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The Winner at Being Me! by Jessica Gold

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Under the Emerald Sky by Juliane Weber

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A twisty, psychological mystery novel about love, family, and what we are willing to do to keep hold of our dreams. As a girl, An longed for the love and connection her complicated parents never provided. Now, due to an unspeakable secret, the perfect family An thought she had finally created with her husband and two stepdaughters has been torn apart. Things take an even more unexpected turn when An learns of the suspicious death of her neighbor—and others believe An is the key to solving the murder. FREE - SHOP NOW /
Daisy by Pat Backley

The Second Daisy: A Sequel by Pat Backley

Where the Light Shines Through by Kathleen Bailey
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Free download: Book 1 of the new Pentacoven Chronicles YA fantasy series
Today, LitNuts is shining a spotlight on the Pentacoven Chronicles, a new young adult fantasy series from author Sutton Scott that promises "Enchanted Ever Afters."
The Cusp (Book 1 in the series) is available now, and the eBook edition is currently FREE from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. FYI: The Cusp is ranked #1 in 90-Minute Teen & Young Adult Short Reads, #2 in Teen & Young Adult Magical Realism eBooks, and #2 in Teen & Young Adult Wizards & Witches Fantasy eBooks on Amazon. Book 2 is coming October 26, and three additional books in the series are coming soon!
The Cusp: A Prequel (Pentacoven Chronicles Book 1)
NEW RELEASE: September 28, 2023Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Paperback: $7.99
Ebook: FREE
Five young witches. An ancient prophecy. A summons that cannot be ignored.
Can five young witches, bred for the sole intent of saving a realm they never knew existed, find the magic within to save the country of Macornia? Or will the evil Faborian witches destroy them before they can fulfill their true destiny?
Fueled by vengeance against the evil witches who took my mother's life, I stumble upon a hidden truth in a sealed historical tome. Within its pages is a revelation that could save my cherished country and everyone I love from the powerful, evil witches of Faboria.
The catch? We must interfere in the realm of humans. Forbidden spells must be cast upon innocent mortals so that the five predicted to save us are born with magical powers.
With Faboria promising to kill or enslave us, the survival of our world teeters on the edge. These young, unsuspecting young witches are our last hope. But will they agree to carry out what they were born to do?
Dive into this gripping YA Fantasy series about courage, embracing our unique talents and the powerful magic of friendship.
The Pact (Pentacoven Chronicles Book 2)
Coming: October 26, 2023Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Pre-Order Price: $5.99
Bound by Legacy. Shaped by Prophecy. We are the Chosen Five.
In the shadow of my grandmother's passing, I discover a truth that shakes my world—I am a witch fated to save the magical island of Macornia. With four other young witches, each a granddaughter of the infamous defectors who fled to the mortal realm, we are summoned to Moonstone Academy.
Our mission? To master our burgeoning magical abilities and weave spells potent enough to save Macornia from the ominous clutches of Faboria, a nation bent on our complete and utter annihilation.
Swept into a realm of enchantment that is at once bewildering and captivating, we must dig deep within to find the courage and magic needed to fulfill our destinies.
We are the long-awaited five, descendants of the defectors, bound by blood and magic to fulfill a prophecy etched in the annals of time.
We are the chosen ones, the only force that can defeat the wicked Seraphinas of Faboria.
Can five young witches save their new world in this captivating YA Fantasy series?
Coming soon: Books 3, 4 & 5 of the Pentacoven Chronicles
About the Author

Sutton was one of those kids who always had her nose in a book. She remembers being so immersed in a story that she couldn’t hear her mother calling her for dinner. Her greatest joy is creating stories for smart, kind, and curious young people who are as obsessed with books as she was and still is! Sutton says many of her stories come to her in dreams, proving there’s magic in each of us.
Learn more at SuttonScott.com—and be sure to sign up for her newsletter!
Free online: Larksong Writers Place Book Talk & Reading
Free online: Larksong Writers Place First Friday Book Talk and Reading with Kevin Clouther, recipient of the Richard Yates Fiction Award and author of We Were Flying to Chicago: Stories and the soon-to-be-released short story collection Maximum Speed. Friday, October 6, 12 PM CDT.
"You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans." ~Tom Robbins
Blood Red Deceit by Steve Rush

Tale of Tales by Nikola Stefan

The Art Of Game Theory by Wisdom University

Big Island, L.A. by Boston Teran
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FREE - More Than Pen Pals by Dana Wilkerson

Blind Date Rescue by Serenity Raine

New Release: For You I Would Make an Exception by Steven Belletto
Congratulations to Steven Belletto and Vine Leaves Press on the release of For You I Would Make an Exception.
★★★★★ “Fast-paced, darkly funny, and compulsively readable.” ~Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want
For You I Would Make an Exception
NEW RELEASE: October 3, 2023Genre: Literary Fiction
Paperback: $17.99
Ebook: $5.99
Will Sorley, a native Californian, is barely surviving his days teaching college in rural Pennsylvania when he receives an email from a teenage girl in Kenya claiming to be his long-lost daughter.
This explosive note leads to a trip halfway around the globe to find this young woman and uncover more about her enigmatic mother, while trying to stay connected to his new girlfriend.
Swerving from the comic to the tragic, For You I Would Make an Exception follows Will from Pennsylvania to Kenya and from San Francisco to India as his life expands in ways he never imagined.
Praise for For You I Would Make an Exception
★★★★★ “With a sharp eye for detail and a great ear for dialogue, Belletto shows us how the personal and political are always—thrillingly, dangerously, and emotionally—connected.” ~Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want
★★★★★ “This marvelously surprising and deeply moving novel fulfills a demanding task: it shows us how, against all odds, buried courage may be uncovered and a human heart may expand.” ~Lee Upton, author of Visitations
★★★★★ “Belletto takes the reader on adventures from the US to Kenya to Bihar and back as he examines, hilariously and elegantly, the wild ride of any kind of love...immersive and riveting; I could not put it down.” ~Jennifer Gilmore, author of The Mothers
★★★★★ “A coming-of-age novel about a man who is forced to come of age years after he should have come of age. Funny, spot-on, and surprisingly moving, this is a wonderful novel that shows us that it’s never too late to leave home and grow up.” ~Brock Clarke, author of Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?
★★★★★ “Intelligent and laden with surprises. This marvelous and wittily titled novel is full of news of the way we live now.” ~Lorrie Moore, author of I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
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Free online: B&N Book Club
Free online: B&N Book Club. Join Barnes & Noble for a virtual event to discuss Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. When a father goes missing, his family’s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another—both a riveting page-turner and a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis. Tuesday, October 3, 2 PM CDT.
“The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.” ~Eudora Welty
FREE - Lilith and the Psychopath by Johnny Malapert

A Totally Killer Wedding by D.A. Wilkerson
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The Last Lumenian by S.G. Blaise

“An intriguing and entertaining story that’s sci-fi and fantasy with a sliver of romance." -Manhattan Book Review. Nineteen-year-old princess Lilla is a rebel-in-disguise, fighting for the freedom of refugees. But there is a bigger war on the horizon. Lilla must learn to control her magic and defeat the dark god before He finds her. "A terrifically entertaining, complex, and original fantasy." -Kirkus Reviews. Book 1 in the series. 4.1 stars, 400+ ratings. From $2.99. Free via KU. SHOP NOW /
Silent by Sues Cummings

Monstra Inter by C. Britt

My Second Chance by Natasha L. Black

Spotlight on three series starters from author Kris Bock
LitNuts is shining a spotlight on the work of Kris Bock, author of more than 30 mystery, suspense, and romance novels. Today, we are featuring the first books of three different series:
- Something Shady at Sunshine Haven, Book 1 of The Accidental Detective series
- Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café, Book 1 of the Furrever Friends series
- The Billionaire Cowboy’s Christmas, Book 1 in The Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series
Read on to learn more about these enjoyable books and the author.
Something Shady at Sunshine Haven
Book 1 in The Accidental Detective seriesGenre: Cozy Mystery
4.2 stars, 57 ratings on Goodreads
From $4.99
She’s pursued the most dangerous news stories around the world. But can she survive going home?
Injured in a bombing, war correspondent Kate Tessler returns to her hometown in Arizona to recover. For the first time in her life, she's starting to feel her age of nearly fifty despite living like a teenager again: staying in her childhood bedroom with only a cat for company, trying to understand why her sister resents her so much, and running into people who still refer to her as Kitty. The hardest part? Seeing her once-sharp and witty mother stuck in an Alzheimer's unit.
When an old friend asks her to investigate suspicious deaths at the nursing home, Kate limps into action. Is a self-appointed "Angel of Mercy" killing patients to end their suffering? Are family members hastening their inheritance? Is an employee extorting money and removing the witnesses? Kate uses her journalism skills to track clues, but the puzzle pieces simply won’t fit. But if Kate can't uncover the truth quickly, her mother could be next on the killer's list.
Praise for Something Shady at Sunshine Haven
"Suspense, mystery and a little romance along with a lotta laughs.” ~BookBub Review
Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café
Book 1 in the Furrever Friends seriesGenre: Romance, Romantic Comedy
4.4 stars, 390 ratings on Amazon
From $0.99
What do you do when you meet the guy of your dreams? Set him up with your sister, of course.
Kari doesn't have time for love when she's opening her new cat café. Renovating an old restaurant, hiring employees, fighting with the health inspector—oh, and welcoming 16 shelter cats—keeps her plenty busy. She's doing this for the cats, the community, and most of all her family. The café will give her sister, Marley, a job worthy of her baking skills. Then a tattooed military vet wanders in claiming to be a master baker himself. The café doesn't need another baker, but maybe Marley needs a man. Surely she'll fall for a guy this sweet, this sexy, this tasty.
Colin has other ideas. It's Kari who makes him want to pour on the sugar and turn up the heat. But he's spent the last two years recovering from physical and psychological wounds. Is he really ready for a relationship? He's not even sure he should commit to Samson, the fluffy marshmallow of a cat who steals his heart.
The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-town cat café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. If you enjoy the friends to lovers trope, work romances, military heroes, and strong heroines completely failing at playing the matchmaker, check out Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café. You'll also find rescue cats with plenty of personality and their own desire for love.
Praise for Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café
"A sweet romance, with cats, kittens, yummy pastries (and recipes for some of them), and a hunky hero." ~Reader Review
The Billionaire Cowboy’s Christmas
Book 1 in The Accidental Billionaire Cowboys seriesGenre: Western/Frontier Romance, Contemporary Romance
4.5 stars, 27 ratings on Goodreads
From $3.99
He has everything this Christmas, but all he wants is the quiet ranch life he’s losing…
When Josh Tomlinson’s Texas ranching family wins a fortune in the lottery, the formerly tight-knit family is suddenly on edge. Seeking advice, Josh reluctantly contacts family friend and now attorney, Carly Garza. His business is serious, yet he can’t believe Carly’s morphed from a long-legged colt of a girl to a sophisticated woman. Besides, he knows the intelligent Carly has no interest in a quiet, rugged cowboy like him.
Carly’s crushed on Josh for years, and she plans to ask him out now that she’s back in Last Stand. She’s hoping he’ll finally see her as someone other than his younger brother’s middle school girlfriend. But when Josh needs advice on how to handle his family’s lottery win, his client and billionaire statuses put him firmly out of reach. If only her heart could ignore the sparks that flare between them.
They’re already keeping the family’s lottery win a secret from the town. Can they also hide their budding romance during the most magical time of year?
Praise for The Billionaire Cowboy’s Christmas
"Sweet and earnest and just right for Christmas." ~Goodreads Review
About the Author

Learn more at KrisBock.com. Also, be sure to sign up for Kris's newsletter (you'll get free short stories set in The Accidental Detective and Furrever Friends worlds) and follow Kris online:
Free online from the Brooklyn Book Festival: Can Science Fiction Change the World?
Free online Saturday: Can Science Fiction Change the World?, a panel discussion brought to you live from the Brooklyn Book Festival. Featuring sci-fi authors Cadwell Turnbull, Rebekah Bergman, Justin C. Key, and Luke Dani Blue. Saturday, September 30, 4 - 6 PM EDT.
"That's all science fiction was ever about. Hating the way things are, wanting to make things different." ~Ray Bradbury