Thursday, December 29, 2016

Strike a Match



You already know what a big fan I am of Lindzee Armstrong. And this book is just another reason why I'll stay a fan and you should become one.

Love how she works reality into her situations and characters. Kate and Taylor come with issues past and present. I like this about characters. It makes them believeable and relatable. They come with hobbies, jobs, friends, families, and most importantly - emotional depth.

Armstrong knows how to write chemistry without crossing the blurry lines into steamy and smut. I appreciate being able to read Kate and Taylor's story without worrying about skipping "adult" scenes.

There's a couple of cameos by Brooke. Nice to see her in action again.

I would have liked a quick conversation between Taylor and Amy when he stands up to her with tough love. It would've made his shedding his hero complex stronger for me. A totally minor thing.

I'll look forward to the next installment in the series, be it novel or novella.

Amazon

When Kate’s abusive husband dies in a house fire, she only feels relief. Eighteen months later, she’s ready to sweep up the fragments of her past and venture back into dating—but this time with the help of a professional matchmaking company. Surely Toujour can succeed where Kate has always failed and find her the perfect man. Taylor is a firefighter who’s tired of dousing infernos in his personal life. Exhausted from a string of dysfunctional relationships, he turns to Toujour at the prodding of a friend, hoping for an easier path to love. The last thing he expects is to be matched with Kate, the intriguing widow he met on the night her house burned. Past relationship fears and old habits threaten to tear them apart before they’ve even begun. Can the ashes of their pasts hold their happily ever after?

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

The Christmas Makeover


The Christmas Makeover : A Christmas Central Romantic Comedy Short Story by [Mickelson, Caroline]

I bought this one after enjoying Miss Kane's Christmas. I noted that it was a short story and so would be shorter in length than the previously read novella, which I was totally fine with.

While I enjoyed the premise of the story and the interaction of the characters, I was disappointed by the plot hole in the middle. There was an illusion to Dean having a plan to get Jackie back but then suddenly it's the clan at the North Pole reuniting Dean and Jackie. This left me wanting. I think there was an opportunity for Ms. Mickelson to let us see both of their angst and show us Dean's plan to win Jackie. Or its failure to do so and then have the Claus clan step in. This could've been done within the short story confines of the format or I'd have been happy to have it expanded to a novella.

With the characters as well thought out and emotionally involved I would've liked more.

Still a clean and wholesome yuletide read.

Amazon

With the countdown to Christmas underway, interior designer Jackie Frost is surprised to receive an urgent phone call from Santa Claus requesting her help. Once at the North Pole, Jackie gets swept up into Santa's crazy plan to makeover Christmas Central as a surprise for Mrs. Claus.

Several things test Jackie's devotion to the Claus family as the renovations get underway, not the least of which is having to work alongside master craftsman Dean Bradshaw. Dean is handsome, smart, funny, and he has an absolute gift for building things. But what worries Jackie is what he's taking apart, namely the walls she's built up around her heart. 

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Stormy Kisses


Sweet & Sassy Anthology: Stormy Kisses by [Rode, Rebecca, Weaver,Donna K., Hogan,Cindy M., Noelle,Jo, Armstrong,Lindzee, Branton,Rachel]
For those who enjoy sweet/clean/wholesome romance like I do, add this to your shelf. It's a lovely collection of stories, each one satisfyingly short and sweet.

Each other has her own voice and brings her own style to the mix. I've read works by some of these authors before, but there were some new ones I was introduced to.

The writing is solid, the characters likeable, and the settings lovely.

Perfect for a rainy day, or a sunny one.

Amazon

Sweet & Sassy Anthology: Stormy Kisses has six contemporary romances set against wild weather from award winning and Amazon best selling authors. Will extreme weather keep these six couples apart or bring them together?

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Miss Kane's Christmas


Miss Kane's Christmas : A Christmas Central Romantic Comedy Novella by [Mickelson, Caroline]

Miss Kane's Christmas by Caroline Mickelson is my first read by this author.

I thought the premise was fun and enjoyable. There's lots of emotional turmoil to work through on both sides, Carol's and Ben's.

Loved how Carol went all Christmas crazy with this scrooge-like Ben and all the magic of Christmas that pervaded the story. The children are cute and the elves provide comic relief. A clean and wholesome romantic read for the yuletide season. A good length for the story and well written.

I'd like to read more by this author. Thankfully, there seem to be more Christmas books by her.

Amazon

With Christmas only three days away, Carol Claus agrees to her father’s request that she leave the North Pole on a mission to help save Christmas. Joining single father Ben Hanson and his children for the holidays seems an easy enough task until Santa informs her that Ben is the man behind the disturbing new book ‘Beyond Bah Humbug: Why Lying to Your Children about Santa Claus is a Bad Idea’. 

Posing as Miss Kane, the children’s new nanny, Carol pulls out all the stops to show Ben how fun Christmas can be, all the while struggling to understand how one man could hate the holidays so much. How could she, Santa’s only daughter, be so attracted to a man who refuses to believe her father exists?

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Magnus Chase 2



Still loving reading the story of the dead hero. This time there's more mayhem and more backstory to fill in and enjoy. The loveable cast of characters is back plus some new faces.

We meet another child of Loki. That is interesting to say the least. I had a slight issue with the author pulling politics and teen trending identity gender preferences into the mix. Yes, there is much discussion about this in the schools, but I don't need my child to read about it in adventure/fantasy stories used for enjoyment and escape from real world problems. Parents should be aware of this fact before deciding if their child is ready to learn about it or be ready to discuss it if their child has questions. I mention this because he spends a full paragraph on it at the introduction of Alex and dialogue throughout the story regarding his/her fluidity.

That aside, Mr. Riordan maintains his high caliber of writing and adds the sass/snark style I prefer in Magnus to his other series.

Amazon

Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer's return is the gods' worst enemy, Loki--and the price he wants is very high.



Thursday, December 8, 2016

Mistletoe Match


Mistletoe Match (No Match for Love) by [Armstrong, Lindzee]

It's no secret that I LOVE Lindzee Armstrong's writing! And I totally love this series.

Just in time for the holidays is a toe curling romance by her: Mistletoe Match to go along with her No Match for Love series.

Could this couple have anymore barriers to cross? Ms. Armstrong certainly isn't afraid to giver her MC's some serious conflict of interest along with major chemistry. But it's the heart warming writing that's the standout winner in bringing her characters to life. A woman with a cause, a single father providing for his kids, an absentee mother with major Narcissism. We know people like this, which is what makes the writing brilliant.

And yes, I stayed up late into the night to finish it.

Short, sweet, sassy, and oh, so, satisfying. Crank up the carols and get reading! This is one book you won't want to wait for Christmas to read!

Amazon

A kiss shouldn't be this complicated.


When Michelle Collins accidentally walks into the men’s restroom at a holiday party, she doesn’t expect it to end with a toe-tingling kiss under the mistletoe. But the magic of the moment quickly dies when she realizes the mystery man is Austin O’Neal, the new marketing director of the pharmaceutical company she’s sworn to destroy. Michelle will do anything to protect animals from unfair lab testing—even go up against the first man to make her feel alive.

With the ink on his divorce papers barely dry, Austin is struggling to help his three children adjust to a new town as he tries to adjust to a new job—one that comes with a lot of baggage that Michelle helped create. Falling for the strong-willed animal rights activist who is ruining the company image is definitely not in the plans.

When Michelle’s dog is hit by a car and Austin is the unexpected hero, their perceptions of each other—and the causes they fight for—are challenged. Can one impulsive kiss be the foundation for a happily ever after?

Kick off the holidays with this delightful romance today!




Thursday, December 1, 2016

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production by [Rowling, J.K., Thorne, Jack, Tiffany, John]

Can J.K. Rawling do any wrong?

What an adventure to follow nearly twenty years after Voldemort's death! Except, there are alternate futures when the past is played with. It has so many twists!

The father/son relationships are at the center of the story. They're a tangled mess that need sorting. But the way in which they go about it is true Harry Potter fashion - unexpected and unpredicatable.

I really can't write much without giving away what happens. Not fair to include spoilers. But all the characters we've loved are back, along with new ones you'll come to love too, except, of course, for the evil ones.

For those who love the world of HP this is a must read.

Now, if we can only afford the tickets when it comes to the States!

Amazon

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places."

Thursday, November 24, 2016

HUGE HOLIDAY SALE!

HUGE HOLIDAY SALE!!!

I've gotten together with some amazing authors to bring you holiday savings! Let the madness begin! Plus, all my books are on sale for $0.99! Happy reading to all! 


Donna K. Weaver

Torn Canvas
$.99
(audiobook is only $1.99 if you own the Kindle
ebook)

**Winner of the prestigious RONE Award for best New Adult fiction**

Modern-day
pirates took more than Jori Virtanen's friends; they stole his face. Not only
does the 24-year-old former model have to confront months of reconstructive
surgery, he discovers his previous life was as superficial as his looks. Jori
struggles to make a new life for himself as an artist while evading the press.
They expect a hero, but he knows the truth. His beauty masks a beast.

Olivia
Howard's given up a normal life for her job, and the sacrifices are finally
paying off. The 26-year-old talk-show host's ratings are heading to the top of
the charts. Her dream is to make a difference in people's lives, but the studio
wants mind fluff-like interviewing hot model Jori Virtanen. When Olivia learns
the guy helped rescue passengers on a cruise excursion from kidnappers, she
knows this is the story she needs to make her case. The only problem is the
hero was injured, and now he's disappeared.

The
more Olivia learns about the man behind the scar, the more intrigued she
becomes. But Jori is no girl's happily ever after. Once she finds him, Olivia
has to free his heart and help heal the beast.


Wendy Knight

Cauldron Bubble
$.99

“You’ve just always been
the powerful one. I’m the smart aleck.”

“We’re the same. I’m
night, you’re day. You have to have both to have life.”

“You can hide in the
shadows.”

“And you can shine like
the sun. This prophesy is about both of us.”

Destiny doesn't think
she's anything special. The daughter of an outcast witch. Her twin, Fate, is
her best friend, so that's awesome. They're experts in love potions and selling
them to crazy high school kids.

So they can buy more
shoes.

But that all changes
when their school is attacked by warlocks—warlocks who want her power for their
own. The attack launches her onto the path the stars have chosen for Destiny,
Fate, and their long-lost father.

Oh, and Quin.

Quin, who's the son of a
witch, only tolerating Destiny's presence because she can save his mother. Except
along the way, that all changes, and he realizes Destiny is everything he never
knew he wanted. The only problem is she thinks if love can be made from a
potion, it can't be a real thing.

If they survive this,
he's going to prove her wrong.


Laura L Walker

Caitlyn's Christmas
Wish
$.99

Just
when former model and single mother Caitlyn Drevier Reel has finally put her
life on track after a divorce and six-month stint in rehab, she is surprised to
receive an invitation from her ex-in-laws to spend Christmas with them. After
all, she reasons, her ex-husband Grant is constantly on the road with his band
and it's only fair to allow them to get to know her young son. What Caitlyn
isn't prepared for, however, is the spark of attraction she feels toward Ridge,
Grant's older brother, or the sense of belonging to their wonderful family once
again. Ridge, who is recovering from his own personal heartache, seems to feel
the same way. As they work together to ensure the success of the Winter
Festival his parents have organized for their small Wyoming town, Caitlyn
begins to envision a bright future. But will Grant's unexpected arrival keep
her Christmas wish from coming true?

This inspirational
romance is sure to put you in the holiday mood!


Jaleta Clegg

Nexus Point
$.99

Stranded on a primitive
world, facing death at the hands of the natives, hunted by drug smugglers,
wanted by the Patrol, Captain Dace has one hope of escaping: Convince the
Patrol agent trying to kill her that she's innocent.



    


  


Dark Dancer
$.99

Have you ever danced in a fairy ring? Sabrina
has, and it opened the door to fairyland. But it's not the place of legend. The
Queen is missing and the lords of the Seligh are hoarding the magic, using it
to fuel their devices. With the help of a pixie warrior and a renegade elf,
Sabrina must restore magic and solve the mystery of the balmorae, flying
monsters that plague the Winterlands beyond the barrier.




  


Julie Coulter Bellon

All Fall Down
$.99
  • a romantic suspense from
    the Hostage Negotiation Team series
  • #1 Amazon Bestseller for
    Action Adventure/Romance
  • RONE Award Winner for
    Best Suspense

Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of posies,
ashes, ashes we all fall down . . .

That simple rhyme turns
negotiator Claire Michaels' current hostage situation into an international
incident. Claire just wants to help get everyone out safely, but as the crisis
escalates she realizes she's dealing with an al-Qaeda operative who has the
means to become another bin Laden---with the potential to attack America.
Claire has her own personal reasons for wanting to stop al-Qaeda, but time is
slipping away as negotiations break down. Can she overcome her scars of the
past in order to get the hostage out alive and possibly stop an assault on U.S.
national security?

Navy SEAL Rafe Kelly is
on leave to recover from a knee injury he suffered during his tour in
Afghanistan and he doesn't expect to be fighting terrorists on his home turf.
But when he is taken hostage and his brother is kidnapped, Rafe teams up with a
hostage negotiator in order to stay alive and get his brother back. The
terrorist is always one step ahead of them, however, and the situation quickly
turns from desperate to deadly. Will Rafe be able to save himself and his
country without anyone he loves getting caught in the crossfire?


The Captive
$.99
  • From award-winning
    author, Julie Coulter Bellon, comes the first book in her new romantic
    suspense series, Griffin Force . . .

Former
Navy SEAL Jake Williams is the newly appointed head of a task force assigned to
rescue a kidnapped American diplomat. Their only hope is Mya Amari, the
daughter of a notorious Algerian hostage negotiator, but she is full of secrets
and complications-something Jake takes as a personal challenge. As they grow
closer, the threat to the mission escalates and time runs out for the hostages.
Can Jake unravel the web of deception to save them all without getting caught
in the crossfire?

Mya
Amari has been in hiding nearly her entire life to escape her father's enemies.
But when her sister is kidnapped along with an American diplomat, she'll do
anything to bring her home-including walking into the enemy's lair. She doesn't
trust anyone, especially the too-handsome-for-his-own-good Commander Williams,
but when all her careful plans explode out of control, he's the only one she
can turn to with the truth about her family. Is it too little, too late?


Debra Erfert

Changes of the Heart
$.99

Buying the 1920s farmhouse south of Phoenix, where the rumors of
John Dillinger’s gang hid out in the 30s, is supposed to be accident-prone
Grace Evanheart’s way of escaping an old romance. When she finds an ancient
diary with a map under the bedroom’s floorboard, the rumors solidify into fact.
She doesn’t know who to trust with the news; Micah Stevens, the handsome deputy
and the great grandson of the original landowners with whom she’s attracted, or
Jerry, the young historian who seems too intent on learning about her new home?

Micah
seems convinced their paths cross exactly at the right time and in the right
place for them to fall in love. Now he just has to convince Grace of the same
thing before suspicions of his real motive have her running again.

Window of Time
$.99

CIA courier Lucy James never gets used to seeing innocent people
killed, but she copes with it—every day. Cursed with the ability to glimpse
into the future when a death is about to happen, she has a short window of time
to interfere—risking her life in order to change it. No one knows about her
curse, until she saves a handsome Los Angeles firefighter trapped between her
and foreign operatives hell-bent on intercepting her current assignment.

LA
firefighter Johnny Cartwright’s life changes the moment he meets Lucy. His
uncomplicated days flip to dangerously unpredictable after he’s drawn deeper
into her secretive world of premonitions. His attraction to Lucy grows as he
helps her stop a terroristic plot against the U.S., putting his life between
her and certain death.
 

Marsha Ward

Gone for a Soldier
$.99

·     
Book 1: The Owen Family Saga. 2014 Whitney Award
Finalist-Historical Fiction

Rulon Owen loves two things more than life—his country and Mary
Hilbrands.

When Virginia secedes
from the Union, Rulon enlists, and finds himself fighting foes both in battle
and in his own camp. He struggles to stay alive against all odds, with a
knife-wielding tent-mate and a Union army that seems impossible to defeat. It
will take every ounce of vigilance he has to survive and, with a little luck, he
might make it home to his wife and the son he's never seen.

Forced to live with
her parents for the duration, Mary faces a battle for independence. With a
mother whispering that her husband won't come home to her and a son who needs
her to be both father and mother, Mary has to dig deep for strength to overcome
her overwhelming loneliness and the unknown future ahead.

Separated by war and
circumstance, Rulon and Mary discover that not all enemies wear the Union blue.


Rebecca Rode

Numbers Ignite
$.99



Treena and Vance think they’ve escaped the numbers game forever.
They’re wrong.

After Treena’s
disastrous attempt to unite the nation, she has the deaths of hundreds haunting
her dreams. Now, with hatred and accusations following her past the border,
she’s determined to leave that horrible day behind and find a peaceful,
uneventful life with Vance and the settlers. But when she starts seeing
mysterious figures hiding in the abandoned cities at night and uncovers a
strange desert population, she realizes there’s a danger much greater than NORA
to worry about—and she just abandoned her people to their fate.

Vance is a prisoner.
Being rejected by the girl he loves and put on trial for betraying his clan are
bad enough, but now he’s been framed for a crime he never committed. Their
less-than-perfect refuge has become the political game of a madman, and Vance
is the only one who can stop it—if he can keep from being executed first.

Treena and Vance are
still very much in the game, and this time it will take everything they have to
save those they love.
 
  • NUMBERS IGNITE is book two of the Numbers Game saga. Readers who enjoy action-packed sci-fi mystery and romance will love this futuristic thriller from a #1 bestselling author.
  • PRAISE FOR THE NUMBERS GAME SAGA: “Offers new things to the world of YA and there is much to look forward to in the next books.” ~In'DTale Magazine
  • “Gripping, from beginning to end . . . a tale as action-packed as Divergent yet as introspective as The Giver. . . . Sure to be an instant classic in the genre.” –R.J. Craddock, author of The Children of Cain series
  • “Best dystopian fiction I have read since Red Queen!” -Sheri, Reader

Tifani Clark

All is Merri and
Bright
$.99

Merri Wilcox has finally
achieved her greatest dream and opened her own hair salon. Life is bliss until
Brighton Stansbury walks through her door. Growing up, Brighton was behind
every bad thing that happened to Merri. She hasn't seen him since high school
graduation and could have happily continued like that forever.

When a winter storm traps Merri and Brighton together, will
the pair finally learn to get along, or will the Christmas holiday become their
new war zone? 

  

Losing Independence
$.99

Five years ago, Lauren Walker ditched everything—and
everyone—she knew and headed for Nashville with her bags packed and violin case
in tow, ready to conquer her dreams. With the perfect boyfriend, a great
roommate, and a job she’s good at, she believes it’s only a matter of time
before her talents as a musician will finally be discovered and appreciated.

But, just as quickly as they begin, all the good things in
her life come crashing down.

Out of options and money, Lauren returns to the small town
in Utah where she grew up. Living with her parents and working at the same job
she had in high school is hard enough on her ego, but seeing the successes of
people she once considered good friends is even worse. Especially when one of
those friends is her former best friend, Scott McAllister.

Will Lauren completely lose her independence and her mind,
or will she find a way to manage rekindled feelings and still conquer her
dreams?

Connect with Tifani
Clark:
Blog | Facebook | Twitter (@TifaniClark)


Liz Adair

A Kane County
Christmas.
Free

Spider Latham’s first Christmas Eve in Kane County is complicated by a
fouled-up septic system. Then his foster daughter, Amy, decides to recreate the
Bethlehem Star in the sky above his barn. As Spider’s holiday spirit unravels
with each snag in his plumbing solution, Amy’s star works a special Christmas
magic.


  
  



Carolyn Frank

Remembrance
(Book 3 in the Quantum
Faith Effect Series)
$.99

When the Hallelujah
Chorus is banned from his school's Holiday Gala, Josh doesn't want to get
involved and fight the injustice like he usually does. But after book-traveling
through the life of George Frideric Handel in the Literary Loom, Josh has
second thoughts. Those second thoughts grow into a passion as Josh discovers
the mystery behind the quirky new kid at Claremont High, and learns the value
of remembering Christ as he travels through the New Testament. Everywhere he
looks, Christmas seems to be about everything but Christ. He can't change the
world but he can at least bring back the Hallelujah Chorus and help people
remember what Christmas is all about.



Lucinda Whitney

The Secret Life of
Daydreams
$.99

He planned for
everything except her. She's too busy to follow her dreams. But sometimes the
dream you never expected is the one you can't live without.

Six years after a
painful divorce, Josh Conrad is happy traveling the world as a photographer.
When he arrives in Portugal, he plans to complete the assignment as quickly as
possible. What he doesn't plan for is Sofia, the girl he baptized eleven years
earlier on an LDS mission, and soon he's making excuses to prolong his trip.

Sofia Monteiro leads a
structured life in Braga, Portugal, teaching high school by day and caring for
her mother by night. After she reconnects with Josh through mutual friends, the
memory of a failed relationship and her new graduate program are enough reasons
to stay away from him.

As they collaborate on
a project, Josh is wary of repeating his old mistakes and Sofia hesitates to
spend time with an American who's only passing through.

Can two people with
wounded hearts bring themselves to trust their dreams to each other?

The Secret Life of
Daydreams
is a standalone full-length novel set in Braga, Portugal. It’s a
clean and wholesome contemporary LDS romance in the A Love Story From Portugal series.

One Small Chance
$.99

One city of two
million people and only three months to find her. What are his chances?

Isabel Antunes is
content with her life as director of the British Academy in Lisbon. Then she’s
hit by a man on a bike—a man her boss just hired to be her assistant. Despite
Simon Ackerley’s repeated assurances to the contrary, Isabel believes he’s
after her position, but she won’t hand it over without a fight. As if dealing
with him all week is not enough, he shows up at church as well. Her only solace
is in writing to the pen pal she knows as “Elliot”.
Simon Ackerley told
his father that he was moving to Lisbon for the job. But that isn’t the only
reason. Simon is looking for Amélie, the pen pal he’s written for fifteen
years. A woman he knows everything about—except her real name and address.

When the biking
accident reveals that Simon’s prickly co-worker Isabel is the elusive Amélie,
he knows he has to win her trust before he can confess his true identity. If
only he could tell her the actual reason why he’s come, he’s sure Isabel would
treat him differently. But she’s not ready for the truth.

One Small Chance
is a standalone novella set in Lisbon. It’s a clean and wholesome contemporary
LDS romance in the A Love Story From
Portugal
series.


Tristi Pinkston / Amelia C. Adams

Sea of Strangers
by Amelia C. Adams
free

Jeanette Peterson left
behind the man who loves her to go to nursing school in New York, promising to
come back in six months and marry him. His love is the only thing that sees her
through the trials ahead. When the time comes to make the toughest decision of
all, will she choose justice or mercy out of many shades of gray?






Take My Advice
by Tristi Pinkston
$.99

What if the answers to
life aren’t always black and white?

Jill Reed thinks she knows it all, and as the advice columnist for her
high school newspaper, she gets to share her wisdom on a weekly basis. She
handles questions about everything from dating to choosing the right nail
polish, and with the exception of a few bullies, everyone respects her opinion.

But when life throws
her some curves she can't handle, she realizes she knows a whole less than she
thought she did, and she'll need to ask others for their advice so she can make
it through.
 


Lindzee Armstrong

First Love, Second Choice
Free
(audiobook is only $1.99 if you own the Kindle
ebook)

What happens when you impersonate your identical twin sister to score a
date with your long-lost high school crush? Enjoy this delightfully sweet case
of mistaken identity today!


  

  



Mistletoe Match
$.99

A kiss shouldn’t be this complicated. When animal rights activist
Michelle kisses a mystery man underneath the mistletoe at a holiday party,
she's horrified to realize he's the new marketing director of the
pharmaceutical company she's trying to destroy due to their nasty habit of
animal testing. Can one impulsive kiss be the foundation for a happily ever
after? Curl up with this delicious holiday romance today!


   



Terry Deighton

Tweaks: The Beginning
Free

Henry Johnson has a best friend, a crush, a life-long enemy, and no
idea his life is a science project.

In sixth-grade,
average may mean boring, but at least it also means avoiding freakdom. Henry is
all kinds of average—that is before other people’s thoughts start popping into
his head. He thinks he’s going crazy until he discovers he’s one of several
kids with genetically modified abilities, including the school bully. How did
they get tweaked? To unravel the mystery, Henry must face family betrayal, his
parent’s abduction by a greedy scientist, and even becoming frenemies with the
bully. Can the Tweaks use their new abilities to avoid being used as demo
models for the corrupt Dr. Grey’s foreign military buyers?
 

Just Say No-el
$.99

Kelly Yeager can never
seem to say no.

With five children to Christmas shop for, a Sunday School class to
teach, and a cub scout den to lead, she has no time to volunteer at the Seattle
Crèche Festival. Reluctantly, she agrees to help her friend arrange the
nativity displays for one afternoon. Somehow, she ends up working for weeks
under Marilynn, a stern woman who organizes the volunteers like an invading
army and relegates Kelly to the Children’s Room where she can’t break anything.

Unable to say no,
Kelly stays on and on. With each new assignment, she wants to get done and get
out of there, but then nativity pieces start to go missing. Before long, Kelly
wants, more than anything, to solve the mystery and make sure the festival
succeeds, but how will she ever get Christmas ready for her family?


Vicki Hunt Budge

Renewal: Kaylas Story
$.99

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone
deeply gives you courage.
--Lao Tzu

Kayla Morrison, an LDS
young single adult, grew up in an unloving, verbally abusive home. It’s no
wonder she’s skeptical when charming, successful Chris Christensen brings up
love on their first date. Making things worse, her former fiancé shows up later
and claims Chris doesn’t love her.

Meanwhile Kayla’s
father drops the bomb that he’s not her real father. And then he dies, setting
Kayla on an arduous quest to discover who she really is, and if she’s worthy of
anyone’s love.

Along the way she
establishes new friendships and treasures current friends. But will the drama
of her friends and family strengthen her, or will it cause her to withdraw back
to her destructive beginnings?

Renewal is the
continuing story of love and friendship in the Hope and Healing Series. It is a
story of redemption and faith in the Savior, Jesus Christ.


Kate Palmer

Storm
$.99

A stubborn rancher struggles to save her ranch, but it’s her heart
she’s most in danger of losing.

Storm’s ranch is
teetering on the edge of bankruptcy after cattle rustlers strike. When her
part-time ranch hand dies under suspicious circumstances, she concocts a plan
to save her ranch. Now she just needs to convince her reclusive neighbor to be
her business partner.

Dak Hunsaker moved
home after he lost everything when his wife died from cancer. He has finally
saved enough money for a down payment on a house in the city so he can raise
his girls in the cultured environment he promised his wife. When Storm proposes
a business partnership, he refuses. But when she ends up in the hospital and is
on the verge of losing her ranch, Dak steps in to help. And so does Storm’s old
cowboy flame, Taggert.

In jeopardy of losing
the only place that’s ever felt like home, who can Storm trust with her heart?

Snowed Inn
Free

A woman rancher hitches the community’s dreams to her sleigh ride
business and ropes in a heap of trouble for them and her heart.

Jayne Gardner turned
her family’s ranch into the successful Snowed Inn Lodge and Restaurant. After
she learns the community has one month to earn funds needed for a grant, she
donates her company’s sleigh rides for a community fundraiser.

When Jayne’s new
volunteer sleigh driver turns out to be Forrest Hunsaker, the man who left her
three years ago, Jayne sets up three rules to maintain a professional distance
and protect her heart.

When vandals strike
Snowed Inn, Jayne must team up with Forrest to prevent a fundraiser fail. Now
Jayne must decide if breaking all her rules will break her heart. Again.


Jewel Allen

Ghost Moon Night
$.99
also available in audiobook

It was whispered years ago that when a pirate cursed a Philippine
village with langbuan, or flying undead, a boy received a secret that would
protect him from certain death. But even armed with a secret, can anyone
survive the undead for long?

Seventeen-year-old
Antonio Pulido has never known a time when the langbuan didn’t roam the streets
every Ghost Moon Night, killing anyone in their path. He works hard to protect
his family and the girl he loves from the deadly attacks, but he wants them
stopped once and for all. Can Antonio uncover the decades-old secret and will
it help him defeat the langbuan? Or will Ghost Moon Night come again and take
someone he truly cares about? It falls on Antonio to save his village, but time
is running out. The next Ghost Moon Night is nearly here and Antonio knows this
is his last chance to destroy the undead and end their reign of terror -- or
die trying.
 

Soapbox
$.99
Nonfiction/Political Memoir

When a medical waste company tries to relocate to her county, columnist
Jewel Allen never would have guessed it would be the end of one life, and the
beginning of another. Wanting to protect her community, she starts a social
media campaign against the giant incinerator which not only costs her her writing
job, but gives birth to the activist inside. She rallies her neighbors against
the company and the State Legislature bent on invading their land.

As the dust settles
from that battle, she faces an even greater dilemma: The Speaker of the House
and his allies, armed with a million-dollar public relations budget, want to
build a new, water-hogging state prison ten minutes from her home. Equipped
with only her media know-how, Jewel helps her neighbors wage a creative
grassroots campaign to save their town.

In this
more-than-a-memoir, Jewel Allen not only tells her David and Goliath stories,
but shares effective and invaluable secrets and insights to running and winning
a political / grassroots campaign. It answers the questions: What can I do? and
How can I do it? A must-read for anyone looking for motivation, upliftment, and
guidance.


Miranda D Nelson

Healing Hearts
$.99

Joanna Leighton has never
desired a husband. She’s seen what love can do to a person and she refuses to
subject herself to that pain. She’s satisfied to help her uncle, the physician
of Roselund Heights, tend to his patients. When the quiet and secretive Colin
Aldridge moves to town her resolve softens, and she begins to wonder if love is
perhaps worth the pain it inevitably brings. Joanna’s wounds run deep and when
secrets and sorrows arise, she’s tempted to close off her heart forever. Can
she trust Mr. Aldridge enough to risk the pain and give him her heart? Or will
she decide she's better off spending her life alone?





Charlie Pulsipher

The Crystal Bridge
$.99

A novel that spans worlds and genres, breaking rules at every turn.
Imagine Lord of the Rings meets Stargate.

Kaden’s Egg, a shell
of light only he can see, transports him to dangerous distant worlds, but he’s
afraid to use it. It may have saved his life once or twice, but it’s also
failed him just as often. Aren’s sight reaches deep into the souls and memories
of others, exposing more than she ever wanted to see.

When Aren turns her
gift on Kaden, his Egg responds, sending them spiraling across the space
between universes to a world where dragons, mythic creatures, and peculiar gods
dwell. Separated, lost, and alone, these teens must come to grips with their
unique gifts if they ever want to see Earth again.

Back home, a
biotechnology company tinkers with the science of reality, hoping to cure death
itself, but they will awaken something shadowy and powerful, imprisoned in the
void for millennia. This dark being longs to break free and devour everything.
Infinite universes would be consumed, and Kaden and Aren must decide if they
can save more than themselves.

Can they save us all? 

Jo Noelle


Newbie
$.99


The housing market is crashing, and Sophie’s life is crashing with it. At twenty-four, her successful real estate career evaporates. She’s broke, can’t find a job, or pay her bills. At the urging of her roommate, Sophie accepts a job in her fallback career—teaching six-year-olds. She hopes it’s temporary. After all, how long can a tanking economy last anyway? The best part of the new job is Liam, another employee at Rio Grande Elementary. The worst part of the new job is, well, teaching.


Sophie has a surprise real estate closing from a contract she wrote months ago, leading her to a niche in the real estate market and to a new partner, Kevin. Sophie must choose between Liam or Kevin and between a lucrative career or recess duty. 


This new adult, chick lit novel is a sweet romance filled with humor as Sophie navigates her life as a teacher, trying to balance lesson plans and love in the workplace.





All By My Selfie
Free


While on vacation at McLeod Castle in Scotland, Gwen Mackenzie has nightly dreams of an ancient warrior bound by a curse. During the day, she sees Niall, nicknamed #ScottishBoyfriend. Oh, and can that man rock a kilt! As she gets to know him, she realizes that Niall is the warrior from her dreams, cursed to live as a ghost for the past five hundred years, to see life around him but never see, taste, or feel any of it—except Gwen.


This is a 100 page novella in the clean & wholesome category.








Janette Rallison


Son of War - Daughter of Chao
$.99
on sale from November 25 - 30


Aislynn is accustomed to watching for the enemy. Her parents have instructed her from the time she was young to look for people with the signs: greater than normal strength, eyes that sometimes glow green, and the ability to jump long distances. Over the years, Aislynn has come to view her parents' fears as quirks and unfounded paranoia. 


When Aislynn's mother dies under suspicious conditions, her father doubles his restrictions. But all his precautions can't stop the boy with glowing green eyes from finding Aislynn. She realizes too late she's been drafted into an ancient Egyptian war, one where Horus and Set still struggle for control and people aren't who or what they seem to be. Danger will find her, whether she's prepared or not. 


This urban fantasy takes you around the world: from Arizona to Oxford, England, with stops on the snowy peaks of the Arctic and the ancient ruins of Egypt.





Monica Millard


Faceless

$.99


Have you ever experienced that one moment that made you stop and take notice of a person you see every day, but never truly saw before? That’s what happened to me the day Eli Markham walked away from the school bully, instead of fighting.


It wasn’t the first time he’s done this, but it was the first time his eyes found mine in the crowd and held me captive. Now, I can’t get him out of my head and I’m seeing him everywhere.


Problem is, I’m not the only one taking notice of him. Someone, something, has got him in its sights and they want him bad. Bad enough to try to frame him for the murder of the bully he walked away from.


As his alibi for that crime and then another, I’ve stumbled into the crosshairs of the monster that’s after him and losing isn’t an option for it.





Valerie Ipson


Ideal High
$.99


People say it wasn't an accident, so what really happened that night at Ritter's Crossing when a fire at the abandoned cotton gin killed seven students? Or was it eight? Soon the writing on the bathroom wall means it's up to Taryn Young to hurtle past her grief to figure out just what's going on at Ideal High School in this page-turning mystery that confronts bullying and betrayal.














Stacy Lynn Carroll

Shattered Hearts
$.99

Sarah Dunkin’s world shatters when she walks in on her husband’s secret addiction. Thrown into the world of pornography, therapy, and support groups, Sarah must find a way to forgive before she drowns in betrayal and despair. The task before her seems impossible as she struggles to care for their five children on her own. Growing up without religion in her life, Sarah is forced to make difficult choices and finds herself being drawn to a higher power she never understood. But with the help of a mysterious friend, Sarah just might be able to piece back together the life, and the love, she and her husband once shared.







Lisa Swinton


On the Corner of Heartache and Love
$.99


Maren's stuck at the intersection of heartache and love, but happily ever after might be just around the corner.


After three years, Maren Summers is elated to finally have her dream wedding to her dream man, Kevin Bryant. In her sights is the promotion to Weddings she’s worked so hard for at the newspaper. Happily ever after is within her grasp… 


Until Kevin jilts her at the altar, elopes with another woman, and becomes her boss. Devastated by the twisted turn of events Maren moves in with her best friend and notices the not-so-homeless guy on the corner, Zane Whitfield. As his heart-wrenching tale unfolds—his vow to wait a year on the corner for his lost love—Maren sees his compassionate human-interest story as her ticket away from Kevin, weddings, and her heartache. 


But as the New Year approaches, is Maren headed for heartache again if Zane's lost love returns or has time changed more than one heart?





Susan Tietjen


Dragon Unchained
$.99


Lady Theona McArthur thinks opening The Keeper, a forbidden ancient relic, will help her find the love of her life. At least that’s what her dreams tell her. But instead of being shown where this handsome boy with violet eyes lives, she becomes possessed by evil spirits and is imprisoned for violating the laws of Kildaria.


Then rumors of war bring a foreign prince to seek an alliance with Kildaria, and Theona’s shocked that Prince Gideon Seville is the young man of her dreams, the one with the violet eyes.


When Theona is condemned to death for transgressing the law, those evil spirits—the shades of sorcerers long dead—offer her one reprieve. Just learn to use magic she never knew she had to return them, and their two ferocious dragons, to mortality, and they’ll set her free. She has no choice but to comply, but she fears that if the sorcerers don’t destroy her, the lure of magic could. Her chance friendship with Prince Gideon blossoms into the love of a lifetime, but even together, will they have what it takes to beat the odds against evil sorcerers, magical dragons, war, and death?