Memorial Day Recommendations from BooksGoSocial!

The Dark Ages—a time of great turmoil and the collision of empires!

As the Frank kingdom prepares for war, Roland, young heir to the Breton March, has been relegated to guard duty until a foreign emissary entrusts him with vital word of a new threat to the kingdom. Now Roland must embark on a risky journey to save all he loves from swift destruction.

And yet while facing down merciless enemies, he must also reveal the hand of a murderer who even now stalks the halls of power and threatens to pull apart a kingdom reborn under the greatest of medieval kings, the remarkable Charlemagne.

On the march, around the campfire, and in the taverns, they tell incredible stories about Tarmun Vykers, the Reaper – how he's never been cut in battle, how he once defeated hundreds of men by himself, how he exterminated an entire people over an insult. These stories make Vykers seem like a god, but he is a man, an arrogant, ruthless and bloodthirsty man.

For all that, he may be the only thing standing between the human race and utter annihilation at the hands of the mad wizard who calls himself the End-of-All-Things.

Award-winning Apollo's Raven sweeps you into an epic Celtic tale of forbidden love, mythological adventure, and political intrigue in Ancient Rome and Pre-Arthurian Britannia. In 24 AD British kings hand-picked by Rome to rule are fighting each other for power. King Amren's former queen, a powerful Druid, has cast a curse that Blood Wolf and the Raven will rise and destroy him.

The king's daughter, Catrin, learns to her dismay that she is the Raven and her banished half-brother is Blood Wolf. Trained as a warrior, Catrin must find a way to break the curse, but she is torn between her forbidden love for her father's enemy, Marcellus, and loyalty to her people.

Winner of the Independent Press Award and the NYC Big Book Award, Goddess of the Wild Thing is a dramatic tale of one woman’s spiritual journey where magical happenings, unexpected turns of fate, and unseen forces impact her ability to love and be loved. Eve Sanchez, a scholar of esoteric studies, is driven into unreal dimensions of horror and hope as she encounters a seductive and frightening man, criminal lawyer Sam Shear.

Sam introduces Eve to a supernatural world in which the wicked powers of a surrogate mother’s twisted affection threaten love and life. Struggling to sort through right from wrong, frightened yet determined, Eve nears despair.

Over four hundred years before the birth of Christ, the island of Ériu is a patchwork of feuding kingdoms, wide plains, and impassable bogs. Battle, intrigue, betrayals, and courage are part of life for the Celts who call Ériu home, while from their underground halls the mysterious aes sidhe seduce brave warriors, turning men in to kings and binding them with fearsome geis.

Conall Mac Gabhann is content with his apprenticeship to the local blacksmith. Content, that is, until his family is slaughtered in their home.

Two men share responsibility for the massacre: a mad Irish king and a dissolute Roman. Conall will have his vengeance on both, or die in the attempt.

The Viking gods have been banished from Asgard by Odin. Today they make the best of life on Earth. Thor is a professional athlete, Freya a prostitute, and Loki sells cheap products on QVC.

Lurking in the background of their lives is a prophecy; one that declares that their time is at an end. Ragnarok is about to throw the gods into a state of civil war and the one who controls the hammer of Thor may be able to change the arc of destiny.

A Neo-Nazi conspiracy threatens Europe . . .

Esther Brookstone’s life is at a crossroads. A Scotland Yard inspector who specializes in stolen art, she’s reluctantly considering retirement. A three-time widow, she can’t quite decide whether paramour and colleague Interpol Agent Bastiann van Coevorden should be husband number four.

Decisions are put on hold while she and Bastiann set out to thwart a neo-Nazi conspiracy financed in part by artworks stolen during World War II. Among the stolen art is the masterpiece “An Angel with Titus’ Features,” a work Esther obsesses about recovering.

An original crime novel involving the juvenile justice delinquency system from a true insider's viewpoint. The honest private thoughts of an experienced juvenile court judge are revealed, the various participants are exposed, and you'll witness what occurs in actual juvenile court proceedings that are closed to public scrutiny.

When the Head of a major Los Angeles County official dies from a methamphetamine overdose, the curiosity of the judge lures him deeper into the maze of intrigue only to discover an insidious North Korean drug cartel's plot to distribute drugs to the young troubled children confined in probation camps and juvenile halls.

A Vietnam veteran, wounded and returning home, was not looking forward to spending the rest of his life tied to some wheel chair. He had planned to make this homecoming the beginning of a new life with the woman he was to marry. A barrage of mortar shells had changed all that, now nothing would ever be right again! He wasn’t going to ask Nickie to be his future wife, knowing what would be involved and the sacrifices she would have to make.

What he hadn't realized was the strength and tenacity of this beautiful person who would bring him back from despair to begin a new life, have his Son, and enjoy life to the fullest.

Katherine McCullough was an extraordinary ten year old girl with a bright future. Until a story written by her father drew the attention of corrupt individuals operating at the heights of global power.

Kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery, they thought they had buried her, but they were wrong.

Join Katherine as she claws her way from the gutters of Southeast Asia and exacts her revenge on members of the global elite who believed themselves untouchable.

This is the third book in the award winning Raven’s series.

Raven’s deep-black team has thwarted several terrorist attacks on America. President Blager, having twice survived assassination attempts, now trusts them.

Josie, a paranormal viewer, is a national resource. She can see what others cannot. Raven’s job is to protect her, but America’s enemies have allies in high places. His team is targeted.

The book opens with Raven and Josie isolated in a compromised safe house. They warn that a jihadist kill team is coming. The government sends an FBI counter-terrorism unit which is overwhelmed by a military force with heavy weapons. California asserts purview of the crime scene.

International Book Award Winner, The Unholy is a dramatic story of Claire Sanchez, a young medicine woman, intent on uncovering the closely-guarded secrets of her past. Forced into a life-and-death battle against an evil Archbishop, William Anarch, she confronts the dark side of religion and the horror of one man's will to power.

Set in the mystic land of Aztlan, a mythopoeic realm of hidden terrors and guiding spirits, The Unholy is a supernatural tale of destiny as healer and slayer. Native lore of dreams and visions, shape changing, and natural magic work to spin a neo-gothic web in which sadness and mystery lure the unsuspecting into a twilight realm of discovery and decision.

The Long, Lost Exit Home by Chris Roberts is another great addition to the horror sci-fi traditions of Stephen King, Clive Barker and Dean Koontz. The reader encounters pulse pounding unspeakable horror in this terrifying dark fantasy thriller with a twist ending of delicious surprise!

“Oh, good lord! I’ve never read something so… GRIMEY and GROSSSSS!! But I LOVED it. Aliens plus horror equals skin crawling, and that’s exactly what The Long, Lost Exit delivers. Roberts’ descriptions are—well… How should I put it? Out of this world? And he wastes no time getting to the point.

Quest to the Unknown revolves around up-and-coming Dutch reporter Jessie Golden, ready for her first holiday with business mogul and playboy Carlos Gomez, with whom she is engaged in a budding romance. Her journey begins when she finds a folder full of information on a mysterious woman named Nancy and her son Paul, leading her to an unexpected quest. Soon thereafter Jessie is confronted with a series of unexplainable supernatural occurrences. She realizes there is no such thing as coincidence, although she can’t unravel the true meaning of her quest nor her link to Nancy and her son.

Rich Stryker is an ex cop turned private eye with a badass reputation of getting things done. His typical cases are the usual thefts and cheating spouses, but now a friend of his mother has asked for his help in finding their missing teenage granddaughter.

With a corrupt force and limited clues, how will Rich manage this one? This is an 18,500 word quick read Novella packed with action. It’s sure to please readers with a thirst for a suspenseful story.

Elizabeth Thames, Head General of BVOUC, takes the help of two friends as she unfolds the unsettling truths about her town.

California Dreamin’… It’s the summer of ‘67 and all Liam Sol wants is to ride the perfect wave and to sleep with the prettiest girls. But when his father’s murdered body is found washed ashore, his carefree life comes crashing down on him. After the prime suspect mysteriously dies in police custody, Liam leaves behind his life as a surfer and launches his own investigation into his father’s death — against the warnings of the police and his family.

But the killings have only just begun, and Liam soon finds himself being hunted by both the killer and the police, who suspect he is a cold-blooded murderer. His pursuit to find his father’s killer will lead him to a violent showdown and to a shocking discovery.

Earth. Our Last Sanctuary. The Last Beacon of Hope Against the Rising Darkness.
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The Obsidian Empire has shattered the Star Alliance. Lieutenant Chase Athanatos manages to escape their wrath, piloting his fighter to lead a band of survivors to the edge of the galaxy…to a little planet called Earth.

But Earth is in trouble. The Empire is hot on their trail, and unless Chase can find a way to stop them, what remains of the Alliance is doomed to extinction.

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.

No matter how old you are, staying positive will keep you young.

In our youth-oriented culture, growing older is a challenge for millions of baby boomers. In this down-to-earth guide, entrepreneur, fashion consultant, and former model Brigitte Nioche shares her personal experience of getting older, staying positive, and preparing for the challenges ahead.

Through her charming, often self-effacing memoir, accentuated by cartoons from The New Yorker that spotlight the ups and downs of growing older, you’ll learn how to embrace this chapter of your life as a new beginning that can open up a world filled with joy and happiness.

A Poetic Journey of Life is a collection of 40 poems about one's journey through life. The subjects include the Fourth of July, baseball, dogs, tai chi, fighting a cold, Halloween, equal rights for women, three different states/cities, Mardi Gras, the old family doctor, telemarketing calls, and others.

This is Vic Tomlinson's second book of poetry in addition to a couple of action-thriller novels that can be found on Amazon. Hoping that you enjoy the poems.

In “Stellar” one will also have a unique opportunity to view emotionalism seemingly painted by the masters. In reality, however, these poetic words of distinction cannot fit on a canvas, but are to be read on paper and enjoyed by you and your imagination.

Who is Karina Wilson, where is she, and what is she up to today? Is she fixing a spaghetti supper for her family? Or maybe she's standing in the patio of her Chicago apartment, talking to her cat. She couldn't possibly be selling marijuana in a dive bar in Seattle, could she? Is one of these Karina's real? Or are they all just a dream?

A Dream of Houses is a novel about one woman dreaming herself into a life she thought she had left behind. While the version of her who hadn't left wakes up in a life she would never have chosen.