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Brawl Born Boxer-Hip Hop Musical

by Paul Matema Sambakaluma

The fictional story is about the emotional and financial roller coaster life of a boxer. He is forced out of retirement because of debt caused by financial mismanagement to face the fiercest and forceful fighter he has ever fought in his entire boxing career

Decoded

by Amalia Rose

Decoded is a mind-bending thriller that challenges everything we thought we knew about history, power, and the untold stories of remarkable women. When investigative journalist Amalia Rose stumbles upon a blog post claiming that the enigmatic Voynich Manuscript holds the key to a lost matriarchal civilization, she embarks on a thrilling journey to unravel the cryptic clues and decipher the manuscript's true meaning. Partnering with her brilliant but frustrating ex-boyfriend, Bastian Ham, Amal... more

Improbable Future (A Cadence Mystery #5)

by Dianne L. Hagan

Madison Hayward is a mess. Wedding canceled. Fired from her job. Brother, Stanton, not speaking to her. Unsure she’ll ever return to Cadence. And her corrupt, abusive father, state senator, Samuel Hayward, found dead in his prison cell. Madison believes her only recourse is reconciling her past, so she goes back to where it all started, the Hayward mansion in Albany, New York, the “house of horrors” she fled at 17. Despite her fear that they won’t respond, she calls upon her Cadence family and f... more

Anyone But Her

by Cynthia Swanson

In 1979, when clairvoyant Suzanne Parry is 14, her mother, Alex, is killed during a robbery at Alex’s store, Zoe’s Records in Denver. After Alex’s ghost raises alarm bells about Suzanne’s father’s new girlfriend, what Suzanne can’t foresee is the lifelong consequences as she heeds Alex’s warning. Twenty-five years later, returning to Denver with her family, Suzanne must reckon with the ghosts—and repercussions—of the past. While struggling... more

Missing Pieces

by Kathryn Schleich

Attorney Madelyn Cummins has experienced her fair share of adversity, but the future looks bright for this young professional. She is surrounded by friends she considers family, construction is nearly completed on her dream home, her law practice is growing, and she is making a difference in the lives of her clients. But there is one case involving a prominent Minnesota auto magnate that has been particularly challenging. As the tension mounts, Maddie suffers an episode of transient global amnes... more

10 Things to Do Before the Apocalypse

by Johnny Townsend

When happily married Jake and Santino head to the bars on Seattle’s Capitol Hill to pick up a third for the night, they don’t realize they’re about to hook up with a dead man. Only they can see and interact with Andy, stabbed to death near Pioneer Square a few days earlier. Finally convinced that Andy really has been murdered, Jake and Santino join forces with his ghost to track down the killer. Did Andy’s jealous ex do it? His spurned coworker? A right-wing vigilante? As the trio investigate... more

The Dangers of Fog

by Dan Spencer

San Francisco, 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge is nearing completion and the Chief Engineer's life is in danger. He hires a down-on-his-luck private investigator to find his attackers, and the detective uncovers political intrigue, corruption, and the engineer's many enemies.

After Midnight

by Irina Shapiro

Stranded by a raging hurricane, a group of strangers find themselves trapped at a grand antebellum mansion, now a boutique hotel. Novelist Callum Burke, known for his historical bestsellers, is among the guests, the Oleander Plantation the main stop on a research trip for his new book, while several couples from up north are in New Orleans to celebrate personal milestones. As the hurricane batters the house and the waters rise, Callum is found hanging from an ancient oak, murdered in the same w... more

Vigilante Priest

by Joe Gallagher and Dan Bowden

Vigilante Priest, while ominous and heavy, is written with a bit of comedic relief. It confronts moral issues, and offers, ultimately, a vision of enlightened reform. The book is led by two protagonists. Father Tony and Detective Eddie Rodriguez. Father Tony, a once-popular New York priest and a member of a family connected to the mob, was falsely accused of abusing a student. He is torn by his secret knowledge and troubled by what is right or wrong and if the end really does justify th... more

Additional Attendee

by Josh Harper

Paul, a part-time actor and full-time narcissist, just knows that his wife is having an affair with the dog trainer who lives upstairs in their luxury apartment building. But when he tries to catch them in the act, he finds their neighbor’s corpse instead. And now he can’t find his wife anywhere. With only the building’s alluring front desk person to help him, Paul must find the killer before the cops pin the murder on him. Soon, he discovers that his fellow over-privileged tenants aren’t as... more

Hunting Tobias

by Michael Putegnat

Torn from his mother’s arms on the Jewish ramp at Auschwitz, Daniel feared he would never see his parents or sister again. But he survived the Holocaust and dedicated his life to seeking justice as a Nazi Hunter. Then, In the last year of his life, he stumbles upon evidence that his family had somehow survived.

But where are they?

So begins a desperate odyssey to find his family, spanning time and continents, following clues that reach back into the dark realities of l... more

Epilogue

by Richard Ross

Suspense meets historical intrigue as novelist Clayton Lange uncovers a disturbing family secret that could rewrite history. His seemingly innocuous writings predicted real-world events, but nothing prepared him for the discovery of his ancestors' dark affiliations with Nazi Germany. As past atrocities spill into the present, Clayton finds himself in the midst of a battle for power in modern-day Manhattan, a struggle dating from the Roman and Ottoman Empires and others. This is a narrative that... more

Didja' Hear? Danny Devlin's Dead: A Tommy Palmer Story

by William P. Singley

It's Ash Wednesday, and all Tommy Palmer wants to do is enjoy his drink at Billy Frisco's jazz club and listen to some great American tunes. Carla is on stage, Billy's girl, and man, can she sing. The pouring rain outside only makes Tommy, her biggest fan more inclined to stay, until a soaking wet getaway driver tumbles in the front door. Turns out, Danny Devlin is dead-shot at a botched post office robbery. Billy hired an amateur driver who abandoned the crew. Now, Billy's in hot water, and Tom... more

A SWEETHEART DEAL?

by J. M. Venturini

Tuscany, circa 1927. To seal a lucrative deal, Gianni Lucci hands his playboy son, Stefano, an ultimatum: marry my Brazilian partner’s daughter or be banished. Heartbroken over a perceived rejection by his first love, Ilaria, the penniless Stefano abandons all and sails off to America. 30 years later, he’s married to Anna with two kids. Stefano’s longtime financial troubles are amplified when Anna gets pregnant yet again. Seizing on this golden opportunity, Gianni fakes a deathly illness to ... more

THE HOLE IN THE RABBIT

by Amy Sewell

When a New York City television producer, and mother of three, is blacklisted from the entertainment industry and then brutally attacked, a spiraling addiction and a haunting accident from her past resurface old wounds, illuminating a history of violence and its damaging inheritance.

Grace O’Doyle, the complicated anti-heroine of The Hole in the Rabbit, spirals out of control after a series of personal and professional snafus have her reckoning with life-long recreational... more

Far-Sighted

by Robert J. Potter

Richard Drake, a young man with psychic powers, foresees an abduction, turned to murder. When he decides to investigate, he encounters many obstacles along the way. Nevertheless, he continues his search, and what he discovers, is more bewildering than he could ever have imagined.

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