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Publication Date:  May 25, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Biography/Memoir Narrators:  Kate Zane Publisher:  Tantor Audio                   Length:  9 hours 43 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Step past the flashing lights into the true scene of the crime with this frank, unflinching, and unforgettable account of life as a crime scene investigator. Whether explaining rigor mortis or the art of fingerprinting a stiff corpse on the side of the road, Dana Kollmann details her true, unvarnished experiences as a CSI for the Baltimore County Police Department. Unlike the popular crime dramas proliferating on today's television networks, these forensic tales forgo glitz for grit to show what rea...

  Publication Date:  June 29, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:  Mystery  Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length:  288 pages Buy: Hardcover  |  Kindle  Synopsis Mason “Mace” Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection―that is, he trains dogs to hunt for dead bodies. He calls his pack of cadaver dogs The Finders, and his prize pupil is a golden retriever named Vira. When Mace Reid and Vira are called in to search Washington Park at three o'clock in the morning, what they find has them running for their very lives. The trail of murder and mayhem Mace and CPD Officer Kippy Gimm have been following leads them to uncover treachery and corruption at the highest level, and their discoveries do not bode ...

  Publication Date:  August 6, 2020 Format:  Kindle  Genre:  Mystery/thriller Publisher:  Nichole Heydenburg Length:  183 pages Buy:  Paperback  |  Kindle  Synopsis Jackson Birkman has a perfect life: the lead role on the popular detective show  Dispatching David , millions of adoring fans, celebrity status, and a beautiful girlfriend. After five seasons,  Dispatching David  has been canceled. With the final episode quickly approaching, Jackson is worried about more than just his future acting career. His once-massive fortune is dwindling and his girlfriend Clara is pressuring him to propose. When Jackson unexpectedly dies on the set of the TV show during filming, everyone speculates whether i...

Magician Rising Renée des Lauriers Publication date: May 25th 2021 Genres: New Adult, Urban Fantasy Dark powers she can’t control. Deadly hunters tracking her down. Can she rip the target off her back before it turns fatal? Jun Bear has lived with bad luck all her life. And when a professor threatens to give her a failing grade, the college senior sees her hopes for graduating in two months going down another ill-fated drain. But her fortunes plunge further when an unnatural earthquake shakes the campus and unleashes cold-blooded assassins after her head… Unsure what’s happening, Jun finds herself facing a trained killer intent on exposing the wielder of the dangerous magic. And when she’s provoked into revealing her unexpected new abilities, she’s determined to prove her innocence before she’s permanently eliminated. Can she win over an ally and survive a bloodthirsty secret society fixated on wiping her out? Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: Jeff scowled. If this punk s...

Publication Date:  October 18, 2016 Format:  Paperback  Genre:  Mystery Publisher:  Dutton Length:  414 pages Buy:  Paperback  |  Kindle  Synopsis Seven years ago, carefree college student Flora Dane was kidnapped while on spring break. For 472 days, Flora learned just how much one person can endure. Miraculously alive after her ordeal, Flora has spent the past five years reacquainting herself with the rhythms of normal life, working with her FBI victim advocate, Samuel Keynes. She has a mother who’s never stopped loving her, a brother who is scared of the person she’s become, and a bedroom wall covered with photos of other girls who’ve never made it home. When Boston detective D. D. Warren is called to the scene of a crim...

Dead Wolf Walking Rory Miles (Bad Moon Academy, #1) Publication date: May 18th 2021 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Reverse Harem, Romance One bite changed my life. I was living life to the fullest when a wolf attacked. Now I’ve been ripped from my home and shipped off to Bad Moon Academy, a place for changed wolves. Or so I’m told. There’s something sinister lurking within the confines of the academy, and I’m starting to think I was brought here as a sacrifice. This is a dark academy reverse harem with dangerously possessive shifters. Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: “Pack magic prevents unauthorized people from leaving. You haven’t been granted permission to leave.” He runs a finger over one of the cuts on my palm. I hiss. “The whole stabbing part seems a bit extreme.” He hums and sniffs my palm. “This won’t do.” Slipping his tongue past his lips, he licks my hand. “Hey, gross. Don’t.” I try to yank away again, but his hold tightens. Lifting his gaze to meet mine, he h...

  Publication Date:  November 30, 2012 Format:  Audio Genre:   YA Fantasy Narrators:  Lauren Fortgang Publisher:  Audible Studios         Length:  9 hours 21 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.  Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves her life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched...

Midsummer Night’s Dream Anya Summers (Dungeon Singles Night #3) Publication date: June 29th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Sylvie fell for the enigmatic Dom after a single night in his arms. And she fell hard. Never before had she craved a man with her entire heart and soul. So when Fate unexpectedly tore them apart, she didn’t want to let him go. But life didn’t ask what she wanted. Sylvie rocketed into Dean Ryan’s world like a force of nature. Body and soul, his heart beat for her. He couldn’t stop the craving in his blood to claim her, dominate her, give her everything she needed. Yet when he least expected it, she disappeared, shattering his hopes and dreams for a future with her in his arms, his life… his bed. Dean’s wretched heart has not healed, yet when Sylvie walks back through the doors of Eternal Eros, he will do anything to uncover her secrets and make her his. She shattered his heart, but he knows her sweet surrender is the only thing that can save ...

Publication Date:  May 18, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:  Mystery Publisher:  Park Row Length:  290 pages Buy:  Paperback  |  Kindle  Synopsis People don't just disappear without a trace…   Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold.  Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find…  In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense and...

Whisper Tracy Bilen Publication date: May 8th 2021 Genres: YA Romantic Thriller Stop him. After her friend Samantha is murdered, seventeen-year-old Olivia is the only one who still hears her voice. Years ago, Jacob closed his eyes. In a park. Playing hide-and-seek. His little brother is still missing. And Jacob’s mom is the FBI agent who couldn’t find him. Now Jacob has dreams he can’t explain. And draws faces of those about to die. In a town terrorized by a serial killer, Jacob meets Olivia. Sparks ignite. Until the voice in Olivia’s head echoes the warning in Jacob’s dream… You’re next. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play — EXCERPT: CHAPTER 1: OLIVIA My dad used to tell me there are people inside of marbles. They were always talking to him. Whenever I wanted to play a game, he would pick the one with marbles. Only we wouldn’t actually move the marbles. My dad would just stare at them. Finally I stopped asking to play games. ...

  Publication Date:  February 19, 2016 Format:  Kindle Genre:  Mystery Publisher:  Buoy Media Length:  330 pages Buy:  Paperback  |  Kindle  Synopsis It’s not the kind of thing you’d expect to happen on an ordinary Saturday morning. Her kids are arguing, and her husband is still sleeping. Lisa is tired and wonders why her husband keeps working late. Is he having an affair? Is it the same girl as last time? Lisa’s teenage daughter is acting up, and just as Lisa is about to walk up to her room and tell her who’s the boss around here, she feels the cold steel of a gun pressed against her cheek, while a hand covers her mouth. Years later, it remains a mystery. Who killed Lisa’s family after holding them captive for twent...

Adult Supervision Required Sarah Peis Publication date: May 6th 2021 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance Nora Lindberg doesn’t let life get her down. Disowned by her family and left by the man who was supposed to love her for the rest of their lives, she packs up her kids and goes in search of a second chance. The small town she lands in was supposed to be her fresh start, her chance at a better life. But instead, she’s a broke single mom who spends her nights looking for the chocolate she hid from her kids. When her ex lands on the local Motorcycle club’s most wanted list and leads them straight to her door, her life is once again turned upside down. But maybe a broody hot guy on a motorcycle is just the thing she never asked for but got anyway. Now the only question is: Will he be her savior or her downfall? Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo — EXCERPT: “I want cockporn,” Lena wailed. “Don’t we all,” I muttered under my breath, the...

Publication Date:  September 23, 2014 Format:  Audio Genre:   Paranormal Fantasy Narrators:  Tai Sammons, Bronson Pinchot Publisher:  Blackstone Audio         Length:  6 hours 16 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring wardrobes, shattered Brooka glassware, and vandalized Liripip sofa beds - clearly someone, or something, is up to no good. To unravel the mystery, five young employees volunteer for a long dusk-till-dawn shift and encounter horrors that defy imagination. Along the way, author Grady Hendrix infuses sly social commentary on the nature of work in the new 21st-century ec...

Give Me More: A Sexy Billionaire Romance A.C. Arthur (The Fabulous Golds, #4) Published by: Harlequin Dare Publication date: May 1st 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Fashion exec RJ Gold hasn’t seen Grace Hopkins since she turned down his marriage proposal and walked out of his life. While he’s in Saint Lucia for his sister’s wedding, a run-in with his journalist ex is unexpected…as is the story she’s writing on the decades-long feud between his family’s fashion empire and a rival Manhattan house. Grace’s body is as delicious as RJ remembers…but he remembers too much to trust her again. Grace knew seeing RJ would be awkward. It’s also intense…and red-hot! But she can’t afford distractions from her big break. This story will launch her journalism career to new heights, a dream she chose over RJ years ago. Still, she would rather work with him than against him… Except working together in paradise makes it impossible to ignore the tropical temptation at play! As their ...

Publication Date:  June 29, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Fiction/cozy Mystery Publisher:  Light Message Publishing                   Length:  290 pages Buy:  Paperback Synopsis Everyone hits rock bottom, only the brave escape. Welcome to 1314 Rattlesnake Road. A quaint two-bedroom log cabin nestled deep in the woods of the small, southern town of Berry Springs—the perfect hideaway to escape your past. Tucked inside thick, mahogany walls lay mysterious letters, forgotten and untouched for decades. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame breathtaking views of jagged cliffs, deep valleys, and endless lies. Mature oak trees, tall enough to touch the clouds, carry the whispers of the haun...