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Royally Dispatched by P.C. James and Kathryn Mykel

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Royally Dispatched by P.C. James and Kathryn Mykel

A new series from best-selling authors P.C. James, and Kathryn Mykel–author of award-winning Sewing Suspicion.

A Duchess, her trusted butler and a nose-it-all furry sidekick. Can Lady Mary uncover the secret plan before she’s dispatched like her predecessor?

London, 1958. Lady Mary, Duchess of Snodsbury has received a royal dispatch to travel to London to prepare the last of the debutants for entrance into society. News of the demise of the previous trainer has Mary on high alert–as is her sharp nosed corgi, Barkley. Add in a gaggle of teenaged debutants, a protective butler, and a spirited cook and our heroine will be embroidered in a murder mystery of generations. Will the debutants prove helpful in uncovering secret plans or will she find out that the culprit is within her ranks?
Royally Dispatched is a fun first in series, cozy mystery with a historical nod. If you like crafty sleuths, animal sidekicks and a gang of amateur detectives, then you’ll love P.C. James and Kathryn Mykel’s Duchess of Snodsbury Series.

Featured Book: Leave the Bottom-Cook Islands by Randy Slapnicka

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About Featured Book: Leave the Bottom-Cook Islands by Randy Slapnicka

…You know I’ve seen everything, everything but the bottom of the sea.

Dr. Melody Foster holds a Ph.D. in Marine Biology, a Master’s in Genetics, and is the real Octomom.

She was professor of the Octolab, and while she wasn’t fond of the first day of classes, she was a professor. A damn good one who knew how to leave a lasting impression on her students and keep their attention.

After receiving an email that stated all funding for her Octolob would be halted, Melody needed to think fast. She couldn’t afford to keep the whole thing running on her own, and she definitely wouldn’t allow her beloved octopuses to be taken away from her.

Dr. Foster takes a consulting job in the Cook Islands for a deep sea mining operation for the Poly-metallic nodules littered on the ocean floor. When she is suddenly faced with highly intelligent Mimic octopuses that are trying to shut their whole operation down.

As the higher-ups come to a decision to kill the octopuses getting in their way, Dr. Foster interjects as she would never stand by the deliberate killing of her babies.

Jack Pa, multi-billionaire Chinese mogul and Dr. Foster’s boss, instructs her to fix the problem… or else.

With her life on the line, Melody must descend into the depths of the ocean and put a stop to the killing of the octopuses. The only problem was, Chino’s expendable prison graduates were a part of the diving program that was beta testing the extractor harvesting the nodules for the electric vehicle batteries.

Surrounded by inky black water, convicted rapists, murderers and a convicted child molester, Dr. Mel’s battle was only beginning.

Will she be able to survive in the depths of the ocean? Will she secure funding for her prized Octolab? And will she come face-to-face with remnants of her past?

Deep Sea mining is one of the most debated global topics in the world today. Giving you, the reader, insight into some of the most highly controversial ocean questions for the next 100 years.

Leave the Bottom is a high-action, fast-paced, and intensely funny work of fiction that will suck you in. Deep Sea mining is one of the most debated global topics in the world today. Travel 500 feet below the surface and explore the amazing world of octopuses, future battery harvesting, that is currently being done as you read this book. Read in bated breath whether or not Dr. Foster will be able to make it out alive.

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The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

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The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

When investment banker Lazzaro de Medici is found dead, Professor of Biblical Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago Aiden Leonardo is the prime suspect. In possession of an encrypted letter given to him by Lazzaro, Aiden utilizes his extensive knowledge of Scripture to piece together clues that lead to a Lost Bible dating back to the time of Christ.

Hidden within the text is an ancient truth about the most controversial message Jesus left to His disciples. But as Aiden embarks on his quest to unravel the mystery of redemption and faith, a secret organization known only as The Group hunts him down to destroy the Lost Bible and tie up loose ends.

With the help of his fiancé Dr. Miriam Levin—a cultural anthropologist and a professor of historical archaeology in her own right, their friend Nagi, a philologist, religious historian and an eccentric cryptographer, Aiden soon realizes the Lost Bible was written by a disciple who walked with Jesus and had his gospel omitted from Scripture.

Things are further complicated when a mysterious stranger warns Aiden that possessing the secret of heaven could cost him his life. Pursued by the F.B.I. for the ancient Black market relic and the Chicago PD in connection to the murder of Lazzaro de Medici, Aiden races against the clock to prove his innocence and fulfill his mentor’s dying wish.

“Expose the secret of heaven.”

Featured Book: Alpha by John Henley

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About Featured Book: Alpha by John Henley

Ian Ridgefield thought he was done with the military. He had completed more than he ever expected and did it at a level few will ever reach. Back home and taking care of his mother, even if she didn't ask for it, while quickly moving up the corporate ladder, his days of being a door kicker and dealing with sand rubbing his skin raw were further and further away.

When Washington D.C. turns into a proverbial hellhole, the Pentagon razed to the ground, within a matter of seconds, he is presented with a request that he isn't sure he wants to accept. This decision is even more difficult to make when a woman he hadn't thought about for more than a decade has entered his life and keeping it more than a little interesting.

Ian's code of moral justice may land him into legal trouble and the stand he makes to save the life of one while taking others, is difficult to offset for the community he lives in but can they agree to overlook it? When two people with more money and legal power than any duo in the country are willing to help ensure he stays on the outside of the Tombs in New York City it is a reality he has a difficult time accepting.

Will Ian, finally, find peace in life and chemistry with the woman of his dreams, or will the skeletons come crashing out of his closet and destroy the foundation he has worked so hard to create? Travel through the journey of treacherous deceit, ecstatic highs, military men standing up to corrupt governments, and men being an impenetrable wall between pure evil and the women they have sworn to protect.

The first book in a wonderful series highlighting the men and women who have, or do, serve in the military. This is not a stand-alone book.

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A Town Called Potato: Galactic Detective Agency Book One by Gary Blaine Randolph

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A Town Called Potato: Galactic Detective Agency Book One by Gary Blaine Randolph

It’s a lighthearted murder mystery … with space aliens!

Gabriel Lake is a not so hard-boiled computer guy who finds himself swept up into a web of interstellar crime when he is recruited into the Galactic Detective Agency, led by the brilliant Oren Vilkas. Can a mere Earthling track a killer across the stars before more lives are lost? Can he negotiate his way around other worlds and understand the ways of extra-terrestrial cultures? Can he even figure out how to use a bathroom designed for aliens? And can he uncover the mystery of A Town Called Potato?

Silver Lining by A.L. Long

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Silver Lining by A.L. Long

A.L. Long is an Award-Winning author and recipient of the National Indie Excellence Award.

“It seemed like all I did lately was make poor decisions. Even my decision to marry Spencer instead of telling my parents the truth about the real reason behind the marriage was a mistake. I should have never listened to my college professor, who convinced me to take Alistair Nolan’s offer and marry his son Spencer in exchange for saving my parents’ restaurant.”

Lainey thought she had done everything right until now. Her life had turned inside out and upside down because of her choice to save the two people who mattered to her the most. Having control over her future was no longer her own, and even though she would never regret helping her parents keep their restaurant, she regretted listening to her college professor. Keeping her promise to marry Spencer Nolan, Lanie loses more than her freedom; she leaves behind a future with the one man who could make her happy.

White Jade by Alex Lukeman

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White Jade by Alex Lukeman

White Jade spins a web of deceit and murder across the globe, against the backdrop of a deadly international power game.

Former Recon Marine Nick Carter is a man with a dark history of emotional and physical scars. He works for the PROJECT, a covert counter-terrorism team that reports only to the U.S. President. Selena Connor is a beautiful, strong, skilled linguist. When her wealthy uncle is murdered by someone looking for an ancient book about the elixir of immortality, she is thrown into Nick’s dangerous world.

Elizabeth Harker runs the PROJECT. She assigns Nick to protect Selena and recover the missing text. It’s the beginning of a life and death adventure that spans the globe. Someone is determined to take over China and attack America–and Nick and Selena are right in the line of fire.

International intrigue, terrorist acts, and the threat of nuclear war form the core of this fast paced thriller, the first volume in an award winning series featuring Nick, Selena, and the PROJECT.

The Deadlands by Minerva Hart

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The Deadlands by Minerva Hart

In a world ravaged and reshaped by a monstrous virus, an unlikely pair attempt to save a girl from a Jhingoist cult.

Thirty years ago, the Splicer’s Sickness swept across the globe, turning all it infected into vicious, half-animal creatures and leaving everyone else to fend for themselves. Since then, life has adapted. That goes doubly for Karl Gearhart, a former soldier in the Alpine Safe Zone who has since deserted his group and gone to live in an abandoned factory. He is happy to live the same day over and over and spend his time tinkering.

But one day, after his home is compromised, he meets Nessa Shirokuma, a charming young archer on her way to New York City. The cult that lives there, the Lightbringers, have kidnapped her sister as part of their deluded mission to reestablish the pre-Sickness USA. Karl is convinced it’s a lost cause, but Nessa will not be dissuaded. Thus, they form a deal: He will accompany her to New York, and she in turn will help him find a new home.

It will be a dangerous journey, fraught with monsters of both the splicer and human persuasion. They will come across religious zealots, angry mobs, cannibals, and many more perils. All the while, they will learn to lean on each other as their partnership blooms into something more. But will it be enough to keep them alive?

Featured Book: The Smallest War by Mark Sheehan

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About Featured Book: The Smallest War by Mark Sheehan

The usual price is $4.99. On 26th and 27th October 2022 the price is $0.99. After 27 October 2022, the price will increase by $1 per day until it is at $4.99 again.

A resurgent Russia uses a false flag operation to enflame a border dispute with the United States. Manipulated and betrayed, the United States succumbs to a forgotten United Nations’ mandate: Small War. Unprepared, the United States competes in five relentless rounds of pursuit by any means necessary, winner takes all. At stake: oil reserves to rival those of Saudi Arabia and the balance of power.

Full of unrelenting cat-and-mouse, rapid-fire action, and characters pushed to their limits, the Smallest War is perfect for fans of I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes, Ice Station by Matthew Reilly, and Inferno by Dan Brown.

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Pawsitively Smokin’ by MK Scott

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Pawsitively Smokin’ by MK Scott

Something’s burning. Nala, private investigator, and her crime solving dog, Max, stumble across signs of a possible arsonist while examining an insurance claim. The authorities refuse to take the dog cam video seriously, which, makes Nala only more determined to discover the identity of the arsonist.

An unwelcome roommate, a gun-toting opponent, plus a dog fashion show complicate her already chaotic life. What she needs is a crystal ball, a bullet is what she might get.

Can Nala and Max find the arsonist and make it to the dog fashion show in time?