Friday’s Top eBooks
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The Billionaire’s Secret Christmas Hideaway
by Kimberley Montpetit
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Sweet Small Town Romance
Rating: 4.3
My Christmas Plan This Year: Option 1: Spend Christmas with nosy family members picking at her personal life…or lack thereof. No thank you! Option 2: Spend Christmas in Los Angeles all alone. Not a chance! Option 3: A small-town cozy holiday getaway. Yes, please!! One small problem: A cowboy hunk named Logan Redmond.
Revé Chatham sure knows how to pick ’em. After two failed engagements she thinks she’s found “the one”, only to have it end in a very public disaster just before the holidays. All she wants is a man who truly loves her and a kiss that takes her breath away, just like in The Princess Bride movie. Will Revé play it safe, and go back to her lonely city life, or risk her heart once again for the future she longs for? Check out Kimberley Montpetit’s A Secret Billionaire Romance Series! #ad
Retaliation
by Mimi Barbour
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Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4.4
A virgin librarian with hot-chick potential, the conflicts in her story won’t let you put the book down. Be prepared for an all-nighter…
She watches the mob kill her twin and is too frozen with fear to stop them. How can she live with that cowardice eating away at her self-respect? Revenge claws at her sheltered existence until she can’t breathe. Though she’s naïve, she isn’t stupid. When she finds a stash of loot in her brother’s gym locker, she has the means. Now all she needs is the guts to make every one of those low-life gang members pay… Check out Mimi Barbour’s Her Sweet Revenge Series! #ad
First Women
by Kate Andersen Brower
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.3
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama and Melania Trump.
Candid and illuminating, this first group biography of the modern first ladies provides a revealing look at life upstairs and downstairs at the world’s most powerful address. #ad
The Lightkeeper’s Daughters
by Jean E. Pendziwol
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Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.5
With the haunting atmosphere and emotional power of The Language of Flowers, Orphan Train, and The Light Between Oceans, critically acclaimed children’s author Jean E. Pendziwol’s adult debut is an affecting story of family, identity, and art that involves a decades-old mystery.
Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth’s eyes have failed. No longer able to linger over her beloved books or gaze at the paintings that move her spirit, she fills the void with music and memories of her family, especially her beloved twin sister, Emily. When her late father’s journals are discovered after an accident, the past suddenly becomes all too present… #ad
G-Man
by Stephen Hunter
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.5
Master sniper Bob Lee Swagger returns in this riveting novel by bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter.
The Great Depression was marked by an epidemic of bank robberies and Tommy-gun-toting outlaws who became household names. Hunting them down was the new U.S. Division of Investigation–soon to become the FBI–which was determined to nab the most dangerous gangster this country has ever produced: Baby Face Nelson. To stop him, the Bureau recruited talented gunman Charles Swagger, World War I hero and sheriff of Polk County, Arkansas. #ad
Crown of Bones
by A.K. Wilder
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Teen Fantasy
Rating: 4.4
Raise. Your. Phantom. In a world on the brink of the next Great Dying, no amount of training can prepare us for what is to come…
A young heir will raise the most powerful phantom in all of Baiseen. A dangerous High Savant will do anything to control the nine realms. A mysterious and deadly Mar race will steal children into the sea. And a handsome guide with far too many secrets will make me fall in love.
My name is Ash. A lowly scribe meant to observe and record. And yet I think I’m destined to surprise us all. Check out A.K. Wilder’s Crown of Bones Series! #ad
A Body in the Backyard
by Elizabeth Spann Craig
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Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.2
It’s just an ordinary day for octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover–until her yardman discovers a dead body planted in her backyard. This death isn’t cut and dried–the victim was bashed in the head with one of Myrtle’s garden gnomes.
Myrtle’s friend Miles recognizes the body and identifies him as Charles Clayborne… reluctantly admitting he’s a cousin. Charles wasn’t the sort of relative you bragged about–he was a garden variety sleaze, which is very likely why he ended up murdered… #ad
The Rules of a Good Prepper
by Jim Grylls
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Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 5.0
Are you curious about how to become a good prepper? Have you ever wondered what the steps were to prepare as a prepper?
Before the dawn of modern civilization, you have to understand that people got all of their medical supplies from natural and herbal sources. So you, too, can learn how to concoct your elixirs and concoctions using natural ingredients to treat common diseases. This prepper’s manual is ideal for getting started with your preparedness endeavors… #ad
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: The Measure of Christian Maturity
by Andy Ripley
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Christian Non-Fiction
Rating: New Release/Pre-Order
In II Corinthians 13:5 we are told to examine ourselves to see if we are in the faith. In Lamentations 3:40 we are told to examine our ways and test them, and to return to doing things the Lord’s way. In I Corinthians 11:28 we are to examine ourselves before we partake of communion, to see if we are right with God…
These and many other passages of scripture urge us towards self-examination and self-judgement. The Bible provides a few measuring sticks by which we can estimate our growth and progress in spiritual things. The fruit of the Spirit in Galatians chapter five is one of those measuring sticks. Using these nine aspects of the fruit of the Spirit, we can get an accurate estimate of our spiritual growth and see if we are at least heading in the right direction and maturing in God. #ad
Pushing Ice
by Alastair Reynolds
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Science Fiction
Rating: 4.4
2057. Humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclear-powered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comets. And they’re good at it.
The Rockhopper is nearing the end of its current mission cycle, and everyone is desperate for some much-needed R & R, when startling news arrives from Saturn: Janus, one of Saturn’s ice moons, has inexplicably left its natural orbit and is now heading out of the solar system at high speed. As layers of camouflage fall away, it becomes clear that Janus was never a moon in the first place. It’s some kind of machine — and it is now headed toward a fuzzily glimpsed artifact 260 light-years away. #ad
Sins of the Fathers
by J. A. Jance
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.7
Former Seattle homicide cop, J. P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirementdoing morning crossword puzzles by a roaring fireplace; playing frisbee with his new dog; having quiet lunches with his still working wife.But then his pastcomes calling.
When a long ago acquaintance, Alan Dale, shows up on Beaus doorstep with a newborn infant in hand and asking for help locating his missing daughter, Beau finds himself faced with an investigation that will turn his own life upside down by dragging hisnone-too-stellar past onto a roller-coaster ride that may well derail his serene present.It turns out that, even in retirement. murder is still the name of J. P. Beaumonts game. #ad
Holly
by Jessica Lynch
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Christmas Romance
Rating: 4.4
Holly Hansen doesn’t know what she wants to do with her future. For as long as she can remember, she’s lived most of her life either behind a computer screen or–due to her social anxiety–going off on her own. Because of that, she has passable relationships with people all over the world, and the travel blog she’s been running since high school is more successful than she ever dreamed. So why isn’t she happy? Simple. Because she’s lonely.
Last Christmas, her only IRL friend moved to a small town in the middle of nowhere to fill some strange clause in a dead relative’s will. This year? Gloria has decided to stay–and she wants Holly to come for a visit. Spend the holidays in a place where there isn’t any television, telephones, or internet? Really? It sounds impossible… but it also sounds tempting. Check out Jessica Lynch’s Holidays in Hamlet Series! #ad
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
by G. K. Chesterton
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Literary Classics
Rating: 4.1
In a colorful neighborhood of West London, two poets are at each other’s throats. Gregory is an anarchist who longs to upend civilization with the power of his words, while Syme is a man of reason, convinced his opponent’s beliefs are nothing but a fashionable pose.
To prove his seriousness, Gregory introduces Syme to the central council of European radicals, where the newcomer is given the codename “Thursday.” Though none will admit it, every man in the council is a liar—and each is deadly in his own way. #ad
The S.H. Livernois Starter Library
by S.H. Livernois
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Horror
Rating: 4.4
A zombie hoping for his big break. A robot caught up in his master’s deadly schemes. Two sisters who’ve never met a monster they couldn’t defeat. A city run by telepaths and the woman who doesn’t yet know she’s chosen to overthrow them. And a tired husband who can’t keep his wife from slaughtering innocents every full moon.
Enter the dark and mysterious mind of author S.H. Livernois through this collection of short stories and teasers of full-length works. Many genres, characters and themes can be found here. #ad
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
by James Carroll
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History
Rating: 4.4
A “masterful” history of the city and its holy wars past and present, from the New York Times-bestselling author of Constantine’s Sword (The Boston Globe).
How did this ancient Middle Eastern city become a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fervor unlike anywhere else on earth? Jerusalem, Jerusalem journeys through centuries of conflict among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, right up to the present-day Israeli-Palestinian struggle–with fascinating examinations of how the idea of the holy city has shaped not just the region’s history but the world’s. #ad
Miss Benson’s Beetle
by Rachel Joyce
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Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4
It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist–the golden beetle of New Caledonia.
When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, the woman she ends up with is the last person she had in mind. Fun-loving Enid Pretty in her tight-fitting pink suit and pom-pom sandals seems to attract trouble wherever she goes… #ad
Tending Each Other’s Scars
by Aurora Hanson
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Historical Romance
Rating: 4.5
There is no escaping the loneliness at the orphanage, but Emily Dalton endures it all until she is finally released. Upon returning to her family home, she is surprised to discover that her father is missing and two complete strangers have taken over his estate.
Being brave by nature, Emily is more than determined to fight tooth and nail to reclaim what’s lawfully hers. What she didn’t foresee, though, was that her opponent would capture her heart… Justice or love – is it possible for Emily to choose one over the other? #ad
The Practical Navigator
by Chris Crowley
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Thriller
Rating: 4.4
Membership in the Great Arcadia, an exclusive East Coast yacht club, is pretty much limited to the rich and powerful in 1980s business, finance, and politics. But the sexually charged murder of Greek billionaire George Minot during their annual regatta off the coast of Maine opens a door into a secret world of addictive sexuality and excess beneath the starched sheets of the East Coast establishment.
Tim Bigelow is looking forward to spending a week at sea with the magical Cassie Sears, who has suddenly appeared in his life. He’s also there to celebrate his older brother, Harry–the retiring commodore of the Great Arcadia who’s on course for a major role in the White House. That prospect slips away when Minot is murdered and details start to come out, including the alarming fact that Minot saw himself as a latter-day embodiment of the Minotaur… #ad