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  • Viper's Dream

    A Novel

    by Jake Lamar ...
    **WINNER OF THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD 2024!For fans of Colson Whitehead and Wild Women and the Blues, Viper's Dream is a gritty, daring look at the vibrant jazz scene of midcentury Harlem, and one man’s dreams of making it big and finding love in a world that wants to keep him down.**Harlem, 1936. Clyde “The Viper” Morton boards a train from Alabama to Harlem to chase his dreams of being a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Rendezvous Eighteenth

    A Novel

    by Jake Lamar ...
    Series Book 1 - American Mysteries in Paris
    Rendezvous Eighteenth marks the emergence of an exciting voice in crime fiction. Ricky Jenks gave up life in the U.S. years ago and is content, if not happy, with his life as a piano player in a small café in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. He has many friends among the other African-Americans living in Paris and is happily, if casually, involved with a French Muslim woman.But then ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Ghosts of Saint-Michel

    A Novel

    by Jake Lamar ...
    Series Book 2 - American Mysteries in Paris
    Marva Dobbs has a life most people would envy. An American who has lived in Paris for most of her adult life, she runs a popular African-American soul food restaurant, and her thirty-year marriage has produced a beautiful grown-up daughter. So why is she jeopardizing everything for a fling with her sous-chef, a mysterious twenty-eight-year-old Algerian man named Hassan?Marva begins to ask herself ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    Viper's Dream

    by Jake Lamar ...
    Narrated by Leon Nixon ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 10 min

    Harlem, 1936. Clyde “The Viper” Morton boards a train from Alabama to Harlem to chase his dreams of being a jazz musician. When his talent fails him, he becomes caught up in the dangerous underbelly of Harlem’s drug trade, leaving him to decide what he's willing to give up and what he wants to fight for. A heartbreaking and fast-paced story charged with suspense, this stark look at Viper’s Black ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • Hot Blooded

    by Lisa Jackson ...
    Series Book 1 - A Bentz/Montoya Novel
    A cunning serial killer torments a New Orleans radio host in this thriller series debut by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Afraid to Die.A prostitute lies strangled in a seedy French Quarter hotel room. Miles away, in a rambling plantation house on Lake Ponchartrain, late-night radio host Dr. Samantha Leeds receives a threatening crank call. But who would think to link the two?As more ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Sheik's Intimate Proposition

    by Elizabeth Lennox ...
    Sabrina’s life is hard work. When she’s not performing her myriad duties as The Gregorio Hotel’s youngest Assistant Manager, she’s working on her law degree at Georgetown University. There’s little time (or money) for leisure, but that’s okay with her. Sabrina is driven to succeed despite her disadvantaged upbringing. When a new VIP checks in to the hotel’s ridiculously extravagant and expensive ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • I Can Only Imagine

    The Rest of the Story

    by Karen Kingsbury ...
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Baxter Family novels shares a short, inspiring story about her family and the importance of faith.I Can Only Imagine is the first e-short in Karen Kingsbury's The Rest of the Story series. In it, Karen shares personal anecdotes about herself and her family, highlighted by her relationship with her late brother Dave. With heartfelt grace, she ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds #1

    by David A. Adler ...
    Illustrated by Susanna Natti ...
    Series Book 1 - Cam Jansen
    No mystery is too great for super-sleuth Cam Jansen and her amazing photographic memory!Can Cam help catch the diamond thief? Cam and her friend Eric are sitting at the mall when the jewelry store is robbed. Cam sees the thief, but the police arrest the wrong person. Now it's up to Cam to catch the real criminal!The Cam Jansen books are perfect for young readers who are making the transition to ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Madison Square Murders

    by C.S. Poe ...
    Series Book 1 - Memento Mori
    Everett Larkin works for the Cold Case Squad: an elite—if understaffed and overworked—group of detectives who solve the forgotten deaths of New York City. Larkin is different from others, but his deduction skills are unmatched and his memory for minute details is unparalleled.So when a spring thunderstorm uproots a tree in Madison Square Park, unearthing a crate with human remains inside, the best ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dead But Not Forgotten

    Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse

    by Charlaine Harris, Toni L.P. Kelner ...
    Series series Sookie Stackhouse
    Charlaine Harris’ #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels are a cultural phenomenon, spawning a blockbuster TV show and enthralling millions of devoted fans around the world.Here, Harris and co-editor Toni L.P. Kelner invite a cadre of authors to delve deeper into the shadows of Bon Temps with fifteen short stories set in the world of Sookie Stackhouse ranging from the dramatic to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In From the Cold

    by Deborah Ellis ...
    Series series Good Reads
    This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Rose and her daughter Hazel are on the run in a big city. During the day, Rose and Hazel live in a shack hidden in the bushes. At night, they look for food in garbage bins. In the summer, living in the shack was like an adventure for Hazel. But now, winter is ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • In Darkness Series: Books 1, 2 and 3

    by Heather Sunseri ...
    The FBI has zeroed in on one suspect in the latest domestic terrorist attack—Declan O’Roark. Now they’ve assigned Special Agent Brooke Fairfax, still reeling from the loss of her husband, to get closer to the stunning and sophisticated international mogul. Can she find the real killer, or is she falling under the spell of a man capable of mass murder?Exposed in Darkness is the first book in a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD