by Nicki Huntsman Smith

4.6 stars – 86 reviews

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A catastrophic pandemic ravaged the globe, reducing the human population to extinction levels.

All of the ‘normal’ people have died.

The survivors have genius level IQ’s, possess “autistic savant” skills or are pyschopaths. Some possess all three traits.

How do you survive in a world like that? A world where people are not always who/what they seem to be. Where the enemy is not always from the outside. Cleverness and guile can also hide them from within too.

˃˃˃ Four people with diverse backgrounds have survived.

A doomsday prepper, a molecular geneticist, a journal-keeping loner, and a martial arts-trained nerd are struggling to survive and unbeknownst to them are being drawn together. Despite the miles between Kansas and California, Texas and Arizona, the four share a connection…somehow.

They realize that not dying was the easy part. Now a year later, they navigate a bleak world…one without technology, without modern medicine, and without law and order. They must unify their diverse strengths to rebuild civilization.

˃˃˃ But not everyone shares their vision. There are those who want to rule the world and use brutality and oppression to bend people to their will.

“There is one who would rule the world or see it burn.” He must be defeated.

It is the unfolding story of the greatest threat humanity has ever faced, and is populated with some of the most entertaining (and brutal) people you will ever meet.

˃˃˃ This is NOT your typical cookie-cutter post apocalyptic novel. Troop of Shadows adds unique twists not only to the characters to the story line as well.

Fans of Stephen King’s “The Stand” will love this novel. Intricately plotted, superbly paced, and brought to life by fully-developed protagonists, quirky supporting characters, and charming villains, the Troop of Shadows Chronicles is a tour de force.

by Julia Kent

4.7 stars – 273 reviews

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I’m thrilled to be the maid of honor in my friend’s wedding, but the best man, Andrew McCormick, is a chauvinistic pig with a God complex. And I can’t stop kissing him in closets. (Don’t ask.) He’s the brother of the groom and the CEO of my biggest mystery shopping account, but suddenly he’s refusing to be in the wedding. He won’t talk about it. Won’t see reason. He’s such a man. And he still won’t stop kissing me in random closets. (Thank goodness.) I’m a fixer. That’s what I do. I can fix anything if given the chance. But when the game is fixed there’s only so much I can do. The ball’s in his court now. Game on.

by Lisa Mondello

4.2 stars – 510 reviews

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She needed to risk the truth to get a second chance…Poppy Ericksen had spent the year wondering how all their lives might have been different after hearing the deathbed confession of her childhood friend. She’d left South Dakota years ago because she couldn’t bear to watch the man she loved loving another woman. But now she knows the truth. She’ll keep the promise she made to a friend, but will Logan understand when he learns the truth? More important, can they again recapture the passion that had been between them all those years ago?He needed to face the past to get the love of a woman he thought he’d lost…Everyone knows that the Dakotas didn’t get the name Badlands for nothing. Harsh weather and rough living are a way of life. But single dad, Logan McKinnon, had seen more than his share of bad times after the death of his wife a year ago. The last thing he needs is Poppy Ericksen, an old flame and his late wife’s best friend, showing up unannounced to help after devastating floods nearly washed away their hometown. With no place to stay in town, he has no choice but to offer her a bed at his house. But can he live under the same roof with a woman he’d once loved passionately without feeling he’s betraying his late wife?Excerpt:One look on Logan McKinnon’s face told Poppy that his foul mood had very little to do with the devastating destruction all around the Badlands of South Dakota…and everything to do with her showing up in town after nearly ten years.

by Vera Nazarian

4.5 stars – 986 reviews

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You have two options. You die, or you Qualify. The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help. But there’s a catch. They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth’s population back to the colony planet Atlantis. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. Because there’s a loophole. If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. And if you are in the Top Ten, then all your wildest wishes are granted… Such as curing your mother’s cancer. There is only one problem.

by Ray Flynt

4.5 stars – 22 reviews

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A cold-blooded killer is murdering transplant patients at Philadelphia’s Strickland Memorial Hospital. The biggest snow storm of the century strands medical personnel and strains their ability to deal with the crisis.Philadelphia-based private detective Brad Frame and his assistant Sharon Porter lock horns with the hospital’s security chief while the administrator seems more interested in positive PR than the safety of her patients