Today's Featured Books

A World of Dinosaurs

A dinosaur adventure for fans of Jurassic Park! From the USA Today bestselling author of Earthrise.

Dinosaurs. Majestic giants. They’ve captured our imagination for generations. On planet Mintari, they live again.

Mintari is far from Earth. Wild. Pristine. A world where triceratops herd across grasslands, pterosaurs soar over golden mountains, and T-rexes prowl the misty forests.

But these magnificent beasts might soon disappear. And only one man can save them.

They call him Jurassic Joe. A semi-mythical figure. A ranger who lives in the wilderness of Mintari. Defender of dinosaurs. Bane of poachers. Folk hero. But is he real?

He better be. Because big game hunters are landing on Mintari. A lot of them. It will take a hero to stop them. And they must be stopped. Or the dinosaurs of Mintari will be lost forever.

Discover a world of savage beauty, terrifying danger, and ancient beasts brought back to life. Welcome to Mintari.

About the Author

Daniel Arenson is an author, bookworm, and proud geek. The Huffington Post has called his writing "full of soul." He has written more than 80 novels and sold more than 1 million books. His series include:

MINTARI -- Dinosaurs. Majestic giants. They've captured our imagination for generations. On planet Mintari, they live again.

EARTHRISE -- They came from deep space. They came to destroy us. But we will fight back! Start reading with Earth Alone, the first novel.

STARSHIP FREEDOM — The starship Freedom is just a museum ship... until the aliens attack.

REQUIEM -- Welcome to Requiem, an ancient kingdom whose people can grow wings and scales, breathe fire, and take flight as dragons. Start reading with Requiem's Song.

KINGDOMS OF SAND -- Enter a world of sand and splendor, a world where gladiators battle in the arena, where legionaries and barbarians fight for glory, and where empires rise and fall. Start reading with Kings of Ruin.

MOTH -- Discover Moth, a world torn between day and night--its one half drenched in eternal daylight, the other cloaked in endless darkness.

To learn more, visit danielarenson.com.

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“The time is always right to do what is right.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. 

"A positive journey to true friendship and self-confidence." -School Library Journal. Angie hates Jiu-Jitsu. Like many twelve-year-old girls, she fails to find the glamour in a martial art that embraces zero personal space and choking as an end goal. Instead, she idolizes the seemingly perfect kids at her school who do “normal” activities like dance or soccer. But when Angie's mom enrolls her in a Jiu-Jitsu tournament and Angie develops a close friendship with a boy who is not part of the “cool” crowd, Angie must decide who she is: a dance girl, a soccer girl, a nothing girl...or a Jiu-Jitsu girl? From $8.49 SHOP NOW / 

The boss will see you now… In this collection you can expect delectable sexual tension, witty banter, and steamy hookup goodness. These men are smart, audacious, and sexy-as-sin with bodies to match. They are in control and know how to take charge. With late-night deadlines and trips out of town, working together means facing temptation every day. Business with pleasure…who says you can't have both? From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

TALES OF MURDER, MYSTERY, AND SUSPENSE
WITH A PARANORMAL TWIST

Moonlight Beach

Book 1 in the Murder and Magic Series
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Winner of the Hollywood Book Festival Award for Genre Fiction. 

Bodies are washing up on Moonlight Beach in the idyllic, seaside community of Rancho, California, worrying the privileged one percent in the gated communities of one of SoCal’s ritziest enclaves. Speculation centers on sharks, satanic rituals, and greedy venture capitalists, but then two more people are killed on a cliff overlooking the beach—and all their organs are missing. What the hell is going on? They better figure all this out before more people get butchered or, God forbid, Rancho’s inflated property values plummet.

Moonlight Canyon

Book 2 in the Murder and Magic Series
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"A mystical tale that walks a thin line between paranormal and crime-based stories." ~Amazon Review

The rural paradise of Silver City, just south of Moonlight Canyon, is under attack. Half-eaten, mutilated bodies are showing up in public places. The peaceful residents of Silver City are in a panic. Is it drug smugglers? A biker gang? Some sort of dark ritual? Space aliens? Whatever is terrorizing Silver City must be stopped and fast before this pastoral heaven becomes a living hell.
 

Moonlight Rocks

Book 3 in the Murder and Magic Series
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"Full of mystery, suspense, thrill and lots of action." ~Goodreads Review

The desert east of Los Angeles can be a dangerous place. The rocky landscape is littered with meth labs, drug gangs, abandoned mines, and broken down ranches with fringe people living in them. Despite the risks, the natural beauty and clear skies attract stargazers and campers. One night, a group of friends set up camp to watch the Leonid meteor shower. A space rock crashes to earth nearby, and the first person to reach it becomes the target of a deady chase by religious fanatics believe that the meteor heralds the birth of a new Messiah. Is this the dawn of a new spiritual age, or just a bunch of psychos raging in the desert?

Tokyo Games

Book 1 in the Games Series
From $3.99


"A magical ride through Asian Sci-Fi." ~Amazon Review

Virtual reality has become all too real. With the right equipment, virtual gamers can see and hear everything another human being, a game character, is experiencing half a planet away. When a game character witnesses a gruesome murder, the initially entertaining virtual experience becomes an ordeal for survival in a deadly world filled with dark forces, demi-gods, demons, and people trying to control them. Vigilance is essential or total annihilation will be their fate.

Osaka Games

Book 2 in the Games Series
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"A fascinating, complex novel relating the inner workings of a worldwide virtual reality game." ~Amazon Review

The Game Master keeps everyone safe during their virtual video games. But everything changes when the Game Master witnesses a murder and kidnapping by a wealthy and powerful player. Could it be a play for world domination? A team in LA, with the help of their nearly sentient computer, is dragged along with a game character in Osaka as that character experiences the murderous power of gangsters, samurai ghosts, body-swapping spirits, and brutal Japanese sword fighting. It’s anyone’s guess who will survive this paranormal vortex of betrayal and bloodshed.

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"Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.” ~George R. R. Martin

"If you love fantasy, you need this book" -Amazon Review. An unforgettable story of one woman’s perilous journey. Young Rebaa narrowly escapes with her life and finds herself lost, alone, and isolated in a freezing and hostile world in this gripping fantasy fiction series set 40,000 years in our dark and distant past. "Best book I have read in years" -Amazon Review. "It was a book I found hard to put down. The story grabs you from the start." -Amazon Review. Book 1 in The Ancestors Saga. 4.4 stars, 4200+ ratings. From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

In this fun-filled, 1920s cozy mystery, Henrietta, the Dowager Countess of Woodridge, is on a mission to find Tom Winchester a title. Meanwhile, Evie, the Countess of Woodridge, has been offered a partnership, but she has reservations about her abilities to juggle the business of being a lady detective and all her other responsibilities. When she finds herself in the midst of an investigation to discover the author of some threatening letters, all her relatives become involved as they uncover a mystery hidden within a mystery. 4.4 stars, 650+ ratings. From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

A realistic day in the life of a Neanderthal girl comes alive in this entertaining and educational story filled with historical facts, full-color illustrations, and photographic evidence from Neanderthal sites in Europe and Asia. A "must read" from Reedsy Discovery: “With the real-life photos, background information, and story contents, it's a good book for home or school setting.” Make learning about human history fun! From $3.99 SHOP NOW / 

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"The more stuff you love the happier you will be." ~Ross Gay

He's a lonely widower with five children. She left home for a new life. Together, they create a family they all need. Lord Barnes, an emigree to America, is raising five precocious children alone. Quinn Cooper left her family to brave the Western frontier, never dreaming her destiny is about to unfold. Meet the Barnes family in the first three books of Tess Thompson’s bestselling American Historical Romance series, Emerson Pass. Enjoy epic love stories, sibling loyalty, and deep friendships in this family saga that will tug your heartstrings. 4.5 stars, 26 ratings. From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

“Henrietta and Inspector Howard make a charming odd couple...mixing mystery & romance in a fizzy 1930s cocktail.” -Hallie Ephron, NYT bestselling author. Clive leaves his new fiancée with his wealthy family while he returns to the city to work. Rather than take pointers from Clive's mother on how to be a proper lady, Henrietta instead stumbles upon a servant whose ring has been stolen. What begins as an innocent investigation quickly becomes very dangerous. 4.1 stars, 500+ ratings. From $2.99 SHOP NOW / 

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