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Title: Interference |
| Author: Shelley Brannigan | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
| ISBN: 1594144842 | |
Andrea Jordan has only the best of intentions when she liberates a neglected
baby from her cousin's drug-infested home. All she wants is to see the baby
safe, and get back to her normal life, but her inadvertent kidnapping expedition
has consequences. Before long, both a murderous methamphetamine dealer and
a handsome cop are on her trail. She'd love to fall into Officer Blackburn's
strong arms and seek his help, but that could land her in prison, and the
baby back in a dangerous home.
Officer Justin Blackburn has long-buried reasons for wanting to cripple the local drug scene, and cagey Andrea Jordan holds the answers he needs. Soon, protecting Andrea and the baby mean more to him than he thought possible, but taking her side means putting his career, and soon his very life, in jeopardy. Justin and Andrea must battle to survive not only a menacing drug lord, but his unexpected and deadly allies.
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Title: New Coyote |
| Author: Michael Bergey | |
| Genre: Fantasy | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-332-6 | |
The creatures of legend have come upon hard times. Their power stems from
human belief, but humans believe in "Science" now. We have little
use for magic.
Even Coyote shiftiest and most adaptable of them all can't quite comprehend this new view of reality. He refuses to accept defeat, however, and devises a plan to have himself reborn without memories so that he can grow up within our contemporary culture, and fully understand our way of thinking.
And where would Coyote go for formative guidance, anyway? Why, a commune, of course. Sunbow farms, to be precise. It's peaceful, wild, and very private. Very private indeed. Marijuana plantations are like that.
So the Narks have come and raided his now home. Coyote can deal with that. And there's the flood, of course, and trigger-happy coyote-blasting neighbors, and troublemaking by Coyote's magical Spirit-Pups . . . all no problem.
It's those death-threats from Fox that are hard to take. How can Fox say that Coyote needs to be killed for his own good? That just doesn't make sense!
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Title: Death Is No Bargain |
| Author: Michael W. Sherer | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-368-4 | |
Chicago freelance writer Emerson Ward is minding his own business on a sweltering
July day when Larry Forrester tries to kill him. A week later, when Larry's
ex-wife Audra asks Emerson to look for their missing daughter Ellen, Emerson
learns that his girlfriend Nell is pregnant. While Nell and Emerson confront
the difficult decision of whether or not to keep the baby, Emerson learns
that Ellen may have been facing the same dilemma. But when Ellen turns up
dead 250 miles away, Emerson drops everything to find out why.
The trail leads him on a twisted and deadly journey through the heated and sometimes violent debate over abortion and the scandals rocking the Catholic Church, and could end up costing him his life.
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Title: Retirement Homes Are Murder |
| Author: Mike Befeler | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-515-6 | |
Remembering nothing from the day before, crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson
must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect when
he finds a dead body in the trash chute of a retirement home. As Paul's
snooping and short-term memory loss get him in trouble with the local police,
his new friends and granddaughter Jennifer help him solve an expanding
list of crimes. Paul finds romance as he struggles to escape a murderer
intent on a repeat performance.
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Title: Four Summers Waiting |
| Author: Mary Fremont Schoenecker | |
| Genre: Historical fiction | |
| ISBN: 1594144753 | |
Four Summers Waiting weaves a Civil War epic that emerges as a love story.
Maria Onderdonk, daughter of a prominent Long Island widower steps out
of the dutiful daughter role and meets Doctor Henry Simms at an Abolitionist
Society meeting. When Civil War begins, Henry volunteers on the Union
side. Maria has strong Union sentiments, but a father who doesn't share
them. Her diary and Henry and Maria's letters become a chronicle of their
love as they are caught up in epic events of a nation at war.In addition
the reader experiences restrictions placed on women during the 1800's.
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Title: Obsidian |
| Author: Teagan Oliver | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-551-2 | |
As a Special Investigative Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard, Jamie Rivard
is used to getting answers. He handles high-profile, possibly volatile investigations
daily, but when his best friend is killed during a undercover gun smuggling
operation off the coast of Maine, Jamie is determined to find the answers
about his friend's death that no one wants to give him...
Shelby Teague has already lost a husband to the hard life made from the ocean and she's determined not to lose her brother as well. But when he disappears while diving she finds herself facing old fears, and enlisting the help of a stranger with a take-charge attitude and a mysterious reason for being in Chandler, Maine... and all to save the men she loves...
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Title: Deadly Interest |
| Author: Julie Hyzy | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
| ISBN: 978-1-59414-494-3 | |
Reeling from a public humiliation by her former lover, Alex St. James returns
home to find that her elderly neighbor has been murdered. Alex also discovers
that the spunky old lady had been secretly looking into her bank's lending
practices. Drawn into the murder investigation, Alex uses her connections
at Midwest Focus NewsMagazine to help the police find the killer but, before
long, finds herself being stalked by a vicious ex-con. Even after suffering
a brutal attack, Alex refuses to back off, and she subsequently uncovers
a shocking secret that had been buried long ago.
Alex is juggling several personal matters as well: an extended visit from her handicapped sister; and love-life issues involving two attractive men, one of whom may just have the power to mend Alex's bruised ego.
After a key player in the investigation is found murdered, Alex is determined to untangle the web of lies spun by those around her, and she's soon poised to expose the truth. That is, until she finds herself alone with the killer, a formidable foe with a Deadly Interest in her future.
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Title: Tropical Warnings |
| Author: April Star | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
| ISBN: 1594144796 | |
A South Florida campground manager is being stalked by an unknown and potentially
deadly psychopath. Can an arrogant, sexy, obnoxious and charming PI help
her in her quest to find out who the demented stalker is?
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Title: Out of Cabrini |
| Author: Dave Case | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-378-1 | |
Excerpt from Chicago Tribune Review:
"So many Chicago-area mystery writers are given credit for help by Chicago
Police Sgt. Dave Case in his acknowledgements to "Out of Cabrini" that
it might seem to take a village to write a terrific police mystery. Michael
Allen Dymmoch, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Eleanor Taylor Bland and John Kamp
(whom you might know better as John Sandford) are on the list. Add jacket
raves from Sara Paretsky and Barbara D'Amato, and you have the ingredients
for a dream panel at the Bouchercon mystery fest.
Judging by this first effort, Case has a good chance of becoming a mystery writer of that stature. "Out of Cabrini" has a few rough edges, but on virtually every page there's a character or a scene of action or an exchange of words that resound with artistic reality.
After providing a brief history of Chicago's Cabrini-Green public-housing project--it was the home of mostly Italian-Americans when it began in 1942 but quickly became predominantly African-American--Case creates a fictional police tactical team out of the 18th District that works only in Cabrini-Green. On this team, lead character Stacey Macbeth and his partner, Mike Zito, do their best to stay alive and keep a semblance of peace.
"Out of Cabrini" is not one of those jolly cop-shop comedies so popular in the genre, but it does have many hilarious moments--such as the opening scene, in which Macbeth and Zito, drunk as skunks, go to a tongue-piercing salon. Zito gets a gold screw installed; Macbeth chickens out, which comes in handy when a perp steals their car and Zito's shouted commands are made unintelligible by his recent surgery.
Back in the serious world of the 18th District, Lonnie Huggins, a top member of the Mickey Cobra gang who has just been released from prison, is rewarded for his loyalty with 4 kilos of cocaine and the chance to open a new drug territory in Minneapolis. He stores the bricks carefully in his new ride, a Lexus GS300, and then goes home to Cabrini-Green for some sex and violence with his wife, Latricia.
When the violence takes on lethal overtones, a frightened Latricia does what she did to get Huggins into prison the first time: She calls Macbeth, and she tips him off about the drugs. But the drugs are too well hidden for the impound team: The loaded car goes into the system and is sold to a man who wants to impress his mistress. From his holding cell, Huggins orders his gang cohorts to retrieve the Lexus, at whatever cost in blood and bullets is required.
Case, a 19-year Chicago police veteran now working in special operations,
has two options: retire and spend his time as the best-selling author he
has a good chance of becoming, or stay a police officer and collect more
of the marvelous chunks of life and death that make "Out of Cabrini" such
a rare creation. I'm hoping he'll choose the second option."
Dick Adler
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Title: Summons to the Chateau D'Arc |
| Author: Kay Cornelius | |
| Genre: historical/gothic | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-386-2 | |
Summoned to the Marquis D'Arc's remote French chateau in 1882 as companion
to his daughter Lucy, twenty-year old Ellen Edmonds finds intrigue, romance
and danger there and in Paris.
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Title: A House Divided |
| Author: Sydell Voeller | |
| Genre: Inspirational Romance | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-435-4 | |
Rebecca Lorenzo, the young widow of a Hollywood actor who was killed by a
crazed fan, is struggling to raise their daughter, Wendy. Meanwhile, Rebecca
is embittered, believing that God has allowed her husband to die.
Rebecca and Wendy move from L.A. to Rebecca's hometown on the Oregon coast. Due to a miscommunication, she mistakenly believes she can buy a Victorian house there, the place where she and her deceased husband met and fell in love. She also believes that by living in the house, she can better hold onto her memories of him.
There's a movie squel in the works, too. Galaxy Productions has offered
her a large sum if she can convince the homeowner to allow the production
crew to shoot the sequel at the old house.
Rebecca meets the handsome, enigmatic homeowner, Mark Simons, and learns
of his plans to tear the house down. Mark, a psychiatrist, is raising money
to build a halfway house on the property, and he is admittedly a workaholic.
He believes this project is God's will for him and refused to budge when
Rebecca approaches him about selling the house to her.
As Rebecca and Mark struggle to battle their individual demons from the past, they also struggle to resist their growing love for each other.
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Title: If Truth Be Told |
| Author: Lynda Fitzgerald | |
| Genre: Romantic Suspense | |
| ISBN: 978-1-59414-568-1 | |
If Truth Be Told is the story of a young woman coming of age and learning
about love and forgiveness--in equal measure.
When fourteen year-old Christie O Kelly's uncle remarries, she gets more than a new aunt. Todd Harrington, her new cousin, is the man of her dreams. Or he would be if she'd ever had any dreams about men. Still, she's sure he's the one, and she puts away her teddy bear and buys a training bra. Then, after four years of dreaming and planning, Christie gets the news in a letter. Todd is married to someone else.
Eight years later, he's on her doorstep determined to win her back. Christie, now a reporter for the local paper, is equally determined not to forgive him. She orders him out of her life. But her resolve is weakened when her uncle becomes dangerously ill and she and Todd are thrown together by crisis after medical crisis. Then her uncle's health seems to rally, and Christie finally gives in to her feelings for Todd. Their wedding plans are in the works when her uncle dies suddenly.
Christie begins to suspect that his death wasn't entirely natural, and she plows ahead in search of the truth, even though she knows that finding it may put that final period to her long and stormy relationship with Todd.
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Title: Secret Sister |
| Author: Sharol Louise | |
| Genre: Historical Romance | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-532-6 | |
The reading of the will takes place in twenty one days ...
Miss Madeline Pickett is on her way to London, to hug the family she never knew and the sister she s always wished for.
Jace Remington has been sent from London to unmask the scheming fortune huntress claiming to be a missing relative. Though, perhaps he should not have masqueraded as the expert Scottish outdoorsman who will escort Madeline on her journey.
Secret Sister is the story of a young woman about to meet the sister she's never known, and her adventures on the way to London escorted by an imposter.
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Title: Playing Nice |
| Author: Kit Daniels | |
| Genre: Romantic Comedy | |
| ISBN: -59414-539-3 | |
A hip, urban comedy romance about a woman who's got her life just the way
she wants it...until circumstances turn it upside down.
Jessie's got a cool job in a retro fashion store by day and lead in an off-off-off Broadway musical by night and lives life at a nice, safe distance....
That is until dead-sexy set designer Mick appears on the scene, along with some zany co-stars, bizarre accidents and a stalker with a flare for the dramatic. Suddenly things are no longer so safe or so sane, but they're a heck of a lot more interesting.
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Title: The Murder Hole |
| Author: Lillian Stewart Carl | |
| Genre: Mystery/Romance/Paranormal | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-480-X | |
Deep water . . .
Jean Fairbairn is off to write a story about the haunted waters of Loch Ness. She has an appointment with American scientist Roger Dempsey, who is using his latest gadgets to try and prove that the legend of the monster, Nessie, is true.
Jean s business is checking out legends. Some hold water, some don't, and some are about much more than H2O.
But the troubled water she finds at Loch Ness is colder than its snow-melt and darker than its peat-stained depths. Sonar and other remote-sensing tools might find Nessie, but what scientific instrument can plumb the mysteries of death?
Troubled, too, are the waters that run between Jean and Detective Inspector Alasdair Cameron. Will another encounter bridge the depths that lie between them? Or will their story end at the hands of a murderer, in the icy water of a loch that never gives up its dead?
"The author has a wonderful sense of humor and a gives us a story that moves right along and a heroine who doesn t take herself too seriously." Diana Vickery, Cozy Library
THE MURDER HOLE is the second book in the Jean Fairbairn/Alasdair Cameron series: America's exile and Scotland's finest on the trail of all-too-living legends.
Book one is THE SECRET PORTRAIT.
Jean has a secret she sees dead people, and Scotland, especially Edinburgh, is full of ghosties and ghoulies, not to mention egomaniacal American dot.com millionaires who are trying to buy a heroic ancestry that includes a familial link to Bonnie Prince Charlie. Throw in a gold coin from the Prince's missing horde and a couple of men who look fine in kilts, a dash of bagpipes, and descriptions of Edinburgh so vivid you can almost taste the haggis and you have a most enjoyable read. Shirley Wetzel, Over My Dead Body
Mystery, history and sexual tension blend with a taste of the wild beauty of the Highlands: an enjoyable tale Kirkus Reviews.
Stay tuned for book three, THE BURNING GLASS, in September 2007. Leaving Edinburgh to the crowds attending the annual Festival, Jean and Alasdair move into the caretaker's cottage of an old and spooky castle near Rosslyn Chapel, which has been made so famous by The Da Vinci Code that only tour groups are admitted. Ferniebank Castle includes a small chapel that's very similar and obviously related to Rosslyn, but is off the beaten path. Or so they think. . . .
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Title: Blue Devil Island |
| Author: Stephen Mark Rainey | |
| Genre: Speculative Fiction | |
| ISBN: 9781594144424 | |
AUTUMN, 1943: The beginning of the American offensive against the Japanese
in the South Pacific. Just west of the Solomon Islands lies a remote, desert
island called Conquest, where the U.S. Navy stations a new fighting squadron,
led by Lieutenant Commander Drew McLachlan, an ace pilot and veteran of the
Battle of Coral Sea.
With his group of air warriors, who call themselves the Blue Devils, McLachlan soars into frequent combat with the Japanese, inflicting serious casualties upon the enemy. However, on the squadron's island home, signs appear that it may not be entirely alone, for in nearby volcanic caves, McLachlan finds evidence of past habitation by unknown natives -- natives that resemble no known living race, and that may yet exist in the mysterious subterranean catacombs. As the tension on the island mounts, McLachlan is forced to fight on two fronts: against their known enemy, the Japanese, and an unknown, predatory force that leaves mutilated victims as the only evidence of its presence.
As the Solomons campaign enters into its final skirmishes, the Japanese at last turn their attention to Conquest Island. In the final conflict, the Blue Devils find themselves the target of an overwhelming assault by the desperate Imperial Japanese forces -- and McLachlan must face the reality that the key to his men s survival lies deep in the dark and deadly caves of Conquest Island itself.
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Title: Out of Time |
| Author: Pauline Baird Jones | |
| Genre: Mainstream | |
| ISBN: 0-7599-4603-5 | |
What happens when a twenty-first century woman on a mission to change the
past meets a thoroughly 1940s man trying to stay alive in the hellish skies
over war-torn Europe?
Melanie 'Mel' Morton is an adventure reporter, who lost her grandfather in World War II. With no family left, she's all about doing her job and finishing her grandfather s biography.
Enter Jack Hamilton, sexy octogenarian, genius/scientist and former WWII bomber pilot.
What he tells Mel sends her on her craziest adventure yet straight into the past to save her grandfather s life and change Jack s future, if she doesn't accidentally end it.
All Mel has to do is outmaneuver the entire German army--and not fall in love with Jack.
Unfortunately, eluding the German army is the easy part....
"Jones is back and taking on new genres and challenges in this high-intensity
time-traveling war thriller. Love can truly span generations, as these soul
mates born out of time prove. Adding in the drama of being trapped behind
enemy lines ratchets up the tension and thrill factor! " Four Stars!
Romantic Times Jill M. Smith
"It's great fun to see Mel, a thoroughly 21st century woman, trying
to cope with the culture, and the uncomfortable shoes, of wartime England.
When she joins the crew in a mission to occupied France, the reader can imagine
what it must have been like inside the bomber, trying to complete their mission
under terrifying circumstances. In this homage to the Greatest Generation,
Jones takes us on a wild and often poignant ride through time."
Shirley
Wetzel, DorothyL
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Title: TILLAMOOK 1952, A Novel |
| Author: George Byron Wright | |
| Genre: Fiction | |
| ISBN: 0-9632655-3-9 | |
On August 24, 1933, Verlin Victory Lundigun, 32, catches a piece of pitch-fired
flaming tree trunk with his face. He is one warrior among thousands fighting
the fiercest forest fire in U.S. history the infamous Tillamook Burn. Verlin
lives that day, but nine months later he is dead from a gunshot. Eighteen
years later a nephew is driven to find out why and how Verlin died.
Testimonial:
"Wright held my attention from beginning to end with his fascinating characters,
historical details, intersecting lives, the search for some kind of truth,
and twists in the tale. I especially enjoyed getting to know Louis and
his struggle to learn more about himself, and consequently, becoming a
better person. I also appreciated the attention to detail; the descriptions
of Tillamook and surrounding areas, and almost making me believe I was
smelling the salt air! It was a great read!"
T. Edwards, Vancouver, WA
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Title: The Rise of The Phoenix |
| Author: Dawn Rivers Baker | |
| Genre: Epic Fantasy | |
| ISBN: 0971327815 | |
At its most basic, 'The Rise of The Phoenix' is an epic fantasy about a world
where time stands still, awaiting the return of the demigod who guards
against chaos and bestows the blessings of order. It is also a tale of
yin and yang, light and dark, and of the choices we sometimes must make
between what turns out to be two sides of the same thing.
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Title: Death Roll |
| Author: Marilyn Victor and Michael Allan Mallory | |
| Genre: Mystery | |
| ISBN: 1-59414-544-X | |
Death Roll: Nevada Barr meets The Crocodile Hunter.
Who would want the Director of the Minnesota Valley Zoo dead? Everyone! Anthony
Wright made a career of getting what he wanted, whatever the price. When
he's murdered and ends up as a late night snack for the zoo's fifteen-foot
crocodile, few are shedding any tears. After police arrest the lead crocodile
handler, it's up to zoologoist Lavender "Snake" Jones to prove
her friend's innocence. But is she really helping? Each lie she exposes only
serves to strengthen the case against him, rattles her belief in those she
trusts and, in the end, threatens her own safety. With the help of her Aussie
husband, herpetologist Jeff Jones, Snake hacks her way through the shadowy
underworld of illegal animal trading to uncover a snakepit of sordid deeds,
secret pasts, and corruption.
Snake uses her knowledge of animal behavior and the powers of observation developed in caring for them to solve the murder.
(And yes, Jeff Jones, Snake's irrepressibly, over the top husband, is inspired by Steve Irwin. Our manuscript was sold eight months before his tragic death. We hope readers see Jeff as an affectionate tribute to everyone's favorite Crocodile Hunter.)
"A competent debut with engaging characters and an intriguing behind-the-scenes
look at zoo life."
--Kirkus Reviews
"If you enjoy Animal Planet and like mysteries then you'll certainly
fall for Snake and Jeff Jones. They're a modern day Nick and Nora Charles
for the zoology set. Kudos to the authors for imparting their knowledge of
wildlife in an entertaining mystery with more twists and turns than a snake."
--Jessica Speart, Unsafe Harbor
"The Minnesota Valley Zoo hosts the Beastly Ball to raise public awareness and funding. However, as the staff escorts the visiting dignitaries to the newest exhibit, the Australian Walkabout Trail featuring Crocodile Island, the corpse of the disliked director Anthony Wright is found.
Police Detective Ole Sorenson arrests lead crocodile handler Johnny Ray "JR" Erling as the evidence strongly points to him especially since he vanished soon after Wright's mutilated body was found in the habitat of Sebastian and Babe. Zookeeper Lavender "Snake" Jones and her spouse herpetologist Jeff believe otherwise; they investigate, but every clue the amateur sleuths uncover affirms the police belief that JR killed Wright.
Timing aside with the recent tragic death of the Crocodile Hunter as Jeff
seems so much like Steve Irwin; this is a fine amateur sleuth tale in which
Snake's investigation enables the audience to see what goes on behind the
exhibits of a zoo. The deep look at a zoo is cleverly interwoven into the
whodunit, but is so well done, the Minnesota Valley Zoo feels like a key
character. Fans will enjoy this fine murder mystery in which every clue points
toward JR being a killer hiding his illegal peddling of wild animals with
only Snake and Jeff having doubts that are slowly vanishing with one clue
after another."
--Harriet Klausner, BookReview.com
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