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    Mystery, Contemporary Fiction, Nonfiction, Romance, Fantasy, Thriller, Time Travel… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    Palm Beach, Finland Sex, lies and ill-fitting swimwear… sun protection factor 100.

    Jan Nyman, the ace detective of the covert operations unit of the National Central Police, is sent to a sleepy seaside town to investigate a mysterious death. Nyman arrives in the town dominated by a bizarre holiday village – the ‘hottest beach in Finland’. The suspect: Olivia Koski, who has only recently returned to her old hometown. The mission: find out what happened, by any means necessary.

    With a nod to Fargo and dark noir, Palm Beach, Finland is both a gripping thriller and a black comedy about lust for money, fleeing dreams and people struggling at turning points in their lives – chasing their fantasies regardless of reason.

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    Before I Let You Go: A Novel Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Both candid and compassionate Before I Let You Go explores a hotly divisive topic and asks how far the ties of family love can be stretched before they finally break.

    The 2:00 a.m. call is the first time Lexie Vidler has heard her sister’s voice in years. Annie is a drug addict, a thief, a liar—and in trouble, again. Lexie has always bailed Annie out, given her money, a place to sleep, sent her to every kind of rehab. But this time, she’s not just strung out—she’s pregnant and in premature labor. If she goes to the hospital, she’ll lose custody of her baby—maybe even go to prison. But the alternative is unthinkable.

    As the weeks unfold, Lexie finds herself caring for her fragile newborn niece while her carefully ordered life is collapsing around her. She’s in danger of losing her job, and her fiancé only has so much patience for Annie’s drama. In court-ordered rehab, Annie attempts to halt her downward spiral by confronting long-buried secrets from the sisters’ childhoods, ghosts that Lexie doesn’t want to face. But will the journey heal Annie, or lead her down a darker path?

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    The Murder by Month Romcom Mystery Summer Bundle: Books 1-4 (The Murder by Month Romcom Mystery Bundles Book 1)
    📚 4-Books-in-1 📚

    ❤️ ✨Let these romcom mysteries take you away…to a cozy world of romance, humor, and happy endings! ✨❤️

    The day Mira’s father chose alcohol over his family, the pain about crushed her. She fled the tiny town where everyone knew her business and built a new life in the big city, one short on friends but long on emotional safety. When she caught her bass-playing boyfriend tuning another woman’s instrument, though, the life she’d carefully crafted came crashing down.

    She became that abandoned girl all over again, fleeing to a small town very much like the one she’d escaped.

    There, she’s shocked to land a wonderful librarian job, great friends, and Johnny, the kind, uber-sexy gardener who seems fated to be her one true love. It’s too bad about the clock ticking on her stay.

    That, and the alarming number of murders…

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    Kid's Guide to Chess: Learn the Game's Rules, Strategies, Gambits, and the Most Popular Moves to Beat Anyone!—100 Tips and Tricks for Kings and Queens! A fun illustrated guide for beginners who want to learn about more chess! Perfect for fans of the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit!

    Chess is played on every continent and by several hundred million people. It’s the most popular board game in the world, and people of all ages love to play!

    In A Kid’s Guide to Chess, you’ll start learn all of the basics like how the pieces move and then progress to the more complicated ideas behind the best moves for the different phases of the game. This book offers something for beginners who have never picked up a chess piece as well as more advanced instruction for experienced learners who are looking to become expert players.

    With this comprehensive guide, learn:

    • The rules of the game
    • Tactical moves
    • Openings
    • Vulnerable routes
    • The history of chess
    • And much more!

    Additionally, inside you’ll find exclusive tips from some of the world’s best chess players!

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    Can't Hurry Love: Includes a bonus novella (Sunshine Valley Book 1) From a USA Today bestselling author comes a heartwarming romance about a city girl who finds herself widowed in a quirky small town and the new target of the town’s relentless matchmaking Widows Club.

    Head-over-heels in love, Lola Williams gave up everything to marry Randy, including a promising career in New York City. Now, after one year of marriage and one year of widowhood, Lola finds herself stranded in Sunshine, Colorado, reeling from the revelation that Randy had secrets she never could have imagined. She swears she’s done with love forever but the matchmaking ladies of the Sunshine Valley Widows Club have different plans…

    Sheriff Drew Taylor also knows what it feels like to be unlucky in love. So when Lola comes to him for help uncovering Randy’s hidden life, Drew finds himself saying yes against his better judgment – especially with the Widows Club eyeing them both. Soon enough, Lola is upending Drew’s peaceful, predictable world…and he kind of likes it! But will this big-city girl ever give her heart to a small-town guy again?

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    Double-Sided Magic (Legacy Series Book 1) Over 800 5-Star Reviews!

    I am Levy Michaels. Once my kind were the hunters—now we are the hunted.

    Supernaturals are out of the closet but I have to stay hidden because of the type of magic I possess. I’m a Legacy. It sounds like the title should come with reverence, a trust fund, or at the very least a cool backstory—instead it comes with a death sentence.

    I have to hide in plain sight and pretend to be just human. I’m pretty good at it. I live a simple and somewhat normal life, and I work in antique acquisitions. Everything’s going fine until a dangerous and enchanted dagger that was once in my possession is stolen. I didn’t think things could get any worse until I woke up next to a dead shifter, fae, and mage, without any memory of the past twenty-four hours.

    Considered guilty of murder by most of the magical community and humans, I must work with Gareth, the sexy and dangerous leader of the Supernatural Guild. If he’s as good as rumored, it’s only a matter of time until he discovers the truth about me—then being found guilty of murder is the least of my worries.

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    Kitchen Over 500 5-Star Reviews!

    The acclaimed debut of Japan’s “master storyteller” (Chicago Tribune).

    With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Banana Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature.

    Kitchen is an enchantingly original book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine, is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikage is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart.

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    Bring Her Home: A totally gripping serial killer thriller full of nail-biting twists (Boyle & Keneally Book 1) Blonde hair so bright it almost glows. Eyes wide – green, like her father’s. She thought she had her whole life ahead of her. Will she ever see her family again?

    When bright, beautiful Penny O’Dwyer disappears from Cahirsiveen, a small town in the west of Ireland, the local police scour the narrow streets and muddy hills, but find no leads.

    Jessie Boyle swore she’d never return to Ireland. But grieving the death of her partner, and the premature end of her London Met career, she can’t say no to the case that holds her homeland in its grip. And it’s not long before Jessie uncovers something everyone else has missed: Penny isn’t the first girl to go missing.

    Going back decades, women have been taken from Cahirsiveen, their bodies found on ancient burial mounds. A reference to a little-known Celtic myth buried in her messages convinces Jessie that Penny is the latest victim of the same killer. Folklore can do funny things to a small community in the misty mountains, and Jessie suspects she’s dealing with the most twisted mind of her career.

    The eyes of Ireland are on Jessie and her new team, and as the boss turns up the heat, they learn to live and breathe the case. But Jessie is haunted by her own demons, and the cracks are beginning to show…

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    No Rest for the Dead: A Novel Over 400 5-Star Reviews!

    When Christopher Thomas, a ruthless curator at San Francisco’s McFall Art Museum, is murdered and his decaying body is found in an iron maiden in a Berlin museum, his wife, Rosemary, is the primary suspect, and she is tried, convicted, and executed.

    Ten years later, Jon Nunn, the detective who cracked the case, is convinced that the wrong person was put to death. In the years since the case was closed, he’s discovered a web of deceit and betrayal surrounding the Thomases that could implicate any number of people in the crime. With the help of the dead woman’s friend, he plans to gather everyone who was there the night Christopher died and finally uncover the truth, suspect by suspect. Solving this case may be Nunn’s last chance for redemption…but the shadowy forces behind Christopher’s death will stop at nothing to silence the past forever.

    In this innovative storytelling approach, each of these twenty-five bestselling writers brings their distinctive voice to a chapter of the narrative, building the tension to a shocking, explosive finale. No Rest for the Dead is a thrilling, page-turning accomplishment that only America’s very best authors could achieve.

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    Sojourn (Time Rovers Book 1)
    Winner of 7 awards including the prestigious Prism Award for Time Travel!

    London, 1888. The threat of anarchy hovers in the air as a new kind of evil lurks in the back alleys of Whitechapel.

    Enter Time Rover Jacynda Lassiter whose job is to find an overdue ‘tourist’ and return him to 2057 before he changes history. But Victorian London is a dangerous place for the unwary. Mysterious shape-shifters haunt the streets, making friend and foe indistinguishable. When a fellow Time Rover is murdered, Jacynda’s mission becomes personal. Dare she trust the two gentlemen who come to her aid, or do they harbor their own dark secrets?

    In a few days, Jack the Ripper will add to his bloody legacy. But Jack isn’t the only threat in Whitechapel. Unless Jacynda can outwit a madman her Victorian sojourn will rewrite history—and end at the point of a blade.

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    Dial P For Poison (Movie Club Mysteries, Book 1): An Irish Cozy Mystery "My career ended the day I had to arrest my husband."

    Maggie Doyle moves to Ireland to escape her cheating ex and crumbling career in the San Francisco PD. When the most hated woman on Whisper Island is poisoned at her aunt’s Movie Theater Cafe, Maggie and her rock-hard muffins are hurled into the murder investigation.

    With the help of her UFO-enthusiast friend, a nun, and a feral puppy, Maggie is determined to clear her aunt’s name. Can she catch the murderer before they strike again? Or will her terrible baking skills burn down the cafe first?

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    Run For Your Life: A Detective Mitch Cannon Thriller (Mitch Cannon Savannah Heat Thriller Series Book 1) With the weekend right around the corner, Homicide Detective Mitch Cannon is looking forward to Saturday night. It isn’t often he has a date, and this one will be particularly interesting. His new friend Liza is beautiful, edgy, outspoken, and somewhat odd.

    But Mitch’s usual Friday-morning phone call to his mom sets the wheels in motion for five days of pure hell. Mitch’s sister, Marie, has gone missing without a trace. His date is canceled, and Mitch’s partner, Devon, and Liza also go missing the following night. The only clue is a call Mitch gets from someone whose number is blocked, the anonymous speaker saying, “Ticktock, ticktock.”

    Mitch and the entire Habersham precinct set out on a white-knuckle search to find his sister, partner, and new friend before time runs out and all three are gone forever.

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  • Book of the Day: Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs

    Linda Goodman's Sun SignsLinda Goodman’s Sun Signs by Linda Goodman

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    Over 800 5-Star Reviews!

    The New York Times–bestselling author’s classic guide to astrology: “What makes Sun Signs different is that much of the writing is done with humor” (The Boston Globe).
     
    Before 1968, astrology as we know it had a very limited following in the United States and around the world. The publication of Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs changed that forever. Newspapers began running astrology columns, and soon, an increasing number of people knew their sign (as well as yours) and began to study astrological tendencies.
     
    Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs quickly established itself as the worldwide introductory bible to astrology for beginner and expert alike. The book’s simple organizational technique made it easy for everyone to follow and understand themselves and others, sign-by-sign. This updated edition of the groundbreaking classic is an enjoyable way to discover the world of astrology today.

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  • Friday’s Free & Bargain Kindle Book Deals

    Science Fiction, Classics, Mystery, Nonfiction, Contemporary Fiction, Paranormal, Dystopian, Young Adult, Romantic Suspense… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    The Host: A Novel
    ⭐ Reader Recommended ⭐
    Over 6,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, the invading “soul” who has been given Melanie’s body, didn’t expect to find its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

    As Melanie fills Wanderer’s thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she’s never met. Reluctant allies, Wanderer and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love.

    The Host is a riveting and unforgettable novel about the persistence of love and the essence of what it means to be human.

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    The Blue Castle (DF Modern Classics Book 8) From L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, comes another beloved classic and an unforgettable story of courage and romance.

    Over 1,300 5-Star Reviews!

    Valancy Stirling is 29 and has never been in love. She’s spent her entire life on a quiet little street in an ugly little house and never dared to contradict her domineering mother and her unforgiving aunt. But one day she receives a shocking, life-altering letter―and decides then and there that everything needs to change. For the first time in her life, she does exactly what she wants to and says exactly what she feels.

    At first her family thinks she’s gone around the bend. But soon Valancy discovers more surprises and adventure than she ever thought possible. She also finds her one true love and the real-life version of the Blue Castle that she was sure only existed in her dreams…

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    Hijinks and Homicide (A Myrtle Lake Cozy Mystery Book 2) Fresh off their first murder case, grandmother/granddaughter sleuthing team Carla and Charlie Purcell couldn’t feel more ready to resume running Myrtle Lake’s best (and only) coffee shop. But before they finish baking the first batch of bagels, another corpse comes calling.

    This time, a local quilter with a booming online business kicks off in her home over morning tea and it’s clear she’s been poisoned. Or more specifically, stuffed full of tree nuts to which she was intensely allergic.

    Turns out the victim had outraged fellow villagers by stealing entrepreneurial ideas, accusing people of petty theft, and ditching family responsibilities. The Purcell women and their guide, retired homicide detective Saylor Reeves, gather so many murderous suspects they can’t keep them straight.

    But why does their prime suspect seem so unlikely? All of the investigators’ instincts scream they’re getting it wrong but they don’t know how.

    To top matters off, the community’s concern about ghost lights in the woods blooms into outright panic. If somebody can’t solve that mystery soon, a posse of paranoid pensioners with pitchforks is going to descend on whatever flits around the forest at night and make everything worse.

    Things are about to boil over in beautiful Myrtle Lake.

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    How Money Became Dangerous: The Inside Story of Our Turbulent Relationship with Modern Finance From a veteran of the trade, a provocative and entertaining voyage into the turbulent heart of modern money that sheds new light on the rise of our threatening and complicated financial system, how money became our adversary, and why finding a new course is crucial to a healthy society

    In the not too distant past, money was simple. You might have had a bank account and a mortgage, perhaps some basic investments. Wall Street didn’t have a reputation for greed and recklessness. That all started to change in the eighties, as our financial systems became increasingly complex, moving beyond the understanding of the general public while impacting our lives in innumerable ways. The financial world began to feel like an enigma—a rogue force working against us, seemingly controlled by no one.

    From an industry veteran who’s had firsthand involvement in the events that shaped modern money, How Money Became Dangerous journeys from the crime-ridden LA jewelry district to the cutthroat Salomon Brothers trading floor, from the high-stakes world of investment banking to the center of the technology boom, capturing the key deals, developments, and players that made the financial world what it is today.

    The book illuminates the dark, hidden forces of Wall Street and how it has dehumanized and left behind everyday Americans. A fresh and enlightening take on how we reached this point, How Money Became Dangerous also makes the case for why Wall Street needs to be saved, if only to save ourselves.

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    Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night is a profound and playful masterwork from one of Iceland’s most beloved authors that explores the dreams and desires of ordinary people in a rural town.

    In a village of only four hundred inhabitants, life could seem unremarkable. Yet in this remote town, a new road to the city has change on everyone’s minds.

    There is the beautiful, elusive Elisabet who cuts a surprisingly svelte path at The Knitting Company. Neighbors Kristin and Kjartan who seem…normal, but for their explosive passion that bewilders even themselves (and ignites the spectacular revenge of Kjartan’s wife). And then the most successful businessman in town decides to ditch his Range Rover and glamorous wife in exchange for Latin books and stargazing.

    Unexpected, warm, and humorous, Stefansson explores the dreams and desires of these everyday people, and reveals the magic of life in all of its progress, its complacency, its ugliness and, ultimately, beauty.

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    The Witching Hour (Lives of Mayfair Witches Book 1) Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews!

    From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries.

    Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches – a family given to poetry and to incest, to murder and to philosophy; a family that, over the ages, is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being.

    On the veranda of a great New Orleans house, now faded, a mute and fragile woman sits rocking… and The Witching Hour begins.

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    Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team that Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Over 150 5-Star Reviews!

    The Boys in the Boat meets A League of Their Own in this true story of a Depression-era championship women’s team.

    During the drought and financial crisis of the 1930s, Oklahoma basketball coach Sam Babb traveled from farm to farm recruiting talented, hardworking young women and offering them a chance at a better life: a free college education in exchange for playing on his basketball team, the Cardinals. And as Babb coached the Cardinals, something extraordinary happened. These remarkable athletes found a passion for the game and a heartfelt loyalty to one another and their coach—and they began to win.

    Combining exhilarating sports writing and exceptional storytelling, Dust Bowl Girls takes readers on the Cardinals’ intense, improbable journey all the way to an epic showdown with the prevailing national champions, helmed by the legendary Babe Didrikson.

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    Dead at Third (Henry Walsh Private Investigator Series Book 1) He knows he’s more than just another washed-up ex-cop. Solving a murder will help him prove it…

    A straight-shooter who lives on a boat and likes a drink or two, Henry’s frustrated he can’t even land work as a dispatcher. And his job running security for a local baseball team is far from his idea of excitement, but it pays the bills.

    The morning after the season ends, Henry’s at his friend’s bar with a Bloody Mary in one hand and a phone in the other. He takes a call that could change everything…

    Turns out a couple of fishermen pulled third baseman Lance Moreau’s body from the St. Johns River. And his teammate’s been arrested for the murder.

    The team’s owner turns to Henry to help prove the cops have the wrong man.

    Henry knows working security in an empty ballpark is one thing. But investigating a murder? It won’t be easy.

    Lucky for him he has Alex Jepson on his side. She’s beautiful. She’s tough. And as Henry likes to say…she’s the one with the brains. They’re a good match, in more ways than one.

    Now all they have to do is find the real killer…

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    Oasis (The Last Humans Book 1) My name is Theo, and I’m a resident of Oasis, the last habitable area on Earth. It’s meant to be a paradise, a place where we are all content. Vulgarity, violence, insanity, and other ills are but a distant memory, and even death no longer plagues us.

    I was once content too, but now I’m different. Now I hear a voice in my head, and she tells me things no imaginary friend should know. Her name is Phoe, and she is my delusion…

    Or is she?

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    House of Matchsticks Six of Crows meets Disney’s Atlantis and Indiana Jones in this captivating YA Fantasy series about a world powered by arcane ore… and the crew of treasure hunters destined to save it.

    On the eve of her final exam, all Isaline wants to do is graduate. Rescued from an abandoned rowboat when she was a baby, Isaline has trained for years to become a City Watchman in her kingdom’s capital city. Now she’s only a test away from that dream coming true.

    But something isn’t right at Casret Watch Academy. Isaline is shaken when there’s an attempt to steal her mysterious red pendant at school. Even worse, she fails her crucial weapons review … and runs into a staggeringly handsome thief.

    As a brave crew comes together from across the kingdom, their deadly adventure threatens to destroy everything Isaline has worked for. Yet bold treasure hunters, two-faced spies, and ferocious beasts are hard to ignore. Especially when they want the same thing: the key to finding the fabled House of Matchsticks.

    And she has it…

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    Tuesday's Child (Psychic Visions Book 1) Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews!

    What she doesn’t want…is exactly what he needs.

    Shunned and ridiculed all her life for something she can’t control, Samantha Blair hides her psychic abilities and lives on the fringes of society. Against her will, however, she’s tapped into a killer—or rather, his victims. Each woman’s murder, blow-by-blow, ravages her mind until their death releases her back to her body. Sam knows she must go to the authorities, but will the rugged, no-nonsense detective in charge of tracking down the killer believe her?

    Detective Brandt Sutherland only trusts hard evidence, yet Sam’s visions offer clues he needs to catch a killer. The more he learns about her incredible abilities, however, the clearer it becomes that Sam’s visions have put her in the killer’s line of fire. Now Brandt must save her from something he cannot see or understand…and risk losing his heart in the process.

    As danger and desire collide, passion raises the stakes in a game Sam and Brandt don’t dare lose.

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