And So We Dream: A Novel by Linda Mahkovec (121 Reviews)    Price verified 52 minutes ago

"A lucidly described coming-of-age tale" with "a mysterious, almost mythic feminine glamour" -- Kirkus "A brilliantly engaging, entertaining, and at times poignant coming-of-age story, And So We Dream is a compelling read by author Linda Mahkovec showcasing her genuine flair as a novelist for the kind of literary experience that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book is finished and set back upon the shelf." -- Midwest Book Review From the author of the best-sellingChristmastime series, comes And So We Dream, a coming-of-age story set in 1970. Twelve-year-old Joey Roland is sent away to family friends while his parents try to work things out. He's eager to leave sadness and secrets behind in Chicago and head downstate to the small town of Greenberry, where the Vitale family awaits him. He thinks of their town as boyland -- a world of bike riding, fishing, and going barefoot. Though initially shy of the beautiful teenage daughters -- Anne, Vita, and Beth ...

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Those We Love at First by Michael Bergman (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Love is messy. It's a reality that Meredith and Daniel know too well. They once loved each other and never really stopped, even though their lives veered down different paths. Now, Meredith is married to a man who adores her, and she has a surprise for him that will change everything. But how will the shadows of her past trauma affect her relationship with him and her teenage son? Now, Daniel is a recovering addict working to mend his connection to his son. But his past begins to haunt him and threatens to undo all the gains he has made. Will a new relationship keep him on course, or will everything come crashing down? Those We Love at First continues the story of the characters introduced in Bergman's debut novel Until Summer. The first book was about fighting for hope and love against the darkness of trauma and loss. Those We Love at First tells the story of two families whose lives are forever intertwined as they strive to hold on to love in a world that tries to tear them ...

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Everything We Are (Heart Of The Canyon Book 2) by Jacie Middlemann (38 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Jake wants to see for himself whether his mother is having a mid-life crisis or a later-in-life adventure. He's betting on the second. Mallie's oldest son checked up on her not long after she returned to the canyon and the home she grew up in... the home where she raised her children until a tragedy forced her to make the difficult decision to leave. Now her youngest son is on his way... Jake Westin is returning to the canyon where he grew up. It's been ten years since the last time he was there. He can still vividly remember the circumstances that led to his family's departure all those years ago. It wasn't something he thought of often. Who would want to? Just as much as he wanted to see how his mother was doing since her return to the canyon he was also looking forward to seeing Lizzie. When he was a child the two of them had gone on all kinds of quests together for lizards and anything else that moved, searched for the buried treasure Lizzie swore was to be found somewhere in ...

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History of von Schatt (1913-1960) by Richard Daub (Clay Road Press) (12 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

The man, the monster... This history chronicles the origin of the von Schatt family: from the abandonment of its patriarch, Heinrich, on the steps of an orphanage in prewar Germany; through his apprenticeship on the high seas with a salty drunken smuggler; his flight from the Nazis to Sweden; his kidnapping of a child bride to America; his becoming the most feared Captain in the US military troop transport fleet; his concurrent role as husband and father of two dysfunctional Long Island families; and his lifelong obsession to uncover the secret behind a set of coordinates he'd found written on an old map. ABOUT RICHARD DAUB On a wood paneled wall in his grandmother's Long Island home had been hung a creepy painting of the grandfather he'd never met, a ship captain supposedly so frightening that the author, as a boy, could see fear in the eyes of the adults whenever they spoke of "The Captain", who, by then, had been dead two decades, wild tales of land and sea they probably never ...

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London Lies Bleeding: Introducing a New Kind of Hero (Justin Martello Book 1) by Gomery Kimber (Procursus Press) (27 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

Former special operative Justin Martello is being blackmailed. If he refuses British Intelligence's hush-hush assignments, he'll end up in jail - or six feet under... Nice kid Nero has been kidnapped, and his employer wants MI6's top negotiator to get him back. But as soon as Martello begins to investigate, he discovers that Nero has been living a double life. Navigating the mean streets of London's underworld, Martello quickly becomes entangled in a web of drug dealing, people trafficking and political corruption. But after receiving an uncanny message from the kidnap victim, he tracks down Nero to a strange WW2-era installation. Nero's kidnapper, Ramadan, turns out to be leading a double life as well. He's betrayed gang boss Granit, who's intent on taking over the whole London underworld. Rescuing Nero is just the first step. Martello needs to neutralise Granit too, or London will descend into a welter of violence and anarchy. Get your copy right now because you're sure to ...

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A Little Discovery (Manor Drive Book 1) by Kate Bauer (K.A. Bauer) (14 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Lucky is anything but his namesake. First, he gets tricked into marrying a woman when she claims he got her pregnant. Now, he's getting divorce papers claiming he's been unfaithful. To add insult to injury, no one will even listen to his side of the story. A kind hearted bartender saves him from sleeping in his car, but can he handle sharing a house with eight other men? Spencer hates his job as a private investigator. All he wants is to be a professional photographer, but to do that he needs income. Being a PI pays the bills. His last case funded his college exchange course in Australia, but it still leaves a bad taste in his mouth. Coming back home to the house at the end of Manor Drive, Spencer is in for a surprise because the subject of that very case is the man now sleeping on their couch.

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Obscure Reflections at Dawn by Jack Clubb (Archlight Publishing) (9 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

"Fantastically grim horror- Obscure Reflections at Dawn is a must for horror fans." -OnlineBookClub When an artist wakes up in an underground chamber with no memory of how he had gotten there, his attention falls to the dead man whose body is in a chair as if to still be alive. Looking for answers, he finds a curious star engraved into the stone bedrock of the floor and performs a ritual to contact powers from beyond the light and dark to guide him safely out. Meredith Hook is an insurance lawyer and amateur violinist who, after purchasing her grandparent's home, finds herself amidst a looming backdrop of memories and frightening enemies who are out to settle old scores. She's plunged into a world of terrible enemies, all serving a mad god who is seeking revenge. It's all in Meredith's attempt to see the brightest light there is to behold, but she must first face an impossible horror. Join Jack Clubb as he takes the reader into a world where he holds up an ornate mirror, reflecting ...

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Fracked, Part One: The Hunter by Maureen Driscoll (6 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Author's Note: FRACKED was originally published on Kindle's Vella platform for serialized storytelling. This novel contains episodes one through thirty of the FRACKED Vella saga. It is a serialized novel and each of the first three books ends on a cliffhanger -- similar to seasons of a TV show -- until the story concludes in the fourth and final book. If you don't like cliffhangers, you will not like these books. Fracking has opened up a portal to hell in the California desert in this dramedy saga of good versus evil. And while there are actual demons wreaking havoc on the nearby area, there are also demons of a metaphorical kind. Racism, the war in Vietnam, homophobia and the economics of growing older but poorer are all featured in this series by a former writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live. In this first installment, 52-year-old Stephanie Matthews inherits a house in an over-55 community in the California desert, after the sudden death of her aunt. As demons emerge from a nearby ...

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Coming Up Short 4: A Psychological Horror Series by Charles Welch (95 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

A man finds himself the subject of interrogation related to a break in at his home. Or does he? The line between reality and insanity is easily blurred and razor thin for Marv Stillman. Two best friends join one another on yet another adventure, this time to the furthest remote corner of the Rocky Mountains. They seek evidence of an ever-elusive beast. What they don't know is that sometimes the thing you should fear isn't what hides in the woods, but the thing that's been right in front of you all along. In an elevator, a young woman and man find themselves stuck between floors with an old man who is anything but helpful. As their time in the unmoving car lengthens, there are signs that there is much more on the line than escaping their confinement. Who is the old man who seems to know far more about them than he should? Coming Up Short 4 is a new collection of tales of the macabre by the author of the award winning Within the Fog and Killer of Killers series. Warning: These ...

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The Many Lives Of Caroline by Arthur M Wyatt (Arthur M Wyatt) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Caroline, a single, unhappy accountant with a tendency to drown her sorrows in wine, will soon find out there were many different paths her life could have taken. She will be forced to live out each one. Regardless of how painful it is, she will have to deal with the decisions made and the lives lost. What starts simply as dreams she can barely remember, eventually becomes a nightmare. The line between reality and the dream world begins to blur. Eventually she realizes she will have to take drastic measures to bring this nightmare to an end... "The Many Lives Of Caroline: A Multiverse Novel"

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