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Sins of the Father: A Mafia Thriller (The Consentino Crime Saga Book 1) by Vincent B. Davis II

Family, Violence, and Revenge

New York City, 1928

From Sicily to Manhattan, violence seems to follow the Consentino clan. They’ve led a powerful and influential Mafia Borgata for generations, but when trouble with another family begins to develop, Alonzo Consentino must make an impossible decision.In an attempt to save his children from a life of crime and violence, Alonzo sets sail with his family for The Promised Land: America.

But peace and safety don’t follow them for long. Will Alonzo be able to forget his past and create a new life, or will old habits die hard? Will his boys be able to live a different life, or will they follow in their father’s footsteps?

Set against the backdrop of prohibition and The Great Depression, flapper girls and gangsters, Sins of the Father, the first book in the Consentino Crime Saga, is a Mafia thriller sure to keep the pages turning.

A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse Book 1) by L.L. McKinney

"A Blade So Black is the fantasy book I’ve been waiting for my whole life."
–Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give

L.L. McKinney’s A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland… but it’s not the Wonderland you remember.

The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she’s trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.

Life in real-world Atlanta isn’t always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice’s handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she’s ever gone before. And she’ll need to use everything she’s learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head… literally.

Debut author L.L. McKinney delivers an action-packed twist on an old classic, full of romance and otherworldly intrigue.

And don’t miss the thrilling sequel, A Dream So Dark!

Living in the Middleby A. Robert Allen

Rejected by his race. Hunted by the Klan. Yet, standing up to hatred is still the only choice.

New York, Early 1900s: Jimmy Montgomery comes from old New York money and grows up among the Manhattan elite. At the age of eighteen, Jimmy discovers he’s been living a lie. He follows his roots back to Tulsa, Oklahoma to answer the burning questions in his life. Who is he? What is he? Where does he belong? He finds love and friendship along the way, but full acceptance from either the White or the Black world eludes him. When trouble pits the White population of Tulsa against the Black community of Greenwood, Jimmy must finally make a choice—he can no longer live in the middle. His decision will alter the course of his life and those he’d come to love. What will he decide? Pick up a copy to find out.

LIVING IN THE MIDDLE is a powerful African American historical novel based on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. If you like passionate heroes, no-holds-barred history, high-stakes emotional tension, then you’ll love A. Robert Allen’s eye-opening story.

LIVING IN THE MIDDLE is a stand-alone story connected by theme to the other volumes in A. Robert Allen’s Slavery and Beyond series.

Croak, Monsieur!by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

For some people not even the apocalypse can ruin a nice day on the water.

A spring boat ride with no motor, no GPS and no radio.

What could possibly go wrong?

When Jules goes to Marseille to run an errand for the twins, she meets an exotic new friend who offers her a day trip on a French yacht to wash away the gloom of the post-apocalyptic winter Jules has just endured.

The trip promises everything Jules has been craving for the last six months…sunshine, rosé wine, exciting company, bracing sea air…and murder.

What starts out as a pleasure cruise quickly turns into the sail of the damned as, trapped on a boat with a killer, Jules scrambles to find out who not to turn her back on.

Tales of the Late Twentieth Centuryby James Snyder

TALES OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY

An aging, ex-musician working inside the incinerator chamber of an old 19th century hotel discovers a locked room that contains a Book of Souls of tenants of the past century. A soldier returning from the Iraq War meets a beautiful and enigmatic girl waging her own military campaign, as darkly terrifying as the one he left behind. The son of a New Orleans mobster hit-man receives a beyond-the-grave message from his once-abusive, now-dead father that changes everything he thought he knew about their lives. A homeless man, collecting cans to survive, finds himself being followed by a stranger he is sure is the reincarnation of Dick Tracy. A woman who has lost her Texas ranchman husband and any further meaning to her life, is suddenly contacted by a young runaway cousin whose parents are also dead, and is now in hot pursuit of her own aimless existence.

From tragic to comic and in-between, these and other tales journey and explore the zeitgeist, the spirit of our age, which was the late twentieth century. (Short Stories)

James Snyder’s previous works include the young-adult, literary trilogy THE BEAUTIFUL-UGLY; the military thriller AMERICAN WARRIOR; and the award-winning, suspense thriller DESOLATION RUN: “Simultaneously brutal, bloody and beatific, this is crime fiction done right. A relentlessly paced, unpredictable page-turner powered by well-developed characters.” Kirkus Reviews

One Winter Nightby Ali Parker

Snow covers the ground and love is in the air in the southern city of Savannah.

I’ve only recently gotten out of the military, but my best friend’s father gave me a good job at his security firm.

The last person I expected to find working there was my best friend’s little sister – all grown up.

She’s beyond beautiful and such a handful – in more ways than one.

I can’t help but think about what we could be if she would stop being so damn difficult, but it’s part of her charm.

She’s in for the adventure of her lifetime with me, and it’s going to start one winter night soon.