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Publication Date:  November 7, 2023 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Domestic Thriller Publisher:  Berkley Length:   304 Pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis It’s summer in Alaska and the light surrounding the shipping-container-turned-storage shed where Liv Russo is being held prisoner is fuzzy and gray. Around her is thick forest and jagged mountains. In front of her, across a clearing, is a low-slung cabin with a single window that spills a wash of yellow light onto bare ground. Illuminated in that light is the father of her child, a man she once loved. A man who is now her jailor. Liv vows to do anything to escape. Carrying her own secrets and a fierce need to protect her young son, Liv must navigate a new wor...

  Publication Date:  November 28, 2017 Format:  audio  Genre:   Paranormal Fantasy/humor Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Publisher: Tantor Audio Length:   8 hours 20 minutes Buy:  Paperback  | Audio Synopsis When Fred formed his own parahuman clan out of necessity, he understood that it was going to come with new responsibilities. Much as he hoped those tasks would center around extra paperwork and perhaps the occasional mandatory class, enough time around the supernatural has taught him to be ready for anything. Or so he thought. As a freelance accountant for the Agency, Fred soon finds himself being tossed into new, unexpected, and perilous situations. From inventorying ghostly castles, to exploring unsettling amusement parks, to negotiating with dangerous mages, ...

Publication Date:  June 7, 2022 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Fantasty, adventure Publisher:  Tor Books Length:   296 Pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.  If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together ...

  Publication Date:  June 20, 2013 Format:  Audio Genre:   Crime Fiction  Narrator: David Chandler Publisher:  Recorded Books Length:   11 hours 25 minutes            Buy:  Paperback  | Audio Synopsis In the third adventure in C. J. Box’s engrossing series, Joe Pickett finds himself at the center of a confrontation between a special investigative team and a group of government-hating survivalists camped out on federal land. With the help of a mysterious stranger, Joe lays his life on the line to protect an innocent girl before a wave of violence surges over the Bighorn Mountains. Review: These books keep getting better and they don't hold back with nasty hits to major players. Pickett finds hi...

Publication Date:  September 12, 2023 Format:  Kindle  Genre:   Mystery Romance LGBTQ Publisher:  Bold Stroke Books Length:   304 Pages Buy:  Paperback   Synopsis Forty years ago, Sydney Hansen’s best friend was murdered. His killer left her a menacing note. Now the man Syd suspected was behind the killing has died—and she receives another threat, attached to a photo of her thirteen-year-old great-niece. Terrified but angry, she turns to the NYPD and Detective Gale Sterling to reopen the case. Gale has been handling cold cases for over a decade, burying herself in her work and caring for her elderly father, a former detective himself. But this case isn’t like the others. Maybe it’s Sydney Hansen—she fin...

  Publication Date:  September 12, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Crime Thriller Narrator:  Lauryn Allman Publisher: Bookouture Length:   10 hours 4 minutes  Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis It was  Beth Katz ’s serial killer father who made her like she is: a successful FBI agent and an unstoppable vigilante dedicated to hunting down murderers who have evaded capture. Beth will push herself to the limits to deliver justice.  Even if it means killing those who deserve to die. When the body of missing schoolgirl  Brooklyn Daniels  is discovered in a secluded patch of woodland on the outskirts of town, Beth and her partner  Dax Styles  race to the scene. Brooklyn and her best frie...

  Publication Date:  September 5, 2023 Format:  Audio Genre:   Memoir Narrator: Meg Kissinger Publisher:  MacMillan Audio Length:   11 hours 8 minutes  Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs of Chicago, Meg Kissinger’s family seemed to live a charmed life. With eight kids and two loving parents, the Kissingers radiated a warm, boisterous energy. Whether they were spending summer days on the shores of Lake Michigan, barreling down the ski slopes, or navigating the trials of their Catholic school, the Kissingers always knew how to live large and play hard. But behind closed doors, a harsher reality was unfolding—a heavily medicated mother hospitalized for anxiety and depression, a manic father prone to viol...