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Killpoint
by Michael Beck
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War hero, personal trainer, lover, avenger, loving brother. Will the real Mark Tanner stand up? Mark Tanner, a wise-cracking, disillusioned U.S. veteran and casualty of the War on Terror in Afghanistan, whiles his time away in a sleazy trailer park surrounded by eccentric misfits. After losing a bet with his long time Army buddy, Bear, Mark begrudgingly agrees to be the personal trainer of the young tennis prodigy, Brooke Wentworth. When Brooke mysteriously disappears, apparently because of some... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 102079 - Reading Time: 291-408 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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Knight in a Black Hat
by Judith B. Glad
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Nellie Sanders persuades her uncle, a renowned botanist, to allow her to join an expedition to the Sawtooth Valley in Idaho Territory in 1872. Using an assumed name, infamous shootist Malachi Breedlove contracts to lead the botanical expedition into the wilderness. A crazy old woman steals Nellie, believing her a dead daughter returned to life. As leader of the expedition, Malachi is forced to send others to seek the woman he now realizes he loves. Nellie finally convinces the old woman to take ... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 125564 - Reading Time: 358-502 min.
Category: Romance/Historical Fiction
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Knowing
by Jael Gates
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Natalie Dane is struggling. Against the advice of friends and family, she embraced selling real estate, a career that's gone nowhere fast. In fact, the owners of her agency have issued an ultimatum: sell the McAdoo House or clear out your office. The problem? The structure in question is over one-hundred-years old, seriously run down, and, according to potential buyers, has an odd feel to it. Enter Simon Grayson, a man with questionable experience in haunted houses and talents no sensible person... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 10905 - Reading Time: 31-43 min.
Category: Romance
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Lady Elizabeth's Comet
by Sheila Simonson
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Elizabeth Conway's greatest ambition is to discover a comet. Unfortunately, she is the eldest of eight daughters of an earl, so her relative expect her to take her rightful place in Society. The heavenly bodies she views through her telescope hold far more fascination for Elizabeth than any mere male, although her perpetual beau, dashing Lord Bevis, would change that if he could. When Tom Conroy, a distant cousin and the new Earl of Clanross, appears after a year's delay, Elizabeth offers him a ... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 77440 - Reading Time: 221-309 min.
Category: Historical Fiction/Romance
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Lady Warhawk: Zygradon Chronicles #4
by Michelle L. Levigne
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Raised in hiding, Athrar Warhawk emerges to claim his place and destiny as Warhawk's Heir. Guided by Mrillis and Meghianna, supported by his foster-brother, Lycen, Meghianna's adopted son, he tries to hold the alliance together as rebels and traitors fight for dominance. Young love turns to betrayal and loss, made worse by the political games of court and a growing schism between Noveni and Rey'kil. When Athrar finds his soul-mate, traitors and politics try to tear them apart, and magic tries to... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 103615 - Reading Time: 296-414 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Larkspur
by Sheila Simonson
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Lark Dailey faces a weekend at the mountain lodge of her mother's mentor, poet Dai Llewellyn, without enthusiasm, but Lark's detective-lover Jay finds the proximity of a notorious pot-farm interesting. The setting, a remote Sierra lake, is idyllic, perfect for canoeing and wind-surfing, not to mention fireworks. Neither Lark nor Jay expects the Fourth of July to end in murder. Surrounded by old friends, ex-lovers, devoted servants--and someone who does not love him--the poet collapses. He has be... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 62955 - Reading Time: 179-251 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Laura
by Lynne Martin
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War widow Laura Wickenham and her sister Phyllis, live a comfortable, if unexciting life, with Phyllis's daughter Belinda. When Belinda becomes involved with a fortune hunter, Laura encounters the charming Ross Stansfield. Attraction is instant, but unwanted. Laura has met the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with, but she is afraid to move on. Can she risk losing another love? Ross has no doubts, but when he discovers one of Laura's suitors is a French spy, he is forced to be patient... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 96233 - Reading Time: 274-384 min.
Category: Romance/Historical Fiction
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Life in the Slow Lane
by Thomas Sullivan
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Being an instructor for a private driver's ed company sounded like the launch of a career that would last a lifetime. Not! During his short stint in the instructor's seat, Sullivan learned more than he wanted about poorly maintained cars, calm kids with angry parents, inefficient efficiency campaigns, too-rapid business expansion, and suburban angst. Oh, yes, and a bit about mustaches. An irreverent account of one man's descent from hope to a struggle to escape the chaos of subprime suburbia, L... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 57797 - Reading Time: 165-231 min.
Category: Humor
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Liv, in the Moment
by Tracy Dale
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It's tough out there for a girl with body issues. Especially when the guy who's always ranked on the Hot-List likes to make jokes about your physique. Liv is pretty sure she hates him, but when she sees him endure something no person ever should, their relationship is changed forever. She has known Connor for years, but it in one heart-stopping moment, she realizes she never really knew him at all. Suddenly, he's in her life, every day, in ways she'd never imagined, and all the complicated feeli... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 61149 - Reading Time: 174-244 min.
Category: Young Adult/Romance
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Lord of Misrule
by Judith B. Glad
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Luke and Katie Savage, newly married and at the end of a danger-filled and arduous journey, finally reach Boise City, where her family awaits them. They both are tired and ready to rest. Katie is excited because Christmas is next week and they'll spend it with her family. Luke isn't sure he's ready for a family celebration, especially when everyone--perhaps even Katie--is a stranger to him. Holidays should be happy events, but when you're odd man out, it's hard to get into the spirit of the seas... more info>> (Published: 2003) Affaire de Coeur's Reader-Writer Poll Finalist, EPIC eBook Award Finalist
Words: 21951 - Reading Time: 62-87 min.
Category: Romance/Historical Fiction
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Lost in Almack's
by Lesley-Anne McLeod
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When Lady Genevra Haven becomes lost in the back corridors and staircases of Almack's, she needs courage and ingenuity as well as charm and confidence, to avoid social ruin and salvage her successful debut. (Published: 2009)
Words: 5785 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Romance
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Love's Liberty
by Lesley-Anne McLeod
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Julia Clemence had loved Simon Mancroft-Martley her entire life, but when she was sixteen and he twenty-one, he had bought a commission and gone to war. He had been gone nearly five years, and on his return an unexpected encounter in the village church convinces Julia that he loves her as she does him. But Simon has lost an arm in battle, and is determined not to burden her with a crippled husband. Her parents concur with his decision, and she is forbidden to consider him eligible. Julia, by the... more info>>
Words: 5802 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Romance/Historical Fiction
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Mudlark
by Sheila Simonson
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When Lark and Jay Dodge move to Washington State's Shoalwater Peninsula, life falls into a rhythm of house renovation and baby-making until Lark's new neighbor, Bonnie, finds a corpse on the beach. The victim, an outspoken advocate of development, is the ex-wife of another neighbor, a novelist whose house burns in a mysterious fire when he refuses to sell. Circumstantial evidence makes him the prime suspect, but Lark isn't convinced and neither is Bonnie. What they discover puts their lives in ... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 82276 - Reading Time: 235-329 min.
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Never the Twain
by Judith B. Glad
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What do an archaeologist from Back East and a cowboy from the empty corner of Oregon have in common? Not much, except the waterhole that Rock McConnell needs for his cattle and Genny Forsythe must approve. First she has to make sure there are no prehistoric petroglyphs near the site, and that could take months of study. Now Rock isn't against preserving the past, but his cattle are gettin' mighty thirsty. Genny's youthful dreams were filled with cowboys, tall, lean, laconic, and Levi'd. Rock is ... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 56661 - Reading Time: 161-226 min.
Category: Romance
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Never Too Late
by Anna C. Bowling
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Amelia Sinclair has lived all her life with the decorum expected of a 19th century banker's wife. She remained faithful to a husband who never loved her, raised three children, and turned away the love of a lifetime. Now widowed at the dawn of a new century and facing her second fifty years, she decides she can no longer deny the love that has burned within her for decades. Can she throw away the only life she has ever known in order to find the only life she has ever wanted? (Published: 2007)
Words: 4873 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
Category: Romance/Historical Fiction
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Noble Savage
by Judith B. Glad
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Independent Katie Lachlan has caught the eye and heart of a rich suitor who won't take no for an answer. Luke Savage killed a man in a gunfight and swears he'll never carry a handgun again. A strong attraction and mutual dependence link them together for a journey along the brand new transcontinental railroad, as she flees the suitor who stalks her and he runs away from his past. Instead of safety, they find new danger as they are forced to travel on foot across a wintry landscape. While Katie l... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 97083 - Reading Time: 277-388 min.
Category: Romance/Historical Fiction
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On the Piazza
by megs burd
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A bench in the piazza Fedele feels like home away from home to Maggie, who is new to Milan. And then a handsome stranger joins her one day, introducing himself with romantic Italian flair. Friendship blossoms until a jealous woman from Alessandro's past comes between them. He no longer comes to the piazza and Maggie is left wondering if friendship is all there ever was. All there ever will be... (Published: 2011)
Words: 7301 - Reading Time: 20-29 min.
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One Bird Sings
by Betty Vos
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A panoply of images celebrating life, love, nature and the cycles of the seasons. (Published: 2007)
Words: 4368 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: General Nonfiction/Spiritual/Religion
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One Eyed Cowboy Wild
by John D. Nesbitt
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Zeke Hill is a lot wilder than his brother Gene. Maybe that's why Gene's not entirely happy to see him when he shows up looking for a job at the ranch where Gene draws cowhand wages. His loyalty to Zeke soon puts him into danger--and worse. He must keep Zeke's terrible secrets, even from Katharine, the woman he loves. When deadly violence erupts, Gene must choose between his brother and his conscience. (Published: 2011)
Words: 50562 - Reading Time: 144-202 min.
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One Wife Too Many
by Susanne Marie Knight
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Eighteen-year-old Andrea Ernst married for love. Wilson Struthers married to advance his career. On their Hawaii honeymoon cruise, Andrea learns the sordid truth. Disillusioned, she dashes out on deck during a storm. Fate sweeps her overboard. Just as Wilson realizes that he loves his new wife, waves send her down into the bottomless ocean. He is devastated. An extensive search follows, but Andrea is never recovered. All hope for her survival is gone. Or is it? Andrea resurfaces on the Big Isla... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 43427 - Reading Time: 124-173 min.
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Operation Normal
by Linda Palmer
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Ally desperately wants "normal" for her half-sister Kayly, something she never had herself thanks to her liberated mom. First on her list of to-dos is contacting Kayly's dad, who promised he'd stay out of Kayly's life just as Ally's own dad once did. When Kat leaves the country on assignment, Ally drops in on the guy to introduce him to his baby daughter. But Kayly's dad doesn't live there--her half brother, Zach, does. And his shocking offer to help Ally find "normal" is nothing compared to wha... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 53289 - Reading Time: 152-213 min.
Category: Young Adult/Romance
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Pairs of Poems
by F.I. Goldhaber
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Life, love, politics--By pairing poems about similar topics written in different moods at different points in time, Pairs of Poems gives us a variety of perspectives on topics as diverse as nature, love, history, and politics. (Published: 2008)
Words: 4167 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
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Patently in Love
by Rhoda Baxter
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After her popstar boyfriend publicly humiliates her, Jane wants to start a new life away from media scrutiny. Maybe even find a new man. Marshall wants a partnership in his patent law firm. He just has to prove he's totally focussed on his work. No distractions. No office romance. Unless, of course, no one knows about it. The last thing Jane needs is to have her picture splashed on the front page of a gossip magazine. To makes matters worse, the only person who could have told the paparazzi wher... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 61435 - Reading Time: 175-245 min.
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Phantom of the Operetta
by John C. Bunnell
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While serving as an artist-in-residence at a small Pacific Northwest college, stage actress Juliet McKenna is directing Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer. Rivalries among the student cast are only to be expected--but are other troubles the work of the theater's restless ghost? Nonsense, Juliet insists, and with Sidhe-born senses to back her conclusions, she should know. But as the curtain rises on opening night, she's forced to revise her opinions. With one performer in chains and another posses... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 7720 - Reading Time: 22-30 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Play It Again, Sam
by Maryann Miller
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When her husband comes home from work one day to announce he's moving out, Samantha Rutgers thinks it's a joke. She hopes it's a joke. It's not. He packs his suitcase and moves out. For twenty-five years, Sam was a corporate wife, a stay-at-home mom. Now she's divorced, adrift, and alienated from her daughter who blames her for the divorce. Ill equipped to be a single woman in a whole new dating culture, she would have foundered without help from an old friend who challenges her to finish up the... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 75873 - Reading Time: 216-303 min.
Category: Romance
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