No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Grant Blackwood tops today’s Buffet with End of Enemies, the first thriller in the trilogy featuring hero Briggs Tanner.
Grant is also the co-author (with Clive Cussler) of the “Fargo Adventure Series” as well as the co-author of the bestseller, Dead or Alive (with Tom Clancy).
Grant co-wrote (with James Rollins) the upcoming thriller The Kill Switch.
A U. S. Navy veteran, Grant lives in Colorado, where he is working his own standalone series starring a new hero.
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End of Enemies: A Briggs Tanner Novel
Thrillers > Espionage
Author: Grant Blackwood
Covert agent Briggs Tanner doesn’t like coincidences. In his business, they always mean trouble. So when a man is professionally assassinated right in front of him, Tanner wants answers.
One Mission.
Who pulled the trigger and why? And what is the mystery behind the key the man clutched in his dying hand—the key that Tanner now possesses?
One War Without End.
His search will lead him on an international trail, city to city, from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the bullet-ridden back alleys of Beirut, all the way to a deadly secret—buried since the end of World War II—that only Tanner can keep from falling into the wrong hands.
The Long Way Home
Romantic Comedy
Author: Tara Brown
How lucky can one girl get? Just ask Jacqueline Croix. She has it all. The right fiancé, money, looks, and connections. But everything comes at a cost. Sometimes that cost is looking the other way when the imperfections of your world start to show themselves.
When something happens that she just can’t look away from, she ends up drunk in a Chanel dress at a pity party on the beach in SC. There on the beach, she finally sees the cost of having everything is too high. Luckily, Jacqueline has one thing most girls like her do not, somewhere to run when she leaves it all behind.
That somewhere happens to be to the open arms of the New York Rangers’ right wing, Mike France. He has always been there through thick and thin, waiting for his chance to make her his. But how do you go from being best friends to lovers, when you know all the dirty details?
The Lonely
Romance > Mystery & Suspense
Author: Tara Brown
Emalyn Spicer has lived with it for a long time. She thinks it goes back further than her memories do. She knows it goes back further than the OCD.
When she arrives at college, her OCD’s and the lonely refuse to let her have her wish to be normal.
When she meets Sebastian and starts to fall for him, she lets herself believe it’s possible to outrun the things chasing her from the past. But how to you get away from the things inside of you? How do you run from yourself?
Just as she gives up and succumbs to the lonely, the unthinkable happens. She finds herself once again trapped in the dark, once again held against her will.
This time she meets the lonely head on. In the darkest corners of her mind, she discovers there is more to her world than she ever imagined. She discovers that the lonely was there for her, protecting her from herself and her secrets.
How far would you go to find yourself?
Home Sweet Homes: How Bundt Cakes, Bubble Wrap, and My Accent Helped Me Survive Nine Moves
Humor > Parenting & Families
Author: Diane Laney Fitzpatrick
Your toothbrush and deodorant are in a box marked Basement Storage, your great-grandmother’s heirloom china is in pieces, and you’re in your husband’s underwear, making Hamburger Helper in a Little Tykes plastic frying pan in the microwave. You’ve just moved. Could things get worse? Probably. But then they’ll get better, especially if you can see the humor in that hare-brained, heartbreaking and hilarious thing called moving.
This book takes you along on Diane Laney Fitzpatrick’s cross-country moves with colicky babies, sulky teens, dogs, frogs and goldfish. With 42 Moving Tips, Home Sweet Homes is a side-splitting survivors guide to moving, that is sure to keep you laughing throughout life’s moving moments.
The Dream Jumper’s Secret (The Dream Jumper Series)
Romance > Paranormal
Author: Kim Hornsby
Tina and Jamey hope that life on Maui will slow down but soon find their life’s path taking them off the Hawaiian Isle. Way off. Tina suspects that Jamey’s keeping a secret from her and feels unable to give her complete heart to him.
When Jamey leaves for Seattle to see his daughters, she worries that he’ll return to the war in Afghanistan. She finds herself back at her parents’ house on Mercer Island, helping with a family emergency. A revelation has Tina doubting Jamey’s commitment to their relationship and when the military comes for Jamey, their relationship takes a strange turn. One that is dependent on their unusual shared ability. Dependent to the point of savings each other’s lives in dire circumstances. But just when happiness looms, Jamey has a final secret that must be told to save Tina from Jamey’s worst nightmare.
50 Healthy Chicken Recipes for Your Slow Cooker
Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Slow Cookers
Author: Angelina Dylon
This book is your complete guide to slow cooker chicken recipes. Chicken is easily the ultimate crowd pleaser. Whether you are looking for a quick snack or a gourmet meal, chicken is always there to satiate your taste buds. Slow cookers have become the go-to solution for working individuals.
However, not many dare to experiment with this great invention of the seventies. Slow cookers are more than just a device to prepare easy and simple recipes like stews and soups. These wondrous devices can also be used to prepare more creative and experimental dishes that will make your meals a lot more scrumptious and delectable. And this guide will help you achieve just the goal.
This recipe book has you, your family, friends, relatives and almost all your special occasions covered. From simple basics to delectable visual and tasteful wonders, within these pages you will find recipes and flavor profiles that will lead you to reinvent your love for your slow-cooker, chicken and food on a whole. The recipes included contain some spins on classics, reinvented popular dishes from all around the world and plenty of original recipes to keep your palate exciting, inventive and forever flavorful.
Unfiltered & Unlawful (The Unfiltered Series)
Romance > New Adult & College
Author: Payge Galvin, Ronnie Douglas
After a night-shift shooting of a drug dealer in The Coffee Cave, twelve strangers each walk out with more than $100,000 in dirty money, a pact never to meet again, and the chance to start over…
Until that night, Sasha “Sugar” Kovac spent her days selling coffee to the co-eds at ASU Rio Verde and her nights trying not to run back to her ex… or join the throngs of girls lusting after her friend, Adam.
But why should Sugar give in to the Harley-riding tattoo artist when his longest relationships haven’t lasted more than a weekend?
Sugar’s life takes a turn for the dangerous when someone comes looking for the people connected to the Cave shooting and the cash they split. To protect herself and those she cares about, Sugar has to get out of town-and fast. When Adam insists on coming with her, Sugar finds herself holed up in a tiny house with a hot man, a stash of cash, and a lot of secrets.
The Light of the World (Light series book 1)
Fantasy > Sword & Sorcery
Author: Tara Brown
As if going off to college isn’t hard enough, Rayne discovers she has other challenges beyond roommates or first-year workload.
She discovers the fate of the world resting on her small shoulders, not to mention the creepy whispers that taunt her in her sleep each night.
In the haze of her dreams she hears it, ‘You’re dead. You’re dead and I just forgot to tell you.’
The sentence is alarming in itself.
Add to that, the voice whispering to her is her mother’s, and you have a real nightmare.
But what happens when the whispers in your sleep are warnings and the ghosts in the water are your friends?
The Devil’s Tide (Devil’s Fire, Book 2)
Action & Adventure > Sea Adventures
Author: Matt Tomerlin
Hostage-turned-pirate Kate Lindsay returns in this action-packed followup to The Devil’s Fire, and the last thing she wants is to go back to her mundane life in London. A young pirate narrowly avoids the gallows when the governor of the Bahamas enlists his aid in bringing Lindsay to justice. A pirate hunter returns to his old ways, with the demons of his past swiftly following his trail. A beautiful strumpet falls in league with Blackbeard, witnessing his despicable crimes firsthand, before she becomes a pawn in his schemes. As all sides spiral toward a fiery climax, nothing is at it seems, and the odds are in favor of death.
TODAY’S BARGAINS……………What’s this?
Havana Lost
Crime Fiction > Noir
Author: Libby Fischer Hellmann
Regularly $3.99, Today $0.99
On the eve of the Cuban Revolution, headstrong 18-year-old Francesca Pacelli flees from her ruthless Mafia-boss father in Havana to the arms of her lover, a rebel fighting with Fidel Castro. Her father, desperate to send her to safety in the US, resorts to torture and blackmail as he searches the island for her.
So begins the first part of a spellbinding saga that spans three generations of the same family. Decades later, the family is lured back to Cuba by the promise of untold riches. But pursuing those riches brings danger as well as opportunity, and ultimately, Francesca’s family must confront the lethal consequences of their choices. From the troubled streets of Havana to the mean streets of Chicago,HAVANA LOST reveals the true cost of chasing power instead of love.
HAVANA LOST is best-selling author Libby Fischer Hellmann’s tenth novel and third thriller that explores how strife and revolution affect the human spirit. The novel is a testament to Hellmann’s gift for authentic historical detail as well as her talent for writing compulsively readable thrillers.
The Uncertain Places
Fantasy > Fairy Tales
Author: Lisa Goldstein
Regularly $9.95, Today $1.99
An ages-old family secret breaches the boundaries between reality and magic in this fresh retelling of a classic fairy tale. When Berkeley student Will Taylor is introduced to the mysterious Feierabend sisters, he quickly falls for enigmatic Livvy, a chemistry major and accomplished chef. But Livvy’s familyvivacious actress Maddie, family historian Rose, and their mother, absent-minded Sylviaare behaving strangely. The Feierabend women seem to believe that luck is their handmaiden, even though happiness does not necessarily follow. It is soon discovered that generations previous, the Feierabends made a contract with a powerful, otherworldly force, and it is up to Will and his best friend to unravel the riddle of this supernatural bargain in order to save Livvy from her predestined fate.
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
Entrepreneurship > Management
Author: Gino Wickman
Regularly $16.95, Today $2.99
Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you?All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrationspersonnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It’s not complicated or theoretical. Based on years of real-world implementation in more than 100 companies, the Entrepreneurial Operating System® is a practical method for achieving the business success you have always envisioned.
In Traction, you’ll learn the secrets of strengthening the six key components of your business. You’ll discover simple yet powerful ways to run your company that will give you and your leadership team more focus, more growth, and more enjoyment. Successful companies are applying Traction every day to run profitable, frustration-free businessesand you can too.
A Day at the Office
Romantic Comedy
Author: Matt Dunn
Regularly $3.99, Today $2.00
For most people, Valentine’s Day means flowers, chocolates, and candlelit dinners. But for five of Seek Software’s employees, it’s shaping up to be as much fun as a trip to the dentist.
Long-term singleton Sophie has a crush on colleague Nathan but worries he doesn’t even know her name. And is there really any point in her sending a card to the man who organises the annual office Anti-Valentine’s party?
Overweight, insecure, and still living with his mum, Calum’s desperate for a girlfriend. He’s recently met the woman of his dreams online but his exaggerated profile might mean tonight’s first date could also be their last.
Mark’s been besotted with Julie since she kissed him at the office Christmas party. While she doesn’t seem to remember a thing, today might be his best chance to remind her. If only he could work out how.
Pretty Little Things
Thrillers > Suspense
Author: Jilliane Hoffman
Regularly $3.99, Today $2.00
Thirteen-year-old Lainey Emerson is the middle child in a home police are already familiar with: her mom works too much and her stepfather favors his own blood over another man’s problems—namely Lainey and her wild older sister. When Lainey fails to come home from a night out with friends, her disappearance is dismissed by the Coral Springs Police Department as just another disillusioned South Florida teen running away from suburban drama and an unhappy home life.
But Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent Bobby Dees, who heads up the department’s difficult Crimes Against Children squad, is not quite so sure. Nicknamed “The Shepherd” by colleagues, he has an uncanny ability to find the missing and bring them back home—dead or alive. After a search of Lainey’s computer and a frank talk with her best friend reveal the teen was involved in a secret internet relationship, Bobby suspects she may be the victim of an online predator. And when chilling evidence of other possible victims is sent to a local Miami television station, he fears she may not be the only one.
The faceless monster from cyberspace, who has gone to remarkable lengths to stay invisible, now seeks a captive audience. And it’s Bobby Dees he wants watching.
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