanagh’s half-sisters invite her to join them in building Happy Trails Stables, which sounds like the kind of stability Viv has craved all her life. She’s become a pediatric nurse practitioner so she’ll never need to depend on a man for anything the way her needy mother did. God, her sisters, her horse, and a real home in Jewel Lake? That’s all she needs.Branson DeWitt knew a guy shouldn’t date his best friend’s kid sister, so he didn’t. But when his past jumps in front of him, destroying his engagement to Viv’s best friend, he reacts poorly. Being a lawyer means he knows right and wrong, but it’s ...
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