Her Last Few Days: There's a Secret Lurking Beneath the Surface

Her Last Few Days: There's a Secret Lurking Beneath the Surface

Laurel Martin

Laurel Martin

There’s a secret lurking beneath the surface…
A secret so big that those behind it would kill to keep it.
The once small town of Masonville, Minnesota isn’t the quiet town it used to be. Not since it became home to the largest plastics manufacturer in the state.
Claire Chapman, a local bank manager and devoted mom, could never have imagined the danger that awaited her when she stumbled upon a series of suspicious transactions at the bank. When Claire’s life comes to a tragic end in what police deem an “unfortunate accident”, her daughter Lizzy has reason to believe otherwise. 
Determined to uncover the truth, Lizzy enlists the help of her new friend, Ian, a handsome scuba hobbyist, and Nat, her mother’s friend and trusted colleague. What they unearth puts all their lives in grave danger.
Fans of suspenseful thrillers and heart-pounding mysteries will devour Her Last Few Days.
Join Lizzy, Ian, and Nat in their dangerous quest for the truth by getting your copy today.
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A Fortunate Man

A Fortunate Man

Henrik Pontoppidan

Henrik Pontoppidan

A Nobel Prize-winner's unforgettable novel about a man who sheds the stifling country life of his childhood for the excitement of Copenhagen.This masterpiece of Danish literature, admired by the likes of Georg Lukács and Ernst Bloch, is now available in a new English translation.A Fortunate Man tells the story of Per Sidenius, a Lutheran pastor's son who revolts against his family and flees the backwaters of Jutland for Copenhagen. Per is handsome, ambitious, and hungry for the technological future of the twentieth century. He studies engineering and draws up plans for a new port and new canals, for harnessing wind and wave energy to transform Denmark into a commercial giant. Fully persuaded of his own genius, Per first repels and then attracts Jakobe Salomon, a young Jewish woman whose family is eager to underwrite his plans. They fall in love and get engaged; gradually Jakobe opens Per's eyes to the wider world. Meanwhile, he also falls under the...
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The Marriage Rule

The Marriage Rule

Helen Monks Takhar

Helen Monks Takhar

After you say, “I do,” there’s one more thing you must do. . . . A propulsive domestic thriller about what it takes to keep marriages together and what will tear them apart from “addictive” (People) author Helen Monks TakharThis Random House Book Club edition includes an author’s note and a discussion guide.Nine months into motherhood, Elle is struggling. She’s battling being sidelined at work, fighting to feel at home in her post-baby body and feeling pressure to be intimate with her adoring husband, Dom. Why does everything seem so hard, especially when Dom is such a helpful, hands-on dad as well as an ever-attentive husband?Elle turns to her charismatic new colleague, Gabriel, to get through the day and red wine to soothe her at night. For a while, the distractions work until one night she wakes up bleary-eyed in a hotel room next to a man who’s not her husband. A dead man...
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Roots of My Fears

Roots of My Fears

Gemma Amor

Gemma Amor

British Fantasy and Bram Stoker-nominated author Gemma Amor brings together a unique line-up of 13 authors to explore heritage and horror, featuring stories from Gabino Iglesias, Erika T. Wurth and many moreIt’s a bedtime story, ancient family lore, a secret passed down from generation to generation. Stories that have deep dark roots, ever-growing, ever-creeping. This anthology explores stories of heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends. The things we pass down through our bloodlines. Featuring stories from:Erika Wurth Ai JiangUsman T MalikAdam NevillNuzo OnohPremee MohamedGabino IglesiasNadia El-FassiRamsey CampbellV CastroHailey PiperElena SichrovskyCaleb WeinhardtSarah Deacon
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Awakening the Wild: Wild Mountain Men

Awakening the Wild: Wild Mountain Men

Jamie K. Schmidt

Jamie K. Schmidt

He's a grumpy mountain man who wants to be left alone. She's a city girl running from her past. When her car breaks down on his mountain, everything changes.Tonya Lorenzo thought inheriting her grandmother's Vermont cottage would give her the fresh start she desperately needs. What she didn't expect was to break down on a muddy mountain road in designer heels, completely at the mercy of the most intimidating man she's ever met.Kevin Pike has spent years building the perfect life in isolation—just him, his maple syrup operation, and his three foster brothers scattered across Burke Mountain. The last thing he needs is a helpless city princess disrupting his carefully controlled world. But when Tonya's controlling ex shows up with hired muscle to drag her back to Manhattan, Kevin's protective instincts explode.She's MINE. On MY mountain. Under MY protection.Trapped together by storms and secrets, Tonya discovers the gentle heart beneath Kevin's gruff exterior, while he finds himself addicted to her fierce determination and soft curves. But when her past threatens everything he's built, Kevin will have to choose between the safe isolation he's always known and fighting for the woman who's awakened his wild heart.She came to his mountain broken. He'll make sure she never leaves.A steamy instalove mountain man romance featuring a grumpy alpha hero, forced proximity, over-the-top protection, and a city girl who discovers she was born to be claimed by the wilderness. HEA guaranteed.
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Alternative for the Masses

Alternative for the Masses

Greg Prato

Greg Prato

Get the definitive story of the '90s alt-rock movement straight from the musicians and figures who lived it.No period in the history of rock music offered such an abrupt shift in prevailing tastes as the 1990s. While just a short while before, radio and MTV were clamoring for hair metal bands, suddenly alt-rockers such as Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Primus, Smashing Pumpkins, and of course, Nirvana, brought a sea change not just in what the most popular bands sounded like, but also in fashion, politics, and seemingly all aspects of pop culture.In Alternative for the Masses: The Oral History of the '90s Alt-Rock Revolution, veteran music critic Greg Prato presents more than 60 new interviews conducted exclusively for the book—with an emphasis on the 1990–1995 peak period—including insights from renowned names like:Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Dischord Records)Frank Black (Pixies)Corey Glover...
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Dark Design

Dark Design

Nancy Mehl

Nancy Mehl

As she began to lose consciousness, she realized that she'd just made a very serious mistake. . . . She tried to call out for help, but she couldn't see anyone on the shore. There was no one to save her. When Erin Delaney learns that a serial killer has mimicked the murder portrayed in her bestselling novel, she joins her friend Kaely Quinn-Hunter, a former FBI profiler, in Virginia. Their reunion, only a few months after fending off an eerie killer in the woods of Tennessee, is bittersweet, as Kaely has been tasked by the FBI to recruit Erin's help to identify a suspect. The FBI's team is stumped by the murderer who re-creates killings from the books of multiple authors, with only ominous notes left behind. As Erin is drawn further into the web of fear and chaos, Kaely begins to fear for Erin's safety.On top of tracking down a murderer, Erin must shoulder the weight of a haunted past and claims that she stole the plot of her novel from one of her...
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