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The Munich Girl

About The Munich Girl:

What family secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding? Fifty years after WW2, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante — and Hitler’s lover — and
uncovers a tangled web of long-buried family secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer

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The Melancholy Strumpet Master by Zeb Beck

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Gilmore Crowell’s anthropological study of Tijuana sex workers had his dissertation advisor cheering him on. But that was years ago, before his best sources in the streetwalker community up and vanished. Now he’s living in a downtown Los Angeles boarding house for seniors and listlessly trying to jumpstart his research anew. The faculty elders have grown impatient, he’s too broke to pay his parking tickets, and his girlfriend recently dumped him. To stay afloat, Gil takes a job teaching in a juvenile detention center, using his salary to pay the sex workers to speak with him. In a madcap act of self-sabotage, he begins sleeping with them, as well.

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The Grateful Fates by P.C. Zick

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Four women. Four decades of friendship. Four secrets that seal their fates.

Roxanne – the popular beauty who faces Ted Bundy and survives. But she’s left with a burning desire for revenge.

Jackie – the peacemaker who settles for a marriage of revenge that backfires. Yet, she manages to keep a secret for forty years until she’s forced to tell the whole story of her marriage to Adam.

Charlene – the smart one who makes the most unconventional choices and ends up successful. Until she faces losing her daughter to the truth.

Wendy – the broken child who rises above her abusive childhood to find her way back to the only man she ever loved. But she risks losing it all when forced to reveal her past.

Intertwined in the friendships are the men who range from the scoundrels to the heroes. The bonds between them all are tested when the past is resurrected to either destroy or uplift.

The Grateful Fates is a story of marriage and divorce; death and birth; love and hate. Four women and a lifetime of heartache leads to the fateful day when they must make the ultimate sacrifice. They must learn how to forgive.

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The Final Frame by Harmony Reed

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He sacrificed his family for ambition — but now they’re all he has left.

Cameron Parrish became Hollywood’s #1 action director by refusing to use AI-assist technology. Every film is a box office success, but neither fame nor fortune makes up for the fact that Cameron’s dying to make real cinema — an Oscar-worthy movie that will show the world he’s an auteur, not the clever hack that the critics make him out to be.

But mere hours after being greenlit for the film he knows he was born to shoot, director Cameron Parrish is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. There’s no treatment, and if he’s lucky, he might make it another year, but more likely, he’s got a few months left.

As word gets out about his illness, Cameron realizes he has no true friends. No real family either: his obsession with finding perfection behind the camera lens has long since alienated his ex-wife and his adult son.
Desperate to make his final days matter, he signs up for an experimental program that promises to help him discover the meaning of his life — and his death.

Accompanied by an artificial intelligence named Sofia, Cameron embarks on a bucket list journey — from the Maldives and Bhutan to Toledo and Morocco — designed to round out his unbalanced life and help him make peace with his impending death.

But what if it’s too late for Cameron to see the world through a new lens?

Eat, Pray, Love meets The Bucket List in this vibrant but poignant story exploring the possibility of second chances and the unexpected beauty of an imperfect life.

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Picasso’s Motorcycle by Marc Sercomb

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France, 1940.
An unexpected gift of an old motorcycle with a tragically romantic past hurls a young orphan into the thick of things as war breaks out and his life changes forever. Half-French/half-German Daniel must find a way to survive in a world that mercy seems to have abandoned.

This book transports the reader to Nazi-occupied France, where Daniel unwittingly and unexpectedly finds himself working for the Resistance, and ultimately to the Russian Front in a twist of fate so startling that no one can see it coming. In turn quirky, heartwarming, beguiling and uncompromising, author Marc Sercomb weaves together many moods and colors to tell young Daniel’s story. Beyond engaging, Picasso’s Motorcycle has been hailed as a genuine “page-turner” by those who have so far encountered it.
If you like “The Book Thief” and “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” you’ll love this book!

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Orphans of War

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In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, Christiaan joins the Resistance to fight for his country’s freedom, while his ruthless brother works for the Bureau of Jewish Affairs. Floris’ wife, Nora, defies him by secretly joining the Resistance to save orphans from the transport train. As ambition, fear, and desperation collide, no one is safe. Not the Jewish. Not the Dutch. Not even the powers-that-be.

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Sugar and Spice and All Those Lies by Evy Journey

Sugar and Spice and All Those Lies by Evy Journey

Gina’s grandfather was a French chef whose life was cut short by a robber’s bullet. The only legacy he could leave his family was his passion and talent for cooking, a legacy Gina inherits. To her, cooking a great meal is an act of love. An art that sustains and enhances life.
A world of new challenges, new friends, and new loves opens up for her when she’s chosen to cook for a Michelin-starred restaurant.
But danger lurks where one never expects it. Can her passion for cooking help Gina survive and thrive in this world of privilege, pleasure and menace?

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Share the Pain

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A story of tragedy and sacrifice
He arrived in the derelict village as a broken man, having left behind all he once knew and severing his attachments with the world. He wanted to be left alone.

His world now consisted of an old, rundown bed and breakfast and a long-forgotten pub in an abandoned village. His personal tragedy was too much to bear, and he sought an end to it all. Fate, however, had other plans for him, plans that would take him on a journey far beyond his imagination.

Haunted by demons from his past and personal tragedy, his present and past became entwined in unexpected ways. Memories of regret filled his mind, and as he attempted to make amends, he found it was too late.

When he decided to end his pain, his plan took a tragic turn, leaving him lost and alone in a dark, treacherous forest. As the rain fell and the wind howled, his own tragedy materialized, and reality and hallucination became indistinguishable. Only a miracle could save him.

Lost and alone, contemplating a way out, he met a gentle woman with her own painful history. Soon, emotions grew, and despite her love being one-sided, she saw him as her salvation and offered to share her pain with him, hoping to alleviate his suffering. Their fates became intertwined, and he found himself bound by the vow they had made. But when the woman disappeared without a trace, leaving him a circumstantial suspect in the eyes of the police, he regretted ever setting foot in the village.

He was teetering on the brink of madness, tormented by sickening voices in his head as he waited for an end to this harrowing episode of the disappeared woman.

This is a story of love, tragedy, and regret, a tale of redemption and absolution, and the conflict between emotions and actions that can weigh heavily on the conscience. It is a haunting reminder that the past is never truly gone. This story will leave a lasting impression on the reader, offering a profound understanding of the human experience.

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The Ghosts of Summer

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For fourteen years, since the death of her father and the disappearance of her mother, it has been just the two of them – Eva and her beloved grandmother Millie, and they have forged a seemingly unbreakable bond. Now though, Eva has turned eighteen and she wants answers – answers which Millie has always been either unable or unwilling to provide.

Millie’s inability to satisfy Eva’s need for the truth only makes her more determined to learn about her family and her mother’s fate. Her quest takes them to Greece where their bond will be tested to the limit as Millie has to confront her past, Eva discovers the sacrifices love entails, and they both finally have the chance to uncover the truth about the enduring mystery at the heart of their lives. But will their experiences in Greece bring them closer together or tear them apart?

The Ghosts of Summer combines a coming-of-age story with romance and mystery, set in a vibrant Greek landscape.

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Sweet Baby Mine

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Set in Paris, Sweet Baby Mine is about the secrets, lies, and betrayals that take a toll on those who think they’ve found true love. The tale is brutal, oftentimes heartbreaking, but always hopeful in its message. On the road to self-discovery, you quickly learn that no matter what anyone says—no matter what flawed message you believed about yourself growing up—you are a good person and deserve love.

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The Ladies of Karma by Karina McRoberts

About The Ladies of Karma by Karina McRoberts:

Look Out Stephanie Plum, Here Come The Ladies of Karma!
Ever wanted to get some of your own back?
Four women seek empowerment as they face homelessness and hardship in a hostile climate.
Living in an abandoned building, their combined ingenuity turns it into something very special indeed. But greedy developers threaten their beloved Tarot Café, and it’s time to get tough.
Kick-ass, feisty, smart, and determined, they try everything from boxing to elaborate spell casting learned from their respective ancestors. The ladies join forces with their knight protector, in the form of a cake-loving homeboy, along with a dog-whispering fire-fighter to thwart their enemy ̶ who turns out to be more vicious than they ever imagined.
Will he destroy their last hope, or will he succumb to their macabre spells and devious machinations?
Strike a chord for social justice and enjoy plenty of laughs along the way as you team up with the relentless Ladies of Karma!

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The Chronicles Of Fair Island by Eric Colbourne

The Chronicles Of Fair Island by Eric Colbourne

From a remote island on Canada’s rugged east coast, author Eric Colbourne brings us a collection of compelling stories, some surreal, some filled with grief, and others in a lighter and more nostalgic vein. The stories blend the sublime with the outlandish for moments of pure entertainment and self-discovery.

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Cheryl’s Song I

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Cheryl Fields’ 1970s college experience at Maryland State University is marked by parties with her sorority and fraternity friends, the love of her life, Mike Elliott’s adoration, and her hopes for a future as a veterinary scientist.

Her life is upended by a pledge to Mike’s fraternity who teaches her that life is more than parties and that pledges are to God, not men. Cheryl falls in love with the God Perry introduces her to, and her new Christian faith intrudes on every aspect of hers and Mike’s love affair.

In the ’70s, acts outlawed in pledging today were common, even expected. Cheryl vows to help her spiritual mentor who’s determined to pledge the Theta Theta Chapter of Kappa fraternity, or as this chapter is better known, The Beast of the East.

Cheryl’s boyfriend, Mike, though jealous of her relationship with Perry, is also intrigued by the faith Cheryl has found. Mike is torn between his deep distrust of anyone who threatens the only peace he’s found in life, his love with Cheryl, and his desperate need to know the love of a father Perry has in his life and faith.

Will Cheryl be able to keep the beasts of Mike’s fraternity from Perry?

Cheryl finds a new father and family in Jesus, and her former life is transformed.

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The Soul Machines

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This story opens on a burgeoning mining town in Transylvania during the fading years of the 19th century. Life goes on uneventfully, save for the occasional trouble caused by a greedy local baron. Three young men—a poor Romanian, a gypsy, and a rich Hungarian—are bound by a strong friendship that is frowned upon by the town elite. During a trip to the baron’s forbidden lands, one of the men discovers a mysterious artifact that symbolizes humanity’s evil nature, bringing out the worst in people, particularly those predisposed to wrongdoings. Far right extremists, socialists, and an order of Christian Orthodox monks vie to get their hands on it, which leads to a series of tragic events that disturb the town’s peace. Murders, insanity, and suicide wreak havoc in the region. A wild chase and a fight for the possession of the artifact end up altering the mind of a boy who is bound to change the course of history. Meanwhile, a doomed love story begins between the young man who unearthed the artifact and a rich local girl who’s already betrothed. The story takes place in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and spans an eclectic mix of fiction subgenres, including romance and mystery. Themes include the rise of extreme politics in Europe, feminism, and the conflict between religion and naturalism.

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One Soul’s Journey: Second Collection of Short Stories (Book 2 of The Soul Series) By Barbara Daniels Dena

About One Soul’s Journey: Second Collection of Short Stories (Book 2 of The Soul Series) By Barbara Daniels Dena:

“Awarded a 5-Star Editorial Book Review 2023 from Reader’s Favorite!”

Two Short Stories Excerpts:
“Stop talking to me. You know owls don’t talk. Do you want someone to hear you? People will think I am nuts, talking to you.”
“Tracy knew a man was there. She felt his eyes on her, watching her. Feeling her fluttering heartbeat return to normal and the adrenaline surge passing, the original lure of the cabin returned to niggle at her curiosity bone.”

Praise for “For The Soul”
5.0 out of 5 stars
“Delightfully charming short stories”
“Excellent book. A must-read”
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Forever Kind of Love by E. Ann Brown

About Forever Kind of Love by E. Ann Brown:

A random statement made in response to a loving question turned out to be prophetic, unknowingly. If you read the story you will find out how. You will rejoice, you will laugh, and you will cry. You will be amazed, and you will be disappointed.

But isn’t that what happens in our real lives?

Bad things do happen to good people, and people of faith seem to persevere and ultimately experience a good outcome. This story has many life situations that are very challenging, but because of the love the two main characters have for each other, they were able to persevere and prevail.

After becoming empty nesters for only a short time, a surprise they never would have anticipated came to bless their lives more than they could have imagined. Sharing their life with someone else’s children because of their misfortune was heartwarming and a blessing for all concerned. Illness has a way of wiggling into our lives, often without warning, but it does not have to defeat us. These situations can end up making us stronger in faith than we were before.

Happy endings are always encouraging.
Read this light Christian-themed humorous book and enjoy!

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The Anonymous Scribe by John I. Rigoli, Diane Cummings

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When the lie is two thousand years old, who, exactly, will the truth set free?

While analyzing parchment fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls, grad student Susan Bauer pieces together text that indicates the existence of a stolen Secret Temple Scroll that was penned decades before the gospels. If discovered, this document could free the Jewish people from the centuries’-long blemish that they are responsible for Yeshua’s death.

It could also turn Christianity on its head.

From the basement of the Israeli Museum to a basilica in a picturesque French village to the ruins of Herculaneum, ex-Mossad Yigael Dorian and blacklisted archaeologists Valentina Vella and Erika Simone journey on a transcontinental chase, dodging thieves, kidnappers, cardinals, and enlisting mobsters to uncover the truth behind this rumored scroll.
It is the writer of this document, however, who has the final word in a mesmerizing depiction of life in the Galilee alongside Yeshua.

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Black Fire Trilogy by James Rada, Jr.

Black Fire Trilogy by James Rada, Jr.

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When Matt Ansaro returns to his hometown of Eckhart Mines in the Western Maryland coal fields in 1922, it isn’t for a friendly visit. 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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