Rules of the Game

 Thrillers > Crime
Author: Bruce Fitzpatrick

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Rules of the Game

Adrian Cabraal viewed himself as a good family man, and in many ways he was. But there was that other side of him, the one that lived life in the fast lane with its big risks, big money, and heavy hitters. Now Adrian has changed, and so have his values. He wants out, but he’s waited too long.

Betrayed to Federal Agents, he’s forced to decide between becoming a government informer and jeopardizing his family – or risking a thirty-year prison term. After choosing the road less traveled, he enters the dark netherworld of a maximum security Federal Penitentiary where he quickly discovers that living between written laws and unwritten codes means walking a fine and dangerous line. On one hand there’s mob boss Carmine Ruffino, the friend of an old friend who’s supposed to look after Adrian in exchange for his silence.

The Bed She Made: A story of Love, Forgiveness, and Second Chances (A Journey Durant Novel)

 Women’s Fiction > Romance
Author: Elicia Hyder

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The Bed She Made: A story of Love, Forgiveness, and Second Chances (A Journey Durant Novel)

Journey Durant’s father warned her, “Someday you’ll have to lie in the bed you’ve made.” But she didn’t believe him… until now.

She has just received news that her ex-boyfriend is about to be released from prison, and this reformed bad girl can’t shake the feeling that her troubled past is coming home with him. The town of Emerson, Georgia has forgiven and forgotten her involvement in the most publicized tragedy in the town’s history, but only because of her three year absence, her prominent Southern Baptist family, and her marriage to the closest thing her small town has to a superhero.

Bullets and emotions fly, leaving Journey to realize that no matter what penance she has done for her past, the mistakes of her youth still carry unpaid penalties.

Summer of the Midnight Sun (Alaskan Quest Book #1)

 Christian Fiction > Romance > Western & Frontier
Author: Tracie Peterson

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Summer of the Midnight Sun (Alaskan Quest Book #1)

Leah Barringer and her brother, Jacob, have come to love the rugged Alaskan Territory they call home.

But when Jacob determines to join an arctic expedition, Leah realizes her heart yearns for more than this solitary existence.

The unexpected arrival of Jayce Kincaide, the man who spurned her ten years before, awakens feelings that Leah would much prefer to leave buried. As Jayce sets out to prove he’s a changed man, Leah cannot deny the effect he once again has upon her. But the appearance of a young investigator casts a cloud over Jayce’s past…and over Leah’s dreams for the future.

The Happy Chef THC: Dr. Greenthumb

 Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine
Author: Chef Dee

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The Happy Chef THC: Dr. Greenthumb

The Happy Chef THC is the ULTIMATE guide to cooking with the green! Approved by none other than B-Real of Cypress Hill aka Dr. Greenthumb.

Also included with your purchase of this cookbook is the latest album from Dr. Greenthumb as a FREE download. Music, Weed, & Food all pair so well together. Dive in and add to the happiness of your Kush Kitchen!

Hope Under Mistletoe (Seasons of Hope Book 1)

 Romance > Holidays > Inspirational
Author: Jessica R. Patch

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Hope Under Mistletoe (Seasons of Hope Book 1)

A rowdy bar owner. A widowed pastor’s wife. And Christmas hope that brings them together. After widower Eden Snow’s church almost burns to the ground, she’s compelled to find a temporary place to hold services and Christmas cantata practices.

Has-been hockey player, Knox Everhart, has a reputation for being fast on the ice and with women. Except Eden. She’s always been a fascinating mystery to him, which is why he agrees to let her use the back room of his bar—with one rule: No converting his customers.

But when Eden brings the church to the bar, it offers something the bottle can’t. Hope. And he finds himself falling in love with a woman and a Savior he feels unworthy to pursue.

Sharpe Shooter (Cozy Suburbs Mystery Series)

 Mystery > Amateur Sleuths
Author: Lisa B. Thomas

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Sharpe Shooter (Cozy Suburbs Mystery Series)

Burned-out high school teacher Deena Sharpe is ready for a change. She has no idea a fifty-year-old murder case is about to turn her life upside down.

The Perry County Sheriff’s office has found a skeleton in the closet…literally. When they identify the man’s body fifty years after his disappearance, his family turns to Deena to uncover the truth about his murder. The clock begins ticking when she discovers a mysterious writer is about to implicate the victim in his latest conspiracy theory book. She must channel her inner super-sleuth to solve the puzzle and protect her family name. With the help of her off-beat brother and others from the cozy town of Maycroft, Texas, Deena takes on a quest that leads to more questions than answers.

Sweet Surrender: A Mail Order Bride (Mercers of Montana Book 1)

 Romance > Inspirational > Westerns
Author: Evelyn MacQuaid

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Sweet Surrender: A Mail Order Bride Themed Sweet Western Historical Romance (Mercers of Montana Book 1)

The exquisite Lady Olivia Tarrington of London’s upper class arrives in corrupt and decrepit Virginia City, Montana, coerced to marry Jackson Mercer, the black sheep of an established Montanan family, who has a dark and cruel past.
As the eldest daughter of Lord Henry Tarrington, Olivia must honour her father’s arrangement with the powerful Mercers, which will erase his burgeoning debt and ensure her sisters marry according to their choosing.

Torn between her growing desire for a dangerous man and another who’d give her the life she’s accustomed to, she has to make a choice. But to find the freedom she desperately yearns for, she must first unlock her heart.

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Under a Dark Summer Sky

 Literary Fiction > Historical
Author: Vanessa Lafaye

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Under a Dark Summer Sky

Florida, 1935. In Heron Key, relationships are as tangled as the swamp’s mangrove roots. It’s been eighteen long years since Henry went away to war. Still, Missy has waited, cleaning the Kincaids’ house and counting the stars. Now he’s back, but she barely recognizes the desperate, destitute veteran he’s become — unsure of his future, ashamed of his past. When a white woman is found beaten nearly to death after the Fourth of July barbecue, suspicion falls on him immediately. As tensions rise in the small community, the barometer starts to plummet — a massive hurricane is on its way.

The Quiet Gentleman (Regency Romances)

 Historical Romance > Regency
Author: Georgette Heyer

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The Quiet Gentleman (Regency Romances)

Less than a hero’s welcome…

Returning to his family seat from Waterloo, Gervase Frant, seventh Earl of St Erth, could have expected more enthusiasm for his homecoming. His quiet cousin, stepmother, and young half-brother seem openly disappointed that he survived the wars. And when he begins to fall for his half-brother’s sweetheart, his chilly reception goes from unfriendly to positively murderous.

One of Heyer’s most suspenseful Regency romances, The Quiet Gentleman combines an ingenious mystery plot with her signature witty style and effervescently engaging characters.

Above Suspicion

 Thrillers > Espionage
Author: Helen Macinnes

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Above Suspicion

Richard and Frances Myles are preparing for their annual European summer vacation in 1939 when they are visited at their Oxford college by old friend Peter Galt, who has a seemingly simple job for them.  But in the heightened atmosphere of pre-war Europe, nobody is above suspicion, in fact the husband and wife are being carefully monitored by shadowy figures.

Above Suspicion was MacInnes’ breakthrough book, a bestseller published in 1941 and released as a movie in 1943, directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray.

My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley (French Illusions Book 1)

 Biographies & Memoirs > Women
Author: Linda Kovic-Skow

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My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley (French Illusions Book 1)

It’s 1979 and Linda needs to learn a language fast in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a flight attendant. Broke yet determined, she chooses French immersion and contracts to become an au pair for a wealthy family in the Loire Valley. Yielding to poor judgment, she lies on her application and claims to speak basic French, confident she’ll be forgiven once she arrives at the Château de Montclair. As she struggles to adapt to her challenging new environment with the hard-to-please Madame Dubois and her two incomprehensible children, Linda signs up and attends language classes at the local university. When she encounters, Adam, a handsome young student, her life becomes more complicated—much more complicated—adding fuel to her internal battle for independence.

The Absolute Best Mug Cakes Cookbook: 100 Family-Friendly Microwave Cakes

 Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Cooking for One or Two
Author: Rockridge Press

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The Absolute Best Mug Cakes Cookbook: 100 Family-Friendly Microwave Cakes

Discover how simple it is to bake amazingly tasty cake from scratch. All you need is a mug, a microwave, and a few basic ingredients, and you’ll be feasting on a delicious homemade cake in minutes. Whether you’re craving the classics, seasonal flavors, holiday-themed treats, bottomless chocolate, or fresh fruit galore, The Absolute Best Mug Cakes Cookbook ensures that everyone in your household will get exactly what they want. Bake your way through a wide range of satisfying and easy-to-prepare treats with:

• 100+ irresistible mug cake recipes, including Salted Caramel, Cinnamon Roll, Mexican Chocolate, and Confetti
• Dozens of options for gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, paleo and vegan diets so that no one will miss out on the fun
• Troubleshooting tips to ensure immediate mug cake success
• Inventive ideas for mug cake activities, gifts, and parties
• A creative guide to developing your own mug cake recipes

All She Ever Wanted

 Women’s Fiction > Mothers & Children > Christian Fiction
Author: Lynn Austin

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All She Ever Wanted

All She Ever Wanted is the emotion-packed story of three generations of women: Kathleen, her mother, Eleanor, and her grandmother, Fiona. Each woman left home to escape her family’s past and to start a new life. Kathleen has been estranged from her family for 35 years, and she is torn between the need to forgive and the urge to forget. Hoping to find answers that will patch the wounds of her tattered heart and salvage her relationship with her daughter, Kathleen embarks on a journey into her family’s mysterious past.

After We Fall

 Thrillers > Psychological
Author: Emma Kavanagh

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After We Fall: A dark, gripping psychological thriller

Blood stains the carpet of an empty house. A front door slams behind a mother with a suitcase full of secrets. Someone screams. A plane falls out of the sky.

What happened the night flight 2940 crashed? And is the shocking murder of a policeman’s daughtersomehow related to this tragic event-or is it simply a devastating coincidence?

Four people, who have never met but are permanently linked by these disasters, will be forced to reveal the closely guarded secrets that unlock the answers to these questions. But once the truth is exposed, it may cause even more destruction.

After We Fall weaves together the stories of those who lost something of themselves in a tragic incident and explores how swiftly everything can come crashing down.

The Rule of Thoughts (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Two)

 Science Fiction > Action & Adventure
Author: James Dashner

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The Rule of Thoughts (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Two)

From James Dashner, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series comes The Rule of Thoughts, the exciting sequel to The Eye of Minds. Michael completed the Path. What he found at the end turned everything he’d ever known about his life—and the world—completely upside down.

He barely survived. But it was the only way VirtNet Security knew to find the cyber-terrorist Kaine—and to make the Sleep safe for gamers once again. And, the truth Michael discovered about Kaine is more complex than they anticipated, and more terrifying than even the worst of their fears. Kaine is a tangent, a computer program that has become sentient. And Michael’s completing the Path was the first stage in turning Kaine’s master plan, the Mortality Doctrine, into a reality.

The One and Only Ivan

 Children’s eBooks > Animals
Author: Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao

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The One and Only Ivan

Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point-of-view of Ivan himself.

Having spent 27 years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.

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Play Dead (Elise Sandburg Series Book 1)

 Mystery > Women Sleuths
Author: Anne Frasier

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Play Dead (Elise Sandburg Series Book 1)

No one is more familiar with Savannah’s dark side than homicide detective and native resident Elise Sandburg. She’s been haunted for years by her own mysterious past: she was abandoned as a baby in one of the city’s ancient cemeteries, and it’s rumored that she is the illegitimate daughter of an infamous Savannah root doctor. The local Gullah culture of voodoo and magic is one that few outsiders can understand, least of all Elise’s new partner. Now someone is terrorizing the city, creating real-life zombies by poisoning victims into a conscious paralysis that mimics death. As the chilling case unfolds, Elise is drawn back into the haunted past she’s tried so hard to leave behind.

Stay Dead (Elise Sandburg Series Book 2)

 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Anne Frasier

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Stay Dead (Elise Sandburg Series Book 2)

Homicide detective Elise Sandburg is traumatized after her run-in with a madman the press has dubbed “The Organ Thief.” As Elise takes refuge in her deceased aunt Anastasia’s abandoned plantation to investigate and recover from her ordeal, she begins to question everything–from her dangerous line of work to her complex relationship with her handsome, tortured partner, David Gould. But with a madman on the loose, and her mother’s claims to still hear from Aunt Anastasia, she may have more immediate problems on her hands. In Elise’s world, where cold hard crime mixes with the local Gullah culture, nothing is ever what it seems, and no one is above suspicion–not even the dead.

Pretty Dead (Elise Sandburg Series Book 3)

 Thrillers > Crime
Author: Anne Frasier

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Pretty Dead (Elise Sandburg Series Book 3)

A serial killer stalks the streets of Savannah…

Homicide detective Elise Sandburg and her partner, profiler David Gould, are all too familiar with the terrible costs of chasing evil. Despite their wounded psyches, the detectives delve into the deranged killer’s twisted mind, determined to unravel the clues in the taunts he leaves behind.

A city gripped by fear…

When his daughter becomes the killer’s next victim, a grief-stricken mayor comes down hard on the police, demanding that they catch the psychopath—now. Feeling the pressure, department officials enlist the aid of both Elise’s estranged father and an FBI profiler who has unresolved business with David.

A cunning and elusive madman…

Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

 Christian Living > Spiritual Growth
Author: Levi Lusko, Steven Furtick

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Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

What will you do when the unthinkable happens? Her parents called her Lenya Lion because of her ferocious personality and hair that had been wild and mane-like since birth. But they never expected that, five days before Christmas, their five-year-old daughter would suddenly go to heaven after an asthma attack. How do you walk out of the ER without your daughter? More a manifesto for high-octane living than a manual for grieving, Through the Eyes of a Lion will help you turn your journey into a “roar story” by guiding you to

  • look past what you can see with the naked eye
  • survive Saturday—the space between promise and fulfillment
  • let God turn your pain into a microphone
  • cue the eagle and run toward the roar

Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa

 History > Military > World War II
Author: Oscar Gilbert

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Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa

In May 1943, a self-described “really young, green, ignorant lieutenant” assumed command of a new US Marine Corps company. His even younger enlisted Marines were learning to use an untested weapon, the M4A2 “Sherman” medium tank. His sole combat veteran was the company bugler, who had salvaged his dress cap and battered horn from a sinking aircraft carrier. Just six months later, the company would be thrown into one of the ghastliest battles of World War II.

On November 20, 1943 the 2nd Marine Division launched the first amphibious assault of the Pacific War, directly into the teeth of powerful Japanese defenses on Tarawa. In that blood-soaked invasion, a single company of Sherman tanks, of which only two survived, played a pivotal role in turning the tide from looming disaster to legendary victory.

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