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The Treading Water Series, Book 4 Ten years ago, their relationship was a scandal. Now it s forever. Readers who loved Reid and Kate in Marking Time wanted their happy ending. Here it is... The story left unfinished at the end of Marking Time picks up ten years later when Kate Harrington goes after the man she left behind when she set out to chase her dream of music superstardom. Now she has everything she ever wanted, except for the one thing she can t live without. What will Reid say when she shows up unannounced in St. Kitts, looking to reclaim their lost love? And what will Jack, Kate s father, say when he hears she s gone back to her first love, a man Jack once considered a friend? And what do you think will happen when Jill Harrington, Kate s sister, attorney and manager, faces off with Ashton Matthews, Reid s son, the same man who made life miserable for Kate many years ago? The sparks will fly when the Harrington, Matthews and O Malley families gather in Nashville for a Christmas none of them will ever forget! While Coming Home is a stand-alone story, you will enjoy it more if you read Treading Water, Marking Time first and Starting Over first. The Treading Water Series Book 1

Doris and Delores Morris, known to the local townsfolk as &ldquo,the two eccentric sisters,&rdquo, spent their youths meticulously reassembling the shredded memoirs of their brother Horace on the walls of the family mansion. Shred by shred, they&rsquo,re piecing together this gargantuan jigsaw puzzle diary in hopes of revealing a startling secret that could reunite them with their beloved brother, who, years ago, had inexplicably vanished.  ,  ,  ,

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Trouble always comes in threes. , At least that&rsquo,s what Lucky O&rsquo,Toole, the VP of Customer Relations for Las Vegas&rsquo, primo Strip casino/hotel, the Babylon, has heard. , So, tonight, when Teddie, her former lover shows up at her office unannounced and unexpected, a cadre of celebrity chefs with the maturity of teenagers arrives at the Babylon for a televised cook-off, and Lucky&rsquo,s current lover, Jean-Charles Bouclet stops answering his phone leaving Lucky to handle his five-year-old son, Lucky figures she has tonight&rsquo,s compliment of chaos covered. As usual, she is a tad optimistic. When a prized Alba truffle is stolen from the walk-in in Jean-Charles&rsquo, restaurant and a young chef apparently killed with a smoking gun is found in Jean-Charles&rsquo, food truck on the back lot, trouble takes a sinister turn. , And Jean-Charles still isn&rsquo,t answering his phone. Desperate to put a lid on the body count and more than frantic over her AWOL lover, Lucky uses her Vegas contacts to search in places and in ways the police wouldn&rsquo,t or couldn&rsquo,t. , Teddie insists on riding shotgun. , Lucky has never been able to resist Teddie &hellip, not really. , With danger dogging their heels, Lucky finds herself falling once again under his spell as they traverse Vegas, drawn deeper and deeper into the highly competitive world of high-end eateries and the battle for the very rare, most highly prized gourmet foodstuffs. And when Lucky&rsquo,s path crosses the killer&rsquo,s&hellip, will her goose be cooked?  ,_,

&ldquo,He who possesses it will be most powerful. Yet what most ,think ,is power will be taken by its touch.&rdquo, The ultimate weapon, the Cylinder has the power to geld one&rsquo,s enemies . . . or bestow peace upon all who touch it. Created from magic clay brought to Earth by a star traveler, the Cylinder was created by Belshazaar, prince of Basra, in 500 B.C. to immortalize his beloved fiancé,e, Amat, whose family&rsquo,s fall from grace resulted in her being sold into slavery and the harem of the Sheik of Shiraz. Arriving at the sheik&rsquo,s camp too late to spirit her away, Belshazaar takes possession of a glittering treasure chest containing the mysterious substance. Grief-stricken, he writes her story in cuneiform. Fast forward to 1979 Tehran. With the help of her shapeshifting roommate and crush classmate Mirza, Anoush, an idealistic history student steals this national treasure to prevent its destruction by clerics of the incoming Muslim regime. Tragedy intervenes, delaying the sharing of its magic and message until they are truly needed. Anoush and Mirza are the reincarnated Amat and Belshazaar from ,Harem Sister, Book 1 of the Sekhmet Series. Her roommate, Omid, is the reincarnated harem girl for whom ,that Amat made the ultimate sacrifice, in an attempt to save her from the Sheik&rsquo,s wrath. ,The themes this book explores are the shaping of souls and love over millennia, ,reciprocity not barred by time or incarnations, ,and the discovery of one&rsquo,s personal power. The tone is fantasy/drama/adventure/romance._,

Sometimes it seems like murder and mayhem follow Jeff Resnick, challenging his psychic &lsquo,sixth sense&rsquo, to solve crimes. Since the vicious mugging that changed his life, he&rsquo,s tried to keep his unwanted gift in check. But when a bartender at Jeff&rsquo,s favorite watering hole is murdered, psychic visions of a sparkling red high-heeled shoe and a pair of bloody hands linger in his mind--and hit too close to home. When Jeff&rsquo,s brother Richard last helped him with an investigation, it nearly cost him his life. Still, Richard is determined to tag along as Jeff is drawn into the seamy world of fetishes and drag queens to find a murderer before another life is taken._,

&ldquo,In a place called Far Away and a time called Long Ago, there once lived a woodcutter and his wife, and they were happy but for the fact that they had no child. Across a plain and halfway up a mountain, towered a mighty castle where lived the king and queen of the land, and they too had no child. , ,&ldquo,And long before that Long Ago, and far beyond that Far Away, in a place of deepest magic hovering beyond the mists and veils of time itself, there is talk of change.&rdquo,_,

This is the first Street Lit book to be written in reverse! Thuggz Valentine is the story of a modern day Bonnie &, Clyde, natural born killers who go out in a blaze of glory after taking on the city s police force. Step by step, readers relive Ebony and Bless s last day together . . . Valentines Day. The day however, starts nothing like it ends, and as time goes back, hour by hour, the two lovers are unable to avoid destiny. Fate brings them together in a most bizarre way, and the couple realize the day is not about winning, it s about embracing the moment, no matter the outcome. Thuggz Valentine is the story of a ghetto love doomed from the beginning, but definitely worth the trip to Hell._,

A fictional father writes letters to his college-aged daughter and son remembering events, large and small, from their family&rsquo,s past in the poignant and hilarious Lying to Children. This collection of sometimes outrageous, sometimes sad, often heartwarming interconnected vignettes features a delightful confessional celebration of family life told in stories from a dad&rsquo,s unique perspective. Centered around the untruths parents regularly tell their kids in an effort to protect (or silence) them&mdash,from &ldquo,Daddy Loves his Job&rdquo, to &ldquo,There&rsquo,s a Jolly Fat Man who Brings You Presents (Assembly Required)&rdquo, &mdash,Lying to Children is an unforgettable familial history filled with laughter, tears, and life lessons, and brimming over with a somewhat-less-than-perfect suburban dad&rsquo,s unwavering love.  ,_,

Israeli Military Intelligence agents Eytan Eckstein and Benni Baum are about to conclude a delicate prisoner swap between Israel and her nemesis, Iran.  ,But when a suicide bombing at the Israeli embassy in New York throws the plan into chaos, they discover the involvement of Martina Klump, a vicious German terrorist who has an old score to settle with Baum.  ,If Eckstein and Baum can&rsquo,t stop her, Klump will not only thwart the prisoner swap, but ignite an all-out war between Israel and Iran. Steven Hartov ,was born in the United States and educated at Boston University.  ,After serving in the U.S. Military Sealift Command, he emigrated to Israel and served in the Israel Defense Forces parachute corps and Military Intelligence special operations.  ,He is the author of the espionage trilogy, &ldquo,The Heat of Ramadan,&rdquo, &ldquo,The Nylon Hand of God,&rdquo, and &ldquo,The Devil&rsquo,s Shepherd,&rdquo, and co-author of the New York Times best seller &ldquo,In the Company of Heroes&rdquo, and &ldquo,The Night Stalkers.&rdquo,  ,For six years, Hartov helmed &ldquo,Special Operations Report&rdquo, as Editor-in-Chief.  ,He currently serves as a Task Force commander in the New York Guard and is writing a new novel.  , A superior thriller, dark and exciting. . . . The finest sort of espionage thriller. - Publishers Weekly Suspenseful action and twisty plotting. . . . a fine beat-the-devil tale. -Kirkus Reviews The gripping take, full of twists and turns, rockets from New York to Washington, D.C., to Casablanca and thence to the Algerian Sahara.  ,It&rsquo,s climax is a hair-raiser. -Lake Oswego Review_,

Are you prepared for the end times? , A Bleak New World is a superb anthology packed with ten fantastic stories of the future that didn',t turn out like humanity had hoped. , Each of the authors paints a unique world filled with social issues, government satire, emotional choices, humorous encounters, and even an inanimate object that falls in love. , Be prepared to travel across the galaxy, set foot on scorched earth, experience life as a synthetic, and witness first-hand what it',s like working for a government corporation. , Raven International Publishing is proud to share this work with you. Featuring original short stories by

Inadvertent embezzler Blake Calloway high-tails it to the Caribbean, a step ahead of the Feds and desperate to restart life as an anonymous divemaster in a tropical paradise. On Blacktip Island, though, Blake quickly discovers &ldquo,tropics&rdquo, doesn&rsquo,t mean &ldquo,paradise,&rdquo, and rookie boat hands stick out like a reef at low tide. The locals are quirky

With her engagement in tatters, Jonquil Jones, a Portable Antiquities specialist, moves to Cornwall for a fresh start. When a report arrives of a treasure trove that has lain hidden underground for centuries, she can feel her soul stirring with excitement.Is it a one off or just the beginning of an extraordinary discovery? It&rsquo,s Jonquil&rsquo,s job to find out. There is only one problem

Winner of the 2016 Fauset Book Award in the Category of First Fiction Set in Arkansas in 1957,  ,the complexities of identity, yearnings for love and acceptance, and racial tension are all unmasked in the riveting literary drama, Melting the Blues, by debut author Tracy Chiles McGhee. Augustus Lee Rivers, a farmer and bluesman, has two obsessions

In Attack On the Clause tensions finally come to a head between the North Pole and the South Pole. At last there is going to be some finality to the feud one way or the other, and Wynter Clause is caught in the middle between her family and the people she loved in the South Pole. Hate is a strong emotion, but so is love. Which one will prevail in the end?_,

Leaving Atlanta, Jane takes her next kill assignment in New York City. A terrorist plot so out of the realm of the ordinary, Jane expects to debunk the tip she&rsquo,s been given and report back to Washington for another assignment. But when she discovers the plan unfolding for Times Square is real, she knows there&rsquo,s only one mastermind who could execute such a heinous act&mdash,Three. Now with help from NYPD&rsquo,s counterterrorism team, Jane has the chance to partner with an officer of their Hercules Team, Kelly Casey. But, Sergeant Casey has more than just information on her kill assignment and the man she&rsquo,s been tracking for over a year. He could hold the key to what she&rsquo,s been searching for her entire life. Reporter, Matt Matthews is in New York finding his way back to three things

When things go horribly wrong for eight-year- old Aloha as his family is leaving from vacation on Siesta Key, he finds himself alone and scared. That is, until a dolphin named Mari shows up and speaks to him, changing his life forever. Just as he discovers his powers as Tide Swooner, protector of the sea, trouble arises. Aloha is whisked along on an adventure that will ultimately lead to his destiny

When does the Con seduce the Artist?Georgia Griffin has just arrived in Silicon Valley from Piney, Arkansas, on very bald tires, having firmly rejected her beloved father&rsquo,s life as a con artist. Her father is in jail and a certain minister is hugging her mother for Jesus while eyeing Georgia&rsquo,s little sister, Katie-Ann. Georgia desperately needs to keep her new job as paralegal for Lumina Software so she can provide a California haven for her sister before it&rsquo,s too late.While she&rsquo,s still living in her car, Georgia realizes that incompetence and self-dealing have a death grip on her new company. She decides to adapt her extensive con artist , training&mdash,just once&mdash,to clean up the company. But success is seductive. Soon Georgia is an avid paralegal by day and a masterful con artist by night, using increasingly bold gambits designed to salvage Lumina Software. Then she steps into the shadow of a real crime and must decide

Caleb Marcus is a Peacemaker, a roving lawman tasked with maintaining the peace and bringing control to magic users on the frontier. A Peacemaker isn&rsquo,t supposed to take a life&mdash,but sometimes, it&rsquo,s kill or be killed&hellip, After a war injury left him half-scoured of his power, Caleb and his jackalope familiar have been shipped out West, keeping them out of sight and out of the way of more useful agents. And while life in the wild isn&rsquo,t exactly Caleb&rsquo,s cup of tea, he can&rsquo,t deny that being amongst folk who aren&rsquo,t as powerful as he is, even in his poor shape, is a bit of a relief. But Hope isn&rsquo,t like the other small towns he&rsquo,s visited. The children are being mysteriously robbed of their magical capabilities. There&rsquo,s something strange and dark about the local land baron who runs the school. Cheyenne tribes are raiding the outlying homesteads with increasing frequency and strange earthquakes keep shaking the very ground Hope stands on. Something&rsquo,s gone very wrong in the Wild West, and it&rsquo,s up to Caleb to figure out what&rsquo,s awry before he ends up at the end of the noose&mdash,or something far worse&hellip,_,

Secrets and Lies - a fast-paced action thriller.John Garner is a happily married man with a beautiful wife and teenage daughter, a regular guy with a regular job and family.But all that changes when he accidentally stumbles across an old flame while online and he soon finds himself in hot water and way out of his depth, pulled into a world filled with secrets and lies.Torn between his wife and his first love, John must decide if he can really trust his old lover as he finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly struggle in which both sides are willing to kill to get what they are after._,