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The Bequest
by B. E. Baker
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Women’s Fiction/Clean Romance
Rating: 4.5

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Two widows, six kiddos, and a will that leaves them a massive cattle ranch, but only if they work it for a year. Abigail and Amanda may have married brothers, but they have almost nothing else in common (and really, they never did get along very well). After their husbands both pass away, they have no reason to interact. Their connection drops to an awkward phone call on birthdays and an exchange of holiday cards. Until an eccentric uncle of their husbands’ leaves a massive cattle ranch… See full series! #ad


3 Straits & A Ditch
by Norm Coady
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History
Rating: 4.6

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In 3 Straits & A Ditch, Norm Coady traces four strategic passages — the Turkish Straits, Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, and the Strait of Hormuz — and argues that the terrain calls the shots. No army un-narrows a strait. The board is set, and everyone is playing the game it dictates. The evidence is everywhere once you know where to look. The closure of the Dardanelles in 1914 didn’t just bottle up Russia — it set the stage for Lenin… #ad


Around the Corner Crochet Borders
by Edie Eckman
1.99
Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.8

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A crochet border is the perfect finishing touch on the edges of any fiber project, but creating one often means shaping the edging around an unforgiving 90-degree angle. It’s no easy task, but Edie Eckman guides you through it with style and poise. This collection includes 150 vibrant crochet frames to suit every fiber need, with color photographs by John Polak that showcase the beautiful details of each technique. Now painless, marvelous crochet borders are just around the corner… #ad


Sunforged
by Armstrong Johnson
0.99
Fantasy/LitRPG
Rating: 4.5

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Too old to live, too stubborn to die, He is about to become the most dangerous man in the desert! Eldin Doon built empires from a boardroom, outlived three wives, and ran out of things that frightened him, until his own failing body became the last one. So he does the only thing left that scares him: he puts his head into a machine and wakes up young, whole, and standing inside a game that is not a game at all. Every other Traveler runs north for the safe kingdoms. Eldin walks south… See full series! #ad


One Thing Stolen
by Beth Kephart
0.99
Young Adult
Rating: 4.0

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Something is not right with Nadia Cara. While spending a year in Florence, Italy, she’s become a thief. She has secrets. And when she tries to speak, the words seem far away. Nadia finds herself trapped by her own obsessions and following the trail of an elusive Italian boy whom only she has seen. Can Nadia be rescued or will she simply lose herself altogether? Set against the backdrop of a glimmering city, One Thing Stolen is an exploration of obsession… #ad


Apprentice in Death
by J. D. Robb
1.99 (Best Price in 30 Days)
Women Sleuths
Rating: 4.7

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The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were dead at Central Park’s ice-skating rink. The victims: a talented young skater, a doctor, and a teacher. As random as random can be. Eve Dallas has seen a lot of killers during her time with the NYPSD but never one like this. A review of the security videos reveals that the victims were killed with a tactical laser rifle fired by a sniper… #ad


Wounded
by Cindy Stark
2.99
Romantic Comedy
Rating: 4.0

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Battle-hardened and recovering from an injury, Jerry Tierno returns home to celebrate the Fourth of July with his family. He hopes to avoid the woman who broke his heart while he was away, certain she’s married another. Unfortunately, his picturesque hometown is small, and it’s hard to avoid anyone for long. Breaking off her engagement was the worst mistake of Kimber Reynolds’ life. A trusted friend played on her greatest fears, and she’d fallen for the lies… See full series! #ad


The Ghostly Grounds
by Sophie Love
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Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.3

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Marie Fortune, 39, a successful dog groomer in Boston, has had enough of catering to the wealthy and their pampered dogs. Realizing it is time to make a change, she quits and heads to a small coastal town in Maine where she remembers fond summers as a kid. Marie expects to go for a brief getaway–and is shocked to learn that her great-aunt left her an inheritance: a dilapidated, historic house high up on a hill overlooking the harbor… #ad


Absolution
by George S. Mahaffey Jr. and Justin Sloan
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Science Fiction
Rating: 4.1

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The city runs on a hidden system. Credits buy power. Power buys immunity. And the wealthy stay clean by hiring “Runners” to take the fall for their crimes. Marisol is a top-tier Hunter, a bounty killer climbing the ranks one contract at a time. Track. Capture. Turn in. Level up. Simple. Until her latest target breaks the rules. The Runner she captures isn’t just another expendable pawn. He’s carrying forbidden data, something that shouldn’t exist inside the system… #ad


Pray with Jesus
by Alexis Kanode
0.99
Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.9

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God is always willing to meet us–in the raw, messy, and honest moments. When we aren’t sure how or don’t have the words to pray, Pray with Jesus shares heartfelt offerings as a reminder that Jesus came in human form, experienced life with us, and gave believers a constant line of communication to the Lord. Women of faith can find comfort and grace in these daily prayers and Bible Scriptures… #ad


The Sober Diaries
by Clare Pooley
1.99 (Limited Time Deal)
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.7

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With a highly successful career in advertising, Clare Pooley never expected to find herself an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day, and spending her evenings Googling, ‘Am I an alcoholic?’ This is the bravely honest and hilariously funny story of a year in Clare’s life. A year that started with her quitting booze and then being given the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer… #ad


Five-Star Summer
by Sarah Morgan
2.99
Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.5

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Running a five-star Cornish hotel should have been Evie Hamilton’s dream job. But restoring it to its former glory is going to take a miracle. All Evie has is grit, and a hoard of unruly staff who love to speculate about her love life. She needs back-up, and fast. Enter Abby Jones. Parachuted in by the hotel’s umbrella company for the summer, Abby thinks Evie could be the best friend she never had. But Abby has her own agenda for being in Cornwall… #ad


Healing the Doctor’s Heart at Christmas
by Tessa Hawthorne
0.99
Historical Western Romance
Rating: New Release

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She never stopped believing in the magic of Christmas. He never expected an inheritance to turn his life upside down. Neither expected to find love in the middle of it all. Hazel Dalton has lost her dreams, her parents, and nearly the family inn she has devoted her life to. When her best friend’s father dies, he leaves everything to a half-brother she never knew existed. Dr. Garrett Sinclair arrives in Colorado expecting to settle his affairs and leave before Christmas… #ad


Gilded Ash
by Stacy M. Jones
0.99
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.5

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Retired CIA agents are being hunted. A failed mission resurfaces. The CIA is scrambling for answers. Connor “Fitz” Fitzgerald is no stranger to secrets, but this time, the past is catching up fast. Pulled into another off-the-books operation by the elusive Warren Circle, Fitz and his partner, Charlie Doyle, are tasked with uncovering who is targeting retired CIA agents and why. Two murders. No suspects. No clear connection. At least, not at first… See full series! #ad


As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner
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Literary Classics
Rating: 4.1

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A family’s journey to fulfill one final wish becomes a powerful exploration of grief, loyalty, and human suffering. Discover William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, a distinctive modernist novel that follows the Bundren family as they transport the body of their deceased matriarch, Addie, to her chosen burial place. Told through the perspectives of multiple family members, the novel reveals conflicting emotions, private motives, personal struggles, and deeply complicated relationships… #ad


Omelette’s Journey
by PJ Lincoln
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Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.2

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What if everything you knew was gone the moment you woke up? And what if you were just a little kid when it did? For Omelette, a rambunctious grade school tiger cat, an afternoon nap turns into big trouble when his family unknowingly leaves him behind in a strange place far, far away from home. Omelette must overcome his fear and rely on the help of a few unlikely heroes if he’s every going to see his family again… #ad


The Scientist and the Serial Killer
by Lise Olsen
1.99 (Best Price in 30 Days)
True Crime Biography
Rating: 4.5

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Houston, Texas, in the early 1970s was an exciting place–the home of NASA, the city of the future. But a string of more than two dozen missing teenage boys hinted at a dark undercurrent that would go ignored for too long. While their siblings and friends wondered where they had gone, the Houston police department dismissed them as runaways, fleeing the Vietnam draft or conservative parents, likely looking to get high and join the counterculture… #ad


‘Salem’s Lot
by Stephen King
2.99 (Limited Time Deal)
Horror
Rating: 4.6

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Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem’s Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work. In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination… #ad


The Path to Sunshine Cove
by RaeAnne Thayne
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Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.6

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With a past like hers, Jessica Clayton feels safer in a life spent on the road. She’s made a career out of helping others downsize–because she’s learned the hard way that the less “stuff,” the better, a policy she applies equally to her relationships. But a new client is taking Jess back to Cape Sanctuary, a town she once called home…and that her little sister, Rachel, still does. The years apart haven’t made a dent in the guilt Jess still carries… #ad


A Calamity of Souls
by David Baldacci
1.99
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.6

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Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism–until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. He quickly finds himself out of his depth… #ad


When the Mountains Wept
by Kendy Pearson
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Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.6

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Western Virginia’s Kanawha Valley is a hotbed of rebellion tensions and mixed allegiances. Amid talk of war, Augusta Dabney tends her younger siblings and dying father. But when hatred sparks tragedy, peace is but a shattered memory. Heartbroken and desperate, Augusta searches for a way to protect all she holds dear. Defying family and friends, Dr. James Hill declines a prestigious commission in the Confederate Army to join the Union cause as a Regimental Surgeon… See full series! #ad