A Trifle Dead (Café La Femme Mysteries Book 1)
Tabitha Darling runs her dream cafe in the heart of Hobart, when she's not glamming up with her friends, perfecting the ultimate dessert, and avoiding all the local police officers who want her to feed them. She never meant to investigate a murder. Not even when a dead muso was found in her building. Not even when the cute Scottish blogger asked for her help. Not even when a string of weird trap-themed crimes spread across the city... Tabitha's world is coffee, cake and gossip. Murder was never on the menu. But as the coincidences build up around her, it's starting to feel really personal. Will she figure out the deadly truth a trifle late?
Consciousness : Existence, Altered States, And Artificial Intelligence
Break Illusion. Awaken Truth. Live from the Source. In a world overwhelmed by noise, distraction, and disconnection, CONSCIOUSNESS offers a radical alternative: deep presence, truth, and inner freedom. This powerful book is not just meant to be read -- it's meant to be experienced. Through piercing insight and grounded wisdom, the author invites you to question everything you thought you knew about reality, identity, and the mind. Whether you are on a spiritual path or simply seeking clarity in a chaotic world, this book will help you: See through illusion and mental conditioning, Understand the true nature of consciousness, Navigate life with awareness, peace, and inner power, Break free from the ego's grip and live from your highest self. You will find exploration on whether AI is Sentient, about altered states, and whether our society is a collective hive.
The Code is Mightier than the Sword (The Realms of Infamy Book 1)
The CIA recruits Jason Hawthorne to play a new virtual reality MMORPG and recover a powerful magical crystal before criminals within the game can seize it. After he succeeds, his friends are kidnapped, leaving him trapped in the game. The kidnappers want the crystal, but as he levels up and adds a powerful wolf and a vampire to his party, his increasing mastery of the game makes them want everything about him. He will confront giants, demons, orcs, hookers, and international terrorists all while trying to navigate a game he has never played before. Ultimately, he will need to decide if the friends he's made in the game are as important as those he has in real life.
Delta Sunrise: Book Two of the Tulley Chronicles
St, Louis, 1891. A city pulsing with promise and peril -- but behind its gleaming streets lurks a deadly secret. Eli Tulley, a young, daring mountain man from the hills of Arkansas, arrives in the city searching for adventure and discovery. His life in the wilds has made him thirsty for something more -- but he never expected the danger awaiting him in the city's shadows. Its pouring facade hides a sinister secret. When Eli meets Sarah, a kind-hearted young woman, he's instantly captivated. But Sarah is in grave danger. A dark force is preying on young women in St. Louis, vanishing them without a trace, and Eli fears she may be next. As Eli races to uncover the truth behind the disappearances, his growing feelings for Sarah complicate everything. Can he protect her from the looming darkness? Or will the city's secrets swallow her -- and his heart -- whole?
She Brings Beauty To Me (The Medicine Man Book 4)
A woman deserted. A troubled warrior. A passion denied. 1855. When eighteen-year-old Czanna Fehér is forced to flee her home in Hungary, she journeys with her younger siblings and her father's manservant to Montana in search of her cousin. Mourning for her recently deceased parents, she sings a prayer to the grand, Montana mountains. From the first moment Stands Strong hears Czanna singing, he is transfixed. When he meets her, he is captivated as much by her dark beauty as he is by her voice. But, after the family's hired guide steals their money and runs, her father's servant leaves Czanna to go and serve justice to the man, leaving Czanna desolate and in charge. Being of the gentry class in Hungary, Czanna knows she and her siblings cannot survive in this land without help. When Stands Strong comes to her aid, she realizes she must trust this man.
About the Jam, Darling: A Soldier's thoughts on Love and War told through Letters
This is a true story: a romantic, amusing and occasionally moving account of a soldier's personal experiences during the Second World War, as told through his letters to his sweetheart. Collated and edited by his daughter, these letters are full of intimate and fascinating detail about the real day-to-day experiences of the life, thoughts and hopes of an ordinary Lancashire lad in extraordinary times. Covering the period 1940 to 1945, Jim writes from the heart, and we follow this idealistic young man as he meets the challenges of wartime, with quiet courage, wit and growing wisdom. After a brief prologue, the story is told through his letters, interspersed with photographs and factual details about the events unfolding on the larger stage, worldwide.
The 21 Timeless Laws of Fathering: Building Strong Bonds and Leaving a Lasting Legacy
Raising resilient young men in a world of constant change? Discover the timeless principles every father needs to know! In The 21 Timeless Laws of Fathering: Building Resilient Men for a Changing World, Julius Collins offers a practical guide for fathers and mentors who are dedicated to shaping their sons into strong, compassionate, and capable men. Drawing on years of experience, Collins reveals 21 essential principles that help fathers connect, teach, and lead by example.
Stagecoach to Hell and Back (Grit and Glory on the Frontier)
From the age of fourteen, Felix Allen was sure of one thing: he wanted to drive stagecoaches. Everything he knew he had learned from a grizzled old driver with a no-nonsense approach to everything. It was a grueling, thankless job but Felix was made for it. When a clandestine assignment comes up, he reluctantly takes it. A passenger must get to Vallejo with no time to spare and a precious cargo that no one should know about. With life-or-death moments around every twist and turn of the trail, Felix's skills will be tested like never before. The weather is against him, danger is at his tracks and the clock is ticking...
Basic Training! Stage 1: Operation Purity
The 5 stages of Basic Training! provide a step-by-step process for breaking free from sexual sin into consistent purity, spiritual maturity, and personal destiny. Refined during 1000's of hours of pastoral counseling and proven in the transformed lives of over 500 counselees and 100's of marriages saved, the Truth can set you free! I should know, it's the story of my life. I was sexually and ritually abused as a child. I was sickly, depressed, demonized, and sexually addicted for many years. I suffered from PTSD, repressed memories, and recurring nightmares. With character flaws too many to mention, I was an unfaithful husband, a harsh father, and a failure as a pastor. As a Christian I was wounded, addicted, cursed, carnal, and immature.
The Bones at Point No Point (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 1)
How do you catch a killer who's already behind bars? Thomas Austin was once a star NYPD detective, known for locking up a psychopathic serial killer: The Holiday Baby Butcher. Now retired in a small beach town, Austin runs a little café, trying to overcome the loss of his wife, a district attorney who was gunned down only one year ago. But when a mysterious bag of bones appears on a nearby beach, Austin is dragged back into law enforcement for one last job. The Holiday Baby Butcher is behind bars, so it has to be a copycat. But with each new clue, the killer seems closer and closer to the real thing. Now Austin must overcome the darkness of his past to chase a killer as twisted as any America has ever seen. And when Austin finally learns the truth, it's a twist so shocking it shakes him to his core, and threatens his life.
Reaper's Dice
Reaper’s Dice. A tale of spell-casting cowboys and gunslinging goblins. Follow the story of a spell-casting wood elf named Arno as he braves a dangerous mission against the most dangerous criminal gang in the south. With help from his goblin apprentice, Arno must overcome deadly gunfights and dangerous monsters in this old west-style fantasy novel.
The Spread: Book 1 (The Hill)
In the middle of nowhere, no one can hear you scream. Ryan Cartwright and his closest friends are heading up into the lonely, windswept Scottish Highlands to celebrate his upcoming wedding. There, they embark upon a stag do to end all stag dos. A last night of freedom. But, as the celebration kicks into high gear, Ryan's troubled best friend, 'mad fer it' Sean, indulges in a reckless combination of booze and pills that pushes the group's patience to its limits. The true horror, however, is yet to begin. Something far worse drugs and alcohol has just has just made its way into Sean's bloodstream -- something insidious and deadly. Before the night is through, the terror will spread, and it's not going to stop until there's no one left to scream.
Deeply Examined Omnibus/Completed Novel
A routine checkup turns dangerous. Sparks ignite between Dr. West and Jessica. When danger strikes, he insists she move in. Under his roof, boundaries blur and rules shatter. But he’s keeping a secret: he’s always known her. When passion becomes obsession and protection tetters out of control, one question remains. Will love save or destroy them?
Shake Down (First Coast Thriller Series Book 1)
Ex-cop Clayton Conway has made some mistakes. He's trying to work hard with a repo company, hooking cars and boats. Raise his daughter and stay friendly with his ex-wife. Make enough money to pay the rent on his tiny apartment over a bar in Jacksonville Beach. But when one of the Orenato Cartel's speedboats gets repossessed, they come looking for it. Putting Clayton, his family and friends, in danger. Can he protect them, or will the cartel get what they came for? And will his own weaknesses get the best of him... again?
Blindsided By Fake Love (Sweet Sports Kisses)
Waking up married to my high school nemesis? Not on my bingo card. But I can’t deny thinking an impromptu wedding couldn’t be the worst thing to happen to me.
A Summer Wedding on Arran (Scottish Romances Book 1)
TRAVEL TO SCOTLAND FOR THE WEDDING OF THE SUMMER IN THIS TALE OF UNBREAKABLE BONDS AND UNFORGETTABLE ROMANCE. Three sisters. One wedding. Infinite possibilities... On the enchanting Isle of Arran, three sisters find themselves at Meadowbank Cottage, their childhood home. But it's the first time they've been together since their mum died. And now they're back in Arran for the wedding of middle sister Emma. Eldest Kirsty is juggling the responsibility for Meadowbank Cottage with an earth-shattering secret she discovers in the attic. She fears she's beginning to lose herself... Bride-to-be Emma is an ambitious lawyer living and working in Edinburgh. Far from turning into Bridezilla, she's looking forward to a simple ceremony in a beautiful and meaningful place. Meanwhile baby sister and wild one Amy lives in Vancouver. But the pull of home is becoming too enticing to ignore.
Lycan Fallout: Rise Of The Werewolf: A Michael Talbot Adventure
The world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man has clawed and climbed his way from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild. It is on this fragile new ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung. One man finds himself once again thrust into the forefront of a war.
PERMANENT ENEMY (ACTION-PAK Book 1)
Set in Washington, D.C., Egypt, sub-Sahara Africa, and Corsica, it's about a secret mission to end genocide, but it quickly turns into a bloodbath in the African jungle. Among the explosive secrets uncovered by a betrayed and badly shot-up CIA commando, Brett Collins, is the funding of Ethnic Cleansing in Africa with American tax dollars by a fraternity of corrupt and powerful politicians, in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks! Rescued and nursed back to health by a stunningly beautiful British intelligence agent, Agatha Cornwell, with whom he falls madly in love, Brett Collins sets out to accomplish his mission. To succeed, he must first wage a secret warfare against the enemies within - before they carry out an assassination plot against a United States president for attempting to resolve a genocide campaign from which they're profiting.
Sams and Night Carrier Landings: Night Cat Night Trap
Based on McLean's real-life experiences as a Navy Crusader pilot, Night Cat Night Trap offers an unforgettable glimpse into the harrowing and heroic stories of airmen who risked -- and often lost -- their lives in the most lethal anti-aircraft environment ever known. March 3, 1967. Beneath the cover of darkness, an aging warship thundered forward, launching its lethal payload -- American fighters and dive-bombers -- into skies thick with danger. Vietnamese missiles, relentless artillery fire, and Soviet-built MiG fighters lay in wait. For young airmen embarking on their first missions, many would never return. Rescue operations for downed pilots bordered on suicide missions. Even the ship itself could be deadly with a single misstep on landing. Meanwhile, intelligence officials in Washington -- safe in their distant offices -- issued orders that sent men straight into death traps.
Wildering: Anyone's Guide to Enjoying the American Wilderness
Thousands of years ago, everyone lived in the wilderness. Today, most people live comfortably indoors. This is perfectly fine, of course, but many have completely lost touch with nature. Meanwhile, millions of acres of pristine wilderness are waiting to be enjoyed. Wildering: Anyone's Guide to Enjoying the American Wilderness can help reconnect people with the natural world -- even those who have never set foot in the woods. Author Mick Tune has the answers to all the questions you're afraid to ask, with information about equipment, packing, permitting, basic survival, and much more.