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Blaze Ward

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Historical Fiction

An assassin barely misses killing Greyson and Rachel, but the Metropolitan puts him on the case anyway. However, the conspiracy runs deeper and more twisted with every clue. Greyson risks spilling his secrets, along with everyone else's, unless he can stop a blackmailer, a killer, and a former cop. The Hunter Bureau, a new series about a cop working in a world fifteen years after aliens make first contact, and bring all their troubles to a world that already had plenty of its own. Be sure to read the first novel in the series, Mirrors, available at all reputable outlets, and a few disreputable ones.
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This Son of York

This Son of York

Anne Easter Smith

Historical Fiction / Literature & Fiction

Richard III. A man. A king. A legend. He ruled England for only two years, but the legacy of Richard III remains both fascinating and divisive. From his childhood in the intensely loyal and close-knit York family to his rise as a thoughtful but troubled ruler, This Son of York is a passionate and deeply personal account of the life of Richard III. A man who loved his family and his country. A king who struggled to overcome the challenges not only of a turbulent time but his own human frailties. A legend whose true life is only now coming to light. Inspired by the discovery of Richard III's grave and its revelations, award-winning author Anne Easter Smith brings together her decades of intense research, five celebrated novels on the Wars of the Roses, and her sustained passion for Richard III in this culminating book on the last Plantagenet king.
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The Plot Against the President

The Plot Against the President

Lee Smith

Literature & Fiction / Short Stories / Historical Fiction

Investigative journalist Lee Smith explores the deep state using his unprecedented access to Congressman Devin Nunes, former head of the House Intelligence Committee. Investigative journalist Lee Smith's The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russia subverted democratic processes during the 2016 elections, the real damage was done not by Moscow or any other foreign actor. Rather, this was a slow-moving coup engineered by a coterie of the American elite, the "deep state," targeting not only the president, but also the rest of the country. The plot officially began July 31, 2016 with the counterintelligence investigation that the FBI opened to probe Russian infiltration of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. But the bureau never followed any Russians. In fact, it was an operation to sabotage Trump, the candidate, then...
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Terror in the Sun

Terror in the Sun

Barbara Cartland

Romance / Contemporary / Historical Fiction

When Bengal Lancers Major Iain Hadleigh first encounters the beautiful young Brucena Nairn it is on a moving train in India as he forces her back into the carriage to protect her from serious rioting on the platform. Far from being grateful, Brucena is outraged, having no idea that she is contravening Major Hadleigh's own orders that no Europeans may travel to the forbidden area of Saugor.She is on her way to join her cousin, Captain Sleeman and his wife, Amelie, intending without their knowledge to work as a Nanny to their as yet unborn child and thereby escaping a fault-finding father who hates her for her beauty and for not being the boy he so desperately needs for his estate and Castle in ScotlandBut Brucena soon finds far more to fear under India's searing sun. First the unwanted attentions of the somewhat sinister Lord Rawthorne and, worse still, the devotees of Thuggee – highway murderers who strangle their victims from behind with a yellow silk scarf –It is only when,...
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The Fake Engagement Favor

The Fake Engagement Favor

Charlene Sands

Romance / Historical Fiction / Contemporary

A fake engagement to a straitlaced family friend is all for show...until it's not... Only in this Texas Tremaines novel by USA TODAY bestselling author Charlene Sands. Can a country music superstar save his career by pretending to be in love? Rocked by scandal, country crooner Gage Tremaine's career is over if he doesn't clean up his act. An engagement to straitlaced Gianna Marino could do the PR trick. Even though Gage and Gianna had a fractious relationship growing up, their families go way back, so Gianna agrees. She's not his type, so Gage considers her a safe choice. That's his first mistake. Because when the bookish professor undergoes a makeover, all bets are off! From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Love triumphs in these uplifting romances, part of the The Texas Tremaines series: Book 1: Craving a Real TexanBook 2: The...
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The Fire of Love

The Fire of Love

Barbara Cartland

Romance / Contemporary / Historical Fiction

Arriving at an employment agency in the West End of London in search for some way to support herself and her beloved old Nanny after her father's gambling debts have left her in penury, the beautiful young Carina is offered a very unusual post in which she must take charge young of a young boy, the son of one, Lady Lynche. On visiting her at her lodgings Carina is dismayed to find that Lady Lynche, an Oriental lady, is at death's door and so is reluctantly persuaded to take her child, Dipa, to his father in the English countryside.Arriving at the vast and imposing Lynche Castle in the depths of Gloucestershire, however, she finds that the child is far from welcome and that Lord Lynche, although more handsome than any other man she has ever seen, is living a dissolute bachelor's life with his disreputable friends, who only want to gamble day and night at cards. As well as the ghosts that apparently linger behind The Castle's imperious walls, the place is haunted by a sense of...
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Seduced in Secret

Seduced in Secret

Heather Boyd

Romance / Historical Fiction

The banns have been called, the date is set, but he's falling fast and hard for the wrong woman. When her parents announce they intend to break their promise to remain in London society for another year, Charlotte Waters is also given an ultimatum—make a suitable match immediately or start packing her trunks. Since leaving England is the last thing she wants, Charlotte puts aside her foolish longing for love and throws herself into the hunt for any proposal of marriage with the help of her good friends. However, her persistent infatuation for an engaged earl proves a great distraction when it becomes clear that his life is in peril...and Charlotte is the only one who's noticed. Winston Bell, Earl of Hurlston, has his position in society, a loving mother, loyal friends, and an arranged marriage he's willing honor for duty, if not love—until a sweet, brave, and normally blushing wallflower puts herself in danger to save his life. His gratitude slowly...
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