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Handler by Tish Thawe

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Title: Handler Author: Tish Thawer Published: Dec. 16, 2017 Publisher: Amber Leaf Publishing Pages: 276 Genre: Sci-fi/Dystopian  Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Our world was perfect––until we broke the law: Don't go out at night. Utopian by day, dystopian by night; this is the world I recently discovered. I now struggle with the fact that our whole society has been based on a lie. There's only one way to change it––conquer the darkness we've all been raised to fear. Live the lie; fight to the death; become a Handler. It's the only way. A sci-fi/dystopian novel.

A Glitch in the System by Adam Aust

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Title: A Glitch in the System Author: Adam Aust Published: Oct. 31, 2016 Pages: 268 Genre: Thriller Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Angela Gianni lived a quiet, alternative life as a dominatrix on the outskirts of Los Angeles—until her closest friend and secret lover both disappeared, and a bloody corpse materialized in her beach bungalow. With no memory of the murder, and bodies piling up as fast as the incriminating evidence against her, Angela’s only hope may be F.B.I. agent John Bancroft and the potential link between his twelve-year-old cold case and her own. But with the walls closing in around her, and her circumstances turning from desperate to dire, Angela might not survive long enough to connect the dots . . .  

A Tapestry of Tears by Gita V. Reddy

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Title: A Tapestry of Tears Author: Gita V. Reddy Published: Nov. 2, 2016 Publisher: Self Review: ebook provided by author Genre: Women, Short stories Pages: 204 Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Set in the early nineteenth century, A Tapestry of Tears is about female infanticide, and the unmaking of tradition. If a woman gives birth to a female child, she must feed her the noxious sap of the akk plant. That is the tradition, parampara. Veeranwali rebels, and fights to save her offspring. The other stories span a spectrum of emotions and also bring to life the varied culture and social spectrum of India. Woven into this collection is the past and the present, despair and hope, and the triumph of the human spirit.

True Crime Stories Volume 5: 12 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases (True Crime Anthology) by Jack Rosewood

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Title: True Crime Stories Vol. 5 Author: Jack Rosewood Published: Dec. 31, 2016 Pages: 142 Genre: True Crime Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Open the pages of this true crime anthology and learn about twelve of the most shocking true crime cases in modern history. You will be glued to the pages as you read about high profile true crime murder cases, such as the murder of Laci Peterson, and the murder trial of actor Robert Blake, while learning about some lesser known yet equally notorious murder trials. You will follow criminal investigations into cold murder cases that were once thought to be unsolvable, but through a combination of scientific advances, good police work, and some luck, homicide detectives were able to give the victims’ families closure. Although most of the cases profiled in this book are clearly true crime stories, one case, the story of the famous doctor Jack Kevorkian, concerns changing legal interp

Hunger by Perrin Briar

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Title: Hunger Author: Perrin Briar Published: Dec. 14, 2017 Publisher: Self Pages: 113 Genre: Zombies Review: ebook for free on Amazon Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk   Lies aren’t just dangerous. They’re deadly. John is a loving husband and father. He takes his daughter swimming every weekend. He tells her stories to coax her to sleep every night. He often buys his wife wine and bouquets of flowers… All to disguise the guilt. John is secretly living two lives. And this time, it’s going to bite him on the ass. Literally. He’s with his bit-on-the-side when victims of a deadly virus spill across the entrance of his hotel. Trapped, he has no way to get back to his family to protect them. Can he escape and get to them before it’s too late? Or will he remain trapped with his mistress? A mistress with a dark and sinister secret…

Reawakened (Havenwood Falls High) by Morgan Wylie

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Title: Reawakened (Havenwood Falls) Author: Morgan Wylie Published: Oct. 13, 2017 Pages: Ang'Dora Productions Genre: YA, Paranormal fantasy, supernatural Review: ebook provided by Red Coat Publishing Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk Welcome to Havenwood Falls, a small town in the majestic mountains of Colorado. A town where legacies began centuries ago, bloodlines run deep, and dark secrets abound. A town where nobody is what you think, where truths pose as lies, and where myths blend with reality. A place where everyone has a story. Including the high schoolers. This is only but one… Like all young witch hunters in Havenwood Falls, seventeen-year-old Macy Blackstone has been spelled to control her killer instincts. When she’s reawakened too early, though, her world flips upside down. Daughter to the Blackstone witch hunters’ matriarch, Macy should have known what was coming, but her mother hadn’t prepared her. Overwhelmed with the surge of energy from

Ink & Fire: (A Havenwood Falls Novella) by R.K. Ryals

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Title: Havenwood Falls Ink & Fire Author: R.K. Ryals Published: Dec. 15, 2017 Publisher: Ang'dora Publications Pages: 141 Genre: New Adult, Paranormal, Angels Review: ebook provided by Red Coat Publishing Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk It takes the fallen to save the damned. Harper Sinclair doesn't own any books. If she can avoid it, she doesn't read or write at all. Words are dangerous. Beyond the cover of a book, words rearrange themselves for Harper, becoming messages from beyond. Brutal messages. Terrible messages. When she writes, awful things flow from her fingers. She's a spiritual writer haunted by demons. Lucas Fox is one of the fallen, an angel whose murderous past keeps him from Heaven. Whose protective, chivalric nature keeps him from Hell. He lives between worlds, content to enjoy his vices while doing just enough to keep him out of the underworld. But when Harper is forced to sign a contract for a house she buys in Have

The Sanheim Chronicles (Complete Box Set) by Rob Blackwell

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Title: The Sanheim Chronicles (Complete Box Set) Author: Rob Blackwell Published: Sept. 11, 2015 Genre: Fantasy Review: ebook provided by author Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk Book One, A Soul to Steal:  A serial killer on the loose, two reporters in his sights, and a legendary ghost haunting the town...  Lord Halloween, a vicious murderer who targeted Loudoun County, Va., twelve years ago, has returned. Quinn and Kate, two community journalists, race to uncover his identity before a promised bloodbath on Halloween. But to stop him, they may unleash a far darker threat -- and pay an unimaginable price.   Book Two: Band of Demons: Quinn and Kate confront a new evil that threatens to destroy their town. The novel has earned rave reviews for its "plot twists that will leave you gasping for air."   Book Three: Give the Devil His Due: "A stellar conclusion to one of the best trilogies I've ever read... I'm still reeling from the en

Digital Free December: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Title: The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Published: Feb. 28, 2017 Publisher: Balzer & Bray Genre: Teens, YA Pages: 464 Review: Bought this baby! Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her

Awaken the Soul (Havenwood Falls High) by Michele G. Miller

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Title: Havenwood Falls High Awaken the Soul Author: Michele G. Miller Pages: 120 Genre: YA Published: Dec. 8, 2017 Publisher: Ang'dora Publications Review: ebook provided by Red Coat Publishing Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Welcome to Havenwood Falls, a small town in the majestic mountains of Colorado. A town where legacies began centuries ago, bloodlines run deep, and dark secrets abound. A town where nobody is what you think, where truths pose as lies, and where myths blend with reality. A place where everyone has a story. Including the high schoolers. This is only but one… Breckin Roberts has known Vivienne his entire life. Born and raised in Havenwood Falls, they attend the same school, eat at the same restaurants, and enjoy the same festivals. But they aren’t friends. They’re merely two classmates—her human and him not so much. Until one fateful December afternoon. When Vivienne Freeman awakens late that night, disheveled and disoriented, the last

Digital Free December: The Nest by Kenneth Oppel

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Title: The Nest Author: Kenneth Oppel Published: Oct. 6, 2015 Publisher: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers Pages: 272 Genre: Grades 5th on up Review: library book Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  For some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun. But for Steve, it’s just another season of worries. Worries about his sick newborn baby brother who is fighting to survive, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp’s nest looming ominously from the eaves. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to “fix” the baby, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered. All he has to do is say “Yes.” But “yes” is a powerful word. It is also a dangerous one. And once it is uttered, can it be taken back?

Digital Free December: Hide and Seek (Helen Grace #6) by M.J. Arlidge

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Title: Hide and Seek Author: M.J. Arlidge Published: Jan. 24, 2017 Publisher: Michael Joseph Pages: 384 Genre: Murder/Mystery Review: library book Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Prison is no place for a detective Helen Grace was one of the country's best police investigators. Now she's behind bars with the killers she caught. Framed for murder She knows there is only way out: stay alive until her trial and somehow prove her innocence. Locked up with a killer But when a mutilated body is found in the cell next door, Helen fears her days are numbered. A murderer is on the loose. And she must find them. Before she's next . . .

Alpha's Queen (A Havenwood Falls Novella) by Lila Felix

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Title: Havewood Falls Alpha's Queen Author: Lila Felix Publisher: Ang'dora Productions Pages: 112 Published: Nov. 17, 2017 Genre: Werewolves, YA Review: ebook provided  Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Welcome to Havenwood Falls, a small town in the majestic mountains of Colorado. A town where legacies began centuries ago, bloodlines run deep, and dark secrets abound. A town where nobody is what you think, where truths pose as lies, and where myths blend with reality. A place where everyone has a story. This is only but one… Being the alpha’s queen is the last thing Atlas Belham has ever wanted. Yet here she stands, blindfolded and binding herself to a life with a man she's never even met. All for the good of her people. Harrison Xavier’s plans have never included taking a mate, ever. He’s perfectly happy to allow his cousin to assume his place as leader, especially as old feuds reignite and the Black Bear Kingdom teeters on the edge of revolution.

NOT AGAIN by Rene D. Schultz

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Title: Not Again Author: Rene D. Schultz Published: Nov. 20, 2017 Pages: 237 (print) Genre: Women's Fiction Review: ebook Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Austin is struggling with the death of his fiancé. Kelzi lost her husband to the war in Iraq and is destitute, withdrawn and living in a shelter with her four-year-old son. They are both traveling down the road of self-destruction, until ‘fate' and 'letting go of the past’ collide. Will Austin be able to let go of his past? Will Kelzi learn to trust again? A riveting exploration of love lost and found. NOT AGAIN is the poignant story of a young man who must confront his past, so that he can believe in the chance for a new beginning.

Havenwood Falls High: Somewhere Within by Amy Hale

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Title: Havenwood Falls High Somewhere Within Author: Amy Hale Published: Nov. 10, 2017 Publisher: Ang'Dora Productions Pages: 138 Genre: Teens Review: ebook provided Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Welcome to Havenwood Falls, a small town in the majestic mountains of Colorado. A town where legacies began centuries ago, bloodlines run deep, and dark secrets abound. A town where nobody is what you think, where truths pose as lies, and where myths blend with reality. A place where everyone has a story. Including the high schoolers. This is only but one… With her raven-black hair, porcelain-white skin, and shy demeanor, Zoey Mills has been the target of bullies since childhood, no matter how many times her family moved. She expects nothing to change when they relocate to Havenwood Falls, her parents’ hometown. What she doesn’t expect is to discover that she inherited her eccentricities—as the next generation of a long line of frost dragons. As she learns to ac

Bragg V1 (Bragg #1-3) by Jack Lynch

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Title: Bragg V1 (1-3) Author: Jack Lynch Published: Nov. 27, 2014 Publisher: Brash Books Pages: 687 Genre: P.I., Mystery Review: ebook received from publisher Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Private investigator Peter Bragg learns that "The Dead Never Forget" when he’s hired by a retired mobster to find out who is threatening his eleven-year-old daughter. Bragg’s relentless search for "The Missing and the Dead" pits him against a brilliant serial killer obsessed with the expressions of death on his victim’s faces. This novel was an Edgar Award Finalist. Bragg becomes the hunter and the hunted as killers descend on the city to find thirty-two "Pieces of Death" — gem-encrusted chess pieces smuggled out of China that are worth a staggering fortune.

Poison: Galt Niederhoffer

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Title: Poison Author: Galt Niederhoffer Published: Nov. 21, 2017 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pages: 304 Genre: Mystery/Thrillers Review: ebook provided by NetGalley and Publisher Buy Links: Amazon , Amazon.uk  Cass and Ryan Connor have achieved family nirvana. With three kids between them, a cat and a yard, a home they built and feathered, they seem to have the Modern Family dream. Their family, including Cass' two children from previous relationships, has recently moved to Portland —a new start for their new lives. Cass and Ryan have stable, successful careers, and they are happy. But trouble begins almost imperceptibly. First with small omissions and white lies that happen daily in any marital bedroom. They seem insignificant, but they are quickly followed by a series of denials and feints that mushroom and then cyclone in menace. With life-or-death stakes and irreversible consequences, Poison is a chilling and irresistible reminder that the closest