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Bed, Breakfast & Bedbugs by Sandra Bass Joines

About Bed, Breakfast & Bedbugs by Sandra Bass Joines:

Book 1 of the Blossom Inlet Series.
Welcome to Blossom Inlet… Where Memories are Made and Secrets are Protected.

Secrets not only affect the lives of the secret keepers, but also can torment future generations. Leora Van Leer has serious commitment issues. Why wouldn’t she? Her mother abandoned her like an unwanted kitten right after she was born, and she has no idea who her father is.

When Leora inherits her grandmother’s bed and breakfast, she discovers that she must live in and operate it for one year, or ownership will go to a children’s foundation. It seems simple enough, but she has a history of running as fast as a streak of lightning every time she becomes too attached to anyone or anything.

As if that’s not enough, she’s also inherited three quirky residents with the B&B. Miss Sophie has Alzheimer’s and drifts in and out of the now as fast as the snap of a finger. Preacher is a retired minister who takes Bible verse liberties. Eduardo is a young artist with absence seizures, freezing into a statue without warning.

Everything that can go wrong with reopening the bed and breakfast goes wrong. As well, her controlling mother is determined to steal her inheritance and a brown-eyed stranger with a lopsided smile has stolen her heart.

While Leora adjusts to a new upside-down life, her mother does the unimaginable, leading Leora to uncover a secret so horrifying, her life will never be the same.

She has two options: come to terms with the past and continue the Van Leer legacy as she promised her grandmother;

or RUN.

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Confidence John by Harmony Reed

About Featured Book: Confidence John by Harmony Reed

Free from 3/20/2022 through 4/20/2022

A coded journal. A buried treasure. A dangerous journey.

In the early 1800s, as the Spanish surrender Florida to the United States government, Emily Bisset reunites with her estranged mother Simone to solve a family mystery and seek revenge on the man who abandoned them both: Confidence John.

As they make their way to the southern coast, intending to enter the legendary poker game run by Emily’s con-man father, they encounter escaped slaves, Seminole warriors, Florida patriots, and Spanish missionaries — some friend, some foe, some both.

Soon another mystery presents itself: who is the stranger that pursues them, and how does she know so much about their quest?

Confidence John is a stand-alone novel by Harmony Reed. Fans of Daughter of Fortune and The Sisters Brothers will feel right at home with Confidence John.

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The Unnamed Girl by Mike H. Mizrahi

About The Unnamed Girl by Mike H. Mizrahi:

In the fog of battle, Confederate Private Woody Woodard stumbles across a gold-cased ambrotype of a little girl near the body of a dead Union soldier. Somehow she becomes his only respite from the nighttime demons of war that torture him. He must find her.

An award-winning historical novel, The Unnamed Girl is the saga about one soldier’s quest for peace and purpose. And love. It’s 1862 in Virginia, and Woody has no more stomach for war. He leave his comrades temporarily to find the girl’s family, return the likeness, and give witness to how her father fell in battle.

Woody is wounded and captured; his mission interrupted. After escaping from a deadly Union prison camp, he resumes his search for the girl’s family in enemy territory, which leads him to the widow Rebecca Johnston. A conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ohio, Rebecca’s farm is in disrepair. She seeks Woody’s help as a hired hand, and in exchange she will help him find the girl in the photograph.

The Unnamed Girl maintains a sweeping storyline that ultimately takes Woody and Rebecca deep into Confederate territory to rescue a former slave in Lumpkin’s slave jail, and back to Ohio in search of the girl. A love that hangs by a thread because of lie stands in the balance. This is a story of renewal and transformation that transcends the pages of a novel. A romp that leaves readers satisfied and wanting more.

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Fenian’s Trace by Sean P. Mahoney

Fenian’s Trace by Sean P. Mahoney

A great story for getting into the mood for St. Patrick’s Day! (Audiobook narrated by Irish actor Liam Carney available on Audible / paperback or ebook on Amazon) FENIAN’S TRACE is the story of two young men raised as brothers in the west of Ireland during the early 1900s. Though they choose different paths when the rebellion comes, they both take a fancy to the spirited and alluring Maria upon her homecoming from America. It’s told by a gruff old Limerick publican named Mr. Clancy, who refuses to let his gentle inebriation or any distractful facts trouble his tale. It’s a story of secrets and sacrifice, fathers and sons, loyalty and love.

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Testing the Limits by Kate Lance

About Testing the Limits by Kate Lance:

“I can’t recommend this series highly enough: the writing is brilliant, the story wonderful, obviously well researched; and you can’t help but fall in love with the characters. Great stuff!” Amazon review

1930s England: and for a group of friends it seems as if the sunny days of sailing, flying and love will never end.

A deepwater sailing ship takes restless young Eliza McKee to a new life in glamorous London, but when she meets the handsome star of a talking film it’s not quite the life she expects.

Eliza’s brother Pete yearns to fly, and pilot Billie Quinn can teach him. Pete calls her a sarcastic, scowling Amelia Earhart, but it’s Billie who knows how much Pete has to learn.

Eliza’s aunt, actress Izabel Peres, hides a secret from the world. Then she falls for lawyer Felix with his buccaneering smile, and a case of shellshock he believes is behind him.

Doctor Harry Bell, Eliza’s old shipmate, loves fascinating Charlotte, but Charlotte just loves flirting and gambling — especially with flyboy Pete’s heart.

For Eliza’s friends, the days of contentment are fading before the gathering dusk of war. And when a great white barque encounters the coast one foggy night, more than an era of sail finds itself tested to the limits.

Currently only $0.99. Testing the Limits is the first book in the Tempo series, by the winner of the Mountbatten Maritime Award and the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Non-Fiction.

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The Curse of Beauty by Lauren Lee Merewether

About Featured Book: The Curse of Beauty by Lauren Lee Merewether

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A gripping historical drama—the origin of Greek mythology’s Medusa is uniquely explored and reimagined in this allegorical work of historical fiction that takes us back to Ancient Greece during the rise of the Mycenaeans.

In 1650 BC, King Oceanus, a self-proclaimed lord of the sea, arrives with his soldiers on the shore of Tiryns and begins a struggle for power and dominance.

Thais, the Tiryns chieftain’s daughter, is caught between her father’s wish for peace without bloodshed, and the senior councilman’s desire to wage war. Yet the biggest threat to the people of Tiryns is not the soldiers in the plains but the growing division within the city.

Seeing no other option to end the pending war, Thais’ mother strikes a bargain with their Mother Goddess, trading her life for her daughter’s future. Thais is left to discover what her mother bargained for while lies, deceit, and secrets propel her and all of her people into one epic struggle for survival.

If you like to read stories about redemption, perseverance, and the power of courage and kindness, then you will love this historical saga of a Tiryns woman behind the myth of Medusa in this standalone installment of the Ancient Legends series.

“…an unstoppable read…The Curse of Beauty delivers everything you could possibly hope for in a historical drama. Unmissable.” – K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite (★★★★★)

“…a gripping plot…a creative storyline that stays with you long after the book ends.” – Jamie Michele for Readers’ Favorite (★★★★★)

“…a powerful book overflowing with drama, intrigue, love, hate, passion and violence…an exceptional story…” – Teresa Syms for Readers’ Favorite (★★★★★)

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Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation by Alice McVeigh

Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation by Alice McVeigh

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HARRIET is an intriguing and original “take” on Jane Austen’s immortal EMMA, by Publishers Weekly’s 2021 BookLife Prize quarterfinalist, Alice McVeigh.

Emma, a privileged young heiress, decides to mentor Harriet Smith, a pretty boarding-school pupil, and to matchmake her as eligibly as she can… But how is she to guess that Harriet has a secret?

Meanwhile, the brilliant, penniless Jane Fairfax consents to a clandestine engagement with Frank Churchill – though not daring to confess, even to him, that she is being relentlessly pursued by her best friend’s husband.

HARRIET sidelines Emma herself in favour of the ingenious Harriet and the fascinating Jane Fairfax. It is EMMA – but an EMMA with a surprisingly believable twist in its tail.

“A dynamic take on a revered classic. This is still Austen’s EMMA—but the story that unfolds through the recollections of these two “side” characters feels remarkably fresh… With or without an understanding of EMMA, HARRIET contains a fully-formed narrative that should satisfy even the choosiest Austen fans… Readers will rarely find the words ‘page-turner’ and ‘Jane Austen’ in the same sentence, but McVeigh’s impeccably written HARRIET certainly fits the bill.” (IndieReader)

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Waking Up Lost by David Fitz-Gerald

Waking Up Lost by David Fitz-Gerald

Traveling without warning. Nights lost to supernatural journeys. Is one young man fated to wander far from safety?

New York State, 1833. Noah Munch longs to fit in. Living with a mother who communes with ghosts and a brother with a knack for heroics, the seventeen-year-old wishes he were fearless enough to discover an extraordinary purpose of his own. But when he mysteriously awakens in the bedroom of the two beautiful daughters of the meanest man in town, he realizes his odd sleepwalking ability could potentially be deadly.

Convinced that leaving civilization is the only way to keep himself and others safe, Noah pursues his dream of becoming a mountain man and slips away into the primeval woods. But after a strong summer storm devastates his camp, the troubled lad finds his mystical wanderings have only just begun.

Can Noah find his place before he’s destroyed by a ruthless world?

Waking Up Lost is the immersive fourth book in the Adirondack Spirit Series of historical fiction. If you like coming-of-age adventures, magical realism, and stories of life on the American frontier, then you’ll love David Fitz-Gerald’s compelling chronicle.

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Rock and Roll Children: An 80s Hair Metal Garage Band Story

About Rock and Roll Children: An 80s Hair Metal Garage Band Story:

Mix one dash of high school and two jiggers of teenage angst with a metric ton of heavy metal, and you have the recipe for the improbable wild ride of five kids with limited means and big dreams.

Seventeen-year-old Sean needs a lot of things: He needs his parents to stop hassling him. He needs his car to start. He needs his Jewfro to grow out into heavy metal hair. But most of all, he needs a band…

Without one he isn’t sure that he’s ever going to make it out of this two-horse town.

He’s been trying to put a band together for as long as he can remember, but finding like-minded metalheads in rural America has been challenging. Finally the stars align and a band is born.

It’s magic. But can these five talented metal kids keep things together long enough to play the show of a lifetime?

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Living in Cleveland with the Ghost of Joseph Stalin by Marc Sercomb

About Featured Book: Living in Cleveland with the Ghost of Joseph Stalin by Marc Sercomb

It’s the summer of 1953. Calvin Jefferson Coolidge is thirteen years old when the ghost of Joseph Stalin appears to him in his Aunt Evelyn’s cluttered Cleveland attic and wants to dictate his memoirs to him.
“I want to tell my side of the story,” Uncle Joe tells him. “They’re giving me one year to set the record straight, so we need to get started right away.”

Calvin’s life is falling apart at the seams. He’s a misfit and loner whose only friends are famous dead people. He loves polka music and Westerns and sometimes wonders what it would be like to kiss a girl. His con man father is in Florida looking for his bipolar runaway mother. His cousin Buck is abducted and experimented on by aliens. The lady next door wants to coach him in the ways of love. His pastor thinks he’s headed straight for Hell. His English teacher thinks he’s a savant. The school psychologist wants to have him committed. His shrink thinks he’s just plain nuts. Sometimes, Calvin believes it too.
Everybody’s trying to figure out what makes Calvin tick in this quirky, fast-paced metaphysical romp through the heart and soul of 1950’s America.

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The first Wolf Pack: A Dog’s Fable

About The first Wolf Pack: A Dog’s Fable:

An exciting and heartwarming journey told from the perspective of a modern dog, you will discover what every dog knows about the true beginnings of human civilization and the connection between man, wolf, and dog. You will find yourself wondering if it really did happen this way.

It was the age of the lone wolf, an ancient time of isolation and hostility. Arn and Versa, two of the most powerful wolves to ever roam the earth, clash in a mighty battle. Only by helping each other can they survive certain death. Forced to trust each other, they overcome the poisoned blood of the lone wolf and forge a super-partnership never before enjoyed by any other carnivore.

Fully healed, they become The First Wolf Pack, a hunting machine dominating all lands they choose. Lone wolves, pressed to survive, form alliances in an attempt to destroy The First Wolf Pack. While their adversaries assemble, Arn and Versa must teach their extraordinary offspring the secrets of pack life.

For The First Wolf Pack to survive, the most gifted of their young offspring, Tria, must grow up quickly, battling countless foes and her own deep flaws. Soon she becomes the invincible wolf others fear; destroying all enemies in her path, but her spirit remains empty and broken. Suffering great internal struggles to overcome her unparalleled power, brutality, and suspicious nature, Tria must learn to forgive and trust those who misunderstood her.

She embarks on an epic sojourn across continents and time in an attempt to change the course of wolf, dog, and human history. But the question remains—can she fulfill the improbable destiny that awaits her?

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The Silver Lake Murder

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Blake Rivers and his girlfriend Rose left Silver Lake for New Orleans a few years ago, he swore he would never come back. Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans has caused a separation between Blake and Rose. He has been looking for her in New Orleans for months. He knows it’s a long shot but thinks maybe she went back home to Silver Lake.

Upon his arrival to Silver Lake, he notices the new sign up ahead that reads, Welcome to Silver Lake. As he pulls up closer to the sign, he can see a police cruiser and a white sheet on the ground. The sheet has the word, Human written on the side of it. There is red blood seeping through the sheet. It is confirmed coming back to Silver Lake is already a mistake, but there is no turning back now.

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No Going Back

About No Going Back:

Delve into the mind of a paranoid novelist who’s terrified of becoming famous. No Going Back is a slow burner of a novel about Brian Weathers, a writer who’s had his fair share of success. However, he’s always avoided fame at any costs and prefers to remain out of the spotlight. So what’s going to happen when a single photo threatens his precious anonymity?

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Azalea House by Clare Castleberry

About Azalea House by Clare Castleberry:

On her sixteenth birthday, Marianne’s world gets turned upside down. After her parents die suddenly in an accident, she and her brother, Marcus, must fend for themselves as they adjust to a new life with a dysfunctional extended family. Marianne begins to unravel one dark secret after another, revealing a sinister past and awakening the spirits who inhabit Azalea House, the Southern Louisiana estate owned by her family for generations. Among those spirits are her dead twin brothers, who drowned under mysterious circumstances before Marianne was born. A gardener at Azalea House was blamed for the murder and incarcerated, giving rise to family tensions upon his release. But as Marianne listens to the buried whispers of the past, she discovers the truth is much worse than she suspected–and much closer to home.

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The Blood of Bones

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The boy’s name is Tesfahun.

Nestled in the vastness of Ethiopia’, he lives among an ancient tribe in the Omo Valley untouched by modern civilization. His people live an isolated life where revenge killings are required and ruled by superstitions where mingi or cursed babies are thrown into the river for the sake of the tribe.

As friends are forced to avenge the tribe and children disappear in the night, Tesfahun begins to question his people and his beliefs, growing further from his grief stricken mother and hardened father. After his initiation into manhood, Tesfahun discovers a terrible secret about his family and himself.

Fearing for his life and the demons he tried to flee, Tesfahun crashes headlong into his blood-soaked fears and must come to terms with the violence inherent in his bones in order to find salvation.

Reminiscent of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, The Blood of Bones is a mythic, coming-of-age tale that speaks to the struggles of humanity across cultural boundaries. Themes of belief vs. violence, community vs. the individual, and, above all, the quest for peace are imbued in the narrative. Based on actual, current practices among tribes in the Omo Valley, The Blood of Bones is a testament to the resilience of hope in even the most hostile circumstances

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In The Absence of Light by C. L. Ferrari

In The Absence of Light by C. L. Ferrari

Change is coming. Evil is descending like a swarm of locusts. First one terrible thing happens, then more, and soon the residents of this rural midwestern town feel the darkness like a current pulsing through the air. It’s an uneasy gut feeling, the kind that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.

For people who live here, life had seemed normal. A quiet town with school activities and jobs, weekends of hunting, fishing, and gardening, Sunday mornings at church, these were the traditional lifestyles of Gibson Glen’s population. But not now, and no one is willing to say it out loud.

That is, until Gabe Matheson arrives in town. The college friend of a local pastor, Gabe has traveled the country for two decades, going where he is led, fighting spiritual battles alongside the Warriors of the Angelic Host. He discovered in college that he had a divine gift, the vision to see beyond this dimension into the worlds of the heavenly and of the damned. And now, in Gibson Glen, where Gabe has come for the most crucial battle of his life, he meets a young boy with supernatural abilities greater than his own.

War is looming. A battle of both flesh and Principalities, evil from high places and in unseen realms, Angels and Demons. But even Gabe isn’t aware that losing would have drastic global effects and that the fate of humanity rests in his hands.

Because darkness reigns – In the Absence of Light.

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Sounded Forth the Trumpet: The Pursuit of Lee from Gettysburg by James Sagerholm

Sounded Forth the Trumpet: The Pursuit of Lee from Gettysburg by James Sagerholm

The book is a fictional account of what might have occurred if the president, the Secretary of War, the general-in-chief and the commander of the Union Army of the Potomac had aggressively used all forces available to them in order to prevent Lee’s escape with his army to Virginia after his defeat at Gettysburg. If such an effort were made and succeeded, the war would have ended in 1863, saving over 300,000 lives and millions of dollars.

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All That Is Hidden by Laura DeNooyer-Moore

About Featured Book: All That Is Hidden by Laura DeNooyer-Moore

Are secrets worth the price they cost to keep? Ten-year-old Tina Hamilton finds out the hard way. In 1968, trouble erupts when northern exploitation threatens her southern Appalachian town. Her father’s hidden past collides with the present, mirroring the clash of progressive ideas and small town values.

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The Munich Girl

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The past may not be done with us. 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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Bonfire of the Beasts

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The most controversial satire of political correctness ever written.

BONFIRE OF THE BEASTS is the story of animals who rise up against their human oppressors and attempt to create a society finally free of bigotry and hate. What unfolds is a depiction of the all-too-human way in which sympathy and love can pave the way for unimaginable horrors.

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