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The Butterfly Storm: (The Butterfly Storm Book 1)by Kate Frost

Four years ago life for Sophie Keech was perfect. A new start in Greece with Alekos, her boyfriend of just six weeks, removes Sophie from a mundane 9-5 job, takes her away from the difficult relationship she has with her mum, and gives her the opportunity and belief that she is finally doing something positive and exciting with her life.

But a lot can change in four years. An engagement, a domineering mother-in-law to be and the reality of life in Greece not being quite what Sophie imagined, puts a strain on her relationship with Alekos. When her estranged mum is involved in an accident, it’s the perfect excuse to escape back to the UK to reassess her life and her idea of family.

Faced with a physical and emotional distance from Alekos, a complicated relationship with her mum, an emerging friendship with a handsome and newly divorced man, and a shock discovery, will Sophie be able to make the tough decision of where she wants to be and, ultimately, who she wants to be with?

PRAISE FOR THE BUTTERFLY STORM:

“If you are looking for a thoroughly detailed story of relationship trials, family trials, and decisions of the heart, then The Butterfly Storm would be the perfect book.” Rhonda, Chick Lit Plus.

“As a first book you never know what to expect. There is nothing to compare it to. I do not believe I have ever read a book like this and do not believe I will again for a long time. I most certainly will recommend this to all my friends.” Charlotte Lynn, A Novel Review.

The Trifecta Secret of Wealth & Abundanceby John Khoury

Your best life is just one book away. The Trifecta Secret of Wealth & Abundance is an easy-to-follow guide that leads you straight to the life you are meant to live.

Each of us has a special purpose, and learning our own unique truth opens us up to receiving the three things we most want and need in life: Health, Wealth, and Love.

Many self-help books zero in on one area: how to get rich, or how to get fit, find love, or be happy. But they fall short of the mark simply because of their narrow focus. For, as The Trifecta Secret of Wealth & Abundance clearly illustrates, it is in achieving a balance of love, health, and money that true happiness and plenty are found.

Avoiding the usual fluff, this book dives right into the heart of its message. It’s straight to the point and offers up substantial information from the very first page to the very end. The truth is that the power lies within each one of us to create our own abundance. So, before we can achieve success in the outside world, we must begin by bringing balance to our inner world.

Start your journey today.

The Fireproof Girlby Loretta Lost

She can run, but she can never escape her past…

Sophie was abandoned at birth and grew up neglected and abused. Her only friends were computers, until she met Cole Hunter. He became her everything: brother, protector, and partner in crime.

She believed that nothing could ever tear them apart. Until it did.

Years later, when news of Cole’s murder reaches Sophie, she completely snaps. She will tear down heaven and earth to find his killer, even enlisting the help of her ex-military ex-boyfriend.

But the more she gets involved with the investigation, the more she puts herself at risk…

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When Cole was nine years old, he watched his whole family burn to death in a house fire. He became obsessed with architecture and rebuilding his life.

Sophie became his secret weapon. Protecting her was his purpose. But Sophie was damaged right from the start, and Cole always feared he wouldn’t be able to save her from her enemies or from herself…

The Pawnby Skye Warren

"Sinfully sexy and darkly beautiful, The Pawn will play games with your heart and leave you craving more!" – Laura Kaye, New York Times bestselling author

The price of survival…

Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl's college to take care of the only family I have left.

There's one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value.

My virginity.

A forbidden auction…

Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he's the only kindness in a brutal underworld.

Except he's playing a deeper game than I know. Every move brings us together, every secret rips us apart. And when the final piece is played, only one of us can be left standing.

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THE PAWN is a full-length contemporary novel from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren about revenge and seduction in the game of love. It's the first book in the brand new ENDGAME series.

"The Pawn is an emotionally charged roller coaster ride that will leave you breathless. From the start, the edgy and intense story will bring you to the edge of your seat and hold you there." – RT Book Reviews

The Wake: And What Jeremiah Did Nextby Colm Herron

The year is 1968. Jeremiah Coffey is a twenty-seven-year-old teacher — Catholic, conservative and plagued by guilt on account of his relationship with a beautiful bisexual called Aisling O’Connor.

Aisling is everything that Jeremiah is not — feisty and radical, angry and committed. She is a leading figure in the Irish civil rights movement and is planning to help organize a potentially explosive protest march inspired by the US black civil rights activists’ Selma to Montgomery marches of three years before. The scene is set for a brutal confrontation to match the 1965 Bloody Sunday in Selma.

Dogged Optimism: Lessons in Joy from a Disaster-Prone Dogby Belinda Pollard

Bronze Award – Foreword Reviews, Finalist – Next Gen Indie Awards

In this humorous and uplifting read, Belinda recounts how her scruffy Aussie terrier Killarney has helped her through the toughest of days — and taught her how to make the most of life. A great read for dog lovers!

Dogged Optimism is the story of a scruffy little dog and the woman who loves her. Killarney the Aussie terrier is not afraid of anything: big dogs, snakes, cancer. She becomes Belinda’s upbeat companion through grief, job loss and failed romance — and a lot of doggy disasters! If you’ve ever loved a pet or needed a laugh, you’ll be inspired by Killarney’s motto: Grab life by the throat and shake every last drop of joy out of it. Wrestle it, if you have to.

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• “A delightful read, as much about the ups and downs of owning a wilful dog as facing up to life, especially when it doesn’t turn out as expected.” Marianne Wheelaghan, The Blue Suitcase
• “Anyone who’s ever adored a dog can relate to this evocative, humorous tale.” Molly Greene, The Gen Delacourt Mysteries
• “Will charm you with its window into life Down Under and inspire you with its insights into overcoming personal challenges.” Dawn Dicker, Writer & Content Strategist
• “A heart-warming tale of one woman’s special bond with her four-legged friend.” Tanya Arnold, Pupcake Queen

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This book is written with Australian expressions and spelling, so prepare for some surprises. See if you can define the word “sook” by the end of the book!
Belinda Pollard is a multi-award-winning Australian mystery author and former journalist who used to chuckle about people who treated their pets like children – until it happened to her. Her hobbies now include dog-walking in the rain and watching dog-training videos. She lives in Brisbane, Queensland, travels the world (when she can find a good petsitter), and blogs about Real Life on a Beautiful Planet at www.belindapollard.com.

The Deadliest Hateby June Trop

Winner of Honorable Mention for fiction in the 2016 New York Book Festival.

The Roman Empire may be the least of her enemies.

A secret alchemical recipe to transmute copper into gold surfaces in first-century CE Caesarea. As soon as Miriam sets out to trace the leak, Judean terrorists target her for assassination. Eluding the assassins while protecting a secret of her own, she discovers that she, herself, is responsible for the leak. Moreover she is powerless to stop its spread throughout the Empire and beyond.

But who is really trying to kill Miriam? Is it a case of mistaken identity, or is her late-fiancé’s ex-scribe, now an assistant to the Procurator of Judea, seeking to avenge an old grudge? Or is her heartthrob’s half-brother, a Judean patriot who inherited his mother’s mania, afraid Miriam knows too much?

And how did the recipe find its way from Alexandria to Caesarea anyway?

June Trop (Zuckerman) has had over forty years of experience as an award-winning teacher and educator. Now associate professor emerita at the State University of New York at New Paltz, she spends her time breathlessly following her intrepid protagonist, Miriam bat Isaac, who is back in the underbelly of Alexandria, once again searching for a murderer in The Deadliest Sport while worrying about her brother.

RATSby Joe Klingler

“A nuanced techno-thriller with both brains and brawn.”–Kirkus Reviews

One man on a decades old mission. A woman who hunts him. And the bullet they share.

Joe Klingler’s acclaimed debut novel explodes from the remnants of a war long past to headlines of Washington secrets masquerading as corporate incompetence when two modern-day warriors face off. Both skilled at violence. And deception. Both accustomed to winning.

Summer greets the land of the midnight sun as a lone rider races across the last American wilderness, delivering on a promise he made long ago. He has many names, but the world only knows a shadow called the Demon.

Claire Ferreti, an Army sniper soon to be drawn into a black-ops mission, sips sake in Washington D.C. with her lover, a young, ambitious General whose geosecurity specialty remains classified. When a boy finds a small machine, Claire and the Demon embark on a collision course that leads to a test of skill, a clash of ideologies, and Claire’s unconscious body lying in a typhoon-ravaged jungle. In that instant she becomes the hunted, the Demon’s tool for survival, and an unforeseen threat. As the General pursues them into a labyrinth of cyber-secrets, political necessity and financial reality collide like a fireball piercing steel pipe.

“Klingler’s debut offers a deep logistical jungle sure to entertain buffs and newcomers to the techno-thriller genre. Throughout, he displays fierce writing chops. Short chapters balance action and subterfuge with political thought targeted keenly at modern drone warfare.”–Kirkus Reviews

Her Desperate Gambleby Eliza Knight

Revenge is best served with a sweet, hot kiss…

Nathan Bender is on a quest for vengeance. What he finds instead is a sexy saloon-dolly named O’Dell Murphy. She holds information he needs–and becomes a temptation he can’t resist.

O’Dell longs for a respectable life outside the saloon. When the fellow Nathan is searching for steals O’Dell’s savings, she has no choice but to go after him, or risk losing everything.

Torn between passion and revenge, Nathan reluctantly accompanies O’Dell through the Sonoran Desert.

There are some things a man can’t walk away from–and Nathan is finding it’s not revenge that binds him. It’s O’Dell, and the wicked, sinful pleasures she provides.

Garden of Lightby Meara Platt

As battle looms between the Fae kingdoms and the powerful underworld demons known as Dragon Lords in England’s quiet Lake District, the Fae king, Cadeyrn, returns to the vicarage of St. Lodore’s where magical bluebell gardens serve as portals to the faerie world and the ominous red mountain known as Friar’s Crag becomes the battleground for Fae, Dragon Lords and mortals. Cadeyrn is desperate to find the right mortal girl who will save the Fae, for she is destined to love him and die a fiery death for that love, as foretold in the ancient Draloch prophecy. All seems lost, for the only girl who can see him is Melody Hargreaves, a very unwarrior-like young woman who has never fought dragons. How can she possibly be The One?

Melody is being courted by a wealthy lord who seems to adore her and is about to propose marriage, but she feels the powerful magic of her surroundings and is drawn to the world of the Fae and its handsome king. As Bloodaxe, one of the evil Dragon Lords, advances with his demon army, Melody must decide between a safe, comfortable life with the wealthy lord or dying a fiery death at the hands of the Dragon Lords. Melody’s heart belongs to Cadeyrn, and choosing wealth and comfort no longer seems the obvious choice. Cadeyrn has also fallen in love with Melody. How can he change the course of destiny and save her as well as his Fae subjects?

Lords of the Highlandsby Kathryn Le Veque

Welcome to the LORDS OF THE HIGHLANDS collection – a melding of hearts and swords, of passion and power, and of great heroes and heroines born and bred in the highlands of Scotland. Lose yourself in the majesty and romance of this great historical romance collection brought to you by eight top romance authors.

This limited edition bundle includes:

DEEP INTO DARKNESS by Kathryn Le Veque: Based on “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, this story involves a hunky highlander, his lovely wife, a dark and creepy castle on the Scotland coast, and chains rattling in the night….

TAKEN BY THE HIGHLANDER by Eliza Knight: A warrior on a mission falls for a lady who has sworn off love.

LOKI by Keira Montclair: A warrior with a haunted past and the lass who swears to love him forever.

A LOVE THROUGH TIME By Terri Brisbin: An archway in time…A man in search of his future in the past…A woman who holds the key.

MY FIERCE HIGHLANDER by Vonda Sinclair: Gwyneth, a scandalous English lady banished to the Highlands of Scotland, and Alasdair, an injured enemy chief, join forces against her malicious and violent family. As the danger and conflict surrounding them escalate, the two discover an explosive passion neither of them expected.

TAMING THE WILD HIGHLANDER by Terry Spear: Edana is searching for her missing brothers and that leads Angus into a faux marriage with her, dungeons and more trouble than he ever thought possible. So why is the bewitching, fiery-haired lass making him think of marrying her for real?

KILTS AND KISSES by Victoria Roberts: Her only refuge is in the arms of her enemy.

HIGHLAND MOON by Gwyn Brodie: He held her life in his hands. She held his soul.

School, Sex and Secrets: Series eBook Box Setby Sheila Michelle

THE SCHOOL, SEX AND SECRETS SERIES BOX SET: BOOKS 1-3
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SCHOOL, SEX AND SECRETS
18-year-old Rosemont High School senior Vanessa Ellis from Las Vegas, Nevada, learns the hard way when it comes to her secret of seeing two boys at the same time – Brad Johnston and John Catchton – that are good friends and go to the same school as her, and it all starts with someone secretly texting her about it. But when she also chooses to end one of the relationships that she’s in, it leads to more secrets and lies, but she unexpectedly ends up in an open, committed relationship. But what she doesn’t expect most of all is when a dark secret leads to a classmate’s murder.

Vanessa and her friends decide to conduct their own investigation into their classmate’s murder, and forensic science plays a huge part in their investigation, but the DNA results gives them news that they don’t ever expect to hear. Vanessa also doesn’t expect to hear who’s been behind the secret text messages and roses that she’s been receiving, and when the secret identity of the person is revealed, this changes the way she feels about the whole investigation. In addition to this, she also finds out that she’s more connected to this case than she ever thinks she would be, and because of this, she fears that she’ll be the killer’s next victim, and this is only the beginning.

SCHOOL, SEX AND SECRETS II
The Killer Has Been Found Out. The Chase Is On . . . .

The killer has been found out by Vanessa, and now the chase is on to make sure that justice prevails and it’s a terrifying chase as the killer is determined not to get caught and will do whatever is possible not to, including killing again. But the killer gets a taste of its own medicine when someone decides to take the law into their own hands, and this leaves everyone wondering now if justice will ever be officially served. Vanessa also wonders if she’ll ever be the same or feel the same about two people that are very important to her after she stumbles upon a secret that happened as the result of a steamy private party between her and three others just the weekend before. And to make matters worse, there’s a stunning development in the original killing, and it leaves Vanessa speechless. Vanessa is also left speechless about one more thing . . . another secret text.

More school, more sex, and definitely more secrets plague this sequel of the School, Sex and Secrets series.

SCHOOL, SEX AND SECRETS III
Time is running out for the killer, and Vanessa and her friends are determined to make sure that the truth is told about what happened to their friend once and for all. With no one on the killer’s side, someone ends up coming to Rosemont in the middle of the school year that could end up changing this. Meadow Wells is a senior, and immediately connects with Vanessa and her friends. She’s very interested in the victim since she’d heard about what happened, and wants to find out from Vanessa and all of her friends about the case since they were friends with the victim. Vanessa and her friends are not sure when the time is right to tell Meadow since all they had was their assumptions and no solid proof, but when Meadow ends up getting very close to the killer, they want to make their move in telling her who her new friend is before it’s too late.

Telling Meadow about who her new friend is becomes Vanessa and her friends’ top priority, and ends up in a series of events that leads to a shocking discovery once again about the killer and about Meadow, which all leads to the shocking conclusion that has her and her friends bonded together forever.