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Publication Date:  November 8, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Coming of Age Narrators: Ginnerfer Goodwin, Kevin Wilson Publisher:  Ecco Length:   6 hours 13 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge—aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner—is determined to make it through yet another summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who has just moved into his grandmother’s house and who is as awkward as Frankie is. Romantic and creative sparks begin to fly, and when the two jointly make an unsigned poster, shot through with an enigmatic phrase, it becomes unforgettable to anyone who sees it.  The edge is a shantytown filled with gold seekers. We are ...

Publication Date:  January 12, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery Narrators:  Jan Cramer Publisher:  Raven Street Publishing Length:   9 hours 3 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Kate Marshall’s investigation into a young boy’s disappearance sends her down an unexpectedly twisted path in a riveting thriller by multi-million bestselling author, Robert Bryndza.  When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into a riptide current in the sea, the near-death experience leaves her shaken.  During her recovery, she befriends Jean, an elderly lady on the same ward. Jean tells the harrowing story of how  her three-year-old grandson, Charlie, went missing eleven years ago during...

  Publication Date:  January 10, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery/thriller Narrators:  Karrissa Vacker Publisher:  Macmillan Audio Length:   9 hours 55 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her—literally. Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn’t slept in a year. Isabelle's entire existence now revolves around finding him, but she knows she ca...

Publication Date:  January 17, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery Narrators:  Karrissa Vacker Publisher:  Macmillan Audio Length:  11 hours 16 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent the summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder. They called it the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls’ testimony put away a serial killer, wanted for murdering six women. They were heroes. And they were liars. For decades, the friends have kept a secret worth killing for. But ...

  Publication Date:  January 3, 2019 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Mystery Publisher:  self published Length:  123 pages Buy:  Kindle  | Synopsis Two spouses, Richard and Serene awake to a morning of uncanny feelings and to add to their unease, they soon discover their six-year-old son Mark is nowhere to be found. Despite their numerous attempts of searching top and bottom throughout their home, there is no trace of their son. After searching, Serene and Richard finally locate him in his favorite hide-n-go-seek spot in the basement. Unfortunately, they also find themselves submerged in an unspeakable nightmare.Longtime friend Garett and his colleagues of the Welder Viller Police Department seek to get to the bottom of the grim misfortune....

Publication Date:  December 27, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Memoir  Narrators:  Max Lloyd Jones  Publisher:  ECW Audio Length:   7 hours 53 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis “Does it hurt?” When you’re a tattoo artist, that’s the most universal question. For Chris MacDonald, the answer is simple:  hurts less than a broken heart . Those words are painted above the entrance to his shop, Under My Thumb Tattoos, as a reminder. Chris and his brothers were as wild as the wind, in their house among the fields of Alliston, Ontario, when their parents divorced. Shell-shocked, they were uprooted and brought to Toronto by their dad. Their mother’s mental illness worsened in the aftermath, and she disappeared. ...

Publication Date:  January 10, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Mystery Narrators:  Joanne Froggett Publisher:  Harper Audio Length:  9 hours 30 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis A car accident. Three missing girls. A twenty-year mystery. A woman on the verge of discovering the truth . . . In a rural Wilshire town lies the Devil’s Corridor—a haunted road which has witnessed eerie happenings, from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying in the night. In this bucolic stretch of Southwest England famous for its otherworldly sites, nothing is more puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls were driving home. After their car crashed only one—Olivia—was found. ...

Publication Date:  July 5, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Native American Lit Narrators:  Darrell Dennis Publisher:  Recorded Books  Length:  7 hours 6 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis How do the living come back to life?  Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy.  In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty—with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight—breathes life into tales of family and community bonds as they struggle with a painful past and an uncertain future. A b...

Publication Date:  December 1 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Romance/Grief/2nd chance Publisher:  self published Length:  382 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis I’m in love with my best friend’s widow. The only person I’ve cared more for is gone. There’s no doubt he knew yet never let on. It was just the kind of man Jake was. I’ve worn my guilt like a second skin since we were teens,  worshipping her from afar. But time has done me no favors. Under the surface, resentment grows.  A rage no one else sees. But now she’s asked me to do the unthinkable… To grant her the comfort she needs. I’m helpless to say no to Mel. I’d give her a...

Publication Date:  January 3, 2023 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Publisher:  Kensington Length:  304 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover Synopsis Snow falls softly outside Molly Bradley’s home on a frigid January night. Inside, half a dozen close friends are gathered to  celebrate the fortieth birthday of Molly’s psychologist husband, Jay. Candlelight gleams against dark wood, wine flows, and the  house rings with laughter. Everybody loves Jay, Molly most of all. Yet next morning, Molly discovers Jay dead on the floor of his  office, his throat brutally slashed. After decades working with the Boston PD, Detective Rita Myers has grown accustomed to the banality of evil—the murders that  make no sen...

Publication Date:  November 30, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   BDSM/Daddy M/M romance Publisher:  self published Length:  98 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis Wesley isn't exactly winning at life. Approaching 30 and working at a guest ranch to make ends meet, he doesn’t have time to pursue his talent for art.  When his meddlesome boss Russ plays heavy handed matchmaker and sets him up with a visiting cowboy, he’s frustrated …  until he lays eyes on the hottest computer geek this side of the Mississippi. Dustin, still reeling from his recent breakup, only agreed to drive the horse-drawn sleigh as a favor to save the holiday celebration from disaster. Thrown together for the week-long e...

Publication Date:  March 22, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Humorous Fiction Publisher:  Atria Length:  314 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She’s reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela’s latest job isn’t for some bamboozled billionaire, it’s for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can’t come up with a lot of money fast. Inspired by an old family legend, Gabriela sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Ring of Solomon and the lost treasure of...

Natural Disaster Skye Warren & Amelia Wilde (Deserted Island, #2) Published by: Dangerous Press Publication date: December 13th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Carter Morelli had a plan when he left London: deliver the wildlife photographer and then complete his secret mission. Except a lethal enemy has watched their every move. They tampered with the plane, leaving them stranded on a deserted island. And they kidnapped June Porter, the innocent photographer. In order to save her, Carter must confront the mysterious man in the jungle. Who is he? Savior or betrayer? He has no choice but to face the greatest enemy of all: the powerful feelings that draw him toward both June and the man in the jungle. Those feelings might kill them all. Welcome to the Midnight Dynasty… The warring Morelli and Constantine families have enough bad blood to fill an ocean, and their brand new stories will be told by your favorite dangerous romance authors. WARNING: This book is in...

Wrapped Around My Heart Kelly Collins Publication date: October 16th 2017 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Romance Mark Cantwell has a life most men can only dream of—he’s rich, respected, and ripped. There’s only one thing he wants—to regain control of his grandfather’s company. When the chance finally pops up, he jumps at it even though it means ruining Christmas for his executive assistant, Jess Stone. Jess Stone will do anything for her handsome boss. He’s everything she wants in a man so when he needs her during her family’s annual Colorado Christmas celebration, she doesn’t hesitate to adjust her plans. What should have been a simple flight and a quick meeting turns into a road trip from hell, leaving the pair stranded in a motel room together in the middle of a snowstorm. Will Mark take the first chance he can to just get on with his business, or will he realize all he wants for Christmas is Jess? Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: He lifted his head for the br...

Bystander: Seven Stories from the New Espionage Collection J.R. Pomerantz (The New Espionage Collection, #1) Publication date: November 14th 2022 Genres: Adult, Literary Fiction, Thriller Can you survive the new espionage? There are no sidelines. There are no boundaries. In the new world order, there’s no such thing as an innocent bystander. Seven shocking stories from the New Espionage Collection by award-winning author JR Pomerantz. The Terrifying Importance of Mental ealth Jesse’s suffering from synthetic broccoli’s surprise side effects. When he gets hospitalized with both its victim and perpetrator, who will pay the ultimate price? T-Rex The Deputy Administrator of the State Department has a bone to pick with the Secretary of State, and they both might be fossils. Golden Boy 144: Marigold Baby Jalia helps Harper give birth in the depths of their corporate greenhouse. Will the labor interrupt their labor long enough to get both of them fired? The Farm When their...

Publication Date:  June 14, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Historical Fiction  Publisher:  Viking Length:  413 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Kentucky, 1850 . An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.    New York City, 1954 . Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equest...