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Featured Book: A Proud Woman by Sarah F. Noel

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Tabitha was used to being a social pariah. Could her standing in society get any worse?

Tabitha, Lady Chesterton, the Countess of Pembroke, is newly widowed at only 22 years of age. With no son to inherit the title, it falls to a dashing, distant cousin of her husband’s, Jeremy Chesterton, known as Wolf. It quickly becomes apparent that Wolf had consorted with some of London’s most dangerous citizens before inheriting the title. Can he leave this world behind, or will shadowy figures from his past follow him into his new aristocratic life in Mayfair? And can Tabitha avoid being caught up in Wolf’s dubious activities?

It seems it’s well and truly time for Tabitha to leave her gilded cage behind for good!

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Featured Book: Tales of Witches and Wyverns by S. Ramsey

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About Featured Book: Tales of Witches and Wyverns by S. Ramsey

It’s been nine years since the shy new kid, Dylan, appeared at the school bus stop and put an end to Enid’s torment. Ever since then, she’s had twisted nightmares that her best friend and growing love interest would pay the price for getting involved with someone like her. Someone different.

On Enid’s sixteenth birthday, those fears have come to fruition.

Journey with Enid as she travels to the fae realm to save her kidnapped friend and stop the Unseelie Queen Malagant’s quest to conquer both the fae and human worlds. The human world stands frozen in time until Dylan returns, and failure is not an option.

The world of the fae is fraught with danger: there are rules one must not bend, deceptions one must not fall for, and creatures one must not cross if one is to survive. An impossible task for most humans, Enid quickly finds herself in circumstances where being different is not so bad after all. Armed by the immortal Merlin with the relics of King Arthur’s knights and a trace of the magic she never knew she had, Enid will reach the mountains of the Gwyllion and bring Dylan home or die trying.

Will Enid rescue Dylan and stop evil from taking over both realms? Or will she fail and watch helplessly as a shadow descends over everything and everyone she loves?

Read Tales of Witches and Wyverns and follow Enid as she discovers just how advantageous being different can be.

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Featured Book: Jewels of the Crown by Robert Henricks

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About Featured Book: Jewels of the Crown by Robert Henricks

As he led the king’s wagon train through the coastal muck of Norfolk’s eastern shore, Norman Gervase found himself engulfed by the tidal surge that swallowed up the entire caravan.
But he was unwavering in his dedication to the king, a principled man of faith, and loyal in his obligations.
So, when he realized that all would soon be gone forever, he acted with alacrity and removed the trunks containing the crown jewels and secured them to one of the sturdy draft horses to prevent their irretrievable loss.
That was just the beginning.
He did not know that this feat of selflessness would initiate a life-long journey into a world of thirteenth century intrigue in his quest to preserve King John’s treasure.
Eight hundred years later, the organization that Gervase had founded, the Patriciate, continued to maintain the founder’s guiding desire for secrecy until the macabre slaying of a prominent attorney and the deciphering of a fifteenth century map brought the Patriciate into the crosshairs of both law enforcement and historians.
No one knew what conundrums lay buried beneath the dust of the ages, or to what extent a foray taken by three resolute sleuths would expose into a covert world of pseudo-occultists.

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Featured Book: The Commandments of the Templar by Tom Melley

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The Holy Land in the year 1193. Guillaume de Born, an unscrupulous Templar Knight on a secret mission to meet with the Assassins, acquires in Jerusalem what he believes to be the holiest relic of Christianity: the fabled Ark of the Covenant. On his way back to the port city of Acre, he is ambushed by his Templar brothers. They rob him of the treasure and leave him badly wounded in the mountains of Galilee. Deeply humiliated, he swears revenge. With the help of a young Muslim man, an unconventional Jewish woman and two daring Christian knights, he sets out to reclaim the sacred relic from the powerful Order. But the precious artefact is now in an impregnable Templar fortress, guarded by a ruthless enemy…

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Featured Book: Home: Interstellar, Hope’s War (Book 1) by Ray Strong

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About Featured Book: Home: Interstellar, Hope’s War (Book 1) by Ray Strong

** Free Aug 18-20, 2023 **
Home: Interstellar, Hope’s War (Book 1)

They killed her parents and wrecked her ship to keep the biggest secret in human history. Now they’re back to silence her because she knows too much.
Join Meriel Hope as she faces death to save her family and far-star colony from annihilation.

"… a heroine you can root for …. a compelling read for space opera addicts. " –The BookLife Prize in Fiction.

“Combines strength and grace in a way that instantly wins the reader over to her perspective and her values, her every cause…" –Writer's Digest.

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Niergel Chronicles – Last Hope by D. I. Hennessey

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Niergel Chronicles – Last Hope by D. I. Hennessey

*Christian Fiction*

An ancient mystery…
A skeptical genius…
Powerful evil ancestors…
A dangerous underworld Crime Syndicate…
A horde of disembodied offspring of fallen angels who threaten the entire world!

Niergel Chronicles – Last Hope is a journey of discovery, danger, and extraordinary mysteries. It follows the fantastic adventure of a young man with a surprising heritage as he uncovers the astonishing truth about his family history and the earth’s past. He finds himself facing dangerous perils and shocking supernatural threats. All while contending with unsettling truths that upend his understanding of science and the world, forcing him to face the reality of a Creator whose existence he has adamantly denied.

While following the evidence all around him, Jeff’s most profound discovery is the one he least expects — the proof of God’s creative hand.

Featured Book: Capitol Crimes: Is That a Knife in Your Back? by Scott Paradis

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About Featured Book: Capitol Crimes: Is That a Knife in Your Back? by Scott Paradis

“Capitol Crimes” reimagines contemporary American politics as a fantasy – that is, with a dose of integrity.

The murder of a dangerously ambitious politician unites three efforts to challenge the secretive and corrupt forces dominating American politics.
– A cynical FBI agent discovers a centuries-long financial conspiracy.
– A principled outsider defies institutionalized corruption.
– Idealistic political operatives attempt to take the White House and remake the political playing field.
The political intrigue begs the question:
Can truth withstand the onslaught wrought by the contemporary gospel of fear and hate?

“An engaging murder mystery with profound political insights.”

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Featured Book: Spouse Trap by Cynthia Hamilton

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Blackmail, sabotage, and blood-chilling suspense converge in this psychological thriller meets detective mystery.

Madeline Ridley had it all: a handsome, successful husband, a place at the top of Santa Barbara society and every luxury money could buy. In all respects, her world was perfect…until she awoke in the early morning hours in an unfamiliar hotel room, alone, unclothed, with a splitting headache and no memory of how she got there.

When Steven Ridley comes home in the middle of a weekday and throws a sheaf of damning photos at her, Madeline’s enviable world collapses in a swirl of blackmail, sabotage and deceit. Hoping to convince Steven of her innocence, Madeline drives to his office and witnesses a scene that makes her realize who the enemy really is.

From that point on, Madeline deconstructs herself, reverting back to Madeline Dawkins while she tries to salvage what’s left of her life. In the process, she discovers where her true strengths lay. Utilizing those, she steels herself for battle, while her life hangs in the balance.

An action-packed ride full of unexpected twists. A must-read for fans of Ruth Ware, Karin Slaughter, and Mary Stone.

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Featured Book: Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster

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A troubled teen accused of a brutal murder. An attorney adrift seeking salvation. Together they are strong…or dead.

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Dare to Tell by Tara Fox Hall

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Dare to Tell by Tara Fox Hall

Urban single woman Jean Bane denies her dreams and ghostly visitations of impending death until a horrific active shooter event clarifies the messages as portents. In the aftermath, more ghosts visit Jean, saving her yet again in a car accident and asking for her to “come to Evergreen Hall”, to “bring it to justice”. Dreading their requests for aid, Jean ignores the ghosts and tries to go back to her former life. But after ghostly interference saves her life a third time, Jean leaves her boyfriend and friends for the small town of Blodgett Mills, to help restore the old estate called Evergreen Hall.
The new owner Carlton Fairhaven IV, real estate developer and recovering alcoholic, has grand plans for the family property, including transforming it into a bed and breakfast capitalizing on the Fairhaven family’s colorful history while downplaying the double series of murders of young girls decades before. But the crumbling mansion has ghosts of its own, many of which have witnessed or committed murder. When local young women began to go missing as they did ten years prior, Jean must decide if she dares to expose the hidden truth that has long festered within Evergreen Hall.