Wednesday’s Top eBooks
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Life is a Cabernet
by Jan Moran
FREEBIE
Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.2
Napa Valley, 1956: After Juliana Cardona’s fiancé died in the Korean war, she didn’t know if she could ever find the strength to risk love again. Juliana, who has a passion for winemaking, is determined to build her own business as a wine publicist and create an independent life.
But when Juliana holds a press event in San Francisco, she meets a mysterious winemaker, Henri Laurent, who has two children and is everything she never thought she’d find again. However, Juliana is shocked to discover that Henri is hiding a long-buried secret with roots in WWII that threatens to devastate their budding relationship. #ad
Tribulation, Book 1: Saints
by Jamie Lee Grey
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Christian Fiction
Rating: 4.6
Grace flees to the mountains with her aunt, intending to join a small group of Christians who would face imprisonment or death at home. But as troubles grow into conflicts, living with strangers in a survival crisis proves far more difficult than she’d imagined.
The newest member of the group, Maxwell Flynn, finds himself both captivated and repelled by Grace. But he doesn’t have time to give her much thought – he’s focused on protecting his little brother, an unusual boy with a devotion to God… and a strong tendency toward accidents. Their daring escape is full of perils. Will the new group be captured or succumb to the wilderness? Can they find a way to carve out a tenuous existence in the dangerous new world? Check out Jamie Lee Grey’s Tribulation series! #ad
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
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Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.7
This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes.
Everybody loves Mother Paula’s pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls’ fate cemented in pancake batter? #ad
Everybody Behaves Badly
by Lesley M. M. Blume
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.4
The making of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, the outsize personalities who inspired it, and the vast changes it wrought on the literary world
In the summer of 1925, Ernest Hemingway and a clique of raucous companions traveled to Pamplona, Spain, for the town’s infamous running of the bulls. Then, over the next six weeks, he channeled that trip’s maelstrom of drunken brawls, sexual rivalry, midnight betrayals, and midday hangovers into his groundbreaking novel The Sun Also Rises. #ad
That Old Black Magic
by Mary Jane Clark
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Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.5
Aspiring actress and wedding-cake decorator Piper Donovan has barely arrived in New Orleans to perfect her pastry skills at the renowned French Quarter bakery, Boulangerie Bertrand, when a ghastly murder rocks the magical city. Intrigued by the case, Piper can’t help but look for the “Hoodoo Killer” among the faces around her.
Could it be the handsome guide eager to give her special private tours? Or the inscrutable jazz musician who plays on historic Royal Street? What about the ratings-starved radio talk-show host? Or even the amiable owner of the local Gris-Gris Bar? #ad
Confessions of a Fangirl
by Kirsten S. Blacketer
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Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.0
Life is good. I have a plush job, supportive friends, and a close-knit family. When the new hottie at the office asks me out on a date, I think I just won the jackpot.
Until movie night with the girls leads me down a dark rabbit hole. Who is he? An innocent Google search about a handsome actor has my imagination spinning. Now I’m drowning, and I don’t want salvation. I want him. But I already have the perfect man. This obsession might just ruin my life. #ad
Check out Kirsten S. Blacketer’s Her Confessions series!
Rough Hard Fierce: A Boxed Set
by Skye Warren
FREEBIE
Romance
Rating: 4.0
FIRST 3 BOOKS IN THE CHICAGO UNDERGROUND SERIES! Over 400 pages long!
ROUGH – I have a dark secret, a pressure valve, a rare moment just for myself. On these nights I visit a club. There I find men who give me what I need. Men who aren’t afraid to take what they want. Men like Colin.
HARD – What Colin doesn’t know can’t hurt him. At least that’s what I tell myself about the secrets I keep. I don’t have a choice, not if I want to keep my daughter safe…
FIERCE – I’m torn between what I want and what I need. Between the men in my past and the man by my side. Colin has tried to control me, to use me. He also guards me so fiercely my heart aches. But there’s no protection left for me… #ad
When Harry Met Chunglie
by Jack Q McNeil
FREEBIE
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.3
Detective Marshal Harry Ward’s first day on the job could be her last unless fate lends a… claw?
Chunglie lost his money in a casino, pawned his weapons and got blind drunk on onions. He’s a four-meter-long alien centipede, onions help him forget he was thrown off his planet. He wakes with the hangover of the decade and a bunch of aliens locked in a cargo hold with him. Again. One of the aliens is a hundred pounds soaking wet, and willing to stand up to thugs twenty times her mass to protect complete strangers. She’s got him by the curiosity. #ad
Knitting for Dogs
by Kristi Porter
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Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.2
In Knitting for Dogs, you’ll find more than twenty easy-to-follow designs here for every kind of dog, from sequined sweaters for your toy dog princess to a handsome sport coat with racing stripes for your L or XL big boy.
But why stop there when you can knit a hat with Fair Isle trim or fingerless Aran gloves to match your pet’s jaunty sweater? And because accessories make the dog, there are patterns for everything from a cat-shaped squeaky toy to a walk-in-the-park shoulder bag for carrying keys, doggie treats, and the all-important plastic bags. #ad
D-Day Girls
by Sarah Rose
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History
Rating: 4.5
In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was on the front lines.
To “set Europe ablaze,” in the words of Winston Churchill, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting, was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France. #ad
The Ruin
by Dervla McTiernan
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.3
When Aisling Conroy’s boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib in Ireland, the police tell her it was suicide. She throws herself into work, trying to forget–but Jack’s sister Maude reappears in Ireland after years abroad, determined to prove Jack was murdered.
Meanwhile, Detective Cormac Reilly, who was recently transferred to Galway from his squad in Dublin, is assigned to dig into a cold case from twenty years ago–the seeming overdose of Jack and Maude’s drug and alcohol addled mother. Other detectives are connecting Jack’s death to his mother’s, and pushing Reilly to arrest Maude, and fast. But instinct tells him something isn’t quite what it seems… #ad
Mistletoe and Mates: Shifters in Love Holiday Anthology
by Multiple Authors
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Steamy Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.5
Enjoy the holidays with eight heart-warming tales of shifter love, true-mate style. Our USA Today and Bestselling authors have written brand new holidays stories just for you!
Includes: A Furry Little Christmas by C.D. Gorri, Unwrapping Her Dragon by Julia Mills, Her Cowboy Warrior by Liv Brywood, Tis the Season for Sass by Melanie James, A Fated Mate for Christmas by Selena Blake, The Honeybear’s Xmas Curse by Jacqueline Sweet, Her Cowboy’s Christmas Surprise by J. K. Harper, Gracie’s Gift by V. Vaughn – CLICK above to read each title’s description! #ad
Let Me In
by Adam Nicholls
FREEBIE
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.0
Morgan Young only took the small cases – the ones he knew he could solve – but when Detective Gary Lee arrives on his doorstep asking for help, he’s given no choice. Two women are dead, and they have to find the killer before he strikes again.
Before he knows it, Morgan is in the middle of a revenge story that darkens with every twist. While victims are dropping like flies and his abilities are being questioned, he has one chance to find the serial killer, and that opportunity is passing him by. Fast. #ad
The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry
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Holiday Classics
Rating: 4.6
The classic holiday tale of love, devotion, and the art of giving–written by one of the world’s best-known short-story authors–will delight those both new to and familiar with this timeless narrative.
O. Henry’s classic tale of Della and Jim, the struggling newlyweds so anxious to give each other a Christmas gift that each sells the one thing the other holds most dear, receives an oddly lifeless treatment here. #ad
A Game of Fate
by Scarlett St. Clair
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Fantasy
Rating: 4.7
Hades, God of the Underworld, is known for his inflexible rule, luxurious night clubs, and impossible bargains. Used to control, he is not prepared to discover the Fates have chosen his future wife and Queen–Persephone, Goddess of Spring.
Despite her attraction to the god, Persephone, an ambitious journalism student, is determined to expose Hades for his cruel and ruthless ways. She defies him at every turn, even as the attraction between them explodes. #ad
A Long Road Home for the Broken Ranger
by April Murdock
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Sweet Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.5
Mick Breeden is a lost soul. Serving in the army has always been the place he’s called home, but after sustaining an injury that he can’t quite move past, he’s heading back to his Texas hometown, wounded and battered. And fairly certain there is no way on God’s green earth he can ever be redeemed for what he did.
Hayely Samms has never left the Texas small town she grew up in. Even though she looks sweet and kind, deep down, she’s driven to succeed and ready to make a name for herself by running the diner her beloved aunt left her with all the focus she can muster. She has no time for anything else. Until Mick Breedan comes walking back into her life… Check out April Murdock’s Texas Redemption series! #ad
Elizabeth Is Missing
by Emma Healey
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.2
Maud, an aging grandmother, is slowly losing her memory–and her grip on everyday life. Yet she refuses to forget her best friend Elizabeth, whom she is convinced is missing and in terrible danger.
But no one will listen to Maud–not her frustrated daughter, Helen, not her caretakers, not the police, and especially not Elizabeth’s mercurial son, Peter. Armed with handwritten notes she leaves for herself and an overwhelming feeling that Elizabeth needs her help, Maud resolves to discover the truth and save her beloved friend. #ad
Smoky Mountain Christmas
by Andrea Byrd
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Christian Romance
Rating: 4.6
After years of struggling with endometriosis, Camille underwent a hysterectomy at merely 25 years of age. Since then, she has spent the past five years running away for Christmas. In a time filled with love, she can’t risk falling into a holiday romance. After all, who could love her once they know the truth?
But when a Smoky Mountain snowstorm leaves her stranded at the cabin of a handsome stranger and his eclectic family over the holidays, she might learn just how truly loved she is. Check out Andrea Byrd’s Smoky Mountain Romance series! #ad