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Rancho Diablo Western Series Omnibus

May 25, 2020 By eReader Nation

SUDDEN DEATH, HELLFIRE AND GUNSMOKE…

West Texas Army Scout Sam Blaylock rode into the small town of Shooter’s Cross looking for deserters, not trouble. Now Sam is putting down roots with his wife and daughter, and no amount of evil can stand in the way.

Secure in their out-of-the-way stronghold, the proprietors of the criminal enterprises never planned on a man like Sam Blaylock—a man who would face the Devil himself to balance the scales. Sam never backed down from a bad situation.

Rancho Diablo Western Series: Omnibus includes – Shooter’s Cross, Hell On Wheels, The Hold Up, The Matamoros Bull, The Armadillo’s Hole Saloon and Shooter York. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Trouble at Every Turn (A Slim Calhoun, Bull Morrison Western Book 3)

May 24, 2020 By eReader Nation

United States Marshal Bull Morrison and his deputy, Slim Calhoun, are sent to investigate and stop a threat to the new United States Mint in Carson City, Nevada. The alleged threat includes blowing up the mint and both men believe the real threat is an attempt to steal the first delivery of gold and silver coins.

The marshals are hindered in their investigation by a detail of federal treasury agents from the Washington, D.C. area, sent as protection as the mint is built. They bring with them all of the arrogance of the country’s capitol, don’t believe the marshals, and are not prepared for an attempted robbery or explosion…

Attempted escapes, gunfights, chases across the great Nevada desert, even the destruction of the Warm Springs Resort, finally brings everyone to either their death or their capture. $0.99 on Kindle.

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American Brush-Off

May 22, 2020 By eReader Nation

It’s 1942, and Lud Mueller is an All-American boy. He’s got it all—looks, athletic ability, popularity and the sweetest girl between Chicago and New York. Now, the only country he’s ever known has a plan to tear his life to pieces without giving him a fighting chance. Interned in the Texas desert, he and his family become pawns in a secret WWII plan. Out of necessity, he learns brains trump brawn. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Phoenix: By The Sword

May 22, 2020 By eReader Nation

18-year-old Germanic princess, Cassius, witnessed the destruction of her village by the Romans. Now, she is being made to serve a Roman Senator as his slave. During the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in nine A.D., Cassius is forcefully abducted again but this time by an unknown soldier, named Sgt. Banks. Banks tells her that she is the key to his mission, which is to stop the death of millions. And even though Banks has the build and abilities of a Roman soldier, he is not a centurion. In fact, he is not a soldier of her time at all.

Neither Banks nor Cassius foresees that the stress from their journey has the potential of bringing out their previously contained inner demons, but it does. And when they are tested the most, their newfound feelings for each other could be their undoing and mankind’s as well. Free on Kindle.

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Out of the Rabbit Hutch

May 22, 2020 By eReader Nation

This is a story of freedom, risk, and unspoken truths; a time before and after the American Civil War and the eradication of the Aboriginal people in Van Diemen’s Land (today’s Tasmania). Populated by socialites, opium users, slave hunters, and war heroes, the novel chronicles the remarkable tale of a Civil War veteran, unable to speak and still seemingly broken from the war, he is released from a mental asylum and begins his journey. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Whispers Among The Prairie

May 21, 2020 By eReader Nation

Journey across the prairie lands of The American West where you will find adventure, conflict, loyalty, family and romance. Don’t delay. You won’t regret it. Free on Kindle.

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Dearest Mother and Dad

May 21, 2020 By eReader Nation

Corpsman Orrin Connor’s faithful letters with a touching twist shield his parents from the horrors of war. His buddy Rawley Armstrong’s poignant letters give his sister the harrowing truths. $1.99 on Kindle.

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The Crocketts: Western Saga One

May 18, 2020 By eReader Nation

SADDLE UP FOR A NON-STOP RIDE IN VOLUME ONE OF A NEW WESTERN SAGA – FROM THE MAN WHO BROUGHT YOU THE CHANEY BROTHERS WESTERN SERIES.

The Crocketts: Western Saga 1 includes: Trail of Vengeance, Slaughter in Texas, Law of the Rope and The Town That Wouldn’t Die. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Grizzly Killer: Spirit Talkers

May 13, 2020 By eReader Nation

NAMED BEST MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES BY TRUE WEST MAGAZINE, AUTHOR LANE R WARENSKI DELIVERS THE TENTH BOOK OF THE BEST-SELLING SERIES.

Journey through the land of the ancient ones, where spirits still protect the mysterious canyons where they once dwelled, and strange drawings on the rock walls have stood for a thousand years.

Zach Connors, known as Grizzly Killer, travels with his family through the rugged and mysterious canyons where the Anasazi once built their homes high on the cliffs. The year is 1833, and they are going to Taos for the supplies they will need for another year living in the Rocky Mountains.

Before reaching the Taos Valley they face dangers from not only the unforgiving and rugged land, but they must cross the mighty Colorado, Green and San Juan Rivers. They meet a Navajo Spirit Talker that can feel her same powers within Star and Raven Wing. They face dangers from new enemies, and encounter an old and evil nemesis, and must fight alongside Mexican soldiers before trading their plews and starting on the long trek back home. $0.99 on Kindle.

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How Fires End

May 12, 2020 By eReader Nation

A dark secret born out of World War II lies at the heart of a Sicilian American family in this emotional and sweeping saga of guilt, revenge, and, ultimately, redemption. A ”beautiful, mesmerizing” novel (Alexander Chee), that is ”a moving depiction of multigenerational loss and love, grief and gratitude, heartbreak and hope.” (Kirkus Reviews).

How Fires End was a 2020 Connecticut Book Awards finalist and honorable mention and won the 2021 Italian American Studies Association Book Award. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Bridge to Freedom Series

May 7, 2020 By eReader Nation

A lot can happen in ten days.

Beginning in the 1930s, The Bridge to Freedom Series takes a peek, for ten days, into the rich lives of Everett, a Pullman porter and his wife Violet, a domestic day worker. Both jobs, iconic in the Black community for decades, were legacy jobs passed down from parent to child and were among the first paid positions that, at the time, were available to recently freed slaves. Both jobs provided an intimate window into White wealth and culture.

Everett and Violet had been born into close-knit families and were given every advantage available within the confines of a deeply segregated Black community. They were well educated, had impeccable manners, and each had accepted the mantel of service. Join them on their journey as they uncover secrets while they exist only for the convenience of others. $0.99 – $2.99 on Kindle.

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A Winding Trail to Justice (Reluctant Redemption Book 2)

May 5, 2020 By eReader Nation

Zac Trimbell has found himself in Las Vegas, New Mexico where a troubled lady, Claire Maddison, arrives at his ranch seeking help. Claire’s sister and brother-in-law are missing, and all their cattle has been stolen. The sheriff advised Claire that if Zac can’t help, no one can. Trig Mason pushes his way into the search and together the three set out to solve the mystery and return the cattle.

The sister and her husband are located wounded and weary. They are taken back to the ranch while Zac and the others look for the lost cattle. A long ride following the churned up, grassy trail takes them back to the gold country of Colorado.

While Zac continues to struggle with his post-Civil War PTSD, he makes it his mission to help where he is needed and see that justice is done.

Now it’s time for the age-old question, “Is it still well with your soul?” $0.99 on Kindle.

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Living in the Middle

May 1, 2020 By eReader Nation

Wealthy, White, and privileged Jimmy Montgomery discovers he’s been living a lie and travels to Tulsa to uncover his roots. When trouble pits Whites against the Black community of Greenwood, Jimmy realizes he can no longer Live in the Middle. This novel is a stand-alone story of historical fiction. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Jane Digby’s Diary

April 26, 2020 By eReader Nation

Escape to another time and place with delightful Jane Digby. All three volumes of Jane Digby’s Diary are now available on Kindle Unlimited. $2.99 on Kindle.

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False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2)

April 25, 2020 By eReader Nation

Sometimes no father is better than a false father.

In 1898 California, Jake Alderdice comes of age as a shy and contemplative youth who is passionate about art. On vacation in Waxwood, now a fashionable resort town, he meets Harland Stevens, who takes an interest in the young man’s artistic ambitions. Stevens seizes upon the fatherless young man to counsel him toward a path to manhood inspired by Teddy Roosevelt and Thoreau. He introduces Jake to The Order of Actaeon, a secret society built upon Roosevelt’s ideals of masculine virility and virtue.

But the path to maturity is a complex thing in the Gilded Age. Will his journey free him from the Alderdice family illusions, half-truths, and lies that have kept him a child? Or will it lead him into the world of Actaeon, where the hunter becomes the hunted? $0.99 on Kindle.

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Mistress of the Maze

April 17, 2020 By eReader Nation

Rosamund Clifford, one of the most famous royal mistresses of all time—concubine to Henry II, the first Plantagenet King.

A young maiden ruled by a grasping father who will stop at nothing to promote his own cause with the King…even using his daughter’s beautiful face and enticing body to gain high favour.

A fearful girl taken by a mysterious messenger from Godstow nunnery to a Tower surrounded by a grotesque topiary labyrinth, where she must wait for the arrival of the master of the maze—not the Minotaur of ancient Greek myth but the bull-like Plantagenet King Henry. $0.99 on Kindle.

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The Upside of Hunger

April 14, 2020 By eReader Nation

At 15, fleeing from a domineering father yet again, Adam found escape at the military recruitment station in Vienna. From a frozen foxhole on the Eastern Front, where a Russian bullet found its mark, Adam was catapulted into a series of terrifying captures and daring escapes as he crossed war-torn Europe on foot to find his family. Based on a TRUE story, this is an epic tale of love and courage, and a boy’s survival as the world plunged into the darkest days of WW2, and the man he became as a result. $2.99 on Kindle.

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The Munich Girl

April 10, 2020 By eReader Nation

The past may not be done with us. Fifty years after the end of WWII, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her
mother’s confidante — and Hitler’s lover — and finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer $2.99 on Kindle.

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What Did You Do In The War, Sister?

April 9, 2020 By eReader Nation

Based on letters and documents written by Catholic Sisters during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, this book tells the remarkable story of these brave and faithful women, and how they served to resist the German forces.

From running contraband to hiding Jews, from spying for the allies to small acts of sabotage, these courageous women risked their lives to help defeat the Reich.

This is a story that needs to be told. $0.99 on Kindle.

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One Night With Finnbar

April 8, 2020 By eReader Nation

Imagine you go to a party with someone you think you know, but really don’t.
You have a good time; maybe drink a little too much. At the end of the evening your friend takes you back to your place where that night the unthinkable happens to you.
The next morning the police are at your front door. They arrest you because a dead body was found in your trash can.
Not so hard to imagine, right? It could happen to anyone.
It happened to Finnbar 250 years ago.

TIMELESS and COMPELLING — One Night With Finnbar is a historical drama set in 1767. This richly woven tale of treachery, blackmail, and murder exposes the grotesque realities of life in 18th century London in a way that can never be forgotten.
$0.99 on Kindle.

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Gunslinger: Killer’s Brand

April 7, 2020 By eReader Nation

Shortly after finding a murdered man with a strange brand on his forehead, Connor and Abby Mack, along with their mentor, River Hicks, come to the aid of a black settler being menaced by a band of gunmen.

Upon arrival in town to report the murder and the incident, they’re confronted by a powerful rancher and his four sons, who have aspirations of taking over the entire territory. The beleaguered sheriff is of little help. The settler is charged with the branded man’s murder and is also accused of being the leader of a band of masked killers, known as the Phantom Riders, who have been terrorizing the countryside.

Drawn into the web of deceit, Connor, Abby, and Hicks start their own investigation, but they’re unaware that the three of them are being stalked by a cold-blooded assassin who specializes in long-range killing. Battling against overwhelming odds the trio engages in a desperate struggle to uncover the truth behind the killer’s brand. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Lost Child

April 4, 2020 By eReader Nation

A baby girl abandoned at birth and raised in an orphanage is sent to the mid-west on an orphan train. Unwanted and unloved, she goes against all the odds to fight for survival. A story of female triumph and perseverance. How did she survive? Free on Kindle.

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My Fair Lady

April 4, 2020 By eReader Nation

A beautiful young girl who always desired to be a Queen….and became one. Wed to a weak King, she still honored him as a loving husband who cherished his family. This was Eleanor’s tumultuous world in the 13th century. With Henry’s power slipping and the powerful Baron, Simon de Montfort, rising against his rule, Eleanor must protect all she holds dear. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Maid of Baikal

April 1, 2020 By eReader Nation

What if a Siberian Joan of Arc had rescued the White Armies at a critical point of the Russian Civil War? MAID OF BAIKAL offers an alternative outcome to that war through the intervention of Zhanna Dorokhina, a young woman from the shores of Siberia’s Lake Baikal. Free on Kindle.

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Lessons From My Mother’s Life

March 30, 2020 By eReader Nation

It was the 1950s. The war was over and women could go back to being happy housewives. But did they really want to?

Women should have been contented to live a Leave it to Beaver life in the mid-20th century. They should have been fulfilled. Women’s magazines told them so. Advertisers told them so. Doctors and psychologists told them so. Some were. But some weren’t.

In the 1950s, women were sold a bill of goods about who they were and who they should be as women. Some bought it. But some didn’t.

These five stories are about the women who didn’t.

A teenage bride sees her future mirrored in Circe’s twisted face. A woman’s tragic life serves as a warning about the dangers of too much maternal devotion. And the lives of two women intersect during two birthday parties, changing both of them. These and other moving tales of strength, discovery, and hope are about our mothers and grandmothers and the lessons their lives have to teach us. $0.99 on Kindle.