Let's Get Funny Fiction 2: Three-Book Bundle by Maureen Reil (1 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Let's Get Funny Fiction 2 (Three-Book Bundle) Contents: Let's Get Serious What should you do when your boyfriend wants to propose live on air? Should you a) confess that you are already married and risk losing him? On the other hand, b) try to avoid being alone with him (ever again). Alternatively, c) play along to accept his offer of marriage and that leaves option d) which stands for divorce, which is what you should have done ages ago. Did they have to make a pact to hook up again five years down the line and get back together, if neither had found true happiness with another person? The best course of action is to head off to Gibraltar. As Faye has a close encounter with a monkey and it would not be for the first time but will it be the last. Let's Get Ready To Rumble This is the comedic story of unrequited love, secrets, lies and the reality of working with a celebrity. Here are the top five pros and cons of Ivy's life: PROS: 1. Ivy loves her job as ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

A GIANT UNSEEN HAND: and other plays depicting the far side of stress and anxiety by Darren Baker (Handshake Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 14 hours ago

A Giant Unseen Hand is what forces the captain of a private jet full of billionaires to ditch her plane in the Atlantic. It goes to the bottom with the billionaires, but the crew survives and makes it to a desert isle. There they have to deal with drug addiction, pregnancy, childbirth, and the failure to live up to one other's expectations. When they are finally rescued, they learn that the world is in the grips of a global pandemic, global warming, and global meltdown in general. The madness sends them back to the island, not to regain their sanity, rather to settle a score. The other four plays in this volume follow a similar format. In Coconuts, a man washes ashore on an island after his plane crashes. He survives for five years by talking to coconut shells. When he finally makes it back to civilization, he takes the shells with him. No Ship in Sight presents an early twentieth-century passenger liner that might well be the Titanic. It leaves port with three men on a stag voyage, ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Stroking the Boss's ... Ego (Dirty South Book 3) by Kat Addams (Amazon Digital Services) (222 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Finding love in The Big Easy is a gamble... especially when he's your new boss. Event planner Samantha Masson had sworn off alpha men after a nasty divorce. The last thing she was looking for was a man with an ego bigger than his bank account. Too bad that was exactly what she found when she spent a wild night in the arms of a masked stranger. Planning a Halloween masquerade gala for the infamous Victor Beaumont made a nice addition to her reputable portfolio. She just hadn't planned on becoming a notch on his bedpost... or falling for him in the process. But there was more to the man behind the mask... Millionaire Victor Beaumont owned the largest rum distillery in New Orleans. He had power, wealth, and all that came with it, including the crushing weight of responsibility. He would gladly walk away from everything for a chance to be his own man, but tradition wouldn't allow it... and neither would his pride. As a skilled actor, he had everyone fooled with his arrogance and ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

On the Rox (DTF (Dirty. Tough. Female.) Book 1) by Kat Addams (546 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

DTF. Support your local girl gang! Me and my dirty, tough female besties were hell -- and tacos on wheels. Who knew that my homemade Shizzle Sauce would be the key ingredient to my happily ever after? Destiny had a wicked sense of humor -- that was for sure. After surviving a toxic relationship, I vowed to never let myself be controlled by a man again. With the help of my girl gang, I was rebuilding my life -- one taco at a time. My trusty snack wagon -- The Pink Taco Truck -- hadn't steered me wrong yet. This time, it led me straight to a hottie restaurant owner with a sexy Australian accent, who just so happened to love my secret sauce. He made me an offer I couldn't refuse. But that wasn't the only thing I was unable to turn down. Jay was everything I could ever want in a man, but he wasn't without heartache of his own. In fact, he'd been around the world, and he had the baggage to prove it. Good thing I was always up for an adventure! On the Rox is book 1 in the DTF ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Boomerang (Ted and Jerry) by Alan Hutcheson (84 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Ted Hogwood's beloved Sarah, a jazz guitar, is in the window of Topp Dollar Pawn. The only way he can get the money to rescue her is to accept an assignment from the AABC, a not nearly official branch of the United States intelligence community. He is partnered with Jerry Kwiatkowski, master of the Hammond B-3 organ and chronic flatulence sufferer, to steal a boomerang containing secrets that should have died with J. Edgar Hoover over thirty years ago. It would be a simple job if only they knew what they were doing. And if a crossbow wielding assassin, two unemployed Australian women, The Director of Central Intelligence and a clothing optional former onion festival queen were not also hot on the boomerang's trail.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Deadly Misunderstandings: or Murder in a Papershop! by Alex Cotton (210 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Our tale begins in a cupboard under the stairs where we find Frank, the leading lady of the story in hiding from someone she would rather not bump into at the moment. You see Frank has managed to get herself into a bit of trouble. People always told her she had a strange sense of humour but in her wildest dreams she never imagined it would get her into this much bother. What began as an innocent jokey conversation in her local paper shop has turned into something far more sinister. At first Frank tries to convince herself that what's happening is nothing more than a string of coincidences. As time goes on though and the body count starts to rise she has to finally face the fact that maybe she's the cause of everything that's happening. Before long she finds herself getting deeper and deeper and she can't seem to find a way to get herself out of this nightmare. She's lying to the police and leaping out of her skin every time the doorbell rings. You see, Frank doesn't want anyone ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Renegade T.M. by Bernard Langley (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Renegade T.M. is a humorous science fiction novel, which sees the Earth's Representative, one Pete Martin, join forces with the most listened-to radio station in the universe, Renegade T.M., and then take on the Co-leen, an alien species who are convinced that they are the rulers of everything. Their battle takes them to distant, French-occupied waterslide planets, back in time, alternative dimensions, the famed after-afterlife of Hupa Hool, and finally to heaven where they have a terribly important meeting with a spider.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Hide Away: A Melanie Michaels Novel (The Away Series Book 1) by Elle Anderson (Self-published) (13 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Strong women, sexy males, secluded beaches, and the best friend every girl wishes she had. Melanie Michaels worked hard for five years to get her life back to normal. Her hard work is halted when she stumbles upon two men who belong to an agency specializing in the removal of criminals from society. Learning of the existence of the agency endangers her life once again, but when the men change from being her captors to her rescuers, Melanie recognizes the value of the relationship. With her life still in danger, Melanie goes into hiding where she finds a relationship that builds her strength and confidence and proves to her that she has not been living her life to the fullest. When her new love goes missing, she reaches out to the agency to help her find him. During the search, she learns the importance of love and friends and she must decide what will make her life complete, while battling through an increasingly familiar world of violence and death. The beginning of a thrilling ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Getaway: A Melanie Michaels Novel (The Away Series Book 2) by Elle Anderson (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Book 2 in the thrilling Melanie Michaels Series. Melanie and Gabriel are ready to live happily ever after. However, there is a hiccup in their fantasy as Melanie attempts to fit her larger than life man in her tiny bungalow. Accustomed to living alone, she feels smothered by the former assassin who has inserted himself into every aspect of her life. As if the stress of a new relationship isn't enough to handle, Simonov has been released from prison and has a vendetta to settle. He will stop at nothing to seek vengeance against Melanie and Gabriel and no one is off limits. Gabriel's sexy ex, two kidnappings, and Ivan's pasty white skin on the beach... a Hawaiian getaway turns into a vacation nightmare! Sex, guns, and sharks... Melanie Michaels is at it again. ***Contains adult content!!!***

Genre: Humor & Satire

Island Boys Can't Swim by Patricia Grant Price verified 54 minutes ago

A lonely rum-drinking island boy and an ambitious nightclub bandleader pursue friendship and adventure as a hurricane ravages their island home. Guns, liquor and fruit - now that's paradise - paradise, island boy style!

Genre: Humor & Satire

Skeletons in the Closet (Laundry Hag Series, Book 1) by Jennifer L. Hart (Elements Unleashed) (6,868 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

Murder, mayhem, meet your match! Maggie Phillips hasn't had it easy. As the wife of retired Navy SEAL, and the adoptive mother of two little hellions, Maggie is constantly looking for ways to improve her family's financial situation. She accepts a cleaning position for her new neighbors (who redefine the term 'eccentric'), never imagining she will end up as the sole alibi for a man with a fascination for medieval torture devices when he is brought up on murder charges. While Maggie struggles to prove the man's innocence, her deadbeat brother arrives, determined to sell Maggie and Neil on his next great scheme and to mooch with a vengeance. If that isn't bad enough, her in-laws, (the cut-throat corporate attorneys) descend on the house, armed with disapproval and condemnation, for the family's annual Thanksgiving celebration. As the police investigation intensifies, Maggie searches for the killer among the upper echelon of Hudson, Massachusetts in the only way she can -- by scrubbing ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

ARTEMISIA: a historical romantic comedy (Regency Goddesses Series) by DG Rampton (2,200 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

"I've found my new Queen of the Regency Romance Novel" - Kindle Amazonian The Regency Goddesses Series novels have over 100,000 downloads and are regularly in the U.S. top 20 for Historical Romance, and Humor & Satire. They can be enjoyed in any order. ARTEMISIA ? a love-hate romance ? a reluctant debutante ? an English lord spy ? a glorious London Season #1 Amazon Best Seller, Regency Historical Romance #4 Amazon Best Seller, Kindle Store (all genres) "You forget yourself, your lordship. You have no rights to allow or disallow anything I may choose to do. You have, in fact, no claim over me whatsoever - a circumstance for which I thank the Lord on a daily basis! I am neither your ward nor your dependent, and I will not allow you to talk to me in that odiously overbearing fashion!" High-spirited Artemisia Grantley, niece of the Duke of Wentworth, has never made any attempt to conform to the feminine ideal expected of a lady of quality, nor has she ever had the benefit of an ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Electronic Gags: A Futuristic Dystopian Science Fiction Thriller by Kudakwashe Muzira (Suspense Thriller Romance Books) (120 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Electronic Gags presents a chilling portrait of a dystopian United States ruled by a tyrant. After a military coup, the United States of America becomes an autocracy. To tighten his grip on power, President Brandon Ward, the megalomaniac at the helm of military dictatorship, introduces a new surveillance system that can monitor people's offline conversations. Privacy is dead. Freddie's life changes when the government arrests his best friend, Michael, for attending an opposition meeting. Michael's mother accuses Freddie of betraying her son. Against all odds, Freddie must prove his innocence and save Michael from death row. The only way for Freddie to save Michael is to overthrow the government. Unlike your everyday action hero, Freddie is not an agile ex-special forces operative. He is just a fat biologist who works in a wildlife refuge. And the government is watching him. It is watching everyone.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Lattes and Lies: A Modern Cozy Mystery (Comics and Coffee Case Files Book 2) by Christine Zane Thomas (1,231 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

The perfect poison... Kirby Jackson is excited when Memaw's book club plays host to his favorite mystery author. But the night ends on a sour note with the death of Memaw's friend, Barb. The only secrets Barb Simone ever kept were those about herself. No one knew she had cancer. No one knew she had a boyfriend. And no one knew she was the basis for a character in a bestselling mystery series. But it wasn't cancer that killed Barb. Kirby suspects foul play. Can the sleuth and his dog solve another case? Find out today! Comics and Coffee Case Files are short mysteries of 35k words. The bite-sized chapters are perfect for commutes and other short stints away from the real world.

Genre: Humor & Satire

If you fly with the crows... by Neal Sillars (175 Reviews)    Price verified 15 hours ago

This hard-hitting, hilarious novel is written in the first person by Rab Sinclair, a shelf-stacker who lives in Heroin Heights in Motherwell. Rab, a Celtic fanatic, has been stuck in a rut ever since leaving school some eighteen years earlier. When he receives a message from his school Facebook page inviting him to a school reunion, he realises that he'll have to make some quick changes if he is ever going to impress Caroline, an ex-girlfriend and classmate he has never quite got over. Could Tam, a Rangers fan he meets in the local kebab shop, provide the key to Rab's success? As well as being a riveting adventure, If you fly with the crows... explores the use of Scots in 21st century Scotland, laughs at religious bigotry and sexual prudence and demonstrates how internet is taking over our lives. 'A comic tour de force, with more than a few laughs along the way" Hi-Arts, sponsored by Scottish Arts Council

Genre: Humor & Satire

The Complete Guide to Being Evil by Laura Stephenson (13 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

Youth, magic, and a luxurious Manhattan apartment, Kalara has it all. She's a classic evoker--hurling fire, ice, and electricity is her specialty. As her father always said, the classics are important. Meet Whitcomb, a powerful necromancer who doesn't want anyone discovering he's selling the souls of the dead who go through his funeral home. Kalara finds out he's also a mage, and lets him know they have that in common in an endeavor to network. His response is an attempt to teleport her into the Hudson River, and it almost works. Scared for her life, she elicits the help of a devil. Enter Evander, son of a devil. He's fresh from failing his final diablerie test, and making a deal with a mortal would save him from disgrace. He has Kalara sign an overly fair contract: in return for borrowing his power for five days, she has to give him a heart from one of his enemies so he can eat it and grow stronger. If she fails to deliver the heart, he eats Kalara's instead.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Love and Muddy Puddles (A Coco and Charlie Franks Novel Book 1) by Cecily Anne Paterson (994 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Crazy twins, a grumpy horse, and a boy next door. In all the chaos of her family's move to the country, how will Coco find out who her real friends are? Thirteen year old fashionista Coco Franks has finally made it into the popular group when her dad decides to move the whole family to live on a farm so they can 'bond'. Social death is looming, her shoes are covered in mud and all Coco wants to do is get herself back to her city friends. After all, things can't get any worse, right? It'll take a boy with no dress sense and totally hick boots, and a contrary horse called Cupcake to bring Coco to her senses. But it might just be too little, too late. _______________________________ Love and Muddy Puddles is humorous realistic YA fiction aimed at readers aged 10-14 and horse lovers everywhere. Set in Australia, this clean teen romance is a funny and inspiring story of how a horse - and a change of perspective and heart - can change a young person's life. Love and Muddy Puddles is ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Bionic Punchline (Flash Fiction Month) by Damon L. Wakes (1 Review)    Price verified 15 hours ago

What do a squeamish torturer, an intelligent zombie, a newspaper-phobic superhero and Genghis Khan have in common? They're all in this book, and their stories were all written for Flash Fiction Month 2014. With one story for each and every day of July--and a humourous analysis of the event--there's something for everyone here. "I have no problem with this, nor any useful comments!" ~Jasper Fforde

Genre: Humor & Satire

Kuliga Gate by Ivy Crawford (1 Review)    Price verified 15 hours ago

2029: Newly inaugurated President MacArthur White resigned after only two weeks. Feigning a late Covid attack, he feared indictment for inciting a riot that left an Indian lad at death's door. Going on the Lam, he weaves his way through family issues and being kidnapped into a hidden "militia" camp in his struggle to recapture political viability. Can Mac come back?

Genre: Humor & Satire

Cringeworthy: A Romance Goes Rogue by Irene Woodbury Price verified 2 hours ago

What do you do when you discover that the man you've loved for 10 years has been secretly having an affair with a showgirl for 18 months -- and he has just flown to Las Vegas to propose to her? You could do the ladylike thing, congratulate them, and move on graciously. You could react more compulsively by eating too much ice cream, drinking too much wine, and arranging a slew of online dates. Or you could do what Crescent Weevil, a despairing girl Friday, does: steal 5,000 dollars from the office safe, drive like a maniac from Michigan to Vegas, break into the showgirl's condo, and kidnap her boyfriend. Can a happy ending possibly be lurking beneath all of the chaos and craziness? Find out in darkly funny Cringeworthy: A Romance Goes Rogue.

Genre: Humor & Satire

The Groom Wager (Wrong Way Weddings Book 1) by Lori Wilde (Epiphany Orchards Press LLC) (1,608 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Get Married or Else! Cole Bailey's eccentric billionaire grandfather issues an edict. If his grandsons don't settle down soon, he'll sell controlling interest in the family business. After losing a coin toss to his twin brother, Zach, Cole's gotta go first. On the hunt for a bride, Cole crashes a high society wedding and comes face-to-face with his high school pal, Tess Morgan. The formerly shy, overweight bookworm is no longer the pushover who did Cole's homework for him. At the reception, Tess goads him into a game of pool. Just to keep things interesting, Cole suggests a wager. If he wins, she must help him find the perfect woman to wed. Losing the bet is one thing, but playing matchmaker for the heartthrob who still causes her pulse to race is another matter entirely. Does Tess stand a chance of convincing Cole that she's the one he's been waiting for all along?

Genre: Humor & Satire

The Warden Threat: A Sci-Fi Counter-Fantasy Novel (Defying Fate Book 1) by D.L. Morrese (Fuzzy Android) (82 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Prince Donald, the idealistic third son of the king of Westgrove, believes he may be the only one capable of protecting his country from an invasion spearheaded by an ancient, massive, and magical stone warrior known as the Warden of Mystic Defiance. When he recovers a mysterious scroll he believes may allow him to take control of the Warden, he eagerly takes on the task. Donald, unfortunately, is woefully unprepared. His only understanding of such things comes from reading fictional tales of epic adventures and brave heroes. He dreams of being one, but to his dismay, his quest unfolds nothing like he imagined. The books in his library seriously understate the complexities and hardships involved, and the real world can be much more confusing and complicated than those in stories. Sometimes it is not easy to identify the villains, and what things seem may not always be what they are. The real threat to the kingdom may not even be what everyone seems to think it is. Most disturbing of ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

The Pharaoh's Cat (The Pharaoh's Cat Novels Book 1) by Maria Luisa Lang (76 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Suddenly talking and walking upright, a stray tomcat in ancient Egypt becomes the young Pharaoh's intimate and, when accused of his murder, time travels to New York City and learns how to raise him from the dead. The cat is quick-witted, wisecracking narrator as well as free-spirited, ever-curious protagonist, and the story he tells is an exotic, imaginative, spell-binding tragicomedy. The novel interweaves feline and human, past and present, natural and supernatural. It contains numerous surprises, twists and turns, intriguing characters, both human and animal, fascinating revelations about ancient Egyptian history and culture. While exploring a looted tomb in ancient Egypt, the cat is kicked in the ass by the Vizier, the Pharaoh's uncle and the second in power only to him. Able to speak as a result, the cat immediately gives voice to his intelligence and sense of humor and captivates the young Pharaoh, making him laugh for the first time since his parents' death. The cat becomes ...

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Don't be a Hero: A dark humour page turner, where Little Britain meets Cheers in a Birkenhead betting shop. (Harry Harris Bull in a Betting Shop Book ... by Johnny Parker (69 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

If Harry Harris had been a second-hand car, Big Marge would have kicked his tyres. Harry has ditched a well paid career to follow his dream of being a writer before it's too late. Girlfriend Peggy patiently supports him, but Harry is wilting under the weight of rejection letters and the guilt of not helping with the bills. On an impetuous whim, he applies for a job as a bookies cashier. However, a Birkenhead betting shop is no place for the fainthearted. Harry is a cosy office, Walter Softie. Naïve and gullible, he doesn't fit in. Big Marge the battle hardened manager knows it, the wily punters know it and Peggy is worried about it. However, the obnoxious, greasy-pole climbing Area Manager, thinks Harry's MBA will transform profits and bring him the promotion he craves. Harry thought he was under pressure before, but now he's wedged himself between a rock and several hard places with only his pride preventing a fall. As if he hadn't enough problems, Peggy's well of patience has run ...

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Squatter With a Lexus by Tom Lichtenberg (Pigeon Weather Press) (41 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Pearson Holmes disappeared a long time ago, leaving behind a potentially valuable safety deposit box. Freddy the Freegan is the first to stumble across the mystery, but soon a whole cast of characters are out to find the key and claim the treasure before time runs out and the contents are forfeit to the state. Who will solve the riddle of the Squatter with a Lexus?

Genre: Humor & Satire

The Beautiful Normal by Jarrett Lee Ellzey (34 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

In the realm of suspense books and detective novels, this gripping tale unfolds around two lawyers, Jake Martin and Wayne Devereux, navigating a treacherous path of debt, drugs, and desperation. Formerly a rising star in the legal arena, Jake's journey takes a darkly comedic turn as he grapples with a decade of destructive choices, plummeting from a promising trial lawyer to the depths of ambulance chasing. Amidst the chaos, a hungover Jake discovers two cases in his file cabinet -- one promising and one perilous -- alongside a staggering seven-figure debt owed to a menacing loan shark. In a twist of fate, Jake's eccentric Cajun law partner, Wayne Devereux, takes charge of the promising case while unwittingly embarking on the tail-end of an accidental acid trip. As the duo teeters on the edge of their legal endeavors, a desperate Jake turns to an old client, armed with a phone filled with influential contacts. Seizing on their desperation, a mysterious new acquaintance proposes a ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Magical Bears in the Context of Contemporary Political Theory by Jenna Moran (11 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

For too long the disciplines of thaumatic ursology and political science have held themselves apart, each asserting its own unique magisterium. Isn't it time someone brought these two disparate fields to synthesis? In this revolutionary collection of short stories from the first international symposium on magical bears in the context of contemporary political theory, Dr. Moran reports on such diverse topics as: * the controversial provisions of the Patriot Act that empower "Senator Domino" on his demon-hunting campaign; * the political doctrine that kept the Rainbow World from participating in WWII; * the reasoning behind the recent revaluation of the yuan relative to the dollar; * the use of angels as weapons of war; and * the limitations of and elisions from the media coverage of the invasion and the occupation of Iraq.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Highland Fling: A witty, heart-warming, escapist romantic comedy set in the Scottish Highlands (The Highland Books Book 1) by Emma Baird (Pink Glitter Publishing) (353 Reviews)    Price verified 15 hours ago

A boy, a girl, a dating guru -- what can possibly go wrong?! Gaby's recently split from her boyfriend of ten years and needs to escape fast. Where better than the Highlands of Scotland where she can lick her wounds and recover in peace and quiet? Fate has different ideas in mind. First, there's the rough and ready Jack McAllan who bears more than a passing resemblance to Gaby's favourite fictional Scottish hero. He's an important part of the local community, even if he's failed to impress Gaby so far. Who knew a guy could be so rude and taciturn? Then, there's the mystery of the woman whose home she now inhabits. Kirsty's left too many tantalising clues for Gaby to resist, not least her not-so-secret identity and YouTube fame. But why did Kirsty run, and does it have anything to do with the red-haired Scot who keeps turning up in Gaby's daydreams much as she tries to resist? Featuring kilts, mist-cloaked hills, lochs where the water runs deep, spoilt cats and a little too much ...

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Puerto Paz by Jefferey J. Reese (Puerto Paz Entertainment) (16 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

We live in an increasingly polarizing landscape of political extremism. Liberal versus Conservative. Freedom versus order. What if that divide caused the United States to split into two countries and four extremist cultures? Marcus Coleman lives in a world where, decades earlier, exactly that happened. The black high school football and track star and his white best friend run away from their home in one extremist culture, and travel through three other extremist cultures, before finally finding the balanced moderation of Puerto Paz. Like a pair of nomadic Goldilocks, they embark on a journey of self-discovery, entering a strange new world full of drastically differing political ideologies and struggling to find a culture that feels like the right fit. Although raised in a culture that demands strict loyalty, their travels lead them to discover differences between themselves that test the limits of their friendship.

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Love Hurts by Russell Taylor (RPT) (41 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

"Let me tell you something about love. They say love hurts, well my love killed a whole town. Only a small town mind, but a whole town all the same. Love doesn't just hurt, it maims, cripples and kills. I know, I've seen it in action. This introduction put Russell on the runner-up list for The Independent newspaper's 'Opening Gambits' competition. Here is the full book, enjoy.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Surviving A Vampire Love Story (Between Worlds Book 1) by Paro Dae (7 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

For the fans of Twilight and paranormal love... , a parody of vampire romance. After multiple requests from her roommate to read a bad boy novel, Zhuri finally picks up the book. Despite having a strong hatred towards such stories, she gives it a try, but not without complaining about it every few seconds. Annoyed by Zhuri's attitude, her roommate makes a birthday wish for Zhuri to enter a bad boy novel and change it to her liking. Silly of her roommate to think birthday wishes come true. Do they? Zhuri goes to bed laughing at her roommate just to wake up in the middle of the night in the bed that's not her, in the room that doesn't belong to her, in the town that doesn't exist, and in the novel that she hates the most, a bad boy romance. In order to return to her own world, she has to change the course of this story. But she can't do it by herself. Being a complete stranger in this world, she needs help to understand the rules of this universe. Help only the character she ...

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Beverley Green's First Adventure: Book One of the Beverley Green Adventures by Andrea C. Neil (33 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Small town. Simplicity. Sasquatch? Beverley Green leaves the big city for small-town living in Guthrie, Oklahoma, only to find that the simple life is anything but! After taking a part-time job with the local paper, she's assigned to cover a spate of Bigfoot sightings. Which is ridiculous because everyone knows there's no such thing... right?! With a newly opened bookstore to manage, and the challenge of fitting in to a tight-knit -- and weird -- community, the pressure of it all might just be getting to her. Determined to show everyone that she's got moxie and can keep up with even the best (and cutest) "Bigfoot Expert," Beverley learns to overcome her fear of non-existent cryptids while earning her place in her new hometown. But it might take more than one Hostess Cupcake to get it all done... Beverley Green's First Adventure is the first book in a funny, quirky chick lit series about big-time weirdness in a small-town setting. Snatch up your copy today and start something ...

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The ECE & Her Billionaire: A Romantic Comedy (Curvy and Wanted Book 1) by JA Lafrance (24 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

One Rule: Don't fall in love with the parents from the daycare.I had one rule to follow, but when he walks in that rule gets forgotten. His daughter captures my heart with her gorgeous eyes. Tyler She was unexpected in a world where the unexpected usually screws me over. Her body draws my eyes, but her personality captures my heart. Why did he have to come into the daycare? Why do people keep driving her away? Warning mature audiences, 18+, sexually descriptive content.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Black Jade Dragon by Susan Brassfield Cogan (27 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

In the South China Sea is an island protected by nine dragons. Angie Tanaka has made one of them really, really angry. Angie is running from the Hong Kong police and pays the captain of a fishing boat to take her... anywhere but here. Her only possessions are her grandfather's sword and a fistful of stolen diamonds. When she lands on Shaolong Island she thinks she's made good her escape with her ill-gotten gains. She thinks she's safe. She's heard about Shaolong's dragons but she thinks they are a myth. She doesn't know they can take human form. She doesn't know that on Shaolong anyone you talk to might be a dragon. When Angie sees a mystical pearl the size of her head she finds it irresistible. True to her nature, she must steal it. And true to her usual bad luck, in the middle of the heist a kindly old woman is murdered. Angie is not a killer, but the murder was done with her sword, she was there, and she was stealing something. All eyes turn to Angie, especially those of the ...

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Joan: Drop Dead Diva: (Joan Rivers returns) by Rafal Kudlinski (ITQ MEDIA) (17 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Joan Rivers Returns in a book from the other world... It ain't a culinary book, although characters eat a lot of fantastic dishes and dish about celebrities.This is not biography of any kind either. It's full of real data from Joan's life to keep it more close to our hearts and down to earth. Joan was once a comedienne. Due to unfortunate tour of events she crosses over to a new world that seems to be so like ours, but it's not the same. Before afterlife of star treatment she has few more assignments on the menu. With her new pals Mandy, Ksav, Monique and Mary she must go to new frontiers, to declutter and clean talentless celebrities from public life. You will "Meet the Farthashians", "Cleaning Ladies of Hollywood-end", "Divas without the voices", "Housewives from the Sexy mansion" and "Spoiled and dumb - kids of Beverly Halls" plus many more in the book, that glorifies true talent and puts satire treatment on so called stars of the Hollywood. Did I mention Joan's dog is back? Max ...

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Spacejunk! The Hunt for AI by Rebecca Zettl (3 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Clumsy, hapless and inexperienced, Syd Hawkes is a far cry from the superstar bounty hunters she aspires to be like. When the galaxy's leading technology conglomerate's new AI is stolen, they call in the best to get it back. Syd is not one of them. But A random coincidence offers her a shot at the contract: her chance to break into the big time. Romping through space in an ancient ship and filled with unwarranted optimism, Syd will encounter fierce competition, weird catastrophes and a strange new friend. But when Syd learns that the AI is not what she thinks, can she still do what it takes to step up to the big leagues?

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Marvelous tales happened in Eudopia by Michel Franzoso (4 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Where can you meet companies of adventurers led by gallant prostitutes and ingenious rats? Cross the path of unscrupulous librarians? Or go on vacation with Death? But in the lands of Eudopia, of course. Then enter this fantasy world and experience the hilarious and edge-of-the-grotestine adventures of these unusual heroes. In this first volume you will find the short stories: - When Death takes a Holiday - The librarian's meatloaf - Bana and the magical deck

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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe (E-BOOKARAMA) (201 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

The stories about Baron Munchausen were first collected and published by an anonymous author in 1781. An English version was published in London in 1785 by Rudolf Erich Raspe as "The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen." It is not clear how much of the story material derives from the Baron himself; however, it is known that the majority of the stories are based on folktales that have been in circulation for many centuries before Munchausen's birth. "The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen" presents a certain eighteenth-century German noble ventured abroad for military service and returned with a series of amusingly outrageous stories. Baron Munchausen's astounding feats included riding cannonballs, traveling to the Moon, and pulling himself out of a bog by his own hair. Since the book appeared readers have been delighted in knowing about these unlikely adventures. Hence, by the nineteenth century, the tales had undergone expansions and transformations by several ...

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Reckoning Daze by Michael Beaulieu (92 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

"An actress is always a starving artist," so says Lindsay Harmon-Foster, a talented but struggling Los Angeles actress in Michael Beaulieu's gripping debut novel, the #1 Amazon best-selling satire Reckoning Daze. Lindsay, 19, a former star of a critically acclaimed but canceled series, is now doing a pilot that might prove to be the role of a lifetime, but her anorexia and other habits could kill her before she's cast for the full series. Although she has long been self-destructive, she's never been more so than now, making her a threat to herself and others. Aside from losing the show she loved, Lindsay thought she had found her soulmate in a rising music star named Jesse, but he committed suicide and she blames herself. Will she land the new series and allow herself to find love again with a handsome actor named Marc or will addictions - and suppressed family secrets - make her die hard? While Lindsay's demons are portrayed with unflinching honesty, the way she views Los Angeles ...

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Xander Barns Series (Books 1-2-3) by Sarah Tork (6 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

ALWAYS WANTED (BOOK 1) If someone were to have told me a year ago, that by the end of this year I was going to break up with Ben my boyfriend of five years and leave my family home to move to a different city to start a new life, I'd have told them they were crazy. There was no way something like that could happen... ever! It did happen. Twenty two year old university drop out Marisa Gellys' relaxed lifestyle takes a turn for the worse when she arrives early at Kyle Matthews' annual Halloween bash to find her boyfriend making out with another girl. Heartbroken she sets off to a brand new city to get away from her family who think she's made the biggest mistake of her life by breaking up with Ben. For the first time in her life, Marisa's doing everything on her own and she loves it. A brand new city, a brand (sort of) new job, and a hunky, dreamy late night customer who shows her the kinds of things he likes to do. Welcome to the ride. This year will be nothing like last ...

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Romero: Hollywood Fixer by Jr. Betancourt, Edwin (Edwin Betancourt Jr.) Price verified 10 hours ago

Hiding bodies,twisting the truth, spinning the lies and cleaning the dirty images of Hollywood stars is what has made Jayson Romero the hottest Hollywood Fixer in New Fran City. With the help of his trusty assistant, Anthony Santos, no scandal is too big for Fame Fixer Inc to handle! But when a $5 million bounty is placed on Jayson's life, the snarky Hollywood Fixer will soon have to come face to face with the ghosts from his past. Including the return of his ex-husband and deadly secrets from his own life that he thought he buried many years ago.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Borrowed Time: A Cozy Fantasy Novel (Primetime of Life Book 1) by L.A. Boruff (257 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Rowena is a time-traveling witch assassin who is very bad at her job. It's one thing to know I'm a witch. It's an entirely different thing to learn to use my powers. I've always known I was adopted, but it never mattered much until my birth mother died. I inherited her witchy powers and her job -- a time-traveling witch assassin, neither of which I know what to do with. But at least I get a trainer, my birth mother's old friend Arti, and a lazy dragon familiar who is determined to eat all my food and drink all my booze. Now I have to learn everything from scratch. Magic, time travel, assassining... assassinating? Whatever it is, I can't fail, or I lose my job and the witches in line for the position after me? Let's just say, not-so-nice. Keeping my job kinda means saving the world. No pressure. Grab this dark humor-filled, page-turning, suspenseful paranormal woman's fiction now, and escape into a world of yummy cheesecake-like men, snarky familiars, time travel hijinks, and ...

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Totlandia: Book 1 (Contemporary Romance): The Onesies - Fall by Josie Brown (Signal Press) (1,653 Review)    Price verified 14 hours ago

THIS IS BOOK 1 IN AN 8-PART EPISODIC SERIES. Each book completes a story arc, but it includes a series cliffhanger that connects Books 1-4; And then Books 5-8. IN BOOK 1 OF THE TOTLANDIA SERIES: The Pacific Heights Moms & Tots Club is the most exclusive children's playgroup in all of San Francisco. For the city's ultra-competitive elite, the club's ten annual spots are the ultimate parenting prize. But not everyone is PHM&TC material. The club's founder, Bettina Connaught Cross, adheres to strict membership rules: Moms only. No single parents or working mothers are allowed. Membership is an arduous commitment. And there's no room in the club for scandal, bad behavior, or imperfection... from tots or their moms. In a world of power and prestige, no one has more than Bettina. And as every mom in Pacific Heights knows, you simply cannot cross her. But this year's admissions process is more rigorous than ever, pitting prospective members against each other to prove their mettle. ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Necessary Evil and the Greater Good: A Mestoph and Leviticus Fiasco by Adam Ingle (The Dead Regime) (74 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

For best friends Mestoph and Leviticus the end of the world can't come fast enough. Mestoph is a demon and troublemaker for Hell Industries, while Leviticus is an angel and cubicle jockey for Heaven, Inc. They might be unlikely friends, but they have something in common - they both hate their jobs. Unfortunately for them The End is nowhere in sight. The two take matters into their own hands when they come up with a scheme to get themselves kicked out of the Afterlife. But can they do it without spending an eternity in limbo? Their misadventure will take them from Purgatory to Asgard and the worlds in between as they cross paths and pantheons with Vikings, Greek and Norse Gods, and a Scottish terrier named Sir Reginald Pollywog Newcastle III. Follow Mestoph and Leviticus in a fast-paced, globe-trotting dark comedy - Throw A Copy In Your Cart Now!.

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Past Life Strife (Rise of the Discordant Book 1) by Christina McMullen (59 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Welcome to Blackbird, a small Midwest town with a big paranormal problem. As an Observer, Seth is tasked with identifying lost souls. An unenviable job under normal circumstances, but the situation takes a turn for the worse when Blackbird's Guardian calls it quits. With no one to take her place, Seth finds himself partnered with Desmond, a powerful and intimidating Warrior, who sees the downtrodden Observer as a liability. Desmond's fears are all but validated when a magical disturbance draws even more Discordant creatures to the area, including a deadly femme fatale from Seth's past, and Bogie, a demon with a heart of gold and a tenuous grasp on the English language. To save Blackbird (and eventually the world), the agents must set aside their differences and team up with a ragtag group of local mystics. Together, they might win the day, or they just might make things a whole lot worse.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Greegs & Ladders: An Incredible Journey Through Space And Time by Zack Mitchell (Mitchell Mendlow) (448 Reviews)    Price verified 15 hours ago

Greegs & Ladders is a wildly exciting, experimental, comedic science fiction parody novel about three oddball characters romping around space and time in search of truth and/or justice all while narrowly escaping dangerous space-mazes, savage beasts and angry mobs. Equal parts social satire and fun loving adventure, Greegs promises laughs, a few mildly intelligent and/or interesting observations, & several run-on sentences. You'll also get to find out what the hell Greegs are, and how life on Earth came to be, and the meaning of it all (at no extra charge.) From the rubbish heaps of Garbotron to the bottommost, subterranean layers of Lincra, find out why Grant T. Ecklesmere called it "The best damned book about Greegs and/or Ladders I've read in a fortnight."

Genre: Humor & Satire

Two Zeros and The Library of Doom! (Gil's Grimoire Book 1) by Eric Bonkowski (Penny Dreadful Publications) (25 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Written as a short introduction to the wild world of the Zeros, "Two Zeros and The Library of Doom!" is a novella of two heroes who took a job that sounded so easy. Gil Abercrombie and his new partner Dylan accept a simple job rescuing an aged caretaker at an abandoned sanatorium called Callowleigh. Soon, their quick task becomes a nightmare as our heroes find themselves trapped and fighting for their lives. Alone in a haunted mansion, Gil and Dylan struggle against otherworld forces as they search for the old caretaker who may be caught in something far beyond his understanding. Forced to team up with a master thief to battle dangers from man and beast, our Zeros dig deeper into buried secrets, pursuing the terrible truths of the old hospital and the old books held within a very strange library. Ghosts, demons, and mythological beasts fill the pages of this novella, where not all is as it appears to be. Welcome to the world of Gil's Grimoire...

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Shopping for a Baby's First Christmas (Shopping for a Billionaire Series Book 11) by Julia Kent (735 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

My mother wants all her kids and grandkids to spend Christmas Eve at her house and wake up on Christmas morning together. Sounds reasonable, right? And it would be. If it weren't my mother. My husband, Declan, is protesting any involvement, though he's openly intrigued by the idea of claiming his territory by having sex in my childhood bed. And by intrigued, I mean a series of really hot suggestions that make me whimper when I have to say no. Wait-why am I saying no, again? Mom has turned her house into a Christmas showcase that makes Frankenmuth look like the picked-over clearance rack at Target on December 26. You know those crazy people on Etsy who make felted gnomes out of belly-button lint and use... a certain kind of hair... to make thatched roofs on little decorative elf homes? Those people are saner than my mother. There is no force of nature stronger-or more emotionally volatile-than a fifty-something grandmother determined to create holiday memories. Wait a ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Feisty (The Do-Over Series) by Julia Kent (898 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

I'm not to proud to admit that finding Mr. Right involves swiping right. Right? Welcome to dating in avocado toastland. Here I am, on my first blind date, ever, courtesy of a smartphone app and my two annoying best friends. So what is Chris "Fletch" Fletcher doing, walking across the room, looking at his phone like he's pattern matching a picture to find a real person he's never met before? Oh. Oh, no. The guy I drop-kicked in seventh grade cannot be my blind date. The guy who earned me this infernal nickname. That's right. Feisty. -- More from New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent as Fiona "Feisty" Gaskill gets her chance at love - drop-kick included.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Existential Terror and Breakfast by M.P. Fitzgerald (Satan Approved) (26 Reviews)    Price verified 15 hours ago

Malcolm Steadman will dial the suicide hotline in 90 days. Also pancakes, there are pancakes. Malcolm Steadman is a completely average everyman whose life goal is to fit in. This is too much to ask for. Especially considering that he is also prone to paralyzing panic attacks triggered by everything from burnt toast to boredom. Can he win out against the mundane? Can he face the absurd? Author of the cult hit, A Happy Bureaucracy series, comes M.P. Fitzgerald's philosophical anti-novel. Bleakly funny in all of the wrong places, Existential Terror and Breakfast pits Malcolm against his worst enemy: his own eccentricities. Will Malcolm prevail against himself? ... Well, you know what happens in 90 days...

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Beyond Dead: An Afterlife Adventures Novel (A Paranormal Ghost Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) by Jordaina Sydney Robinson (Shark Week Deadly Publishing) (2,210 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

****Currently being adapted for TV **** Bridget Sway is newly dead. And confused. Instead of cloud cars and harp-playing cherubs, the afterlife is working a full-time job that doesn't pay and a heinous communal living situation with housemates who have no concept of privacy or personal space. As if that wasn't bad enough, on her first day at work Bridget finds a murdered ghost stuffed in her locker. With the afterlife police looking to pin the murder on Bridget, her new best friend and ex-PI, Sabrina, suggests they solve the murder themselves. But with a handsome parole officer watching her every move and the afterlife police dogging her every step, solving the murder is easier than it sounds. If you like sassy heroines who break all the rules, laugh out loud humour and whodunnits that keep you guessing until the very end, then tag along with Bridget Sway on her afterlife adventures. Afterlife Adventures Series: #1 Beyond Dead #2 Dead and Buried (formerly Deader Still) #3 A ...

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Women in Love (Grapevine Press) by D H Lawrence (Grapevine India) (1,295 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

D. H. Lawrence declared in Women in Love, his masterpiece that presaged the erotic consciousness of the 20th century, "Let us hesitate no longer to state that the sensual passions and mysteries are equally sacred with the spiritual mysteries and passions." Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen, two sisters, serve as the main characters' eyes as Lawrence examines love, sex, passion, and marriage. The two very different sisters pursue passionate, scorching adventures with their lovers, Rupert and Gerald, while looking for more mature emotional relationships. They are intelligent, perceptive, and observant. Gudrun and Ursula's temperamental differences generate an ongoing discussion about their culture, their inner lives, and the riddles between men and women against a horrific World War I backdrop of coal mines, industries, and a devastated working class.

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Ravensdale (That Scoundrel Émile Dubois) by Lucinda Elliot (155 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

When the disgraced earl turned highwayman Reynaud Ravensdale becomes fascinated by the hoydenish Isabella Murray, she agrees to elope with him, on the condition that he helps her to become a highwaywoman. Isabella's parents want to marry her off to Ravensdale's cousin, the next in line to the title, while she suspects that he knows more about the killing which led to Reynaud Ravensdale's disgrace than he cares to admit. Isabella plans to carry out a few Robin Hood type raids with Reynaud, and then to escape abroad. That is, if it proves hopeless to clear his name of the old murder charge first. Meanwhile, the forces of law and order are closing in... This hilarious spoof uses vivid characters and lively comedy to bring new life to a theme traditionally favoured by historical novelists - that of the wild young Earl, who, falsely accused of murder by the machinations of a conniving cousin and prejudged by his reputation, takes up life as an outlaw. 'Ravensdale' is written as a prequel ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Let's Get Serious: Let's Get Funny Fiction by Maureen Reil (193 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

What should you do when your boyfriend wants to propose live on air? Should you a) confess up front that you're already married before the cameras are in your face and risk losing him, because you never meant to lie but you never mentioned it either. On the other hand, b) try to avoid being alone with him (ever again) so that he will not get the opportunity to ambush you with a surprise engagement ring. Or c) play along with it and accept his offer of marriage and that leaves option d) which stands for divorce, which is what you should have done ages ago seeing as it's been five long years since you've actually seen your husband in the flesh. Speaking about the absent husband, just to complicate matters even further begs the question. Did they have to make a pact to hook up again five years down the line and get back together for good, if neither of them had found happiness with another person by then? And this is the problem that Faye Allen faces on the programme where she works, ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

The Quest for Juice: A Deeply-Weird and Serious Dark Comedy to Make You Laugh and Think (Paranoia Book 1) by Jonathan-David Jackson (107 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

In a world of conspiracies, one man will risk everything for his favorite beverage. "One of the strangest books I have read for a long time. Loved it." - Amazon Customer Oscar has always lived a life of quiet paranoia, but now everything is changing. Suddenly, the bus is frequently late, his housekeys won't fit in the lock, and someone has taken his juice, which was the one thing holding his life together. "... near impossible to put down." - Terry Doherty He strikes back against the people behind it all, but when he strikes too hard an innocent man ends up dead, and Oscar ends up in jail, diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and facing life in a mental institution. "I laughed out loud, often... " - Dianski On his journey to mental health and the truth, he has to answer many hard questions. Is his medication actually helping? Is it okay to date a nurse? Can he trust his own mind? And can that hedgehog really talk?Find out what happens when one man's quest for juice turns into a ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

A Bite in Afghanistan: Sharp Investigations Prequel Novella by E. N. Crane (65 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

So... We aren't allowed in Afghanistan anymore. Specialist Cynthia Sharp and her partner, Sgt. Winnifred Pupperson, have been assigned a special mission. A mission that will likely cause an international incident and get her barred from an entire country. A Bite in Afghanistan is the prequel novel to the upcoming full-length Barking for Business, featuring Cyn Sharp and Winnie solving mysteries in their own community. But before she gets discharged, find out why she is no longer welcome in the Middle East. Sign-up for my email list and read for free on BookFunnel!

Genre: Humor & Satire

The Old Folks At Home: Warehouse Them or Leave Them on the Ice Floe by Barry Friedman (978-0-557-52181-4) (101 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Henry and Harriet Callins, having discovered that all that glitters is not Golden Age, move into Restful Bowers, a community for seniors. It has all the amenities anyone would want, plus a Care Center and Assisted Living facility, their umbrella. Henry attends meetings, where problems are solved by planning more meetings. For Henry's fellow residents, the big event each day is waiting for the mailman. They enhance their wealth by scraping off the nickels and dimes that come in charity solicitation letters. Harriet lives in a world of tea and cookies. Henry is obsessed by a suspicion that residents in the Assisted Living facility are getting an assist they don't need or want. His curiosity puts his life and that of Harriet in mortal danger.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Porch Pirate Love by Irene Woodbury (14 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Do you think love stories always start with a meet-cute at some cool place with friendly vibes? If yes, then think twice. Kit Wells is an unmarried, eight-months' pregnant, 22-year-old blackjack dealer. Danny Potter is 27, single, and a former UPS driver who's now a porch pirate. When Danny steals a box off Kit's porch that contains her unborn baby's crib, she rushes out the door to stop him. The panicked mom-to-be trips on the steps and falls, her water breaks--and guess who ends up driving her to the hospital? If you are looking for some out-of-the-box drama, romance, sass and humor, then Irene Woodbury's Porch Pirate Love is just the right pick for you. Buy Porch Pirate Love today and dive into this sea of love and madness!!!

Genre: Humor & Satire

Infatuation by Jonathan Harries (Jonathan Harries Ink) (45 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

A belly dancer with a stolen book believed to be the Kama Sutra on steroids is determined to outwit the Italian mob's deadliest hitman, the dwarf Nano Mortale, in a new madcap adventure from Jonathan Harries, author of Killing Harry Bones. Fanny Packer, a voluptuous red-headed belly dancer, steals a mysterious codex rumored to make the Kama Sutra look like a children's story book from a mob family in Rome. Back in New York City, journalist Charley Brooks and his too-perfect fiancee are already growing bored with one another. When Charley catches a glimpse of the provocative Fanny in a magazine, he understands for the first time that there are no accidents and sets out on an unlikely quest to track her down. Meanwhile, when the mobsters discover that the book, their most valuable family heirloom, is missing, the family's deadliest hitman and his bumbling handlers are dispatched to the States to recover the book--and eliminate Fanny. With the help of a dominatrix and traveling on ...

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The Wrong Magician (Funny Capers DownUnder Book 1) by John Martin (20 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

This time the magician needs to make himself disappear to outwit the hitmen! The story starts in Hobart in 1974 with the opening of Australia's first legal casino. William Clarin is banking on a career in politics to prop up his sagging legal practice. But when he disappoints some gangsters who mistakingly think he's called The Magician because he can make charges go away, he has a choice to make. Fight or flight? If he legs it, he'll be turning his back on the generous public purse. William finds himself out-gunned, out-muscled and out-ranked on the high seas. He really has to pull something special out of his hat this time. This novella sets the stage for the larger mystery of Mad Bill's Island, and the dark secret that lies at its heart.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Murder, Curlers, and Cream: A Valentine Beaumont Mystery (The Murder, Curlers Series Book 1) by Arlene McFarlane (ParadiseDeer Publishing) (11,868 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

"Smart, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny!" -- Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling Author She's a beautician with a plummeting reputation. Can she catch a strangler before her salon is financially frizzed out? Valentine Beaumont is desperate to revive her dying business. Trying to recover from an infamous incident where she defended herself with a perm rod to her attacker's privates, the last thing she needs is another scandal. So when a wealthy socialite is strangled with a steamer cord while awaiting her facial, Valentine has no choice but to start combing through clues. Battling a sexy, hard-headed detective who can't tell pigtails from a pompadour, Valentine is convinced he's pursuing the wrong suspect. And despite his warning not to meddle, the gutsy stylist vows to clear her name before the killer claims another client. Can Valentine tie up the culprit before more lives are cut short? Murder, Curlers & Cream is the first book in the hilarious Valentine Beaumont ...

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LOVE, LIES AND HIGH HEELS (LOVE, LIES AND MORE LIES Book 1) by DEBBY CONRAD (3,962 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Who would have guessed a lie could bring them together? LUKE GALLOWAY doesn't lie. Well, not normally. And never about anything as serious as death. But, somehow Luke's friend and business partner, Sam Paris, convinces Luke he needs to do just that. Sam believes the only way his daughter will come back to see him is if he were dying. And so the lies begin... RUSTY PARIS has been alone most of her life. Her parents were divorced when she was very young. She was pushed off to boarding schools, while her mother made a hobby of marrying rich men. She doesn't remember much about her father, only that he never made an attempt to be a part of her life for the past twenty-some years. But all that is about to change. When she gets word he is dying, she runs home to be by his side, which puts her right in the path of that scoundrel Luke Galloway. Luke has no room in his life for rich heiresses. Been there. Done that. From the first time Luke and Rusty meet, they clash. She considers him ...

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Bonfire of the Beasts by Scott Reardon (Belden Press) (48 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Top 100 Amazon Bestseller. #1 in Political Fiction. Bonfire of the Beasts is the most searing satire of political correctness of our time. Told from the perspective of a swan named Mother Goose, it's the story of animals who rise up against mankind to create a society free of bigotry and hate. What unfolds is a depiction of how sympathy and love can pave the way for unimaginable horrors. "Animal Farm meets 1984." --The Pursuit of Bookiness

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A Dark and Stormy Night: A Comedy... With Murders (An Archie and Elise Mystery) by Grant Fieldgrove (Watch the Sky Publishing) (194 Reviews)    Price verified 15 hours ago

My Dear Dreadful Family! Archie and Elise are called to a hospital by a dying billionaire for a job that could mean a nice weekend getaway for them. Only, things go wrong. Very wrong. Welcome to Greystorm Manor, high in the mountains of Big Sky, Montana, where up until yesterday, Desmond Carrington lived a quiet and peaceful life. Now that he is dead, Mr. Carrington wants his greedy family to play a little game. There is only one rule: Stay Alive. A Dark and Stormy Night is a hilarious "Old Dark House" mystery, in the tradition of Clue and The Private Eyes, that you are sure to enjoy!

Genre: Humor & Satire

How to Leash a Thief: A Small-town Mystery with a Chick-Lit Twist & a Smidgen of Romance (Sleuthin' in Boots Book 1) by Cat Clayton (Pigasus Publications) (605 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Life in Pleasant Hills, Texas, flows like sweet molasses. Normally. But nothing is pleasant or normal about murder. I never thought, in my wildest dreams at 26-years-old, I would see my first dead body. Or take over my grandmother's floundering pet grooming business, without a lick of experience aside from managing the shop's (Stone Age) back office, drain my savings account for the shop's renovations, begin hearing my Chihuahua's voice inside my head, and wind up a possible suspect in the murder of one of my employees. Now, if I can clear my name, discover the real killer -- without getting whacked myself, come to terms with hearing my chatty pup, all while keeping the family business afloat, my life won't slip down the proverbial drain. ?Author's Note: Some, more mature, readers in the humorous, cozy mystery genre may love to hate my main character, Steely Lamarr, and that's okay. But as the writer, it is my duty to remain true to her character and her story. Steely doesn't claim ...

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Flo Charts: Fun and Quirky Cozy Mystery (Silver Hills Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Sam Cheever (Electric Prose Publications) (396 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Come to Silver Hills. Where new friends are made and a grim reaper is born. Agnes Willard is moving into Silver Hills. She's worried about the change and concerned about fitting in. Luckily for her, Florence Bee has decided to take Agnes under her wing. When Agnes' cat Tolstoy escapes as they're getting Agnes settled into her new apartment, they quickly find him across the hall, perched on a dying woman's chest. The new friends soon learn three things from the experience: 1. The cat definitely has an instinct for and proclivity toward people who are on death's doorstep. 2. Finding and avoiding a killer is a really tough way to spend your first days in a new place. And 3. Agnes truly does have a unique talent for debauching a crime scene.

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A Slot Machine Ate My Midlife Crisis by Irene Woodbury (58 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

This darkly funny novel recounts Wendy Sinclair's spin-crazy life in Las Vegas after she impulsively decides to not go home to Houston following a bizarre girls' weekend in May 2015. The confused, unhappy 45-year-old newlywed soon rents a ramshackle apartment; wallows in a blur of spas, malls and buffets, and ultimately becomes a designer of cocktail-waitress uniforms and an impersonator in a casino show starring a hunky Elvis-clone. Along the way, she hangs out with a hot playboy-pilot, an over-sexed glamorista BFF, a dreamy rock-band manager, and a slew of marauding munchkin neighbors. The phone fights with Roger, Wendy's workaholic husband waiting impatiently in Houston, are louder and more raucous than a hot craps table at Caesar's! Does she go back to him, or will her midlife crisis become a midlife makeover?

Genre: Humor & Satire

Miz Scarlet and the Vanishing Visitor (A Scarlet Wilson Mystery Book 2) by Sara Barton (Sara M. Barton) (1,522 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

The second book in the popular cozy mystery series laced with humor and romance... "Purely addictive. I love these books. You just can't help loving all of the characters. The stories are edge of the seat all the way to the end. Can't wait to read book 3."A pleasant night in Bay Head, New Jersey turns dangerous as Scarlet Wilson heads for home after a delightful weekend at the beach with boyfriend Kenny "Captain Peacock" Tolliver. A terrified teenager, chased by a homicidal maniac, clings to her car. What do you do when a determined killer comes at the girl attached to your windshield, knife in hand? If you're "Miz Scarlet", you get creative and put the pedal to the metal, even as the cars pile up in your wake.Jenny Mulroney, cancer orphan, has no one to turn to and nowhere to go, until Miz Scarlet takes her home to the Four Acorns Inn. While security expert Kenny delves into Jenny's secret past, the teenager begins to find her way again. But Jenny's been dishonest about the events ...

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The Law of Attraction (Lawyers in Love Book 1) by N.M. Silber (Mendelssohn Levy Publishing) (1,466 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

USA Today Bestselling author, N.M. Silber brings you a tale filled with laughter, love and lusty lawyers. Gabrielle Ginsberg is a public defender with plenty of nerve and Braden Pierce is an assistant district attorney with a whole lot of swagger. Together Gabrielle and Braden discover that the path to true love is not always smooth, and is sometimes tread upon by some really wacky people like crazy ex-girlfriends, kinky politicians and a gentleman who throws a wine and cheese party in his pants Can true love overcome a lack of privacy, interference by jealous rivals and the insanity of the criminal court system? Find out in the book that reviewers called a "Stand-out Romantic Comedy." IMPORTANT NOTICE: This book contains explicit descriptions of sexual situations and mature language. It is intended for readers over the age of eighteen. This book is part of a TWO BOOK serial. Part two, The Home Court Advantage is available now. The same cast of characters and story world is likewise ...

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Love and Chaos: (Standalone Bad Boy Romance) (Growing Pains Book 4) by Willow Summers (798 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

From USA Today Bestselling author, Willow Summers, is a hilarious and steamy romance. It was supposed to be easy. Just a quick trip to the wine country to help her good friend, Peter. She never expected to meet his bad boy brother... Muscled, tattooed, and riding a Harley, Jace has Cassie's heart racing and blood boiling. Struggling to keep her desire on a tight leash, she must do everything she can to keep Peter's secret. But resisting that dimpled smile is harder than she could've ever imagined... A standalone book based on the bestselling Growing Pains series. HEA. No cliffhanger!

Genre: Humor & Satire

Dirty Barry: How Cullen Met Big Paul (Cullen & Big Paul) by Mark Farrer (Funny Business Press) (805 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

The first casualty of adultery is... the tooth! An outrageous British comedy introducing CULLEN, an offbeat loner with a highly individual sense of right and wrong, and BIG PAUL, a loveable everybloke who provides muscle when needed and belly-laughs all the time. Barry Sullivan is a sordid dentist who resorts to blackmail to keep his string of married women compliant. But now Cullen has toothache - and a very different interpretation of the dental code of practice. The Tartan Hiaasen strikes again with another tale which roars along - and which will have you roaring along with it. This laugh-out-loud novella is a prequel to the highly entertaining CULLEN & BIG PAUL series of standalone stories, and tells the story of how the pair first met.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Atonement Camp for Unrepentant Homophobes by Evan J. Corbin (Atonement Book, LLC) (119 Reviews)    Price verified 15 hours ago

The oldest translation of a Gospel is returned to the world by a secret society long dedicated to its preservation. In it, Jesus explicitly condemns bigotry and homophobia. In a new world in which LGBTQ passengers receive preferential boarding for flights and the United States has elected its first lesbian President, Pastor Rick Harris is stalwart, closeted preacher who doggedly holds onto his increasingly unpopular convictions. When an incendiary sermon goes too far and offends an influential family, Rick makes a painful choice to keep his job: He attends an atonement camp run by drag queens for society's most unrepentant and terminally incurable homophobes. Atonement Camp is immersion therapy for Pastor Harris, and it might be working. An open bar with pedicures, a devastatingly attractive roommate and an endless supply of glitter help him manage to make new friends. Soon, Rick and his cohorts learn the camp may hold its own secrets. Amid the smiling faces and scantily clad pool ...

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Chick-Lit Saved My Life: Book 1 Chick-Lit Trilogy by Maureen Reil (95 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

It started like any other month, but when passengers on board a train find themselves robbed at gunpoint and over the following weeks, a clothing manufacturer, a jewellery shop and finally a bookstore. What do all these places have in common? Besides, a young woman named Kelly Stanford since she was at each incident and became the victim of someone who took great pleasure in stealing her handbags, not to mention her Chick-Lit books. Just what type of man are we dealing with here? Kelly tries her best to continue as normal, but the crimes have clearly affected her greatly and it all comes to a head when she falls for the new love interest to enter into her life. She also discovers her stolen Chick-Lit novels for sale in the second-hand wicker basket on the counter. Is it possible that the bookseller bloke and the lone gunman are the same person? It would simply be so typical of her bad luck lately, without her late (adoptive) grandmother's brooch which the thief took in the first ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Hiding From The Sheriff (A Southern Kind of Love Book 1) by Palmer Jones (Sweet Blooms Publishing, LLC) (1,069 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Cameron Dempsey is known for his strict code of honor. The law is black and white, and he's there to enforce it. But his peaceful life in Georgia changes with one request from his old friend: bail Addie Johnson out of jail. It's a simple request, although unexpected. He remembers her as a cute kid with glasses and her nose stuck in a book. And he was overprotective of her that one summer. The memory of knocking out the front teeth of the football player who said something inappropriate about her still brings him a dark pleasure. But that's not who's waiting for him on the other side of the bars. The woman sitting there is gorgeous. And fake. And she's hiding something. Addie Johnson knew she might end up in jail one day. Not for her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend's mistake, but for her own secrets. She's put a lot of people away over the past few years as a hacker. And that's why she has an alias. Rarely did a man look twice at her because they thought she was a computer genius ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Diary of a Teenage Murderer by Emlyn Hall (EDH) (166 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

A hilarious look at teenage life in a book that has been described as 'Adrian Mole meets The Inbetweeners' Matthew Patterson is your run of the mill, every day average 16-year-old school boy. The 'Diary of a Teenage Murderer' takes you through the day-to-day events of Matthew's life. Dealing with the tricky things a teenager faces, such as: Mums, Dads, little brothers, best friends, girlfriends, exams and his grandmother's facial hair. Then something happens to change the course of Matthew's life forever. He is faced with the ultimate decision: Stay and face the music, or run and face the world alone.

Genre: Humor & Satire

Merry Friggin' Christmas: An Edgy Christmas Comedy by Joseph Cillo Jr (Infornuity Publishing, LLC) (69 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

2019 Illumination Book Awards Bronze Medal Winner! The perfect gift for that Bah-humbug! in your life! Merry Friggin' Christmas An Edgy Christmas Comedy "A funny book about Christmas and a dead comedy man... " "... takes the cake as the best of the holiday season. It has charisma, a fantastic voice, and it was funny as all hell." "A fresh and funny take on the holidays... " Based on The Life of Carlton St. Michael, the NUMBER ONE TOP RATED show on the URN! So, who is Carlton St. Michael? Carlton St. Michael is an up-and-coming atheist stand-up comic on the verge of fame and fortune. The only problem is, he's dead. Actually, twice dead. Caught dead in Jersey. Twice. And, his life story has become the number one top-rated show on the Undying Rerun Network (URN). A Christmas Comedy, of all things. But Carlton isn't buying any of it. He's out to prove it's all some near-death hallucination that will fade to black when he really dies, or vanish when he awakes. So, are you dying ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

The Road to Farringale: Modern Magick, 1 by Charlotte E. English (15 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

Can British magick be saved? Hell yes. Imagine modern Britain without magick. No fae enclaves. No flying chairs. No magick wands. Giddy gods, no unicorns. Who wants to live in that world? Me neither. But with magick on the decline, that's the world we're ending up with. Meet the Society for Magickal Heritage. Our boss is a disembodied voice. Our headquarters is a sentient house. You could say we've a vested interest in keeping magick alive. Can a ragtag bunch of magicians, necromancers and fae prevail against inevitable ruin and decline? Hell yes. Try and stop us. First mission? Find the source of a magickal disease that's decimating Britain's troll enclaves -- and fix it. Simple. Or... maybe not. For the only place that might hold the information we need is the ancient and inconveniently lost enclave of Farringale...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Home on Seashell Island (Seashell Island Series Book 1) by Brenda Kennedy (BrenkennBooks,Inc) (1,213 Review)    Price verified 15 hours ago

Carly Stewart put everything she owns in storage before leaving her live-in boyfriend in New York to pursue happiness. While staying temporarily at her family's vacation home on Seashell Island, Carly runs into an old family friend, Beauregard Romano. However, Carly is pleasantly surprised that Beau is no longer the same scrawny boy she remembered. She can't deny that he's certainly transformed into a sexy hunk over the years. She's successfully self-employed, has an unrefined vocabulary, and is a wine enthusiast in the prime of her life. He's a single father of a three-year-old daughter and the preacher of the only church on Seashell Island. Will sparks fly between the two? Can they make their differences work? Or is it best to ignore the sparks and pretend they don't exist?

Genre: Humor & Satire

An Unlikely Place for Love (Virginia Collection Book 1) by Ruth Ann Nordin (596 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Kate Tanner is getting more than she bargained for in this "woman disguised as a man" romance. Fleeing from her parents' killers, she disguises herself as Billy Ingram and leaves the big city Virginia life to work on a remote farm out in the middle of nowhere, North Dakota where the handsome, but aloof, Chad Walker hires her as a farmhand. Between trying to prove that she can handle the more demanding farm chores and trying to fit in with the other farmhands, she has her work cut out for her. Then, one morning, Chad discovers she's a woman, so she quickly makes up the excuse that "Billy's" sister, Kate, decided to come by for a visit. That's when things really get interesting. Lacy Montgomery is in love with "Billy" and nothing disgusts the woman. The farmhands are in love with Kate. She's in love with Chad who may or may not love her back. Her brother, the real Billy, shows up and she's forced to don on another female disguise to ward off Lacy altogether. Among the laughter ...

Genre: Humor & Satire

Turning On by Mike B. Good (42 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

A madman in the White House... A war in Vietnam... And on campus, the only marijuana was seeded Mexican. Someone had to do something. Why did it have to be Mike Good? No hero, he'd have been happy to graduate without getting killed marching for Peace. But when he learns of Uncle Dick's (AKA: President Nixon) diabolical plot to destroy Communism while getting rich quick, Mike is forced to take action. If not, it won't be just the commies who disappear. In this hilarious prequel to the Señor Bueno Travel Adventure series, Mike, avid surfer/mild-mannered revolutionary/wanna be rock star, turns on, tunes in, and plots against the government. Not to mention, runs afoul of professors, guidance counselors, theater critics, music critics, frat rats, porn directors, picky women, the Black Student Union, the National Guard, Governor Reagan, the CIA, and of course, President Nixon. Can an underdog armed only with a quick wit, a sarcastic tongue, and no common sense, find time for fun while ...

Genre: Humor & Satire