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The First Cut by John Misak

The First Cut by John Misak

Step back into the 20th Century for a case with twists and turns that will keep you constantly guessing.

In The First Cut, Detective John Keegan faces his first solo case in the year 1999, when the NYPD is still adjusting to new technology, and fear of Y2K looms large. The case seems straightforward at first—Cassandra Lavelle, a rising artist, is brutally murdered, and suspicion quickly falls on her boyfriend. But Keegan soon finds himself deep in a web of secrets, as a mysterious older man, linked to Cassandra, disappears without a trace. Keegan is left with two suspects and must sift through their secrets, unsure who deserves his trust—or his suspicion. He promises justice to Cassandra, but as he digs deeper, the lines blur, forcing him to decide between two equally plausible suspects.

Complicating matters is his budding relationship with Elena Moreno, an ambitious investigative reporter who’s drawn to the very case he’s working on. Their passion flares, but cracks start to show as Keegan’s obsession with the case overtakes their relationship, pulling him further into a downward spiral.

As Keegan navigates a world on the cusp of digital transformation, he faces the new reality of computer-driven investigations—a world of advanced technology, fraught with fear and opportunity. His choices in this case, and the personal sacrifices he makes, will echo throughout his career, shaping him into the detective he’s destined to become.

Step back into a time before instant answers, where the cost of a missed clue or a bad choice is steep. The First Cut offers readers a thrilling procedural mystery filled with twists, personal sacrifice, and the painful imperfections that define real justice. Grab it now for a compelling journey that will keep you guessing until the final page. Discounted to 99 cents for a limited time.

The First Cut is Book 1 in the John Keegan Retro series which also includes Second Time Around, Third and Long, and Fourth Gear.

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Spooky Sweet by Connie Shelton

Spooky Sweet by Connie Shelton

“As with all Connie Shelton books, a fantastic read. Can’t wait to move on to the next one.” –5 stars

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Now that Samantha Sweet has a contract to provide her special handmade chocolates for the wealthy jet-set clients of Book It Travel, Sweet’s Sweets bakery is taking on a whole new dimension. Only problem, Sam isn’t ready. It’s almost Halloween, her pastry shop is bursting at the seams and she needs extra employees but there is no place to put them. Right before the witching day, she comes upon a large Victorian house she can adapt for the business, and it seems her problem is solved. But is it? The mysterious, spooky noises at night are way more than the normal creaks and groans of an old building. Something else is going on and Sam suspects it may be related to her husband’s newest case, investigating where an abandoned duffle bag crammed full of cash came from. Beau is dealing with a greedy reward-seeker, a robbery with no leads, and a waif who appears and vanishes. Sam’s mystery has her watching for ghosts and working almost around the clock. Is she relying on magic?—well, occasionally.

Praise for the Samantha Sweet Magical Bakery Mysteries series…
“Shelton again has done a superb job in bringing New Mexico to life.” —Albuquerque Journal “Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes.”—The Midwest Book Review
“Just reading about Samantha Sweet and friends at her pastry shop will leave you drooling in anticipation of delicious treats.” Joanne K, 5-star review on Amazon (Spellbound Sweets in Midnight Mysteries)
“The teamwork between Samantha and Beau was a main draw as well as attention to detail, down to the last frosted cookie.” – Janine Thiemann, 5 stars, Amazon (Spellbound Sweets in Midnight Mysteries)

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Bridge of Kings by Logan D. Irons

Bridge of Kings by Logan D. Irons

Two Warriors. Two Kings. One bridge.

Some men hold secrets that are far darker than war. An old oath obligates Ulf Bodvarsson to join King Harald Hardrada’s army of Norsemen, seeking to assert his claim to the English crown. Yet near Stamford Bridge, enemies await, seeking to fulfill their own oaths of blood. The struggle that awaits them all will decide who rules and who dies.

This gritty historical fantasy novella gives new readers an excellent introduction to the dynamic grimdark world created by Logan D. Irons. Start the series that is perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin, Bernard Cornwell, Joe Abercrombie, John Gwynne, and Mark Lawrence.

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The Day We Met in Earthly Time

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Random meetings, intimate moods, images that stick with us for no reason. The seemingly insignificant moments of earthly time can shape our whole lives from below the surface when they connect to the great archetypes below. This book of poems builds a landscape rich in emotion and intimacy, yet resonant with the archetypal, the eternal, the mythical. Steeped in the local imagery of particular places, the mood and manner will bring Gautier’s previous readers into familiar territory and introduce new readers to an imagined world of flora and fauna worth remembering.

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U-Matter: Building Your Worth on The Mark of Jesus in a Blue Check-Mark World

About U-Matter: Building Your Worth on The Mark of Jesus in a Blue Check-Mark World:

“You can’t achieve in faith”—someone who had no idea how much that statement would shake me.
My entire life, I’ve craved this need to “matter,” and believed I had to accomplish my way there. This led to years of striving in sports, relationships, body image, money, people pleasing, and career obsession, all with the intent of “earning my way to mattering.”

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Night Shift by M.D. Dalrymple

Night Shift by M.D. Dalrymple

★Is this dark-haired restaurateur his second chance . . . or will he lose her in the crossfire?
Officer Matthew Danes is jaded, with only his job as a police officer to get him out of bed every day. But when he meets the woman who changes his life, the dangers of his job hit too close to his heart.

A second chance police officer romance where the heat on the streets is almost too hot for the boys in blue! ★
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Matthew has one focus in his life: the brotherhood in blue. His life is consumed with the busy night shift on the police force – drug busts, arrests, the lights and sirens. Matthew is great at his job, but cynical and needs something more.

On an afternoon jog, he runs into an enchanting beauty and her furry, faithful companion. His world shifts on a dime. Suddenly, there is more to life than his blue uniform and working the night shift and chasing criminals.

Rosemarie intrigues Matthew like no one before. She consumes his every waking thought.

A local wine bar owner, Rosemarie’s life has been predictable. The one thing she never predicted was meeting Matthew.
In their whirlwind romance, Matthew falls for Rosemarie quickly.

Too quickly. And he doesn’t want to stop himself. Neither does Rosemarie.

But Officer Danes’ job is dangerous, and a vicious drug dealer can’t let his arrest go. One night, that danger hits too close to his heart, and he must protect Rosemarie from the hands of a violent criminal. Can Matthew keep the dirty streets from staining the love he’s found with Rosemarie?

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Psychic Echoes: Mary Jameson Book 2: A Supernatural Thriller by J.P. Alters

Psychic Echoes: Mary Jameson Book 2: A Supernatural Thriller by J.P. Alters

Mary Jameson is a young woman with a unique gift – the ability to communicate with the dead. But despite her powerful abilities, all Mary wants is a normal life. She has a loving fiancé, a beautiful home and great friends, and she’s determined to leave her paranormal past behind.
That is, until Detective Jay Santiago calls on her for help. A young boy has gone missing, and Jay is convinced that Mary’s powers could be the key to finding him.

With children and animals her soft spot, Mary is torn between her desire for a normal life and her deep compassion for those in need.

As Mary reluctantly delves back into the supernatural world, she realizes that the stakes are higher than ever before. Danger lurks around every corner, and she must use her powers to navigate a web of secrets and deception to uncover the truth behind the missing boy.

Will Mary be able to find him before it’s too late? And at what cost to her own safety and sanity? Find out in this gripping supernatural thriller, full of twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

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Moonlight Beach by Yurie Kiri

Moonlight Beach by Yurie Kiri

Chick lit Café Awards First Place to Moonlight Beach: Murder and Magic by Yurie Kiri for best Paranormal Thriller, Crime & Mystery

Moonlight Beach by Yurie Kiri examines the bizarre and outlandish murders, and gruesome crimes being committed at the charming beach town of Rancho, California. It is filled with mystery, witchcraft, paranormal activity, mystical mayhem, and dark magic. This is the perfect novel for fans of these genres. One of the very best I have ever read. It is completely original with unique characters and an incredible, engrossing and gripping plot and storyline.

Body parts are washing up on the beach and the detective is trying figure out who is committing these crimes and what exactly is going on. Then there is also a group of friends using certain drugs and conjuring up spirits. When the group performs the rite on a full moon, their combined strength gives them more power than they originally intended and they cause the spirit of a powerful witch from long ago, called Katomi, to get trapped inside one of the friends’ bodies. This is just one of the various evil occurrences going on in the wealthy community. Only the friends shared strength can protect Katomi from “Roy,” who is an ancient shaman who has been attempting to trap Katomi’s spirit inside dying bodies while he rapes and mutilates each one. Katomi’s spirit can only be released from her host’s body if Roy or the host is killed, but her presence allows the four women to have power over other’s minds which they wield to protect themselves and their coven. In an action-packed plot sequence, as the women attempt to dodge Roy at all costs, another nefarious deal is unraveling. Ike Bracken, a multi-millionaire needs a liver for his young son. His son’s condition can only be improved with a transplant, but the wait is too long. Luckily, Roy is good at murder—murder is what feeds his power—and he’s equally equipped to harvest organs. Especially for cash. As events come to a head, readers will be flying through page after page to see if the women can survive an ancient madman.

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AVENGING ANGEL: Love and Death in Old Brooklyn by Charles S. Isaac

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A riveting tale of revenge, survival and redemption, wrapped around an unlikely love story and set against an urban backdrop corrupted by violence against women and racism.

Following a racially motivated gang-rape by Ku Klux Klansmen, 12-year-old Cassandra Monroe vows revenge. After eight years of training, now a strikingly beautiful assassin, she accomplishes her mission.

Her campaign continues with solitary walks through dark city streets, hoping to be assaulted by men with bad intentions. Those entrapped by her spider’s web pay dearly for their efforts.

Surrounded by three white men one night, she’s rescued by Mike Borelli, an Italian-American passerby. A stormy up-and-down relationship ensues. Ultimately, as her rage matures into purposeful action, and as he begins to see the world through her eyes, they become a team.

Along the way, they encounter serial killers, wife-beaters, actual and would-be rapists, gangsters, crooked cops, a kidnapper and a pedophile priest, as well as numerous women in desperate need of their help. Beneath all the action, though, is the blossoming of a most unusual love story.

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Fatal Limit by Inge-Lise Goss

Fatal Limit by Inge-Lise Goss

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A Murderer Is Loose In The Hospital
When a drugged nurse is struck by a car and the tox report comes back negative, Dora Stephens’ private eye instincts kick in and she begins her search for the killer. Snooping around the hospital, she discovers a cheating husband, a dead lover, and a missing man. Can the investigator solve the deadly puzzle before the murderer strikes again?

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A Scoundrel All the Way

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What happens when the ton’s most infamous rogue meets the ton’s most infamous wallflower?

No man adores women more than Rowan Garrison, the newly minted, seventh Earl of Sexton …
Known as “The Scoundrel,” Rowan was the Crown’s top agent in France until his assignment ended abruptly thanks to his most recent contretemps—due to a few stolen kisses with the wife of a powerful general. When Rowan finds out that he’s just inherited an earldom from his late great-uncle, he gets some stern but valuable advice from his beleaguered mentor. “Run your estates, get married, and start making babies before another husband calls you out with pistols at dawn.” Hoping to relax before he settles into his new obligations, Rowan accepts an invitation to a house party in Middlesex from his friend, Viscount Thomas Latham. It would be among friends, far away from those scandals on the Continent. What could possibly go wrong?

No woman avoids men more than Lady Lucy Jeffreys…
Known as “unlucky Lucy,” after “tossing up her accounts” all over the ballroom floor at her very first ball, and then falling for and eloping with a criminal imposter, she is widowed practically before the ink is dry. Lucy vows to avoid another disaster and shuns ton events. Besides, she prefers spending her time rescuing animals and hopes to convince her grandfather to invest in an animal sanctuary—her latest idea. But when her best friend, Lady Katie Latham, invites Lucy to spend Christmastide at her brother Thomas’s estate, Lucy agrees, thinking it would be nice to spend the holiday among friends. Besides, what could go wrong?

With the help of a few Wicked Widows and a little Christmas magic, Lucy and Rowan find out that the last thing they want might be the one thing they need most of all.

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The Oscillating Mind by J. Traveler Pelton

The Oscillating Mind by J. Traveler Pelton

Allyson is a multiple, her new friend Stirling is OCD/bipolar; she runs the Greyson’s Ltd. Accounting agency and he was hired on as office manager; but with 3 college degrees, police academy and a history of solving crimes, he may be just what the family needs to solve Trevor’s enigma. If you want to move beyond normal mysteries and into the odd but feasible tale, you have to read The Oscillating Mind! This is book two of the Many Minds series, a group of fiction books I am writing highlighting mental illness and hoping to lower the stigma associated with being differently gifted.

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SYMPHONY OF A HEART IN PIECES by Author E. Masson

SYMPHONY OF A HEART IN PIECES by Author E. Masson

Book Lovers would truly enjoy reading this Novel.A novel you must read Today!

One heiress. One normal guy.
A love that will stand the test of time.
A family that won’t.

Victoria Smith is born rich and beautiful. She has fame and a name that opens any door. But there’s one thing she doesn’t have: Love.
Not until she meets Australian, Jeff Richardson, anyway.

Despite her family’s objections to her marrying a “nobody” Victoria chooses love over money.
And as they build a family, Victoria learns where true wealth lies: Love is the Richardson’s way.

But as Victoria builds a business empire of her own, she has to navigate her family through the challenges of growing up rich.
The Smiths made sure she understood that money talks. But she wants the Richardsons to believe that love is the greater gift.

When tragedy strikes, will love see their family through?
Or will love fail in a world obsessed with wealth

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EMPIRE OF BILLIONS: THE QUADRILLIONAIRE BROTHERS

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Revenge may be a dish best-served cold.
But love can melt the hardest heart.

The Roberts family are super rich. But everyone knows that money can’t buy happiness.
And they should know. Losing their parents at a young age meant they had to rely on each other.

The four boys and their little sister had been taught that rules keep you safe. And what the brothers say goes. But what if the heart wants something else?

Elizabeth may be the youngest but now she’s all grown up. And her heart yearns for Henry Kinkaid — a man her brothers hate.

This just makes her more determined for their forbidden love to flourish. Only when she learns her lover’s dark secret does her heart threaten to shatter.

But how long can she keep Henry out of her life? Especially as she’s carrying a piece of him with her.

The Roberts brothers have strict relationship rules: Keep emotions out of it.

But will the patter of tiny feet melt their materialistic hearts?
And will they bury old wounds before it’s too late?

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Mystic Richness: Inspirational Letters from Visionaries Beyond the Veil by Cheryl Page

Mystic Richness: Inspirational Letters from Visionaries Beyond the Veil by Cheryl Page

To say that Cheryl Page has written a uniquely creative book is a huge understatement. Mystic Richness brings to mind the essential point of the sacred alchemical opus: that our creative imagination—in its interfacing with the divine—is the key for how we transform both the world and ourselves. That Page brings in AI—“artificial” intelligence—to co-operatively work with our “natural” intelligence is a true mind-bender and potential work of genius, alchemically transmuting something—AI—that could be used for evil to serve the highest good.
-Paul Levy, author of, The Quantum Revelation

Mystic Richness: Inspirational Letters from Visionaries Beyond the Veil is not just a book—it’s a groundbreaking journey into the unknown, where science meets spirit, and where the boundaries of reality are redefined. In this transformative work, Cheryl A. Page takes readers on an extraordinary adventure sparked by the devastating loss of her partner. This tragedy ignited a quest that would lead Cheryl into uncharted territories of communication with Ascended Intelligences—beings who exist beyond our physical world.

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Sour Apples A Novel For Those Who Hate to Read by Paul Jantzen

Sour Apples A Novel For Those Who Hate to Read by Paul Jantzen

Imagine, if you will, an eleven-year-old boy with an imagination so powerful that he uses it like others would use a compass. Our hero, Jimmy Hamilton, loses his fort on three separate occasions all in the span of one summer. He must battle both his wits and unwanted squatters. He comes to discover each new unwanted tenant proves more difficult to evict than the last. His plans have a modicum of success but each come with unintended consequences.
Adding to the mix of that imagination and his antics to win back his fort, the prettiest girl his age, a baseball diamond, a groundhog, a snapping turtle, and the town vagrant and Jimmy soon finds his summer adventure is more than he bargained for.

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Sustained Business Growth: How to Lead Radical Change, Overcome Adversity, and Ignite Explosive Growth Without Sacrificing Those Who Matter Most by Shawn Fry

Sustained Business Growth: How to Lead Radical Change, Overcome Adversity, and Ignite Explosive Growth Without Sacrificing Those Who Matter Most by Shawn Fry

ATTENTION: Business Leaders, Frontline Managers, and Agents of Change …
The ‘Success Secrets of Industry Giants’, such as strategic customer relationship management, efficient process optimization, and effective team building, are revealed. Boost your business without losing your Time, Money, or Soul. Identify reasons for not meeting customer demands and losing sales opportunities.
Develop a high-performing team of business owners at every level, steadily and continually improve robust processes, and consistently deliver value to the customer.
Overcome major obstacles enabling your business to evolve in highly competitive markets and environments.
Local and global competitors threaten to deliver higher value to the customer and promise better quality, shorter lead times, and acceptable prices and/or services.

Due to the desire to develop new customer relationships, businesses accept opportunities and projects at a loss and squeeze out all the profit.

Continual turnover results in loyal employees becoming exhausted by the extra workload of training new employees.

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SYMPHONY OF A HEART IN PIECES by Author E. Masson

SYMPHONY OF A HEART IN PIECES by Author E. Masson

One heiress. One normal guy.
A love that will stand the test of time.
A family that won’t.

Victoria Smith is born rich and beautiful. She has fame and a name that opens any door. But there’s one thing she doesn’t have: Love.
Not until she meets Australian, Jeff Richardson, anyway.

Despite her family’s objections to her marrying a “nobody” Victoria chooses love over money.
And as they build a family, Victoria learns where true wealth lies: Love is the Richardson’s way.

When tragedy strikes, will love see their family through?
Or will love fail in a world obsessed with wealth?

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