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Dying to Love You $1.99 After dying for the third time, unloved and unlovable Autumn Baines is running out of chances to avoid purgatory. For her latest life, she's sent to the Serengeti, where she'll have to perform a selfless act and find someone to love her. She sees her chance with the arrival of widowed father Logan McBride and his teen daughter. Faced with an opportunity to make a tremendous sacrifice, she'll have to decide…can she forego her eternal happiness to give them theirs?

Fatal Passion A Doc Holliday Mystery $4.99 Small-town veterinarian and former med student Dr. Tullah Holliday never looks for trouble. Rather trouble finds her. Who killed Mayor Alma Tackett and her secret lover? Could it be playboy and mayoral candidate Forest Rakestraw? He seems the likely suspect for murder until Tullah finds him dead in a horse stall. When autopsies reveal partially digested donuts laced with poison, fingers point first to the elderly bakeshop owner, then to the high school teacher Rakestraw jilted. Tullah decides to help her sheriff dad track down the killer. Now it's not just trouble finding her, but danger, and maybe death.

Prodigy Quest $5.99 A flood of two-hundred-year-old memories from a past life knocks boy-genius Tris right off his stool at the quiz show he was winning. Then a letter arrives from a fifty-year-old time capsule that sends him on a quest to find a book of wisdom his karmic ancestors have been compiling for centuries. Really? Sure, he's smarter than all the adults around him, but how's he supposed to navigate an interstate scavenger hunt and elude a group of fanatic lowlifes? Tris has to grow into someone beyond his years to get the job done. He learns the hard way that the smartest boy in the world…isn't.

Orange Cream Dreams and Murderous Schemes One Scoop or Two $3.99 Callie Clark's ice cream shack on Chocolate Lake is finally up and ready for business, but a murder and an ominous warning throws her into a decades-old treasure hunt with the brooding groundskeeper who can't seem to keep his hands to himself. Dean Lowry can't stand Callie's spoiled superiority complex, but that doesn't stop him from admiring her outrageous bikinis from afar. When the promise of a killer's return threatens the woman he loves to hate, the tug of war between heart and mind begins. Can they put their differences aside, or will status and small-town secrets tear them apart?

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Illegal Maneuvers $5.99 When auto restorer Dan Gallagher offers a tipsy Stephanie Mercer a ride home, he has no idea he'll be drawn into a mystery that will challenge his brain, his nerve, and his heart. Stephanie's husband is in a coma following a car crash, which she insists was no accident. After Dan examines the wrecked Cadillac, he has to agree. Ten years have passed since Dan's wife died, and he never expected to fall for Stephanie. He's determined to help her find out what happened to her husband but when Dan discovers evidence that points to Stephanie's guilt, he wonders if she knows more than she's admitting. The closer Dan comes to the truth, the more he risks not only his life but that of the woman he's come to love.

Pride and Intentions $4.99 Set in beautiful castles in the middle of the twentieth century, this is a story about Doris Rose the daughter of an English oligarch who cannot forget the poor young man who stole her heart a long time ago when her parents forcefully separated them. But love has the power to turn the dark tragedy of their past into a miracle. Reborn as one of the richest men in England, the former poor boy from her childhood returns to her parents' lives... Morally marred by lies, deception and secrets from her parents' past, the former mistress of Magnolia Castle, Doris Rose, is forced to abandon her wealth and join the working class. She blames the very man she secretly loves for her misfortune. The oligarch's plans and the pride of the girl who has lost everything become the only things that tie two people who secretly love one another.

The Romanov Legacy: A Novel $4.99 Melody, a young single mother, discovers she's descended from the last Tsar, Nicholas II. She becomes the best hope of a secret global society, Guardians of the Romanov Legacy, dedicated to restoring a Romanov to the throne of a New Russia. A diary and an heirloom necklace inherited from her murdered grandmother hold the key to her identity and to the location of the Tsar's lost shipment of gold. She must accept the sacrifices her birth demands and trust the machinations of the estranged father of her child. To refuse means turning her back on her heritage, her daughter's legacy, and the long line of her family's women who were keepers of the secret. Will her longing for true love have world-changing consequences?

Tiponi $4.99 Two hundred years into the future, the world faces an impending and devastating event, the eruption of a super volcano beneath Yellowstone, home of the Kahoti Tribe. They are caretakers of a sacred pipe that symbolizes the ancient covenant between the tribes and White Mesa Woman—the matriarch of their tribe. She promises to return when she is needed. Powaqa, an albino child, is born, and when her mother dies Grandfather (The Great Spirit) sends Hania, her spirit warrior, a wolf, to protect the baby. Once she is twenty and renamed Tiponi, Hania learns she is destined to be his mate and is the reincarnation of White Mesa Woman. She must complete her own quests in order to enact the change, but will it happen in time to bring back the sacred pipe when it is stolen or stop the volcano from destroying all they hold dear?

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The Truth Behind the Mask The McKay Series $4.99 Is Alexandra McKay the reason her sister Fletcher left town? Yes. Does that mean Alex wants to put her life on hold to bring the little beast back? No! But when she discovers her sister's been abducted, Alex will do whatever it takes to rescue her. Giving up his PI gig was tough, but Jake Keller would rather do that any day than partner up with Alexandra McKay. Unfortunately, if he wants to find his friend Fletcher, he has to work with Her Royal Pain-in-the-Behind-ness. Hot or not, the woman makes his jaw twitch. Forced together by circumstance, and ensnared in a web of clues, the pair submit to their undeniable passion. But if they're unwilling to face the truth, they will risk not only Fletcher's life but their own chance at happiness.

Sworn to Fly Sworn Sisters Series $5.99 Risk-averse ER nurse, Alyssa Beckman, is about to lose her job because of yet another bad decision. In order to put her life back on track, she books a week at a rustic mountain resort to ponder her next steps and rejuvenate. But when she arrives, she learns she's enrolled in boot camp, an adventure program far out of her comfort zone. While there, she meets Gabriel Sutton, a world-travelling high-fashion photographer who is in danger of losing his clients as well as his status if he doesn't start following the rules. While hiking, kayak racing, and participating in team challenges, sparks fly between Alyssa and Gabe as they encourage each other to take different life paths. But will those paths lead them farther apart or bring them closer together?

Without Mercy $4.99 After a violent bank robbery where her boss is gunned down in front of her, China Beckett wants nothing more than to rush home to be with her child and put the horrific event behind her. But she soon learns that the nightmare is only beginning. The same criminals have infiltrated her home and they take over her life, threatening her young daughter and everyone they love. Each time China makes a mistake, someone dies. As the full scope of their ruthless plan unfolds, China is faced with a shocking truth. Now she'll have to decide who to trust, and time is running out.

Death by Sample Size A Holly Swimsuit Mystery $4.99 Everyone wanted her dead…but who actually killed her? The last thing swimwear sales exec Holly Schlivnik expected was to discover ruthless buying office big wig Bunny Frank's corpse trussed up like a Thanksgiving turkey with a bikini stuffed down her throat. When Holly's colleague is arrested for Bunny's murder, the wise-cracking, irreverent amateur sleuth jumps into action to find the real killer. Nothing turns out the way Holly thinks it will as she matches wits with a wily murderer hellbent for revenge.

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The Fourth State of Matter Valence Chronicles $5.99 Earth is dead. Humanity survives by selling the only resource available—themselves. 2689 has signed away his rights as a living being and become décor, living artwork that rich aliens use to decorate their homes. It's a stable existence but a boring one. Until one day his owner plays host to three unexpected guests. Large, loud, and more potent than anything 2689 has ever experienced, this trio of ship-dwellers from the wrong side of the universe awakens a desire he can't ignore. However, blissful days of sex and companionship with Brog, Desmodian, and Xavis come to an end when 2689 discovers a plot that could land the trio in jail...or worse. 2689 will have to make a choice—stay silent and allow three innocent lives to be ruined or give up his stable life to protect the ones he loves.

Blue Moon and Starry Nights One Scoop or Two $3.99 For Kamryn Kline, third-generation owner of Serendipity's Simply Sweet Dips Ice Cream Shoppe, a new freezer is essential for her Driftwood Bay business. The unexpected cost could prevent her from making a profit from the summer tourist season. Antique broker Spencer Days witnesses a crime at work and suddenly becomes part of the Witness Protection Program. Whisked away to the isolated island of Driftwood Bay, he's reinvented as David Stone: sanitation worker. Neither Kamryn nor David are looking for attachments, but what happens with warm island winds, hot summer nights, cool ice cream, and starry skies is anyone's guess.

Supe Slayer $5.99 Detective Kennedy "Edy" James is not your average beat cop. She's a member of an elite, secret sector called the PCI. The Paranormal Crime Investigation unit handles cases tied to supernatural beings, or supes, as the precinct likes to call them. Things go from strange to stranger when there's a sudden and drastic spike in human deaths within a nearby vampire territory. As Edy and her partner, Seth, dig deeper into the case, they discover something far more sinister than just your average rogue vampire murder spree. Supes have always been unpredictable and dangerous. Now something else is brewing under the veil of darkness—but what? They're determined to find the answer, or at least die trying.

I Was A Teenage ALIEN $4.99 Oas is sent from her home planet of Zorca-twenty-three to rescue her brother Ralb from the worse humanoid known in the solar system—a teenage girl. With her traveling companions, Rotsen, a plant with an attitude who watches too many Shaprantos reruns and Lehcarr, a Venus Fly Trap with the habit of eating her friends, they set out to find Ralb. Traveling through a black hole, Oas is transformed from her ananoid shape into a teenage humanoid, becoming what she fears most—a teenager. They land in Bedrocktown to find the teenagers aren't as bad as they feared—they're worse. Zen her handler has warned her to stay away from pizza and popcorn but she tries both, with horrible results. She needs to find her brother, figure out how humans kiss, save the town from an E. Coli outbreak and meet Jason Montana, not necessarily in that order. Then all she has to do is find her way home, but are her ties to Earth too strong?

Fear the Night $4.99 Adrienne "Max" Maxwell has everything she wants in life. Except sleep. Her fear of the night (Nyctophobia) stems from the brutal murder of her mother when she was ten. Strange things keep happening to Max. Objects in her home disappear and she finds unwashed dishes from a meal she doesn't remember eating. As these problems continue, she begins to doubt her mental stability. Her new neighbor and customer, research scientist Angus McLaren, quickly discovers Max's fears. He finds this strong, independent woman appealing and works to gain her trust, even as her mother's killer looms nearby. Stopping him from carrying out his depraved agenda will require all of Max's strength and that of her family of friends.

The Bride's Curse The Wedding Bliss Series $4.99 Kelly Andrew's store, Wedding Bliss, is the one-stop for all a bride's needs. Abandoned by her own fiancé, she hopes to make it easier for brides by planning their ceremonies down to the last detail. But one little problem keeps her from being successful. Three brides have brought back the same vintage gown saying it was responsible for dashing their dreams. Brett, the nephew of the original owner of the dress, needs to get the gown back. Impossible since Kelly sold the garment and claims the gown is cursed. Brett's confusion at her words deepens when he discovers she communes with ghosts. Yet, when a contrite spirit comes forward, with a message, Brett goes along on a wild-bridegroom chase. Passions flare as they work to break the wedding hex before another bride's dreams goes up in flames.