When they reported that there was a bear in town, I was cool with that. He comes every year and moves on pretty quickly. The mountain lion in the creek by my house was a bit concerning, but I don’t hang out in the creek, so I didn’t pay much mind to it. BUT!!! When fishermen report that a 7 foot long alligator or crocodile has been spotted near the Sacramento river, I lose my mind. Those things are freshwater great white sharks that ACTUALLY come up on land. I was pretty nervous when I was in Florida a few weeks ago. I moved pretty fast past any bodies of water. I was so relieved when I came home and that stress was gone. Did it follow me back? Is this my fault?

Flight Before Dawn: A Novel of Courage in the French Resistance in WW2
by Megan Easley-Walsh
4.1 Stars (145 Reviews)
Genre: Historical Fiction | Mystery

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Leading a chapter of the French Resistance is the biggest secret of her life, until a stranger appears on her doorstep bringing love and a 25-year-old mystery, with her at its heart.

Victoire yearns for France’s freedom from the Nazis. Her life in the Resistance is all the more dangerous because she’s not a solider, but a leader. Caution is her motto; her currency: secrets.

When Leal arrives on her doorstep, he’s dejected and poor from the war. But there’s something about him that Victoire can’t shake. He seems trustworthy but maybe she’s blinded by the passion.

As D-Day approaches, the stakes are higher than ever. The last thing that Victoire has time for is betrayal. Until it happens. Then everything is about survival.

France hangs in the balance, and Victoire is trapped in a twenty-five-year-old secret. If Victoire can’t figure out who to trust, everything will implode… or explode.

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Landin’ in Trouble: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (Creekville Kisses Too)
by Brittany Larsen
4.3 Stars (155 Reviews)
Genre: Romance | Literature & Fiction

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One woman is about to ruin everything.

They call me Landon-In-Trouble for a reason. I think it has something to do with my dimples and ability to charm my way out of anything. And if causing a little trouble grabs the attention of a beautiful woman, even better. The spotlight and I are old friends and perfect partners.

That is, until Brynn Foster dances her way into my life and my heart. She’s stunning and everything I never knew I wanted — grounded, down-to-earth, good with kids. She has this ability to see right through my usual crap to the dark secrets beneath. But that’s just the problem–although my charm may have won her over once, it won’t be enough to keep her. She already gave up a career in the spotlight. There’s no way she’s going to compete with my need to still be in it, whether I have dimples or not.

So it’s time for an impossible choice: the life I always craved or the woman who’s unexpectedly stolen my heart.

Landin’ in Trouble is a sweet and sizzling closed-door romcom that will have you laughing out loud. It also includes the sensitive topic of disordered eating. Please be aware should this be a triggering subject for you.

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Southsiders – That’s All Right: Jesse Garon #1
by Nigel Bird, Allan Guthrie
4.0 Stars (135 Reviews)
Genre: Crime Fiction

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Ray Spalding’s had enough of his wife, Paula. He’s left his home in Edinburgh’s Southside and headed for Belfast. It’s safer there.

Unknown to Ray, Paula’s also had enough of him. She’s not going back home. Not now, not ever.

Jesse Spalding wakes up one morning to find both his parents gone. And he can’t tell anyone or he’ll be taken into care.

As time passes and bills need paying, all Jesse can rely on are his wits, his friend Archie and his dad’s 1950s record collection.

Southsiders is a powerful short novel that follows the spiralling fortunes of Ray and Jesse, pushing father and son to their limits while they struggle against the odds in the darker shadows of two of Britain’s capital cities.

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The Gull: and other short tales of horror
by David Turton
4.0 Stars (163 Reviews)
Genre: Horror

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British horror author David Turton spins three short tales of terror, to keep you awake during the cold, dark nights.

The Gull tells the tale of an alcoholic novelist who, in a desperate attempt to overcome writers block, stays on a remote Scottish island. The island’s solitude is both a blessing and a curse, as a violent gull decides to make him unwelcome in the most horrific of ways.

The Demon’s Stare is a story about a dying man, overcome with fear about the demon sitting at the foot of his hospice bed. The man revisits his past as he tries to work out what the demon wants.

The Room of the Mad Nun is a haunted house story. Blake Baxter visits an old Nunnery that has been converted to a hotel, as part of his television series The Hotel Healer. Blake stays in the legendary Room of the Mad Nun and soon realises he has stepped into the stuff of his worst nightmares.

*The short story collection also includes a bonus look inside Turton’s upcoming post-apocalyptic novel The Malaise*

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Barkview Mysteries, VOL. 1-3: A dog-Lover’s mystery series
by C.B. Wilson
4.2 Stars (64 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery

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THREE DOG-FRIENDLY COZIES
THAT’LL MAKE YOU LAUGH

It’s a perfect job for the right person in the wrong place: she’s a cat lady and her name’s even Cat, yet here she is, working for cable station KDOG in a place called Barkview, the dog-friendliest town in America, and also home to deadly rivalries – political, culinary, treasure-hunting, and, as always and everywhere, romantic.

Cozy fans will fall in love with Barkview and reporter sleuth Cat Wright, as author Wilson weaves her clever way through these delightful small-town mysteries, scattering verbal treats and comic gems that’ll keep you chuckling.

Bonus: In every book, Cat has a canine sidekick.

Cavaliered to Death
Feline-lover Cat can almost handle dogs, but she finds the delicate balance disrupted when dog show week turns the quaint seaside town dog-eat-dog. Two opposing Cavalier King Charles Spaniels disappear and the mayor’s wife is murdered. Then things get really ruff when the Cavaliers are found in her aunt’s kennel.

Bichoned to Death
An award-winning, dog-loving chef should’ve fit in perfectly in the dog friendliest city in America. But murder strikes on the set of Cat Wright’s hit cable show, Fido’s Food Fest, and what was once a simple rivalry turns into a dog fight. With her star chef under arrest, Cat has to paws the show till she can prove her innocence.

Shepherded to Death
Until her owner was shot with a poison dart, Gem was the beloved pet of Barkview’s toniest jeweler and his wife. But now the widow has to go into protective custody (she and her husband were in the witness protection program), so she begs Cat to take charge of the stiflingly protective shepherd till the murder’s solved. She knows full well that Gem will help her solve the murder because she also knows something no one else does: Gem can identify the murderer.

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A Life In A Moment
by Stefanos Livos
4.0 Stars (67 Reviews)
Genre: Teen & Young Adult | Drama & Plays

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‘Never look back; you may only find what you left or let you go,’ she told him one day. Now, though, it’s different.

Vassilis has only a moment to reminisce all about his life: his childhood in Greece, the big family secret, the life-changing betrayal, the long train journey, the birth of a child, his new start in London, his ravishing love affair…

No matter how long this narration may take, in reality it only lasts for a moment. Is it enough to encapsulate a whole life?

A story about passion, love, solitude and betrayal. A novella about fate’s strange games and life’s unexpected turnovers. A book about the people’s journey to a destination that becomes very different to the one initially set.

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Bad Day in Dirtwood (Ethan Craig Book 1)
by I. J. Parnham
3.6 Stars (22 Reviews)
Genre: Men’s Adventure | Action & Adventure | Westerns

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When Luke McCoy killed his first man, the townsfolk of Dirtwood formed a posse, arrested him and threw him into Beaver Ridge jail to rot. For seven long years Luke plotted his revenge and then he finally managed to escape. Now he could act out his vengeance!

But when he rides into Dirtwood, the town is already in the grip of fear. Josh Carter and his ruthless outlaw gang have taken over the town and only Luke’s childhood friend, Ethan Craig, has the courage to stand up to them.

Luke readily adds to Dirtwood’s woes, but as the lead flies and the bodies mount, can an old friendship offer a man as murderous as Luke one last chance of redemption?

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