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  Publication Date:  January 11, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   True Crime, Adventurer Narrators:  Harley Rustad Publisher:  Harper Audio  Length:  10 hours 41 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis For centuries, India has enthralled westerners looking for an exotic getaway, a brief immersion in yoga and meditation, or in rare cases, a true pilgrimage to find spiritual revelation. Justin Alexander Shetler, an inveterate traveler trained in wilderness survival, was one such seeker. In his early thirties Justin Alexander Shetler, quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey: across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on I...

Publication Date:  June 28, 2022 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Mystery Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length: 288  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Hardcover Synopsis Glencoe, Illinois:  A home invasion turned kidnapping at the mansion of billionaire financier Kenneth J. Druckman brings Mason “Mace” Reid and his cadaver dog, Vira, to this wealthy northern suburb of Chicago. Druckman was assaulted, left behind while his wife and young daughter were taken for ransom. Brought to the scene by the FBI, Reid specializes in human remains detection, and Vira is the star of his pack of cadaver dogs he’s dubbed The Finders. After Vira finds the dead body of the mother, former supermodel Calley Kurtz, everyone is on high alert to find Druckman’s missing daughter before the five-year-old disappears forever. But the trail Vira f...

Loving The Bad Boy Autumn Miller (Rags to Riches, #2) Publication date: March 22nd 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, New Adult, Romance A coming of age love story about a bad influence, sweet vengeance, and a whole lot of heart. Millie My father – the Earl of Amhearst – intends to marry me off to a man I can neither love nor tolerate. He invites potential suitors to the Marriage Games, a series of tasks to complete before one is declared the winner. The prize? Me. Trapped by circumstances, my only way out of this farce sees me walking into tattoo parlours and sex clubs, looking for a suitably tattooed man that my prejudiced father will hate on sight. Except, while the man I find will undoubtedly rile my father’s blood, forcing him to rethink his humiliating plans, the heavily inked, handsome bad boy I set my sights on makes my blood hot for entirely different reasons. He’s all I want in the entire world. Too bad he’s only my fake boyfriend. Mal Being propositioned by a ...

  Publication Date:  July 7, 2009 Format:  Audio Genre:   Legal Thriller Narrators:  Dick Hill  Publisher:  Brilliance Audio  Length:  24 hours 58 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis As a prosecuting attorney in Houston, Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown—Natchez, Mississippi—that Penn will face his most dangerous threat. Urged by old friends to try to restore this fading jewel of the Old South, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But in its quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez, like other Mississippi towns, has turned to casino gambling, and now five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market at Natchez like ...

  Publication Date:  January 1, 2021 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Horror Publisher:  Question Mark Press Length: 272  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis After accepting a generous opportunity to start afresh, Leslie Wills, a young man from Stoke-on-Trent, eagerly begins his long-distance journey to the Scottish Highlands of Elphin, a settled village that sits huddled amongst the dominating mountains. Its people are welcoming, and the beauty of the land is great. But deep within its Highland paths, a location rests hidden from the public’s eye. A location which entices you to learn the truth of its troubled past. But once you bear witness to its sights and sounds, its presences will never allow you to forge...

  Publication Date:  September 1, 2021 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Horror Publisher:  Credo House Publishers Length: 288  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Everyone has wanted their favorite book to be real, if only for a moment. Everyone has wished to meet their favorite characters, if only for a day. But be careful in that wish, for even a history laid in ink can be repaid in flesh and blood, and reality is far deadlier than fiction...especially on Addington Isle.  Winterset Hollow  follows a group of friends to the place that inspired their favorite book - a timeless tale about a tribe of animals preparing for their yearly end-of-summer festival. But after a series of shocking discoveries, they find that much of what the world believes to be fiction is actually fact, and that the truth behind their beloved story is darker and more dangerous than they ever imagined. It's Barley Day...and you're invited...

Seduction in Blood Kim Allred (Of Blood & Dreams, #1) Publication date: March 22nd 2022 Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance A thief. A vamp. A walk on the wild side. Cressa Langtry escaped an abusive home to live on her own terms. Now she’s known as Pandora, the best cat burglar and safecracker on the West Coast. Hounded by bounty hunters, one successful job would go a long way in clearing what she owes. With an unfortunate twist of fate, Cressa’s debt is turned over to the city’s most notorious and ancient vampire – Devon Trelane. Complete one mission and she can leave the vampire world, and his home, free and clear. Devon has lived a long life—many of them excommunicated from the Vampire Council. Though still a successful businessman, he can’t forgive the one vampire that cost him his seat on the Council. Unrest builds between the vampires and shifters, discontent that could be avoided if the Council would see reason. One vampire stokes the fires of division, the one w...

  Publication Date:  July 1, 2008 Format:  Audio Genre:   Legal Thriller Narrators: Dick Hill  Publisher:  Brilliance Audio  Length:  17 hours 37 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis As two of the most prominent citizens of Natchez, Drew and Penn sit on the school board of their alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep. When the nude body of a young female student is found near the Mississippi River, the entire community is shocked - but no one more than Penn, who discovers that his best friend was entangled in a passionate relationship with the girl and may be accused of her murder. On the surface, Kate Townsend seems the most unlikely murder victim imaginable. A star student and athlete, she'd been accepted to Harvard and carried t...

Cyclops Harley Wylde (Reckless Kings MC) Publication date: March 18th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Leigha — To say my dad is overprotective is too mild a description. Add in all my honorary uncles in the Dixie Reapers MC and going on dates is next to impossible. So when Lyssa invites me to visit her at the Reckless Kings in Tennessee, I jump at the chance. Maybe I can finally experience life a little. I know my family goes after bad men, the kind who hurt women and kids. I never counted on becoming a victim myself. The biker who comes to my rescue is… scary. Hot. And all alpha. He’s exactly what I need! Cyclops — My stint in the military left me a parting gift. Scar tissue that not only left me blind in that eye, but makes the damn thing look spooky as fuck. I’m used to people staring. Mostly. Then my brothers had to stick me with the road name Cyclops. They’re not funny, even if they think they are. Uncle Sam may no longer find me fit for duty, but it doesn’t mea...

Publication Date:  August 14, 2014 Format:  Audio Genre:   Legal Thriller Narrators:  Tom Stechschulte Publisher:  Penguin Audio Length:  20 hours 0 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage.  In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, this is where Penn has returned for solitude. This is where he hopes to find peace. What he discovers instead is his own family trapped in a mystery buried for thirty years but never forgotten—the town’s darkest secret, now set to trap and destroy Penn as well. Review: I found this book on Scribd.    Prosecutor turned author Penn Cage and his daughter are returning to his home town of Nachez Mississippi to join ...

  Publication Date:  September 1, 2021 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Horror Publisher:  Credo House Publishers Length: 288  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Everyone has wanted their favorite book to be real, if only for a moment. Everyone has wished to meet their favorite characters, if only for a day. But be careful in that wish, for even a history laid in ink can be repaid in flesh and blood, and reality is far deadlier than fiction...especially on Addington Isle.  Winterset Hollow  follows a group of friends to the place that inspired their favorite book - a timeless tale about a tribe of animals preparing for their yearly end-of-summer festival. But after a series of shocking discoveries, they ...

Dear Isobel Jinny Alexander Publication date: March 15th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary Two marriages, a bucket full of dreams and a pile of broken hearts. She’s not sharing her name. She’s been judged enough. Once, she had it all: a supportive husband, lovely children, and a prestigious career revitalising failing businesses in the wake of Ireland’s recession. When her friend Isobel suggested she take on a new job in their tiny rural community, she didn’t expect to fall in love. Now she has become the other woman, the marriage wrecker, the cheat, and the betrayer. When the illicit relationship ends, she’s stuck between the ruined affair and a crumbling marriage. Jobless and bereft, she must try to salvage what remains. Will talking to Isobel help pick up the pieces or shatter their lives forever? Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo — EXCERPT: I wonder whether Isobel would be sympathetic to me if it were anyone else I had fallen in love wit...

Publication Date:  August 13, 2019 Format:  Audio Genre:   Coming of Age Narrators:  Chloe Cannon Publisher:  Tantor Media Length:  4 hours 59 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis A surreal exploration of one woman's life and death against a landscape of meat, office desks, and bad men. The Book of X  tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday — school-age crushes, paying bills, the sickness of parents — with the surreal — rivers of thighs, me...

  Publication Date:  December 7, 2021 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Crime Thriller/ Humorous fiction Publisher:  Headline Review Length:  316 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Hardcover Synopsis Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.  Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search for truth is more complic...

  Publication Date:  August 4, 2015 Format:  ebook Genre:   Dark Fantasy Publisher:  Ace  Length:  304 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside. In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood... Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago. Only some...

A Warm Rainy Day in Tokyo Kana Wu Publication date: March 31st 2022 Genres: New Adult, Romance Bella Bell lives a perfectly ordinary life with a perfectly ordinary office job in suburban California, where she longs to break free from her perfect sister’s shadow. So when Little Bear Café chooses her to train its new franchisee in Tokyo for the summer, she jumps at the chance. But even a dream come true can get complicated. From the moment she steps on the plane, she annoys her pompous, handsome seatmate, insults her apartment manager, and gets caught up in her new neighbors’ drama. And everywhere she turns, she keeps running into the arrogant stranger from her flight—and she can’t seem to get him out of her head. Ryo Yamada is at the top of his game: a high-powered job, no shortage of potential girlfriends. But his life is turned upside down when his family asks him to return to Tokyo for good because of his sister’s failing health. And now he finds himself avoiding his child...