New Releases
December
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Kaity Kinney and Matt Dwyer meet when they are in their teens while working after-school jobs at the same Chicago grocery store. The two become good friends but go down different paths in life and lose touch. Matt contacts Kaity nearly twenty-five years later, and they catch up with one another’s lives, reminiscing about the shared events of their youth and remembering the people they both knew. As their friendship blooms, their relationship becomes more intense.
Determined to find out if Matt might be the man of her dreams, Kaity accepts Matt’s invitation to reconnect in person so that they can have a serious conversation about life and love. And Kaity wonders, could Matt be “The One?”
November
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As the war in Europe winds down, a unit of battle-fatigued GIs are tasked in liberating the survivors of the infamous Verurteilt concentration camp, in theory a relatively simple rescue mission. Upon arrival, Sergeant Rance Hawkins and his four young charges are ordered to search an unmapped area beyond the main camp for evidence of a separate, clandestine compound, reportedly created for high-ranking SS officers to further torment and torture. Their quest will eventually lead them into a nearby coal mine, where a young camp survivor claims that her mother and other refugees are being held. Inside the murky caverns, the motley crew of dogfaces discover revelations so terrifying and vile as to make even the inhuman atrocities of Verurteilt seem tame by comparison.
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A former GI vet from the Vietnam war, suffering from PTSD, has made his way to the peaceful Okanagan area of B.C. Here he chooses to target young Asian female victims who will serve his purpose as he assumes the persona of Ogopogo, a Canadian folk lore lake serpent who was said to inhabit Okanagan Lake.
Ignatius (Iggy) Myles and Jacob (Jake) England, two Kelowna street-wise detectives are nearing retirement, but their plans are put on hold as the killer’s prey becomes personal and they are forced to pursue the monster through the mountainous wilds of British Columbia.
October
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Blood Clan is an historical novel set just after the Civil War. It is Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian meets Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. In the heart of the fighting during 1862 in a place called Andersonville, a notorious prison camp was erected. Forty-five thousand union prisoners were placed in the walls of a stockade. When Sherman liberated the camp, over 13,000 had died. But what if they did not die of starvation. What if they were trapped behind those guarded walls with something else, something ancient, something found and contained, a secret scientific experiment gone wrong before the war. And what if by miracle of miracles a baby was conceived within those walls, a baby born of two genetic codes, two races, and when Sherman liberated the prison camp, he liberated not only an ancient evil but also the means to stop it: Welcome to The Blood Clan. This is literary gothic at its best. This is dark, violent, compelling fiction that will keep you turning the page and leaving the lights on at night.
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Following her husband when he takes a new position, Rhonda leaves Wisconsin behind to begin a new life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Without a job for the first time, she is thrilled when she obtains a position with the Clark County Sheriff’s department. To celebrate her new job, she and her husband, Mark, go to Red Rock Canyon for a relaxing day of sightseeing. Even before she is scheduled to begin her job, she finds herself at the center of a murder. The victim, a college student, has been killed close to the petroglyphs using an ancient Native American weapon,. Have the ancients returned to protect their history or is there a modern-day predator trying to confuse her with the use of ancient weapons?
September
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Kelsey Chinn and her BFFs are elated to make the freshman girls basketball team for legendary Westside High. Then COVID-19 and a bullying old coach cancel their dreams of playing in their first Warrior hoops season. The girls are stunned when they are abruptly dismissed with zero chance to compete, but don’t ever say ‘No way’ to these teammates. They refine their game on the only court available – the Chinn’s DIY driveway hoop – and when the virus suddenly strikes down the Varsity squad, an improbable opportunity emerges. To run with it, the teammates will have to brace against the pandemic, support a grieving friend, struggle with a conceited older teammate, and stand together against the abusive coach and Westside’s arch-nemesis. Wielding high basketball IQs, trust and friendship, plus a touch of hoops magic, the young BFFs morph into an uncanny, mystical basketball team beyond words — literally. Will it be enough to soar to the school’s rescue? An epic fail seems certain but…c’mon, this one’s for the Gods of Hoop! Bring it on!
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The Calling is a novel set in 1992 and revolving around a group of magic users who all feel a calling to travel to Northern Wisconsin for a major shift in the world’s magic. Each member of the group has a different type of magic (earth, weather, necromancy, etc.), and, as they train, they explore the nature of magic and get to know each other. Directing their efforts is an enigmatic leader known simply as “the boss.” The group members have varying levels of trust in both the boss and their overall mission. As they debate the nature and value of their mission, tensions rise and fall. They continue to explore and debate as they struggle against secret, dangerous forces.
August
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The Highland Lass…
Harris Frasier was raised and adored by a devoted mother and father, zealously sheltered by her two older brothers. Harris is everything sweet and spicey, trusting and loyal until she is faced with what she believes is betrayal to all she holds dear within her heart. She gives her love to a man who confuses her. A man who she doesn’t think can return her loyalty. Given no viable choice, Harris is forced to follow him to London then on to his home near the Dover coast to discover she is correct in all her assumptions about his fidelity. He is a womanizer. Harris cannot abide a life with a man who will not remain faithful.
…The Sassenach Soldier
Stunned to discover the woman he will love forever then into eternity believes he is a cad and a philanderer. Ashton Wolcott realizes the uphill battle in front of him will worsen before Harris will learn to trust his word. He isn’t anything like the man she assumes him to be. Ash endangers all her previously held values. Even while he delights her senses, she battles misconceptions. From the moment he first sees her sunning herself naked by the loch to the moment she runs after him begging him to compromise her, his captivating masculinity holds her in thrall. Within the shelter of his arms, she will learn all-encompassing passion, loyalty, and joy and the lasting power of love.
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It is 1969. Iggy and Jake are two rock musicians who decide to leave their mundane jobs and travel west in search of finding that elusive record label. Their journey takes them to Calgary where they plan to hook up with an old-time buddy, only to discover he has been the victim of foul play. Two jaded Calgary PD detectives utilize the talents of the street-wise musicians and they are soon involved in an international drug bust in which their lives and those of their friends are at great risk.
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Jason B, celebrity and artistic director of the National Theatre, has been accused of a heinous crime. Within hours, he is besieged by reporters and paparazzi. He seeks refuge at the home of his former drama teacher. Patrick G. Patrick G is in two minds whether to harbour his ex-student. However, he decides he cannot abandon him in his hour of need.
The Return of the Dissolute Son, or Breaking the Vicious Circle, is about Patrick G’s love for two women and a man he considers his ‘second son.’ It is also the tragic tale of someone plagued by the vicious circle of abuse. Will Patrick be able to reconcile his love for his ‘adopted son’ and the crimes he is alleged to have committed?
July
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Performing live music in front of an audience is fun and rewarding. These stories give the reader a “behind-the-scenes” look at what we think it ultimately takes to become a popular and successful local musician– and why we enjoy music. In this compilation of memoirs and narratives, several musicians talk about their backgrounds, their motivations, their aspirations, and their successful and not-so-successful experiences. Think of it. Musicians are performing in your town, somewhere, probably right now, as you read this. Country bands, rock groups, jazz ensembles, community bands, solo acts, duets– they’re all good and they all love interaction with friends and fans. Live music is such a great part of the American experience. “Voices from the Small Stage” reveals our part in local music history.
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When Rhonda is called to a private residence to investigate a murder, she finds this is the site of the twenty-fifth-class reunion for her former partner, Phil. With her new partner, Martin, she is forced to question all the classmates regarding the murder of Pete Potter, even Phil. Pete has been found floating in a small lake on the property. The owner of a local insurance agency it’s hard telling who would want him dead. When it’s revealed he’s a transvestite, the suspect pool widens. Could it be someone from the community he embraced in Madison, or someone closer to home? The odds are 50/50 in each direction, so Rhonda must decide which way to look.
June
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When a pack of werewolves start hunting and killing in Pine View County, Texas, Sheriff Garrett Lambert must end the carnage. This task becomes even more urgent when three people he cares about are bitten and become infected. If Sheriff Lambert cannot find and kill the alpha werewolf that infected them by the next full moon, they will become cursed. With the help of his teenage daughter, Paige, best friend and deputy, Tyrone “Ty” Jackson, an English professor who specializes in the occult and folklore, Dr. James Huff, a Native American of the indigenous Cato tribe, Trowa Raintree, and an elemental witch with the gift of sight who is a decedent of Marie Laveau, Lola Laveau, Garrett becomes the hunter.
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A retired CSI investigator, Todd Watson and his wife, Dana, a retired pathologist assistant, seeks out answers behind the unexplained disappearance of an elderly couple in their Florida retirement community leaving in the middle of the night with a person wearing a hoodie and driving a dark blue van. The couple had sold all their worldly possessions giving the money to a daughter in Maine. The couple told no one, including their daughter, where they were going or why they left. The two sleuths recruit Lewis Emerick, a computer forensic specialist for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Crime Scene Evidence Division. His computer wizardry assists in investigating the mysterious disappearance of the couple. The determined sleuths are taken into unpredictable scenarios hoping to solve this mystery.
May
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The Immeasurable Man is a sci-fi/speculative fiction story about celebrity, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and the way we perceive reality, but at its core it’s about a lonely individual who wants nothing more than to connect with someone. Due to a severe immunocompromised condition, IM lives a solitary life, only interfacing with the outside world through his computer screen. All he knows of human interaction is what he’s seen in movies and on television, but when his tech-savvy older brother offers him a chance to have a life beyond his domicile, IM thinks his dream has finally come true. Little does he know that life on the outside is much more complicated than what he’s been led to believe.
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Is a dream a lie if doesn’t come true? Or is it something worse? When Van’s brother goes missing, he places his career in Chicago as an artist on hold and reluctantly returns to his hometown of Oneida Valley. Digging deeper into a string of disappearances and murders linked to his brother’s case, the mounting clues point to an evil entity holding the inhabitants of the town under its sinister control. Destroying the lives of anyone who defies it or attempts to flee the confines of the Valley’s peaks. As old memories and traumas resurface, the lines of reality distort. To find the answers he seeks, Van must sacrifice everything, and journey into the depths beneath the town to discover the truth hidden in the heart of The Valley.
April
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Dressed as Bonnie and Clyde, Rhonda and her husband are on their way to a Halloween party, when they witness a drive by shooting. The man who is shot is John Richardson, who is handing out candy dressed up as a scarecrow with a jack-o-lantern covering his face. Going into detective mode, completely unaware of how she is dressed, she calls in the crime and rushes to the scene. To her dismay, she soon learns John is in the hospital and his grandson, Sean, has taken his place. Joined by her partner, Phil, Rhonda must decide if the intended victim is John or his beloved grandson. No matter which one it is, why would anyone want to take either of their lives?
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There’s been enough death in the Hatcher family—brother Billy died as a teen in a game gone wrong. Now, after returning home to settle the family estate, brothers Mark and Benjamin discover that some old memories have yet to die. And maybe the same goes for Billy. After all, the body was never discovered.
Father Frank Timmons delivers the eulogy for Mrs. Hatcher, and also senses a malignant force in their small community of Kosmosdale, Kentucky. And it seems to hold more power over him than anyone as if controlled by the devil himself.
Meanwhile, a gorgeous real estate agent wants to sell the vacant Hatcher house…just a little too much.
Townspeople began to go missing. Then one after another of the Hatcher’s children, in town for the funeral, go missing. And it’s up to Sheriff Daniels to solve this mess. But how do you catch a ghost? And what’s in the Hatcher attic?
March
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Dawn Callahan’s dream of freedom and a life of independence is shattered. After she realizes she somehow stepped through a portal into a different century all she has left to fight for is her sanity along with a way to return to the time of her birth. To do that she has to give up her autonomy. With no money to her name or a roof over her head, she needs Gordan Murray’s help. In return she refuses to give him what he wants the most. Answers to his questions.
On first sight, Gordan means to take her into his home. Intends to give her everything she wants. When she refuses his sincere offers, he withdraws into himself searching for a means to convince her he has only good intentions toward her.
On that sunny day in July when Dawn tumbles from a whorehouse to land on her delectable little butt, a woman was the last thing in the world he was looking for. He has a fine life. Finds willing women with a smile coupled with a nod.
Love has a way of changing the rules.
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Banner’s Bounty is the thrilling conclusion to a series centered around brothers Clint, Nick, and Marc Banner, and sidekick, Zeke Slater. Marc, a skilled tracker, is thrust into a heart-wrenching mission to find Jenelle, the daughter of a wealthy businessman kidnapped years ago as a child. As he unravels the mysteries surrounding Jenelle’s disappearance, Marc navigates the dangers of a hostile environment on the arid planet, Aden, astride his cherished vintage motorcycle. To escape her captives, Jenelle must learn how to ride with Marc on the bike she initially perceives as a noisy beast. When he takes her through curves and accelerates on straightaways, her fear transforms into exhilaration as she discovers the joy of the wind in her face and the freedom of the ride. Now the target of ruthless enemies determined to reclaim their captive, an adrenaline-fueled chase forges a powerful connection between Marc and Jenelle. In a thrilling near-death showdown, Marc’s cunning and bravery are put to the ultimate test to outwit the villains. Will love triumph over all in this futuristic tale of rescue and redemption?
February
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Dallas Elaine Shaw, on a photo shoot for the magazine she works for, tumbles down an incline to find herself catapulted into the eighteenth century. Facing three men, one of those men, the one with laughing silver blue eyes commands her attention. The other two stare at her with leering, malicious intent. She finds herself rescued by the man with the intense eyes. Terrified of horses, she discovers herself riding in front of the arrogant man who saved her. In a few short minutes, he sends a multitude of sparks simmering within her.
When Roc Frasier sees the woman sprawled on the ground, he thinks he’s gone to heaven. This is the woman all his dreams are made from. Her body holds the enticement of lush bountiful breasts, curved hips he could hold onto. She is his dream come true. What he doesn’t understand is this woman has traveled through time. She comes to him to complete the interrupted circle of life. This woman is his soulmate. His life’s blood. She wants nothing more than to leave him, to return to her time. She can’t. They are each other’s destiny.
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Tom, a writer and loner going into his senior year in high school, is without friends; and to make it worse, he discovers he has cancer. Throughout the year, he continues to write letters to his former friend (Caleb), who moved across the country before high school. Shortly following the start of the year, he decides to ask a girl (Laura) to Homecoming. She introduces him to her own friend group. At the same time, while attending the hospital frequently, he meets an eleven-year-old boy (Noah) who also has cancer, and they become best friends. Tom continuously battles with the cancer and ponders philosophically about life and death, slowly experiencing making friends, facing death, making amends, and finding love.
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As Rhonda moves to a detective position with the county sheriff’s office her first lead case is the murder of the most hated man in the county. George Atkins has been killed with his own pitchfork while spreading manure. The fact the elderly man was out in a raging blizzard makes no sense. Why would he be out in such inclement weather? As the case progresses, threats are made against other members in the family, until Rhonda finally reveals the most unexpected suspect with a deep seeded hatred for the Atkins family for what he believes has been done to him in the past.
