Thursday’s Top eBooks
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Catching Cassidy
by Melissa Foster
FREEBIE
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.3
Wyatt – My summer plans didn’t include falling for my best friend – I never imagined that instead of celebrating my college graduation and spending the summer in Harborside partying with my friends, my twin sister and I would be dealing with the death of our parents and taking over their bar. I’ve never been one to think past tomorrow. How am I supposed to run a freaking bar?
Now more than ever, I need my best friend, Cassidy, by my side. The trouble is, the more we’re together, the more I want to kiss her, and when I do, I won’t want to stop there… Check out Melissa Foster’s Harborside Nights Series! #ad
Shadow’s Edge
by Jami Gray
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Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
Rating: 4.4
Everyone fears the hunter in the shadows – even the monsters…
Raine McCord, forged in the brutal maelstrom of magic and science, is an elite hunter at home hunting monsters through the murky shadows of the supernatural world of the Kyn. Not an easy task when you’re trying to keep the humans ignorant of the existence of creatures typically confined to campfire tales. And gets worse when a series of disappearances and deaths in the Kyn community suggests someone wants to rip the thin veil of secrecy aside and expose the horror lurking behind the curtain… Check out Jami Gray’s Kyn Kronicles! #ad
Butterflies on the First Day of School
by Annie Silvestro
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Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.9
Rosie can’t wait to start kindergarten–she’s had her pencils sharpened and her backpack ready for weeks. But suddenly, on the night before the big day, her tummy hurts. Rosie’s mom reassures her that it’s just butterflies in her belly, and she’ll feel better soon.
Much to Rosie’s surprise, when she says hello to a new friend on the bus, a butterfly flies out of her mouth! As the day goes on, Rosie frees all her butterflies, and even helps another shy student let go of hers, too. #ad
Naples ’44
by Norman Lewis
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.3
The classic memoir of the Italian city left in chaos by the Nazis is “[a] masterpiece … elegiac and furious, and frequently hilarious” (The New York Times).
With his gift for linguistics, Norman Lewis was assigned to the British Intelligence Corps’ Field Security Service, tasked with reforming civil services, dealing with local leaders, and keeping the peace in places World War II had devastated. After a near-disastrous Allied landing at Salerno, Italy, Lewis was stationed in the newly liberated city of Naples. But bringing the city back to life was unlike anything he had been prepared for… #ad
The Nantucket Inn
by Pamela M. Kelley
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Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.3
Widow Lisa Hodges needs to make a decision fast. Thanks to her dead husband’s gambling addiction, her savings is almost gone. In order to stay on Nantucket near her four adult children and friends, she decides to turn her waterfront home into an inn.
Her oldest daughter, Kate, has a fabulous career in Boston–working as a writer for a popular fashion magazine and is engaged to a gorgeous photographer, who none of them have met. Kate’s twin, local artist, Kristen, is growing frustrated with her on-again off-again relationship with an older, separated businessman… #ad
One of the Girls
by Lucy Clarke
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.1
It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away. Six very different women travel to a sun-soaked Greek island for a bachelorette trip, to celebrate Lexi’s upcoming wedding. From the glorious ocean views to the quaint tavernas and whitewashed streets, the vacation seems too good to be true.
But dangerous undercurrents run beneath the sunset swims and midnight cocktails – because each of the women is hiding a secret. Someone is determined to make sure that Lexi’s marriage never happens – and that one of them doesn’t leave the island alive. #ad
Abused Bride And Her Adopted Baby
by Florence Linnington
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Historical Romance
Rating: 4.0
Caroline has lost everyone; everyone but a baby left in her care. Her abusive husband, Leland, is a danger to her and her adopted baby. The fastest and only way to escape is to head out west as a mail order bride. But… she is still a married woman. And her new husband-to-be must not know that.
When Henry responds to her ad, Caroline dares to dream of a better life and flees her house with a baby in tow. As Caroline learns more about Henry the farmer, she forgets her old life and grows fond of him. Though she is aware that she married him for protection, her feelings for him blossom. She’s still afraid Henry will hate her. She’s even more afraid of Leland… Check out Florence Linnington’s Western Frontier Women Series! #ad
You’ll Be Sorry
by Ava Strong
FREEBIE
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.2
Police officer and single mom Megan York is doing her best to raise her daughter in her small Midwestern town, hoping her past won’t come back to haunt her and that her violent ex won’t be released from prison.
But when women turn up murdered on local sailboats, victims of a serial killer, Megan must enter the mind of a killer and tackle the toughest case of her career–while her ex comes up for parole. Can Megan stop a killer–and save her family? #ad
Dynasty Divided
by Fabian Baumann
FREEBIE
History
Rating: New Release
Dynasty Divided uses the story of a prominent Kievan family of journalists, scholars, and politicians to analyze the emergence of rivaling nationalisms in nineteenth-century Ukraine, the most pivotal borderland of the Russian Empire.
Dynasty Divided explains how nineteenth-century Kievans cultivated their national self-images and how, by the twentieth century, Ukraine steered away from Russia. The two branches of this family of Russian nationalists and Ukrainian nationalists epitomize the struggles for modern Ukraine. #ad
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
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Science Fiction
Rating: 4.7
“If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.” -The Washington Post
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company… #ad
The Pieces We Keep
by Kristina McMorris
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Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.3
In this richly emotional novel inspired by extraordinary true accounts, New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris evokes the depth of a mother’s bond with her child, and the power of personal histories to echo through generations…
Two years have done little to ease veterinarian Audra Hughes’s grief over her husband’s untimely death. Eager for a fresh start, Audra plans to leave Portland for a new job in Philadelphia. Her seven-year-old son, Jack, seems apprehensive about flying–but it’s just the beginning of an anxiety that grows to consume him… #ad
Shakespeare for Squirrels
by Christopher Moore
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Humorous Mystery
Rating: 4.5
Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging–last seen in The Serpent of Venice–washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool.
But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke’s minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of the wedding, Hermia still refuses to marry Lysander, she shall be executed… or consigned to a nunnery. #ad
Her Heart’s Open Horizon
by Lorelei Brogan
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Historical Romance
Rating: 4.4
Adriana Coster, raised amidst luxurious excess and privilege, suddenly finds herself facing a fate not of her choosing. Bereft of parental love and recently orphaned, she is hurled into chaos when her father’s former ally usurps her inheritance, plotting to shackle her in a loveless marriage.
Riley Sherman, a rugged Montana cowboy, steps off his train in bustling Chicago, never expecting to cross paths with a desperate heiress fleeing an unthinkable future. Despite his skepticism regarding her story of pilfered wealth and impending forced marriage, he can’t help but be drawn into her turbulent journey out west… #ad
The Prison Wagon
by Frank Wheeler
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Western Adventure
Rating: 4.4
Hollis Hawthorn saved the governor’s life, but he put his own in jeopardy. The day of the governor’s big speech, Damian Knox showed up with a gang of men and tried to kill him. If not for Hollis, the governor would be dead, and Dakota Territory would be without a leader.
Knox was sentenced to hang, but that’s when the real trouble started. It should have been a typical transport. Knox and three other criminals, moving from point A to point B. Hollis was part of the transport team, along with about a dozen other guards. But everything went wrong. And … Knox escaped… Check out Frank Wheeler’s Westward Western Saga! #ad
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
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Literary Classics
Rating: 4.4
Considered by many to be the greatest epic poem ever written, this biblical tale relates the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Despite God’s prohibitive warning, Satan entices Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit. Dire consequences ensue.
The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout. #ad
The Running Game
by L.E. Fitzpatrick
FREEBIE
Young Adult
Rating: 4.2
Rachel’s father called it the running game. Count the exits, calculate the routes, and always be ready to run. She is a Reacher, wanted by the government and the criminal underworld for her psionic powers.
Charlie and his brother John have a reputation for accomplishing the impossible. But after losing his family, Charlie is a broken mess and John is barely keeping him afloat… #ad
The Coffee Corner
by Amy Clipston
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Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.8
Still single, Bethany worries that she’ll never find the love that her cousins have. In this third installment of Amy Clipston’s Amish Marketplace series, love begins to bloom between a coffee shop owner and a quiet carpenter.
Bethany Gingerich runs a busy and successful coffee and donut stand at the Amish market where her three cousins have booths of their own. Outgoing and friendly, Bethany is thrilled that her shop is always full as her regular customers (and her cousins!) enjoy picking up their morning treats. Even though her business is doing well, she can’t help but feel something is missing in her life. #ad
Deadly Night
by Heather Graham
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Horror
Rating: 4.5
Aidan Flynn, a private investigator and eldest of the Flynn brothers, scoffs at the haunted-house rumors–especially since Kendall Montgomery, a tarot card reader who has been living in the mansion, is the one to tell him the tale of a woman in white. But when he finds a human bone on the grounds and another by the river, Aidan delves into the dark history of the Flynn plantation.
Forced together to uncover the truth, Aidan and Kendall realize that a serial killer whose victims seem to vanish into thin air has long been at work…and that their own fates are about to be sealed forever unless they believe in the unbelievable. #ad
The Deserter
by Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.4
When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army’s elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors made international headlines. But circumstances were murky: Did Mercer desert before he was captured?
Then a second video sent to Mercer’s Army commanders leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of classified Army intelligence has willfully disappeared. #ad
To Trust a Stranger
by Karen Robards
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Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4.4
Suspicion burned within Julie Carlson–the heartbreaking, infuriating suspicion that her husband, a wealthy and powerful contractor, was having an affair. Not sure whom to trust, Julie turns to a handsome stranger…
Private detective Mac McQuarry ignores his better judgment about not mixing women and work when he’s hired by Julie Carlson. Not only is she drop-dead gorgeous, but Sid Carlson was a player in Mac’s inglorious downfall from the Charleston P.D.–and revenge would be sweet indeed. #ad
The Reader’s Companion to the World of Jane Austen
by Joe Giampaolo
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Biography/Literary Criticism
Rating: 4.8
“A richly textured, intimate, and lively work that casts a well-deserved spotlight on the famed writer…” -The Prairies Book Review
This beautifully illustrated book is a concise yet comprehensive account of Jane Austen’s life. We will take a look at her family, friends, and suitors. We will discover her favourite food, music and authors. We will explore the cuisine and fashion of the period. We will sneak into a public ball at the Assembly Rooms in Basingstoke to see Jane Austen meet the love of her life. We will help Mrs. Austen create the menu for their Christmas dinner. Lastly, we will examine Jane’s masterpieces and the literary devices she used in her novels. Check out Joe Giampaolo’s The Hampshire Stories Series: Essays! #ad