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Featured Book: Obsession by Belinda Austin

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Forced into marriage by a shotgun wedding, Dr. Brad O’Boyle and his wife, Ronni, have always had a horrible marriage. When Brad returns home from a medical convention, he seems transformed into a loving husband and father. But then Brad begins acting like a Jekyll-Hide. He is the nice Brad and then he is the Brad who looks at his wife as if he would like to kill her. Something bad happened at that medical convention.

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Collateral Carnage: Money. Politics. Big Pharma. What could go wrong? by Christine Saper

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Money. Politics. Big Pharma. What could go wrong?

As PTSD therapist Claire Wilheit is about to learn, a whole helluva lot.

A chance after-hours encounter with a fellow therapist reveals falsified patient files and thrusts Claire into a conspiracy poised to revolutionize treatment for US veterans now and for future generations, with deadly collateral damage.

Locked in a race against time to stop the release of one of most dangerous pharmaceuticals ever developed, Claire is plunged into an intrigue of corruption, runaway egos and medical hubris.

But she’s up against greed, power and a clock that’s about to run out.

Targeted Age Group:: adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Anger and fear. The anger part: Living in Phoenix, AZ, it has been impossible to miss the many scandals and horrendous treatment the veterans have experienced at the hands of the Phoenix VA – of course Phoenix isn't alone, but has been rather a ground zero for exposure. Given my background in health care administration and public health, I find Big Pharma to be a social poison in this country. The fear part: a Congress that lacks the backbone to stand up to drug companies and lobbyists of all ilk, dark money, and the threat of privatization of the wrong things.
Setting the book in the near future gave me a chance to explore these themes and leave readers with a subtle warning about things that require our engagement and vigilance as citizens.

The Adulterer’s Handbook: A Novel by Sam Anthony

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I’m about to jump into the canal and pull her to safety when I stop at the edge of the towpath.
What if I do nothing…?
The must-read psychological mystery thriller for 2019.
If you’re having an affair and you don’t want to get caught, you must read this book.
The Adulterer’s Handbook is the story of a happily married man, desperately trying to prevent his wife from finding out about his affair. For months he is successful, but then things take a dark turn…
A love story, a betrayal, an accident, a murder? You decide.
Lee Bolton has it all: a wonderful wife who he adores and two lovely children. But something is missing from his marriage.
Sophia Miller, the office temptress, offers to fill the gap and they begin a carefully regulated and orchestrated affair.
Lee, delighted with his new and improved sex life, walks a tightrope of near discovery; forever trying to keep his secret safe.
But Sophia wants more. She wants it all.
Sophia starts to break the rules, and she puts Lee’s marriage in jeopardy.
How far will he go to protect his family?
Would you commit murder to save your relationship?
Gripping domestic noir with a shocking twist.
Book one in a three book series.

Targeted Age Group:: 18+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
The idea for this book came when I received a WhatsApp message meant for somebody else. It was innocuous enough, but it made me wonder: what if a ‘happily’ married man accidentally sent a suspicious text message to his wife instead of his lover? Is there a way out of that situation? Why was he cheating if he was happily married? How would he try to rationalise his unforgivable behaviour? Why was his lover having an affair with a married man? What steps could they take to minimise the chance of their affair being discovered? What else could go wrong? And what about his wife? What was her role in this story? Could there possibly be a happy ending?
So many questions, but I thoroughly enjoyed trying to get inside the mind of my main character as his life spiralled inexorably downward.
I loved writing it, and when it was finished, I loved reading it. I hope you do too.

Featured Book: True Mercy by Idelle Kursman

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While walking in her native Moldova, Marina Dobrin, a young computer programmer, is kidnapped by two men from a vicious human trafficking ring. She is forced to endure a horrific ocean voyage with other kidnapped women, all brutalized and fearing for their lives. Once they reach land, Marina escapes and finds herself in suburban New Jersey. Starving, exhausted, and terrified, she trusts no one and has nowhere to hide until she encounters Adam, a young man with autism. He and his widowed father Bruce befriend her and Marina finds a brief refuge from the traffickers. But they are relentless in hunting her down. With the help of her rescuers, will Marina be able to elude her kidnappers and bring them to justice or will she be captured and killed along with the heroic father and son? The clock is ticking and danger lurks everywhere.

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Death By Design by John Graves

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Death By Design by John Graves

Her foreboding eyes hide the horrid truth. She will destroy humanity unless a self-absorbed CRSPR scientist, her brilliant daughter, a sadistic interrogator or Mantis – her nemesis – can kill Tracker first.
Who will survive?
Will You?

Another Man’s Freedom Fighter by Joseph Carter

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Another Man’s Freedom Fighter is discounted to $ 0.99 on May 23rd…

He tried to hide in plain sight.
It worked. For a while.
But then the war forced an
impossible decision on him.

In the near future: The leaders of Europe sleepwalk into a catastrophe that sparks a new war between Russia and the West.

Warsaw falls on the first day. NATO, more divided and indecisive than ever, leaves Poland to fend for itself.

A small guerrilla army valiantly fights behind enemy lines. The covert Stay-Behind Units of the Territorial Defense Forces are determined to raise hell for the occupation troops. They evade the merciless manhunters of Spetsnaz GRU best they can.

But will they last long enough? Will allied reinforcements arrive in time?

Security consultant Mark Sanders lives a quiet, peaceful family life in Berlin, or so it seems… A dark secret from his past comes back to haunt him and he is forced to make an impossible decision:

Should he go off the grid and try to keep his family safe… Or should he join the mysterious hacker Mlada and expose the devious plot of the Russian regime?

If you love pulse-pounding, page-turning spy thrillers populated with richly rendered characters, you will love Another Man’s Freedom Fighter.

Don’t miss this action-packed read, get your copy now!

“It’s got a little bit of everything for those who love spy thrillers …. war, espionage, spies, covert freedom fighters, and of course, politics.” – Linda’s Book Reviews

“A shockingly realistic scenario which reflects the rising tension between Russia and the western world.” – Murder, Mayhem & More

Targeted Age Group:: 18-88

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I am following the news, especially about geo-politics in Eastern Europe, a lot. I saw that the tensions between Russia and its former client states are constantly rising, slowly but surely, and I believed that at some point this situation could escalate very quickly. I believe it is absolutely possible that, just like in 1914, the leaders of Europe sleepwalk into a new war.

At the same time I got interested in an area of intelligence work that is still very under-appreciated in literature: Stay-Behind Networks, covert armies, that are activated after an invasion to fight occupation troops behind enemy lines. The NATO countries had such organisations during the Cold War. Usually they worked at the fringes of the military and intelligence communities and got little love from either side. In Italy the Gladio-Network gained some unwanted fame after rogue agents used the organisation's assets to do false flag operations to defamate the country's left wing parties. After this scandal, most such networks in continental Europe were shut down.

I envisioned that Polish Military Intelligence used the old Cold War ideas to form a modern-era organisation that actually works and is an integral part of the country's defense mechanisms.

The adventures of the Territorial Defense Force's stay-behind operatives provide the backdrop for another storyline: Mark Sanders, a security consultant in Berlin who seems to be hiding from something or someone, gets sucked into the conflict and … you should find out yourself. It won't be boring, I promise.

Featured Book: Free Falling by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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A fun family vacation turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when a couple and their young son find themselves trapped in the Irish countryside during an international crisis. Isolated and alone, this suburban American family reaches deep within their reserve of brains and courage to survive.

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Featured Book: Down To The Last Mark by Mel Taylor

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She has one choice. The opioids or her friend’s life. And a hitman is waiting for an answer. Amid the calm easy breeze of south Florida, a contract killer is going down his list of targets, or marks. Can a broke-down opioid addicted singer stop him. Please enjoy this latest thriller by author Mel Taylor. Down To The Last Mark.

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Featured Book: Twilight’s Last Glory by Stephen C. Perkins

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America’s game…
A global spectacle of triumph and anguish. A grand pageant of violence and drama. And now with its first female superstar…a spectacular experiment that may change the world!
In a world secretly ruled by an organized crime pyramid with strange and mystical powers, crime lord Gigi Salerno is the sinister hand casting the ultimate fate of victory or defeat.
But when a brilliant team doctor envisions future WFFL rosters filled out with AI, Salerno’s masters secretly decide he’s expendable.
Now threatened by the intrepid ambitions of a young sports columnist determined to expose the Octagonal while faced with the covert maneuvering of a once trustworthy lieutenant and the conflicted loyalties of an unscrupulous general manager, Salerno is confronted with a dilemma and, he may have to befriend his enemies to vanquish his double crossing masters.
Will he survive long enough to capture what he secretly most: the reluctant affections of a beautiful woman?

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Featured Book: Dead Cold by Jennifer Chase

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What happens when one California community has a disturbing spike in homicides? It catapults cops into a deadly game of murder. Frozen human body parts hideously displayed at the crime scenes offers a horrifying interpretation that only a sadistic serial killer could design—and execute.

On the hunt for a complex serial killer, vigilante detective Emily Stone must face her most daring case yet. Stone’s proven top-notch profiling skills and forensic expertise may not be enough this time.

Young and ambitious, Detective Danny Starr, catches the homicide cases and discovers that it will test everything he knows about police work and the criminal mind. Can he handle these escalating cases or will the police department have to call in reinforcements—the FBI.

Emily Stone’s covert team pushes with extreme urgency to unravel the grisly clues, while keeping their identities hidden from the police. With one last-ditch effort, Stone dangles someone she loves as bait to draw out the killer. She then forces the killer out of their comfort zone with her partner Rick Lopez, and with help from a longtime friend Jordan Smith. A revelation of the serial killer’s identity leaves the team with volatile emotions that could destroy them.

The killer continues to taunt and expertly manipulate the police, as well as Stone’s team, and as they run out of time—they leave behind everyone and everything—in Dead Cold.

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