New Releases
December
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Jake England’s first real job in a local bank is quickly put on hold when he is named as a ‘person of interest’ in the death of a fellow employee . . . the former suitor of a girl where the three of them are working. The same girl who takes more than a casual interest in Jake. While on temporary suspension, he enlists the help of his friends and a jaded local police detective to clear himself and break up a drug ring from Montreal who have set up shop in his home town.
November
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Students, faculty, and staff from Central Arizona College, a formerly “rural” community college, share learning and working experiences—and personal reflections—from the 70s, 80s, and 90s era. The book is primarily built around first person narratives—memories—but also includes references to “historical” documents, newspaper articles, and “snippets” from period college resources. Several tributes to iconic college employees add to this celebration of CAC. The reader will learn so much about the community college “movement” which began in the early 60s and continues to flourish today. As a bonus, there are many references to technology and work environment processes which will bring a smile to the face of anyone who remembers working in an office during that time period.
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It’s odd how life turns out. Brad Stone and Nichona Casa were lifeguards in Hope Inlet, Florida. Those moments on the beach were some of the best in their life–but also the worst. That turned a summer to remember into one they can’t forget.
October
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Eternally in her memories…
Sick and lost, Fannie MacRae stumbles into the worst part of Glasgow. Against momentous odds, she fights for her virtue. When she wakes from a drug induced haze, she is stunned to realize she spent the night in a brothel and in the arms of a man she’d never met. Yet, she is destined to recall a haunting memory that filles her with hungry longing…
Eternally in his arms…
Michigan lumberman, Fox Taggart will never forget the passion-filled evening spent in an extravagant bordello—or the exquisite woman who’d performed the innocent too perfection. His virgin whore…
Eternally in their hearts…
Now, as an unavoidable marriage binds them together once more, Fox is shocked to discover that Fannie is the beautiful blond-haired lover of that impassioned encounter—still deceiving him with lies even as she melts to each tender caress. And Fannie finds herself bound to a stranger in her restless heart desires…
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When an ancient vampire starts hunting and collecting young women in Pine View County, Texas for his cloud, Sheriff Garrett Lambert must end the destruction. This task becomes even more urgent when the vampire’s purpose for being there becomes clear—to make the silver-haired werewolf his familiar. If Sheriff Lambert cannot find and kill the vampire, someone very dear to him will be lost forever.
With the help of his teenage daughter, Paige, best friend, Deputy Ty Jackson, an English professor who specializes in the occult and folklore, a Native American of the indigenous Cato tribe, and an elemental witch with the gift of sight who is a dependent of Marie Laveau, Garrett becomes the hunter.
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Welcome to the 24th Century –
Angel is a street rat who escaped a dying Earth colony only to end up in prison. She has a secret unknown to even herself, and it’s about to change her life in a fiery way.
Tanis Adalric is the Overlord of a rising stellar empire that views Earth and its Alliance of peaceful worlds as the ultimate prize. He’s but a heartbeat away from the throne of the Dire Queen, needing just the right edge to challenge her.
A prophecy exists which will bring these two together in a struggle for their very survival. A conflict filled with dangers, epic space battles, and romance.
September
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The Lady
Determined to make a good life for her daughter, Georgia O’brien flees the man who she believes to be her mate to a small village in Carnoch, Scotland. Blue eyes with black as midnight hair, she is a beauty. Once known as Winter Snow, the Ice Queen, she is the kind of woman who makes men burn with desire. Georgia wants only one man, her mate, but Chandler Wolcott refuses to give up his decadent ways.
The Gentleman
Hamilton Adair a darkly handsome and arrogant doctor in the village where Georgia fled, to escape Chandler, has waited all his life to find the woman meant for him. Faced with another man besides himself claiming his mate, even his gentleman’s upbringing can’t conceal the measures he will take to ensure the safety of his lady, his partner.
The Confrontation
Georgia doesn’t understand the connection between the two of them. No shifter expects to find two mates in a lifetime. Yet here was Hamilton, standing next to her, supporting her every way possible. They both realize the two male shifters will meet. Either that or Georgia and Chandler will forget each other.
The Flames
Yet something happens when Hamilton’s eyes met Georgia’s. It is something their hearts can never deny, something nothing could diminish. For the first time both Georgia and Hamilton understand the unmistakable awakening to the magnificent passion of love between two shifters meant to live on through eternity.
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Meet the Cat ladies, with nothing in common except their love of cats, books and wine.
There’s uptight Victoria—can she confront the past that catches up with her?
Is the soft-natured Charlotte doomed to forever be a lady in waiting? Who or what can soften the glossy veneer of the lascivious Lou? Lizzie is sick of being dominated, when will her second chance come? And Cathy is fed up and unfulfilled, is there hope for her? Is there hope for any of them?
Five different women and five different cats, but with one aim; to strive to a better life.
Join them on their touching and often hilarious journey to self-discovery, as this ill-matched group of women go from book club to bonding.
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When art dealer Alex Hubert brings enigmatic digital artist S. L. Babel’s piece to a secretive auction at a pharmaceutical giant’s mansion on Star Island in Miami, the artwork’s QR code reveals a sinister network. It insinuates the attendees’ involvement in a crime ring and forecasts their deaths. As the auction unfolds, the mansion’s host is murdered as predicted, and the artwork is stolen. Pursued by the FBI and shadowy figures, Alex and journalist Laura Campbell embark on a journey to decipher the cryptic messages in Babel’s works. They unravel a web of crimes stretching across America, unearth buried secrets about Laura’s birth, and discover Babel’s identity.
August
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Moments before he dies, terminally ill Karl Muller makes a startling deathbed confession: he admits to killing thousands of Jews during World War II. His nurse, Helen Dobson, is understandably shocked. She refers the matter to Bryan De Luca, a part-time professor with experience in international affairs. De Luca soon learns that shortly after the war, Muller and dozens of former Nazis were recruited by American Intelligence to work as spies against the Soviets. De Luca also learns that Sam O’Hara, a former immigration investigator, had compiled a secret list of ex-Nazis in America—a list that so-called contractors hired to protect them are desperate to obtain. They’ll stop at nothing, not even murder, to keep the identities of the Nazis from falling into the hands of the JFJ, Jews for Justice, whose sole objective is to kill them…
July
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Jeffery Kilmore, M.D., an ENT (Ears, Nose, and Throat) physician encountered patients in his office and emergency room referrals with cases of sudden deafness called Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, a rare medical condition. The same day Doctor Darcy Clark, a research veterinarian from University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, encountered deaf bats and four deaf deer in Ocala national Forest. Jeff by happenchance overhears Darcy’s discussion with a co-worker, Kevin McCoy about their findings in the forest at an Ocala restaurant and joins in on their conversation. They team up and pursue the cause of this rare medical condition in humans and animals. An area in Ocala National Forest seemed to be the focal point of where they’ll find what’s causing this mysterious deafness.
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The most gorgeous man in all of the British Isles is also the most lethal.
During the Victorian period of England in the great city of London there is always an expense to reimburse. As a young débutante, Elizabeth Montgomerie looks for a husband. She never believes she would come upon the man of her dreams at the lake near her family’s country home. When she meets him, she never imagines her heart will be at risk—or for the man who steals her soul to be the one ordered to strike a deadly blow.
Thaddeus DuBois has no difficulty fulfilling contracts directed his way by his father Count DuBois. Expecting to be the count’s weapon whenever ordered, he’s been trained to believe he has fewer scruples than the lowliest assassin. When he is ordered to take out his father’s latest objective…he refuses to fulfill the assignment. Puzzled by his response to Beth’s beautiful and curious nature, he does the only thing he can think of to keep her safe: he binds her to him body and soul.
Elizabeth never expects to find herself wedded to the city’s most dangerous killer, but something about Thad arouses a passion she’s never felt before. As lines distort and allegiances change, Beth realizes Thad might own her heart after all…and she’s not sure she can survive the consequences of loving him.
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The hours following high school graduation represent the final dusk before dawn when adolescence officially ends, and adulthood begins. The 1980 class of Baymont High are shedding their caps and gowns for one final, glorious night of youthful shenanigans, where time-tested rituals of generations past will be served with unrestrained tomfoolery and hilarity. Cruising the streets of smalltown USA, engines will be revved, pranks unleashed, and fast-food and bootleg booze ingested even as old grudges are settled and childhood friendships face unavoidable closure. You are cordially invited to spend the next twelve hours with the class of ’80, for a wild, magical and wholly unchecked night of thrills, spills and pathos, the equal of which they will never again experience.
June
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Shortly before Dad died, he told me that someday he’d write about all the characters in the bar he owned, The Royal Gardens. He never got around to it, so I guess I’m the one to tell what it was like living at The Royal Gardens. However, my story will be different from his. I wonder how he would have told it. I’ll never know for sure, but I think he’d say he had a rollicking time every day schmoozing with the psychiatrists and attendants that patronized The Royal Gardens.
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Gavin Anderson and friends, Colby Richmond and Roger Fraser, take a vacation in Lausanne. Quite by chance, they happen on the beautiful but mysterious, Stephanie Nightingale. The liaison leads to some heart-stopping moments to track down priceless Romanov treasure. They include face-offs with criminal mastermind, Julius Austerberg, and Swiss Federal Office of Culture Inspector, Patrice Devereux. Through a series of inventive measures, Anderson and his buddies ensure that Stephanie evades both the Austerberg web and Devereux’s clutches, but will she be allowed to exit Switzerland with the Romanov riches?
May
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A serial killer dubbed The Peeper stalks sleepy Midlothian Ohio, cutting off the eyelids of his victims as trophies of his grisly trade. The police are baffled, having more victims than suspects. Enter Dr. Randall Corlane, a humble everyman whose only pleasure comes from chatting on social media. Unfortunately, The Peeper is also fond of social media, selecting his victims from the cyberworld. This sinister killer has taken an online interest in framing Corlane, and he has the skill to do it. As beautiful women keep dying, Corlane is pursued by county detectives, an attractive lady cop, and perhaps The Peeper himself.
John Bukowski, the award-winning author of Checkout Time and Project Suicide has written another suspenseful thriller. So, fire up your computer but be careful where you click your mouse. That online friend may be The Peeper ready to make you his next victim.
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July 1945. Martin England arrives home from war-torn Europe. His flashbacks are increasing, threatening his fragile marriage and his ability to function normally. When he is involved in the death of a war comrade and charged with homicide, he seeks the help of his captain and closest ally, Reginald Jacobs, Q.C. Jacobs takes temporary leave from his law practice in Montreal to defend his friend and in the process of the trial, he realizes Martin is suffering from PTSD. He obtains the help of a friend, Dr. Michel LeBlanc, a specialist in hypnotherapy. Together, they determine they must confront Martin with the truth of what happened one day during the war in a Tuscany vineyard. Other powerful people however, will go to extreme lengths to prevent Jacobs from uncovering the facts, and a deadly plot is set in place to ensure the truth is kept buried.
April
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Never a MacRae…
Beautiful, reserved, and unfortunately naïve the youngest MacRae, Tessa, is caught between her mother’s manipulations and the man she has fallen in love with. Now that she finally has everything she has ever wished for, lies rip her life apart. Humiliated by the revelation she is the half-sister to Jason, her husband, she flees knowing a divorce is eminent.
Always a Kenworthy…
Patience being his operative word for the year, Jason finally decides he must put an end to his torment. When Tessa responds to her mother’s request to see her, Jason realizes her protection is needed. His firm resolve to safeguard the woman he loves is thwarted when Tessa flees his protection to end up the victim of a man she despises.
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When a sleuthing witch leaves her unique “wee beasties” with eccentric artist, Aunt Maddie, rib-tickling chaos is bound to happen. With the elven-looking witch undercover to help solve the mystery of unusual deaths at a local nursing facility, her street-wise sidekick, Sadie Justice, may have met her love match in enigmatic Trey Romando, owner of this charming community. What kind of magic does Trey possess? Is it enough to win cynical Sadie’s love? Will the true natures of the wee beasties be revealed when they ride to the rescue? Laugh along with these hilarious misadventures on a journey to rewards and come-uppance.
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Jude is a middle-aged professor at a middling university who has an uncanny connection with characters outside his reality. When his world suddenly descends into chaos, his unique talents are called upon to help save humanity, or at least guide it through the end times. Unsure what role fate requires of him, Jude sets off on his journey across the multiverse, hoping to make the best of it and maybe to have a few laughs along the way.
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When a close friend of both Mark and Rhonda is found murdered, Rhonda becomes the lead detective on the case. The leads take her as well as her partner from te west coast to the Midwest. There are times when their lives are put on the4 line causing everyone associated with them to worry.
March
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In 1950s London, Irene, an innocent sixteen-year-old, desperate to escape the strict confines of her parents, is smitten by Joe, a flashy, charismatic, cockney charmer. He’s twelve years her senior with a flourishing career in the entertainment business. When he proposes it’s like a dream come true. She believes he’ll take care of her, give her beautiful things. But Joe has a dark side, and that dream quickly turns into a nightmare. Can Irene find the inner strength to protect herself and her two children from the deeply troubled Joe?
February
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Her life was tipped head-over-heels…
When Dallas Shaw realized her long-time friend meant more to her than she ever imagined, she panicked. With the first kiss, unexpected sparks flared between them. Because of her intensifying passions, she was relieved to receive an assignment far away from the town of Cranach so she could come to terms with the raw desire coursing within. The handsome brooding artist who’d painted her many times was a hazard of a different kind. Dallas soon found herself yielding to his mercuric enchantment.
…and so was her heart
Taught to believe in eternal love Rafe Frasier thought he would never find his mate in this lifetime. If he didn’t find her, they would never meet again in the future. Once, he thought Dallas might be his mate. Yet, there was no energy between them, no spark of raw passion when they touched. After Dallas returned from an unexplained absence, he couldn’t deny her intoxicating effect on him. Now Rafe would risk his life to protect the innocent beauty who had seduced him with her tender love.
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Why does an asylum have so many patients in zombie-like states? Private Inquisitor Jak Barley means to find out, even though it pits him against the shadowy world of his city’s elite. What to do when a swarm of bee’s hivemind asks Jak to find its kidnapped queen? Take it, of course. The case takes a threatening turn when hired assassins become involved. Could anything go wrong with a free passage on a cruise ship? Yes – murder, as well as a conspiracy involving a mythical suit of armor hidden in a lost fortress ruins. A problem arises when vying wizard cabals are dead set on possessing the magical-imbued armor. Jak is not without his own support, including the Witch Morgana and his mysterious friend from an alternate world lacking magic, Lorenzo Spasm.
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Set in Florida in 1988, Hating Harlon is about a year in the life of thirty-two-year-old Lily Green who employs dark humor as she struggles with right and wrong in a society where she believes she is an outsider by not conforming to traditional feminine roles and values. Her adolescent daughter, Marie, is a runaway with drug and alcohol problems, Lily’s family ignores her, and her boyfriend, Harlon, views her through a skewed lens where she never measures up. When her only ally, her grandmother, starts an inexorable decline in health, Lily decides her independence is something she must relinquish for a stable life. The events that ensue prove that her grandmother’s example, and Lily’s own inner strength, compensate for the hardships of rebelling against predetermined societal roles. Lily’s dilemma is relevant for that moment in history; it also rings true thirty-five years later.
January
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Wild and free, intending to remain so, Kerrie Johnstone has one goal in mind. She intends to build a stable with the best race horses in the British Isles. Life is good for Kerrie. Beautiful, self-assured and fiercely independent, she understands she is no debutant even though she is headed for a season in London. One she will loathe. She is prepared to step into her dreams, not become some aristocrat’s wife. If she never meets another man with a title, she will be more than satisfied.
Life is good for Sterling Talmage, the future Duke of Sherburn. Known to his friends as Tam, he is wealthy, handsome and happily unencumbered…until stunning Kerrie Johnstone plumets into his life racing across an open field on a stallion much too large for her petite frame. After pulling the damsel in distress from the stallion, he discovers a wild, struggling termagant who refuses to admit she needs his help.
During their impromptu stay in a hunting box in the wilds of Scotland, Tam learns the woman he’s decided will be his wife despises men with titles. During the next weeks he does all he can to keep her from discovering he is not only a marquis but in line to become the next duke. This young beauty might have some strange notions about men with titles, but she is about to discover that when it comes to passion, a loving heart wins hands down.
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Four extraordinary teens, each cursed with a corrupted gift from one of the four elements: Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind.
After discovering that SanCorp was continuing with their human experimentation, the group of four escaped in a blaze of fire. Refusing to be turned into weapons and refusing to turn a blind eye on the death and torture that SanCorp was guilty of, they have decided to take down the company as a whole. They will not run. They will not hide. They will no longer be the hunted. They will become the hunter.
Spark is Eve’s story. Earth is more than just the dirt under our feet. It encompasses all the energy around us. It can be beautiful in the flowers and the trees it helps to create, or the animals and the life it brings forth. But it can also be destructive and ugly, and it can kill. Now that Eve and the group have something more than just themselves to protect, Eve may become the weapon SanCorp wanted all along. Only this time, the weapon will be focused on them.
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As the tropical city of Darwin slumbers, a massive armada of dragonflies approaches, their eerie hum reminiscent of the haunting drone of Japanese fighter planes on that fateful February 14, 1942.
Callum and Ande receive an invitation from Pitch to holiday in the remote Northern Territory. Reunited on their native soil, exhausted but relieved to have survived the carnage of the Sorcerer’s beetle apocalypse in Istanbul, Callum and Ande strive to conquer their personal demons and nurture their budding relationship, while Pitch desperately attempts to revive his failing marriage.
The Dragonfly Lord, hellbent on revenge against the Divine Wind, heralds impending death and devastation through his airborne insect agents. Once again, Callum, Ande, and Pitch find themselves ensnared in a storm of diabolical malevolence. With the aid of the Archangel Barachiel, the affable devil Ron, and a spiritually empowered priest, will this valiant trio emerge triumphant over the forces of darkness? Or will the Dragonfly Lord’s wicked designs obliterate everything?
