Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Archie’s No Criminal
by Deb Graham
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Blue-collar Archie Wilson can’t catch a break. His wife, Della, spends money they don’t have like she’s one of the la-dee-dah ladies down at the boutique—talk about gold-plated taste on a tin foil budget. Their marriage is stale, Della quit her job, and she shows more attention to her teacup poodle Smoochie-Pie than to Archie. A lesser man would turn to crime, but Archie is no criminal. When his great-aunt leaves him a small inheritance, he seizes the chance for a once-in-a-lifetime cruise vacation, hoping to rekindle Della’s love. When they come home, things will be different. Maybe even better.
Take it to the Limit
by Linda Opdyke
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Revenge is a timeless motive. Isn’t it peculiar how it can simmer for years, then explode, and the victim never sees it coming?
When top private investigator Ethan Jenks works undercover at a Nashville Christmas gala, a staged robbery and shocking drug-spiked drink exposes a three way race to retrieve an embezzled five million dollars. With a rising body count, events rapidly escalate.
Ethan and his wife Michele (Mickey) follow the deadly trail from Nashville to Ethan’s small Kentucky home town to uncover who’s behind the killings and why their family is targeted…
Latter End
by Patricia Wentworth
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In this classic British mystery starring a sleuth who “has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot,” Miss Silver investigates a case of marital murder (Manchester Evening News).
Lois has always dreamed of being a Latter. The Latter brothers are both so attractive—nearly as handsome as their stately manor, Latter End. After she spoils her relationship with one brother, Lois succeeds with the other, winning his heart with her good looks and a sizeable fortune from her first marriage. But even after they’ve wed, she never quite fits in with the family. Still, she hardly expects them to kill her.
Dangerous Shadows
by Gail Pallotta
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Shaken from an assault in the library parking lot at Hilltop College in Western North Carolina, crime reporter Emily Hanover contacts her ex-fiancé, private investigator Nick Lancaster. When the college hires Nick to recover quartz and ancient maps stolen from the library, Nick insists there’s a connection between the theft and Emily’s attack.
As Nick and Emily face danger from an elusive stalker, their romance rekindles. Nick’s sidekick, Hucklesford, spots two suspects, so he and Nick go undercover. While Nick’s surveillance points to illegal gambling and murder, Hucklesford’s investigation leads him to the college cross-country team.
Pursuit
by Joyce Carol Oates
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Less than twenty-four hours after exchanging vows with her new husband, Willem, Abby steps out into traffic. As his wife lies in her hospital bed, sleeping in fits and starts, Willem tries to determine whether this was an absentminded accident or a premeditated plunge, and he quickly discovers a mysterious set of clues about what his wife might be hiding. Why, for example is there a rash-like red mark circling her wrist? What does she dream about that causes her to wake from the sound of her own screams?
Slowly, Abby begins to open up to her husband, revealing to him what she has never shared with anyone before—a story of a terrified mother; a jealous, drug-addled father; a daughter’s terrifying captivity; and the demons behind her terrible recurring dreams of wandering through a field ridden with human skulls and bones…
The Forever Home
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s our fresh new start. If we live to enjoy it…
I can’t contain my smile as we open the white screen door and step into our new home. Building a life with my amazing new husband Archie in this historic farmhouse is my dream come true. This is where we’ll grow old together, and where I can finally forget about my past. Or is it?
First, it’s a light left on in the attic, and music playing when no one is home. Next, a faded photograph of me on a hazy summer day long ago, delivered in an unmarked envelope. After years of running, someone has finally found me. My new home, our safe haven, has been threatened.
The question now is, what am I going to do to protect it?
Well-Schooled in Murder
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“Powerful . . . sure to delight readers in the mood for a thought-provoking, hard-hitting mystery.”—Baltimore Sun
When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lad’s housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a child—and then, tragically, for a child killer.
Grace
by A.M. Shine
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SHE ESCAPED ONCE. NOW IT WANTS HER BACK.
Everyone living on the island feels it. There are no visitors anymore. No children. No one willing to set foot there. Then Grace arrives.
She’s come to learn the truth about her birth parents and, in her search for answers, she soon feels the presence too – something lurking beneath the surface.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Yarn-Over Murder
by Ann Yost
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A year after her marriage break-up and return to Michigan’s remote Keweenaw Peninsula, Hatti Lehtinen has settled into a peaceful life within the Finnish community as shopkeeper at Bait and Stitch, a hybrid fishing-and-yarn store.
When Hatti’s beloved dad, Pops, breaks his leg in a snowmobiling accident, the mayor tags Hatti to fill Pop’s role as the town police chief, and entire police force. Assured the job entails little more than prying quarters from frozen parking meters, Hatti steps up…
Without a Trace
by Jane Bettany
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
You can cover up the truth, but every murder leaves a trail…
The rain was relentless. It stung Ruth Prendergast’s face as she dashed towards her house, desperate to escape the cold and settle down for an early night. But upon entering her bedroom, she finds a man, lying on her bed – a knife buried in his chest.
When Detective Isabel Blood and her sergeant arrive on the scene, Ruth claims she’s never laid eyes on the victim before. But with no sign of a break-in, how did the killer gain access to the house?
Brand of Justice Series Collection
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Cold Dead Night – Book 1
Burn the Dawn – Book 2
Quick and Dead – Book 3
Over the Limit – Book 4
“Author Lisa Phillips wrote a goldmine of a series with the Brand of Justice book series. I loved each of these books, as I was wrapped up in the danger, emotions and mysteries that were presented within each one. I fell in love with the characters that were fighting evil, as well as the ever present corruption. Phillips writing style drew me in and never let me go. I think these box sets are the perfect way to read every book in the series from beginning to end!!” by Amazon Customer
A Stir of Echoes
by Richard Matheson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
World Horror Convention Grand Master Award Winner
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement Recipient
Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he’s hearing the private thoughts of the people around him—and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know.
But as Tom’s existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave.
Fire Between Two Skies
by R. F. Whong
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In 2022 Hong Kong, Jason Guan, after losing his job as an assistant supervisor for wetland conservation, joins his uncle’s real-estate business. A chance meeting with his high school classmate, Vivian Jiang, draws him into a web of secrecy, seduction, and moral compromise. Amid the chaos, he and his wife, Debra, read an unpublished manuscript by her father, a celebrated writer, about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864) and a man’s futile pursuit of justice and peace on earth.
In nineteenth-century China, Zhang Xin, an orphan saved from the streets by Missionary Issachar Jacox Roberts, is swept into the fiery rebellion of the Taiping movement. Torn between the dream of a just kingdom, his forbidden love for Miao Lan, and his loyalty to his ruthless brother, Xin reckons with doubt, conscience, and the cost of faith.
Midnight
by Dean Koontz
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Dean Koontz, the bestselling master of suspense, invites you into the shocking world of Moonlight Cove – where four unlikely survivors confront the darkest realms of human nature.
The citizens of Moonlight Cove, California, are changing. Some are losing touch with their deepest emotions. Others are surrendering to their wildest urges. And the few who remain unchanged are absolutely terrified—if not brutally murdered in the dead of night…
The First Week Collection
by Mason Dean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thriller
After an EMP cripples the grid, Linda and her friends are thrust into a world without power, cars, or communication. As chaos spreads, their only chance of survival lies in a mysterious desert observatory tied to her family’s past.
Off the Grid
by C. J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Red Desert of Wyoming is a beautiful and punishing place for anybody, even for game warden Joe Pickett and his friend Nate Romanowski in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller…
Nate is off the grid, recuperating from wounds and trying to deal with past crimes, when he is suddenly surrounded by a small team of elite professional special operators. They’re not there to threaten him, but to make a deal. They need help destroying a domestic terror cell in Wyoming’s Red Desert, and in return they’ll make Nate’s criminal record disappear.
The Long Way Home
by Louise Penny
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Louise Penny’s The Long Way Home is an intriguing Chief Inspector Gamache Novel.
Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec, has found a peace he’d only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings he sits on a bench holding a small book, The Balm in Gilead, in his large hands. “There is a balm in Gilead,” his neighbor Clara Morrow reads from the dust jacket, “to make the wounded whole.”
The Farrier
by Frank Wheeler
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Josiah Vane thought he could outrun his past.Seven years ago, he walked away from a Nevada land job that left a woman dead. Since then, he’s been taking work where he finds it, trusting no one but the dog at his side.
Moss Fork was supposed to be another stop. A broken livery with quiet work and no questions. Until a drunk points at him and calls him the name.
Graham Hollis—the man a powerful woman has been hunting for years.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Crime of Fashion
by Nancy Robards Thompson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When a murder mystery-themed fashion show is struck by a real murder, there are enough suspects to line the runway
Bridal boutique owner and cozy mystery writer Maddie Bell and her daughter, Jenna, are hard at work planning Hemlock, North Carolina’s, annual 4th of July charity fashion show. When the show’s hometown star, bestselling mystery author Kellen Corsi, turns up dead, the mother-daughter pair find themselves playing detective…again.
Kellen’s death, which has been staged to mimic a murder from the book that launched her career, leaves the whole town reeling. The violence feels shockingly personal—Kellen was a founding member of the local writing group, Hemlock Homicide Heroines, before success swept her away to the big city.
Playing Nice
by JP Delaney
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent’s worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, a stranger who breaks the devastating news that Pete’s son, Theo, isn’t actually his son—he is the Lamberts’, switched at birth by an understaffed hospital while their real son was sent home with Miles and his wife, Lucy. For Pete, his partner Maddie, and the little boy they’ve been raising for the past two years, life will never be the same again.
The two families, reeling from the shock, take comfort in shared good intentions, eagerly entwining their very different lives in the hope of becoming one unconventional modern family…
A Detective’s Dilemma
by Peter J Charles
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Detective Constable Tom Kessler has spent his career hunting drug dealers, liars, and violent men. But nothing prepares him for John Falstead, a ruthless crime boss who threatens Tom’s wife and children after a surveillance job goes catastrophically wrong.
When Tom realises he can’t protect his family through the system, he turns to the last man anyone would expect: Pete Johnson, a sharp‑witted cocaine dealer with a talent for survival and a grudge of his own. Tom should arrest him. Instead, he warns him. And in that single decision, an unlikely alliance is born.
Pete becomes Tom’s covert informant. He’s smart, disciplined, and far more loyal than anyone on the squad would ever believe…
I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses
by Lisa Scottoline, Francesca
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt collection of essays about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life.
The New York Times bestselling mother daughter duo are back with more hilarious, witty, and true tales from their lives. Whether they are attempting to hike the Grand Canyon, setting up phone calls with their dogs, or learning what “adulting” means, Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and appreciate the funniest moments in life. Like the perfect glass of rosé, they’re always here to help you escape from your own busy, modern life and instead, get lost in theirs.
Fatal Betrayal
by Barbara Freeth
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Haunted by a youthful tragedy, FBI Agent Andi Hart specializes in finding missing children, but her latest case throws her off her game when she discovers her former childhood friend turned bitter enemy has been called in to consult.
Eighteen years ago, Cooper Bradford was with Andi the night a toddler disappeared from their neighborhood. He wanted to find the kid as much as Andi did, but her amateur sleuthing turned the focus on his older brother and destroyed his family. Since then, Cooper has made it his mission to fight for the falsely accused and has become an enemy of law enforcement.
Ninth Templar
by Don Holbrook, Joel Corenman
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The Knights Templar died protecting a prophecy the Church could never allow. What if Christ left a message revealing humanity’s true destiny?
What if the Knights Templar were tortured and executed not for wealth… but for what they discovered beneath the Temple of Solomon?
What if the Holy Grail was never a chalice… …but a living bloodline?
And what if Christ himself left behind a message – a prophecy meant to awaken humanity when the time was right?
Touched by Fate
by Jami Gray
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A seer’s secrets become her only bargaining chip in a high-stakes game of lies and loyalty determining her fate. Trusting him with her secrets is dangerous…
As a specialized consultant for the Department of Defense, Risia Lacoste understands the bargaining chip of a well-kept secret. When her current assignment threatens to unearth her deeply buried skeletons, she’s forced into a high-stakes game of lies and loyalty where even her ability to foresee the future can’t predict the winner.
But trusting him with her heart could be fatal…
Sailing Toward the Tempest
by Kent M. Schwendy
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In war, one decision can win a battle – or end a career.
1795. The French Revolutionary War burns across the Caribbean.
When Captain Blackwell falls just as a French convoy appears on the horizon, command of HMS Fidelity passes to Lieutenant Joseph Duncan – an able but untested officer suddenly responsible for a 24-pounder frigate and the lives of hundreds of men.
Outnumbered and facing a determined French commodore, Duncan must decide whether to disengage or risk everything in a bold attack. One daring maneuver could cripple the enemy. One miscalculation could cost him his ship. But triumph at sea brings new dangers ashore.
Trace
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from South Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Richmond, Virginia’s recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he needs Scarpetta’s help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn’t the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won’t reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Scarpetta dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.
Special Access
by Mark A. Hewitt
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He thought his war was over. The CIA disagreed.
After a devastating crash ends his Marine Corps flying career, Duncan Hunter is quietly recruited into a highly classified Special Access Program—one so secret it officially doesn’t exist. His new mission: pilot a near-silent surveillance aircraft over cartel territory and gather intelligence no satellite or drone can capture.
But the War on Drugs is only the surface.
As Hunter is drawn deeper into the intelligence community’s shadow world, he begins to sense that the operation serves interests far beyond narcotics interdiction. Political agendas, covert alliances, and international power plays blur the line between patriotism and manipulation. And when events spiral beyond the original mission, Hunter finds himself navigating a battlefield with no uniforms, no rules, and no clear allies.
Top 20 Social Aspects of AI Technology
by Owen P. Falco
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Discover how artificial intelligence & semantics are quietly transforming the fabric of human society.
As AI technology becomes woven into our daily lives—from social media algorithms to smart assistants—we’re experiencing a profound shift in human-computer interaction and the social aspects of technology. But what does this mean for our communities, relationships, and shared understanding of what it means to be human?
Drawing on expertise in AI & semantics and information theory, Owen P. Falco takes readers beyond the technical hype to explore the real social impact of our increasingly digital world. Through accessible storytelling and thoughtful analysis, this book reveals how artificial intelligence is reshaping everything from workplace dynamics to family conversations.
Texas Security Series Books 1-3
by Stacy Angell Curtis
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The complete three-book Texas Security Series: Wealth of Secrets, Depths of Deception, and Deadly Christmas Cipher
Jack McKerrick and Bryn Marsh navigate mystery, murderers, billionaires, a hurricane, lost treasure, and their growing feelings for each other in this contemporary Christian Romantic Suspense three-book series set in Texas.
When new threats and old secrets collide, Jack and Bryn will risk their lives and their hearts to find the truth.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Last Patient of the Night
by Gary Gerlacher
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
MASH meets Bosch—with a scalpel.
When a young woman dies in his ER, emergency physician AJ Docker can’t let it go.
She arrived beaten. Tortured. Fingertips severed. No name. No ID. Before he could save her, she was gone.
In Houston’s busiest trauma center, death is part of the job. But this one is different. Hours earlier she was alive, frightened, hiding something. Now she’s a Jane Doe in the morgue.
The police call it homicide. Docker calls it unfinished business.
Total Eclipse of the Hex
by Tara Lush
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Murder is on the menu in Cypress Grove… and the catch of the day is deadly.
When a celebrity chef dies after a dramatic event at the Crescent Moon Inn, innkeeper and part-time sleuth Amelia Matthews finds herself juggling magical mayhem, suspicious guests, and a daughter who’s suddenly back in town—and not happy about her mom’s witchy lifestyle.
What should have been a showcase of Cypress Grove’s culinary scene descends into chaos during a violent summer storm, with tensions simmering among a wine bar owner with a grudge, an increasingly unhinged assistant, a suspiciously knowledgeable newcomer, and a city council member who won’t stop singing — or drinking…
Neighborhood Witches: Two Complete Series
by Judith Berens, Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
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Witches are being murdered in Austin. But how do you put the monster back in the vault?
The three witches of Pressler Street are the city’s only hope but they are running out of time.
Lily Antony is a young witch playing in a very dangerous treasure hunt.
She’s got to follow the clues her Mom left behind after her disappearance trekking the world. Her search is almost over before it begins, but Lily isn’t a quitter. Will she find her mother? Or will it all be for nothing?
Never Saw Me Coming
by Vera Kurian
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You should never trust a psychopath. But what if you had no choice?
It would be easy to underestimate Chloe Sevre… She’s a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. She spends her time on yogalates, frat parties and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her.
Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study of psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements.
Doll House
by John Hunt
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She vanished on her first night at university. Five years later, her father’s phone rings.
When Olivia is abducted from a quiet campus road, the crime takes seconds. For her father, Harry, the nightmare never ends. Five years of drinking. Five years of guilt. Five years of imagining his daughter dead in a ditch while the police search goes cold and the world moves on. Everyone tells him to accept it. To grieve. To let go.
His Last Text
by Rebecca Lake
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A romantic anniversary dinner. A heartfelt message. Then silence.
Anna Stanten’s world shatters when she learns her boyfriend Wyatt’s corporate jet has crashed. With the company dragging its feet on the search, Anna takes matters into her own hands, assembling a team of volunteers to find the man she loves.
But as she retraces Wyatt’s last known steps, danger lurks at every turn. Her uncle, driven by an insatiable greed for a mysterious key mentioned in her grandmother’s will, seems to be pulling strings from the shadows. And who is this new “aunt” that suddenly appeared in her life?
EMP Pulse and Ash Collection
by William Stone
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
He had a gun against his temple when the dog walked out of the woods.
That was six weeks into the collapse. Tonight Rob is still breathing, still walking, still climbing toward a homestead in the Colorado Rockies, because Captain won’t let him stop. Because a stray dog decided a broken man was worth saving. And because the next attack is coming fast.
Managed Care
by Joe Barrett
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Is it too much to ask that a managed care facility refund a year’s advance payment when your grandfather dies before he can move in?
Frank Johnson doesn’t think so, which is why the thirty-three-year-old now lives in a nursing home, locked in a chess match feud with management that doesn’t occupy nearly enough of his time.
When foster kid Elroy is thrust into his life, Frank decides to turn this forced relationship to his advantage – launching a string of absurd decisions, inappropriate behaviors and unexpected glimpses of tenderness that ultimately turn a New Jersey suburb upside down.
Second Son
by Pamela Taylor
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A covert mission. A royal power struggle. A father who may never meet his child.
The 14th century. Lord Alfred, grandson to the king but far from the throne, has always lived at the margins of power. A scholar by nature, a loyal son by duty, he is content with a quiet life of service. But when the king entrusts him with a covert mission to protect the royal succession, Alfred is drawn into dangerous currents he cannot control.
The mission unravels. Captured and carried across hostile territory, he is tormented by visions of never meeting his unborn child. Ransom is uncertain. Rescue is unlikely. Time is his cruelest enemy. As each day carries him farther from home, he must face a grim truth: even royal blood can be expendable…
Hurricane Bay: A 2-in-1 Collection
by Heather Graham
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A TEMPEST OF PASSION: Private investigator Dane Whitelaw is being framed for murder. When Dane finds a photo under his door of his dead ex-girlfriend Sheila Warren he knows he’s been set up. The crime appears to be the handiwork of a serial killer currently terrorizing the Miami area, and someone wants Dane to take the fall…
A Man Worth Remembering by USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen: FBI agent Gabe Sanchez hasn’t seen Leigh O’Brien since she vanished from his life two years ago. Now Leigh is the witness in a major case, and Gabe has orders to keep her safe—but will he be able to protect his heart?
One Second Away
by Rick Mofina
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What happens when your worst nightmare becomes your reality?
One sunny day in California, Jessie is hugging her nine-year-old son, Dylan, goodbye at the airport. He’s travelling alone, all the way across the country, to visit his grandparents and father, Jessie’s soon-to-be ex-husband. Her heart is breaking, but she puts on a brave face and gives her son one last wave as a flight attendant leads him away.
Several hours later, Jessie gets a frantic call from Dylan’s grandmother in New York. Dylan is missing.
Force of Natur
by Joan M. Griffin
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At fifty, she chose adventure over fear.
After the sudden loss of her best friend, Joan Griffin could have retreated. Instead, she made a bold decision: to hike the 200-mile John Muir Trail through California’s breathtaking High Sierra.
Now—not someday.
Joined by two strong, spirited women also in their fifties, Joan steps onto the trail ready for exploration and discovery. The mountains deliver both. Lightning storms crack across alpine passes. Snowfields and river crossings demand grit. Long climbs test endurance. Yet with every mile, confidence grows—and so does joy.