Five Days in September: The Invasion of England 1940 by P R Burrell (RoadRunner Publications) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Five Days in September (Second Edition) September 1940, the Battle of Britain is over, the Luftwaffe has air superiority over England and the invasion of England has been set in motion. Jimmy Webb and his two lifelong friends, Penny Packard and Harry Hughes, who live in the southeast of England, in a clifftop village between Dover and Folkestone, are all involved in the defence of Britain, despite being only 17 years old. Jimmy is in the resistance, a member of an Auxiliary Patrol, Harry is a member of the Home Guard whilst Penny ...

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A Painting Called Sylvia by Michael J. Vaughn (Lusterleaf Editions) (138 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

When Chris Weathers finds an oddly alluring artwork in a beachtown coffeehouse, he thinks he's found the answer to the visions invading his button-down life. But when he becomes the patron of its creator, a semi-homeless painter named Marcello, he unsettles the balance of his family. Being the "walking wallet" for a genius daughter and her ultra-nervous mother has its rewards, but aren't parents allowed to have lives of their own? A touching family drama from the author of the award-winning novel The Popcorn Girl.

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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 ...

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Everything We Are (Heart Of The Canyon Book 2) by Jacie Middlemann (38 Reviews)    Price verified 8 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 ...

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History of von Schatt (1913-1960) by Richard Daub (Clay Road Press) (12 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours 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 ...

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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 3 hours 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 ...

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A Little Discovery (Manor Drive Book 1) by Kate Bauer (K.A. Bauer) (14 Reviews)    Price verified 3 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 ...

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Obscure Reflections at Dawn by Jack Clubb (Archlight Publishing) (9 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours 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 ...

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Fracked, Part One: The Hunter by Maureen Driscoll (6 Reviews)    Price verified 8 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 ...

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Listen To The Colours by J.L. Dupont (28 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

One war, five years, three lives - two childhood friends separated by Nazi ideology, and a twelve-year-old French boy who's not like other boys. Three distinct struggles to come to terms with loss and suffering and the absurdity of war. Until in the waning months of the war, Germany's deployment of its secret V1 weapon irrevocably entangles their lives in the forests of Normandy. Listen To The Colours is the author's second novel, inspired by the memories of those who witnessed the construction of the V1 ramps in the forests of ...

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The Moment of Now by Elizabeth Day (Blue Root Press) (109 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Ben used to tell Ella everything. Now he's not telling her anything. He can't, because she won't understand. Even he doesn't. All he knows is he can't keep doing this day after day, pretending everything is okay. He has to go... even though he has no idea where to. No plan is sometimes an extraordinarily good one. As Ella's world unravels, she can't help but wonder, how did she not see that something was wrong with Ben? And can one lie really undo everything? The more courageous the question, the louder the heart will ...

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The Last Letter (The Letter Series Book 1) by Kathleen Shoop (2,658 Reviews)    Price verified 9 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 8 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 8 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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