Wednesday’s Top eBooks
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Under Your Skin
by Shannyn Schroeder
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Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.3
Norah O’Malley has way too much on her plate to even consider romance. Being home for the first time in ten years–single and pregnant–is more than enough. Too bad her heart has other ideas when she first lays eyes on her brother’s tattooed, grumpy, and entirely too sexy boss…
Kai Ellis knows that no one (least of all him) gets a fairy tale, happily ever after ending in this life. But Norah, the woman who lights up a room like sunshine, hasn’t learned that lesson yet. So, he has no business thinking about her in any kind of romantic capacity. He is, though… Check out Shannyn Schroeder’s The O’Malley Family Series! #ad
They Have the Scent
by Tim Niederriter
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Fantasy
Rating: 5.0
Leoten is an extraction agent tasked with the retrieval of endangered individuals throughout the dragon lands. He’s never considered the extinct creatures from which his region takes its name.
Tasked with the protection of a flame magus, he dives into a mission both closer to home and farther afield than he’s ever done before. At the heart of that mission lies the secret Iron Dragon Project and the monsters that seek to destroy it. #ad
Companion Planting for Beginners
by Brian Lowell
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Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.8
Did you know tomatoes produce a natural insecticide that can help protect carrots against pests? Or that planting mint near lettuce can repel slugs?
Every gardener knows that the key to an abundant harvest in their vegetable garden is controlling pests and disease, while still maintaining a healthy growing environment. But it is possible to have a healthy, thriving vegetable garden without using dangerous chemicals? It is, as long as you know how to pair up the right plants… #ad
Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.7
The 25th anniversary edition of this seminal work on autism and neurodiversity provides “a uniquely fascinating view” (Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don’t Understand) of the differences in our brains, and features updated research and insights. With a foreword by Oliver Sacks.
For the new edition, Grandin has written a new afterword addressing recent developments in the study of autism, including new diagnostic criteria, advancements in genetic research, updated tips, insights into working with children and young people with autism, and more. #ad
Heart and Soul
by Maeve Binchy
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Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4
Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on for a year. She has plenty on her plate already–two difficult adult daughters and the unwanted attentions of her ex-husband–but she assembles a wonderfully diverse staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients.
Before long the clinic is established as an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, courage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self-pity. #ad
Up to No Gouda
by Linda Reilly
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Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.5
Back in Balsam Dell to heal after the death of her husband, Carly Hale is finally pursuing her lifelong dream–opening Carly’s Grilled Cheese Eatery.
After only five months, business is booming as Vermont vacationers and townspeople alike flock to lunch on her Party Havartis and other grilled cheese concoctions. All but Lyle Bagley, Carly’s one-time high school boyfriend and now town bully who just bought the building that houses her eatery and wants Carly out… #ad
Welcome To Hickville High
by Mary Karlik
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Romantic Comedy
Rating: 4.5
Senior Kelsey Quinn loses it all when her dad relocates the family to Hillside, Texas, population Hick. She’ll do whatever it takes to return to the good life, even if it’s just for one night of dancing at a gala with the boyfriend she left behind. She trades her designer dresses for an apron to work as a dishwasher in a redneck diner.
But she doesn’t plan on six feet of pure Texan Austin McCoy to amble into her life. He teaches her to love the farm life she’s been forced into, but will he convince her that it’s the farm boy that goes with that life that she really wants? Check out Mary Karlik’s Hickville High Series! #ad
Hazard in Hawaii
by Heather Silvio
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Women Sleuths
Rating: 4.2
Assistant investigator Sarah Danger can barely contain her excitement at being flown with her boss to a tropical paradise. After all, she expects this is a client overreaction to a natural event, and a routine medical explanation for the deadly fever-illness will surely come.
But hidden beneath the lush beauty of Hawai‘i is something that science can’t explain, and the key to saving everyone may well be as old as the Big Island itself… #ad
Musical ABC
by Lisette Starr
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Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.6
Give your child a head start with the Red Beetle Beginner series…
“Lisette Starr’s Musical ABC” is a whimsical, fun alphabet book designed to help kids get a head start on learning their letters. Each letter is accompanied by a cute illustration, a capital and lower case example, and a line of color coded alliterative text to help lock in the learning.
It’s never too early to start on a child’s education. The more kids can learn in the vital preschool years the better! #ad
The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line
by Mari K. Eder
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History
Rating: 4.4
The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line are the heroes of the Greatest Generation that you hardly ever hear about. These women who did extraordinary things didn’t expect thanks and shied away from medals and recognition.
Despite their amazing accomplishments, they’ve gone mostly unheralded and unrewarded. No longer. These are the women of World War II who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen–in and out of uniform. #ad
Non-Stop
by Brian W. Aldiss
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Science Fiction
Rating: 4.1
Non-Stop is Grand Master of Science Fiction and Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Brian W. Aldiss’s debut novel. Written in response to Robert Heinlein’s Orphans of the Sky and published in the late 1950s, it is set in a primitive world, home to tribes of inhabitants who endure their harsh and stunted lives in a maze of corridors.
Though legends exist that they’re actually on a ship traveling through the universe, no one really believes it. But that conviction doesn’t stop a group of people from embarking on a mission to find the rumored “Forwards” section and its control room… #ad
The Social Graces
by Renée Rosen
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Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.3
The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in history: Alva Vanderbilt and the Mrs. Astor’s notorious battle for control of New York society during the Gilded Age.
1876. In the glittering world of Manhattan’s upper crust, women are valued by their pedigree, dowry, and, most importantly, connections. They have few rights and even less independence–what they do have is society. The more celebrated the hostess, the more powerful the woman. And none is more powerful than Caroline Astor–the Mrs. Astor. #ad
To Catch a King
by Jack Higgins
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.4
As the Nazi war machine prepares to invade England, Hitler plots to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor while they travel in Portugal, and install them as puppet monarchs under the thumb of his fascist regime.
But when an American bartender and a young Jewish nightclub singer catch wind of the scheme, they set out to derail the Nazi conspiracy. As Hitler’s henchmen close in, their thrilling rescue mission–and the surprising help it receives–will have the power to turn the tide of the Nazi progress toward European domination. #ad
Fireflies
by Shea Hulse
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Romance
Rating: 4.3
Bridget had never considered herself special, odd definitely. But nothing worth looking at twice. And she had never cared to be looked at twice either.
Then one night Bridget is approached by a strange (and large) dog. Rescued by Declan, he reveals that Bridget may be special after all, a goddess even. And the dog has been sent to protect her. Does she have the strength to defeat a powerful witch and her three sons? Why is Declan involved in magic and mystery anyway? And can she save Ruad, her handsome mentor and the God of Knowledge into this new world? As they dig deeper, they uncover that they all have more in common than just their troubled pasts. Check out Shea Hulse’s Fireflies: A Celtic Romance Series! #ad
The Irish Cottage: Finding Elizabeth
by Juliet Gauvin
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Literary Fiction
Rating: 4.3
Elizabeth Lara built a perfect life as San Francisco’s top divorce attorney, but when she loses her great-aunt Mags, the woman who raised her, she boards a plane and leaves it all behind. The Irish shores welcome her as she learns a shocking truth, kept secret for thirty-five years.
Devastated and now alone in the world, Beth tries to find peace in a beautiful cottage by Lough Rhiannon . . . but peace isn’t what fate had in mind. Almost as soon as she arrives, Beth’s solitary retreat into the magic wilds of Ireland is interrupted by Connor Bannon. A man with light brown hair, ice blue eyes and a secret. #ad
Delight Yourself in God
by D. Richard Ferguson
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Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.5
What does it feel like to enjoy God’s presence? The Bible uses emotional language like, “Delight yourself in the LORD.” But what if you don’t feel those emotions? Delight Yourself in God will show you the path to renewed passion for God and stoke the fires of your delight in Christ.
This volume is a sample of the larger volume, Deeper Knowledge of God which is the result of a two-year deep dive into the Psalms to answer those questions that revolutionized the author’s life. Delight Yourself in God contains the first 20 meditations from the larger volume. #ad
The Originals: The Rise
by Julie Plec
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Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.7
Arriving in New Orleans in 1722, Original vampire siblings Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah Mikaelson believe they’ve escaped their dangerous past. But the city is lawless, a haven for witches and werewolves unwilling to share territory.
The siblings are at their mercy…especially after Klaus meets the beautiful and mysterious Vivianne. Her impending marriage is key to ending the war between the supernatural factions–and Klaus’s attraction to her could destroy the uneasy alliance… #ad
Off the Page
by Jodi Picoult & Samantha van Leer
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Young Adult
Rating: 4.0
Delilah and Oliver shouldn’t be together. But they are together. And just as they’re getting used to the possibility that happily ever after may really, truly be theirs, the universe sends them a message they can’t ignore: they won’t be allowed to rewrite their story.
Delilah and Oliver must decide how much they’re willing to risk for love and what it takes to have a happy ending in a world where the greatest adventures happen off the page. #ad
Sundial
by Catriona Ward
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Horror
Rating: 4.2
Sharp as a snakebite, Sundial is a gripping novel about the secrets we bury from the ones we love most, from Catriona Ward, the author of The Last House on Needless Street.
Rob has spent her life running from Sundial, the family’s ranch deep in the Mojave Desert, and her childhood memories. But she’s worried about her daughter, Callie, who collects animal bones and whispers to imaginary friends. It reminds her of a darkness that runs in her family, and Rob knows it’s time to return… #ad
Love Amidst the Wild
by Aurora Hanson
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Historical Romance
Rating: 4.3
In the remote town nestled amidst the rugged peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Yvette Stone has always cherished the simplicity of her life. One fateful day, she pulls a young man from the wreck of a wagon, and suddenly love becomes a possibility for her. Despite his haughty demeanor, Yvette is drawn to his captivating gaze like a moth to a flame…
For Arthur, the journey west has been an arduous and dangerous one, shadowed by his uncle’s rage. However, when the townsfolk rescue him and his uncle from the wreck, Arthur sees the glimmer of a new life… #ad
The Lodge
by Miranda Rijks
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Psychological Thriller
Rating: 4.4
Anna has rebuilt her life after a toxic relationship with her obsessive, controlling ex, Clayton. She’s finally found happiness with her fiancé, Joel, a veterinarian in the running for a dream job on a game reserve in South Africa. When Joel is asked to interview at the luxurious safari lodge, Anna is delighted to be invited too. But her exotic holiday takes a sinister turn when she discovers that toxic ex Clayton is also a guest at the lodge.
Clayton seems happy with his new girlfriend, but Anna isn’t buying it. She doesn’t believe in coincidences, and her gut tells her that Clayton is here for all the wrong reasons… #ad