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November 14, 2022

FEATURED AUTHOR: SUSAN WINGATE



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When Georgette's old friend, Helen comes back to Sunnydale, the town begins to sizzle. Is Helen attracted to Hawthorne Biggs, Georgette's new beau or is Georgette just imagining things? But when Helen goes missing, all seems lost. Will they find Helen dead? Does Hawthorne truly have Georgette's best interests at heart? Hotter Than Helen is psychological women's suspense that reads like the sharp edge of a dagger.

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Title: Hotter Than Helen
Author: Susan Wingate
Series: Bo...
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Published on November 14, 2022 21:00

October 8, 2022

FEATURED AUTHOR: RENEE EBERT


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Late summer 1931 and twenty-seven-year-old Adelyn Crawford is lying in a hammock in Tulip Junction, Georgia. She lives on this working farm with her sons, her parents, her uncle Tyree and Aunt Grace and occasionally, these days with Garnett her husband. One afternoon she is lying in a hammock that begins to swing, and half of her feels she is asleep; the other half knows better when her former lover Innis Crawford begins to make love to her. She knows that her dead lover is back fo...

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Published on October 08, 2022 07:50

September 29, 2022

FEATURED AUTHOR: CARLA DAMRON

 

 

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Social worker Georgia Thayer can balance her own mental illness with the demands of an impossible job. Mostly. But when her sister vanishes in the dead of night, her desperate quest to find Peyton takes her into the tentacles of a human trafficking network—where she encounters a young victim called “Kitten.”
 
Kitten is determined to escape. She won’t be trapped like the others. She won’t sell her soul like Lillian, victim-turned-madam, feeding the dark appetites of international...

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Published on September 29, 2022 21:00

September 18, 2022

FEATURED AUTHOR: COLETTE R. HARRELL

 


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In 1859, Junie Benson was a twelve-year-old genius and enslaved. His older sister, Sari, had her own difficulties, including being auctioned to the highest bidder. She was also beautiful, flighty, and had a repetitive dream about a hazel-eyed white stranger. Everybody with the good sense God had given them knew even her dream was forbidden.

In 2022, three things troubled ex-Special Forces Lt. Colonel Zachary Trumble . . . his new job as director of security for Burstein Labs, his l...

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Published on September 18, 2022 21:00

August 22, 2022

FEATURED AUTHOR: DIANNE C. BRALEY


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Finding inspiration where she least expects it, one woman's life is about to change forever. Life has not been kind to Georgette. Growing up with an alcoholic father and an enabling mother, she clings to the loving memory of a childhood trip to Martha's Vineyard to help see her through the bad times; and now, as an adult, she returns to the island to start her life over. Soon she becomes the private nurse for a prize-winning novelist. As the two become friends, he opens her mind t...

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Published on August 22, 2022 21:00

July 27, 2022

FEATURED AUTHOR: JON HANEY

 

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What if you could eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches anytime, anywhere?

That's normal life for PB&J, boy superhero, who can shoot sandwiches out of his hands! The only problem is, PB&J thinks his superpower is super lame sauce.



But things get only worse when evil scientist Dr. Vile takes over the small town of Goodsprings. That’s because Dr. Vile has a secret weapon—a zapper that can change anything into food. Can PB&J learn to trust his powers to beat the bad guy, or will D...

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Published on July 27, 2022 09:45

June 27, 2022

FEATURED AUTHOR: STEPHEN G. EOANNOU


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Rook is based on the true story of Al Nussbaum. To his unsuspecting wife, Lolly, Al is a loving, chess playing, family man. To J. Edgar Hoover, he is the most cunning fugitive alive. Al is the mastermind behind a string of east coast robberies that has stumped law enforcement. After his partner, one-eyed Bobby Wilcoxson, kills a bank guard and wounds a New York City patrolman, Al is identified as one of the robbers and lands on top of the FBI’s most wanted list. He is forced to fle...

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Published on June 27, 2022 21:00

FEATURED AUTHOR: STEPHEN G. EOANNNOU


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Rook is based on the true story of Al Nussbaum. To his unsuspecting wife, Lolly, Al is a loving, chess playing, family man. To J. Edgar Hoover, he is the most cunning fugitive alive. Al is the mastermind behind a string of east coast robberies that has stumped law enforcement. After his partner, one-eyed Bobby Wilcoxson, kills a bank guard and wounds a New York City patrolman, Al is identified as one of the robbers and lands on top of the FBI’s most wanted list. He is forced to fle...

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Published on June 27, 2022 21:00

April 29, 2022

FEATURED AUTHOR: T.S. ROSE


 

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Modern-day Britain, with the terrorism threat level set at severe and rising to critical, needs extraordinary measures to overcome the next threat, including the use of students with psychic abilities.
 
Alone, and frightened of her own power, Alpha is forced to use it to protect the care home she’s lived in since the loss of her parents. But such abilities do not go unnoticed, bringing her to the attention of others, some with good intentions and others with racist affiliations. S...

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Published on April 29, 2022 21:00

FEATURED AUTHOR: BARBARA FRANCESCA MURPHY


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"They did not mean to hurt the boy, much less kill him. They only wanted to teach him a lesson."

A stunning family saga set in Ireland and Italy, Lucina's Letters is a gripping character study that explores the deep, dark repercussions of one long-ago deed.

Family has always been of the utmost importance to Lucina, but when she learns the truth about an event that almost ripped the family apart, she sets about mending the familial bond even if her efforts are from beyond the grave.

On...

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Published on April 29, 2022 07:41

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