Today's Featured Books
Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders, and Fake News in the Post-Trust Era by Shiv B. Singh and Rohini Luthra, Ph.D.
The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull
An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of super-advanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways, but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. After the death of a young boy at the hands of an Ynaa, three families find themselves at the center of the inevitable conflict, witnesses and victims to events that will touch everyone and teach a terrible lesson. Starting at $8.69 from Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Google Play /
Office Preserves by Galen Surlak-Ramsey
The Coronation by Boris Akunin
Mystery Thriller Crime and Horror
The Great American Deception by Scott Stein
Mystery Thriller Crime and Horror
Private Investigator Frank Harken’s worldwide fame has only made him more cynical. And living in a giant mall covering the entire USA only serves to drive him nuts on a daily basis. So when a femme fatale barges in asking Harken to track down her sister, he knows when he’s heard an offer too good to be true. But as he digs deeper into the missing dame’s disappearance, he uncovers a deadly plot that could take down the best part of a society gone bananas. $6.95 from Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Google Play /
Willingly by Marc Frazier
Literary Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement by Hans "John" Scheil
Come Back to Me by Sharon Sala
Cady and the Bear Necklace by Ann Dalman
The Light From the Darkside of the Moon by Norman G. Gautreau
Literary Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
Wireless and More Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks
Captain Marta Ramos, the most dangerous pirate in the Duchy of Denver, is back, and she and Simms are up to their goggles in trouble. Has General del Toro found a way to use the Infected as an army, and can Captain Ramos work with her arch enemy, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas, to stop him? And what about the Rail King and his nefarious plans? Check out the next installment of the exciting adventures of Captain Ramos and her valiant crew to find out more! $4.99 from Amazon / Barnes & Noble /
The Poison That Purifies You by Elizabeth Kadetsky
Literary Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
The Shooting: A Novel by James Boice
Literary Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
After Kilimanjaro: A Novel by Gayle Woodson
Landslide by Melissa Leet
Why Do They Hate Us? Making Peace with the Muslim World by Steve Slocum
One of the top 10 books on religion and spirituality of 2019, Slocum's book is essential reading. ”Well-researched, cogently argued… avoids clichés and deeply examines the complex relationship between Islam and the West.” - Booklist. ”A clear, concise, and thoughtful introduction to Islam.” - Kirkus. $7.99 at Amazon /
Piloting Your Life by Terri Hanson Mead
The Sadness by Benjamin Rybeck
Mystery Thriller Crime and Horror
Kelly Enright flees Arizona returning to her hometown of Portland, ME. Her only plan is to track down her estranged but well-off father. Her twin brother, Max, is living in their deceased mother's home, and if anyone's more screwed up than Kelly, it's Max. Max dreams of completing his unfinished project from a decade earlier, but there’s a major problem: Evelyn, his actress and muse, has disappeared. As Max's search for his lost leading lady becomes increasingly, absurdly self-destructive, Kelly must help her brother, who has never recovered from their mother's death. Starting at $8.89 from Amazon / Barnes & Noble /
The Awful Truth About The Name Of The Rose by Marco Ocram
Mystery Thriller Crime and Horror
Mega-selling author, Marco Ocram, is on the edge of a nervous breakdown, and needs complete rest. Police Chief Como Galahad—Marco’s main character—needs a volunteer to go under-cover at the Abbey, a remote celebrity retreat run as a medieval monastery, where something fishy is afoot. There’s only one solution—Marco books into the Abbey for a detox, just a few days before a hundred A-listers fly in for a grand gala dinner. Could anything go wrong? Will you be amazed by the ending? You bet! Starting at $6.95 from Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo /
Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
Rosie is feeling stuck—on her college application essays, in her small town, and on that mysterious General Sond cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon. Most of all, she’s stuck in her grief over her mother’s death. Vance has been Hollywood royalty for as long as he can remember. When a tabloid scandal catches up to him, he's forced to hide out somewhere the paparazzi would never expect to find him. Rosie and Vance’s paths collide and as they begrudgingly get to know each other, their careful masks come off—and they may just find that there’s more risk in shutting each other out than in opening their hearts. $9.99 from Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo /
Won't You Be My Neighbor? by Fred Rogers
The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter
The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday — school-age crushes, paying bills, the sickness of parents — with the surreal — rivers of thighs, men for sale, and fields of throats — Cassie’s realities alternate to create a blurred, fantastic world of haunting beauty. Starting at $8.69 from Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo /
Spectrum by Martin Ott
Spectrum is a novel about racism and walls, and holds up a mirror to our current political landscape. It’s a novel about the outer spectrum of what we love and hate, and the inner spectrum of the people we love and hate. The novel chronicles the lives of two scientists, once lovers, whose shared invention was used to catastrophic ends, and the war they’ve waged against one another for hundreds of years. This invention fuels everything in the city but is also falling apart at its core. $2.99 from Amazon /
Tales from The Beach House: A Novel by James Aylott
Literary Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
A satiric work of fiction that sharply captures the “Man-Bites-Dog” world of contemporary South Florida. The Beach House, a crumbling old motel, is home to a collection of eccentric residents, each in search of something – fast money, an easy hustle, fleeting romance, enduring love, fame, power, dignity, happiness… a place they can call home. This eclectic gang is compelled by necessity to band together when a sinister developer threatens the very existence of The Beach House. $3.99 from Amazon /
Sync by K. P. Kyle
Every day we each make thousands of decisions. Sometimes it’s the big ones that change our lives, sometimes it’s the tiny ones. What if the choices not made led to billions of alternate realities where different versions of our lives unwind? On a cold and rainy night in New England, the paths of two strangers collide—a young man fleeing from his past, and a forty-something woman dreading what her future holds. Ultimately, they each need to decide: How far would you go to help someone in need? Starting at $4.99 on Amazon / Barnes & Noble /