New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shannon Stacey lives with her husband and two sons in New England, where her two favorite activities are writing stories of happily ever after and riding her four-wheeler. From May to November, the Stacey family spends their weekends on their ATVs, making loads of muddy laundry to keep Shannon busy when she’s not at her computer writing.

shannonIf you’re a sucker for love stories, especially those about high-school sweethearts reconnecting later in life, you’re in luck today. Shannon writes the popular romance series revolving around the Kowalski extended family. The series appeals to adults, and focuses on big themes, like love and family. Book 1 tops today’s Buffet

Shannon has three more titles slated for release this year: All He Ever Desired (Ryan Kowalski) on February 26, All He Ever Dreamed (Josh Kowalski) on April 30, and Heart of the Storm, a novella for the Snow Day anthology, in December.

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Exclusively Yours (The Kowalskis)

Contemporary Romance
Author: Shannon Stacey
Exclusively Yours (The Kowalskis)

When Keri Daniels’s boss finds out she has previous carnal knowledge of reclusive bestselling author Joe Kowalski, she gives Keri a choice: get an interview or get a new job.

Joe’s never forgotten the first girl to break his heart, so he’s intrigued to hear Keri’s back in town—and looking for him. He proposes an outrageous plan—for every day she survives with his family on their annual camping trip, Keri can ask one question.

The chemistry between Joe and Keri is as potent as the bug spray, but Joe’s sister is out to avenge his broken heart, and Keri hasn’t ridden an ATV since she was ten. Who knew a little blackmail, a whole lot of family and some sizzling romantic interludes could make Keri reconsider the old dream of Keri & Joe 2gether 4ever?

Silent Run (Sanders Brothers #1)

Romance

Author: Barbara Freethy
Silent Run (Sanders Brothers #1)

A woman wakes in a hospital bed with no idea of who she is. Her memory is gone, her baby missing. All she has is the gripping certainty that she is in mortal danger. Then a handsome, angry stranger barges in and makes a terrible accusation. He was her lover–and her child’s father–until she disappeared seven months ago.

Jake Sanders swore he’d never forgive Sarah Tucker, but he isn’t about to let her get away again–especially not with his daughter still missing. If he has any chance of recovering his baby, he must help the woman who betrayed him retrieve the pieces of her shattered memory–without letting his feelings get in the way.

Haunted by troubling flashes of memory, Sarah begins to realize she’s lived a life of lies. But what is the truth? And where is her baby?

Close to You (A Laurel Heights Novel)

Romance
Author: Kate Perry
Close to You (A Laurel Heights Novel)

When Treat Byrnes walks into her bookstore café, Eve Alexander wants to eat him up. Bad boy isn’t her usual flavor, but for the sexy contractor, she’s willing to take a walk on the wild side. Treat meets Eve on a reconnaissance mission for his mother, who owns a neighboring teashop, but he keeps going back to Eve for her sweet smile and sassy shoes. He has a history of falling for damsels-in-distress, but Eve doesn’t need rescuing. Not even when her cafe is sabotaged.But when Treat finds out the saboteur is his own mother, he knows he has to do something before things go too far.
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Too Wilde To Tame

Romance

Author: Janelle Denison
Too Wilde To Tame (Wilde Series - FULL LENGTH NOVEL)

Mia Wilde has a reputation for being too wild to tame, but that doesn’t mean she’s going to let someone get away with distributing provocative photographs of her. She needs to find out who is threatening her before her overprotective brothers find out. For that, she’s going to enlist the help of private investigator Cameron Sinclair – – the one man who seems immune to her flirtatious and outrageous personality. But Mia soon learns that appearances can be very deceiving.

The moment Cameron agrees to help, he knows he’s in deep trouble. Because Mia isn’t just your average bad girl. In fact, beneath that wild, untamable facade is a beautiful, too sexy woman who’s been driving him crazy with desire.

Eternity: Immortal Witches Book 1 (The Immortal Witches)

Romance

Author: Maggie Shayne
Eternity: Immortal Witches Book 1 (The Immortal Witches)

Three hundred years ago, Raven St. James was hanged for witchcraft. But she revives among the dead to find herself alive. She is an Immortal High Witch, one of the light. A note from her mother warns that there are others, those of the Dark, who preserve their own lives by taking the hearts of those like her.

Duncan Wallace’s forbidden love for the secretive lass costs him his life.

Three hundred years later, he loves her again, tormented by hazy memories of a past that can’t be real. She tells him of another lifetime, claims to be immortal. Though he knows she’s deluded, he can’t stay away. And the Dark Witch after her heart is far closer than either of them know.

Shepherd Avenue

Coming of Age
Author: Charlie Carillo
Shepherd Avenue

Originally published in 1986 and named one of the “Best Books of the Year” by the American Library Association, available now for the Kindle.

After his mother’s death, a shy 10-year-old boy from the suburbs must find a place for himself with his grandmother’s boisterous Italian-American family in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood in the summer of 1961. The scenes in this book reflect a sure and true sense of exactly what it’s like to be a 10-year-old boy who is trying to make sense of a world that often makes no sense.

Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System

Advice & How-to

Author: Leo Babauta
Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System

Takes the best aspects of a few popular productivity systems (Getting Things Done, 7 Habits and others) and combines them with the mandate of simplicity. It makes things as simple as possible, and no more. Zen To Done is a simple system to get you more organized and productive, and keep your life saner and less stressed, with a set of habits.

You’ll learn:

  • The key habits needed to be productive, organized, and simplified… and no more than that.
  • How to implement these key habits… tips on forming a habit.
  • How to organize these habits into a simple system that will keep everything in your life in its place.
  • How to simplify what you need to do.

The Marriage Bargain (Billionaire Games: Book 1)

Romance

Author: Sandra Edwards
The Marriage Bargain (Billionaire Games: Book 1)

Julian de Laurent needs a temporary wife. Camille Chandler needs a job after he inadvertently gets her fired. If she agrees, he’ll pay her five million to marry him. It’s just a business deal, but neither could have foreseen what happens next, especially Camille, when she learns he’s capable of stealing her heart.

Escape to Murray River (Adventures Down Under #1)

Children’s eBooks
Author: Robert Elmer
Escape to Murray River (Adventures Down Under #1)

Book 1 in the series. Twelve-year-old Patrick McWaid’s world is turned upside down when his father is framed for a crime and sent on the last prison ship to Australia in 1867. Desperate to keep his family together, the McWaids decide to find passage on another ship headed “down under.” But leaving Dublin, Ireland, means leaving the only home they’ve ever known. And what will they do when they reach Australia?

Sleeping Beauty (A Novel)

Romance

Author: Elle Lothlorien
Sleeping Beauty (A Novel)

Sure, Claire Beau thought about sleeping with her doctor. With his moss green eyes and sexy petulance, neurologist Brendan Charmant is definitely worth fantasizing about. But she didn’t actually do it…did she?

She met Dr. Charmant for an appointment one day and woke up at home six weeks later to find that they are in the middle of a whirlwind love affair, a claim bolstered by her brother, their friends, and the weeks of steamy emails and text messages they’ve exchanged.

Claire Beau is afflicted with “Sleeping Beauty Syndrome,” a mysterious disorder that causes her to sleep for days at a time, and black out for entire weeks.

Sleeping Beauty WAKES UP! *Alternate Ending*

Romance

Author: Elle Lothlorien
Sleeping Beauty WAKES UP! (A Novel) *Alternate Ending*

Not a sequel, but written in response to readers who requested a different ending of Sleeping Beauty. Includes 50 pages of new material, beginning with Chapter 11.

Attract and Seduce Online Dating Girls: How To Pick Up Girls Online Without Being A Pickup Artist

Advice & How-to

Author: Sam Greenberg
Attract and Seduce Online Dating Girls: How To Pick Up Girls Online Without Being A Pickup Artist

For men, online dating can be tough. Maybe there’s a better way. So far you’ve been on a few dates. You’ve probably spent money on drinks and dinners. The truth is, you’re not getting enough return on your investment. Especially from the girls you really like.
Inside this book, you’ll learn:

  • Seduction Routines: Step-by-step techniques to use on your dates, including “Let’s Meet For Fun” and “Sorry, I Forgot Something.”
  • Email and Text Game: Copy-and-paste ideas to use in your seductions.
  • How to Avoid the #1 Mistake Men Make In Online Dating.
  • How to Spot “Tells”: A way to identify and decode the the words and pictures in girls’ online profiles.

You can do nothing to improve your chances with these girls. OR, you can try a new approach.

Long Time Coming

Literature & Fiction

Author: Vanessa Miller
Long Time Coming

Faithful Christian Deidre Clark-Morris is a professional career-minded woman with a loving husband, but no children. Kenisha Smalls has lived in poverty all her life. She has three children by three different men and has just been diagnosed with inoperable cervical cancer. While the meeting between these two women appears accidental, it becomes their catalyst of hope. Neither woman expects the blessing that God has in store for her. While Deidre will guide Kenisha on the path to eternal life with Jesus Christ, Kenisha will teach Deidre how to stand strong against the hard-knocks of life.

Sub-Human (Book 1) (Post-Human Prequel)

Children’s eBooks

Author: David Simpson, Autumn J. Conley, Jennifer Simpson
Sub-Human (Book 1) (Post-Human Prequel)

Before he was Old-timer, he was Craig Emilson, a young doctor, sucked into military service at the outbreak of World War III. Enlisting to become a Special Forces suborbital paratrooper, Craig is selected to take part in the most important mission in American military history–a sortie into enemy territory to eliminate the world’s first strong Artificial Intelligence. The mission is only the beginning of Craig’s story, and for the story of humanity as well, as they accelerate towards a world that is post-human.

Amidst Traffic

Literature & Fiction

Author: Michel Sauret
Amidst Traffic

A collection of high-caliber short fiction compiled from Michel’s best work. Every piece is crafted with a sense of compassion for the human spirit, while seeking answers about the conflicts we experience in everyday life.

The ink from one story bleeds into another, creating a world of interconnected storylines. Amidst the traffic of their chaotic lives, a larger picture takes shape around them.

I’ll Be Here

Literature & Fiction

Author: Autumn Doughton
I'll Be Here

For the past two years, Willow James has been building the perfect life–a life that centers around Dustin Rant, her dimpled, sports-car-driving, cologne-wearing boyfriend. Willow and Dustin have lots of plans. Plans for college, prom, tonight actually. So, when the unthinkable happens, and Dustin breaks up with Willow over a plate of cheese fries at a steak house, she is left stunned and heartbroken.

With less than two months until graduation, Willow has to start a new life from scratch. She’ll have to revisit old wrongs along the way and make the most important decision of all: who does she want to be? She’s going to have help from her wacky ex-best friend, her bohemian mother, and an old flame that is suddenly and somewhat inconveniently back in her life.

ALASKA BOUND: One man’s dream…One woman’s nightmare!

Biographies & Memoirs

Author: Tammy Jones
ALASKA BOUND: One man's dream...One woman's nightmare!

This exhilarating tale will take you on an unforgettable journey of fear, determination and triumph as Tom Jones’ dream to experience Alaska lures him and his wife from the sleepy coastal town of Raymond, Washington to the sun baked slopes of northeastern Oregon and ultimately to the pristine wilderness of The Last Frontier.

Travel with this motivated team as they leave the comforts of their new home to endure the elements while living off the land. Have a front row seat to their unique voyage riddled with recurring setbacks and victorious milestones. In spite of their starkly contrasting personalities, the two of them will negotiate their way through seemingly insurmountable obstacles to accomplish one goal: conquer Alaska!

Pups in Tea Cups: Tales of “Littleness” overcoming BIG odds

Humor & Entertainment

Author: Carolyn McCray
Pups in Tea Cups: Tales of "Littleness" overcoming BIG odds

Tales of littleness overcoming big odds. Heartwarming stories about man’s tiniest friends.

Baby (Species Intervention #6609 Book One)

Science Fiction
Author: J.K. Accinni
Baby (Species Intervention #6609 Book One)

Netty is a naive teenage farm girl given in marriage to an older brutal opportunist disguised as a successful citizen during the years of Prohibition in Sussex County, New Jersey. After years of enslavement, Netty flees into the night from her rapist husband, traveling back to the farm worked by her parents, where she rescues an unfamiliar damaged creature she finds in a cave in the woods of her childhood, falling in love with the enigmatic creature she names Baby.

When a handsome Italian stranger comes into Netty’s life, complications ensue as she falls in love while trying to hide the bizarre and wondrous changes to her farm and her body.

Francesca of Lost Nation

Literature & Fiction
Author: Lucinda Sue Crosby
Francesca of Lost Nation

A light romance, American drama adventure, and coming-of-age novel about an unconventional 59-year old woman, Francesca, and her resourceful 10-year old granddaughter, Sarah. During the summer of 1947 in Lost Nation, Iowa, they enchant barnstorming pilots, wow Clinton County Fair attendees, conquer the skies, confront an escaped arsonist, discover how Lost Nation got its intriguing name, and eventually demonstrate the greatest truth about love.

Seasons of Death (The Smoky Mountain Murders)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Author: Marlene Mitchell, Gary Yeagle
Seasons of Death (The Smoky Mountain Murders)

In the fall of 1969 in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, a poor backwoods farmer and his wife were brutally shot and killed by four drunken hunters, along with their three dogs, horse and two fawns. The farmer’s two young sons managed to escape but were unable to identify the killers. Now decades later, the murders of the Pender family remain unsolved. In Townsend, Tennessee, Blount County, someone has decided to take revenge.

THE BEAUTIFUL EVIL

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Author: Robbi Bryant
THE BEAUTIFUL EVIL

Constance Sartone Jacobson never recovered from the sudden death of her father when she was only five years old. Devastated by her husband’s
death and the scandal that ensued, Constance’s mother Madeline does little to comfort her scared and lonely daughter. With nowhere to turn, Constance protects herself by closing off her emotions.

Through vivid dreams and daytime visions Constance’s father calls to her from a horse-drawn stagecoach. These visions help Constance cope with her humdrum life and failing marriage. But things are about to change.

Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble (Noah Zarc, #1)

Children’s eBooks

Author: D. Robert Pease
Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble (Noah Zarc, #1)

Noah lives for piloting spaceships through time, dodging killer robots and saving Earth’s animals from extinction. Life couldn’t be better. But the twelve-year-old time traveler learns it could be a whole lot worse. His mom is kidnapped and taken to Mars; his dad is stranded in the Ice Age; and Noah is attacked at every turn by a foe bent on destroying Earth… for the second time.

Beyond the Storm: Quilts of Love Series

Literature & Fiction

Author: Carolyn Zane
Beyond the Storm: Quilts of Love Series

After a tornado rips through her town, store owner Abigail comes across a piece of fabric from a wedding dress among the devastation. Abigail is moved to start collecting other swatches of fabric she finds – her neighbor’s kitchen curtains, a man’s necktie, a dog’s bed – which she stashes in shopping bags. As she pursues her seemingly absurd quest, horrible realities spark the question, “What kind of a God would allow such tragedy?”

As she struggles to reconcile her right to happiness amidst the destruction, Abigail begins piecing together a patchwork quilt from the salvaged fabric in hopes it will bring some peace.

Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb (A Zombie Apocalypse Novel, Book #1)

Children’s eBooks

Author: MJA Ware, MJ Ware
Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb (A Zombie Apocalypse Novel, Book #1)

After a failed attempt at running away, best friends Nathan and Misty return home expecting to face angry parents. Instead, they discover the military has destroyed the bridges out of their rural town and everyone’s fled–except a small horde of the living dead. The stress of flesh-eating zombies may be more than their already strained relationship can handle.

Even with the help of the town geek and lemonade-powered Super-Soakers, there’s not enough time to squeeze their way out of this sticky mess. Unless the trio eradicates the zombie infestation, while avoiding the deadly zombie snot, the military will blow the town, and them, to pulp.

Breaking Cover

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Author: J.D. Rhoades
Breaking Cover

He was the most talented undercover agent in FBI history, until he dropped completely off the grid, and hasn’t been heard from in years. Did he go native, or was he discovered and killed? When Tony Wolf is finally driven out into the open, torn from deep cover during the rescue of two kidnapped children, he becomes the number one target of both the vicious biker gang he double-crossed and a massive Federal manhunt.

But Tony’s tired of being the hunted, and as both the gang and a traitorous FBI agent converge on a small southern town, they’re all about to learn a hard lesson: When the Wolf breaks cover, he doesn’t always run away. Sometimes he comes straight at your throat.

Aces Wild: Sizzling Historical Romantic Suspense (Book 1 Angel’s Avengers)

Literature & Fiction

Author: Taylor Lee
Aces Wild: Sizzling Historical Romantic Suspense (Book 1 Angel's Avengers)

They call him Angel but every woman he meets sees the devil in his eyes. At the poker table or in the cesspools of the underground, no one dared be on the wrong side of the Ace Angel. Until he tangled with a haughty young Chinese woman as accustomed to ruling her world as he was his.

One Nation Under Blood : The Sowing

Literature & Fiction

Author: Tarrin P. Lupo
One Nation Under Blood : The Sowing

When a rejuvenative blood technology is developed that pits the young against the old, the government must take firm steps to address the war of supply and demand brewing across generational lines. Blood is not the only thing bought and sold in this dystopian tale of technology, economics, and independence. Vampires are now very real, but we never expected them to wear our grandmother’s best Sunday dress.

The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle

Biographies & Memoirs

Author: Wyatt North
The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle

One part biography, one part prayer book, The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle is an essential book for any Christian. It is through the ardent work of Paul that we know the path to Salvation, one which leads us and binds us to God through the love of Christ.When Jesus revealed himself directly to Paul and called Paul into his service that set Paul apart from other disciples who had come into the faith since the crucifixion. Paul was not merely chosen to be a disciple, he had been appointed by Jesus himself.

Matzo Ball (A “Jew Boys On Harleys” Novel)

Humor & Entertainment

Author: Adam G. Katz
Matzo Ball (A "Jew Boys On Harleys" Novel)

When members of the outlaw motorcycle club “The Jew Boys On Harleys” are featured on the cover of L.A. Magazine, club president Steve Silverstein already had enough on his plate. But now his pistol-packing Bubbe and her 140 lb. Rottweiler “Matzo Ball” are missing. His vice president Marty “The Schmuck” Blumenfeld won’t stop screwing around with the high dollar call girls. And a knife-wielding Filipino midget assassin appears to be targeting the rest of the Jew Boys.

To make matters worse, Steve just got diagnosed with an enlarged prostate. Can the club survive so much mishigas?

The Ruth Valley Missing

Literature & Fiction

Author: Amber West
The Ruth Valley Missing

Jameson Quinn is sick of trying to find herself in the big city. After a gallery opening ends in a trip to the ER and an argument with her self-involved boyfriend, she decides to take off for the peace and quiet of a small town — Ruth Valley.

The small town has everything Brooklyn lacked: simple people, peaceful surroundings, and a feeling of safety. Jameson even finds the perfect house to rent from the town’s most eligible bachelor, Sheriff Jack.

But something isn’t right. A young man is mysteriously injured, then disappears — and Jameson finds he isn’t the only person to suddenly vanish.

30 Perfect Popcorn Recipes : How to Make Sweet & Savory Gourmet Popcorn at Home

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Author: Lori Jane Stewart
30 Perfect Popcorn Recipes : How to Make Sweet & Savory Gourmet Popcorn at Home (The Green Gourmet)

Popcorn has probably been around longer than any other snack food on the planet. It has a rich history, dating back to before civilization and taking part in a multitude of events we celebrate every year. It’s the most popular snack food around the world, and the second most popular snack in America (falling just behind potato chips).

It is a common misconception that popcorn is an unhealthy snack. The popcorn itself is a wholegrain, and these can help prevent cancer and lower the risk of heart disease, while also supplying healthy nutrients that support our vision.

I’ve gathered 30 of the finest popcorn recipes from around the world for your snacking pleasure, and have tried to keep them free from artificial sweeteners, preservatives or other nasty additives wherever possible.

Open Window: Truth from the Shadows (The Open Window Series)

Romance

Author: Courtney Harvey
Open Window: Truth from the Shadows (The Open Window Series)

Alex Wells appears from afar as a typical high school senior, yet visions of the dead invade her mind in a way that is anything but typical. Nighttime visits from spirits are commonplace. Questioning her sanity, she struggles inside self-inflicted walls, hiding her secret from the world. As she comes to terms with her strengthening psychic abilities, the latest vision of a young stranger’s violent suicide has her spinning out of control. While attempting to take charge of her life, she is compelled to uncover his story, forcing her to face her own fears and follow him on his journey to seek redemption.

TRANSCENDER: First-Timer (TRANSCENDER Trilogy)

Fantasy

Author: Vicky Savage
TRANSCENDER: First-Timer (TRANSCENDER Trilogy)

When a freak lightning storm turns terrifying, seventeen-year-old Jaden Beckett leaps for her life only to be glitched into an alternate universe. The destiny police want her out. Jaden’s got other plans.

Ripped away from her quiet Connecticut life and dumped into a post-apocalyptic version of earth, Jaden lands smack in the middle of a kidnapping–her own.

Blood on Red Dirt

Biographies & Memoirs

Author: Gary Cowart
Blood on Red Dirt

The true story of Marine Corporal Gary Cowart and his time in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive of 1968. Incorporated with actual pictures from the times and places remembered in this book is mix of emotions felt during the good times and bad, of combat and of non-combat, with the intent of giving the lay person a more complete picture of the Vietnam experience.

Sweet Delicious Madness and the Many Mysterious Deaths of Silvio Berlusconi (A Kissed in Italy Mystery)

Humor & Entertainment

Author: Julie Sarff, Angela Rose
Sweet Delicious Madness and the Many Mysterious Deaths of Silvio Berlusconi (A Kissed in Italy Mystery)

Forced to take a job as housemaid at the villa, Lily finds intrigue around every unkempt bed and dirty cooking utensil. In her quest for a new romance, Lily must face such horrors as rampaging kittens, a gardener with a mysterious orange box, a fellow housemaid who claims the Italian Prime Minister will keel over at any moment (even this one), a sexy man with a very nasty surprise, a search of a claustrophobic basement for some long lost diamonds and preschoolers.Will the hapless heroine get her man? Or will she be left talking to the picture of him that she has cut out of a magazine?

The Inquiry Agent

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Author: William King
The Inquiry Agent

London 1841: a city on the edge. Corruption is everywhere. The poor are starving in the streets. The wealthy fear an explosion of anarchy and insurrection.

Amidst the turmoil, a wealthy merchant and his spoiled, beautiful ward hire former Bow Street Runner Jack Brodie to recover incriminating documents from the lawless rogues that robbed them. It is no easy task even for a man with Brodie’s criminal connections because an old and vicious enemy has returned from the penal colony of New South Wales seeking vengeance for the slaying of his brother.

Blank Slate (A Kyle Jackle Thriller)

Literature & Fiction

Author: Zack Hamric
Blank Slate (A Kyle Jackle Thriller)

What happens when the Russian mob decides to go in business with the Columbian cartels in Miami? Nothing good, as Kyle Jackle quickly finds out in this tropical thriller.

His undercover investigation for the FBI takes him from the slums of Naples to the seamy nightlife of Miami in a mission to bring down the kingpin of a human trafficking organization. After almost being beaten to death in an alley one evening, he awakens to find himself hunted by the mob, unable to trust anyone he meets, and with no memory of his past life.

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