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Seduction of Guilt by Emma Calin

Sexy but alone Helen Marx is a cop too guilty to love. Sexy but alone Marco Ambastilias is the world’s greatest opera star too guilty to sing.

When their guilt collides their bodies betray their needs in a climax worthy of theatre, worthy of love.

Widowed as a bride, police dog handler Constable Helen Marx loses herself in her work. For eight years her German shepherd, Lanza, has been at her side. When a thug leaves him gravely wounded the whole framework of her life is gone. As her dog fights for life, Marco Ambastilias, the renowned but reclusive opera star comes to her side. There is a spark and a rekindling of her own passionate sexuality.

She enters his life and that of his daughter Cressida whose drug issues have brought her into contact with deeply evil men. Helen uncovers a terrorist plot to attack the Queen at the Royal Ascot race meeting but has orders not to alert Marco and his daughter who will be attending the event. A desperate struggle against suicide attackers reveals her deception and she loses his trust and they split.

Police work sweeps her up. The supreme world terrorist leader remains at liberty, planning another outrage. Global authorities come together to set a trap.

Can she convince Marco to act as bait?

Can she overcome her guilt at loving a man again and then deceiving him?

Can she express her own sexual desires without guilt?

Could the music and eroticism of love put an end to the joyless dictatorship of terrorism?

Could a seed of joy root in her flesh?

Seduction of Guilt – when naughty goes good.

Another stand-alone story in Emma Calin’s ‘Seduction Series’, combining thrilling crime mystery with steamy suspense romance and introducing a four-legged hero that saves the day!

If you enjoy James Patterson, Catherine Coulter, Nora Roberts and Kendra Elliot you’ll love a story that combines all of their best traits in a fast-paced, pulse-pounding roller-coaster adventure full of romance, deception, danger and love.

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25 For One: A Charity Bundle For Hurricane Relief in TX, FL, PR, and USVI

By Book Lovers Magazine

25 For One: A Charity Bundle For Hurricane Relief in TX, FL, PR, and USVI

25 Authors. One Cause. A Great Deal wrapped in a Good Deed.

All royalties go directly to the ONE AMERICA APPEAL, a joint fundraising effort of five former U.S. Presidents

For a limited time: get more than $100 worth of novels for less than $10

The bundle includes technothrillers, mysteries, tales of espionage, sci-fi, dystopian, and political fiction.

Visit old friends and make some new ones, all while getting a great deal and supporting a very worthy cause.

The contributing authors include NYT, USA Today, and Amazon bestsellers who’ve donated their book royalties to help hurricane victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and The U.S. Virgin Islands.

Tom Abrahams – Sedition
Bobby Adair – Freedom’s Fire
Jay Allan – Blackhawk
ML Banner – Time Slip
Richard Bard – Enemy of My Enemy
D.V. Berkom – The Body Market
Russell Blake – The Day After Never – Blood Honor
Rhett C. Bruno – The Collector
Rebecca Cantrell – TheWorld Beneath
Diane Capri – Fatal Distraction
C.G. Cooper – Sabotage
Ian Graham – Veil of Civility
Franklin Horton – Locker Nine
Christine Kling – Cross Current
Steve Konkoly – Black Flag – Alpha
Anthony Melchiorri – Eternal Frontier
R.E. McDermott – Deadly Coast
Murray McDonald – Divide and Conquer
Jake Needham – The Ambassador’s Wife
A.R. Shaw – The China Pandemic
Tim Tigner – Pushing Brilliance
Michael Wallace – The Devil’s Deep
Andrew Watts – The War Planners
William H. Weber – Defiance Book One
Simon Wood – The Fall Guy

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Vardin Homecoming by Maggie Spence

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Vardin Homecoming by Maggie Spence

Six former friends from Vardin Village reluctantly reunite eight years after the devastating homecoming weekend that tore apart their lifelong friendship.
When they were seniors at Vardin Village High, they weren’t supposed to be in the abandoned Butler Building after the homecoming dance but the adventure seemed harmless enough… until they find their friend’s dead body.
After fleeing the building just one step ahead of the police chief, the six teenagers make a decision to keep quiet about their presence at the crime scene and never tell a soul.
Fast forward eight years; the murder has never been solved. The teenagers are now young adults with successful careers and unlimited potential. Andrea is the only one of the six still living in Vardin Village and when new evidence comes to light, she knows the truth must be told. She contacts her former friends who have more reasons now to keep their secret than they did eight years ago. This homecoming weekend means they’re all coming home to face the consequences and hopefully, solve the murder.

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A Step Ahead of Death by Scott McPherson

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A Step Ahead of Death by Scott McPherson

Jack Sharp is just an ordinary family physician living in Nebraska. As a former missionary and military physician, his background is anything but ordinary, but he finds quiet satisfaction in the normal routine of a simple life. However, his uncomplicated life is thrown into chaos when he discovers the body of a murdered young woman dumped beside a bike path.
Jack finds himself juggling the drama of the murder investigation with the concerns of his patients and his medical practice. His medical expertise seems to be an asset in the case, but a dear friend, Kathy, needs his help when she receives dramatic news of her own.
Alicia Winters is running for her life and is doing her best to stay hidden. The compassion and generosity of an old farmer and his daughter initially arouse her suspicions, but soon lead her to examine her own motives. As her pursuers close in, she finds herself running out of options and must choose between saving her life and risking it for these people who have come to mean everything to her.
Meanwhile, detectives Rebecca Sweate and Justin Samuelson are piecing together the details of the murder, but what they’re discovering is leading them to the last person anyone would suspect. When another girl goes missing, the detectives uncover startling facts from Jack’s past that link him not only to the murdered girl but to a broader international conspiracy whose head doesn’t mind running over anyone who gets in the way.

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The Cronian Incident by Matthew Williams

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The Cronian Incident by Matthew Williams

Disgraced investigator, Jeremiah Ward, once worked the Martian beat, now he’s serving out his sentence in a mining colony on Mercury. His golden opportunity arises when a member of a powerful faction on Titan vanishes and Ward is promised, in exchange for investigating this man’s disappearance, a clean slate and a second chance.

Unwittingly, Ward becomes embroiled in a conspiracy, centuries in the making, and begins to realise his one shot at redemption may cost him his life.

From terraforming to colonisation, to the Technological Singularity and the future of space exploration; The Cronian Incident is a must read for fans of thrilling mystery science fiction.

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Bad Moon Rising by T.K. Wilde

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Bad Moon Rising by T.K. Wilde

At a Luxury Resort, Dead Customers are Bad for Business…

Valerie Inglewood just landed her dream job. She’s the second woman ever selected to the elite Strikeforce Investigation Team out of Denver, Colorado. Can Val crack her first case before she becomes the next victim? Is her new love interest a calculating killer after all?

She’s partnered with the legendary Charlene Brockworth, the first woman ever selected to the team. Can Val live up to Charlene’s exacting standards and reputation, or will she fall flat on her face and wind up scrubbing toilets back at the Alleycat Boarding House? She’s about to find out – Valerie doesn’t even have time to put her pictures on her desk before she and Charlene get called up to investigate a mysterious murder at the elite Mackenzie Hunting Lodge in the remote Rocky Mountains. The Lodge holds an eclectic mix of eccentric personalities, some of whom are up to activities more sinister than hunting.

The case takes an ominous turn when Charlene goes missing under suspicious circumstances and Val finds herself thrust into the lead.

And to make matters worse, she can’t deny the attraction she feels whenever she interviews the prime suspect, the Lodge’s blue-eyed maintenance man, and local heartthrob, Jeff Everson.

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Born To Die by George A Bernstein

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Born To Die by George A Bernstein

Too many infant boys of Palm Beach gentry are dying of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Only obstetrics nurse, Casey Jansson, is suspicious.
Al Warner, crack Miami Homicide detective, is inactive, languishing on medical leave after a deadly shootout with a serial killer, “The Angel of Death.”
Warner meets Casey at a local pub. Learning of the SIDS deaths from her, Warner concedes it sounds more than coincidental, but can find no obvious Motive or Opportunity. However, he agrees to help investigate, hoping romance develops later.
Casey’s obsession eventually tangles her in mortal danger. Only Warner can save her, if he can figure out where she went, and get there in time.

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