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Featured Book: Order of Fear by Lisa Caviness

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Sometimes fear is all that keeps you alive.
A senior account, ballet dancer, and future bride, Marissa Nash likes order, and she expects all the pieces of her life to add up. Her bottom line is skewed after she discovers her fiancé has been unfaithful. When Marissa walks in to the unexpected—David dead and her dog, Halo, agitated and restless, she finds her nightmare is only beginning.
David’s unenthused best man and traumatized former Army doctor, Justin Tanner understands that a wedding means more than a toast and a kiss. His reluctance stems from feelings that run deeper than they should for the bride. But when he finds Marissa cradling his best friend’s lifeless body, can he find a way to suppress his feelings as they uncover David’s secret world?
The seemingly pointless murder launches Marissa and Justin into a wicked web of lies, delusion and danger at the hands of a powerful and psychotic foe.

Murder, passion, evil—who will survive?

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Featured Book: Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster

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Download FREE! A prominent judge is dead, a sixteen year old girl is accused, and only one woman, Josie Bates, is willing to risk her reputation to defend the girl. But when wealth, power, and privilege join forces to stop her, it’s more than Josie’s reputation on the line…it’s her life. Inspired by one of the first trials where a child was tried as an adult, Hostile Witness has kept over 3 million readers up all night.

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Featured Book: The Tragic Tale of Teddy Woven by Peter Gray

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Sela is assigned to be a private gardener for Theodore “Teddy” Woven’s ancestral home. The young gardener soon finds her presence unwelcome as she slowly uncovers the truth about his family’s past. The greatest mystery of all lies not in the house, but with its owner.

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Waking Up in Medellin by Kathryn Lane

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Waking Up in Medellin by Kathryn Lane

Nikki Garcia is an unlikely Sam Spade: a sexy traveling auditor who accepts no spread sheet at face value as she grapples with high level, mega-money corruption, and her own ghosts. Manages to introduce you to two new worlds: the labyrinthine of back room treachery and international business, and the exotic tropical atmosphere of contemporary post-Pablo Escobar Colombia. Did I mention there’s a love story? Or is it a story of heartless manipulation?

Revenge in Barcelona by Kathryn Lane

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Revenge in Barcelona by Kathryn Lane

International terrorists set out to blow up Spain’s most famous landmark. La Sagrada Familia. Nikki Garcia and her fiancé become entangled with the mystery and suspense as they unwind the plots behind the saga. A thrilling story with a well-researched plot. 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Awards and Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalists.

Featured Book: Evonta’s Revenge by Danyelle Scroggins

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Evonta’s Revenge is the thrilling first installment of the Jacobs Family Novels, christian murder mysteries and suspense stories. “Vengeance is mine,” said the Lord, but Evonta is determined to help Him in all matters concerning her and the Jacobs family.
Moving by her own will and stopping at nothing to get those responsible for her twin brothers death, she becomes an unstoppable force that even the CIA cannot stop.
Even though some view her as an unmerciful killer, she believes in an all-powerful God who simply–needs her help to free the world from the likes of those who do not care about anything except, power and money.
After a trip back to a small town close to where she was raised, Evonta unravels the mystery surrounding Evan’s death. Evonta’s Revenge is full of turns, curves, and twist no one will ever expect and as she puts every piece to the puzzle in its perspective place, she’s falling in love with a hot undercover agent who absolutely adores her.
Who would have ever known that underneath the heart of vengeance, was a woman desiring love?
Her twin brother Evan’s death will expose more than just his killer, but a gift of life that is sure to cause the Jacobs family to feel whole again.
This amazing, riveting story set in Florida and Louisiana, and is sure to ignite your hunger for mystery, suspense, and solving unforeseen problems. It is a dose of girl power that will challenge your desire to do what is right, even though the urge to do wrong is present.

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Featured Book: The Fourth Rising by Martin Roy Hill

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On May 8, 1945, WWII in Europe ended with Germany’s surrender. But did the Nazi Party itself surrender? Some say no.

1943: A German ship moors in a clandestine anchorage in western Mexico with a cargo of gold intended to bribe the Mexican government into declaring war on the United States. When the attempt fails, the German vessel flees leaving its gold buried somewhere along the coast of the Sea of Cortés.

1997: The horrific murder of an old flame’s husband sets former war correspondent Peter Brandt on the hunt for the hidden Nazi treasure. The search takes him down a bloody trail leading from the drug cartels of Mexico to a neo-Nazi training camp in the Southern California mountains. Along the way, he unearths a decades-long Nazi conspiracy to create a new Fourth Reich and continue the Nazi Party’s plan for world domination.

Inspired by historical events, and recent research suggesting the Nazi Party survived the German surrender, The Fourth Rising is the latest in the Peter Brandt adventures which include Empty Places and The Last Refuge

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Dangerous Waters by A.J. Rivers

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Dangerous Waters by A.J. Rivers

She was terrorized, afraid, and desperate for help.
But her hopeless pleas would never be answered. No one would come to her rescue.
Now her body lays lifeless, floating in the water.
The girl could not escape the deadly and sinister secrets that Windsor Island holds…

It’s been a year since the body of FBI agent Emma Griffin’s ex-boyfriend was found on the beach.
His death remains as mysterious as ever, the truth has yet to be revealed.
Emma still cannot escape the feeling of guilt, regret, and grief that follows her daily.
Until a girls night with her best friend brought an unexpected surprise.
A week-long-all-expense paid vacation to an exclusive island resort.
Being in paradise should be the perfect way to clear her mind… But, when a body turns up and girls start to go missing. Disturbing secrets about the resort are coming to the surface. Turns out paradise is just an illusion, and the truths behind the dangers on this island are far more disturbing than Emma and her friends could ever imagine.
Emma isn’t content to let any secrets lie hidden. She’s going to find the culprit behind the murder and the disappearance.
Even if it means she gets taken too.

Will Emma be able to survive “paradise” and get off the island alive?

Featured Book: Season, Unforgettable by Keta Diablo

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Season Scrimshaw isn’t selling the land she inherited when her parents died, not even to the gorgeous Rann Brogan who saved her life in the forest. Especially not after she finds out he was in the woods surveying her property. Rann discovers his mother will go to any length to get what she wants…including murder. Lives spiral out of control, secrets and lies take center stage. Rann is forced to choose between his mother, Charlotte, and the woman he loves. And he’s forced to become as dangerous and as lethal as Charlotte.

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City of Dark by CH Dickinson

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The Paris catacombs. The city’s subterranean shadow. Hundreds of kilometers of tunnels. A land of history and legend, where the underground explorer treads a fine line between reality and irreality. As the top inspector on the counter-terror squad, Khalid Sadiqi thought he knew everything there was to know about the City of Light’s weak spots. But this is new. This is the City of Dark. Seeking to learn more about the world below the city, Sadiqi stumbles on the impish help of Antonia Corrigan. The vibrant young engineer heartens the jaded inspector. Not only can she wend her way through her underground playground with lively agility, she also knows all the myths and legends that will prove to be the key to unlocking the mysteries. But will her knowledge of the tunnels below ground be enough to stop the mayhem above?

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
There are hundreds of kilometers of catacomb tunnels below Paris. I started wondering what would happen if those tunnels were taken over by terrorists.