Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A House of Ghosts
by W. C. Ryan
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, armaments manufacturer Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons, both of whom died at the front.
Among the guests, two have been secretly dispatched from the intelligence service: Kate Cartwright, a friend of the family who lost her beloved brother at the Somme and who, in the realm of the spiritual, has her own special gift; and the mysterious Captain Donovan, recently returned from Europe…
Patriots
by James Rawles
Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this post-apocalyptic thriller, a group of American friends search for safety following disaster, but danger is hunting for them.
America faces a full-scale socioeconomic collapse—the stock market plummets, hyperinflation cripples commerce, and the mounting crisis passes the tipping point. Practically overnight, the fragile chains of supply and high-technology infrastructure fall, and wholesale rioting and looting grip every major city.
As hordes of refugees and looters pour out of the cities, a small group of friends living in the Midwest desperately tries to make their way to a safe-haven ranch in northern Idaho…
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Mark of Steel
by Lynn Landes
Rating: 4.3 #ad
From singing to becoming the target of an unseen enemy.
Marina Stephenson follows her heart and fills in at her friends bar the night her singer doesn’t show up. It was a simple gift from friend to friend, but her life is soon in turmoil. Dubbed the “secret singer” by the press, Marina’s life is turned upside down when she sings to Billionaire Axl Devereaux.
Inventor, Axl Devereaux, CEO of Devereaux Knives, Inc., is ready to present his cutting-edge design to the United States military. His work has been heralded by multiple branches of the government. Security has been a problem in the past, not this time…
Rebel Slave
by Richard Davis
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Broken by war… Enslaved by a corrupt queen… Imprisoned in a frozen Hell from which no man has ever escaped before…
Charles Raptor is a White Shield, a deadly professional soldier paid by a corrupt regime to fight its forever wars. But after eighteen years of watching good men die for nothing and evil triumph, it’s time to walk away, to seek a life of peace with a new wife in the country of his birth.
But war isn’t finished with Charles Raptor. Falsely convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, torn from his family, sold into slavery to a tribe of man-hating dwarves, Charles is condemned to a life of servitude and humiliation — a fate worse than death that has broken many a man who thought himself strong.
ONLY OUR DESTINY
by A.G. Russo
Rating: 4.4
The Mezzogiorno (Southern Italy). Up to 85 per cent of Italian Americans have their roots in this region. The story of the Coriello family begins in the fictional fishing village of Punto Roccioso along the Amalfi Coast. Alta Italia (Northern Italy) looks down on their southern countrymen as uneducated peasants. With limited opportunities available, many southern Italians dream of escaping poverty by leaving the land they love for a better life in America. But like all dreams, hardships, sacrifices, and realities intrude.
Having lived through World War I, the Spanish Flu, the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini, and racial laws, Raffaela must raise and feed her ten children without any help from her estranged abusive husband Giuseppe, who refuses to give her money. With the support of her two oldest children, Geno, and Luisa, she struggles to survive… #ad
The Inscrutable Paris Beaufont Boxed Set
by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Happily Ever After College has been churning out fairy godmothers for centuries. But their outdated curriculum can’t keep up with the modern world. They need something edgy. Something new, to keep true love alive. They need Paris Beaufont. Find out how she changes Happily Ever After College and the world with this 9-book urban fantasy boxset.
This fairy loses her lunch if she watches a romantic comedy. Love songs give her hives. She punched the last guy who tried to flirt with her. Needless to say, Paris Beaufont isn’t the romantic type. But she’s going to have to learn how to create budding love for others or she’s going to jail. When a series of criminal offenses forces Paris to attend fairy godmother college, she has to learn not to just stomach romance, but to master it…
Behind Her Eyes
by Sarah Pinborough
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Why is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough’s Behind Her Eyes?
Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone.
When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man from the bar. The very married man from the bar…who says the kiss was a terrible mistake, but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise.