Wednesday’s Top eBooks
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Saving Sofia
by Linda Seed
FREEBIE
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.3
Sofia Russo thinks the cute guy in the life vest is just another tourist taking one of her Central Coast kayak outings. When an accident nearly turns him into shark bait, she learns that her client–an English professor from the local university–is an admirer who only signed up to get close to her.
Sofia has had a rough time since her parents’ deaths, and her budding relationship with Patrick Connelly comes as a welcome relief. As they grow closer, she begins to think he might not be the only one in need of rescue. Check out Linda Seed’s The Russo Sisters Series! #ad
The A, B, C’s of Witchery Omnibus Books 5-10
by Carolina Mac
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Coming-of-Age Fantasy
Rating: 5.0
A young witch, Gillette Hart, uses her talents and her former police experience to hunt down serial killers. A job she became an expert at after she married Sonny Hart, The Carnival Killer. Teaming up with her teenage brother, Ardal, her dog Pete and the rest of her unique family, Gillette is assigned cases that take her across many state lines. With her magical powers becoming stronger every day, Gillette Hart and her brother Ardal are forces to be reckoned with.
The omnibus contains – Book 5: E is for Evil. Book 6: F is for Fire. Book 7: G is for Grimoire. Book 8: H is for Huntress. Book 9: I is for Invoking. Book 10: J is for Jinxed. #ad
The Last Queen
by Clive Irving
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History
Rating: 4.3
Clive Irving’s stunning new narrative biography The Last Queen probes the question of the British monarchy’s longevity. In 2021, the Queen Elizabeth II finally appears to be at ease in the modern world, helped by the new generation of Windsors.
But through Irving’s unique insight there emerges a more fragile institution, whose extraordinarily dutiful matriarch has managed to persevere with dignity, yet in doing so made a Faustian pact with the media… #ad
I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This!
by Bob Newhart
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.2
That stammer. Those basset-hound eyes. That bone-dry wit. There has never been another comedian like Bob Newhart. His comedy albums, movies, and two hit television series have made him a national treasure and placed him firmly in the pantheon of comedy legends. Who else has a drinking game named after him And now, at last, Newhart puts his brilliant and hysterical world view on paper.
Never a punch-line comic, always more of a storyteller, he tells anecdotes from throughout his life and career, including his beginnings as an accountant and the groundbreaking success of his comedy albums and The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, which gave him fifteen years on primetime television… #ad
A Life Without Water
by Marci Bolden
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Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4
Carol Denman divorced her husband over twenty years ago and has never looked back. But on the day before their daughter’s thirtieth birthday, John barges back into Carol’s life with a request that threatens the fragile stability she has built.
John Bowman is sick. Very sick. While he still can, he has some amends to make and some promises to fulfill. But to do that, he not only needs his ex-wife’s agreement…he needs her. #ad
A Misunderstood Bride for his Unexpected Wedding
by Ava Winters
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Western Romance
Rating: 4.8
Stella never thought she would become a mail-order bride, but her abusive uncle is becoming dangerous. Desperate for a new start, she runs back to her hometown and gets married to her childhood nemesis. Can she find true love with her husband-to-be, or will she be trapped in another unhappy situation?
Gilbert has always been the jokester, teasing Stella mercilessly in their small town in Colorado. But when tragedy strikes, he finds himself in need of a wife to help save his family’s ranch. When he sees a familiar face in town, he can’t believe it’s Stella, the girl he used to mock. Can he convince her to take a chance on him, or will his past mistakes keep them apart? #ad
Desperation Kills
by John D. Ottini
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Mystery
Rating: 4.1
In Desperation Kills, author John D. Ottini weaves together three standalone yet interconnected stories about the dangerous and sometimes deadly situations that people find themselves in when blinded by passion or pushed to the point of desperation.
Parting Words – Sitting by the bedside of her dying mother, Gwen is told a secret so startling that she can only hope that what she is hearing are simply the delusions of an over-medicated woman in her final hours of life. But in the weeks and months following the funeral, that hope crumbles as more pieces of evidence come to light, threatening everything Gwen holds dear. Then tragedy strikes once more… #ad
Salem’s Cipher
by Jess Lourey
FREEBIE
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.2
Salem Wiley is a genius cryptanalyst, courted by the world’s top security agencies ever since making a quantum computing breakthrough. She’s also an agoraphobe who’s afraid to leave her own home. When her mother’s disappearance is linked to a plot to assassinate the country’s first viable female presidential candidate, she’s forced out of her safe zone.
Drawn into a labyrinth of messages encrypted by Emily Dickinson and century-old codes tucked inside the Beale Cipher, Salem begins to uncover the truth: an ancient and ruthless group is hell-bent on ruling the world, and only a select group of women stands in its way. #ad
Dog’s Best Friend
by Alison Young
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Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.2
There’s no greater addition to a family than a puppy. Raising your dog to be a good, loving member of the brood is both a rewarding and a daunting task.
What should you teach your furry mutt? What should you never let them do ever? How do you introduce the new member of your family to the pets you already have, or to your children, or to the children you haven’t had yet? All of this information and so much more is found within the paragraphs of this book… #ad
New Every Morning
by Tim Riordan
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Christian Living/Devotional
Rating: 5.0
What if you could wake up every morning with a clean slate and your eyes on the possibility of a full life that honors God? Great news–you can!
This 31-day devotional will help you encounter God and live in the freedom and joy of knowing Him. Each day’s reading includes short nuggets of Bible teaching, devotional thoughts, and life application. You’ll be given the opportunity for personal reflection and prayer at the end of each session. Allow pastor and author, Dr. Tim Riordan, to be your biblical guide as he unpacks the truth of one key aspect of God’s nature and shows how this truth can set you free. #ad
A Head Full of Ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
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Horror
Rating: 4.1
WINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents’ despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie’s descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession… #ad
Hide
by Lisa Gardner
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.6
It was a case that haunts Bobby Dodge to this day–the case that nearly killed him and changed his life forever. Now, in an underground chamber on the grounds of an abandoned Massachusetts mental hospital, the gruesome discovery of six mummified corpses resurrects his worst nightmare: the return of a killer he thought dead and buried. There’s no place to run.
Bobby’s only lead is wrapped around a dead woman’s neck. Annabelle Granger has been in hiding for as long as she can remember. Her childhood was a blur of new cities and assumed identities. But what–or who–her family was running from, she never knew… #ad
Stryker Security Force Box Set
by Sara Blackard
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Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4.8
Bombs for breakfast? Absolutely. They’re served with high stakes danger and sizzling kisses, with a side of laugh out loud humor.
Go on an adventure with the men and women of Stryker Security Force. Just be prepared for page-flipping suspense and toe-curling romance that will keep you reading late into the night…no matter how early the alarm is. This Box set includes: Book 1: Falling for Zeke, Book 2: Capturing Sosimo, Book 3: Celebrating Tina, Book 4: Crashing into Jake, Book 5: Discovering Rafe, Book 6: Convincing Derrick, Book 7: Honoring Lena #ad
Return to Brigand’s Gate
by James Leonard
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Western Adventure
Rating: New Release
When Birch returns home from the war, he’s shocked to discover how much Brigand’s Gate has changed. The town he loved so much is gone, and in its place is a den of iniquity.
Lawlessness rules. Gambling halls and opium dens are the order of the day, and the man giving the orders is Paxton Wheeler. But it’s his sweetheart, Flora Juarez, who is in the most trouble. Broke and suffering, Flora was forced to take a job in one of Paxton’s brothels. So Birch makes it his mission. 1. To get Flora out. 2. To stop the man who has stolen everything he holds dear. But Paxton doesn’t work alone. Bohai, a Chinese criminal, plans to expand Paxton’s empire. He’s adding Chinese table games, women, and of course, opium… Check out James Leonard’s The Saga of Southwest Western Series! #ad
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
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Literary Classics
Rating: 4.5
In Jules Verne’s classic adventure tale, a hot air balloon is swept off course only to land on a faraway desert island
In the midst of the American Civil War, five prisoners hijack a hot air balloon to make their escape. Caught in the winds of a violent storm, the balloon is blown far, far away from its point of departure in Richmond, Virginia. When the craft crash-lands, its passengers find themselves castaways on an exotic island. Here they are forced to contend with wild animals, pirates, and an active volcano–in a fight for their very survival. #ad
Heirs of Magic
by Rachel Humphrey-D’aigle & Humphrey Quinn
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Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.2
From strange childhood to stranger adolescence, twins Meghan and Colin Jacoby are coming of age in a land of magic alongside everything they thought was make believe…
A story spanning generations that gives depth to the characters and captures the transition from youth to adulthood magically. Morally gray characters that change and always leave you questioning their role in the story and whether they are good or evil. A fascinating and sometimes humorous look at how teens cope with psychic powers while also dealing with sibling rivalry and affection that makes them relatable at any age. #ad
Akata Witch
by Nnedi Okorafor
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Young Adult
Rating: 4.6
Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she’s albino. She’s a terrific athlete, but can’t go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place where she fits in. And then she discovers something amazing–she is a “free agent” with latent magical power.
Soon she’s part of a quartet of magic students, studying the visible and invisible, learning to change reality. But will it be enough to help them when they are asked to catch a career criminal who knows magic too? #ad
The Paris Orphan
by Natasha Lester
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Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.6
When American model Jessica May arrives in Europe to cover the war as a photojournalist for Vogue, most of the soldiers are determined to make her life as difficult as possible. But three friendships change that. Journalist Martha Gellhorn encourages Jess to bend the rules.
Captain Dan Hallworth keeps her safe in dangerous places so she can capture the stories that truly matter. And most important of all, the love of a little orphan named Victorine gives Jess strength to do the impossible. But her success will come at a price… #ad
Beth and the Bachelor
by Susan Mallery
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Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.2
From a #1 New York Times bestseller, “the master of blending emotionally believable characters in realistic situations,” an opposites attract romance (Library Journal).
Beth Davis’s fairy-tale days are over… or so the single mother of two thinks. She suddenly finds herself on a date with her very own Prince Charming, millionaire bachelor Todd Graham. He’s smart, sexy and very eligible–everything a woman could want in a man. But Beth’s a suburban mom, and approaching forty… She’s not sure if she’s Cinderella material. #ad
A Fatal Family Feast
by Lynn Cahoon
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Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.5
When Angie’s best friend and business partner, Felicia Williams, picks the County Seat to host her upcoming nuptials, Angie wants it to feel like a family affair–especially since Felicia is set to marry the farm-to-fork restaurant’s talented sous chef, Estebe Blackstone.
Unfortunately, the bride’s actual family is far less enthusiastic about the union. They’re pulling out all the stops to cancel the couple’s wedding, even arranging for a surprise visit from Felicia’s ex-fiancé (and her father’s current lackey). But when her ex is killed days before the ceremony and Estebe is framed for the crime, Angie and the County Seat crew must scramble to solve the murder and save the wedding… #ad
Journey to the Stars
by Christopher McMaster
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Science fiction
Rating: 4.1
An alien ethnographer collects death moments for his study. One Autumn morning he starts to show Chloe … A man’s dream of meeting the lights he has seen in the sky, of journeying with them, turns to nightmare when he finally gets what he wants … With an asteroid hurtling towards the planet, a ship is sent to evacuate a colony. There are some that don’t want to leave …In the early days of NASA, they thought the vast emptiness and solitude would be too much for the human mind to handle. For this space trucker, maybe they were right …
And more! Eighteen science and climate fiction stories from the bottom of the ocean to the depths of space. With a unique look behind the scenes in a conversation with the author. #ad