Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 02-20-14

Cold Comfort

By Ellis Vidler / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (41 reviews)

Cold Comfort

After she’s dumped by her faithless fiancé, Claire Spencer abandons her dreams of a family of her own. Instead, she plots her solo course and settles for a quiet life as an independent Williamsburg shop owner. So how does she become a killer’s target?

Sometime security consultant Riley, burned out, stung by his ex-wife, and haunted by a young girl he couldn’t save, vows never to work with women again. But when a thug tries to kill Claire and she winds up in Riley’s arms, his plans go all to hell. Knowing she’s in danger, he can’t walk away.

Old letters in a hidden trunk reveal long-buried secrets, leading Claire and Riley to political connections with organized crime and Mob hitmen. While dodging a speeding car, ducking bullets, and escaping through murky swamp waters, conventional Claire and freewheeling Riley struggle against their powerful chemistry—if she’s picket fences, he’s barbed wire. Opposites do attract.

NOTE: The first edition of this book was published by Echelon Press. Same book, new cover.

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Trevor (A MacLaughlin Family Novella)

By Krystal Shannan / Genre: Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (20 reviews)

Trevor (A MacLaughlin Family Novella)

Trevor MacLaughlin has been in love with his sister’s best friend for years. But, he let her move away to college without ever telling her how he felt and hasn’t seen her since.

Now, years later, a second chance with the woman of his dreams practically falls into his lap.

Will he take a leap of faith and tell her how he feels? How he’s always felt? Or will the woman he knows is meant to be his slip through his fingers a second time?

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Swallowtail

By Sheri Meshal / Genre: Paranormal & Urban, Fantasy / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (96 reviews)

Swallowtail

Chicago wife, mother and finance executive Claire Cummings, arrives at work one morning to discover her friend Julia has embezzled millions and vanished. Blindsided and devastated by the betrayal, she’s sent home pending further investigation. Claire’s bizarre death the following day sends everyone reeling, guessing and looking for her in all the wrong places. In no time she’s addicted to an enchanting menagerie of tricks and techniques for getting the living’s attention, but most people are harder to reach than she’d ever dreamed and even harder to set free.

She was still a mother, a wife, a daughter and a friend… she’d move heaven and earth to keep it that way.

Sheri Meshal’s Swallowtail is a haunting story about life, love, loss and just how far we’ll go to control it all.

This debut from a thought-provoking new voice in fiction begs the question… what would you do if all the rules changed, and you were suddenly bestowed powers beyond your greatest imagination?

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The Recluse Storyteller

By Mark W Sasse / Genre: Historical, Literary Fiction / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (20 reviews)

The Recluse Storyteller

The twins, beckoned by an ominous streak of light across the sky, climb Harper’s Hill to encounter an apparition of their missing father.

The reverend stands on a muddy ridge, the barrel of a rifle in his neck, looking down on a Vietnamese village, scarred by war and regret. 

The brash terrorist, Red Hat, desperately tries to walk away from life unscathed and unattached.

The stories haunt Margaret every waking moment, but they are anything but random. A fractured view Michael Cheevers’ red hat through a discreetly cracked door sends her off on adventure. A glimpse of the Johnson twins from apartment 2D transports her mind to the lonely hill on a Midwestern prairie in 1887. The regular letters from Reverend Davies bring her to the brink of exhaustion as she stares intensely into the heart of war, deep in the jungle of Vietnam. 

Margaret is not insane, at least not in a clinical sense. She’s like a midnight raccoon, painfully aware of her surroundings, gleaning crumbs of information at every turn. Her eyes peer incessantly in the night, stealing glances of the neighbors through partially opened doors. 

But the tales she weaves were not meant to merely hold empty court to the receptive dead air of her apartment. Her stories were meant to embolden the lives of the inhabitants of that drab apartment block because her story is also their story–and everything would be different if they could only hear the prophetic words of the rambling recluse. 

The Recluse Storyteller weaves five stories into one as the loner, Margaret, not only searches for meaning from her reclusive life, but also gives meaning in the most unexpected ways to the troubled souls of her apartment complex. Part adventure, part tragedy, and part discovery, The Recluse Storyteller bridges genres, bringing hope, life, and redemption to the broken relationships of modern society.

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Arena One: Slaverunners (Book #1 of the Survival Trilogy)

By Morgan Rice / Genre: Action & Adventure, Teen & Young Adult / Rating: 3.3 out of 5 stars (376 reviews)

Arena One: Slaverunners (Book #1 of the Survival Trilogy)

New York. 2120. American has been decimated, wiped out from the second Civil War. In this post-apocalyptic world, survivors are far and few between. And most of those who do survive are members of the violent gangs, predators who live in the big cities. They patrol the countryside looking for slaves, for fresh victims to bring back into the city for their favorite death sport: Arena One. The death stadium where opponents are made to fight to the death, in the most barbaric of ways. There is only one rule to the arena: no one survives. Ever.

Deep in the wilderness, high up in the Catskill Mountains, 17 year old Brooke Moore manages to survive, hiding out with her younger sister, Bree. They are careful to avoid the gangs of slaverunners who patrol the countryside. But one day, Brooke is not as careful as she can be, and Bree is captured. The slaverunners take her away, heading to the city, and to what will be a certain death.

Brooke, a Marine’s daughter, was raised to be tough, to never back down from a fight. When her sister is taken, Brooke mobilizes, uses everything at her disposal to chase down the slaverunners and get her sister back. Along the way she runs into Ben, 17, another survivor like her, whose brother was taken. Together, they team up on their rescue mission.

What follows is a post-apocalyptic, action-packed thriller, as the two of them pursue the slaverunners on the most dangerous ride of their lives, following them deep into the heart of New York. Along the way, if they are to survive, they will have to make some of the hardest choices and sacrifices of their lives, encountering obstacles neither of them had expected—including their unexpected feelings for each other. Will they rescue their siblings? Will they make it back? And will they, themselves, have to fight in the arena?

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 02-19-14

Forever & Always (The Ever Trilogy: Book 1)

By Jasinda Wilder / Genre: Romance, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (207 reviews)

Forever & Always (The Ever Trilogy: Book 1)

Ever,

These letters are often all that get me through week to week. Even if it’s just random stuff, nothing important, they’re important to me. Gramps is great, and I love working on the ranch. But…I’m lonely. I feel disconnected, like I’m no one, like I don’t belong anywhere. Like I’m just here until something else happens. I don’t even know what I want with my future. But your letters, they make me feel connected to something, to someone. I had a crush on you, when we first met. I thought you were beautiful. So beautiful. It was hard to think of anything else. Then camp ended and we never got together, and now all I have of you is these letters. S**t. I just told you I have a crush on you. HAD. Had a crush. Not sure what is anymore. A letter-crush? A literary love? That’s stupid. Sorry. I just have this rule with myself that I never throw away what I write and I always send it, so hopefully this doesn’t weird you out too much. I had a dream about you too. Same kind of thing. Us, in the darkness, together. Just us. And it was like you said, a memory turned into a dream, but a memory of something that’s never happened, but in the dream it felt so real, and it was more, I don’t even know, more RIGHT than anything I’ve ever felt, in life or in dreams. I wonder what it means that we both had the same dream about each other. Maybe nothing, maybe everything. You tell me.

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Charred Heart (#1, Heart of Fire)

By Lizzy Ford / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (172 reviews)

Charred Heart (#1, Heart of Fire)

For a thousand years, Chace has searched for a way to break the curse placed on him by a jilted lover. He’s a dragon shifter, one who can’t control when the magic will force him into a different form. He’s already lost everyone he ever cared about a few times over and doesn’t know how much longer he’s meant to suffer.

At his wit’s end, he makes a deal with a mysterious figure that offers him what he wants most – an end to his misery – in exchange for everything that’s his: His life, his power. His heart.

The next day, he meets Skylar, a modern day dragon slayer whose mission is to cage him – or kill him. Sexy, witty and brave, she is the yin to his yang, the woman destined to break the curse, balance his magic and make his broken heart whole.

Except it’s too late. Not only has he sealed his fate, but an innocent one-night-stand with Skylar has dragged her into the middle of a deal with the devil, one she won’t escape, if he can’t convince her that dragon shifters aren’t her enemies.

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A Legacy of Light (The Dragon War, Book 1)

By Daniel Arenson / Genre: Epic, Fantasy / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (64 reviews)

A Legacy of Light (The Dragon War, Book 1)

“We live in a time of darkness. Requiem lies cloaked in shadows. Tonight we say: We will fight. We will keep our light blazing.”

The people of Requiem, an ancient kingdom, can grow wings and scales, breathe fire, and take flight as dragons. For years, Requiem’s holy stars have blessed the kingdom with light and magic. But now a darkness falls.

General Cadigus, traitor to the crown, has captured the throne. Bloodthirsty and cruel, he rules with an iron fist. He crushes his own people under his heel. He burns all foreign lands. The noble kingdom of Requiem fades; a dark empire rises.

In the wilderness, a small light kindles. Rebellion brews. The rebels are haggard, outnumbered, and desperate. They hide in forests and ruins. They fight for the memory of Old Requiem, for a legacy of light.

The Resistance is small, but its cry is loud: “The tyrant must fall.”

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Obliterated: Would you know how to survive?

By C. J. Hall / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars (64 reviews)

Obliterated: Would you know how to survive?

Ordinary people use real-life survival skills when mysterious attacks wipe out most of the world’s population. Dodging devastation happening all around, Kim races to reach her lover Ray. They have only minutes to grab what they need and flee civilization. Friends join the struggle to hide and survive, and all face unexpected moral dilemmas. To stay safe, they must piece together clues about why and how the world around them is being systematically obliterated.

Ray’s daughter Eva, her boyfriend, and her life-saving little dog face other perils as they travel from Florida to join Kim and Ray in New Mexico’s Pecos Wilderness.

Would you know what to take if you had minutes to escape an “end-of-the-world” crisis? Would your basic wilderness skills allow you to survive away from urban comforts? Preparedness and survival knowledge are embedded in this action-adventure novel set in northern New Mexico.

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Gray Girl

By Susan Spieth / Genre: Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (31 reviews)

Gray Girl

Years before the Army’s Zero-tolerance policy on sexual assault and shortly after the United States Military Academy allowed women cadets, Jan Wishart must defend herself at a West Point Honor Trial. When a friend is raped during the Army/Navy football weekend, Jan suspects the predator is also her accuser. Jan is determined to prove her innocence and, if possible, reveal his guilt. Yet, two hundred years of fraternal bonds stand in the way.

The worst is yet to come when Jan and her roommate sneak out after Taps one night. Their discovery in an unauthorized area is more likely to get them kicked out—or killed.

Jan realizes the grayness of West Point is not only in its buildings and uniforms. Even honor isn’t always black and white. Relying on her wits and a few friends in the hostile environment of the U.S. Military Academy, Jan discovers the value of friendship, the genuine marks of leadership and her own inner warrior.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 02-18-14

Reclaiming Lily

By Patti Lacy / Genre: Christian, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (101 reviews)

Reclaiming Lily

Riveting Race against the Clock to Save a Young Woman’s Life

A storm the size of Texas brews when Gloria Powell and Kai Chang meet in a Dallas hotel. They have come to discuss the future of Lily, the daughter Gloria adopted from China and the sister Kai hopes to reclaim. Kai is a doctor who had to give up her little sister during the Cultural Revolution and has since discovered that an inherited genetic defect may be waiting to fatally strike Lily.

Gloria’s relationship with her daughter is tattered and strained, and the arrival of Kai, despite the woman’s apparent good intentions, makes Gloria fearful. Gloria longs to restore her relationship with Lily, but in the wake of this potentially devastating diagnosis, is Kai an answer to prayer…or will her arrival force Gloria to sacrifice more than she ever imagined?

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Naero’s Run (A Spacer Clans Adventure)

By Mason Elliott / Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (103 reviews)

Naero's Run (A Spacer Clans Adventure)

2595: Ten years after The Fourth Spacer War with the rival Gigacorps. Naero Amashin Maeris works in her Clan’s merchant fleet, dreaming of her own ship and developing psyonic powers without going nuts. After tragedy strikes her Clan in the Unknown Regions, agents from the Corps stalk her, believing she holds the key to secrets priceless and deadly: lost tek data from an ancient, godlike alien race.

Soon she’s caught up in a white hot intrigue of raiders, assassins, and warring interstellar spies and fleets. Even worse, the greatest threat might yet lurk deep within herself. And Naero’s Run has only just begun to heat up.

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Demon at My Door

By Michelle A. Valentine / Genre: Coming of Age / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (100 reviews)

Demon at My Door

Gothic outcast Natalie Sugarman bartered her soul for her dying mother’s life sixteen years ago to a boy demon that could stop time. Now, days before her twenty-first birthday, the lifelines on her palms are slowly vanishing, and she knows it’s just a matter of time before Satan’s little helper collects.

Natalie’s tried numerous times to kill the demon and regain control of her soul’s destiny, but she always falls short. When she decides to try and gain the element of surprise for her next attempt, Natalie seeks answers about his location from a freaky, glowing-eyed fortuneteller. Creeped out by the psychic’s methods, she bolts from the reading and misses the warning that the demon who stole her soul is always closer than she thinks.

After some strange incidents with her new boyfriend, including a hot, levitating sex session, she realizes he’s the grown-up version of her little nightmare and he’s returned to collect on their deal. Natalie must figure out how to win her soul back from the demon before her lifeline completely disappears and she becomes his forever—even if that means making a deal to damn three other souls to take her place.

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Jack Templar Monster Hunter: The Templar Chronicles: Book One

By Jeff Gunhus / Genre: Sword & Sorcery, Fantasy & Magic, Science Fiction / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (133 reviews)

Jack Templar Monster Hunter: The Templar Chronicles: Book One

Jack wakes up in the morning before his 14th birthday to a number of strange things. He’s faster, stronger, and Aunt Sophie is crying a lot. On his way to school he runs into a creepy guy with vampire teeth and an ominous message, and before the day is out Mrs. Fitcher, the principal, morphs into a hideous creature with giant bat wings. After a few detours on the way home, Jack arrives to a backyard full of zombies, a houseful of harpies, and oh, but the way, Aunt Sophie has been keeping a few secrets of her own.
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Luckily, accomplished monster hunter Eva shows up to clue Jack in on his true identity and teach him how to fight–something he needs to learn quickly since Ren Lucre, the most evil monster in the world, can’t wait to kill him. Little does Jack realize that his ancestors were the once-mighty Templar Knights and that he may be the very last of a heroic bloodline. He will discover whether he possesses the bravery to stand up against the monsters…and whether that alone will be enough to survive!

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Steps to Heaven: A Sgt Major Crane Novel

By Wendy Cartmell / Genre: Private Investigators, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars (27 reviews)

Steps to Heaven: A Sgt Major Crane Novel

Meet Sergeant Major Crane.

A Special Investigations Branch Detective in the British Army, he is the soldier who polices other soldiers.

He thinks he has seen every crime known to both war and peace.

But nothing has prepared him for the case of Solomon.

An Afghanistan veteran he has murdered his wife and six year old son and then committed suicide.

Soon there are similar horrific murders around the country.

Crane knows there must be a connection.

But what?

Crane starts to investigate the local Church Solomon was attending.

But with the body count rising, events start to take a darker turn … could the Church be the connection?

Is the Church offering salvation?

Or is it forcing people to take the first,untimely Steps to Heaven?

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 02-14-14

Love in Disguise

By Carol Cox / Genre: Romance, Religious & Inspirational Fiction / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (152 reviews)

Love in Disguise

Delightfully Engaging Blend of Romance, Suspense, History, and Humor

When costume-maker Ellie Moore suddenly finds herself out of a job in the middle of a bleak Chicago winter, she uses her knowledge of theatrical disguise to secure a position as an undercover operative with the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Her assignment: find the culprit behind the theft of silver shipped from the mines near Pickford, Arizona.

Disguised as Lavinia Stewart, a middle-aged widow, Ellie begins her investigation. Soon she finds she must also pose as the dazzling young Jessie Monroe, whose vivacious personality encourages people to talk.

Mine owner Steven Pierce is about to lose his business after the theft of several bullion shipments–until hope arrives in the unlikely form of Lavinia Stewart, who offers to invest in Steven’s mine. In his wildest dreams, Steven never expected to be rescued by an inquisitive gray-haired widow…or to fall head over heels for Lavinia’s captivating niece, Jessie.

But then the thieves come after both Lavinia and Jessie. Ellie isn’t safe no matter which character she plays! Will she be forced to reveal her true identity before the criminals are caught? What will Steven do when he discovers the woman he loves doesn’t exist?

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A Woman of Substance (Harte Family Saga)

By Barbara Taylor Bradford / Genre: Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (92 reviews)

A Woman of Substance (Harte Family Saga)

From the servants’ quarters of a manor house on the brooding Yorkshire moors to the helm of a profitable international business, Emma Harte’s life is a sweeping saga of unbreakable spirit and resolve. Rising from abject poverty to glittering wealth at the upper echelons of society, there is only one man the indomitable Emma cannot have–and only one she yearns for.

This record-shattering New York Times bestseller was Barbara Taylor Bradford’s breakout novel, and is one of the top ten bestselling books of all time. It tells the story of a determined woman who will face betrayal from those closest to her, as well as the loss of a great love, only to emerge triumphant. The subject of a popular 1984 miniseries starring Jenny Seagrove and Deborah Kerr, this book has built a passionate fan base over the years–and continues to inspire today.

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That’s a Promise (Promises, Promises)

By Victoria Klahr / Genre: Romance, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (40 reviews)

That's a Promise (Promises, Promises)

Real love stories are not a fairytale.

Josie Sommers, a nerdy 24 year old school teacher, knows first-hand that the road to a so-called “happiness” is not easy. Hit again with another tragedy, Josie finds herself propositioned to give the person she used to love before he betrayed her another chance. Though she vowed to never be with him again, her resolve weakens when he invokes the same passion they had years earlier.

“One week, Jo. Then you can decide if we can’t try to make this work. You can decide if we were meant to be nothing but a memory.”

While they once had a loving relationship, it was also one filled with lies that tore them apart. Getting over those lies has been something that Josie was unwilling to do, until recently.

Forming friendships, losing a best friend, finding love, being betrayed, finding love again, lies, and broken promises are just some of the struggles that Josie faces. With so many hurdles, we know that Josie’s story is no fairytale.

That’s a promise.

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Good Guys Love Dogs: Plus 15 Chapters of Jane Austen Girl

By Inglath Cooper / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (52 reviews)

Good Guys Love Dogs: Plus 15 Chapters of Jane Austen Girl

Desperate father Ian McKinley moves his delinquent teenage son to the small Virginia town of Keeling Creek, a place very unlike the New York City life he has been leading. Love takes him by surprise when he falls for Colby Williams, a woman unlike anyone he has ever been drawn to, a small town vet with a heart for animals and a fierce love for a teenage daughter she is also struggling to raise.

But Colby has a secret in her past, a secret she’s not sure her daughter will ever forgive her for. And as for Ian McKinley, he seems too good to be true. If she had learned anything from the one time she had thrown her heart fully into love, it was that it didn’t last.

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Star of Bethlehem (A Flowering Novella)

By Sarah Daltry / Genre: Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (35 reviews)

Star of Bethlehem (A Flowering Novella)

This is a holiday novella-length story that follows Forget Me Not and Lily of the Valley.

“With you, Jack, it was the first time I ever felt real. It was the first time anyone looked at me and saw substance. It was the first time I wanted to make someone see me.”

Jack: New Year’s Eve. I’ve somehow managed to get here, and now I’m wearing a hideous and unreasonably itchy sweater, because I want to impress Lily’s family. I want to do anything for this girl who has made me believe in second chances. 

Lily: The house is beautiful and shining with light, but it feels empty. At least until Jack gets here. I know how desperately he wants this – a family, love, a home. If I can be the person who can give it to him, it’s all I need, but I hope I can keep him from seeing how hollow it all really is.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 02-13-14

Baehrly Breathing (Goldie Locke and the Were Bears #1)

By Elizabeth A Reeves / Genre: Witches & Wizards, Paranormal, Romance / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (44 reviews)

Baehrly Breathing (Goldie Locke and the Were Bears #1)

A spin-off of the popular Cindy Eller series.

The first book in the Goldie Locke and the Were Bears series.

It’s difficult to be taken seriously when you are a member of the Magical community and saddled with the unfortunate name ‘Goldie Locke’. It certainly doesn’t help if you are also about five feet tall, blond, and most commonly described as ‘cute.’. What was a girl to do?

Become one of the most dreaded Magical environmental lawyers of all time?

Goldie isn’t there yet, but she’s well on her way when a case drags her into uncharted territory– working with Ordinary officials to figure out why ‘unusual’ remains are being discovered all around New England.

With her hands full and a new dragon on the way, Goldie’s hunches about this case may prove to be all-too true– this stuff is bad business!

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St. Charles at Dusk: The House of Crimson and Clover Series Prequel

By Sarah M. Cradit / Genre: Psychics, Paranormal, Romance / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (34 reviews)

St. Charles at Dusk: The House of Crimson and Clover Series Prequel

A father’s threats. A tragic accident. Unanswered questions. Oz Sullivan has finally moved past the tangled web surrounding his brief, but intense, relationship with the young, impetuous Adrienne Deschanel. Through his family, and successful career as an attorney, he has forged a tranquil predictability.

Then Adrienne unexpectedly emerges, with no memory of the life she once led. Her desperate attempt to flee the confusing and dark influences in the bayou instinctively propels her to the one face for which she has a name. Oz’s world is once again turned upside down, as he must decide how to help her without losing himself entirely.

Set amidst the lush and vibrant backdrop of New Orleans, St. Charles at Dusk tells the story of Oz and Adrienne; of forbidden love, and startling heartbreak.

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From Finland with Love: A Novel

By Ellie Alanko / Genre: Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (33 reviews)

From Finland with Love: A Novel

Thirty-three-year-old Alina Eskala’s Finnish time clock is ticking as fast as her hair styles are changing. Lonely and without family, she’s clueless about finding the love and connection she wants…until an unknown “cousin” suddenly arrives from Finland with his hot friend and her life steams up like a sauna.

In a Finnish flash, Alina’s solitary, orderly life combusts. She finds herself unwittingly entangled in a surprising love triangle-quadrangle, while plagued by repressed grief, a spell of mind-boggling headaches, wacky dates, and some truly tragic hair days.

Alina bumbles ahead with humor and classic Finnish sisu—spunk, grit, and (often foolish) stubbornness, ultimately flying to Finland to put closure on the past and begin afresh.
Will this summer of love and woe help Alina finally deal with the heartbreak of her parents’ deaths and the inner flaws that prevent her from finding happiness? And where is “home”—the U.S. or Finland?

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Laid Out and Candle Lit

By Ann Everett / Genre: Women Sleuths, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (30 reviews)

Laid Out and Candle Lit

What do Sweet Thangs, Orgasm Pie, and a murder in Brownsboro, TX all have in common? Tizzy Donovan. Tizzy is a small town girl, a widow, single mother, daughter to the best baker in town, sister to the county Sheriff, and also known as the local girl who talks to the dead. After almost five years without a man, she’s pent up and hot to trot! And in small town Brownsboro, population 854, pardon 853, the roster of available men is just plain lousy.

When Tizzy discovers the body in the cemetery, she goes to prime suspect number one, and lands in a decidedly unsweetened pickle. With lead after lead placing her in the crosshairs, her only hope and potential damnation come in the form of Texas Ranger Ridge Cooper. Cutting his teeth on his first case, Ranger Cooper and his interest in the sexy Tizzy lead them both to combine his will to solve the case with her sassy come-backs and a good helping of Better than Sex Cupcakes.

With pressure mounting on both of them, will this formidable duo, be able to find a murderer and love within the once sleepy confines of Brownsboro, TX?

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Safer Outside (A Mature YA Romance) (The Outside Series)

By Kristina Renee / Genre: Anthologies, Drama & Plays / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (30 reviews)

Safer Outside (A Mature YA Romance) (The Outside Series)

When Liz moves to a new high school, she hopes for a fresh start. School is her escape from the violence at home and her only hope for breaking the cycle of

poverty she was born into. Trying to shield her siblings from her stepfather’s fury gets harder each day so when she meets Logan, she thinks it will be a

harmless distraction from the fear.

She’s Wrong.

Logan has the resources to change her life but at what cost? Her relationship is the best thing that ever happened to her but it could also be the worst. If she’s

not careful, she may lose everyone that’s important to her. But it’s hard to be careful when you’re fifteen and in love.

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