This weekend is Book Lovers’ Weekend. Have you picked a new book to curl up with? If not, we have some great books for you, with Thrillers, Sci-Fi, Romance and much more. Keep reading below to find your next book!
Thrillers
Banished Threads, by Kaylin McFarren
A valuable art collection disappears turning a treasure-hunting duo into crime-stopping sleuths committed to vindicating family members in Kaylin McFarren’s action-packed suspense novel, Banished Threads.
While vacationing at the stately Cumberforge Manor in Bellwood, England, Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen attend an elegant dinner party hosted by her uncle, Paul Lyons, and his aristocratic wife, Sara. Before the evening ends, a priceless collection of Morris Graves’s paintings are stolen from her uncle’s popular gallery, throwing all suspicion onto his wife’s missing granddaughter.
Determined to clear Sloan Rafferty’s name and, in the process, win Paul’s favor, Chase scours the countryside looking for answers. In his absence, the police accuse Rachel’s uncle of an unsolved murder and secrets surrounding her grandmother’s death and the deaths of Sara’s former husbands turn his wife into the most likely suspect.
With the true villains hell-bent on destroying Paul Lyons and his family, solving both crimes while ensuring her uncle’s freedom not only endangers Rachel’s life but that of her unborn child. Will Chase save them before the kidnappers enact their revenge or will the ultimate price be paid, as predicted by a vagabond fortuneteller?
Dangerous Journeys Vols. 1- 4
Anne McPhail, a doctor and amateur genealogist, arrives in the small Vermont town of Culver's Mills, searching for her roots. What she finds, in Murderous Roots, is a body in the town library. She investigates, using her genealogical knowledge, and helps bring an unlikely killer to justice. Along the way, she makes dear friends and meets Thomas Beauchamp, a man who may become something more than a friend to her.
On her return to Culver's Mills, some months later, she stumbles across the body of a naked man who lies in a ditch behind her B&B. In The Facepainter Murders, her own life is threatened before she and investigator Adam Davidson solve the case and unearth a national treasure. Her relationship with Thomas Beauchamp deepens.
Anne travels to Bermuda to visit her sister in No Motive for Murder, witnesses a murder, and is suspected of the murder by a single-minded investigator. In trying to right an ancient wrong and save herself, she foils a plot that threatens the life of the Secretary of State of the United State, earning her the enmity of Colette, a woman who handles killers for an arms cartel. Her life is saved by a mysterious man. Anne also discovers that her new love, Thomas, is or was a CIA agent.
Shattered by her experiences in Spain and upset by Thomas's admission, Anne flees to Spain in The Child on the Terrace, in search of peace and reflection, only to be recruited by the man who saved her life in Bermuda to rescue a kidnapped Israeli child. Thomas flies to her aid when she is again in Colette's crosshairs, with two killers on her trail.
If Nobody Listens, by Rikard Sommer
Seven years ago, he was dying. Now the Norwegian microbiologist Paul Bild and his firm Anybio are about to get their international breakthrough – a contract with millionaire Jeffrey Hughes. He's offering Hughes a chance – just like the one he received mysteriously seven years ago – to save his sick daughter.
Paul has dedicated his life to the fight against multi-resistant bacteria, and Anybio Analytics is the best analysis software on the market. He does not have many customers, manufacturing antibiotics has not been profitable for ages. But as the threat of bacterial resistance increases, and governments are paying-out to find solutions, more and more companies are eyeing up their chance to make a killing.
Tom Avild, the programmer behind Anybio Analytics travels to the branch office in Ukraine to finalize the programme. But on arrival something is wrong, and Tom and his colleague Vasili Romanov are thrown into a world where powerful forces are fighting to win.
A fight where the end justifies the means. A fight to the death.
I'm Not Dead: A Novel of Suspense, by William Thau
When Madison Faraday first saw Allison Hart, she took his breath away. Who was this beautiful but strangely terrified woman?
Six months after they married, she was dead. Murdered. Grief-stricken and desolate, Faraday accepted an invitation from a mysterious woman who says she has a message for him from Allison. When they meet, she hands him a note in his dead wife's handwriting: I'm Not Dead.
Desperate for answers, Faraday soon finds himself wrapped up with violent Mexican drug cartels, caught in a downward spiral of vicious deceptions, deadly confrontations, and murder.
Did Allison Hart ever exist? Was there any truth to his marriage? And will he make it out of this nightmare alive?
Gabrielle: An Erotic Thriller
Michael Wesson decides to drop out of college and head to New York to pursue show business. Sure, his parents are a little worried. His sister and best pal think he's making a mistake. Still, Michael is ready to follow his dream of becoming an actor, even if he can barely afford rent and knows nothing about the city, including news of the Silk Stocking Killer. Turns out, Michael arrives in the Big Apple in the midst of the biggest manhunt in thirty years.
A psychotic murderer is hunting the rich women of the Upper West Side. The victims are found bound by silk stockings with the name “Gabrielle” written in red across their chests. As the fresh-faced New York newbie struggles to find his way, the media can't get enough of the horrors happening to the rich and beautiful. Why does the Silk Stocking Killer target such high-class women, and who is Gabrielle? Soon, Michael gets sucked into the investigation as he plays the role of his life, trying to stop a vicious psychopath before more women end up dead.
Breaking the Girl, by M.C. Webb
Breaking the Girl by M.C. Webb is a dark story of desire. Two souls collide, breaking open a long forgotten past, and a very tortured present. What drives the lovers closer, may be the very thing the tears them apart.
Axel Stone is a porn star, a highly successful porn star. Now semi-retired and frigidly cold, Axel stumbles through life the only way he knows how – lots of booze and women. With more than 1500 movies over his short career, Axel has slowly removed himself from filming, opting instead to “train” woman for the industry resulting in their near stardom as they emerge onto the adult film sets. Every director wants one of Axel’s girls because Axel’s girls, make money.
And Payton Knight needs money.
Homeless, survivor of a horrific ordeal has left Payton broke and desperate. A chance encounter to meet and be trained by Axel, with the possibility of making enough cash to right her wrongs, Payton jumps at the chance. It doesn’t hurt she is instantly attracted to the leading man. Neither get what they expect and as they both struggle with which reality is less damning, both Axel and Payton pay an ultimate price.
High Alert, By Alex Lukeman
When an American missile submarine is sunk in the Sea of Japan, it's the opening move in a madman's plan to plunge the world into war. A day later the Chinese ambassador to Washington is assassinated. Meanwhile, the unstable leader of North Korea prepares to attack America with a terrible weapon.
The U.S. President calls in the Project, a deep black ops unit that goes places and does things others can't or won't do. They've had tough assignments before: but this time they're up against an unknown enemy, a man bent on vengeance against all of humanity. He won't rest until the world is turned into a radioactive hell… and when it comes to the Project, it's personal.
Can the Project team find him before he unleashes nuclear Armageddon?
The Eden Legacy, by Harold Gershowitz
June 4, 1967, was supposed to be a high point in Noah Greenspan’s year. It’s the night before the grand opening of Potomac Centre, the urban development project he spearheaded in the heart of Washington, DC. But the outbreak of the Six-Day War in the Middle East eclipses the event.
In the aftermath of the short, bloody war, Noah’s fiancée, Palestinian American journalist Alexandra Salaman is assigned to Israel to cover the political implications for Israelis and Palestinians alike. It’s a dangerous task, partly because Alexandra was, years earlier, instrumental in preventing a terrorist attack and partly because she’s a Christian Arab engaged to Noah, a Jew. Such a marriage is certain to arouse anger from either side of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
As Noah deals with legal and financial challenges to Potomac Centre, he and Alexandra find their relationship challenged by her insistence on staying in Israel to do her job—and by reunions with old lovers.
Neither knows that a figure from Alexandra’s past, the terrorist Omar Samir, plans to strike deep in the heart of the American capital. His target? Potomac Centre.
A Churchgoing Woman, by Roxana Nastase
Greed, envy, and ego in a small town in western Oklahoma.
She was mean and petty and wanted to control everyone. That signed her death warrant.
Discover life in a small town. Secrets, affairs, and shocking surprises.
If you love mysteries then you will adore this nail biting thriller.
Scents and Shadows: McNamara, by Roxana Nastase
An improbable killer. A stubborn detective. Misleading evidence.
Nothing is what it seems to be. A beheaded victim leads to revealing a sordid story. Throw a new crime in the middle, and you may get lost in the evidence.
Follow McNamara and his team in his quest to find a bold murderer. Even though many might think the killer should be decorated, McNamara must follow the letter of the law.
A shy love story seasons the darkness of the crimes.
If you love a good traditional crime story, then this is the book to you. Buy it and spend a nice afternoon – or two with a compelling and riveting story.
Memoirs
Getting Rid of Ian: A Memoir of Poison, Pills, and Mortal Sins, by Penelope James
From postwar England to 1950s Mexico City, an exuberant memoir about adult misconduct, craziness, and how two young girls turn the tables on their crazy stepfather.
Pennie, the knowing child. Dreams up schemes to do away with Ian using homemade poison, pills, witchcraft, and voodoo.
Anne, younger sister. Hates Ian, and will do whatever it takes to get rid of him.
Mummy, beautiful, desperate, plane crash survivor.
Daddy, retired Royal Navy Commander, turned inventor of “things.”
Ian, pill-popping stepfather, war hero, household tyrant, losing his marbles.
First Love: Just Once in a Lifetime: A Memoir, by Violeta Barrett
By 1956 Violeta Barrett had been working for a Wall Street investment firm more than a decade. Recently separated from her husband and feeling overworked, Violeta decided to vacation in Mexico. After her plane landed in Mexico City, a stranger with a deep, accented voice introduced himself as her tour guide. Violeta and Jorge had no idea they were about to begin a four-year romance that would endure the test of time and distance.
In her compelling memoir, Violeta shares a nostalgic and emotional journey where principles, love, and obligations collide and force unexpected decisions. Energized by the Mexican culture and Jorge’s charm, Violeta is soon caught up in the joy of being loved. But before long she must return to her obligations, leaving Jorge behind. Through the more than seventy love letters she would receive from Jorge for the next few years, the two share a forbidden passion—until the forces of morality prevail.
Nearly fifty years ago, Violeta and Jorge fell in love, changing their lives forever. Their heartfelt story proves that true love is not affected by time. It is ageless. It is eternal.
Womens Fiction
Sex Happens, by Carol Soloway
Dr. Alexandra Rose has everything a woman could want. She's the wife of a renowned cardiologist, the mother of three adorable sons, and a successful chiropractor. But on their twentieth anniversary, her husband shocks her with his affair. Her life spins out of control, and she faces the other side of marriage where dreams implode and people are not who they seem.
Alexandra wants custody of her children, but so does her husband, and he'll stop at nothing. Thrust into a nightmare spawned by chilling deception, a custody battle erupts that's so poisonous it threatens to become murderous.
In this stay-up-all-night portrait of a contemporary family, Alexandra's bittersweet journey of love, loss, and sexuality leads her to a miraculous discovery of self and power. Sex Happens explores the very essence of all we value as women–marriage, motherhood, sex–and what we'll do for each.
Sci-Fi
milijun: What would alien interaction really be like?, by Clayton Graham
The next phase of human evolution depends entirely on her…
Laura is willing to do whatever it takes for her son. When aliens kidnap her child, it's going to take a lot more than a mother's love to get him back. After infiltrating a military research base, Laura discovers a terrifying secret: there are plans to impregnate women with alien DNA…
Laura battles to save her son, the mothers-to-be, and herself. But she quickly realizes the aliens have their own mission for her too. She faces a choice: take a chance at an impossible escape or accept the aliens' vision of a new humanity…
Milijun is the first installment of an action-packed sci-fi alien invasion story. If you like tales of first contact, secret military operations, and the people caught in the middle, then you'll love Clayton Graham's fast-paced sci-fi thrill ride.
Buy Milijun to discover the future of evolution today!
Destroyer of Planets: Book 1 of the Neon Octopus Overlord Series, by L.A. Johnson
Enter a galaxy full of snarky comebacks, inappropriate use of tentacles, and a mythical warrior girl on the edge in this fast-paced, Douglas Adams style space romp.
A life of captivity is getting to Kirian, the self-styled Destroyer of Planets. She has never actually destroyed any planets, but getting to choose your own title is one of the few perks you get when you work against your will for an evil Octopus Overlord.
In an attempt to regain her freedom, Kirian defies her tentacled boss and secretly saves Ari, the human she is supposed to kill. Can the two of them and a band of misfits join forces to thwart the Octopus Overlord? And can a revolutionary rock song from an illegal grunge band save a planet?
Historical Romance
Before The Darkness, by Annette Creswell
In pre-World War Two London, Penny works as a maternity nurse at the Royal Women's Hospital. Happy in her work and with two really good friends and several doctor suitors, little does she realise how her life will be changed by a chance lunch-time encounter.
Who is the ruggedly handsome man who helps her? And how will their lives entwine as the war clouds gather?
Historical Fiction
The Cedar, Carmen Butler
In the early 19th century, Elisabeth has lost her parents, her home, and nearly all of her possessions. Her carriage driver, maid servant, and old dog are her only companions as they travel north from Charleston to find distant relatives in Ohio. Due to an unseasonable storm in the South Carolina midlands, she is reluctantly forced to seek refuge at a plantation known as The Cedar. Elisabeth is determined to turn misfortune into opportunity and the saga of Vesper Bodes and young Elisabeth begins.
The events preceding her arrival at The Cedar are revealed as the story unfolds, ultimately spanning almost two centuries of history, triumphs, and struggle. The Bodes family story reaches back to the plight of immigrants, some by choice, others forced through the atrocities of slavery. Native American Indians are at times allies and at others enemies to the settlers of the American landscape. Family tragedy and scandal are abundant as the topics of interracial marriage, juvenile childbirth, and infidelity are broached during time periods less tolerant of perceived improprieties.
The Cedar is an adventurous tale of the trials and challenges of human endeavor, a broad spectrum of emotion, and a detailed journey with characters that are engrossing and scenes that are vivid. A must-read for fans of Civil War era historical fiction.
Health
Stronger than Cancer: Take Action Today, Beat the Odds and Start Living Your Life Again, by Lyn Cikara
Don’t know how to re-boot your life now that you have been diagnosed with cancer? Feel stuck not knowing what to do next? Are you feeling stunned and afraid but know you have to find a way to move forward?
We all want to live the dreams we had for our life and the lives shared with your loved ones. But these are often shattered when told we have cancer. It is easy to feel immobilized and afraid, unable to start living fully again
The truth is that you can learn how to live fully again, with joy and meaning starting right now and without any major effort.
Anyone with cancer can live life fully using the right mix of decisions, approaches and support. That’s what you will learn in Stronger than Cancer.
Honey The Nature's Gold: Recipes for Health (Bees' Products Series Book 1), by Mona Illingworth
Honey and Health – they go hand in hand.
The book brings in the foreground the multiple benefits of honey. The nature's gold stands out because of its multiple therapeutic characteristics, in particular, the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial features. These properties play a significant role in preventing aging and averting and treating degenerative, as well as chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. By regular consumption, honey also boosts the immune system, so that it helps in preventing and treating infections. Overall, honey consumption reduces fatigue and is one of the most effective energizers in nature.
The book represents a guide with numerous recipes for many conditions, also briefly and simply depicted. The authors never tried to warn about the importance of precisely following the recipes, and kept advising that the treatment should be applied under medical supervision.
We hope you will appreciate the information presented and will take advantage of nature's gold benefits shortly.
Family
Mother at Seven, by Veronika Gasparyan
Mother at Seven is the shocking, inspirational true story of a little girl’s tragic childhood, and how she endured and overcame a decade of unspeakable abuse at the hands of her cruel and sadistic family.
Set in Sochi, Russia, near the banks of the majestic Black Sea, Mother at Seven tells of those critical moments in a child’s life when the only thing standing between the life and death itself was a pure and innocent belief that better days lie ahead.
It teaches that by fighting through hardship and pain, miracles can still happen, and that life can still be amazing as long as hope is never lost.
The Diary of a Canadian Nobody, by Paul James
It's September 2001 and Arthur Lakelady is a man beset by worries.
It seems that his wife, Alys, is infatuated with the home renovator who is working on their new kitchen. His daughter, Gwen, is doing well at school, although with pass marks that often exceed 100%, he worries that her school doesn’t grasp the meaning of percentage. Meanwhile, his son, Lance, might never pass another exam ever again, if he doesn’t soon give up sports.
These worries are soon put into perspective when Arthur’s Canadian employer is taken over by Americans and they replace the local executives in an attempt to introduce their own initiatives.
As the world changes around him and he is expected to lead a team at work, Arthur hires a young temp, Lydia, to help him.
But Lydia only adds to his worry, with her desire to get as up close and personal with him as possible.
And when the madness of the world spills over and thousands are killed in the World Trade Center attack, Arthur looks at the state of the planet and sees that it needs someone who can clear the confusion, make the complex simple and package it into manageable pieces.
It needs a diarist. And right now, the nobody who is Arthur Lakelady, might one day become a somebody in the mold of Samuel Pepys.
Fairy Tale
Stoc (A New Druids Series Book 3), by Donald D. Allan
The Draoi school has formed and Will and Nadine Arbor have begun to expose their powers to the realm of Belkin.
Lord Protector John Healy has made a deal with a foreign force to secure his base of power. Turgany will initiate a civil war that will drive Will to have to decide how his draoi can protect the harmony in the Realm.
Gaea, Erebus and the Church will come together in direct conflict, the result of which will determine the future for all. All life in Belkin teeters in the balance. Only Will and the draoi can hope to save the world.
Return to Turgany County and the realm of Belkin. A quiet land now in open rebellion against a tyrant and powers beyond understanding.
Fantasy
Oak and Mistletoe: Volume 1, J.Z.N. McCauley
Book One of The Rituals Trilogy—A Druid Curse, A Prophesied Love, A Consuming Vengeance…
Catherine Green, along with her twin sister and older brother, travels to Ireland on a college graduation trip. Her vacation takes a permanent turn when she lands her dream job at an art and history museum on her beloved Emerald Isle. She meets a handsome stranger named Bowen, an expert of sorts on local ancient studies. Though their first meetings are turbulent at best, Catherine finds herself drawn to him.
Unaware that she is the key to breaking a hidden curse, Catherine unleashes the evil madman Conall and his druid followers, imprisoned since ancient times. Tragedy and loss ensue, sprouting within Catherine the deep seeds of rage that thrust her onto the damaging path of vengeance. Confused by the enigma that is Bowen, his mixed signals, and her own feelings, she is swept away with him on an unexpected journey surrounded by myth and long-forgotten knowledge. In order to stop the evil plans of Conall and his reunified army, Catherine must entwine her fate with peril. Her survival is trivial to her as long as Conall dies. She’ll do whatever it takes.
RUMLA: The Circle, by Lisa G
What does she have to do with tales of myth and legend, of serpents and curses, of Royal lines, the armies of rulers past and of a trail of clues hiding secrets of a predestined prophecy?
Absolutely everything!
Though she does not know, there are people that do.
A sequence of exceptional events see her desires to escape the grind of Rumlalian life granted with the adventure of her dreams. Though her fear raises doubts, an insatiable appetite to know all propels her deeper into the mystery in search of the secret.
Before long, she comes to realise there had never been a choice for her and that Rumla, protected by an intricate series of connections, was far from ordinary.
Military
Reflections of a Servant Leader: My Journey as the Longest Serving Airman in U. S. Air Force History, by Alfred K. Flowers
Growing up in a family of sharecroppers in the segregated South in the 1950s and ‘60s, Al Flowers never dreamed of becoming a history-maker. Lying in his bed late at night and looking up at the sky through the holes in the tin roof of his four-room home perched among the tobacco fields of eastern North Carolina, he just yearned to find some way out of poverty. At 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Earning a pay of $94 per month at his first assignment as a warehouseman in North Dakota, he put aside $30 of his monthly check to save for his future and to someday buy a proper home for the grandmother who loved and raised him. He believed that if he worked hard, followed the rules and demonstrated the right attitude no matter where he was sent or what he was asked to do, he might eventually retire as a Chief Master Sergeant. He did not meet that goal—he soared much, much higher!
Young Adult
Strange Happenings: A Collection of Short Stories, by Stacey Lynn Patterson
The unexplained can happen to the most ordinary people. In these six short stories, you'll encounter people and events that start out appearing pretty run of the mill but end up on the strange side.
Spiritual
The Invitation, by Joyce Swann
Kevin Marshall is trapped in a miserable existence with a boss and a fiancé who despise him.
The Monday night before Thanksgiving, however, through an act of kindness to a stranger, Kevin receives an invitation to begin a new life and awakens the next morning to find himself living his dream.
Now Kevin must discover how to let go of his past and accept the invitation for himself before his new life ends as suddenly as it began.
You are invited…to experience the power of faith, the joy of love and the magic of Christmas in this holiday story of life choices and second chances.
