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Wanna Get Lucky? (The Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventure Series Book 1)by Deborah Coonts

“Evanovich…with a dash of CSI.” – Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)

Everyone Has a Hidden Talent

For Lucky O’Toole it’s murder…solving it.

Surviving in Sin City takes cunning, a pair of five-inch heels, and a wiseass attitude. Lucky has mastered them all and has a pair of legs she uses to kick butt and turn heads.

As the Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon, Las Vegas’s most over-the-top destination, mischief is in her job description.

She’s good at her job.

She’s less good at life. But who has time for a life when there’s a killer on the loose?

WANNA GET LUCKY?

A woman falls from a tour helicopter to the horror of the 8:30 Pirate show crowd.

Was it suicide? An accident? Could she have been pushed?

Lucky’s day began with the invasion of the Adult Video Awards and Trade show convention.

It got more hectic when the spouse-swapping annual event checked in.

And if adding a body to the mix wasn’t enough, Lucky’s got a new suitor. Her best friend, Teddie, a female impersonator who is pressing to take their relationship to the next level.

Can she really date a man who looks better in a dress?

What happened to the woman over the pirate show?

Will her sleuthing skills catch the killer and save her job?

Friday Night Lights for Fathers and Daughters: 10 Life Lessons. 10 Faith-Driven Episodes. Lifetime Memories.by Mark LaMaster

Dads, do you want to connect with your tween or teenage daughter, but aren’t sure where to start?

Is your daughter growing into a young woman right before your eyes? Do you feel like time is running out before you can teach her life’s important lessons? Do you want to help lead her in her faith walk?

Friday Night Lights for Fathers and Daughters provides an answer! With turn-key scripts for each Episode, you and your daughter will explore 10, faith-driven life lessons and make memories that will last a lifetime.

As directors of your own personal TV series, you and your daughter will cover topics ranging from faith and friendships to social media and self-image.

Each Episode is designed for dads who might just need a spark to ignite their creativity. All you need to do is read the Episode, review the material, set a date, and you are ready to go! Each Episode includes the following:

• Episode Guide
• The Pitch (for Dads)
• Behind the Scenes Setup
• The Live Shoot! Activity (picnic breakfast, shopping, geocaching, waffles and Wi-Fi, prayer journals, s’mores, and more)
• Personalized Pre-Episode Prayers
• Backstage Passes
• Red Carpet Interview Questions for Dads and Daughters
• The Dad’n’Me Awards Ceremony

Broken Crayons Still Color Based on a True Storyby David Weaver

Multi-platinum rapper Devin has it all. Money, cars, fame, women– he’s living the life of a rockstar. As with anything in life, all good things come to the end of its cycle, and God takes you off of a path so that you can begin anew. Devin stops getting booked for shows, and it causes a ripple affect on his life. Now unable to take care of his family, he turns to heavy drug use to take his mind off of the pain. When the money stops flowing, all of the love that he thought was genuine, doesn’t exist at all. Scandal after scandal surfaces on all of the major blog sites, allegations and rumors, liens from the IRS, and now rumors of his ties to murder for hire plots has him mentally defeated. It’s just him against the world until he meets and helps Ashlon when she too was down and out. A good girl with problems of her own, Ashlon understands him in a way that nobody else cares to. She vows to do all she can to help him the same way that he helped her when nobody else would. The question is… can Devin escape his spiraling rollercoaster of drug and alcohol addiction enough to help himself? Can he defeat his demons and pull back to reality long enough to accept help? Or will the devil continue to break and take him under? Certified tear-jerker based on a true story.

This is a story of addiction and redemption, of overcoming some of life’s most overwhelming obstacles with the help of God and his most qualified angels.

–An intimate portrait of a boy becoming a man right before your very eyes. Author David Weaver pens a riveting drama that is sure to become a staple in your African American romance and biography collection.

Famished: An Ash Park Novel (Volume 1)by Meghan O’Flynn

A macabre poem scrawled in blood. A girl with a secret. And a ruthless killer who’ll stop at nothing to find her.

“Thrilling, emotional, and depraved, with twists and turns you don’t see coming.”
~Kristen Mae, bestselling author of Red Water

“Fearless, smart writing and a plot that will stick with you.”
~Beth Teliho, award-winning author of Order of Seven

STARVATION TAKES MANY FORMS

Ash Park, a run-down suburb of Detroit, might not be the most idyllic place to live, but for Hannah Montgomery, it’s safe. At least, it feels that way until a serial killer starts dicing up women from the shelter where she volunteers.

Hannah manages to convince herself the killings have nothing to do with her brutal past–but then her boyfriend is murdered in the same ruthless manner as the others. And the police think she may have had something to do with it.

The cops are right about one thing: Hannah is responsible. Because she knows who the killer is. Now she must face the fact that she brought a monster with her to Ash Park–and his appetite for blood is insatiable.

Everyone’s hungry for something.

Some are more famished than others.

Dark, gritty, and raw, Famished is an emotional roller coaster and an electrifying debut from bestselling author Meghan O’Flynn. If you like Chelsea Cain, James Patterson, or Caroline Kepnes, you’ll LOVE Famished, the first book in the Ash Park series.

Top Dog: A Mafia Romanceby Rye Hart

Thug. Mafia Leader. Rival.

My family forbid our love – so I loved him all the more.
I’m back, and I’ve got a six-year-old secret. Romeo’s a daddy.
And our forbidden love is about to start a war.

I inherited the family business.
And I made a vow that things would change.
I’ll make things right. Starting with Julia.
She’s the only woman I want.
The only one I can’t have.

Her power hungry uncle has eyes on my throne.
And he’ll use Julia and her son to get it.

I won’t let anyone bring harm to them.
Even if I have to take down everyone around me to do it.

Emerald Greenby Lindsay Marie Miller

Discover the epic love saga readers are calling “all kinds of amazing” and “one of my top 10 of the year.”

I feel him watching me. The boy from my dream.

When we kiss, I can’t breathe. But I’ve never felt more alive.

The past binds us. I have the necklace to thank for that.

Before they kill me, I have one last request.

To be loved by him — and only him.

But my enemy has something else in mind.

EMERALD GREEN is the first book in the Murder in Savannah series about a pair of star-crossed lovers and the family secrets destined to tear them apart.

Girl, Bittenby Graceley Knox

Death has come for the undying.

As a genetics graduate student, Sasha Keleterina knows a thing or two about blood. She’s courageous, capable, and not the kind of woman in need of saving. But when she’s attacked in her lab, she barely escapes with her life–only to find out she’s becoming one of the undead.

A deadly virus is poisoning vampires in the Portland area, endangering them all. Master vampire Arsen Eskandar is desperate to prove himself and save his people. Following the trail of a recent attacker, Arsen encounters Sasha. She’s beautiful, intelligent, and a fighter, and the attraction between them burns like wildfire. But when the master of a rival clan declares Sasha is not only his–but the cure –a centuries-old war between two ancient vampire clans rises to the forefront and a battle to claim Sasha ensues.

But they don’t know her. The only one Sasha is willing to be claimed by–is herself.

Minetta Laneby A. Robert Allen

Stay and fight or cut and run? Young Bodee Rivers can save so many from a terrible fate, but he must find the courage to act.

MINETTA LANE, the third volume in A. Robert Allen’s Slavery and Beyond series, is a stand-alone novel that continues the broad themes of the first two volumes, Failed Moments and A Wave From Mama.

˃˃˃ 1904 New York City

Bodee Rivers, who has always avoided major challenges in his life, moves to the most dangerous block in the city, MINETTA LANE. Police in pursuit of criminals often give up the chase as they approach the entrance to Minetta because even they know better than to test the hardened criminals who hide in the shadows.

Bodee’s circle of family and friends help him successfully manage some initial tests of his perseverance, but when he finds himself alone and confronted with an overwhelming challenge, he isn’t sure he’s up to the task. Many lives are at stake and Bodee must make a choice. Stand and fight or cut and run? Running is what he knows. Running is what will keep him safe. Will Bodee find the courage to fight?

Children of a Broken Skyby Adam J Nicolai

A sin buried at the dawn of time. A world made to endure the consequences.

For untold ages, darkness has built upon darkness. Now, at last, the hope of redemption glimmers.

Lyseira grew up in a little village beneath a mountain’s shadow, where she and her friends discovered a secret long lost — a secret that would shake the world to its bones.

Now, as she comes of age, her friend Helix is accused of murder and sentenced to death. Forced to choose between watching him die and the staggering risk of rescuing him, she launches her friends on an unforgettable journey — one that will change them all forever, and set the world itself down the path of history.

You know their names. You know that, in time, every mortal in our world would come to fear or love them. But there is more to the story, and to fully understand who they were and the choices they made, you have to start at the beginning.

Read the story now. Learn, at last, the truth.

Because before they were legends, they were children.

Uncover My Secretsby Ali Parker

From USA Today Best Selling Author Ali Parker come a new billionaire series…

Prince.

It is a title that some boys dream of, but as an orphan, I never thought it would happen to me. After being adopted by the wealthiest people in Qatar, I had a new life to look forward to.

Years later, my adopted parents would have a son, a true son. My father gave me the opportunity to have my own business, and I could never repay him for what he has done for me.

After a trip to Qatar to see him, I find out that he is stepping down as the king and wants me to be the new king. I know my brother is the one that should have the seat, but he is only eleven and has spoken out about not wanting to do it.

All this, and now the most beautiful woman somehow pushes her way into my life. She is tough and persistent. Two very attractive qualities in a woman.

I’m in a place of doubt and confusion and all I need is her.

When she tells me who she really is, can I still love her?