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Freebies for Friday, April 26: Four new free books!

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HER FINAL WORD (JACK RYDER Book 6)

by Willow Rose
4.7 stars – 54 reviews
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Rather be the hunter than the prey.

Inspired by a true story.

Ella Maria Chauncey walks home after a night out with her friends, hurrying to get back before her parents realize she’s been out with the boy they don’t want her to date. Living in the gated community of Lyford Cay, in one of the world’s wealthiest neighborhoods, she believes it is safe.

Ella Maria never makes it home. She is found the next day floating in her family’s pool, her tongue cut out.

Seven months later Jack Ryder is visiting the Bahamas with his adopted daughter Emily. They’re trying to find Emily’s relatives, but it turns out to be easier said than done.

The only living relative they can track down is a woman…in jail. She’s doing time for murdering Ella Maria Chauncey, but as Jack digs into the case, he starts to wonder if she was wrongfully convicted and the murderer is still out there, hunting for his next prey.

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Believe

by Shelly Hickman
4.3 stars – 34 reviews
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Believe. A message that still taunts her years after the passing of her daughter. In the days of her daughter’s illness, she considered herself a seeker, open to the possibilities of prayer and faith. Now cynical and guarded, she is forced to reexamine her beliefs and relive her past when an old love resurfaces, with a sick child of his own. Believe is a story that examines fractures to our foundations in the face of tragedy. It is a story that asks if prayers are always answered, but often in ways we do not see.

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Smoke Road (Scorch Series Romance Thriller Book 3)

by Toby Neal
4.5 stars – 100 reviews
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***From award-winning, bestselling authors whose writing Kirkus Reviews calls “persistently riveting,” comes the Scorch Series, romantic action adventure for fans of romance thrillers, apocalyptic and family romance sagas.***

Luca is the “alpha dog” of the six Luciano brothers. Big, bad, great with the ladies, a warrior with a poet’s heart, Luca is ex-Special Forces, on the front lines in Texas as the Scorch Flu pandemic plays out. He’s fighting to keep order until his new commander shows up—and turns his world upside down.

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Our Song: The Wilder Books #1

by Savannah Kade
4.5 stars – 117 reviews
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Meet the boys of the band WILDER and fall hard.

31-year-old single mother Kelsey has moved to Nashville to finally live the life she wants. She’s hasn’t so much given up on love as she’s just decided there are more important things. That doesn’t mean she can’t help out her new . . . hot . . . younger . . . neighbor.

JD is up to his eyeballs in trouble. His band still hasn’t hit it big and when an old ex-girlfriend dies he learns he has a daughter. Thrown into parenting with a kid who doesn’t know him any better than he knows her has JD throwing himself at Kelsey’s feet. How does she handle it all? And what would she think if he told her how he really feels?

Both JD and Kelsey are starting over, but their new lives may be more intertwined than either of them planned. And JD may be playing her song.

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The Devil’s Pets (Paranormal Enforcement Administration Book 1)

by Alex Siegel
4.9 stars – 18 reviews
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The Paranormal Enforcement Administration is a top-secret government agency dedicated to battling vampires, werewolves, witches, and other supernatural creatures. Their missions are fierce and deadly. A man named Stony is the leader of an elite team within the agency, and he has the power to make his skin as hard as stone. He once served a demon, but now he destroys evil instead. In The Devil’s Pets, Stony must stop a serial killer who kidnaps and tortures children. This Satanist keeps three slaves to assist in his bloody rituals. Diana is the most talented with the ability to transform into a panther. With some luck, Stony can turn her to the side of good over the course of a gruesome mission.

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Sign Off (Caught Dead in Wyoming mystery series, Book 1)

by Patricia McLinn
4.3 stars – 1,225 reviews
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Divorce a husband, lose a career … grapple with a murder.

TV journalist Elizabeth “E.M.” Danniher will tell you she committed two sins — she didn’t stay young, and she made an enemy of a powerful news executive — her ex. She used to break national news. Now her top story as the “Helping Out!” reporter at dinky KWMT-TV in Sherman, Wyoming is getting a defective toaster repaired.

Tough, funny and determined, Elizabeth wrestles with isolation, keeping a professional edge, and an evolving self-image. Is Wyoming — the land of cattle, cowboys, tumbleweeds, and fewer than six people per square mile — her new home or a road to permanent obscurity?

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Tajael (Fallen Angels 1) – Paranormal Romance

by Alisa Woods
4.4 stars – 117 reviews
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TAJAEL
I am an angeling of the light, Protector class, assigned to Guardian Duty… and I am Tempted.

A war brews in the immortal realms, between the Angels of Light—created to love and protect humanity—and their ancient enemy, the Fae. The Fae have created a demon plague to stop the humans and their technology from invading the immortal realms. I’m tasked with protecting a beautiful scientist who may do exactly that… but this duty is fraught with danger. Not due to the demons who hunt her but because a Fall from Lust will plunge me into shadow. I’ve already been marked by the darkness of that realm—and I’ve vowed never to return.

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CeeGee’s Gift

by Joy Selak
5.0 stars – 15 reviews
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A young girl is born with a mysterious gift. An old man teaches her what it means to be gifted. Together they learn the reason we are here on earth is to discover and give our gifts. Everyone has a gift. CeeGee’s Gift is a book to be read and shared by young and old.

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That Wicked Harlot (A Steamy Regency Romance Book 2)

by Georgette Brown
4.3 stars – 77 reviews
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Revenge is a dish best served hot…

In this steamy Regency romance, Darcy Sherwood holds her own among the cads and rakes who frequent the dubious gaming hall where she works. When she has the opportunity to exact revenge upon the family who wronged her sister, she intends to provide the arrogant Baron Broadmoor the biggest set-down of his life…by requiring him to be her suitor.

But when Lord Broadmoor begins to play his role too well, can she resist falling for the man she’s supposed to hate?

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The Finding: The Legend of Oescienne (Book One)

by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
4.3 stars – 135 reviews
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Dragon mentors, magical creatures, and a young girl looking for adventure: Harry Potter meets Eragon.

“A remarkable dragon story for YA and teens. If you enjoy the Eragon book series by Christopher Paolini, you love this series!!” ★★★★★

When the dragon Jaax receives word that a human infant has been found in the province of Oescienne, he doesn’t dare believe it. Humans have been extinct for centuries, trapped by a terrible curse and left to live out their existence in the form of dragons. Despite his doubts, however, Jaax assumes responsibility for the baby girl only to discover that what he has been seeking for so many years has finally been found.

Jahrra knows all about the legends and sagas of Oescienne, but never in her wildest dreams would she believe that she played a part in one of them. She is far too busy dodging the bullies at school and seeking out new adventures with her friends to worry about what secrets her dragon mentor might be keeping from her, or that her every move is being watched by something living in the forest surrounding her home.

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Mayhem’s Warrior: Operation Mayhem

by Lindsay Cross
4.6 stars – 164 reviews
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Captain T.K. Reaper only cares about his men; until he ends up falling for the one woman who can rescue his team.
Reaper has lived his entire life without love. Living on the edge with no fear, Reaper and his team volunteered for Project Mayhem— a top-secret experiment that uses a serum to enhance physical abilities in order to fight terrorism. Reaper believed the experiment would help save lives, but the serum only ends up taking them. Forced to go on the run, Reaper escapes the lab with his men, only to realize that they need the serum to survive. He has only one choice; return to the lab, and steal the source of the serum.
Caroline Cotter used to be a spoiled Senator’s daughter; now, she’s a victim. Kidnapped and held against her will to make the serum used for Project Mayhem, Caroline gives up hope of ever being free again… until Reaper enters, and frees her from her dark prison.

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Keto Diet Instant Pot Cookbook: 1000 Day Keto Diet for Beginners: Instant Pot Ketogenic Diet Cookbook: Low-Carb Keto Cookbook: Easy Keto Diet Recipes: … Prep Recipes:Ketogenic Di

by Katie Banks
4.3 stars – 184 reviews
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A Tailored Solution for Instant Pot Keto Diet lovers: Create your own Keto Diet
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Falling for Mr. Wrong

by Jenny Gardiner
3.8 stars – 23 reviews
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If lusting after him is wrong, she doesn’t want to be right…

Harper Landry sometimes feels like she’s turned into a professional dater. Which might not be such a bad job if it didn’t involve having to spend so much time with a succession of truly undesirable men who were obviously still single for good reason. So she’s elated when she ends up on a blind date with the charming and handsome Danny Greevy, a man who seems too good to be true. But Harper’s starting to think that too good to be true might be downright perfect for her. Particularly when the man who launched her man-drought shows up unexpectedly to throw a wrench in her life yet again.
Noah Gunderson is back in town after traveling the world for the past several years. Forced to return home after promising his mother on her deathbed to save the beloved inn that she’d nearly run into the ground, he’s planning to get far away from Verity Beach just as soon as he’s got the inn back in the black. And he’s determined not to let the distraction of Harper Landry, the one that got away, keep him here a moment longer.

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A Dead Mother (Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Book 4)

by Anna Celeste Burke
4.8 stars – 47 reviews
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Jessica’s Ex-Husband, James Harper, And Her Mother, Alexis, Are In Big Trouble

Family dysfunction, infidelity, murder, and mayhem—what else can you expect from members of the rich and famous who move in Jessica Huntington’s circles?

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An arraignment in court goes off the rails after Jim Harper’s Bel Air mansion is trashed and a man is left fighting for his life. Jessica’s love life almost veers off track, too, as she struggles to balance job, family, sleuthing, and her attraction to Attorney Paul Worthington and Detective Frank Fontana.

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An Eye for Death (Blue Eyes Book 1)

by Glenn Trust
4.8 stars – 18 reviews
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Her blue eyes were luminous. They saved her life… for a while.

Four people begin a journey. It will lead them to a deadly meeting on a country road beside an Iowa cornfield. Along the way, a mystery unravels through twists and turns that have you wondering who the “good guys and bad guys” are. The final encounter leaves no doubt that things are not always as they appear.

The first book in the Blue Eyes Series, ‘An Eye for Death’ is a hard-boiled, suspenseful thriller that takes the reader on a winding journey and a look into human nature. The ending will leave you wondering about the second book in the series, ‘A Desert View’ and the others that have followed.

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Her Forbidden Love Match (A Willow Cove Novel, #1)

by Theresa Paolo
4.6 stars – 23 reviews
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Will a decades old rivalry end the love of a lifetime?

After a long miserable day of travel, to stay with a grandfather he only met a few years ago, Lucas Prescott is instantly taken by the gorgeous brunette sitting next to him. It’s not until the next day that he learns their grandfathers are embattled in a decades old rivalry that threatens to keep them apart.

When family tragedy struck, Ella Moretti left college behind and returned home to her small town of Willow Cove.Seven years later, she’s still working in her family’s restaurant and living with her grandfather. Ella is used to putting others before herself, but she can’t deny the instant connection she has with Lucas even if he is a Prescott.

Neither wanting to betray their family, they start a secret love affair, but when the past resurfaces, and old feuds refuse to stay buried, Ella and Lucas have to decide if their forbidden love is worth the consequences.

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Her Long Walk Home (Sea View House Book 1)

by Linda Barrett
4.4 stars – 283 reviews
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About the series: Some say it’s magic, some say it’s love. Others credit the sea, sun and sand as the healing powers behind Sea View House. Does the truth really matter for the temporary residents of this special place? In the coastal town of Pilgrim Cove, strangers are welcomed, and everyone else takes a front row seat to watch a love story unfold. The series begins with HER LONG WALK HOME:

Rebecca Hart has her life together–great job, great friends and ready to run the Boston Marathon. Her life turns in an instant when she’d injured in the bombing.

Single dad and veterinarian, Adam Fielding, intends to remain a bachelor after being “abandoned” twice. Once by the love of his life and once by a second-best girlfriend.

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A Berry Deadly Welcome: A Humorous Cozy Mystery (Kylie Berry Mysteries Book 1)

by A.R. Winters
4.1 stars – 142 reviews
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Welcome to Sarah’s Eatery, where the food is to-die-for!

Escaping a dreadful marriage and an angry ex-husband, Kylie Berry moves to the small town of Camden Falls, Kentucky, to run her cousin’s café, Sarah’s Eatery. Only one problem: Kylie can’t cook to save her life, and the longtime chef walks out on Kylie’s first day.

“Winters will have you giggling into your book!”

Answering the call for a new chef, in walks lovely Rachel Summers, a friendly local brownie-addict who immediately gets the job. But when Rachel is found dead a few hours later, all fingers point to Kylie and her killer brownies.

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Deadly Delusions: A Medical Thriller (Dr. Annabel Tilson Novels Book 2)

by Barbara Ebel
3.8 stars – 25 reviews
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Medical school can be a deadly thing…

Under the auspices of a stellar attending doctor, medical student Annabel Tilson flourishes on her psychiatry rotation where Victor Blake is the first person ensconced in her care. While other complex and unexpected patients come under the psychiatry team’s care and Annabel dabbles in her own risky behavior, Victor is ready for discharge and is sent home. In the coming week after her star patient is given his freedom, however, Annabel and her mentor have no idea about the harrowing cascade of events taking place.

˃˃˃ An ultra-realistic medical thriller that will not cease to surprise you…

Deadly Delusions is the second book in the successful and personal adventures of medical student Annabel Tilson. Be amazed by a surprising plot full of unexpected twists and breathtaking turns.

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by Lawrence J. Epstein
4.6 stars – 54 reviews
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Danny Ryle is a political fixer on Long Island. From a parking ticket to a damaged romance, Danny is there to make things right. But then he is asked to solve an old murder. Danny first seeks help from his father—a retired hit man. There are suspects galore. From the Hamptons west, Danny travels across Long Island seeking clues, searching for the comforting taste of doughnuts, avoiding attempts on his life, looking for love, and all the while trying to solve a mystery the police never could. Danny has to deal with an ambitious politician who wants to run for President, the world of art, and a boss that makes his life miserable. Armed with his brains and the help of two associates, Danny struggles to survive in the rough and tumble world of 1982 life.

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Sell 100+ Homes A Year: How we use Engagement Marketing, Technology and Lead Gen to Sell 100+ Homes A Year, Every Year!

by Krista Mashore
4.5 stars – 28 reviews
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Whether you’ve been in real estate for 18 days or 18 years,
if you haven’t achieved the success you really want,
you need to read this book.

You entered real estate for the upside: interesting work, flexible hours, and the potential to make good money, right?
But the median gross income for the 1.2 million REALTORS® in the United States is just over $42,000 per year! That’s about $21 per hour (if you only work 40 hours per week) with no paid vacation, no paid sick leave, and rarely any company health insurance plan.
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Have Laptop, Will Travel: Memoirs of a Digital Nomad—12 Cities, 12 Months

by Philip Nicozisis
5.0 stars – 28 reviews
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Readers are calling this the male version of Eat Pray Love! Phil goes digital nomad for a year-long odyssey, traveling to 12 cities in 12 months on 4 continents. What these cities are ‘really like’ will make you laugh, think, learn and even cringe a little. The author’s personal journey of self-discovery adds up to a year of life-changing experiences: what’s personal is universal.

More than a bucket list on steroids, this memoir reveals tales of food, love, and life in far off lands. Phil aims to inspire readers to pursue their own dreams and aspirations through the joy of travel. Have Laptop, Will Travel!

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Redeeming The Amazon (Den of Sin Book 4)

by L.V. Lewis
4.4 stars – 37 reviews
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Most come to The Beaudelaire Hotel a select few times a year merely to indulge in sexual fantasy, but the stakes are higher for Karen Freeman and Paul Beaudelaire this New Year’s weekend.

How does a woman remain sexy when she’s lost an essential hallmark of her femininity? She gives a Marine amputee one shot at helping a former model with body image.

Will this fantasy weekend at the Beaudelaire Hotel give Paul a second chance with his contemporary Amazon, or will Karen’s fear of rejection be a barrier to their reconnection?

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Alexandria Rising: An Action and Adventure Suspense Thriller – Book 1 of The Alexandria Rising Chronicles

by Mark Wallace Maguire
4.5 stars – 53 reviews
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Rand O’Neal, an ambition-less newspaper reporter, is given a single task upon the death of his grandfather:

Destroy a mysterious map.

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Driven (Oaktown Girls Book 1)

by Suzanne Falter
4.6 stars – 5 reviews
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From the author of the Rainbow Award-Winning series, Transformed

“This is a fun read! Lizzy is totally adorable…” Curve Magazine

Who says you can’t find the love of your life while you’re getting your tire fixed?

Even IF your boss is actively trying to close her garage?

Driven is the oldest woman-owned garage in Oakland – and the pride of the lesbian community.

At least, it is until the uber-competitive former race car driver Mindy Rose shows up and opens her own garage, complete with chair massages and a sushi bar.

Mindy’s out to destroy Driven, a fact that galls her good-hearted, and very ethical Irish assistant Kate.

This is just reinforced when Kate has an emergency blow out, and is forced to go into Driven for a repair. Instantly, she finds herself drawn to the tall, tantalizing co-owner Lizzy.

That’s when things get … well … complicated. Especially because Kate is an undocumented worker who seriously needs her job.

Soon Kate finds herself hatching a secret scheme to save Driven, while falling hard for Lizzy. Yet, Lizzy has no idea she’s part of the Mindy’s nasty operation. Or even that Mindy is out to get her.

Can sweet Kate and passionate Lizzy finally find the love they’ve been looking for forever?

Or will Mindy find out and bring them and Driven down – and get Kate deported in the process?

And when is Kate going to tell Lizzy who she actually is?

It’s just the beginning of the wild ride that is the Oaktown Girls series.

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Murder at the Filmore (A Virginia Holmes Cozy Mystery)

by Zelda White
4.1 stars – 60 reviews
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A murder has occurred at the Filmore Hotel, one of Madison, Wisconsin’s most discreet lakeside resorts. It looks cut and dry: a suspect fleeing the scene, a scorned wife, a mythical murder weapon.

But then a retired detective by the name of Virginia Holmes arrives. There’s more to this mystery than meets the eye … and the murderer might still be inside the hotel.

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Crushing on Kate (A Red Maple Falls Novel, #2)

by Theresa Paolo
4.7 stars – 15 reviews
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It was love at first sight until he opened his mouth.

Born and raised in the small town of Red Maple Falls, it’s impossible for Kate Hayes to meet a guy she hasn’t known since first grade. When she is approached by a ridiculously attractive, unfamiliar face during one of her glass blowing demonstrations, she can’t help but get her hopes up. Until he opens his mouth.

Caleb James established his bike shop in the middle of nowhere to escape his past. When the owner of the adjoining business blocks his parking spots to put on her “arts and crafts hour” he has no choice but to shut her down. What he doesn’t expect is the fresh-faced beauty who refuses to accommodate his requests. Nor does he expect for the small town to be filled with big personalities who feel the need to force their way into his life, refusing to leave him alone.

While Caleb continues to fight Kate, and tries to keep his distance, holding on to a vow he made to himself to never trust again, she tears down every wall he’s ever built. Will the promise of a future with Kate be enough to break the promise of his past?

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Scythe (Dimension Drift Prequels Book 1)

by Christina Bauer
4.2 stars – 33 reviews
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I’m Meimi Archer, your regular high school science geek for hire. Sure, it’s dangerous to create high-tech gizmos for a criminal overlord called the Scythe, but it keeps Mom and me safely off-grid. Ever since the Authority took over the United Americas, you either live inside a domed city (where you’re watched 24-7) or you scrape by on illegal money while hiding out in the sticks. Guess what category I fall into?

Long story short, everything’s fine until I screw up a job. Badly. My home slips into two-dimensional space-time. It only lasts for a few seconds, but the move still sets off about a dozen government alarms. If they track me down, Mom and I are good as dead. Now I need to pay someone off, hide the evidence, and keep us safe. Fast.

That’s when a hottie named Thorne materializes in my kitchen. He’s about my age, wears black body armor, and says he came to “this version of Earth” from another planet. We share a bizarre mind-meld moment before he vows to do anything that ensures I survive.

Hey, I’ll take all the help I can get. Plus, Thorne has dimples…

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Amelia, the Moochins and the Sapphire Palace: Book One (Amelia’s Amazing Space Adventures)

by Evonne Blanchard
4.5 stars – 17 reviews
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It’s Amelia’s’ eighth birthday. She opens a present. A present that’s not a present! No, it’s a friendly funny looking alien called Uglesnoo from Pluto! Uglesnoo needs to leave right away for the Moon. Uglesnoo also desperately needs Amelia’s help. His sister is very sick. Should Amelia venture into outer space?

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This Life or the Next: A Novel

by Demian Vitanza
4.0 stars – 7 reviews
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From award-winning author Demian Vitanza comes a groundbreaking novel—his first to be translated into English—about one man’s alienation, radicalization, and disillusionment on the violent front lines in Syria.

Tariq Khan is a Pakistani born and raised in Norway. An outsider in his own country—adrift between two worlds divided by class, race, and culture—he’s always been searching for home. Alongside a flock of other streetwise young men, each looking for direction and each easily susceptible, Tariq finds his cause in the Muslim revival.

Idealistic, driven by faith, and empowered with purpose, he’s drawn to radical Islam—his last resort for achieving a sense of belonging, for embracing and being embraced. It’s only when he enlists in the war against Assad that Tariq’s eyes are truly opened. Dispirited with the violence, faced with the consequences of his choices, and increasingly distanced by the brutalities of jihad, Tariq contends with spiritual struggles that are his alone. So are the stories he will tell to make sense of his life.

In this daring and unprecedented work of literary fiction, Demian Vitanza explores the power of memory, the lure of rebellion, the search for meaning amid chaos—and the toll that such a journey can take before finally finding one’s way home.

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The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator

by Joakim Palmkvist
3.5 stars – 645 reviews
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A chilling true crime story of poisonous family secrets, love gone wrong, and a cold case that refused to stay buried…

In late summer of 2012, millionaire landowner Göran Lundblad went missing from his farm in Sweden. When a search yielded nothing, and all physical evidence had seemingly disappeared, authorities had little to go on—except a disturbing phone call five weeks later from Göran’s daughter Maria. She was sure that her sister, Sara, was somehow involved. At the heart of the alleged crime: Sara’s greed, her father’s land holdings, and his bitter feud with Sara’s idler boyfriend.

With no body, there was no crime—and the case went as cold and dark as the forests of southern Sweden. But not for Therese Tang. For two years, this case was her obsession.

A hard-working ex-model, mother of three, and Missing People investigator, Therese was willing to put her own safety at risk in order to uncover the truth. What she found was a nest of depraved secrets, lies, and betrayal. All she had to do now, in her relentless and dangerous pursuit of justice, was prove that it led to murder.

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