Today's Featured Books

The Hillbilly Dictionary: Backwoods Lingo Straight from the Holler, by Grandpa Ripley
Ever felt like the English language done lost its backbone somewhere 'twixt the skyscrapers and the suburbs? Well, pull up a stump and listen up, 'cause Grandpa Ripley— that weather-beaten sage with a chew of Red Man and a lifetime of ridge-runnin' under his galluses— is fixin' to set it right with The Hillbilly Dictionary.
This here's a straight-shootin' guide to the raw, rambunctious tongue of the Appalachians, penned by a feller who knows the value of a well-timed spit and the peril of a loose lip. No high-falutin' footnotes or city-slicker edits; just pure, unadulterated mountain mouth music that captures the spirit of folks who wrangle with the land and laugh in the face of fancy. FREE – SHOP NOW /

A former con artist, a retired FBI agent, and a teenage hacker walk into a murder investigation. Stop me if you’ve heard this one.

Ex-con Agatha Shadewell spent decades outwitting the law until…she sacrificed her freedom to save a life.

Now, at sixty-five, she’s traded prison walls for a court-ordered stay in Unlikely, New York, under the watchful eye of the FBI agent who brought her down.

Except Agatha still feels trapped. No problem for this shady lady. She’ll shed the hated ankle monitor, and she’s outta there.

But when the FBI agent’s granddaughter begs for help to prove her mother’s not a killer, Agatha caves to the teenager’s pleas. She can never say no to someone in need. Compassion has always been her greatest flaw. From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /

Rum and Coca-Cola+ My broken heart + My shoulder to cry on was my sister's best friend, Amelia = Friends becoming lovers

A few weeks later, Amelia wants to talk. The maths add up, she's pregnant with my baby.

Amidst the fallout, Amelia gives birth to our beautiful daughter, Kelly.

We begin as two young parents, Mikey and Ames, trying to raise Kelly together. Too young to know what we were doing, but trying our best. We loved Kelly, and we loved each other. We were happy.

However, as we grew, without realising it, we began to drift apart. We made mistakes. The love we had for each other was forgotten. Our friendship was lost. People were allowed into our lives who should never have been. Mikey and Ames became plain Mike and Amelia, cordially co-parenting our daughter. From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /

He was supposed to help me move into my new apartment.
Instead, he ended up in my head… and then in my bed, ruining me for every man in Denver.

Leaving Chicago for my dream job should’ve been the hard part.
Turns out the hardest part is realizing how lonely starting over can be.

Enter Cole Bristol. My best friend’s older brother.
The former bad boy every girl in our small town obsessed over is now six feet two inches of pure temptation with forearms thicker than a Christmas tree. From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /

Master Sergeant Gant Maker was a highly-decorated and well-respected Marine - until his last mission left him as the sole survivor of an encounter with a vicious race called the Vacra. Served up as a scapegoat and drummed out of the military, he has since lived a life of seclusion with only an adopted alien as a companion.

Now the Vacra have returned. As the only person to have ever faced them and survived, Maker is reinstated in the Corps and given the onerous task of finding this enemy on a world located at the edge of known space. Assisting him is an unlikely band of military rejects, including a blind sharpshooter, an unstable psychic, and a genetically-engineered killing machine who refuses to fight. From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /

He hired a professional.
What he got was a good girl he intends to corrupt.

Twinkling lights. Falling snow.
And I’m tied up in a private playroom…
with the most dangerous man in New York.

One month. Every request. No refusals.
That’s the deal The Velvet Ledger offered when I begged for a miracle.

My sister’s life depends on money I’ll never have
but Damien Kozlov does.
Billionaire CEO. Bratva kingpin.
A man whose Christmas parties are pure scandal.

He thinks I’m a trained submissive.
Truth is, I’m a broke grad with a painfully blank sex résumé. From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW / 

Three ruthless billionaire brothers.
One very lucky Christmas guest.

My fiancé wrecked me at his family’s Christmas gala,
leaving me humiliated and furious.

But his three silver-fox stepbrothers?
They wipe the humiliation away in an instant.

Cole. Asher. Toby Morgan.
The ex-Marine who makes my body betray my mind.
The brooding billionaire twin whose stormy eyes make me ache.
The tattooed rebel twin who steals my breath with one wicked smile. From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /

Three powerful older men want me.
And the whole world found out at the same time.

One livestream.
Two hours of me reading a filthy romance aloud in my bakery.
By morning, I’m trending worldwide—half the internet drooling, the other half calling me a disgrace.

Then they appear.

William- the ruthless network executive who wants to own my story… and my surrender.
Marcus- the Michelin-star chef who tempts me with sin and sweetness in equal measure.
Jake - the town’s fire captain who’s been burning for me for months, and now he’s done waiting. From $2.99 – SHOP NOW /

September 11th, 2001. What if you could see disaster before it struck - but no one believed you?

Forecast is a pulse-pounding speculative thriller that catapults you into the mind of Roland Bishop, a weatherman living in Jersey City in 2001, whose life becomes shattered by a freak lightning strike. From $1.99 – SHOP NOW /

California

December 13-14: Comic Arts LA—Los Angeles

A free, public curated festival promoting the appreciation of comics, graphic novels, and sequential arts among the broader LA public. Aims to foster interactions among creators and readers by providing a diverse inclusive space to connect and discover new work. 

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STOP SHRINKING. START OWNING YOUR LIFE.

A no-nonsense, heart-driven guide to help you break free from self-doubt and live boldly.

If you’ve ever held back because you didn’t feel smart enough, ready enough, or worthy enough, this book is your turning point.

In Unshrink Yourself, bestselling author and leadership coach Thanh Nguyen shares twelve small-but-mighty mindset shifts that help you silence your inner critic, let go of perfectionism, and finally step into your power. From $0.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /

Reading this is a bad decision. Why not make it a double!

Welcome to Hula Harry’s, voted best bar in Dante’s Inferno, where the drinks burn twice: once going down, once coming back up. The good news? Drinks are on the menu. The bad news? So are the hangovers.

These full-octane hellfire cocktails are the best Hula Harry’s has to offer. You’ll laugh, you’ll stagger, you’ll drunk-text your ex at 2 a.m. The fun never ends in this funny cocktail book that blends real mixology with dark humor and a touch of the underworld. From $6.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /

LoveQuest, a romantic fantasy, is a light-hearted retelling of one of the most enduring love stories from ancient Greek mythology: the forbidden passion of Eros, the god of Love, for the mortal woman Psyche.

A god’s love for a mortal woman…

It is ancient Greece, a world of gods, superstition, and magic. The villagers dwelling under the eyes of the jealous and capricious gods on Mount Olympus seek to gain their favor and to uncover the mysteries that only the immortals can know by turning to priests, soothsayers, seers, and fortune-tellers. From $3.99 – SHOP NOW /

The first strike was meant to cripple Utopia.
Instead, it awakened a wolf.

Dark Angelus Everlast has always been an outsider: respected for his skill, admired for his strength, but still not trusted. When a brutal force from beyond the stars strikes his world, he is thrust into command, forced to rally allies who doubt him even as the enemy tightens its grip. From $0.99 – SHOP NOW /

HE FAILED TO STOP A MONSTER ONCE. NOW THE BODIES ARE A REMINDER—AND A WARNING.

When the Moralist resurfaces after four silent years, his “mission” is as twisted as ever: cleanse teenage girls of their sins by killing them, convinced he’s saving their souls. Detective Walker Michaels has spent years drowning in the guilt of letting him slip away. Now, with a new victim and a shattered family in his path, the case pulls at every fracture line in his already-broken life. From $1.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /

What if there’s no such thing as writer’s block? It might just be the breakdown before the breakthrough.

Even the most experienced writer can get stuck in a rut, so whether you're fighting procrastination, overwhelm, or self-doubt, the Story Cycle Method will help you put pen to page and unleash your creative potential.

If you’ve ever struggled to meet a deadline or felt afraid of the blank page, the Story Cycle Method mindset will get you on track. Writing coach Sascha Brown Rice helps you rediscover passion, unlock new possibilities, and take your writing to the next level.

The Story Cycle Method is especially relevant to writers, but this intuitive approach to the creative process works for filmmakers, musicians, editors, video game designers, and painters. From $9.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /