Charley Is My Darling : An evacuee coming of age tale by Joyce Cary (Lume Books) (20 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

A charming, accessible tale of childhood and youth, that offers plentiful insight and raises many questions. Charley is a London lad and an evacuee. Initially an outcast, his wit and humour win him friends, although not always of the best type. Among Charley Brown's first deeds as an evacuee to Longwater in the West Country is to let loose the local bull. Boys who one minute had taunted him with the refrain 'Ballocky baldy' (Charley's lice having been evacuated from London with him), were the next minute acknowledging him as their ...

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Ninety Days Without You by Jennifer Woodward (38 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Is falling in love your ambition? It's certainly Kat's. The high of giving your life over to love is exceptional. Finding the Person to Complete You = Mission Accomplished. Kat, a heartbroken American playwright, meets Charlie and is instantly smitten with his delightful British accent, his insight and humor, and his frank honesty at being 15-years sober. Finally, here's a man with the outgoing, fun-loving soul of an alcoholic -- but he doesn't drink. A whirlwind transatlantic romance ensues. But what looks like love turns into the ...

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The Note by Reggie Turk (169 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

One year ago Chellie Morris drove through a stop sign--less than a mile from her house--into the stampeding traffic of State Route 30. Nathan, her husband, arrived home after the accident to find a four-word note on a bookshelf; not a suicide note, not a goodbye, not even a reminder for something he might forget, just four unexplainable words. Too much alcohol and too little sleep have turned the last 365 days into a stagnant haze. Painful flashes from the last day, uneven rewinds of the past, and the haunting words of the note ...

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Let's Get Lost by C. H. Smith (Swamp Island Words) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Storytellers are made... they ain't born. Whether you believe it is God or just the world that shapes them is your own prerogative. A story about the beauty and sweet decay of a southern swamp, Let's Get Lost, explores the ramifications of losing one's way. The struggle to recall the details of a squirrel hunting trip gone terribly wrong for our narrator in his youth. Short but rich in detail and emotion that goes beyond the typical hunting tale.

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Climies by Michael J. Vaughn (73 Reviews)    Price verified 5 minutes ago

"The Handmaid's Tale" meets climate change. Russell Peppers emerges from a curious labyrinth to find that the world has changed. He kayaks over underwater towns, past woods cut in two by new shorelines, and meets Mimi, owner of a Victorian that cruises the bay atop a barge. The survivor community of Skyline is beautiful, but the erratic weather and a drowned metropolis point to a species that fell prey to its own greed. "CLIMIES makes for a captivating read. All of the advanced technology created to accommodate itself to life ...

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When I Save Us by Ellie Sabine (43 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Betsy's marriage is slipping away from her, so she's decided to push up her sleeves, don her high heels and steely determination, and set to work on a steamy thirty-day stay and fight for your man plan. But she's fighting more than she realizes. When Betsy's handed a magic ring and the unbelievable happens, she's thrown into the past and given the chance to make things right. Strap on your high heels, buckle your seatbelt, and hold on tight because When I Save Us is a roller coaster ride! This heartwarming novella is a quick, ...

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Cordelia's Journey (Pierce Family Saga Book 1) by Hazel Hart (1,848 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

A brutal stepfather... A dying mother... A loving daughter who tries to save her Kansas Territory, 1855 In this coming-of-age story, thirteen-year-old Cordelia endures her stepfather's abuse until she learns her ailing mother is pregnant again. Fearing her mother will die in childbirth, she runs away, heading for Westport and her aunt, the only person who might be able to save her mother. She disguises herself as a boy and sets out on foot to make the 150-mile trip. Following the Kansas River, she hitches rides with a variety of ...

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The Epic Saga of Razzle, Dazzle and Gustov, Vol 2 by Arsidious The Great Writer (5 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Follow Razzle, Dazzle, and Gustov as they explore the universe one catastrophe at a time in this campy sci-fi gag gift romp! Listen as they hysterically describe how they each arrived on earth. An unintentionally hilarious saga full of twists and turns and epic errors. This set of stories are a disaster from start to finish. Nothing is left unscathed: Ghastly plot and character development, wretched formatting, horrible headers and page numbering, misuse of punctuation and fonts, atrocious poetry, wretched formatting, ghastly plot ...

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Let Right be Done (Tanner Trilogy Book 1) by Neno Umbra (11 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

One part mystery, one part history, one part adventure. Peter Lansdown works quietly in the Suffolk County Museum as assistant curator. The bequest of the Grantby papers to the Museum, after their vetting by the Security Services, changes everything. What's the mysterious package Peter discovers when collecting the bequest - and takes on a whim, knowing full well he has no right to it? Why does Rosemary breeze into Peter's shy and ordered life in the midst of his ethical quandary? What, exactly, is this shady Government department ...

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The Bitter Glass: A haunting and evocative novel set during the Irish Civil War by Eilís Dillon (Lume Books) (13 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

From the pen of one of Ireland's most distinguished writers comes a powerful novel, set in Connemara at the time of the Civil War. A group of young people, isolated in a remote farmhouse by an IRA attack, are confronted with questions of life and death. As the plot builds to a shattering climax, their harrowing experience alters their lives and their hopes forever. The Bitter Glass is a haunting and evocative book, and enjoyed critical acclaim upon publication in 1958. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Irish ...

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The Last Letter (The Letter Series Book 1) by Kathleen Shoop (2,658 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

"Gripping historical fiction -- A tale of two women finding meaning behind all that went wrong in their lives. A timeless tale of redemption with the best plot-twist at the end I've seen in a long, long time. Can't wait for book two!" New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Melissa Foster Katherine wouldn't have believed it if she hadn't found the letter... In the summer of 1905 Katherine Arthur's mother arrives on her doorstep, dying, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget. When Katherine was young, the ...

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Pretty Little Flowers by Joyce Kay (9 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

What I wouldn't give for you. I would sacrifice everything. I would give my life. All you have to do is ask and I would stand upon the peak of a great mountain and fall to my certain death. In Victorian England, everything is done according to the rules of society, but when the Duke of Fetterfield dies, his daughter discovers a freedom that had been denied to her; the freedom to marry for love. And when Mr York comes back into her life, she believes her prayers have finally been answered. But her father's death also uncovers a ...

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Connections eMagazine Vol 9 Issue 1: 1st Quarter 2023 (Connections eZine Book 21) by MPSmith Publishing (2 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Connections eMagazine is a quarterly publication created to help authors connect with readers, reviewers, and bloggers. The magazine is produced seasonally. IN THIS ISSUE... Naked and Afraid - Sam Mouzer bares it all. Exclusive interviews with critically acclaimed authors KC Frifant, Jennifer Lieberman, WL Hawkin and the writing duo Charles Breakfield and Roxanne Burkey, short stories, new releases and so much more

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Choke (Fresh Hell) by Charity Parkerson (Punk & Sissy Publications) (119 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Rush just needs a job. He never expects to gain a whole new life and fall in love. After suffering a career-ending injury on the football field, Rush has no other choice but to start over. The bills are mounting, and his luck is getting worse by the day. When he interviews for a sportscaster position at a large sports channel in his area, he's on his last hope. Except the man in charge sees a different path for Rush, and it doesn't include Rush saying no. When Alaric overhears Rush getting propositioned in exchange for a leg up at ...

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The Bahrain Incident: Beautiful Naked Dead by Mobi D'Ark (Martin Andrew Bower) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

The Bahrain Incident is an 8,000-word 'whodunit' set in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in the early 1970's. The tale commences in 2008, with a chance meeting between old colleagues in London, before flashing back to Abu Dhabi in the early 70's - at a time when 'Base Camp', an oilfield caravan site way out in the desert, was the largest centre of habitation in the country. There, the mainly American expatriate oilfield workers enjoyed a 'wild west' type of existence. They worked hard, drank hard, played hard, and fought hard. When they went ...

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Crowned By Love (The Yorkist Saga Book 1) by Diana Rubino (Next Chapter) (121 Reviews)    Price verified 20 minutes ago

England, 1471. Adopted as a baby, Denys lives with her mother Elizabeth: queen and married to Edward IV. Denys makes numerous attempts to uncover her true lineage, but each effort comes to an abrupt and tragic end. Queen Elizabeth metes out Denys's ultimate degradation, when she marries her off to the ambitious Valentine Starbury. As her feelings for Valentine bloom into love, can she finally discover the truth about her past?

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Crossing the Mirage - Passing through youth by BS Murthy (Self Imprint) (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

If passing through youth was like crossing the mirage of life for Chandra and Nithya, it proved to be chasing the mirage of love for Sathya and Prema though for plain Vasavi, Chandra's pitiable sibling, it was the end of the road. As life brings Chandra, who suffers from an inferiority complex for his perceived ugliness, and Nithya, who was bogged down being jilted by Vasu, together, they script their fate of fulfillment. And as poetic justice would have it, Sathya, who caused Prema's heartburn, himself was led down the garden path ...

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Jewel-less Crown: Saga of Life by BS Murthy (Self Imprint) (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This is a story of the rise and fall of an ambitious man, the decline, and the decay of his conniving wife, the trials, and tribulations of their wayward son as well as the grit and gall of a spirited woman, who romantically enters into his life. It's the story of a lifetime, set in the Indian setting. The Beginning That New Year's Eve, all the nouveau riche of New Delhi seemed to have gathered at the Misty Nest in their ubiquitous wear. While women wore designer dresses, men turned up in safari suits. Hosting them at their grand ...

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Phantammeron Book One by Mitchell Stokely (GiantIsland LLC) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Mystery, romance, tragedy, and treachery abound in the rich mytho-poetic fantasy world of the Phantammeron. The title of the book translates to "Book of the Forest", and is named for Phantaia, the mysterious Forest of Twilight where the One Tree and the Sacred Pool lie hidden. All of the books in the Phantammeron series will cover the mythical history of this forest and its divine children, whose conflict revolves around the cursed waters of an ancient pool. The global struggle surrounding the pool and the redemption of the ...

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Lost Girl - part 1 by Elodie Short (40 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Anna Hayes is growing up in a bad place. A dirty mobile home. No dad in sight. A mom who's more concerned about how she'll get her next fix and an older brother who is always working, trying and make ends meet, leaving him unable to protect her. To Anna this is normal, until one day she hears men threatening to take her away. Terrified she runs away. Summer Ford doesn't particularly like kids; she prefers them at a distance. But when she comes across a sobbing little girl in the park, it tugs on her heartstrings. Something in ...

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Stone and Steel (Colossus Book 1) by David Blixt (Next Chapter) (214 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

"Historical fiction at its best." - S.J.A. Turney, author of Caligula and Marius' Mules Judea, AD 66. A Roman legion suffers a catastrophic defeat at the hands of a band of Hebrews. Knowing Emperor Nero's revenge will be swift, they must decide how to defend their land against the Roman invasion. Caught in the turmoil is Judah: a mason who now finds himself rubbing shoulders with priests, revolutionaries, generals and nobles, drafted to help defend the land of Galilee. Denied the chance to marry, he turns all his energy into ...

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Dracula by Bram Stoker (Aeons Editions) (33 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

In the dimly lit corridors of a forgotten era, Bram Stoker's timeless masterpiece, "Dracula," weaves a chilling tale of horror, obsession, and undying evil. Embark on a journey into the darkest recesses of the human psyche as this Gothic classic unveils the terrifying story of Count Dracula, the seductive vampire who haunts the imaginations of generations. Set in the late 19th century, "Dracula" introduces readers to Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor who travels to Transylvania to finalize a real estate deal with the enigmatic ...

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True Colors and Other Short Stories by Michelle D. Argyle (MDA Books) (19 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

In this short story collection, Michelle Davidson Argyle shares sixteen of her literary pieces written during 1999 - 2011. In the title story, "True Colors," the main character fights her vibrant personality against the true darkness lurking within her. The story builds until a row of six dead birds stop her in her tracks. In the opening story, "Thread," (also published in the 2011 collection, Stories for Sendai), a married couple's reaction to the Sendai earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, 2011 reveals their own earth-shattering ...

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Dead Girl Found (DCI Grace Swan Thrillers Book 1) by Giles Ekins (Next Chapter) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

When 19-year-old Julia Jarrett accuses her father Donald of abuse, their relatives and friends are outraged. The problem is, Julia died some months ago from a heroin overdose. Her mother Janet is convinced that the accusing voice, heard during a spiritualist meeting, is that of her daughter. When Donald and Janet are both found dead, DCI Grace Swan is called in to investigate. But she has problems of her own; still grieving the sudden death of her partner and at odds with her superiors. Dead Girl Found is a gripping murder mystery, ...

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Happy Slumbers (Dragon City (Book Four of Four) 4) by Tom Lichtenberg (41 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

When Argus Kirkham disappears, his older brother Alex returns to the city of his youth to join in the search, but finds himself instead at the edge of a baffling mystery he can neither see nor begin to understand, in this fourth and final re-mix of the Dragon City series.

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Ghost_Layer by Nathan Lee Green (NLG) Price verified 5 hours ago

In the near future, the internet exists as an interactive online world called the Ghost_Layer. Caedmon is an up and coming data deliverer, finally catching some breaks in his quest to build a new reputation and career. He finds himself working for an exclusive group of digital elites responsible for building parts of the Layer he loves, who are hounded by online law enforcement agencies because of their shady methods. Those same agencies also have dirt on Caedmon. Tangled up in both sides' schemes, and trying to keep his parents ...

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Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso by Jeff Vrolyks (14 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

A man awakens in a vast desolate wasteland without memory of who he is or how he got there. As he begins remembering, a sobering thought occurs to him: might this be hell? In his travels he recalls the days leading up to his being here, the visions of a black-robed figure encroaching ever nearer, day after day. He chances upon a woman. As they cope with the probability of this being hell, they learn of a stunning coincidence too great to not possess meaning: she is the little sister of the girl he secretly loved in high school, ...

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Circus of the Dead by Seth Blackburn (487 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Twenty years ago, the dead destroyed the world of the living. The survivors scattered in the wake of the Scourge, erecting small towns in the worlds' most sparsely populated areas. For young Gabriel, the walking dead are merely the memories that haunt the eyes of those old enough and lucky enough to have survived. He is more concerned with his hard life in America's desert, where his chores keep him busy and the husks of books stashed beneath the cellar of the library are his only freedom. Until the circus comes to town. "Circus ...

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Concrete Underground by Moxie Mezcal (Zizek Press) (100 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

An idealistic journalist sets out to expose corruption among the city's elite and soon finds himself immersed in a conspiracy of murder, blackmail, espionage, and human trafficking. Pitted against the enigmatic CEO of one of the world's largest tech companies, he must play a deadly game that threatens to unearth its players' darkest secrets. CONCRETE UNDERGROUND is postmodern pulp fiction - a gritty, labyrinthine murder mystery about identity and alienation in the digital age.

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Prophet (American Grace) by David Xavier (Bucklebury Books) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Readers want a real story about authentic people and true to life, a story that stays with them long after the final page. Prophet A groundskeeper who only has ears for truth, no matter how difficult it is to bear at times, is given the final revelation amidst the troubled backdrop of his community. Everyone wants truth, but few ever see it. Truth is trampled by many, found by few. Truth sets you free.

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MYTHS by Erika Price (English Prime Press) (34 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Hera was a gorgeous megab*tch, but she was fantastic at Scrabble. Aphrodite was just jealous. Salome was a Toddler in a Tiara, Athena was cute in a spunky, Ellen Page kinda way, and Scheherazade was an attention-starved blogger. Persephone and Hades were only on a trial separation. Pandora just opened the box because she was hella bored. In this short story collection by Erika Price (author of Corpus Callosum), gods and goddesses from bygone eras are reimagined as hilarious contemporary analogues and released on a hapless modern ...

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Plastic Plankton (A Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer Book 2) by Avis Kalfsbeek (Elisabet Alhambra Productions) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

You love music, Hawaii, and the planet. You hate single use plastic.Volcanoes and tropical waterfalls on the Big Island of Hawaii are the dramatic, stunning backdrop as Tilly trains for the Kona Ironman for an environmental cause. Concerned about plastic pollution, her estranged brother, Moore and his quirky, stoner hip hop-loving best friend, Spit, set sail to the plastic scoop up machine at the Great Plastic Garbage Patch off the coast of Hawaii. Nemesis SodaCo has falsified the machine's results, and it takes a spunky insider, an ...

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Law by Ed Willis (11 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

One man escapes the world only to rise to absurd infamy while another is shattered and struggles to define himself in the aftermath of his wife's disappearance. Max volunteers for bizarre surgery which leaves him forever interred in a cocoon of self. In his utter solitude, he recites poetry that mobilizes a movement and threatens the stability of a nation. John, having lost his wife, is unhinged by isolation and remorse. He disintegrates into multiple personalities which fold back into him when he and Max finally meet. Forever ...

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Thunder Valley (Thunder Valley Trilogy Book 1) by Thomas Kelly (42 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Thunder Valley is a story about five friends that take an annual camping trip. Love and lust lead to confusion and conflict. All the emotions that can tear lives apart or cement them for eternity are experienced in this thriller/mystery. Best friends become bitter enemies, new friends become lovers and lovers become something unexpected in five short days. Thunder Valley is the first completed novel in a trilogy. Thunder Valley is a little known campground in Northern Minnesota. Rico, Julie, Conner, Dave and Sam take their annual ...

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Benign Flame -Saga of Love by BS Murthy (Self Imprint) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

The attractions Roopa experienced and the fantasies she entertained as a teen shaped a male imagery that ensconced her subconscious. Insensibly, confident carriage came to be associated with the image of maleness in her mind-set. Her acute consciousness of masculinity only increased her vulnerability to it, making her womanliness crave for the maleness for its gratification. However, as her father was constrained to help her in becoming a doctor, she opts to marry, hoping that Sathyam might serve her cause though the persona she ...

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Ruby's Story (Ruby's Regulars Book 1) by Holly Schindler (InToto Books) (207 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

How Ruby returned to Sullivan, opening the supper club that became the stuff of Christmas Eve legends. On Christmas Eve, Ruby Westbrook finds herself alone in an empty train car, no longer the wide-eyed, ready-to-take-on-the-big-city dancer she'd once been. On a whim, she arrives back in her girlhood hometown of tiny Sullivan, Missouri. Against the backdrop of a city navigating mid-century social and technological upheavals, Ruby begins to relive her past and the love she lost there. Will memory drive her to make a leap of faith, ...

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Sparrow & Hawke (The Birdsong Trilogy Book 1) by Nina Lane (Snow Queen Publishing) (256 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Darius: She's far too sweet. Innocent. And my attraction to her is intense -- dangerous for reasons she can't know. But after enduring the worst of humanity, and suffering the brunt of evil, I can't help but crave her goodness, her compassion and courage. That's why I do everything in my power to stay away... and just hope she does the same. Nell: He's my father's oldest friend -- broken and scarred in ways I'll never truly understand. But so am I. This dark, damaged war photographer and I are more alike than he'll admit. And though ...

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Missing Bessie (The Bessie Series Book 1) by Jody Overend (Next Chapter) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

It's the summer of 1972 and Bessie has just turned fifteen in Ravenspond, Canada. She is young, curious and restless. Having just broken up with her boyfriend Jason, she decides to hitchhike to Vancouver with her best pal, Ash, and catch her hero Chris Lisacker in concert. But instead of ending up on the West Coast, Bessie and Ash find themselves in Heaven, with no idea how they got there. With the help of the Hawaiian-shirted Angel, Mel, Bessie gradually recovers her memories. But when her fate is about to be revealed, does she ...

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The Global View (The Goldman Trilogy Book 1) by W.L. Liberman (Next Chapter) (73 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Young Ephraim Goldman is the author of a perennial bestseller. A celebrated academic lion, he hobnobs with the movers and shakers of his era, such as Einstein, Berenson and Bertrand Russell. Ephraim's son Bernard is a young writer, desperate to make his own reputation in the literary world. After a shrewd publisher hires Bernie to write his father's biography, he stumbles across a startling photograph. As the mystery of his father slowly unfolds, Bernard has to come to terms with both the present and the future. But in the end, ...

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Ishtah - The Prostitute's Daughter by Ella Hansing (44 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Daughter of the most illustrious prostitute in all Arrapha, young Ishtah must find a way to endure her mother's fame. With the ceremony of the god Ashur beginning in a few short hours, will she risk the unknown in pursuit of her own happiness, or succumb once more to acceptance of a fate of shadows and eternal shame? Newly released, ISHTAH - THE PROSTITUTE'S DAUGHTER builds suspense brick by brick while submerging readers in the beauty and dread of a forgotten empire.

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Keepsakes by James Renner (58 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

A hoarder is forced to come to terms with the disappearance of her husband by finding something, anything to throw away.

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In The Closet by Wanda Withers (60 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Headmaster Edwin Rakeley thinks the next thing on his schedule for the day is a completely ordinary parental interview for a prospective new student for his exclusive private school. But when the parent in question - handsome, villainous Albie Solstein - turns out to be Edwin's biggest fan, he has a problem he hasn't had to worry about in years. Because Solstein is a fan of Edwin's roles in his former career. And what Edwin used to be is a porn star...

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Vengeance: A Vigilante Crime Fiction Thriller (The Vendetta Trifecta Book 1) by AJ Scudiere (725 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Nine years ago, Claymore Beller tried to do the right thing. It was the last thing he did. In retaliation for his efforts, his mafia bosses laid waste to his family. Only the youngest-Cynthia-came up fighting. Three years ago, Lee Maxwell made the same error. His wife and daughter paid for his mistake. In a haze of booze and regret, Lee disappeared. Now, Owen Dunham is following the trail of the 'Grudge Ninja'-only all his evidence is false and the profilers can't get their heads around anything except the obvious fact that the ...

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The Eyes Of Terror (The Chronicles Of Terror Book 1) by KJ McMurray (Life Impact Publishing) (33 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

"The Eyes Of Terror" is the first book in the "Chronicles Of Terror" series. Marie Jenson is your typical carefree university student until her sheltered existence comes to a screeching halt when terrorism strikes close to home. She clings to the people she loves including her handsome boyfriend Paul in the hope of finding answers. She is left with a choice. Will she succumb to fear or find a way to overcome? Contemporary fiction, short story, terrorism, mystery and suspense, religious and inspiration fiction, historical fiction

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Me + You by H. Pearce (H. Pearce) (70 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

How far do the bonds of loyalty go? For Aaron, this is a question he has struggled with for years, and one that almost ruined his life. After two years of non-contact, a letter shows up in the mail inviting Aaron to his ex-wife's wedding. Nina, the woman who is responsible for all his pain suddenly reappears and once again, he finds himself at her mercy. In theory, the answer is simple but as both Nina and Aaron struggle with the choices they must make, a stark realization forms. Time isn't the cure many believe it is.

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One Small Victory by Maryann Miller (Next Chapter) (65 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

What do you do when grief slams you in the gut and brings you to your knees? Jenny Jasik's life changes in an instant, when her son is killed in an automobile accident. She is a Confidential Informant: an undercover member of a drug task force. Jenny only reports to her supervisor, Detective Steve Morrity, and can never tell anyone else what she's doing. There are days she is not sure she can hold it all together. But when she looks into the face of her daughter, she knows she has to try.

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The Actuary: A Rural English Affair (The Calculated Risk Book 1) by K T Bowes (Hakarimata Press) (778 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Desperate. Destitute. But no longer alone. She's stayed hidden for six years. What harm could it do to attend her best friend's wedding miles away from home? But the handsome actuary is the last person she expected to find on the dance floor. He knows who she is and the encounter causes an unwelcome reality check. She must protect her son. Emma made a promise, to hide and stay hidden. From him. But the old chemistry is still there. Just his smile is enough to plunge her back into confusion. So, she does the thing that worked ...

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Superchería (Spanish Edition) by Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" (8 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Este libro ha sido convertido a formato digital por una comunidad de voluntarios. Puedes encontrarlo gratis en Internet. Comprar la edición Kindle incluye la entrega inalámbrica.

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Junior "Eh": A sharing love hockey romance series (Red Line Series Book 1) by TB Mann (Heart Sisters Publishing Inc) (51 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Three chances to experience love. Domineering and neglectful parents. Does she have the courage to defy them, to take what she really wants? Excited for her summer of freedom, Kayla longs to experience life. Something she doesn't while under the all seeing eye of her stepmother. With the help of newly minted professional hockey players, the neighbour boy, Ryan, and his best friend, Kris, love is in the air. But when an emergency at home rips her away, can their love survive? Devastated and confused, Kayla struggles to meet the new ...

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Il Segreto di Peach (Italian Edition) by Gioia Colli (40 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Principessa di Fungopoli, adorata da tutti i suoi sudditi, amata da Mario, desiderata dal perfido Bowser, rapita e sempre salvata, la vita di Peach sembra perfetta, un eterno presente fatto di peripezie che tuttavia non conoscono altro che un lieto fine. è la legge della fantasia, dei cartoni animati e dei videogiochi: il tempo scorre su sé stesso, un moto circolare, una rotta senza meta. Ma cosa succederebbe se qualcuno provasse a forzarla, a dare al "Cuore della storia" un finale diverso? Che ne sarebbe allora di Peach, di Mario, ...

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The Auschwitz Protocol (The Sikora Files Book 1) by Jack Carnegie (198 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Retired US Detective Emil Janowitz lied to his wife for nearly forty years. Having lost his entire family whilst an inmate of Auschwitz-Birkenau it was simply easier on his soul to invent a past than face up to the demons buried deep inside. Life was good, but then the mail arrived bringing a letter which would result in a voyage of discovery, denunciation and confrontation with the past. Life is a journey, history should not be forgotten, the evil still exists.

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La tua misura esteriore (Italian Edition) by Giuseppe Lastaria (Ipotesi) (1,825 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

"La tua misura esteriore funziona ad orologeria!" Andrea G. Pinketts "Il potere ha sempre un prezzo, anzi, se proprio vogliamo dirla tutta, maggiore è il potere più alto è il prezzo che ci toccherà pagare." Luciano De Crescenzo COSA SI NASCONDE DIETRO UN SILENZIO DURATO VENTI LUNGHISSIMI ANNI? Pietro Patrizi è un imprenditore di successo, che negli anni ha saputo costruire un vasto impero finanziario unitamente ad una solida vita affettiva. Eppure, proprio quando la sua parabola esistenziale sembra toccare il vertice più ...

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Indecent by Lucia Jordan (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Here is the first book in the 'Indecent' Series, a seriously hot and provocative romance by Lucia Jordan, written in her signature style of high passion and emotion. Audrey Grant is a busy, successful doctor, but she's missing something vital in her private life. She dates and attempts to have an adventurous romantic life, but continually finds herself bored to tears and 'faking it'. Taking the advice of her friends, she makes an appointment with a psychiatrist -- dangerously enticing Dr. Evans. From the first instant, she has a ...

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Rough Trip: A Motorcycle Club New Adult Romance (Screaming Demons MC Book 7) by Summer Cooper (Amazon Digital Services) (203 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Enjoy this sexy MC love story by USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance author Summer Cooper and her friend Sienna Chance! He should have died with them. Sage couldn't save his team. He couldn't even save Laura -- the love of his life. He swore he would never love again. Never open himself up to feel that kind of pain. Then he saw Mia... He wants her oh so bad. But he can tell Mia is different. She's not his usual one-night stand. Besides, one night will definitely not be enough... Rev up your heart with a sizzling ...

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The French Love Pastry and Her Tale in the Sand: A Dip into the Byblos Foretold Novaplex by M.E. Meegs (Lycophos Press) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Once upon a time, on the north coast of France, a callipygian chambermaid set her sights on a rich American with a fetish. It's the spring of 1903, and the coy Nicole -- intoxicated by a combination of youthful infatuation and ageless avarice -- puts all her most promising parts to work. But it's not by her comely tail she'll win this learned lad's heart, for his obsession runs deeper -- or, at least, further down... Reminiscent of the tales comprising The Decameron, this singular story recounts yet another skirmish in the age-old ...

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Watching Glass Shatter (Perceptions Of Glass Book 1) by James J. Cudney (Next Chapter) (933 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

After 40 years of marriage, Olivia's husband unexpectedly passes away. But when Ben's will reveals a life-altering secret, she suffers a blow no widow should ever experience. Olivia learns that she gave birth to a baby who later died in the nursery. Instead of telling his wife what happened, Ben switched the child with another. And as if that's not enough, Ben's will doesn't reveal which of their five sons is truly not hers. Olivia visits each of her sons to share a final connection before facing the truth that will change their ...

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Weapons of Remorse by Chevron Ross (48 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

WINNER OF TWO INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING AWARDS! Hank Phillips makes his living defending the right to bear arms. Privately, he doesn't want to touch a gun ever again. Hank is an ex-Marine whose heroism in war earned him the Medal of Honor and a high-profile job with America's most powerful gun rights organization. He has millions of admirers and a bright future. But what Hank values most is his relationship with God. He believes his war record has poisoned it, and he prays that God will let him atone. One night, a gunfire incident ...

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Cuesta abajo (Spanish Edition) by Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" (20 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Este libro ha sido convertido a formato digital por una comunidad de voluntarios. Puedes encontrarlo gratis en Internet. Comprar la edición Kindle incluye la entrega inalámbrica.

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Cuervo (Spanish Edition) by Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" (47 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Este libro ha sido convertido a formato digital por una comunidad de voluntarios. Puedes encontrarlo gratis en Internet. Comprar la edición Kindle incluye la entrega inalámbrica.

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Doña Berta (Edición de la Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes) (Spanish Edition) by Leopoldo Alas «Clarín» (17 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Este libro ha sido convertido a formato digital por una comunidad de voluntarios. Puedes encontrarlo gratis en Internet. Comprar la edición Kindle incluye la entrega inalámbrica.

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Poisoned Parrots : Don't believe everything you think! by Felix Lane (Popping Hearts) (35 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

'The nature of The Metaphorical Poisoned Parrot can grind you down, and it is very hard not to believe what it says.' Oliver Moorcroft returns home from school to his mother (Melissa) declaring a new relationship. His older brother Josh foretold the possibility of a second chance romance, whilst sitting smugly away from the nest pulling the strings, guilt-tripping the both of them. Oliver has been harboring a secret of his own however. Three of the college girls in the self-proclaimed 'populars' group have taken a 'proper' liking to ...

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The Peasant (Fall of the Swords Book 1) by Scott Michael Decker (Next Chapter) (13 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Following a civil war, an empire grapples with the devastating fallout. His conscience heavy, Peasant General Guarding Bear wants to usurp the tyrannical emperor's throne. But the general's rivals continue to play games, seeking to avenge their name and reclaim the Northern Imperial Sword. With his reign threatened and no progeny to his name, the Emperor plots to conceive an heir by stealth. Soon, Guarding Bear enters a world of deception, smoke and mirrors, and must decide where his loyalties lie.

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Vengeance List (Foley & Rose Book 1) by Gary Gregor (Next Chapter) (1,501 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

At police headquarters in steamy, tropical Darwin, a cop is brutally slain - right under the noses of his colleagues. The equally savage murder of select members of Darwin's legal fraternity follows, leaving investigating officers completely baffled. Is there a serial killer at large, and what connects the victims? These are the questions lead homicide investigator Russell Foley struggles with, while facing his own personal demons brought about by a failed marriage and the disintegration of his relationship with his best ...

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Crossing In Time: A Genre-Bending Love Story (Between Two Evils Book 1) by D. L. Orton (Rocky Mountain Press) (834 Reviews)    Price verified 50 minutes ago

The past isn't over; it's an opening. The future isn't hidden; it's a trap. If she ever wants to see him again, she'll have to take the risk. "Engaging, Funny, Romantic & Harrowing" ~Publishers Weekly Starred Review After reconnecting with the one-that-got-away -- and then losing him in a pandemic -- middle-aged Iz struggles to survive in a remote mountain cabin. As loneliness and despair set in, she finds hope in caring for abandoned pets -- until a man appears and offers her a one-way trip to the past. With humanity teetering ...

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BECKONED, Part 1: From London with Love (diverse, slow-burn, second chance romance) by Aviva Vaughn (Everingham Press) (94 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

FIRE AND ICE. What happens when you meet the right person, at the wrong time? Danish real estate scion, Soren Lund, has never been a risk-taker. ? MBA school was simply the next step. When ?he gets into the best business school in Europe, he goes, despite the ?fact that it's in passionate, unpredictable Barcelona. All is going ?according to plan - until a fiery Californian shoots into his life, knocking him off course. Spitfire Angela Holguín lives her life amassing stories for her future rocking chair days.? A second-year MBA ...

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Magnolia Tree (The Crossing Trilogy Book 1) by June V. Bourgo (Next Chapter) (660 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

After Sydney Grey returns to her quaint hometown of Stoney Creek and begins renovations on her childhood farm, she discovers a set of journals written by her mother. Presumed to have abandoned her family 20 years ago, a long-hidden secret about her mother is uncovered. Aided by her grandmother who returns to the farm, Sydney must rely on her instincts to uncover the mystery. But do they have enough clues to unravel the truth about her mother's disappearance? Praise: - "Hooked me right from the start and kept me guessing ...

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A Heart Beating Hard (21St Century Prose) by Lauren Foss Goodman (University of Michigan Press) Price verified 6 hours ago

A Heart Beating Hard is about looking long and deep into the invisible life of a person we too often pass by. It is the story of Marjorie, who works in the Store and does her best to go on with the days; of Margie, growing up in Apartment #2 with the sounds of Ma and Gram and Him all around; and of Marge, who should never have been, who should have been helped. In A Heart Beating Hard, we see how Marjorie manages to go on with the days, how even in the bright lights and grabbing hands of the outside world, inside, Marjorie knows how ...

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The Seamstress of New Orleans: Sneak Peek by Diane C. McPhail (A John Scognamiglio Book) (46 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition of Diane McPhail's mesmerizing new historical novel set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, revealing the tale of two strangers separated by background but bound by an unexpected secret -- and of the strength and courage women draw from and inspire in each other. The year 1900 ushers in a new century and the promise of social change, and women rise together toward equality. Yet rules and restrictions remain, ...

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Island Fruit Remedy by Rich Shapero (TooFar Media) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Escape with a spurned romance writer and fantasist into an outrageous tropical burlesque, where a cast of metaphorical fruits dares you to surrender to an allegory with deeper resonances. The reward is an unexpectedly sober discovery about the creative act of finding and keeping love. Surrender to an outrageous tropical burlesque about the creative act of finding and keeping love. "Original and thought-provoking. It will leave you in awe." -- Elizabeth Sagan @elizabeth_sagan

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The Nurse's Secret: Sneak Peek by Amanda Skenandore (Kensington Books) (90 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition of acclaimed author Amanda Skenandore's new historical novel, a fascinating story of one woman's search for identity and independence, set in 1880s New York and based on the little-known story of America's first nursing school. In the slums of 1880s New York, Una Kelly has grown up to be a rough-and-tumble grifter, able to filch a pocketbook in five seconds flat. But when another con-woman pins her for a murder she didn't commit, Una is forced to flee. Running from the ...

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Sparrow Songbird by J. Edwards Holt (4 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

In this short story by J. Edwards Holt, a young girl named Adeline struggles to take care of her mother after the untimely loss of her father. One day while roaming through the woods, Adeline meets a mysterious new friend - a sparrow that follows her and sings a cheerful tune to brighten her mood.

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Dissolve by Rich Shapero (TooFar Media) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Indulge the obsession of a dying man whose stubborn quest for an ecstatic send-off tests the liberating potentials of belief. Dare to believe in a rapturous transition between life and death that holds the potential to set us free. "Original ideas, strong prose, timelessness and universality... Dissolve offers a unique imagining of what might happen to the human soul after it's left the body." -- Kirkus Reviews

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BURNED: A Cowboys of Cade Ranch Novel (The Cade Ranch Series Book 1) by Greta Rose West (Punk Rose Press) (2,748 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

From Internationally Bestselling Small-town Western Romance author, Greta Rose West... Jack Cade already has enough on his shoulders with his four brothers, his struggling Wyoming horse ranch, and his adopted mama going through chemo again. He doesn't have time for a woman, and he doesn't trust them. But when Everlea Donovan falls into his life -- literally -- he can't stop fantasizing about her. Wanting her. But Everlea's hiding something, always looking over her shoulder, ready to run at any moment. She can't risk putting Jack ...

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In Arthur's Nature: The Novel of a Philosopher Pushed to the Edge and the Woman He Pushed over It by J. T. Frederick (Theorism Press) (101 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

In 1831, philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer pushed his neighbour down the stairs of their Frankfurt residence. Inspired by this true event and his actual writings, the novel reimagines the life of the fractured thinker as it blurs the boundaries between Arthur's theoretical beliefs and his physical existence. Caroline Marquet, a talented painter, has endured her own dark past, but her future is about to become even darker at the hands of the man across the hall. For although Arthur lectures on kindness, he views the world through a ...

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THE DANDELION CLOCK PART I: A captivating and memorable story of unconditional love. by Andrea Hicks (44 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Sixteen-year-old Kate McGuire has a secret. Her father, Joe has disappeared, and Kate, her mother, Stella and sister, Emma are left to fend for themselves with little income and no one to turn to. For two years they are heartbroken, wondering why he left, or whether he is still alive. Kate decides she must take on a role she never wanted; as carer for her abusive alcoholic mother, and guardian of her sister who seems intent on finding the solace she needs her own way, a decision that leaves Kate almost unable to continue because of ...

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Lipstick and Lies and Deadly Goodbyes (The Vampire Housewife Series Book 1) by Jodi Vaughn (353 Reviews)    Price verified 20 minutes ago

Ever been almost-beheaded by a snow-plow? Turned into an undead by a homeless vampire? Cheated and betrayed by your lying sack of s**t husband? Welcome to my life... or, more correctly, my crazy after-life.To everyone behind the gates of our wealthy community in Charming, Mississippi, my husband and I were the Joneses everyone tried to keep up with. A beautiful house, the perfect gated community, two gorgeous kids, and a supposedly flawless marriage.Until I came home and caught him rolling around in our bed, hip-deep in my best ...

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Settlers of Unassigned Lands (21St Century Prose) by Charles McLeod (University of Michigan Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

In these seven stories spanning the Midwest to California, Charles McLeod brings us characters estranged from their homelands and locked in conflict with their past and present selves. In "How to Start Your Own Midwestern Ghost Town," an unnamed narrator hatches a plan to capitalize on rural decay. A porn star trying to transition to the mainstream does an interview with a German reporter in "The Subject of Our First Issue Is Art." In the title story, a closeted heroin dealer follows a ghostly girl into an Oakland graveyard. And in ...

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Daisy Fields by Maki Matsui (62 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

? A contemporary romance novella that will slide like ice cream down your throat ? A gentle soul searching for sincerity in an insincere world. A tale-spinner living in a maze of lies. A story that unfolds when two hearts meet. What is sincerity, what is freedom, what is true love? DAISY FIELDS is a perfect long-weekend read, or a romantic gift for your gentle -- or crazy -- sweetheart. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? She's twenty-two or thirty-nine. She's from Texas or from Alaska. Her mother left her when she was little... or was she abducted? ...

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Seductive Silence: A Fun and Steamy Historical Regency Romance (Mistress in the Making Book 1) by Larissa Lyons (Literary Madness) (767 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

"This is such an AMAZING story ??... compelling to read." Reader Review This is part 1 of 3; the HEA occurs in the third installment, Daring Declarations. A desperate widow dares greatly... Penniless since her husband's demise and now ousted from her home by his indifferent heir, a young widow reaches her wits' end -- the end of her meager food stores, certainly. When her friend, a diamond of the demimonde, arranges a protector for Thea, she can do naught but agree. 'Tis that or starve. But what happens when her previously ...

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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (Scribner) (307 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

A famous author in his early fifties travels to Venice alone and succumbs to a deep obsession with an exquisitely beautiful adolescent boy in Thomas Mann's iconic novella. Featuring an exclusive introduction from Colm Tóibín and an excerpt from his most recent novel The Magician.

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