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FEATURED: Know The Beast by Minerva Hart

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FEATURED: Know The Beast by Minerva HartAbout Know The Beast:

Family can be a real beast.

2010: Meet the Gibbs twins, Poppy and Arthur. Born to an addict mother, with no father, in the middle of Ohio, they have been keeping their dysfunctional little family afloat for years by taking under-the-table jobs and hiding Mom’s stash so she wouldn’t go on yet another bender. It’s a hard life, but at least they have two things to brighten it up a bit: Their mutual love and support, and their dream of making it big in Hollywood someday. But that dream pops like a soap bubble when Poppy gets bitten by a werewolf and, fearing of what she might do to her family, flees with nothing but the clothes on her back and the beast looking at her from every mirror. She is believed dead, and a heartbroken Arthur – who’s become an underage prostitute in order to pay his share of the bills – no longer has anything keeping him in Ohio. He steals his pimp’s black diamond necklace, a gift from the man’s dear dead mom, and abandons his mother to her fate.

2022: After twelve years of self-inflicted wounds and smoking wolfsbane, Poppy’s curse is finally catching up to her. She has days left before her final transformation, if even that. Thus, she resolves to make amends with her twin. What she finds, however, is not the brother she remembers. Arthur has become a D-list porn star living in an LA beach house bought and paid for by his lover, a rich but unremarkable Hollywood director. Despite countless false starts and even falser promises, Arthur is still determined to become a star; not just for himself, but for the sister he loved and lost. But when he finds that very same sister on his doorstep, alive yet inexplicably different, his life is thrown into a nose-dive.

Can the Gibbs twins reconcile, even after twelve years? Or are they destined to be devoured by their respective beasts?

Targeted Age Group: Adults
Written by: Minerva Hart

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What Once Was Promised by Louis Trubiano

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What Once Was Promised by Louis Trubiano

What One Was Promised is a multi-generational family saga that chronicles the diverse paths taken by three young Italian immigrants and one American-born Italian as they navigate the challenges presented them in early 20th century Boston. Love, friendship, treachery and betrayal are intertwined against a backdrop of political intrigue and decades long personal vendettas. In the end, the four old friends must come together to right a wrong visited upon them by those who have spent a lifetime fighting against them.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Historical, Print Books Tagged With: "Fiction", Boston, historical fiction, Louis Trubiano, mafia, mystery

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The Other Shoes of Larry Martin: Book Two: On Becoming Laurie Roberts (Larry Martin Novel Series) by Pavane Ravel

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The Other Shoes of Larry Martin: Book Two: On Becoming Laurie Roberts (Larry Martin Novel Series) by Pavane Ravel

Readers will highly enjoy Book Two of The Other Shoes of Larry Martin, a novel series with more political intrigue, family drama, and suspense. It is another best-seller by Author Pavane Ravel!

Larry Martin, in his quiet, kind, and mystical way, continues his journey to a new life with a new vision and a new understanding. Larry has become a rising star in the world of progressive journalism within a few short months after being homeless, jobless, and friendless, Larry has acquired a family and friends. He’s fallen in love with a brilliant and beautiful woman who loves him in return.

Even though Larry is now the most important journalist for a major liberal website in New York City, he has taken on a second full-time position at a prestigious architectural firm in Atlanta. Yet, despite all his good fortune, this kind, talented, and generous young man will soon face insidious lies, outrageous betrayal, and horrific danger, which is only the tip of the dramatic iceberg!

Now Awarded A 5-Star Reader’s Favorite and Reader Views 2024 Editorial Book Review!

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Drama, Heat Level 2 - PG, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books Tagged With: "Fiction", drama, Novelist Pavane Ravel, politics, realistic fiction, romance, social issues

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The Root of All Evil: A Clara and Iris Mystery (Book 3) by Kim Carter Novelist

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The Root of All Evil: A Clara and Iris Mystery (Book 3) by Kim Carter Novelist

“Awarded a 5-star Editorial Book Review by Reader’s Favorite and Reader Views Magazines!”

Private Investigators Clara Samples and Iris Hadley are at it again. As the two widows celebrate a successful first year of business, Pritchard Pitts of the Atlanta Police Department swings by with an unusual case. One that’s already been solved. But family members of both the victims and the offenders have doubts that the jury got it right.

It’ll be up to the PIs and their trusted team to prove that the two men incarcerated for the double murder are indeed innocent. As they delve deeper into the grisly crime, nothing is as it seems. From Iris working undercover as a waitress to Clara scouring out-of-state pawn shops, the duo soon discovers more questions than answers.

Are the men locked away in one of Georgia’s most secure prisons guilty or innocent?
And will the fearless private investigators and their team survive long enough to get the answer?

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Filed Under: Audiobook, Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Fiction, Heat Level 1 - G Rated Clean Read, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books Tagged With: "Fiction", mystery, mystery sleuth, Private Investigator Mysteries, women sleuths

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Shattered Windows by Deborah L. Fruchey

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Shattered Windows by Deborah L. Fruchey

“Care for a tour through the landscapes of a woman’s heart? Here’s your ride.
 
“Deborah Fruchey’s  Shattered Windows presents us with a chorus of women’s voices: some hers, some imagined, some in-between. These short pieces are a trek through many hearts, each unique and somehow so familiar. One page captures keenly drawn despair…while the next is charged with hope…Then we turn the page for more. Fruchey observes each without judgment and with empathy aplenty. Each scenario, each emotion, each person here feels true and painted with a knowing eye.”
 
—Richard Loranger, author of Mammal and Unit of Agency

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Filed Under: *Featured Books, Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 3 - PG-13, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books, Women's Fiction Tagged With: "Fiction", american authors, Deborah L. Fruchey, women's fiction

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The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

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The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

A lost Bible dating back to the time of Christ, and written by one of his disciples, is at the center of the murder of disgraced investment banker, Lazzaro de Medici. Wanted for questioning in connection to the murder, Professor of Biblical Studies, Aiden Leonardo races against the clock to find the lost Bible, while flying from the F.B.I., the Chicago PD, and a secret organization intent on destroying the ancient relic and tying up loose ends.
With only an encrypted letter and the help of his fiance, Miriam, and their close friend Nagi, Aiden utilizes his extensive knowledge of scripture to unravel the clues and find the secret of heaven, lest it be lost to forever.

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Filed Under: Audiobook, Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Fiction, Heat Level 3 - PG-13, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books Tagged With: "Fiction", conspiracy theories, historical, murder, mystery, religious conspiracies, suspense, thriller

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The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

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The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

When investment banker Lazzaro de Medici is found dead, Professor of Biblical Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago Aiden Leonardo is the prime suspect. In possession of an encrypted letter given to him by Lazzaro, Aiden utilizes his extensive knowledge of Scripture to piece together clues that lead to a Lost Bible dating back to the time of Christ.

Hidden within the text is an ancient truth about the most controversial message Jesus left to His disciples. But as Aiden embarks on his quest to unravel the mystery of redemption and faith, a secret organization known only as The Group hunts him down to destroy the Lost Bible and tie up loose ends.

With the help of his fiancé Dr. Miriam Levin—a cultural anthropologist and a professor of historical archaeology in her own right, their friend Nagi, a philologist, religious historian and an eccentric cryptographer, Aiden soon realizes the Lost Bible was written by a disciple who walked with Jesus and had his gospel omitted from Scripture.

Things are further complicated when a mysterious stranger warns Aiden that possessing the secret of heaven could cost him his life. Pursued by the F.B.I. for the ancient Black market relic and the Chicago PD in connection to the murder of Lazzaro de Medici, Aiden races against the clock to prove his innocence and fulfill his mentor’s dying wish.

“Expose the secret of heaven.”

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Filed Under: Audiobook, Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Fiction, Heat Level 3 - PG-13, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books Tagged With: "Fiction", #conspiracytheories, #historicalfiction, #religiousconspiracy, FelixAlexander, historical, mystery, thriller

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River Aria by Joan Schweighardt

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River Aria by Joan Schweighardt

It’s 1928 and Estela Euquerio Hopper, an ambitious young woman from an impoverished area of Brazil, has landed a job at the New York Metropolitan Opera, though only to work in the sewing room. Her good fortune is due in part to her unique education and in part to the fact that her father is American. She hopes to make it from the sewing room to the stage, but there are obstacles in her way: her possessive father, her secretive cousin, and the wild temperament of the city itself in its pre-depression heyday.

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Filed Under: Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Print Books, Women's Fiction Tagged With: "Fiction", drama, historical, Jazz Age, Joan Schweighardt, opera, rainforest, romance, Speakeasies, women's fiction

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Imagining Dragons by Robert Gaspari

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Imagining Dragons by Robert Gaspari

Tom dreamed of the spirit of a dragon who encouraged him to help bring the beast back to life on our world. He found the dragon’s seed hidden away in his uncle’s collection of archeological artifacts after the young man inherited the professor’s estate.
This began a strange journey for Tom, as the dragon spoke to him each night, bestowed psychic powers upon him, and groomed the man to become a Dragon Master. Tom relished this opportunity and willingly engaged in every task assigned to him by this mythological creature. That is until certain things went against his moral fiber…
Would you do what the beast in your dreams demanded if it gave you unlimited power? That was Tom’s dilemma and it could have one of two possible outcomes.

THIS BOOK IS TWO BOOKS IN ONE!

After the original ending, I step back six chapters and provide a totally different alternate ending. I hope you enjoy them both.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Fantasy, Heat Level 3 - PG-13, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books Tagged With: "Fiction", dragon master, dragons., Fantasy, fire breather, magic, mythological beast, Robert Gaspari

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The Essence of Nathan Biddle by J. William Lewis

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The Essence of Nathan Biddle by J. William Lewis

Protagonist Kit Biddle is a rising prep school senior who finds himself tangled in a web of spiritual quandaries and intellectual absurdities. Kit’s angst is compounded by a unique psychological burden he is forced to carry: his intelligent but unstable Uncle Nat has committed an unspeakable act on what, according to the Uncle’s deranged account, were direct orders from God.

An intelligent, clever, and captivating tale, The Essence of Nathan Biddle soars in the spaces that exist between despair and hope, darkness and light, love and loss. Beautifully written, profoundly moving, and resplendent with characters destined to remain with you long after the last page is turned, The Essence of Nathan Biddle is unforgettable.

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Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 1 - G Rated Clean Read, Historical Tagged With: "Fiction", Coming of Age, historical fiction, J. William Lewis, literary fiction

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