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Snarque by Charles Lyons & Lisa Colvin

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 2 votes
Category: Mystery
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Welcome to Snarque. A town so smug about its exclusivity its unofficial motto is "Have a nice day…. Somewhere else"

When the most prestigious midwife in Snarque is found dead in a million-dollar koi pond (her blood ruining the pond’s pH), David Windom, disgraced Beverly Hills PD public affairs officer now Snarque’s homicide detective has a problem. Does he cover up what he knows to be murder for the good of the town's reputation or does he try to solve the crime?

He's aided by Mattie the attractive local florist/exotic plant hallucinogenic purveyor. But even she could be a suspect along with a cross-dressing financier, a Lothario Gardner and others.

Scandal, sex, and schadenfreude. It’s all so deliciously precious.

The Nexus by J. Kraft Mitchell

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 21 votes
Category: Science Fiction Thriller
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IN THIS CITY, CRIMINALS MAY JUST MAKE THE BEST CRIME FIGHTERS.

The United Space Programs built the floating city to be a better place for humanity, free of the crime and corruption that riddled the cities of Earth. They failed. Less than a century old, the satellite metropolis of Anterra now harbors a massive criminal underground.

Jill Branch is just one of countless teenagers who have been sucked into the illegal activities of the city. She’s an errander--a pawn for crime lords to hire for their grunt work. But her latest task turned out to be more than she bargained for. Now she’s on the run from an undercover government agent. But she’s about to find out he doesn’t want to arrest her; he wants to recruit her. And if Jill agrees, she may be part of one of the most unique crime fighting projects in history.

MORTAL SIN by Paul Levine

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 16 votes
Category: Mystery, Thriller
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From Library Journal

Lawyer Jake Lassiter is defending Florida real estate developer Nicky Florio in a civil suit regarding an environmentalist's death at a poolside party. While Lassiter has doubts that the death was accidental, he also worries about the possible conflict of interest involved in sleeping with his client's wife, Gina. After Lassiter wins the case, he is sucked into the machinations of Florio and Gina and finds himself witness to a beheading, accused of embezzlement and murder, and on the run. Indian rights, animal rights, and slimy politicians and lawyers all surface in this fourth Lassiter novel. Permeated with cynicism and the corruption of South Florida that recall the work of Carl Hiaasen, this thriller races to a smashing climax. Recommended for public libraries.
- Robert H. Donahugh, formerly with Youngstown & Mahoning Cty. P.L., Ohio

Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Gabriel the Goldfish by Cindy Adkins

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 2 votes
Category: Children's
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When six-year-old Tyler wins Gabriel, the goldfish, at a carnival, the boy is excited. However, Gabriel is distraught as he misses Mr. Jack, the man who cared for him at the fish booth. Once his gets home with Tyler, Gabriel devises a clever plan to secure his release and be returned, once again, to the carnvial. Things do not go as he anticipates, yet another opportunity arises that gives Gabriel hope. This story is full of twists and turns that will keep children captivated to see what will happen to the endearing goldfish. It is one to be read by parents, grandparents, teachers, or librarians who are looking for an entertaining read. For ages 4-8. Note: This book contains no illustrations and is purely for the joy of sharing a reading experience with children.

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LOVE LETTERS, INC. by EC Sheedy

Rating: 4.6 Stars with 8 votes
Category: Romance
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When I wrote this book, I wanted to write about a smart, funny, capable woman who’s decided—and determined—to make ¬motherhood her career. Enter Rosie O’Hanlon. Rosie wants kids. Lots of kids. And she wants a man who’ll value home, hearth, and a horde of happy children as much as she does. But, hey, this is the 21st century, full-throttle motherhood can be a tough sell at the best of times, and right now she’s sidelined by a neck brace due to some recent surgery. She intends to kick start her search for the ideal father figure the minute the brace comes off.

By day Rosie is a technical writer, by night she’s an ink-stained scribe who pens old-fashioned love letters for the romantic at heart. She’d kind of, sort of, hoped LOVE LETTERS, INC. would help pay the groaning mortgage on her aging farm house. Not. But she’s enjoying the letter writing too much to stop. She particularly enjoys writing letters for Gardenia to her fiancé Kent Summerton.

The problem is Kent isn’t engaged, to Gardenia or anyone else. Kent is the sexy-hot, very much single owner manager of a prestigious local resort. Ambitious, organized, and over-scheduled, Kent does not find the anonymous letters he’s receiving from Gardenia amusing. And when they become more and more explicit, he starts to feel a bit…stalked. He decides to track Gardenia down and put a stop to her purple pen.

All roads lead to Rosie, who’s not happy to learn she’s been duped by Gardenia into writing erotic spam. She’s even less happy to be instantly attracted to work-crazed Kent. With his green eyes, chiseled chin, and muscles in all the right places, he might be calendar material, but he’s so-o not the man for her, and so-o absolutely not the future father of her many children. After all, a six-pack of abs doesn’t trump family values.

Rosie’s right. Kent doesn’t want a messy passel of kids. Kent wants a successful business, an organized life, and a clean balance sheet. Kids? Time sucks and trouble. This he knows. Or thinks he knows. But Kent doesn’t know what trouble is, until he starts wanting what he can’t have—Rosie O’Hanlon.

P.S. I hope you'll enjoy Rosie's love story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Black Oil, Red Blood by Diane Castle

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 29 votes
Category: Legal Thriller
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The thing about cancer is it’s hard to prove somebody gave it to you on purpose—but Chloe Taylor can prove it. In fact, she proves it for a living. She sues oil refineries that would rather save a buck than comply with safety regulations designed to do important things like, you know, keep people alive.

Chloe had a successful career until circumstances forced her to move to the bass-ackwards town of Kettle, Texas (human population: 4,000; gun population: 34,356). Big Oil industry giant PetroPlex employs half of Kettle’s population, and there’s no question the judge in the town’s got oil stains on his hands. It’s no wonder she’s been on a losing streak lately. She suspects she’s been litigating on an uneven playing field, but when her star expert witness turns up dead less than 48 hours before a make-or break hearing, she knows.

What she doesn’t know is the key piece of information that got her expert killed. It turns out PetroPlex is harboring a shocking secret—one that has the potential to skyrocket gasoline prices, spark an energy market meltdown, and trigger riots, chaos, death, and destruction on a global scale. Chloe must discover the secret and expose the villains before she is permanently silenced, all while juggling a troublesome ex-fiancé and a tantalizing new flame along the way.

**A portion of the proceeds benefits Gulf People Helping People, a fundraising initiative of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization to support people in financial hardship because of the BP 2010 Gulf Oil Disaster. Proceeds will go directly to those most in need including fishermen, oil spill clean-up workers and residents whose livelihoods and families are suffering from either poor health and/or dire economic hardships. This important effort will assist Gulf oil spill workers, residents, organizations and communities in making Louisiana and the Gulf Coast a safer place to live and work for us all.

Are You Sitting Down? by Shannon Yarbrough

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 13 votes
Category: Drama
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A rape victim raising a biracial baby. A drug addict haunted by a dead girlfriend. A homosexual mourning a dead lover. A teacher having an affair with his student. And a businesswoman sexually harassed by her boss. What do they all have in common? They all sit at Lorraine White's holiday dinner table; they are also her children.

But Lorraine's children are not the only ones in the family dealing with ghosts of the past. This is the first Christmas the Whites have spent together since the death of their father. And it very well could be their last, as arguments ensue, secrets are revealed, and perhaps a murderer walks among them.

In his latest novel, Shannon Yarbrough explores the damaged soul of one small town family and breaks through the boundaries of love, convincing his readers that no matter how hard life gets, sometimes the support of family is often the only true foundation we have left to depend upon - whether we want it or not.

Happy Birthday to Me by Brian Rowe

Rating: 4.1 Stars with 38 votes
Category: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
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Seventeen-year-old Cameron Martin has a huge problem: he’s aging a whole year of his life with each passing day!

High school is hard enough; imagine rapidly aging from seventeen to seventy in a matter of weeks, with no logical explanation, and with prom, graduation, and the state championship basketball game on the horizon. That’s what happens to Cameron, a popular pretty boy who's never had to face a day looking anything but perfect.

All Cameron wants to do is go back to normal, but no one, not even the best doctors, can diagnose his condition. When he finds love with a mysterious young woman, however, he realizes his only hope for survival might be with the one person who started his condition in the first place.

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Babe On Board by Stephanie Zia

Rating: 4.0 Stars with 1 vote
Category: Contemporary Romance
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Molly Warren travels the world for her work and has a gorgeous long-term lover. But, after 5 years the alarm bells on Molly's biological clock are in meltdown whilst commitment-phobe, man-of-the-world, Max is allergic to domesticity. When Molly becomes pregnant, Max runs and Molly finds herself alone, without a job and broke.
A heady, perfume-filled romance you won't want to put down till you've smelt the final page.

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Mystique Rising by Karen Magill

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Paranormal
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In a bloody showdown during a Mystique concert, the government ended rock music. The members of Mystique disappeared - as many musicians before
them had -without a trace.

This drives fans underground and they form the rebel group, the Let Us Play Organization. Presently Kaya More, who is the daughter of a slain LUPO founder, as well as a descendant of a member of Mystique, leads LUPO.

The gift of second sight aids Kaya as she leads the rebels from New York City to California to the Canadian Rockies. Once LUPO joins forces with other outlaws from around the world, the rebellion explodes and a
showdown between the oppressors of music and fans is inevitable.

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Into the Shadows by Karly Kirkpatrick

Rating: 4.3 Stars with 39 votes
Category: Young Adult, Paranormal Thriller
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Paivi Anderson has it all—friends, a spot on the varsity basketball team, wonderful parents, and quite possibly, her first boyfriend. It was everything a freshman in high school could ask for. Her perfect life begins to crumble when she discovers her name on a list distributed by a power-hungry presidential candidate. How could anyone think of Paivi as an Enemy of the State? Could it be because of her special powers? No one was supposed to know about them, but the mysterious messages in her tater tots say otherwise. In INTO THE SHADOWS, Paivi quickly learns who her friends are and is forced into a reality she didn’t see coming.

Scott Nicholson Library by Scott Nicholson

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 8 votes
Category: Paranormal Mystery, Suspense
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"Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off." - J.A. Konrath, Origin

A boxed set of four supernatural, suspense, and mystery novels from an international bestselling author. More than 230,000 words of fiction, DRM-free. Includes the complete text of:

CREATIVE SPIRIT: Artists at a remote Appalachian retreat discover their work is bringing a malevolent spirit to life.

DISINTEGRATION: Twin brothers vie for a family empire built on deceit and dark secrets, with one woman standing between them and another waiting in the shadows.

CRIME BEAT: When a new reporter joins a small-town newspaper, a crime spree erupts that soon escalates to serial killing.

BAD BLOOD: A vampire is lured to a mystical resort to investigate rumors of ritualistic murders. Written with J.R. Rain and H.T. Night.

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Sea Bitch by Christine Kling

Rating: 4.7 Stars with 15 votes
Category: Mystery, Short Stories
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SEA BITCH is a collection of four short stories by the acclaimed nautical writer Christine Kling. The women and girls who sail these waters might appear somewhat innocent, but all turn deadly dangerous before these tales are done. Look out guys, if there is one theme among these pages, it is that revenge is sweet.

The first story ""The Night Watchman"" is the original story wherein Christine created Seychelle Sullivan, the tug and salvage captain who went on to appear in her first four books, and serves as a prequel to the series.

""Dead Storage"" first appeared in the popular collection Miami Noir published by Akashic Books.

The collection concludes with bonus excerpts from Christine's new thriller CIRCLE OF BONES and from the first in her Seychelle Sullivan series titled SURFACE TENSION

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Demon Hunter and Baby by Anna Elliott

Rating: 4.6 Stars with 14 votes
Category: Contemporary, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal
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Her boss is a fairy, her ex-lover is a Knight Templar, and she spends her days fighting the demons that plague London's streets. But what's *really* complicating Aisling McKay's life is being a single mother to a nine-month-old baby girl.

Ever since the End Times, magic has been leaking into our world. Magic and demons, shadowy beings that possess humans' bodies and destroy their souls. The Monastic Order of the Knights Templar have revealed themselves to the world as guardians and defenders of the veil between the demon world and ours. But the Templar Order is growing weaker, and the veil is starting to shred and tear. Often all that stands between humans and complete demonic possession are professional demon fighters, Hunters like Aisling McKay.

Aisling already has enough to handle between her day job, her (very unplanned) baby daughter, Willow--and avoiding Kieran, Willow's father and a Templar Knight. But now a new danger is abroad in London--and facing it will set Aisling on a collision course with the past she thought she'd escaped for good.

Demon Hunter and Baby is approximately 98,000 words long and is appropriate for all ages. It is the first of a planned series that will send Aisling on a desperate search back into her own past ... and will lead her to long-buried truths that will shake the foundations of everything she believes. Truths that have the potential either to save or to utterly destroy the human world.

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Nothing Stays In Vegas by Elena Aitken

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 48 votes
Category: Contemporary, Romance
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Lexi Titan has mastered the art of pretending everything’s fine. After all, how else could she ignore the fact that her husband is never home, her son barely knows him and the last time she had sex, well, who can remember? With her life crumbling, the last thing she wants to do is go on a trip, especially back to Vegas; a city full of glitz, excess, and Leo, the man she’s spent the last six years trying to forget. But when her best friend announces she’s getting married, Lexi doesn’t have a choice. Besides, it’s ridiculous to avoid an entire city because of one guy. Even if he is the father of your child.

Face to face with memories of the past and the gorgeous man who started it all, Lexi can no longer deny the truth to anyone, especially Leo. But honesty will come at a price, and Lexi must decide if she’s wiling to take that risk. And what exactly will she tell her husband? Because as she now knows, NOTHING STAYS IN VEGAS.

The Warning by Jonas Saul

Rating: 3.9 Stars with 11 votes
Category: Paranormal Thriller
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Sarah Roberts has spent the last four years helping people stay alive through the messages she receives from the dead.

She receives a daunting communication from the Other Side regarding her sister's murderer, and where she can find him, but the message is not clear enough to confirm the man's identity.

Then she receives The Warning, a message that tells her to stand down - let it go. She refuses and enters a complex where the odds are stacked heavily against her. The tables turn, and Sarah becomes the hunted rather than the hunter.

How many people have to die to catch one murderer? How far will Sarah go?

Sarah must face the absolute horror and reality that has become her life as an Automatic Writer. The Warning begins as a flame, ignites to a fire and explodes in an inferno of violence over a girl who receives messages from the dead to help the living.

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INDIAN MAIDENS BUST LOOSE by Vidya Samson

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 12 votes
Category: Humor, Romance
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Nisha Desai is a young Indian woman who pines for romance in a country where love is in the same class as malaria, and where mates are selected using a calculator.

Normally deluged with ghastly suitors of her father's choosing, she suddenly finds herself on the short list for a bride-seeing tour by a rich and handsome nephew of a neighbor. This is the stuff of which dreams are made.

A nightmare materializes when a very un-Indian ruffian moves in next door, complete with beard and obnoxious Harley motorcycle. He might play the bad boy in one of Nisha's beloved romance novels, but in real life, he terrifies her.

So she tries to ignore the thundering engine of the bike while anxiously awaiting the arrival of Prince Charming--or at least, Prince Rich.

But arriving first are a long-lost black-sheep American aunt and her trouble-magnet teenage daughters. The aunt proves to be a New Age space case, while the cousins’ appetite for disasters threatens to level the city of Ahmedabad. In short order, the demented cousins instigate an elopement, a public protest, and a riot that gets Nisha thrown in jail.

Nisha’s family comes to the conclusion that while East and West may meet, sometimes they shouldn't. The guests are seen as an invading force, equipped with weapons of mass corruption.

While Nisha wonders how she can hide her now corroded reputation from the dream suitor's family, insanity marches on. Nisha's father adopts a pet cow and convinces half the city it's the reincarnation of a Hindu deity. The two families are finally united in a common goal: to bilk thousands. The result is Madison Avenue's idea of a religious experience, which is not a controllable situation.

Indian Maidens Bust Loose is a hilarious romantic comedy set in the land of cows, curry, and the Kama Sutra.

This Is Life by Seth Harwood

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 18 votes
Category: Mystery, Crime
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Jack is back! In this bigger, better, and more bad-ass sequel to the grass-roots sensation Jack Wakes Up, former movie star Jack Palms returns to find San Francisco spiraling into chaos.

When a crooked cop is taken apart by a .50 caliber anti-tank gun and the SFPD rules it a suicide, Sergeant Mills Hopkins hires Jack to find the cop-killer—and who’s covering things up. Teaming with former NFL lineman Freeman Jones and sexy Federal Agent Jane Gannon, Jack discovers that Russian pimp and drug runner Alexi Akakievich is cleaning house. Across the city, beautiful young sex slaves are turning up dead—a public message to their politically connected owners that Akakievich no longer needs their business. Now he just wants their power.

Soon Jack finds himself dodging both .50 caliber shells and double-crosses as he struggles to determine how high the city’s corruption goes and how far he’ll descend into the violence and depravity of his new life to stop it.

Regression by Kathy Bell

Rating: 4.0 Stars with 5 votes
Category: Science Fiction, Romance
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Fourteen-year-old Adya Jordan wakes after a terrible accident with memories of another life...and echoes of even more. Was the family and husband all a dream, or did she really die in 2011 and begin all over again in 1985?

As Adya searches for answers, she encounters the Three Eleven Corporation. The leaders of this powerful global entity share her recollections of past lives, but not her philosophy about the world they are trying desperately to save from a future disaster. The company is trying to remedy future mistakes with past actions, but might not be changing the right things to prevent the fall of humanity.

Stuck in a desolate future, scientist Nicholas Weaver is forced to watch Adya replay the past again and again as he labors alone to save the world from the disaster he has lived over and over. Is this the time they finally get it right and save the woman he loves? If not, does he have the will to try again?

Book One of the Infinion Trilogy, Regression was an Amazon Bestseller, in the Science Fiction and Fantasy bestseller top 100 for 28 days as a new release, peaking at #17

Zoolarious Animal Jokes for Kids by Rob Elliott

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 3 votes
Category: Children's
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Q: Why can't you trust a pig?
A: It will always squeal on you.

Q: Why was the bird nervous after lunch?
A: He had butterflies in his stomach.

Q: What kind of bear doesn't have any teeth?
A: A gummy bear.

All kids love animals, and all kids love to laugh. Now the author of the bestselling Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids offers this fresh collection of hundreds of animal-themed jokes that will have animal lovers rolling in the aisles.

Forget about chickens crossing roads. Zoolarious Animal Jokes for Kids is a veritable joke jungle for young comedians everywhere.

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Still Life With Murder by P.B. Ryan

Rating: 4.6 Stars with 90 votes
Category: Mystery
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Book #1 of P.B. Ryan’s acclaimed historical mystery series featuring Boston governess Nell Sweeney and opium-smoking former battle surgeon Will Hewitt. Long thought to have died during the Civil War, Will is arrested for murder, and it's up to Nell to prove his innocence. Originally published by Berkley Prime Crime, Still Life With Murder was the #1 bestselling Nook book at BN.com in February of this year.

“A beautiful combination of entertaining characters, minute historical research, and a powerful evocation of time and place. I’m very glad there will be more to come.” New York Times bestselling author Barbara Hambly"

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Adduné by Wendy Potocki

Rating: 4.3 Stars with 3 votes
Category: Horror
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LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!

Join Miranda Perry on her harrowing journey into the dark world of vampires. In this three book series, Miranda Perry unwittingly becomes embroiled in a merciless game of revenge. She will need all her wits to overcome this ultimate evil as she battles to save her soul—and the souls of everyone she loves.

Adduné: Part I. The Vampire’s Game is the first of the trilogy and sets the stage for the adversities and tragedies soon to befall her.

Still shaken from the untimely death of her father, Miranda is forced to ascend the corporate ladder and takeover his empire. She begins the arduous task of overhauling Perry Antique’s outdated cataloguing system. She soon discovers an object that her father hid from the world—a priceless, undocumented Faberge egg. Its interior holds two rubies: one is heart-shaped, and the other a marquise cut stone that represents a single droplet of blood. In attempting to ascertain its authenticity, she becomes a prime target. Due to another’s sin, Miranda is placed her in the crosshairs of a cunning vampire named Adduné. He becomes consumed with exacting vengeance on her as payment for an unpardonable transgression—an offense that demands the ultimate punishment.
 

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Year of the Chick by Romi Moondi

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 17 votes
Category: Chick Lit
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An awkward family homecoming at Christmas.

A humiliating public weigh-in, with two judging parents as the audience.

The announcement of a deadline for arranged marriage doom.

And that's just the first two chapters.

In "Year of the Chick," Romi Narindra must find love before her parents find her a husband.

But this is North America, not Calcutta! Who lets their parents choose their husbands?!

Easy to say, less easy to live through, as this book takes you deep inside "awkward Indian living in the West."

To escape her fate, Romi wades through the waters of secret-dating, where self-consciousness is at an all-time high, and experience at an all-time low. It's the sort of thing that would turn almost anyone into a man-crazy freak with romance tunnel-vision, and that's exactly what happens to her. All the while, a lack of inspiration in her corporate job leads Romi to her love of writing, in what quickly becomes a man-quest play-by-play.

From whiskey-breath scum bags to uni-brow creeps and everything in between, Romi and her wingmen come up empty time after time.

And that's when she meets a fellow writer.

On the Internet.

So will it be arranged marriage doom, or an Internet affair that's not as creepy as "To Catch a Predator"?

Time will tell in the "year of the chick," a twelve-month quest to find love.

Tick-tock.

Smasher by Keith Raffel

Rating: 4.7 Stars with 16 votes
Category: Thriller
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From Publishers Weekly
Raffel blends computer world wheeling and dealing with the academic world's lust for glory and fame in his compelling second mystery to feature Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ian Michaels (after 2006's Dot Dead). When Ian's mother asks him to find justice for his late great-aunt, Isobel Marter, a brilliant Stanford physicist whose theory of quarks was stolen by three colleagues who later shared a Nobel prize for her groundbreaking discoveries, he starts an informal investigation. Isobel, struck down in a hit-and-run accident at 38, left behind valuable documents with shocking proof of her colleagues' duplicity. As Ian struggles with the woes of his company, Accelenet, his connecting with the three Nobel winners leads to some scary repercussions. In a scintillating subplot, Ian's deputy DA wife tries her first major case and runs smack dab into danger as she prepares for the Napa Valley marathon. (Oct.)

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Gone to Green by Judy Christie

Rating: 4.1 Stars with 55 votes
Category: Christian Fiction
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In Gone to Green, Lois goes from being a corporate journalist at a large paper in the Midwest to the owner of The Green News-Item, a small twice-weekly newspaper in rural North Louisiana. The paper was an unexpected inheritance from a close colleague, and Lois must keep it for at least a year, bringing a host of challenges, lessons, and blessings into her life.

When Lois pulls into Green on New Year’s Day, she expects a charming little town full of smiling people. She quickly realizes her mistake. After settling into a loaned house out on Route 2, she finds herself battling town prejudices and inner doubts and making friends with the most surprising people: troubled teenager Katy, good-looking catfish farmer Chris, wise and feisty Aunt Helen, and a female African-American physician named Kevin.

Whether fighting a greedy, deceitful politician or rescuing a dog she fears, Lois notices the headlines in her life have definitely improved. She learns how to provide small-town news in a big-hearted way and realizes that life is full of newsworthy moments. When she encounters racial prejudice and financial corruption, Lois also discovers more about the goodness of real people and the importance of being part of a community.

While secretly preparing the paper for a sale, Lois begins to realize that God might indeed have a plan for her life and that perhaps the allure of city life and career ambition are not what she wants after all.

The Wedding Dress by Ellie Keaton

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 8 votes
Category: Romance
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15% of the profit made from selling this series of short stories is being donated to Tuesdays Children.org. @ approx 9000 words this story is perfect reading for those busy days when you need an escape :-)

Meg knew exactly what she wanted: to be the Investment Director of Solomon Bank by the time she turned 30. And nothing would stop her. Not the fact that she’d be the youngest one in the history of the company. Or the fact that she’d be the first female Director. And especially not a man.

Then she met Tyler, and everything changed. It was like they were destined to be together. The attraction was immediate, and the follow-through was more passionate and amazing than she could have ever hoped for.

But Tyler was gone now. She could barely bring herself to think about their brief time together. As she stared at her wedding dress, she reflected on the fact that almost everything would be in place: a perfect gown, a perfect venue, a perfect ceremony. But not her perfect groom.

Murder Takes A Bow by Liz Marvin

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 5 votes
Category: Mystery
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"Jarvis lay dead on the stage in a pool of blood... as the police led Clarise away in handcuffs."

Introducing America’s first diabetic amateur detective. 25 year old millennial Betty Crawford is thrown into a maelstrom of murder and deceit as she races to clear her best friend of murder charges while coping with Type II Diabetes and her new web business run out of her parent’s home.

And if that wasn’t enough what can – and should - she do about her inexplicable attraction for the police officer handling the murder investigation?

Mystery and Romance are the two most popular modern literary genres and the Betty Crawford series combines both. What makes Betty interesting isn’t merely the crimes and how she solves them but how she deals with the important issues of her life.

Betty is a type II diabetic who loves food and it shows; she is overweight. With a self aware sense of humor she faces the need to change her lifestyle, improve her self image, rebuild her career and most importantly figure out the appropriate ways to interact with her family, friends and the man she loves.

As is the case in real life, there are no easy answers, few straight lines and there is always more going on than meets the eye.

Every Last Kiss by Courtney Cole

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 52 votes
Category: Fantasy Romance
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Born a goddess. Controlled by the Fates. Can Macy's love for her soul mate survive the bonds of time... and death?

17-year old Macy Lockhart is as far from normal as any one girl can be. The problem is, she doesn’t know it yet.

After a bloodstone pendant is mysteriously left on her door, Macy’s life begins to change in ways she’d never dreamed. And while she will eventually come to realize that nothing is ever what it seems, that her life is a tangled web of lies and the Fates themselves pull the strings, for now she is left with only the explanations that they offer her.

Macy is led to believe that if she doesn’t return to a previous doomed life, one in which she served as Queen Cleopatra ‘s handmaiden, the fate of the entire world will be threatened in a way that would destroy history as we know it. She learns that she has lived thousands of lives, each one ending tragically…but none as tragic as this one.

After returning to ancient Egypt, she is faced with heart-wrenching decisions. Unless she interferes with Fate’s plan, the very thing she was born to protect, her soul mate will die leading Marc Antony’s forces against Rome. Can she really stand aside and watch the love of her life die all over again?

In this fascinating novel-length prequel to The Bloodstone Saga, Courtney Cole sets the stage for an epic journey that will have readers holding their breath until the very last page of the very last book has been turned.

What would you do if you held Fate in your hands?

Second Batch of Friday Free Books 6-8-2012

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Dynamic Productivity and Organizational Guide by Shawn Latham

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Category: Non Fiction, Self Help
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Want to Light a Fire Under Yourself, Getting More Done In Less Time, Achieving Your Goals and Finally Getting Everything You Want Out of Life?

You know what feels like a punch in the gut?The moment you realize you let another goal fall by the side

Procrastination, Analysis paralysis, Feeling overwhelmed. Doing lots of busy work but not stepping towards your goals are common ways we derail ourselves and lose motivation

Discover the secrets of a never-ending supply of motivation so that you can finish everything you start!

Dynamic Productivity Guide will help you get and stay motivated,achieving your goals with more free time.See yourself as richer,thinner and happier than ever. More time to enjoy your friends, family and hobbies.All this and more once you discover these motivation and productivity secrets

• Surprising reasons why you haven't achieved your dreams

• Sneaky ""symptoms"" of fear, and discover quick ways to overcome it and start living the life you deserve, and avoid those pesky time-killing distractions that cut your productivity off at the knees

• Stop dreaming and start succeeding once you know these surefire goal-achievement secrets. A surprisingly simple way to skyrocket your productivity

• Learn a little-known twist on a proven ""get more done in less time""

Read this book, and you'll be on your way to reaching your goals and the life you've always wanted!

Imagine success is at your fingertips! All within your grasp right now. Your dreams,hopes and goals are for the taking. Now discover the secrets of getting it! Uncover the motivation secrets that have propelled the world's richest and happiest people to success.Rip through your goals in less time than you ever thought possible, boost your productivity and find happiness.Don’t let your goals slip by. It's your time to shine, your time to achieve your goals, your time to enjoy success.

What's REALLY Holding You Back? Fix It!

• Surprising anchors that are keeping you from moving forward

• Learn what a brain dump is and how you can use it to leap right over your fears and stumbling blocks

• A surefire way to light a fire under yourself and start taking action. What to do if you lose interest in your goals

Amazing Motivation Secrets That Rocket You Towards Your Dreams!

• How to trick yourself into achieving your goals

• Discover the single best source of inspiration, and turn off your own negative voices and sabotaging thoughts

• How to recognize and avoid toxic people who want to sabotage your success

• What characteristic separates those who fail from those who don’t Learn how to leverage this characteristic to make your dreams come true
Happiness and Success Secrets That Will Give You the Life You've Dreamed Of

• Quick ways to start feeling happier and more at peace with yourself

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• Time-saving tips that save you several hours every week creating your own time-saving systems

What would it will be like to do everything you set your mind to, never leaving a project unfinished again. See yourself as wealthier, happier and enjoying a lot more free time doing your favorite things!

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No Good Deed by M.P. McDonald

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 137 votes
Category: Psychological Thriller
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Mark Taylor discovers first hand that no good deed goes unpunished when the old camera he found during a freelance job in an Afghanistan bazaar gives him more than great photos. It triggers dreams of disasters. Tragedies that happen exactly as he envisions them. He learns that not only can he see the future, he can change it. Then the unthinkable happened and everyone ignored his frantic warnings. Thousands die. Suddenly, the Feds are pounding on his door and the name they have for Taylor isn't urban hero. It's enemy combatant. And, it means they can do anything they want to him. Anything at all.

Word count: 92,000
Approx. 368 pages

The Pattern by JT Kalnay

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 32 votes
Category: Techno Thriller
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Has one programming error killed hundreds of people in airplane crashes? A handful of west coast computer geeks know the answer. After reading The Pattern, you will too. Follow auto-pilot programmer Craig Walsh and his beautiful engineer girlfriend Stacey "Jack" Horner as they create, and then confront, a malicious computer virus that seems destined to destroy air travel as we know it...

Zemsta by Victoria Brown

Rating: 4.7 Stars with 11 votes
Category: Historical Suspense
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What Drives Good People to Do Something Bad?

As terrible revelations come to light, four people join together to commit an unspeakable act…

When a member of the privileged upper class frames a Polish immigrant for a socialite’s murder in 1920s Akron, the heart-pounding events that follow lead to a stunning and unexpected conclusion. This gripping tale of bigotry and class distinctions includes political corruption, greed, injustice, murder, and betrayal. While Albo Jablonski endures the atrocious conditions of the state penitentiary, his son Nickels, daughter Antonia, and their friends Kurt and Charlie are tormented by the knowledge that he is innocent. Zemsta is a powerful, character-driven story of three boyhood friends during the tumultuous days of Prohibition that explores the meaning of friendship, family, love, and loyalty.

Friday Free Books 6-8-2012

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Underdog by Glenn Langohr

Rating: 4.7 Stars with 27 votes
Category: True Crime/ Thriller
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"With lazer-like precision Glenn Langohr lays bare the festering under-belly of our criminal justice system in a driving, graphic narrative that somehow finds the humanity in this most inhuman setting."" Phillip Doran, T.V. Producer and Author


The California Prison System houses a mixture of Mexican cartel members, Mexican mafia, Bloods, Crips, and thousands of other street gangs fighting for control and the author turns this story into a pulp thriller of true crime.
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The Chesapeake by Ken Rossignol & Larry Jarboe

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 4 votes
Category: Historical, Humor, Literary
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Join us as we visit the pages of The Chesapeake for action, fun and adventure in The Chesapeake region. Murder, Mayhem and Mystery along with blues, rockfish and Serendipity Seranades to convince fish to jump onto the hook.

From Jack Rue, Fred McCoy and Pepper Langley come great stories about the Twentieth Century in Southern Maryland, from the Potomac to the Patuxent. Learn about the early days of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station and the boomtown of Lexington Park, called the Walled City. From Lou Clements to Steven Gore Uhler, our collection of short stories is sure to keep you entertained. Cap'n Larry Jarboe's expertise in fish stories knows no equal!

Join us as we explore the adventures of St. George's Island as it breaks away from the mainland and drifts into the Potomac.

The adventures of sailing are brought to life by Mark Robbins while Mel Brokenshire shows us the ways of the world.

This first volume of the best of The Chesapeake won't leave you hanging and will have you running to your Kindle to learn when we will pull together the next round of prose and baloney.

For those who thought Ocean City was the only destination in the summer, Alan Brylawski brings to life the glory days of the Point Lookout Hotel.

And remember, only The Shadow knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men!

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A Little Ray Of Sunshine by Lani Diane Rich

Rating: 4.6 Stars with 21 votes
Category: Contemporary Romance
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"There are worse things than going home again.

None come to mind at the moment."

Emmy James is not the kind of girl who believes in angels, or fate. So when a lost soul named Jess gets stranded at the convenience store where EJ works the night shift, and claims to be an angel delivered by Fate to fix EJ’s life, EJ calls her a cab and sends her on her way.

Ah, if only it were that easy to shake an angel off your leg...

Jess’s determination to fix EJ’s life culminates in a kidnapping and a cross-country trek at the end of which lies Fletcher, Oregon, and the scorched earth of EJ’s past. There’s Lilly, her narcissistic child-star mother; Danny, the stand-in father who raised her when her mother couldn’t; and Luke, the love of her life, the man who knew her best and loved her anyway. Now it’s up to EJ to heal the damage she left in her wake when she disappeared out of their lives six years ago, and even with an angel on her shoulder, that’s gonna be a tall order...

Silenced by the Yams by Karen Cantwell

Rating: 4.8 Stars with 22 votes
Category: Mystery, Humor
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What’s more chaotic than a house with a canary, two hungry cats, and a yappy poodle with elimination issues? Answer: Barbara Marr on a murder investigation. That’s right, when Barb attends her first movie review screening, film director Kurt Baugh dies within twenty minutes of meeting her. If that isn’t bad enough, her friend, ex-Mafioso, Frankie Romano, is arrested for the murder. In usual Barbara Marr fashion, a whole load of trouble ensues when she seeks to vindicate Frankie of the crime. More laughs, more fun, more Barbara Marr!

This third book in the popular Barbara Marr Murder Mystery Series brings Barb out of the suburbs and into the slimy, urban world of bright lights, nightly news, and drive-by shootings. Luckily, she never loses her sense of humor or her ability to befriend some decidedly quirky characters.

Fifth Batch of Thursday Free Books 6-7-2012

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The Dog Days of Summer in Lottawatah by Evelyn David

Rating: 4.4 Stars with 5 votes
Category: Mystery
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Mystery "Psychic Brianna Sullivan is back in ""The Dog Days of Summer in Lottawatah,"" Volume 2 of the Brianna Sullivan Mysteries.

Brianna, still in Lottawattah, Oklahoma, is now being pestered by the ghostly ex-girlfriend of main squeeze Detective Cooper Jackson. The apparition won't move away from Cooper and towards the light until Brianna figures out who killed her.

Volume 2 of the series, a novella, finds Brianna selling lake lots for a new resort, attending her boyfriend's high school class reunion where the guests aren't all of this world, and tracking down a killer (or two). ""The Dog Days of Summer in Lottawatah"" has a mystery to die for, characters you'll love, and sparkling dialogue that will make you laugh out loud. Who knew ghosts could have such a good sense of humor?

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Reluctant Protector by Nana Malone

Rating: 4.2 Stars with 19 votes
Category: Paranormal Romance
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For five years, Cassie Reeser has been her brother’s personal lab rat. Peter’s experiments have made her a stronger, faster, better human. And she’s not the only one – he’s been experimenting on others as well. For five years, escape has eluded her. Until now. When she finds out he plans to sell her as a human weapon she knows it’s now or never. To make her escape she’ll sacrifice family bonds and leave behind the one person who’s ever helped her. Cassie’s learned to shrink from kindness and to never trust anyone. She knows the day Peter finally captures her will be the day she dies. To elude her brother and save the others, she’ll have to risk her body and her heart. What she doesn't expect is a chance at a normal life.

Seth Adams is used to sifting through lies to find the truth. As a former war correspondent he knows what evils lurk in the world. When he finds Cassie hiding out in his car trunk, her story sounds like a fantastical dream. But, before long, he witnesses firsthand what she’s talking about when they’re attacked by a group of Peter’s soldiers. As a result, he goes through his own transformation into a super human and realizes the extent of what Cassie is running from. Cassie might not think she needs his protection, but he’ll die before he lets her brother have her back.

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The Last Will and Testament of Ernie Politics by Brad Grusnick

Rating: 5.0 Stars with 5 votes
Category: Mystery/ Crime
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Ernie Politics, a schizophrenic albino with a penchant for political rants and crackpot conspiracy theories, has been murdered. The LAPD has no interest in wasting time and manpower on the random death of one homeless man, so Ray Cobb, Ernie's best friend, decides to investigate the murder for himself.

Finding a cryptic note Ernie scrawled days before his death, Ray realizes that Ernie's crazy ravings and irrational writings may contain hidden clues about the identity of his killer. Ray's investigation pulls him deep into the dangerous underworld of the Los Angeles streets, leading him to discover a vagrant underground railroad, a poker game where the stakes are one’s life, and a political conspiracy that entangles him with a LAPD cold case detective.

Ray uncovers more about Ernie than he expects to and learns that when you live on the streets, the only person you can trust is yourself.

The Spirit Archer by Mike Evers

Rating: 4.5 Stars with 6 votes
Category: Young Adult Fantasy
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Some secrets are meant to be shared; and a boy’s encounter with England’s most legendary archer will change his life forever.

In 1237, a man journeys to a priory in Yorkshire to seek refuge and treatment for battle wounds. He is betrayed and murdered. His final, dying act is to fire an arrow through a window, asking to be buried where it lands.

Nearly eight hundred years later, a schoolboy’s incredible discovery will lead to a friendship that will alter his life forever.

And he’ll hear some tales and secrets of England’s most legendary archer of all.