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  • Wednesday’s Free & Bargain Kindle Book Deals

    Romance, Thriller, Mystery, Contemporary Fiction, Nonfiction, Action & Adventure, Paranormal, Dystopian… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    Sugar: A Novel (Fate) Fleeing Los Angeles and her scarlet past, a former porn star returns to her New York roots hoping to lose herself in the crowded city streets, protected from the paparazzi’s reach… or so she thinks. A chance encounter with a returned war hero – now prominent investment CEO – is the very last thing she wants or needs, or is it?

    When the handsome and deliciously kinky CEO shows her that there are other ways to satisfy her needs (and he knows all of them), she finds herself in the middle of a sexual awakening, a true romance and a happily ever after. This is a rollicking must-read for all fans of the Crossfire and Fifty Shades of Grey series.

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    The Nature of the Game An ex-CIA operative is on the run from his former employers in this “brutal, moving” thriller from the author of Six Days of the Condor (James Ellroy).
     
    Jud is not too drunk to recognize the assassin. How the hit man found him in this hard-bitten roadhouse, Jud isn’t sure, but he’s not going down without a fight. His hands shaking too much for close combat, Jud perches himself on the bar’s roof and drops onto the assassin as he steps out into the darkness. Though Jud only meant to stun, the man is dead. Jud doesn’t care.
     
    Quitting the CIA hasn’t been easy. Once one of the agency’s top killers, Jud’s skills have been dulled by civilian life, and his only chance of survival is to go into hiding. But before disappearing completely, he calls one of the few people he can trust, DC journalist Nick Kelley. Together, they’re about to take on the deadly rot at the heart of the CIA…

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    By Book or By Crook (A Lighthouse Library Mystery 1) For ten years Lucy has enjoyed her job poring over rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library, but she has not enjoyed the demands of her family’s social whorl or her sort-of-engagement to the staid son of her father’s law partner. But when her ten-year relationship implodes, Lucy realizes that the plot of her life is in need of a serious rewrite.

    Calling on her aunt Ellen, Lucy hopes that a little fun in the Outer Banks sun—and some confections from her cousin Josie’s bakery—will help clear her head. But her retreat quickly turns into an unexpected opportunity when Aunt Ellen gets her involved in the lighthouse library tucked away on Bodie Island.

    Lucy is thrilled to land a librarian job in her favorite place in the world. But when a priceless first edition Jane Austen novel is stolen and the chair of the library board is murdered, Lucy suddenly finds herself ensnared in a real-life mystery—and she’s not so sure there’s going to be a happy ending…

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    Missed: Rafael and Lisa (Cliffside Bay Book 6) After years of struggling as a starving actor, Lisa Perry’s dreams are finally coming true. Splitting her time between Los Angeles and Cliffside Bay, the young beauty has a successful television miniseries, her first movie role, and quality time with her best friends Maggie and Pepper. Everything is coming up roses until a single tragic moment changes Lisa forever.

    Haunted by unshakable memories and near-crippling anxiety, Lisa must face a publicity tour full of crowds and interviews in order to move her budding career forward. And with the help of Rafael Soto, the head of security for Brody and Kara Mullen, she finally begins to relax. Though the pair are as different as night and day, something about her temporary bodyguard soothes the young actress, and soon their relationship turns from professional to passionate.

    But what neither anticipates is that despite the obvious threats to a beautiful ingenue, it’s actually her protector who stands in harm’s way. Will Lisa and Rafael be able to face the danger awaiting him together, or are they destined to accept yet another tragedy they can’t stop?

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    Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    A philosopher/mechanic’s wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one’s hands 

    Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its radical (and timely) reappraisal of the merits of skilled manual labor.

    On both economic and psychological grounds, author Matthew B. Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a "knowledge worker," based on a misguided separation of thinking from doing. Using his own experience as an electrician and mechanic, Crawford presents a wonderfully articulated call for self-reliance and a moving reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.

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    The Dawn Patrol As cool as its California surfer heroes, Don Winslow delivers a high velocity, darkly comic, and totally righteous crime novel.

    Every morning Boone Daniels catches waves with the other members of The Dawn Patrol: four men and one woman as single-minded about surfing as he is. Or nearly. They have "real j-o-b-s"; Boone, however, works as a PI just enough to keep himself afloat.

    But Boone’s most recent gig-investigating an insurance scam—has unexpectedly led him to a ghost from his past. And while he may have to miss the biggest swell of his surfing career, this job is about to give him a wilder ride than anything he’s ever encountered. Filled with killer waves and a coast line to break your heart, The Dawn Patrol will leave you gasping for air.

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    The Rancher's Baby: A Sexy Western Contemporary Romance (Texas Cattleman's Club: The Impostor Book 1) She’s having her best friend’s baby… Only from New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates!

    When a torrid, possibly dangerous scandal comes to Royal, Texas, Selena Jacobs is nearly caught in the middle. Until her best friend Knox McCoy ensures her safety—by moving in!

    Selena has loved Knox for years, but she’s never had the courage to tell him. Now the sparks she’s tried to smother burn out of control… and leave her pregnant. But with the pain in his past, will Knox finally take a chance on love… with her?

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    Nano Z Trilogy Box Set This special edition bundle contains all three books from the Nano Z Series.

    Fired from his job of twenty-two years, Mack is contemplating his bleak prospects when things take a turn from bad to worse.

    While desperately trying to survive, he unwittingly helps Amber, a fourteen year old girl with a dark, troubled past.

    Brought together by overwhelming circumstances, Mack tries his best to protect her as they travel through lawless lands with roaming undead. But what they are forced to endure may be more than either of them can handle.

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    Resting Witch Face (Widow's Bay Book 1) A mysterious murder. An enchanted hometown. Catching the killer will take a crack reporter… and a pinch of magic.

    Between her cheating husband and her on-air meltdown, Marzie Nowak is going through a bit of a bad spell. With nowhere else to turn, the ex-big-city journalist crawls back to her superstitious hometown of Widow’s Bay just in time for their annual pagan festival. But after some on-the-ground reporting for a local news site, she realizes the legends surrounding the village may be more magic than myth…

    Despite her best efforts to fact-check the strange phenomena, she can’t quite explain the packs of fur-covered tourists, the cryptic schemes of a sun-shy billionaire, or her chatty cat’s fashion advice. And she can’t help but join the ranks of true believers when an unsolved murder sparks her own mystical powers.

    With a killer on the loose and magical mysteries around every corner, can Marzie crack the case before her next meltdown?

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    Lake Ephemeral: A chilling sci fi thriller In her seventeenth year, Seraphin will make a bold but desperate plan. The clock is ticking. The experiments carried out on her when she was just a child are about to change her in ways she does not yet understand.

    The hidden, tropical valley of Lake Ephemeral seemed like a paradise. When orphan Seraphin is told her mother is alive and living in this idyllic valley, she’s overjoyed. At last, she can have a family.

    But something is wrong in Lake Ephemeral. Seven mansions surround the lake, and it is forbidden to enter the seventh. Seraphin accidentally discovers the terrifying secret inside the seventh manor. A group of scientists is experimenting on the children…

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  • Book of the Day: The Beautiful Strangers

    The Beautiful StrangersThe Beautiful Strangers by Camille Di Maio

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    A legendary hotel on the Pacific becomes a haven where dreams, love, and a beguiling mystery come alive.

    1958. Kate Morgan, tethered to her family’s failing San Francisco restaurant, is looking for an escape. She gets her chance by honoring a cryptic plea from her grandfather: find the beautiful stranger. The search takes her to Hotel del Coronado, the beachfront landmark on the Southern California coast where filming is underway on the movie Some Like It Hot.

    For a movie lover like Kate, it’s a fantasy come true. So is the offer of a position at the glamorous hotel. And a new romance is making her heart beat just as fast. But as sure as she is that Coronado is her future, Kate discovers it’s also where the ghosts of the past have come to stay. Sixty years ago a guest died tragically, and she still haunts the hotel’s halls.

    As the lives of two women—generations apart—intertwine, Kate’s courageous journey could change more than she ever imagined. And with Coronado wending its way through her soul, she must follow her dreams…wherever they may lead.

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  • Tuesday’s Free & Bargain Kindle Book Deals

    Historical Romance, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Historical Fiction… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days: An American Heiress in London From USA Today bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke comes the story of a bargain, a marriage of convenience… and the chance for love to last a lifetime.

    They had a deal…
    From the moment she met the devil-may-care Duke of Margrave, Edie knew he could change her life. And when he agreed to her outrageous proposal of a marriage of convenience, she was transformed from ruined American heiress to English duchess. Five years later, she’s delighted with their arrangement, especially since her husband is living on another continent.

    But deals are made to be broken…

    By marrying an heiress, Stuart was able to pay his family’s enormous debts, and Edie’s terms that he leave England forever seemed a small price to pay. But when a brush with death impels him home, he decides it’s time for a real marriage with his luscious American bride, and he proposes a bold new bargain: ten days to win her willing kiss. But is ten days enough to win her heart?

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    Death of a Pumpkin Carver (Hayley Powell Mystery Book 8) For Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for the Island Times, Halloween is all about costume parties and holiday treats—until a killer crashes the party…

    This Halloween, Hayley can’t imagine a worse trick than her ex-husband Danny returning to Bar Harbor. Her kids may be happy to see their dad, but Hayley’s determined not to be taken in by his charms, and suspects he’s in financial trouble—again.

    Still, the haunted holiday is about to get a whole lot scarier after Danny’s moonshine-making uncle is found lying dead next to a tombstone in a cemetery—and Danny quickly becomes the prime suspect. To prove her ex is innocent, Hayley will have to dig deep into her own bag of tricks to unmask the real culprit… before anyone else—including her—ends up in the graveyard…

    Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley’s kitchen!

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    The Hill The novel that inspired the 1965 blockbuster film starring Sean Connery and Michael Redgrave.

    North Africa, 1942. A new batch of prisoners have just arrived in British detention camp 3599.

    Traitors, cowards, enemy prisoners – the reasons for their imprisonment and the clash of their personalities generates a savage tension. This conflict within the prison is only strengthened by the brutal power trip of their sadistic staff sergeant.

    Forced to run up a man-made hill with full kit under the baking north African sun reduces the men to their worst instincts. But the staff sergeant, a product of the burning military world he inhabits, knows no empathy.

    This is the brutal story of British detention camps and one man’s vicious lust for power, and one group’s will to survive.

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    Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul A great number of seekers find themselves in the seemingly unreal world of the suburbs. They read spirituality books but find themselves in carpools and coaching soccer, not in monasteries.

    Dave Goetz, a former pastor, shows that the suburbs are a real world, but a spiritually corrosive one. The land of SUVs and soccer leagues can truly be toxic to the soul. Suburbanites need to understand how the environment affects them and what spiritual disciplines are needed for their faith to survive and thrive.

    Goetz identifies eight toxins in the suburban life, such as hyper–competition and the "transactional" friendship, and suggests eight corresponding disciplines to keep the spiritual life authentic. Goetz weaves sociology studies, his own experiences, current events, wisdom of the spiritual masters, and a little humor to equip spiritual suburbanites for how to relate to God amidst Starbucks, strip–malls, and perfect lawns.

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    Fight the Good Fight (Echoes of War Book 1) Corporal David Cohen thought he’d left war behind.

    He was wrong.

    The Terran Coalition faces repeated and brutal attacks from the repressive League of Sol. To defend his home planet, David trades his dream of becoming a rabbi for a battlefront in the far reaches of space. When particle beams fly, his courage under fire brings quick promotion. But in the lulls between battles when he must confront his soul, David finds a different enemy: the ghosts of those killed under his command.

    Yet in war, it’s kill or be killed—and the enemy shows no mercy.

    David must square the tenets of his faith against his responsibility to crew and country. If he fails in his command, billions face enslavement by a ruthless regime. Now it’s an all-out fight for the galaxy’s freedom.

    Because a man’s greatest foe lies within…

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    The Second Life of Nathan Jones: A laugh out loud, OMG! romcom that you won’t be able to put down! Getting hit by a bus was the best thing that ever happened to him…

    When one wrong step – and the poor timing of the number 19 bus – send Nathan Jones to the Edinburgh morgue his story should have ended…but then he went and woke up.

    Returned to real life Nathan finds a wife disappointed that he’s miraculously returned from the dead and an unshakeable attraction for mortuary technician Kat – the woman who brought him back to life, in more ways than one.

    Now, as his world implodes and Kat leads him down an unexpected path, Nathan somehow finds himself having the time of his second life…

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    Here Comes the Witch (A Paranormal Witch Cozy Mystery): (Main Street Witches #1) A magical store? No problem. A haunted house? Bring it. Solving a dead witch’s murder? Now that’s when it gets interesting…

    Kat Ramos has a quite a to-do list. The Manhattan jewelry designer wants to open her own shop, but she’s running short of funds. That’s when she receives a very intriguing proposition—to travel to the very haunted and extremely quirky Virginia town of Banshee Creek and help undo the deadly Hagen House curse.

    In order to so, however, she must marry handsome haunted house contractor (yes, that’s a real career in Banshee Creek) Liam Hagen, manage a mysterious magical store, solve a centuries-old murder, and embrace her witchy heritage. Will Kat prevail, or will the Hagen Curse claim one last victim?

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    After The Fire (Hidden Cove Firefighters series Book 1) Kathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America’s Bravest. Read the novels that resulted from her intense relationship with firefighters!

    Three firefighters from the Malvaso family are trapped in a burning building and almost lose their lives. After they are rescued, they decide to change the way they’ve been living.

    Mitch, the eldest, wants to make some decisions about his dysfunctional marriage and spend more time with his kids. Jenn decides to have a baby – with her best friend, Grady. And Zach, the bad boy of the group, vows to make up for his past sins and become a better man.

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    The Edinburgh Seer: Edinburgh Seer Book One A Seer with a deadly secret. A chemist turned spy. And the rebellion that will thrust them together.

    In an alternate, modern-day Edinburgh full of ghosts and magical sweets, Aini MacGregor must hide her magic or face the mad king’s firing squad.

    But when the most notorious clan in Scotland abducts her father, she must risk death to follow a trail of artifacts to save him. It might just work out.

    Until she realizes the man she trusts the most, her father’s genius apprentice, is a spy.

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    Honor & Roses: A Medieval Romance (Swordcross Knights Book 1) Forbidden flames burn brightest…

    The knight Alric of Hawksmere has endured years of war and survived dozens of battles in the service of the king. A new challenge awaits him when he returns home to renew his bond with a childhood friend. Alric instead discovers she is now a spirited woman of rare beauty whose kiss makes his blood burn. But the lady Cecily de Vere has been offered in marriage to another man, and Alric’s duty is to escort her to the wedding.

    Cecily wants to behave as a proper lady. But she yearns for her childhood flame and knows he shares the same desire. When a sudden twist of fortune puts Cecily in mortal danger, Alric takes an unimaginable risk to rescue her. Left alone in the wild, Alric and Cecily must make a choice that will change their lives forever.

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