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    Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait: A Novel (Six Tudor Queens Book 4) Over 500 5-Star Reviews!

    The surprising and dramatic life of the least known of King Henry VIII’s wives is illuminated in Anna of Kleve.

    Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to ensure the royal succession. Forty-six, overweight, and suffering from gout, Henry is soundly rejected by some of Europe’s most eligible princesses.

    Anna of Kleve, from a small German duchy, is twenty-four, and has a secret she is desperate to keep hidden. Henry commissions her portrait from his court painter, who depicts her from the most flattering perspective. Entranced by the lovely image, Henry is bitterly surprised when Anna arrives in England and he sees her in the flesh. Some think her attractive, but Henry knows he can never love her.

    What follows is the fascinating story of an awkward royal union that somehow had to be terminated. Even as Henry begins to warm to his new wife and share her bed, his attention is captivated by one of her maids-of-honor. Will he accuse Anna of adultery as he did Queen Anne Boleyn, and send her to the scaffold? Or will he divorce her and send her home in disgrace?

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    Still Life with Bread Crumbs: A Novel Over 1,400 5-Star Reviews!

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    A superb love story from Anna Quindlen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rise and Shine, Blessings, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life.

    Still Life with Bread Crumbs begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose work made her an unlikely heroine for many women. Her career is now descendent, her bank balance shaky, and she has fled the city for the middle of nowhere. There she discovers, in a tree stand with a roofer named Jim Bates, that what she sees through a camera lens is not all there is to life.

    Brilliantly written, powerfully observed, Still Life with Bread Crumbs is a deeply moving and often very funny story of unexpected love, and a stunningly crafted journey into the life of a woman, her heart, her mind, her days, as she discovers that life is a story with many levels, a story that is longer and more exciting than she ever imagined.

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    Wild Cards I: Expanded Edition Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    Back in print after a decade, expanded with new original material, this is the first volume of George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards shared-world series.

    There is a secret history of the world – a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces – those with superhuman mental and physical abilities. Others were termed Jokers – cursed with bizarre mental or physical disabilities.

    Some turned their talents to the service of humanity. Others used their powers for evil. Wild Cards is their story…

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    Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
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    Thirty years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. According to her son, Luca Dotti, "The war made my mother who she was."

    Audrey Hepburn’s war included participation in the Dutch Resistance, working as a doctor’s assistant during the "Bridge Too Far" battle of Arnhem, the brutal execution of her uncle, and the ordeal of the Hunger Winter of 1944. She also had to contend with the fact that her father was a Nazi agent and her mother was pro-Nazi for the first two years of the occupation. But the war years also brought triumphs as Audrey became Arnhem’s most famous young ballerina.

    Audrey’s own reminiscences, new interviews with people who knew her in the war, wartime diaries, and research in classified Dutch archives shed light on the riveting, untold story of Audrey Hepburn under fire in World War II.

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    One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Improve your life fearlessly with this essential guide to kaizen—the art of making great and lasting change through small, steady steps.

    The philosophy is simple: Great change is made through small steps. And the science is irrefutable: Small steps circumvent the brain’s built-in resistance to new behavior.

    No matter what the goal—losing weight, quitting smoking, writing a novel, starting an exercise program, or meeting the love of your life—the powerful technique of kaizen is the way to achieve it. Written by psychologist and kaizen expert Dr. Robert Maurer, One Small Step Can Change Your Life is the simple but potent guide to easing into new habits—and turning your life around.

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    The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners: A No-Stress Meal Plan with Easy Recipes to Heal the Immune System Over 7,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Reduce inflammation and ease chronic pain with this beginner-friendly anti-inflammatory cookbook

    Did you know making dietary changes, like eliminating processed foods, can help lower the inflammation believed to be a key contributor to chronic pain? This essential anti-inflammation cookbook makes it easy for you to start and follow an anti-inflammatory diet that is easily customizable for specific inflammatory conditions.

    What sets this inflammation diet cookbook apart:

    • Easy meal planning—Follow a simple 2-week meal plan featuring anti-inflammatory ingredients and handy shopping lists to help kick-start the diet.
    • Simple, satisfying recipes—The majority of these healthy recipes require just 5 easy-to-source main ingredients found at most grocery stores.
    • Food coaching—Consult this cookbook’s helpful lists to find out which foods to enjoy and which foods to avoid on an anti-inflammatory diet.

    Make a simple change in your diet to reduce your body’s inflammation with The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners.

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    The Other Passenger The “queen of the sucker-punch twist” weaves an unputdownable page-turner about a commuter who becomes a suspect in his friend’s mysterious disappearance.

    It all happens so quickly. One day you’re living the dream, commuting to work by ferry with your charismatic neighbor Kit in the seat beside you. The next, Kit hasn’t turned up for the boat and his wife, Melia, has reported him missing.

    When you get off at your stop, the police are waiting. Another passenger saw you and Kit arguing on the boat home the night before and the police say that you had a reason to want him dead. You protest. You and Kit are friends—ask Melia, she’ll vouch for you. And who exactly is this other passenger pointing the finger? What do they know about your lives?

    No, whatever danger followed you home last night, you are innocent, totally innocent.

    Aren’t you?

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    Three Apples Fell from the Sky: The International Bestseller The Russian bestseller about love and second chances, brimming with warmth and humour.

    In the tiny village of Maran nestled high in the Armenian mountains, a place where dreams, curses and miracles are taken very seriously, a close-knit community bickers, gossips and laughs, untouched by the passage of time. A lifelong resident, Anatolia is happily set in her ways. Until, that is, she wakes up one day utterly convinced that she is dying. She lies down on her bed and prepares to meet her maker, but just when she thinks everything is ready, she is interrupted by a surprise visit from a neighbour with an unexpected proposal.

    So begins a tale of unforeseen twists and unlikely romance that will turn Maran on its head and breathe a new lease of life into a forgotten village. Narine Abgaryan’s enchanting fable is a heart-warming tale of community, courage, and the irresistible joy of everyday friendship.

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    A Cowboy's Kiss (The McGavin Brothers Book 7) Cowboy to the rescue!

    When big-hearted Luke Bennett spots a dog stranded on the highway in a snowstorm, he leaps into action. Saving the day is what this sexy cowboy does. Whether it’s a stray animal in peril or a business going down the tubes, Luke’s the guy to call.

    But it will take all his management skills to rescue Abigail Summers from bankruptcy. Although she bakes like an angel and her pastries are a hit, the devil’s in the details. She could be Luke’s dream girl, but her cardboard box overflowing with a year’s worth of receipts is his worst nightmare.

    Saving the day and winning the girl looks damn near impossible. Then again, he has a four-footed ally named Delilah.

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    Agent Zero (An Agent Zero Spy Thriller—Book #1) Kent Steele a brilliant professor of European History at Columbia University, lives a quiet life in a New York suburb with his two teenage daughters. All that changes when late one night he gets a knock on his door and is abducted by three terrorists—and finds himself flown across the ocean to be interrogated in a basement in Paris.

    They are convinced that Kent is the most lethal spy the CIA has ever known.

    He is convinced they have the wrong man… Do they?

    With a conspiracy around him, adversaries as smart as he is, and an assassin on his tail, the wild game of cat and mouse leads Kent on a perilous road—one that may lead back to Langley—and to a shocking discovery of his own identity…

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    True Conviction: A Thriller (Adrian Hell Series Book 1) Over 400 5-Star Reviews!

    Meet Adrian Hell, one of the deadliest professional assassins to ever pick up a gun.

    In True Conviction, he takes a job in the sun-soaked city of Heaven’s Valley, a paradise of sin and the jewel of Nevada. His contract? Kill a man who has stolen from the local mob boss. Sounds simple, right?

    The job quickly turns sour, and Adrian discovers a much larger threat looming in the shadows. He finds himself in the crosshairs of a powerful adversary, and he must use his skills to survive long enough to stop a terrorist attack that could act as a catalyst for another world war…

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    Deep Blue Sea (New England Inspirations Book 1) Who’s to blame when tragedy strikes?

    For over a decade, Jamie Walker has kept her deepest, darkest secret, but when her family cooperates with a detective and begins to dig into the past, Jamie’s already tattered life begins to fall apart at the seams. With her marriage, her job, and her sanity in jeopardy, Jamie is desperate to escape everything that reminds her of that fateful night, if only the nightmares would stop haunting her.

    Widowed pastor Byron Mitchell lost his wife and his son in the same weekend. His wife in a horrible accident, and his son in a heated argument. Desperate to win his son back, no matter the cost, Byron strikes out at every turn until he gets injured trying to stop a bank robbery. Forced to visit him in the hospital, his son makes it clear he doesn’t appreciate Byron’s intrusion into his life.

    When Jamie interviews Byron for a magazine article about the shooting, the peace in the pastor’s eyes tells her that he might be able to help with her problems, and she’s determined to help him reconcile with his long-lost son. As the pastor teaches Jamie about God’s forgiveness, she must make the heartbreaking choice between reconciling with her family or keeping her secret forever. Either way, her life will never be the same.

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  • Book of the Day: See Me After Class

    See Me After ClassSee Me After Class by Meghan Quinn

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    From USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a brand-new romantic comedy about a grumpy English teacher who is tested by the new, sunshine teacher in his department. Mr. Darcy vibes with a Pride and Prejudice epic ending. Incredibly steamy and hilarious.

    "Did you have relations with my brother…"

    Good question. I’d like to preface this by saying it was never my intention to ever get involved in a workplace romance, let alone get involved with the most surly, agitating, and pompous man I’ve ever met who just so happens to be my new friend’s brother.

    My intentions were to show students how English and reading books could actually be fun and make a new life for myself in the suburbs of Chicago.

    But so far, I’ve managed to be called into the principal’s office. Coerced into participating in the teacher’s badminton league. And instigated into passionate fights with Arlo Turner over education and decorum while losing my underwear at the same time.

    Known as Mr. Turns Me On, he’s the reason I might get fired from my first ever teaching job.

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  • Saturday’s Free & Bargain Kindle Book Deals

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

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    Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum Book 26) Over 11,000 5-Star Reviews!

    This isn’t just another case. This is family.

    How far will Stephanie Plum go to protect the one person who means the most to her? The stakes have never been higher in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Janet Evanovich.

    Grandma Mazur has decided to get married again – this time to a local gangster named Jimmy Rosolli. If Stephanie has her doubts about this marriage, she doesn’t have to worry for long, because the groom drops dead of a heart attack 45 minutes after saying, "I do."

    A sad day for Grandma Mazur turns into something far more dangerous when Jimmy’s former "business partners" are convinced that his new widow is keeping the keys to a financial windfall all to herself. But the one thing these wise guys didn’t count on was the widow’s bounty hunter granddaughter, who’ll do anything to save her.

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    The Midwife's Secret: A missing girl and a heartbreaking secret binds two families in this gripping and powerful page-turner From the bestselling author Emily Gunnis, the gripping, powerful and heartbreaking new novel of a girl gone missing, two families and the devastating secret that binds them.

    Two families bound by tragedy. An accused woman holds the key…

    1969. On New Year’s Eve, while the Hiltons of Yew Tree Manor prepare to host the party of the season, their little girl disappears. Suspicion falls on Bobby James, a young farmhand and the last person to see Alice before she vanished. Bobby protests his innocence, but he is sent away. Alice is never found.

    Present day. Architect Willow James is working on a development at Yew Tree when she discovers the land holds a secret. As she begins to dig deep into the past, she uncovers a web of injustice. And when another child goes missing, Willow knows the only way to stop history repeating itself is to right a terrible wrong.

    For decades the fates of the Hilton and James families have been entwined in the grounds of Yew Tree Manor. It all began with a midwife’s secret, long buried but if uncovered could save them from the bitter tragedy that binds them.

    And prove the key that will free them all…

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    Blackbird House: A Novel Over 400 5-Star Reviews!

    Bestselling novelist Alice Hoffman weaves a web of tales, that traces the lives of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over a span of two hundred years – all set in Blackbird House.

    This small farm on the outer reaches of Cape Cod is a place that is as bewitching and alive as the characters we meet: Violet, a brilliant girl who is in love with books and with a man destined to betray her; Lysander Wynn, attacked by a halibut as big as a horse, certain that his life is ruined until a boarder wearing red boots arrives to change everything; Maya Cooper, who does not understand the true meaning of the love between her mother and father until it is nearly too late.

    From the time of the British occupation of Massachusetts to our own modern world, family after family’s lives are inexorably changed, not only by the people they love but by the lives they lead inside Blackbird House.

    Through these interconnected narratives of more than a dozen men and women, we learn how love transforms us and how it is the one lasting element in our lives. The past both dissipates and remains contained inside the rooms of Blackbird House, where there are terrible secrets, inspired beauty, and, above all else, a spirit of coming home.

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    Holy Cow!: Doggerel, Catnaps, Scapegoats, Foxtrots, and Horse Feathers—Splendid Animal Words and Phrases We love animals but insult humans by calling them everything from weasels or pigs to sheep, mice, chickens, sharks, snakes, and bird-brains. Animal epithets, words, and phrases are so widespread we often take them for granted or remain ignorant of the fascinating stories and facts behind them.

    Spanning the entire animal kingdom, Holy Cow! explains:

    • Why hot dogs are named after canines. Why people talk turkey or go cold turkey.
    • Why curiosity killed the cat, although dogs are more curious about us.
    • Why letting the cat out of the bag originally referred to a duped shopper.
    • What a horse of another color is, what horsefeathers politely alludes to, why a mule is a lady’s slipper, and what horseradish has to do with horses.
    • How a hog became a motorcycle and a chick a young woman.
    • And much—much!—more.

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    Becoming Crone (The Crone Wars Book 1) She wanted purpose. She got dark magic and war.

    Claire Emerson is adrift. After a lifetime as a wife, mother, and grandma, she never saw divorce or loneliness coming and is desperate for some sense of purpose. But when her sixtieth birthday brings a snarky gargoyle, an annoyingly sexy wolf shifter, and an unknown magical calling, she thinks she’s losing the only thing she has left: her sanity.

    Refusing to believe she’s the powerful defender of humankind her so-called protectors claim, Claire attempts a return to her safe life… only to have her powers ignite when she’s attacked by dark supernatural creatures. And without the training she was supposed to have received, she has no idea how she’ll defeat sinister mages plotting her demise.

    Can Claire overcome creaky joints and major hot flashes in time to save the world – and her own life?

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    Pretty Perfect Numb. Addict. Liar.

    Anya DeSotto’s dreams of becoming a professional ballerina are circling the drain, along with the last of her pills. Forced to discover ‘healthy’ ways to cope with her crippling lack of self-worth, Anya’s last chance at success comes in the form of Revend Marcus, a man nearly two decades her senior.

    The owner of a prestigious international ballet company, Revend has no problem breaking Anya down to suit his own twisted idea of perfection. But when a shadow from Revend’s past looms over their futures, the resulting chaos threatens to destroy them both.

    Though, sometimes, even destruction can be pretty perfect.

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    The Bow of Destiny (The Bow of Hart Saga Book 1) Haunted by his past. Hunted in the present. Uncertain what is real.

    Athson suffered hallucinations ever since he was orphaned, including a dog no one else sees. The will in his possession, bestowed in a dream, can’t be real. But the trolls now hunting him are. A destiny, both inconvenient and unavoidable, drags Athson into an unwanted quest that challenges all his assumptions.

    Can he trust anyone?

    Sworn to secrecy by his dead father about the bow, Athson wants nothing to do with it. A dragon and a wizard want the bow – and Athson dead. Running from the quest and his destiny are tempting options.

    Then he finds something unexpected. Will his discovery destroy him before he recovers the bow?

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    The Catching Kind (Brew Ha Ha #3) Hailey Tate thought she was worth more than a straight flush. Apparently not.

    When camera-shy author Hailey Tate’s agent loses a bet and brokers a deal, it leaves Hailey in the last place she wants to be: backed into the corner of Publicity and Paparazzi. Now, thanks to her girl-next-door image and role as pretend girlfriend to a womanizing shortstop, she’s getting the attention she always managed to avoid.

    Connor Ryan is not only America’s Sexiest Athlete, he’s also the current Bad Boy of Baseball. But when he goes a base too far, management wants to bench him…permanently. One thing he never counted on? Falling for his sweet, fake girlfriend. He’s the guy who can catch anything and now she’s next on his list

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    Critical Vulnerability (An Aroostine Higgins Novel Book 1) Sabotage. Arson. Attempted murder. Dealing with terrible crimes is Aroostine Higgins’s job as an assistant US attorney in the Department of Justice’s elite Criminal Division.

    Except this time, she’s the victim – and the perpetrator is a faceless mastermind who’s derailing her life. He makes her latest court case vanish, he sets her home ablaze, and he nearly kills her when she undergoes surgery, all from behind the terrifying veil of anonymity.

    Aided by a brilliant computer programmer, this mysterious and lethal man can access every detail of the attorney’s life. There’s no havoc he can’t wreak with a few dangerous keystrokes—and nothing he won’t do to achieve his goals. When the person she loves most is abducted, Roo must risk her career – and her life – to save him.

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    Gateway (The Gateway Trilogy Book 1) My name is Ember, and I’ve always known I don’t belong in this world.

    When I tried to correct the mistake, I wound up in a mental institution. That’s when things really got crazy.

    A girl tried to stab me, a boy tried to rescue me, and I found out mean girls aren’t the only monsters out there.

    Now a gateway to hell is about to open, and I’m supposed to save the world, but I don’t even know if I can save myself.

    And yeah, I know—everybody has their demons. But mine want me dead.

    Gateway is page-turning YA urban fantasy with a touch of romance. This trilogy will appeal to all ages, including fans of Pretty Little Liars, Legacies, and The Vampire Diaries.

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