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HAWK Nancy Brown (Cross Security, #2) Publication date: May 6th 2022 Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense As a member of Cross Security, Mason Hawk is a tormented man on a mission…some might say he has a death wish. No case is too difficult. Nothing if off limits. He delivers his own brand of justice. Solitude is his only reward. For fifteen years he has hidden the secrets he ran from at age seventeen. He shut everyone out when he became a Navy SEAL and he honed his skills to become the monster he believes he is. He’s a man with demons that run deep and dark. No one gets in. That is until she walks into his life and brings him to his knees. She’s beautiful, smart, and perfect. Like beauty and the beast, he believes she could never love a man like him. Kai Wailani has lived the perfect life. She has a loving family, has surfed all over the world and is on top of her game at the U.S. Airforce, but she wants more. When she joins Cross Security, the only man stopping her from achievin...

Publication Date:  June 7, 2022 Format:  E-book Genre:   Thriller Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length:  326 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Audiobook  Synopsis A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time. Desmond Aloysius Limerick (“Dez” to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoying the sun and sitting in on the occasional gig, when the hotel he's at falls under attack. A skilled team attempts to kidnap the Chief legal counsel of Triton Expeditors, a major military contractor – in fact, Petra Alexandris is the daughter of the CEO – but ...

 It seems like its been forever since a book festival has been held in person! Many have gone virtual which to me is just not the same as being able to wander the isles of book vendors, touch and feel all the new releases, getting almost high from the smell of fresh ink on a page. 2022 will see the return of many festivals - here is a list of some anticipated festivals and conventions.  1. Sleuthfest: July 7-10, 2022 - Held in South Florida this is an  annual conference for writers and fans of mysteries, thrillers, & crime fiction. The full schedule has yet to be released but the Guest of Honor and Featured speaker is Jeffrey Deaver. For a full list of speakers click here 2, Library of Congress National Book Festival - September 3 & 4th 2022 - The Library of Congress National Book Festival is an annual literary event that brings together best-selling authors and thousands of book fans for author talks, panel discussions, book signings and other activities. ...

No Ordinary Hate Melanie Summers & Whitney Dineen (A Gamble on Love Mom Com, #1) Publication date: May 5th 2022 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance Life in Hollywood is easy to hate… According to Hollywood insiders, Harper and Brett Kennedy have the perfect family life—an image that has been carefully cultivated by an army of PR experts at Galaxy Studios. The truth is, their relationship has been on the rocks since Brett cheated when Harper was pregnant with their youngest child. Four years later, he’s still cheating, but this time with the nanny. When the tabloids find out, a media frenzy ensues, all but making Harper and her kids prisoners in their Pacific Palisades mansion. Needing time out of the spotlight to regroup, Harper rents a cabin in the last place the press or anyone else would ever think to look for her—Gamble, Alaska. There, she finds peace, solitude, and Digger McKenzie. Will the gruff lodge owner, who goes out of his way to make Harper feel like...

Publication Date:  March24, 2020 Format:  paperback Genre:   African-American Fiction  Publisher:  Ecco Length:  304  pages Buy:    Paperback  |  Audiobook  Synopsis Billie James' inheritance isn't much: a little money and a shack in the Mississippi Delta. The house once belonged to her father, a renowned black poet who died unexpectedly when Billie was four years old. Though Billie was there when the accident happened, she has no memory of that day—and she hasn't been back to the South since.  Thirty years later, Billie returns but her father's home is unnervingly secluded: her only neighbors are the McGees, the family whose history has been entangled with hers since the days of slavery. As Billie e...

  Publication Date:  May 31, 2022 Format:  E-book Genre:   Time Travel Fiction/Mystery Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length:  352  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Audiobook  Synopsis May 20, 2019:  Homicide detective Mallory is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother. While out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress. She’s drawn to an alley, where she is attacked and loses consciousness. May 20, 1869:  Housemaid Catriona Mitchell had been enjoying a half-day off, only to be discovered that night in a lane, where she’d been strangled and left for dead . . . exactly one-hundred-and-fifty years before Mallory was strangled in the same spot. When Mallory wakes up in Catriona's body in 1869, she must put aside her shock and adj...

The Touch of Love Kyle Shoop (Senses of Love, #5) Publication date: April 27th 2022 Genres: Adult, Historical Romance Two Love stories. One surviving WW2. One surviving a separation. Both fighting their own war. But neither is willing to give up. Because love is worth fighting for. Alternating between the past and the present, The Touch of Love tells two intertwined love stories spanning generations. The first is set in modern times and tells the journey that Katie embarks on while being embroiled in a separation from her husband. The second is set in Poland during World War 2, and tells the story of Jakob, an orphan, who falls in love with a Jewish woman. Will either of these love stories survive the unforeseen battles awaiting them? Present Day : While going thru old keepsakes in her grandfather’s attic, Katie stumbles upon two items which thrust her on a journey of discovery. The first is her old wedding dress, the sight of which still stings due to her recent separat...