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All Sorrel Janes wants to do is vanish...but not the way others have planned. The third book in the Sorrel Janes Mystery Series is a hit! Readers will be begging for more.

Explore the Universe with loveable characters in this delightfully informative and fun adventure read-along book for children 3-8 years old.

A steamy, intelligent historical fiction set in the Arizona desert where the harsh environment matches the characters who populate it. Can two wounded souls find each other and flourish? Find out in Kristy McCaffrey’s hard to put down, fourth book in the Winds of the West series, The Blackbird.

An engaging and approachable treatise on the role of a Divine Creator not only in science but in the very universe in which we live.

When the U.S. government goes awry, the Texas Rangers step in to clean it up. This third book in The Patriot series, Purge on the Potomac, is a present-day political thriller that will have fans casting their vote for more.

A beautifully dark, intelligent and psychological romance about two tormented souls searching for the truth. Highly recommended.

Romance, typhoons, and exotic scenery highlight this exceptional sea-faring memoir about love and surviving loss by Pacific Northwest author, Theresa Mathews.

One teenaged boy joins the clandestine fight against an oppressive reign of terror that is taking over America.

Edgy, articulate spy saga, Epstein’s Pancake is set in a post-Cold War world peopled by unsuspected betrayers and surprising allies.

The second book in a rich, school of magic fantasy series, T.K. Riggins has more fun --and danger in store for his readers in Money Jane: The Hunt for a Legendary Magic Thief.

Take a grieving boy, his widowed father, and an intuitive, caring teacher who has wounds of her own, and you have the perfect characters for a captivating romance.  

A dachshund and a pelican become friends one day, not because they are the same – but because they are so very different! Jones offers a beautifully penned and whimsical children’s book about friendship, diversity, and acceptance. A much-needed story for all readers.

Edge-of-your-seat sci-fi thriller, book 3 in a trilogy where secrets can kill and whom to trust is always the question.

A western paranormal romance that will leave readers begging for more!

As the Ribbons Fall is a first-class horror novel. Make no mistake, Kara Wolfe has crafted a terrifying, white-knuckled read best done with the lights on.

Timothy Vincent’s out of this world dark fantasy/thriller, Jack Out of the Box, takes readers on a fantastically frightening voyage where choices matter – and one wrong choice releases dark and violent chaos back into the world.

Powerful and gripping, Janice S. Ellis delivers a first-hand account of the 1960s through the eyes of a black woman - of prejudice, injustice, and violence – and ultimately, victory in her inspirational journey to attain the American Dream.

"Billy Battles is as dear and fascinating a literary friend as I have ever encountered." - C. Meehan, Chanticleer Reviews

Cox presents a page-turning, gunslinging romantic western that will surely warm your heart and make you smile.

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