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A New York Lady In Helldorado by VC Williams

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Fuel the Fire by Sean Lacow

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Fuel the Fire follows Holly Jones, a high school senior and captain of her cross-country team, as she faces her most challenging season yet. With college scouts watching, team dynamics unraveling, and a fiercely independent freshman phenom, Taylor, testing the limits of her leadership, Holly must navigate the delicate balance between personal ambition and the responsibility of uniting her teammates.

As tensions rise on and off the track, Holly learns that leadership isn’t about running ahead—it’s about bringing others along with you. Through grueling practices, emotional breakthroughs, and a shared determination to succeed, she and her team discover the power of trust, resilience, and running not just for themselves but for each other.

In this heartwarming and inspirational story, Holly’s journey is a testament to the grit it takes to rise above self-doubt, the courage to build bridges in the face of conflict, and the fire it takes to lead a team toward a shared dream. Fuel the Fire is a moving tale of growth, teamwork, and the transformative power of running together.

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The Devil’s Glove

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Northern New England, 1688. Salem began here. A death, a rumor, whispers of witchcraft. Resolve Hammond and her mother, healers taught by local tribes, face suspicion. As war looms, they uncover dark secrets. Will Resolve find the truth, or be consumed by the village’s fears?

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Smoldering Betrayal by James Rada Jr.

Smoldering Betrayal by James Rada Jr.

Matt Ansaro returns to his hometown of Eckhart Mines in the Western Maryland coal fields. It has been five years since Matt was here, and he swore when he left in 1917 that he would never return. Although Matt’s parents are dead, the rest of his family welcomes him home with open arms.

Joseph McCord, the superintendent of the Consolidation Coal Mines and a classmate of Matt’s, is not so happy to see Matt return. He has plans for Matt’s old girlfriend, Laura Spencer, and Joseph thinks he will need to compete with Matt for her attention.

Matt has his own plans. He is a Pinkerton detective, and he has been sent to spy on his former neighbors for the Consolidation Coal Company. The coal company owners want to know about union activity in the town and shut it down before it can gain a foothold.

Matt takes a job in the mines and works to re-establish his connections with his family and neighbors, including Laura. He also finds himself attracted to Samantha Havencroft, a suffragette and daughter of a college president.

Matt is walking a tightrope. If the miners find out he is a detective, he could be attacked and driven from town. However, if the coal company or Pinkerton Agency discovers Matt’s real reason for returning to Eckhart Mines, the result could be just as bad. He is a man alone, trying to do what he sees best, even as a national coal strike looms.

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Surviving Jane by Rodolfo Del Toro

Surviving Jane by Rodolfo Del Toro

Dr. David Scholz is looking for a career change.

He’s burnt out and is planning a year-long sabbatical to travel and reset before beginning his ophthalmology residency. Counting down the days to his much-needed break, David must contend with all the complications of working at a busy hospital: unruly patients, frustrating senior staff, and growing fatigue.

During these last weeks, David is given a tough patient: young Jane Doe, a heroin addict, is brought in with severe injuries. Jane does not want to be in the hospital. Belligerent, aggressive, and demanding, Jane tests the boundaries of all the medical staff who attend her.

As David grows increasingly disgruntled, a surprising source reminds him why he entered the medical field in the first place: to help people.

An emotional journey featuring addiction, recovery, and hope, Surviving Jane is a richly detailed medical drama that provides an intimate look into life in a busy hospital.

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Chasing Rabbits by Rodolfo Del Toro

Chasing Rabbits by Rodolfo Del Toro

Rudy Dell, a fourth-year medical student at the top of his class, is looking forward to a cushy clerkship at an outpatient dermatology clinic. He’s suddenly reassigned to a pediatric oncology department, however, likely because he’s paired with his best friend, Mike Davenport, the son of a billionaire in the medical insurance business roundly hated by doctors everywhere. Rudy is quickly thrust into an emotionally charged environment—all about him are children struggling to survive, flanked by their agonized parents. He befriends Maria, a 9-year-old girl in the final throes of leukemia who has no family and is a ward of the state; sadly, she seems destined to die alone. Rudy has always been a competitive student, one who routinely sees his professional commitments in careerist terms, but now he’s profoundly confronted by the obligations of his chosen vocation. “Up to this moment, everything had been a challenge. He had learned to see patients as tests of his abilities. Rudy saw them not as people, but as problems to be solved, unconsciously rationalizing away the human factor, the empathy.” The author sensitively depicts Rudy’s gathering misgivings about his choice to become a doctor and his first confrontation with genuine self-doubt. The most memorable aspect of this poignant novel, though, is the characterization of children like Maria, facing death with almost preternatural courage, often more worried about their parents than their own fate. This is a sad but hopeful book, one that impressively captures the complexity of children’s lives.
A haunting tale that is both despairing and inspiriting.

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RIOT: A 1960s Love Story

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FREE on Kindle: January 10-14, 2025

A fast-paced journey on an emotional roller coaster, bursting with political and sexual passions.

It’s the late 1960s. The Vietnam War, the Antiwar Movement and the Black Power Movement are rushing toward their explosive peaks. In the midst of this charged environment, an inter-racial pair of young activists fall madly in love. Awaiting them are excitement, danger, heartache and redemption.

RIOT: A 1960s Love Story chronicles these lovers’ challenging journey: their coming of age amidst an unpopular war, a racially polarized city, a hostile mayor and ever-mounting threats, all while working through their own deep psychological issues.

1968 is marked by campus unrest, assassinations and urban rebellions, as well as political violence that thrusts the duo into clashes with Chicago’s police and the National Guard. The suspense builds breathlessly to a heartrending climax during the street protests surrounding that summer’s Democratic National Convention.

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Damned Yankees by Ray Deptula

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Those who fight their nation’s wars are typically those least able to avoid it.
The world was, is now, and always will be a complicated and volatile place filled with those whose self-interests supersede more noble aspirations.
If history has taught us anything, it is that times may change, but human nature does not.
The competing interests and political tensions of the formation of our country were no more or less dysfunctional than they are today, with the best and worst of individual behavior continually on display.
Jack Halliday wants nothing more than to belong somewhere that provides him with security and values his worth.
In an uncaring world that devours the weak, he is forced to rely on his strongest attribute, his ability and willingness to fight, which ironically belies his benevolent nature.
Much like the fledgling union of the thirteen original colonies, Jack’s rebirth into autonomy constantly teeters on demise in a world where his decisions are all he can control.

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Damned Yankees by Ray Deptula

Damned Yankees by Ray Deptula

Those who fight their nation’s wars are typically those least able to avoid it.
The world was, is now, and always will be a complicated and volatile place filled with those whose self-interests supersede more noble aspirations.
If history has taught us anything, it is that times may change, but human nature does not.
The competing interests and political tensions of the formation of our country were no more or less dysfunctional than they are today, with the best and worst of individual behavior continually on display.
Jack Halliday wants nothing more than to belong somewhere that provides him with security and values his worth.
In an uncaring world that devours the weak, he is forced to rely on his strongest attribute, his ability and willingness to fight, which ironically belies his benevolent nature.
Much like the fledgling union of the thirteen original colonies, Jack’s rebirth into autonomy constantly teeters on demise in a world where his decisions are all he can control.

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A Grave Every Mile: A Pioneer Western Adventure (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 1) by David Fitz-Gerald

A Grave Every Mile: A Pioneer Western Adventure (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 1) by David Fitz-Gerald

Dive into a classic western series featuring a family’s brave quest to cross the continent. 2000 grueling miles, a string of disasters, a troubled teenager who imagines ghosts everywhere, and a rolling village full of loco greenhorns… who will endure the relentless migration, and who will leave their bones to rest beside the trail?

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Chosen by Edward Hendry

Chosen by Edward Hendry

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Gear up for the explosive sequel in the Redemption Series, where classic historical fiction meets a supernatural thrill ride in an adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Chosen is a gripping tale that explores profound themes of choice, providence, love, and the age-old battle between good and evil. Grab your copy today!

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DIGITAL ASSASSINS II: Taking the fight to the Judicial Branch of Government by Danielle Spencer

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DIGITAL ASSASSINS II follows Danielle Spencer’s attempts to use the judicial system to uphold the rule of law by shining a light on those individuals using federal government resources to digitally assassinate her. Using fictional characters and conversations, this story exposes the alliances made by federal judges, government executives and well-funded special interest groups to protect wrong doers. These alliances were made to ensure that corrupt and unethical people remain in positions of power in America’s premier tax collection agency, ensuring that the tax code is not implemented fairly. Using concepts such sovereign immunity and national security, the government can use tactics such as privacy violations, illegal monitoring and surveillance, misuse of government records, and violation of trusted agreements with third-party institutions without fear of reprisal.

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Jeep Show

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An Ordinary Soldier Tasked With An Extraordinary Mission
Jeep Show chronicles the astonishing journey of Jim Tanzer, a thirty-year-old dance instructor who enlists in the Army in 1943 to fight the Nazis. Jim’s showbiz background lands him in the Morale Corps as an Entertainment Specialist.

Mickey Rooney Leads The Way
Shipped to Europe and tasked with performing in Jeep shows – small variety acts put on for combat infantry just behind the front lines – Jim travels throughout the Combat Zone with squad leader Mickey Rooney, the Hollywood superstar, also in the Morale Corps (as he was in real life).

Their performances, more than just entertainment, are a beacon of hope, bringing brief moments of song, dance, and laughter to weary troops, letting them know they are not forgotten.

Thrown Into A Desperate Fight
Jim’s story becomes intertwined with history when he is caught in the Battle of the Bulge. In Bastogne, he joins Team SNAFU, a makeshift unit supporting the 101st Airborne Division. Jim’s courage and determination in the face of overwhelming odds is a testament to the human spirit.

Jeep Show is fiction based on little-known aspects of the U.S. World War II effort seen through the eyes of an unlikely hero. It is a compelling and human story that will appeal to fans of works like Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, and Ken Burns’ The War.

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The Seamstress of Auschwitz

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Sara Schönflies, a young Jewish woman and skilled seamstress, faces unimaginable horrors as the Nazis rise to power. In Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sara and her sisters sew dresses for SS wives to survive. Amid suffering, her courage, defiance, and a surprising friendship shine. From death camps to Palestine, Sara’s journey is a gripping tale of survival, love, and hope.

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Cell-Jacked: PORTIA BLACK VOLUME 2 by Pascoal Antonio

Cell-Jacked: PORTIA BLACK VOLUME 2 by Pascoal Antonio

The average length of a human genome is approximately six feet. Which, co-incidentally, is the average depth of a human grave.

When Portia Black wakes up, drugged and in a strange apartment, her first instinct is to run. After all she’s not the kind of girl authorities are sympathetic to. It doesn’t help that she’s a professional vigilante, settling scores for other girls like her who have been failed by the system, and it definitely doesn’t help that Nathan Hunter, her kidnapper, is one of the wealthiest bachelors in LA. But this is no date rape. Hunter is missing, the only trace of him is a severed finger in the freezer, and there’s a sutured knot in Portia’s jaw where her wisdom tooth used to be. The average length of a human genome is approximately six feet. Portia should know, she’s buried more than her share of bad guys with six feet of DNA. But when pieces of the girls she’s rescued begin to turn up with her cells on them, Portia realizes she’s been cell-jacked. Now the only hope to retrieve her stolen genetic identity is to rescue the man who attacked her before someone else finds him first. But as the body parts pile up, the questions she’s been afraid to ask start popping up. Is Hunter really the person everyone thinks he is? How are the girls connected to him? And, most importantly, are her girls really dead?

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The Mutiny Brides by Barbara Sontheimer

The Mutiny Brides by Barbara Sontheimer

Their Journey was perilous. Their resolve unparalleled.

From France to the frontier of New Orleans …
Their Journey was perilous. Their resolve unparalleled.

In 1719, La Mutine sailed from France in the cold of January to what would later be known as New Orleans. The women on board were unjustly tried and labeled as prostitutes, thieves, and beggars. Among them Héléne, Josianne, Suzanne and Maelle, women who would prove to be of incredibly strong resolve.
After twelve weeks in chains aboard La Mutine, they set foot on the land that was to become their new home. They were met by a wild, untamed wilderness where they endured years of isolation, famine, hurricanes, disease, and ever-changing governmental rule.
These women that France so cavalierly disposed of, not only survived but became successful businesswomen, wealthy landowners, and matriarchs of large, prosperous families.
This is the story of the “Gulf Coasts” long-forgotten founding mothers.

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The Missing Years by Kathy Haynes

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To distract herself from a troubled relationship, Norah delves into her family’s past and her father’s disappearance. The more she digs, the more secrets she uncovers. In the end, she finds herself and a new purpose.

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Chasing New Heights by Sean Lacow

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“Chasing New Heights” follows Holly as she transitions from middle school into high school, where the stakes are higher both on and off the cross-country course. Facing tougher competition, increased expectations, and the challenges of balancing leadership with personal growth, Holly must navigate new friendships, rivalries, and the pressure to succeed. Alongside her teammates, including her mentee Mia, Holly learns that true success isn’t just about winning races—it’s about resilience, teamwork, and pushing beyond your limits. This inspiring young adult novel is a heartfelt journey of self-discovery, perfect for readers who love sports, personal growth, and stories of determination.

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