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  Publication Date:  December 8, 2020 Publisher:  St Martins Press Format:  Kindle Pages:   304 Pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Audiobook Synopsis: One victim.  Four accused.  Who is telling the truth? Zara Kaleel, one of London's brightest legal minds, shattered the expectations placed on her by her family and forged a brilliant legal career. But her decisions came at a high cost, and now, battling her own demons, she has exchanged her high profile career for a job at a sexual assault center, helping victims who need her the most. Victims like Jodie Wolfe. When Jodie, a sixteen-year-old girl with facial deformities, accuses four boys in her class of an unthinkable crime, the community is torn apart. After all, these four teenage defendants are from hard-working immigrant families and they all have proven alibis. Even Jodie's best friend doesn't belie...

Christmasly Obedient Julia Kent Publication date: November 24th 2020 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Romance Tree picking in glorious, downeast Maine. Snow. Santa. Roaring fires, people you love, and a good life. What more could a guy want? Or, rather, two guys? Mike and Jeremy have a quiet life with Lydia, on her parents’ family campground in Verily, Maine. It’s a little boring, sure, but after the craziness of their old lives, what’s wrong with boring? Besides, Jeremy and Mike find Lydia anything but. As Christmas looms, and an unexpected oops leaves them all in a state of uncertainty, they have to ask themselves: is it time to let life be a little less boring? And what’s inside that slim box Lydia’s giving them both on Christmas morning? Christmasly Obedient is a new holiday book in Julia Kent’s USA Today bestselling Obedient series. The Obedient Series includes: Maliciously Obedient Suspiciously Obedient Deliciously Obedient Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes ...

Tic Tac Mistletoe N.R. Walker Publication date: November 27th 2020 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, LGBTQ+, Romance Hamish Kenneally is moving from Australia to the US for a fresh start, starting with Christmas at his sister’s place in Idaho. When a snowstorm diverts his plane to Montana and leaves him stranded two days before Christmas, he hires a car and drives right into a blizzard. Ren Brooks has always called Hartbridge, Montana, and his family hardware store, home. After a few failed attempts at love, he’s resigned to being single forever—after all, no guy wants to stay in his sleepy little town for long. And after his dad’s passing earlier in the year, Ren’s Christmas is looking bleak. But when a car runs off the road in front of his property, Ren pulls the driver out and takes him home to get out of the cold. With the storm and the holidays leaving Hamish with nowhere else to go, Ren kindly offers a place to stay. Hamish is certain he’s crashed right into a Hallm...

Release Date:  October 15, 2019 Publisher:  Brilliance Audio Format:  Audio Length:  8 hours 22 minutes Narrator:  Coleen Marlo, Lauren Ezzo, Amy McFadden   Genre:  Psychological Thriller  Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  One woman’s reappearance throws her family into turmoil, exposing dark secrets and the hidden, often devastating truth of family relationships. Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. When she shows up at a Montana gas station, clutching an infant and screaming for help, investigators believe she may have been abducted by a cult. Kate’s return flips her family’s world upside down - her husband is remarried, and her daughter barely remembers her. Kate herself doesn’t look or act like she did before. While the family tries to help Kate reinteg...

Release Date:  October 12, 2016 Publisher:  Blake Pierce Format:  Audio Length:  6 hours 24 minutes Narrator:  Elaine Wise   Genre:  Mystery/ Thriller  Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  In the cornfields of Nebraska a woman is found murdered, strung up on a pole, the victim of a deranged killer. It doesn’t take long for the police to realize a serial killer is on the loose—and that  his spree has just begun.  Detective Mackenzie White,  young, tough, smarter than the aging, chauvinistic men on her local force, finds herself called in grudgingly to help solve it. As much as the other officers hate to admit it, they need her young, brilliant mind, which has already helped crack cold cases that had left them stumped. Yet even for Mackenzie this new case proves an impossible riddle, something the likes of which she—and the local for...

  Publication Date:  May 29, 2020 Publisher:  Amazon Format:  Kindle Pages:   240 Pages Genre:   Sci fi romance Buy:  Kindle  |  Synopsis: Beth has nothing to lose, but that doesn’t mean she’s ready to give up. Bethany Roberts was born into a privileged life, but all that was taken away when, at nine years old, a car crash killed her older brother, and her mother received life-changing injuries. Beth’s younger sister was too young to understand how the pressure affected their father and only saw him as a fun-time dad, spending money and giving them expensive holidays. But Beth was old enough to realise he was spending far beyond their means and drinking too much.   He lost them their beautiful home and lifestyle. As Beth grew, she became a carer to both her parents and a mother to her sister, Lara. She gave up school and took menial jobs to keep a roof over their heads.   ...

  Release Date:  November 13, 2018 Publisher:  Random House Audio Format:  Audio Length:  19 hours 3 minutes Narrator:  Michelle Obama   Genre:  Biographies Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As first lady of the United States of America - the first African American to serve in that role - she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the US and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two do...

  Audio Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Boy Shattered by Eli Easton Narrated by Tristan Josiah Brian You’ll make it out of here, Brian. I swear. I had everything—school quarterback, popular with girls, and my dad was proud of me. I told myself it didn’t matter no one knew the real me. And then I nearly died. Landon saved my life. He’s the bravest guy I know. He came out a few years ago, proud and fierce, and he ran into gunfire to help others. Me, I’m a mess. Can’t even stand to be in a room with the curtains open. But here’s the thing about losing it all: You get a chance to start over and be someone new. Only how can I move on when the two shooters who attacked our school were never caught? And why do I feel like I’m still in the crosshairs? Landon Will you kiss me? When I came across Brian Marshall,the hottest guy in school, dying on the cafeteria floor, I did what anyone would do. I tried to save him. His request surprised me, but I figured he needed comfort, so I kissed h...

  Betrayed Jacklyn Daher (The Chronicles of Luxor Everstone, #2) Publication date: November 19th 2020 Genres: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult With the revelation Luxor Everstone is the daughter of the Prince of Darkness, an entirely new door fraught with danger is opened. As Cane is lying in wait, Luxor is forced to have constant protection, leaving her suffocated. When new help arrives in the form of a witch, and a mysterious and dreamy boy who seems to soothe her more than anyone else can, she doesn’t hesitate to invite them into her life despite her growing affection for Hunter. As fresh dangers loom on the horizon, she begins to unravel different details about her past, while greater powers are introduced, and the others continue to evolve. Conflicted between the pull toward her darkness and her desire to be good, Luxor juggles the priorities—and her opinionated guardians—while trying to find some semblance of balance. When the darkness returns to claim her co...

  Publication Date:  May 16, 2016 Publisher:  Harlequin Special Release Format:  ebook Pages:   162  Genre:  Romantic Suspense Buy:   Kindle   Synopsis: Taking gorgeous corrections officer Emily Monroe as his hostage, undercover CIA agent Zack Devlin was trying to escape with his life. But when he helped himself to Emily’s full, red lips and her body melted into Zack’s hard edges, she didn’t know if she was in danger or in love. Both harboring old secrets and heartache, Emily and Zack were forced to run from dark intentions; finding solace in each other’s body heat, they shared passion driven by pure adrenaline. But as their search for evidence became a suicide mission, would they die having never said “I love you”? Review:  Free on Kindle Unlimited.  This is the first in a 4 book series of "Midnight" books.  Zack Devlin is an undercover agent in a max security prison looking into ...

  Publication Date:  September 1, 2020 Publisher:  Bethany House  Format:  ebook Pages:   393 pages  Genre:  Christian Suspense Buy:   Kindle   Synopsis: 1928 The Bonaventure Circus is a refuge for many, but Pippa Ripley was rejected from its inner circle as a baby. When she receives mysterious messages from someone called the "Watchman," she is determined to find him and the connection to her birth. As Pippa's search leads her to a man seeking justice for his murdered sister and evidence that a serial killer has been haunting the circus train, she must decide if uncovering her roots is worth putting herself directly in the path of the killer. Present Day The old circus train depot will either be torn down or preserved for historical importance, and its future rests on real estate project manager Chandler Faulk's shoulders. As she dives deep into the depot's history, she'...

  Pistols in Paradise Katherine Kayne Publication date: November 18th 2020 Genres: Romance, Women’s Fiction Be swept away by the romance of old Hawaii. On the run for a crime she did not commit and abandoned by all who should cherish her, Agnes Todd has learned the hard way not to trust anyone. After finding refuge on a remote island ranch five thousand miles from her homeland, Agnes hopes for a new life free from fear and judgment—hard to come by for a single mother in 1905. Armed with only her wits and her grandmama’s pearl-handled pistols, she’s become rather skilled at protecting herself and her young son, Johnny. But when her pursuers catch up with her, she must flee again—straight up the side of an ancient volcano and right into the arms of George Lang, a gentle giant of a man with a gift for fixing things. That is, everything but his own fractured heart. Will Agnes and her pistols blaze their way into his love? A prequel to Katherine Kayne’s award-winning Bound in...

  Mercenary Bella Di Corte (Gangsters of New York, #3) Publication date: November 13th 2020 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense I had something to live for. The moment I saw him, I knew. His eyes would hypnotize. His lips would speak the most beautiful promises. His body? Made for pleasure . But if Corrado Capitani thought that he could fool me into thinking he was a good man, he was wrong. The moment I saw him, I knew the truth. Those eyes hid his poisonous heart. Those lips were vessels of deception. That body? Made for inflicting pain . He wasn’t sent from heaven. He was sent to drag me back to hell. I had something to die for. Alcina Parisi had a price on her head, and she’d eluded the best. She thought no one would ever find her, but I did. Everyone in our world called me Scorpio–the man who never let the enemy go. But she was a weapon, not an adversary, and I’d claimed her as mine. Mercenary is the third of three books set in the savage wor...

  Publication Date:  October 23, 2020  Publisher:  Rowan Moon  Narrator:  Jan Cramer  Format:  Audiobook  Length:    7 hours 47 minutes Genre:   Historical Fantasy Buy:    Audiobook   | Kindle  Synopsis: Cornwall, 1285 CE. Now nearly 17, Megge and Brighida must endure another brutal loss. And as they perform the rites of transition that precede a burial, Megge accepts a daunting new charge that carries consequences not even her cousin the seer can predict. It brings visions. Dreams. And voices that come to her as she goes about her work. A silken voice beckons her back to the cliffs of Kernow, which she has seen only in dreams. A commanding voice orders her back. And the menacing voice she’s heard since she was a girl is now ever at her ear, bringing anew a haunting meaning to her grandmother’s words, “You’re nev...

  Publication Date:  November 9, 2018 Publisher:  Rowan Moon Narrator: Jan Cramer Format:  Audiobook Length:    8 hours 38 minutes Genre:   Historical Fantasy Buy:    Audiobook Synopsis: In 13th century Cornwall, young Megge has just come of age to be apprenticed to her mother, the healer of Bury Down. But first, she must accept and vow to protect The Book of Seasons, an ancient tome that holds life-sustaining power harnessed centuries earlier by Murga, the first seer Bury Down. At her vow taking ceremony, yearning to accept her inheritance and take her place in her family's long line of healers and seers, Megge reaches for the book. When she touches it, she feels something writhe within it and becomes convinced that the book is cursed and that she too will be cursed if she accepts it. Despite her mother's pleas to protect the book from the one who would usurp its powe...