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Day of the Long Knives

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Submitted: Feb 15, 2023

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Thriller

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How do you bring down a President who will stop at nothing to stay in power? Olympic hero turned peace campaigner Ruslan Shanidza sets out on his most ambitious undertaking, leading a campaign to unseat the brutal strongman who rules his post-communist homeland. He assembles a fractious coalition of rivals and former enemies. But they must confront some very dangerous people: men who can never allow their grip on power to slip because they have blood on their hands. The conflict...

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Just One Look

by Joanne Easley

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Submitted: Oct 6, 2022

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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In 1965 Chicago, thirteen-year-old Dani Marek declares she’s in love, and you best believe it. This is no crush, and for six blissful years she fills her hope chest with linens, dinnerware, and dreams of an idyllic future with John. When he is killed in action in Viet Nam, Dani’s world shatters. She launches a one-woman vendetta against the men she seeks out in Rush Street’s singles bars. Her goal: break as many hearts as she can. Dani’s ill-conceived vengeance leads her...

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Sweet Jane

by Joanne Easley

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Submitted: Oct 6, 2022

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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A drunken mother makes childhood ugly. Jane runs away at sixteen, determined to leave her fraught upbringing in the rearview. Vowing never to return, she hitchhikes to California, right on time for the Summer of Love. Seventeen years later, she looks good on paper: married, grad school, sober, but her carefully constructed life is crumbling. When Mama dies, Jane returns for the funeral, leaving her husband in the dark about her history. Seeing her childhood home and significant people from her...

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Where Buzzards Dare

by Matthew Cole

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Submitted: May 25, 2022

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Genres: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Westerns

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When the town sheriff of Pagosa Springs goes missing, his wife contacts Oliver Kross’ O.K. Detective Agency in Denver, Colorado, with instructions to find him. Kross puts Linus Sutton—one of his best operatives—on the case. Buzzards wheeling high over the nearby river eventually point Linus in the right direction, but when he finds the sheriff’s body, it’s missing one important thing—its head! Who killed the sheriff, and where was he for the nearly two...

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A Long Night of Chaos

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Submitted: Oct 12, 2021

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Thriller

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Can one man stop a war? In the vacuum left by the collapse of Communism, long-suppressed national rivalries are poised to wreak havoc. A leading Communist contacts Olympic athlete Ruslan Shanidza and begs him to return to his newly-independent homeland and use his popularity among all ethnic groups to halt the slide to civil war. So begins a fraught peace mission that takes Ruslan deep into the conflict zone. But how far can he trust his Communist ally? What is his real agenda? And...

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The Price of Dreams

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Submitted: Oct 11, 2021

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Thriller

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He can throw away his future or he can betray his principles and the people he loves. That is the stark choice faced by Ruslan Shanidza, an athlete from the southern fringes of the Soviet Union. He dreams of Olympic glory but despises the ruling Communists and longs for independence from Russia. Something has to give, especially after a fight with the son of a leading Party member brings him to the attention of the secret police. Set in the final decade of the Cold War, this political...

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Speed Bump

by Barbara Avon

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Submitted: May 6, 2021

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Genres: Horror

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Some people believe that dead people walk among us. Sometimes, they even stay for a chat. Tony is a trucker. It's Christmas Eve and he has one last load to deliver. If he can overcome a few...speed bumps along the way. Join Tony as he makes his way from Toronto to Ottawa. He's riding a dangerous road on only a few hour's sleep. He'll need to get some rest at Owl Eyes Motel run by the eccentric Milton. Next, he meets Grace at "Dad's Diner", a woman whose dead...

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Michael's Choice

by Barbara Avon

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Submitted: May 6, 2021

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance, Suspense

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Michael Rossi is back! After the death of Ottawa's first serial killer, things in the city are just getting back to normal. The city's imposed curfew has been lifted, the nervous energy in the air has started to dissipate and demolition has begun on Hayden's Amusement Park. After suffering at the hand of Stevie Phelps, and putting the pieces of their lives back together, Michael and Nicole Rossi are living the dream. Business at Michael's Place is booming, their daughter,...

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Fateful Decisions

by Trevor D'Silva

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Submitted: Sep 5, 2020

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Genres: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Romance

Book Type:Print & Digital

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It’s 1915 in the heat of WWI. Two friends heading to England aboard the British ocean liner, RMS Lusitania, meet and fall in love with a charismatic woman. After battling for her affection, Rachel Williams makes her decision, beginning a journey that no one can predict or soon forget. For the next 30 years, Rachel is forced to live with the choice she made, as the dominoes fall around her, sequentially. Is there a sinister force at work? Who can Rachel trust? Will Rachel ultimately...

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A Bloody Hot Summer

by Trevor D'Silva

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Submitted: Sep 5, 2020

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Genres: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Mystery

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It’s 1927 and Great Britain is sweltering in an unprecedented heatwave. On the morning after her eightieth birthday party, Lady Fitzhugh is discovered bound and butchered in her bed, with her family and staff the prime suspects… Whilst holidaying at nearby Meadowford Village, Detective Dermot Carlyle is asked to help investigate the brutal murder. The clues all point to a robbery gone wrong, but Dermot suspects that there is more to the horrific crime. The Fitzhughs’...

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