Stephen Detals’ 39th birthday looms, and with it, the weight of his family’s deadly legacy. Battling addiction and suicidal tendencies, Stephen returns to his hometown to face the matriarch and alleged murderer, Rose Petal Detals, and uncover long-buried family secrets. In this gripping novel, Sojka exposes his own darkest secrets and delves into the mysteries of 39, creating a haunting and unforgettable tale. Free on Kindle.
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A mother becomes increasingly at odds with her local community when she tries to deal with the bullying of her daughter at school. When one of the schoolboys responsible goes missing, under suspicion, she will have to find out the truth of what happened to him to keep her family together. Free on Kindle.
Where No Man Pursueth
Young Ray Elliott comes of age in the South during segregation enforced by Jim Crow laws. The murder of a leading citizen presents him a series of fateful decisions, turning a hard scrabble farmer’s future like a kaleidoscope. He makes a fateful promise to protect a fugitive from lynching, whatever the cost.
Meanwhile, bank president Richard Watersong uses the distraction of his father-in-law’s murder to embezzle money and abscond to Cuba with a pregnant girl named Queen. His disgraced wife Eleanor raises their children and rebuilds the bank. She asks Ray Elliott-now a Texas Ranger-to find her husband, throwing herself at the lawman, but shame over his deceit drives him from her.
The failed paths of these characters’ broken lives bring them together decades later to contest ownership of two hundred acres in the heart of the Great East Texas Oilfield. Cross-examination in a climatic courtroom confrontation unveils the true murderer, but the genuine challenge is whether any of the characters can put the pieces of their lives together to achieve redemption. $0.99 on Kindle.
Table 13
They seemed like such a nice couple. It was a typical evening at the restaurant. But when psychopaths show up for dinner, “typical” dies.
The lovely, attractive couple seated at table 13 is not what they seem. They have a dark past and some even darker plans for Hank.
Can he stop them before it’s too late? Can Hank survive their twisted agenda? $2.99 on Kindle.
This Guy Walks Into a Bar
Free: Taylor Texas Mysteries
Nurse Christie Taylor’s ready for a break from her stressful job. Moving home to Comfort, Texas Christie realizes that death has followed her. If you like your mysteries with good down-home values and characters that remind you of your family or friends, check out the Taylor Texas mysteries. Clean, cozy mystery series with a pie-baking, horse-riding amateur sleuth in the Texas Hill Country. Each book includes a pie recipe. Don’t read hungry!
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Free: Lost in Laos
Rose Hawthorne is a celebrity author with a penchant for Hermes scarves and old Colonial hotels. She also loves solving mysteries and sharing her discoveries with her readers.
When a mysterious letter from her past arrives unexpectantly, she sets off with her daughter and granddaughter to uncover the secrets of an ancient artifact. Together they travel to Laos and Cambodia and discover more about a strange triskelion symbol; a symbol never before seen in Cambodia.
Aided by a charismatic professor and a troubled ex-husband, they find themselves in a remote jungle area faced with more danger than they could have possibly imagined.
As Rose navigates the challenges of her own mortality, her daughter Holly must confront demons of her own. Together the family embarks on an adventure that will challenge their beliefs, test their limits, and ultimately, unite them in unexpected ways. Free on Kindle.
KILL NOTICE: The Bowers Thriller Series (A Bowers Thriller Book 1)
DC’s psychopathic killer just singled out the only detective with the skills to outmatch his twisted game. “Devious, fast-paced and packed with relatable characters.” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Dogs of War.
A new kind of hero emerges on the streets of Washington. Kate Bowers is gritty, compassionate, and deadly. Her battle scars constantly remind her of the friends she lost in combat. Now one of DC’s top homicide detectives, she seeks justice for victims and a little redemption by hunting down a sadistic killer obsessed with capturing her attention. When he taunts Bowers by leaving buttons from his victims on her doorstep, she refuses to rest until she can end his murderous rampage. With a rising body count, Bowers joins forces with her best friend and colleague, Special Agent Riggs, and puts her formidable covert skills to the ultimate test. As her own friends become targets, even this seasoned veteran is disturbed by just how far this psychopath will go to impress her. Buy Kill Notice to join the white-knuckle manhunt for DC’s most brutal predator today! $0.99 on Kindle.
Harem Academy: The Reluctant Hero
I never wanted this kind of power.
But fate, luck, or twist of fortune has put me at the center of…
Well, I’m not exactly sure, but I think it’s going to change the world.
My three beautiful college classmates know more than they’re saying, and I think they hate how much they like me. They’re the key to surviving, and it’s going to take everything I’ve got to handle them.
But it turns out that I’ve got some secrets, too.
The EvoAngel
Pocketful of Rainbows
Goldfeeder
Inspired by true events, this novel introduces you to the scion of one of the richest people in Eastern Europe.
An exciting thriller that immerses you in the lives of the wealthy and well-known, the world of fashion and crime, revealing the hidden truth of the situation in the countries beyond the Iron Curtain.
A story of the transition in a former communist republic through the prism of a human destiny. And what a destiny…
The main character falls victim to kidnappers. Shortly after he’s freed, he learns the shocking truth about the woman he loves. The unexpected turns in his life trigger his rebellion against the dominating figure of his father, and he launches a battle for his independence.
A thriller that transcends borders – Sofia, Dubai, Monaco, London, and the Italian mafia town of Cuore Nero are the stages for his experiences. One of the most influential Italian crime organizations becomes his ally in order to take advantage of the corruption and fragile banking system in the Balkans and create a money laundering scheme on an unprecedented scale.
Money, vanity, and sex become the young millionaire’s priorities, and drugs and alcohol – the salves for his wounds.
Will he save his soul by heeding the Eastern spiritual teaching that appears in his path, or will he leap into the abyss…
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When a toddler goes missing from the family home, the police and community come out in force to find her. However, with few traces found after an extensive search, DI Winter Meadows fears the child has been abducted. But someone knows something, and when a man is found dead, the race is on to solve the puzzle. Free on Kindle.
Familiar Whispers
It should have perished in the fire. Instead, she’s being stalked by evil.
Anna still suffers from the traumas of her childhood. She takes solace from fond memories of an imaginary friend who helped guard her mind from the horrors. But when a worried voice whispers increasingly persistent warnings in her head, she fears pain is set to return with a vengeance.
Unnerved by dark threats to her own daughter, Anna rips away the carefully constructed lies in a desperate search for the truth. And as the curse that’s plagued her family for generations rears its head, the terrifying reality of her make-believe companion shatters her world forever.
Can she trust the wounded voice or is it the ugly source of all her nightmares?
Familiar Whispers is the chilling first book in the Not Safe at Home series. If you enjoy twisted tales of defeated demons, haunted houses, and psychic sisters, you’ll love May Black’s paranormal domestic thriller.
Buy Familiar Whispers to break down the barriers today.
This book was previously published as Evil Follows. Only the cover, title, and pen name have changed.
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BLOOD OF THE WOLF
Falling Empires
In back rooms around the world…
…powerful people gather.
Will they decide the next U.S. election?
From the first page, the intrigue unfurls into a web of strategy, ideology, and tactics which will be played out on a global stage. Cloaked in secrecy, an ancient organization has plans designed to remake the world. $0.99 on Kindle.
Immortal North
For fans of Cormac McCarthy and Ernest Hemingway comes a completed duology that Book Sirens calls “Five Stars. Heartbreakingly beautiful, raw and enchanting.” A father raises his boy in the isolated north. But for those lands and minds with an unsettled past, other dangers may lurk the woods where father and son hunt the timber.
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The Venus Intercept: Tzintzuntzan: How aliens contacted the USSR in 1966
Advanced beings on or near Venus contacted the early Soviet Venera 3 probe before it went silent and crashed on the planet in 1966, according to Soviet documents from the 1960s and 70s just released by author V.S. Marlowe in THE VENUS INTERCEPT: TZINTZUNTZAN — a sequel to his visionary 2019 book THE SERPENT’S THRONE. The leaked documents point to ancient Mexico and the possibility that alien knowledge was shared with the Soviets and with ancient Mexican cultures. With this backdrop, protagonist energy trader Brice Foster is sent back to Mexico to try and corroborate the document leak, and to search for Russian agent and scientist Tatiana Borisova who appears to be the key to it all. Buy the Amazon Kindle version of THE VENUS INTERCEPT at https://tinyurl.com/2duz77f3. Call VS Marlowe at +1 347 509 4221 or by email at [email protected]. $9.99 on Kindle.
Detective McKnight – Deadly Engagement: By Deezign Mysteries Book 1
A murdered private detective. A prestigious law firm. Too many secrets to count…
Detective Sean McKnight has seen it all in his ten years sleuthing. But nothing can prepare him for the suspenseful twists and turns of his new case involving a confident, determined woman requiring his help.
Morgan Waters is a popular and prominent attorney at a top law firm. She’s in the hospital after discovering a murdered private investigator at her cozy engagement party. The last thing she remembers before blacking out: her fiancé standing over the dead body before trying to kill her. $0.99 on Kindle.
Like Sweet Buttermilk
Family therapist Naomi Alexander has a no-nonsense approach to everything—except her personal life. Still in mourning for her murdered husband, she shares a shameful secret with her twenty-year-old daughter. And for the first time in a long time, she has an intriguing case. Richard Phillips is leading what seems to be a comfortable home-life with his wife, Vivian, and their daughter. But Viv reveals that she’s seeing someone else—and Rick’s determination to make things right again leads him down a disastrous path, changing him from a boring suburban husband into a spontaneous man with an intense adventurous edge. Through therapy with Dr. Alexander, Rick and Viv attempt to salvage their marriage and find renewed passion for each other. Naomi, however, knows that all is not as it seems. She fears Viv may be in danger—from the one person she trusts most. In this suspenseful story, a therapist seeks to help a couple overcome the obstacles of betrayal and deception and regain their love for each other. $0.99 on Kindle.
Avenger of Blood
How do you go from poster child of All-American-Girl-Next-Door to Calculating-Killer-on-a-Murderous-Rampage? Try discovering a houseful of your family’s bloody corpses.
Anna Croix’s life was perfect, until suddenly it wasn’t.
Amazing family? Check. Doting Fiancé? Check. The career she’s always wanted? Almost check. And then there was nothing …
Nothing but a gaping hole longing to be filled. Question is, does she fill it with peace and acceptance or bitterness and a burning drive for revenge?
The latter, of course. Because it’s not every day your entire family gets slaughtered.
But first, she needs to know why … and by whom.
Then there’s the issue of finding them and what to do once she has.
Will she really be able to commit murder?
Most definitely.
Not a problem.
Her problem is knowing when to stop.
Death Before War
WHEN REVENGE IS NOT ENOUGH… After the murder of their beloved battalion commander, two Marines are forced to confront their heartbreaking pasts while scouring the jungle in search of the killer. Their search is haunted by a Japanese soldier running the jungles, refusing to surrender. Along the way, both confront their buried, pent-up emotions through forgiveness and love: one through the love of a Filipino woman and the other through coming to grips with the truth of his father’s suicide.
Set on a Philippine Island in early 1965 prior to the Marines shipping off to fight in Vietnam, this story deals with powerful themes of physical and emotional trauma, abuse, and toxic masculinity within the American military. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Southern Ghost Hunter Series: 5th Anniversary Special Edition: Stories 1-3
New York Times bestseller Angie Fox celebrates 5 years of the Southern Ghost Hunter series with a limited edition boxed set of the first three stories in the series, along with never-before-seen additional content, including deleted scenes, original art, an inside look at the characters, and a behind-the-scenes peek at how the series came together. Free on Kindle.