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Terrance Layhew is one part Indiana Jones, one part James Bond and a dash of Shakespeare. He's an author and part time swashbuckler who hosts Suit Up! With Terrance Layhew Podcast. ...more

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With Eric Beetner and A Wound That Will Not Heal

“Carter McCoy is on borrowed time. The only thing that could get him to hit the road is a call for help from a friend. When that call comes in, he doesn’t hesitate. Loading his dog Chester and his best friend, Ivana, into his truck, they head for California to help in a way only Carter can.”

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Desert Heist by Alex Dekker stokes the flames of the old fashioned archeological adventure story! To defend his doctoral thesis, Nate Wilde travels to find the lost city of Ubar in Saudi Arabia. Along the way, he stumbles into a conspiracy that puts ...more
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Benjamin Stevenson is a master of creating a conversation with the reader. Everyone in This Bank is a Thief is no exception. Ernest Cunningham finds himself trapped in a bank held up for a single dollar and a vault which no one in the bank can open. ...more
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"Thorn is one of my new favorite books. It was an absolute blast to read. I loved the mystery behind Thorn and the romance throughout the novel. I highly recommend the read. This will easily be in my top favorite reads for 2026. Terrance never disappo" Read more of this review »
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"What a joy it was to read ‘Unwanted Passenger’
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I never knew how much I needed a L’Amour thriller until reading Skyring Water. The beating heart of this book is a thriller, but it also crossing into various men’s adventure fiction genres which are a delight to catch flavors of. The cast is an ense ...more
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Tom Clancy Rules of Engagement by Ward Larsen
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Ward Larsen’s entry into the Tom Clancy universe moves at mach speeds! Even with a stacked cast of Clancy characters, Rules of Engagement is never sluggish or meandering. It moves at a roaring pace with masterful tension. The aviation sequences are g ...more
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Hawke by Ted Bell
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Hawke pulls no punches with its story. Ted Bell created and told a complete story with a larger than life hero, with tension rippling across each page. The settings, characters and adventure are reminiscent of Fleming without feeling like a copy of a ...more
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“Romance, always balanced so delicately between tragedy and comedy. You could never judge appropriately which you lived until the final pages. Even then, it depended where you chose to stop the story.”
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“Romance, always balanced so delicately between tragedy and comedy. You could never judge appropriately which you lived until the final pages. Even then, it depended where you chose to stop the story.”
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