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Intoxicated by Jeana E Mann

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Intoxicated by Jeana E Mann

A handsome bartender with a bad reputation pursues an uptight accountant with a broken heart. There is only one reason Jack Jameson takes girls into the back of his bar, and everyone knows it. On this night, Ally wants to be that girl. Will Jack’s secret ruin it? An enemies-to-lovers, second chances, secret baby, sassy heroine, bad boy romance. Join Jack and Ally and all their friends at Felony Bar where the drinks are cold, secrets abound, and love is always on tap.

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Filed Under: Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, PermaFree Books, Romance Tagged With: enemies to lovers, Jeana E. Mann, Motorcycle Club, second chances, secret baby, starcrossed lovers

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Walk the Plank by Marilyn Barr

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Walk the Plank by Marilyn Barr

Branko learns he will be sold into slavery when they dock in Charles Town, so he doesn’t hesitate to jump ship onto a neighboring sloop in the harbor. This boat will weigh anchor with him at the helm–once he decides what to do with the lady chained in the cargo hold who claims she’s a vampire.

Magda Dashkovari’s body has been given to science while she’s still living in it. Her prayers are answered when a pirate boards her boat, but she should have asked for her rescuer to be less bloodthirsty than she is…

Scientists hunt her in town, plantation owners hunt him from the north and south, Blackbeard blocks Charles Town Harbor to the east, and a war rages between settlers and natives to the west. These unlikely allies will have to link together to escape a life in chains…but will their trust in each other endure their journey to freedom?

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Paranormal, Print Books Tagged With: adventure, American historical romance, historical romance, Marilyn Barr, paranormal romance, pirate, vampire

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Under an Azure Sky by Wil Chan

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Under an Azure Sky by Wil Chan

They call me…Hero…Mercenary…Dragon Slayer.
But that wasn’t always the case.
There was a time when I thought that dragons were beautiful…

During my childhood, I believed that I was friends with a dragon, except the dragon never knew of this friendship. Days after my thirteenth birthday, my secret was no longer mine to keep. Soldiers arrived to slay the dragon so that a feudal lord could make his name amongst the nine kingdoms. It ended in abject failure. They were left to soak in a bloodbath of their own making. In a rage, the dragon destroyed the place that I called home, and killed the people that I called family. She also dismantled a thing that I called love. Reborn under a mound of ashen corpses, my empty shell vowed vengeance, forging a fiery path of retribution that could not be undone. Not by my own design, I inadvertently became a slayer of dragons. Curiously, dragon slaying isn’t my next job…
A princess is being held for ransom at a goblin fort. Wearing the stolen armour of a goblin knight, I attempt to rescue her to claim my prize. When I met her, she was Winter. Now, she is Spring. Maybe I can learn to love again…

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Fantasy, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books Tagged With: #ComingOfAge, #highfantasy, adventure, elysiadayne, Epicfantasy, LGBTQ, romance, series, sword&sorcery

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April’s Heart by Shilah Ferr

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April’s Heart by Shilah Ferr

Autumn 1977. Thirteen year old cheerleader April Schweiter falls hard for Mitch Hudgins, putting an end to childhood and changing her life forever. April embarks on a coming of age journey full of angst and unanswered questions. And her dysfunctional family is only one of the problems in her way.

Classmate and wrestler Mitch Hudgins can’t get enough of April either. She stirs in him surprising passion that is new, unfamiliar and needs to be explored. 

But they say goodbye when they attend schools in different towns, far away from each other. Surely staying together wouldn’t have a chance of working out. But they were crazy for each other! Would breaking up have a chance of working out?

“You guys are the nicest friends anyone could have!” April choked down a sob. She was still emotional at the realization of the future of her romance with the guy who took her virginity, the guy who once told her he loved her, the guy she fought for, the guy with whom she was really very happy with. She was heartbroken but didn’t know it yet.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Print Books, Romance Tagged With: Coming of Age, First Time Sex, High School and College Romance, sexy romance, Shilah Ferr, sports romance, young adult

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Running with the Enemy by Lloyd Lofthouse

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Running with the Enemy by Lloyd Lofthouse

A US Marine is framed for a crime he didn’t commit. He has a choice to make, save the woman he loves, or prove his innocence. He can’t have both.

“Obviously drawn from the author’s first-hand experiences as a Marine serving in Vietnam … a rough but occasionally heartfelt war story … is quite good and has a lot to say about the nature of the conflict.”
— Judge’s comment from 21st Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books, Romance Tagged With: drama, fugitives, Love Story, romantic suspense, suspense, thriller, Vietnam War

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When Push Comes to Shoot by Rena Koontz

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When Push Comes to Shoot by Rena Koontz

Emma Hunter’s tyrannical brother deserved to die, even if the manner of his murder was horror-movie gruesome. As a police lieutenant, she’s duty-bound to provide whatever assistance she can in hunting down her brother’s killer, but she doesn’t mourn his loss. Business acquaintances, former friends, and even his relatives agree the world is better off without the despicable bully.

With no clues and too many suspects, it looks like the murderer might be home free — until tenacious Detective Jared Jones’ suspicions turn to Emma’s sweet sister-in-law. Emma knows for a fact that her brother’s mentally and emotionally abused wife is innocent, but conflicting loyalties prevent her from speaking up and turning the investigation in the right direction. What’s best for her brother’s widow could cost Emma everything she values — her career, her reputation, even her freedom.

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Filed Under: Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books Tagged With: murder, mystery, police procedure, Rena Koontz, suspense, thriller

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Hammer and Blood by Viktor Bloodstone

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Hammer and Blood by Viktor Bloodstone

Mercenary assassin versus unstoppable, mask-wearing psycho!

Ptolemy Lindquist, one of the world’s greatest assassins, is contemplating retirement. Cali, his daughter, wants to have a fun vacation with her friends and boyfriend at a popular lake. Thanks to Ptolemy being hunted by other assassins and Cali investigating why the guys of the group are acting sketchy, father and daughter find themselves trapped in a house of horror by Zebadiah Seeley, a murderer and rapist who can’t be killed.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Horror, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books Tagged With: assassin, Horror, killer, mask-wearing, psycho, Slasher, viktor bloodstone

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All the Colors of My Soul by Leta McCurry

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All the Colors of My Soul by Leta McCurry

What could drive a loving wife and mother to commit cold-blooded murder?
 
Growing up in the 1930s Santa Clara Valley, California, Neva Holiday wanted nothing more than to reach eighteen, have a beau, get married and mother a houseful of kids. Simple, quiet, peaceful.

As she blossoms into a young woman during high school, she finds herself torn between a life-long bond with the boy next door and her growing love for a handsome newcomer escaping the destitution of Dust Bowl Oklahoma. Before she can discover the desire of her heart, WWII tears her world apart, plunging her into years of fear and dread of receiving the telegram beginning, “We regret to inform you.”

A son brings joy, purpose and focus to her life until an insidious influence creeps into the family unawares, creating an unspeakable tragedy, forever shattering Neva’s dreams of quiet happiness, and forcing her to confront whether she will turn the other cheek or deliver cold-hearted retribution.

In a dizzying exposé of the human spirit, Leta McCurry weaves a riveting tale of a young woman’s descent into darkness. Emotionally gripping and magnificently crafted, this rich and heart-wrenching novel will keep you on the edge of your seat as you race to its extraordinary conclusion. — Heidi Thomas, Award-winning author of the “Cowboy Dreams” series.
 
All the Colors of My Soul is a sweeping twentieth-century historical fiction. If you like captivating character studies, poignant moral quandaries, and vivid snapshots of the past, then you’ll love Leta McCurry’s mesmerizing story. — Sally Bates, Award-winning author of Western fiction and poetry.

Targeted Age Group:: 18+
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 4 – R Rated

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Two tragic family incidents. The situations were similar but the responses of the individuals involved were vastly different. All the Colors of My Soul is not the story of either of those incidents, but was inspired by the different reactions of the human spirit to an unspeakable tragedy.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Characters are always influenced to some degree by people we have known, particularly in childhood for me. Additionally there are those people who appear for an instant and then are gone, the slouched old man sitting on a park bench, his face a road map of life, the thin woman with a smelly infant slung on her hip, the child with the haunted eyes. They speak to me on a primal level and I remember them. I don't pattern characters after any one person, but exposure to all these are the bits and pieces of the mosaic that becomes a new identity in my stories. Beyond that, the stories themselves are a big factor in character development – kind of like the character rises to the occasion.


Book Sample
Inside my chest, my heart slowly expanded until it pushed against the constraints of my ribs and into my throat as if it would flow out and fill the room with something sparkling and golden, but warm and soft. I held my breath, wanting to extend the moment, to fill my hands with the manifestation of my love for him, to smear it on my face and arms, and his, where it would forever color our skin with a lasting testimony of my unspeakable love for him.


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Filed Under: Buyer's Guides, Fiction, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Print Books, Romance Tagged With: Family, friends, historical fiction, Leta McCurry, relationships, romance, Small town & rural, strong women, women's fiction

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Brink of Life by Rick Moskovitz

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Brink of Life by Rick Moskovitz

A woman plunges into consciousness in the midst of what seems like someone else’s life, sending her on a quest to discover who she is and to craft an identity that makes sense within her current circumstances. As she digs into the mystery of her life, she uncovers a top secret government organization plotting world domination and a clandestine vigilante organization dedicated to destroying it and is caught between these warring factions. Nobody in her new world is exactly who they appear to be, including herself. Identity, she learns, is complicated and inseparable from the body in which it resides.

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Filed Under: Audiobook, Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Fiction, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: amnesia, covert agents, hackers, Hard Science Fiction, identity, immortality, intrigue, recovered memories, Rick Moskovitz, thriller

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Urban Marriage 12: Atlanta Girls … Engaged! by Tulipe Pascere

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Urban Marriage 12: Atlanta Girls … Engaged! by Tulipe Pascere

SERIES Book 12: young divorcée moves in with her lesbian friend and they seek pastoral counseling and therapy to explore their relationship / Mature Christian audience (NO erotica)
Amazon Kindle FICTION: Christian Romance / Lesbian Romance

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Romance Tagged With: Atlanta, christian, contemporary fiction, Engagement, lesbian, LGBTQ, post-divorce, romance, Tulipe Pascere, women's fiction

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