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Release Date:  July 9, 2019 Publisher:  Minotaur books Format:  ebook Pages:  320 pages Genre:   Mystery/ Amish Buy:  Kindle  | Paperback  | Hardcover Synopsis: An Amish grandmother is murdered on an abandoned farm, her seven year old granddaughter abducted. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder plunges headlong into a case that quickly becomes a race against the clock. She knows the longer the girl is missing, the more likely a tragic outcome. The family of the missing girl is well thought of—a pillar of the Amish community. Their pain is palpable and they cooperate in every way, but Kate soon learns they’re keeping secrets... The investigation takes Kate to an isolated Old Order Amish settlement along the river in southern Ohio. At first, the community seems upstanding and helpful. But when Kate starts asking questions, they stonewall her—and the situation soon becomes dangerous. What are they hiding and why? After an attempt on her lif...

Release Date:  March 1, 2015 Publisher:  Brilliance audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 42 minutes Narrator:  Emily Sutton Smith Genre:  crime thriller/ suspense Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  It's 1998, and for years the old First Bank of Cleveland has sat abandoned, perfectly preserved, its secrets only speculated on by the outside world. Twenty years before, amid strange staff disappearances and allegations of fraud, panicked investors sold Cleveland's largest bank in the middle of the night, locking out customers and employees, and thwarting a looming federal investigation. In the confusion that followed, the keys to the vault's safe-deposit boxes were lost. In the years since, Cleveland's wealthy businessmen kept the truth buried in the abandoned high-rise. The ransacked offices and forgotten safe-deposit boxes remain locked in time, until young engineer Iris Latch stumbles upon them...

Release Date:  August 7, 2018 Publisher:  Tantor audio Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 9 minutes Narrator:  Kirby Heyborne Genre:  Fantasy Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  After several years as a vampire, starting a business, founding his own clan, and proposing to his girlfriend, Fred is finally beginning to settle into life as an undead accountant. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy about his continued survival, or the dangerous friends he’s made along the way. The Blood Council has dispatched a representative to determine if Fred is fit for the position he currently fills as head of a clan, and the stakes for failure are deathly serious. Worse, Fred will have to muddle through without the help of Krystal, who is off on a mysterious task of her own. Saddled with a new bodyguard, Fred will have to prove he’s got what it takes to be a respectable vampire, control his abilities, and lead a clan. Because if he ca...

Release Date:  August 6, 2019 Publisher:  Simon & Schuster audio Format:  Audio Length:  11 hours 3 minutes Narrator:  Andy Rick Genre:  Spiritual Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  | Paperback Synopsis:  A practical guide to connecting with your ancestors for personal, family, and cultural healing. Provides exercises and rituals to help you initiate contact with your ancestors, find ancestral guides, and assist the dead who are not yet at peace. Explains how to safely engage in lineage repair work by connecting with your more ancient ancestors before relating with the recently deceased.  Explores how your ancestors can help you transform inter-generational legacies of pain and abuse and reclaim the positive spirit of the family.  Everyone has loving and wise ancestors they can learn to invoke for support and healing. Coming into relationship with your ancestors empowers you to transform negative family pat...

Release Date:  January 31, 2017 Publisher:  Tantor audio Format:  Audio Length:  8 hours 34 minutes Narrator:  Terry Schnaubelt Genre:  horror Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  Fleeing a troubled past, Sarah Faust has found the perfect place to begin a new life. Tucked away on a charming side street and surrounded by lush grounds, the neglected 300-year-old townhouse in the port city of Charleston offers a refuge and a place to start over. But all is not as it seems at Five Rue Lane, and she soon finds that her new house harbors something that has been there for a very long time. Something that refuses to stay buried. Review: Kindle edition is free on Kindle unlimited. Sarah moves to Charleston after her marriage falls apart.  With no family she decides a fresh start would be good and her mother loved and always talked about Charleston, where she grew up, so that is where Sarah heads. Many people have brok...

Release Date:  September 3, 2019 Publisher:  Wilder Dance Press LLC Format:  ebook Pages:  213 pages Genre:   Mystery/Comedy Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Synopsis: Find the girl and find himself or find a bar and drink. Beck's choice just might kill him. Anne McKenzie is missing.Unfortunately for her, the only person who cares is Beck Sherwood, an alcoholic hipster she befriended after meeting him at a house party they were both a decade too old for. Now she’s gone. Everyone else thinks Anne is one of hundreds of girls fleeing lives they’re tired of living but Beck doesn't and decides to investigate. Soon he’s chasing her ghost through grimy Baltimore streets, probing her dark online past, and fighting his demons every step of the way because he knows he’ll either find Anne McKenzie or end up back on a barstool drinking himself into an early grave. Drunk is a classic detective story with a philosophical twist that one rev...

Release Date:  February 7, 2019 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  4 hours 13 minutes Narrator:  Robert Bathurst, Tom Burke, Rosa Coduri, Alice Lowe, Pearl Mackie, Anna Maxwell Martin, Andy Nyman, Jeff Rawle, Reece Shearsmith  Genre:  horror, Buy:   Audible   Synopsis:  A collection of four ghostly tales inspired by M. R. James. Casting the Runes   - adapted by Stephen Gallagher When academic Jo Harrington (Anna Maxwell Martin) is sent a paper -  The Truth of Alchemy , by Anton Karswell - for peer review, she pulls no punches. It has no place in a serious academic publication, and Karswell is a half-bright fool. However, when the editor writes a rejection note to Karswell, he inadvertently includes her entire email. Occultist Karswell (Reece Shearsmith) doesn't take kindly to criticism.  On the tube home with her partner Edward Dunning (Tom Burke)...

Release Date:  December 28 2017 Publisher:  A.D Starrling Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 1 minutes Narrator:  Michael Bower Genre:  Fantasy Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  They call me the half-breed. The first time they killed me, I was ten. They’ve been hunting me all my life. It’s time I stopped running. Born of a Bastian mother and a Crovir father, a half-breed who is abhorred by the two Immortal races, Lucas Soul spends the first three hundred and fifty years of his existence being chased and killed by the Hunters. One fall night in Boston, the Hunt starts again, resulting in Soul's fifteenth death and triggering a chain of events that sends him on the run with Reid Hasley, a former US Marine and his human business partner. From Paris to Prague, their search for answers leads them deep into the Immortal societies and brings them face to face with someone from Sou...

A new comedy from the USA Today bestselling duo! Mac A good cop can always spot trouble. That’s why my senses started pinging the moment I met the hottie next door. The neighborhood may never be the same. First she confuses me for a male stripper and tries to remove my uniform. (The guys on the force will never let me live that down.) And then there’s the breaking and entering. I don’t know what to do with her. My libido has a few ideas of its own, though. Bad, bad ideas. Meg Hey, I it’s not my fault that Hot Cop’s nightstick gets excited every time we see each other. And I can’t help that someone broke into his apartment.  Fine—that last thing was totally my fault. And I intend to make amends. So when he needs a date for his sister’s wedding, I’m there. This is right up my alley. I’m an actor. By the time it’s over, his entire family will believe we’re a couple.  Even him. Warning: may cause unrestrained giggling in public. Contains: a bridezilla w...

Title: The Escape Artist by  Kitty Thomas Publication date: January 14th 2020 Genres: Erotica, Romance Claire was held captive for 43 days by a man who did unspeakable things to her.  Three years after her escape, she gets her revenge. The only problem is, she’s got the wrong man. God help her if he escapes. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play Author Bio: KITTY THOMAS writes dark stories that play with power and have unconventional HEAs. She began publishing in early 2010 with her bestselling COMFORT FOOD and is considered one of the original authors of the dark romance subgenre. To find out FIRST when a new book comes out, subscribe to Kitty's New Release List: KITTYTHOMAS.COM Website / Goodreads / Twitter / Book and Main Bites GIVEAWAY! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Release Date:  November 28, 2017 Publisher:  Tantor audio Format:  Audio Length:  8 hours 21 minutes Narrator:  Kirby Heyborne Genre:  Fantasy Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought. As a freelance accountant for the Agency, Fred soon finds himself being tossed into new, unexpected, and perilous situations. From inventorying ghostly castles, to exploring unsettling amusement parks, to negotiating with dangerous mages, it seems there is no end to the uses for an accountant of Fred's specialty. But dangerous as the new jobs are, the greatest threat may come from the past. An old enemy is making waves...

Publisher:  Listen Up Audio Format:  Audio Genre:  Paranormal Romance Buy:    Kindle  Synopsis:  Wild Game:   Owen’s an ex-Army bodyguard for a beautiful gaming heiress… and a man with a secret.  Ex-Army Texas boy Owen Harding fears only one thing—his inner beast. A year in Agent Smith’s experimental cages has changed his wolf into something monstrous. But a hate group is hunting the Wilding pack, so Owen’s serving again, this time as bodyguard. If only the girl he’s protecting wasn’t so damn sexy… and completely off limits. Nova Wilding’s father was assassinated, leaving her a gaming company to run, a new game to release, and a pack full of wolves who want her for a mate… including a beta who’s determined to have Nova and her company. When a bomb goes off in her car, Nova finds herself in her sexy bodyguard’s arms… but he’s absolutely the wrong man at the wrong time. While Nova fights to keep her gaming company afloat, and Owen ...

Release Date:  September 6, 2016 Publisher:  Tantor audio Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 52 minutes Narrator:  Kirby Heyborne Genre:  Fantasy Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  Synopsis:  With a thriving parahuman accounting practice, a steady relationship, and a circle of trusted friends, Fred’s undead life has become more enjoyable than his normal one ever was. Unfortunately, it also seems that he’s no longer the only vampire to appreciate the up-and-coming city of Winslow, Colorado. A new clan of vampires is moving in, and they aren’t well known for tolerating outsiders in their territory. Now, Fred must cope with the growing presence—and threat—of other vampires even as he struggles to keep up with his business’s demands and make time for his friends. Between hidden parahuman towns, crazed vampire hunters, quarreling mages, and the world’s least subtle spy, it will take all of Fred’s wiles just to keep his head above water. ...

Release Date:  September 3, 2019 Publisher:  Minotaur books Format:  ebook Pages:  382 pages Genre:   Mystery, detective mystery Buy:  Kindle  |  Audible  |  Synopsis: In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past, as deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed, and his new life is forced into a collision course with the world he thought he’d left behind. From Ann Cleeves, bestselling author of  Vera  and  Shetland , beloved by readers and TV...

The Mercenary’s Daughter Jessica Therrien & Joe Gazzam Published by: Acorn Publishing Publication date: March 31st 2020 Genres: Thriller, Young Adult When Special Ops recruit, Tara Kafee is dishonorably discharged, there’s only one place to go—Home. But there’s more waiting for her there than she’s ready for. It’s been four years since she’s been back and ten since her mother walked out on the family never to be heard of again. She’s determined to rekindle things with her father and keep him close. That is, until he goes missing. Soon after stumbling upon a safe room full of weapons, fake passports, and a mission’s dossier marking a target in Cuba, she reluctantly accepts the help of her angsty teenage brother. He’s the only one she can trust, so together, the two set out for Havana. Tara is determined to get her father back, whatever it takes, but things are never easy when you’re the mercenary’s daughter. Add to Goodreads Author Bio: Jessica Therrien is ...