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Snow Ridge Mysteries, The Complete Series: A Small Town Murder Mystery Box Set

Author: Lee, Emma

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Cozy Mystery

From Book 1: After her painful and heartbreaking divorce, Bonnie Mayberry thought her life was over. The numbness, the disbelief in what had happened and the fear of what would come next ensured that her every thought was tinged with doubt. 💔 Hoping for a fresh start, she’s packed up, said her goodbyes and moved to the small town of Snow Ridge, New Hampshire.

Settling down in an old, renovated farmhouse 🏡, she plans to focus on the simple things in life. And, in time, she is determined to get back to some semblance of normalcy. But, apparently, that is not going to happen any time soon…

The young girl at the local bookstore Bonnie frequents has been murdered. 📚 She was one of the few with whom Bonnie has become friendly during her short time in town. And whether it’s her mysterious past, her reserved nature or simply the relative ease in pinning the blame on the outsider, the police have Bonnie at the top of their list of suspects.

Now, if she wishes to avoid a prison sentence for a crime she didn’t commit, it appears as if Bonnie is going to have to prove her own innocence. In doing so, she’ll uncover a crooked politician, unveil a hidden monster and unearth a web of secrets & lies that certain residents of the town have spent their lives concealing. And, with a little luck, she may just survive long enough to clear her good name. ✨

What caught my attention: Emma Lee has built a devoted following in the cozy mystery community with her Snow Ridge series, which Goodreads readers have rated at nearly 4 stars across over 1,600 ratings. Published through McGovern Books, this complete five-book box set delivers exactly what cozy mystery fans crave: a relatable protagonist starting fresh, a small-town setting full of secrets, and twists that keep you guessing. Perfect for readers who enjoy the quirky small-town atmospheres of Carolyn Haines or Jenn McKinlay, this series blends Christian themes with page-turning mysteries—readers describe it as “one of the most complicated cosy mysteries” they’ve encountered, with plots that tackle everything from corrupt politicians to missing persons cases. If you love amateur sleuths who find themselves reluctantly drawn into murder investigations, and you appreciate clean reads with heart and humor, this is your next binge-worthy series.

Horror From Below Boxed Set 1-3

Author: Sawyer, JT

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Humorous Science Fiction, Zombie Thriller

From Book 1: When a bizarre string of unusual corpses washes up on the beaches of San Diego during Halloween week 🎃, Detective Lindsey Brant requires more than her usual set of skills to solve the mystery.

Joining forces with horror writer James Archer ✍️, the two will have to survive a scourge of undead, international killers, unscrupulous reporters, and rogue spies if they’re to unravel the long-buried mystery of a deadly virus that could bring humanity to its knees. 🧟

But their greatest threat to the case may just be surviving each other. See if the two will succeed in saving the world in this irreverent new series from JT Sawyer that blends horror, sci-fi, and mystery into a snarky, saltwater thriller. 🌊

Why you’ll love this: JT Sawyer is the pen name for Tony Nester, who spent over 30 years teaching survival courses to military special operations, US Marshals, and federal agencies—and even trained celebrities like Josh Brolin and consulted on the film Into the Wild. That real-world expertise shines through in his fiction. Readers consistently praise the “snarky dialogue” and the fresh twist on zombie fiction—this isn’t your standard zombie apocalypse story, but rather a witty pre-apocalyptic crime thriller featuring the government agency ZEST (Zombie Eradication & Studies Team). Perfect for fans who want their zombie action mixed with humor, romance, and genuine mystery plotting. If you loved the snappy banter of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files or the irreverent humor of Christopher Moore’s horror comedies, Sawyer’s Brant & Archer duo will have you reading all three books in one sitting.

Wardtown (Teer & Kard Book 1)

Author: Stewart, Glynn

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Historical Fantasy

A young man’s anger and gun 🔫
An old man’s secrets and magic 🪄
A moment that binds them forever

Teer was forced into exile in the Spehari’s Eastern Territories after they betrayed his father’s memory, leaving him and his mother destitute. He has grown up on the ranch of his mother’s new husband, nursing the skills of a cowboy and the anger of a betrayed child. 🤠

When one of the demigod-like Spehari walks into his bar, Teer gives in to a pointless moment of anger—opening fire on one of the rulers of the Unity!

Sentenced to hang for his crime, Teer’s life hangs by the slimmest of threads: the mercy and secrets of the very immortal he tried to kill…

Here’s the deal: Glynn Stewart is a prolific bestselling author with over 80 books to his name, best known for his acclaimed Starship’s Mage series that brilliantly fuses science fiction with fantasy. With Wardtown, Stewart brings that same genre-blending mastery to create a fantasy western—think magical frontier towns protected by wardstones, demigod rulers, and cowboys with six-shooters facing down immortal beings. Readers describe it as a “refreshing departure” and a “wonderfully unique world,” with one reviewer calling it perfectly suited to fans of Ranger’s Apprentice but for adults. The short novel (perfect for a quick read) launches a complete series exploring what happens when a young ranch hand becomes bonded to a powerful mage with secrets. If you enjoyed Brandon Sanderson’s Wax and Wayne series or Django Wexler’s The Shadow Campaigns, you’ll find Stewart’s blend of western grit and high fantasy magic absolutely captivating.

Silent as the Grave: A Sloane Monroe Prequel

Author: Bradshaw , Cheryl

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Kidnapping Crime Fiction

Thirty-eight-year-old Rebecca Barlow drops her four-year-old son off at parents’ house, promising to return by five. ⏰

Five comes and goes.
Then six.
Then seven. 😰

Worried, Rebecca’s parents try calling. She doesn’t answer, and her friends haven’t heard from her either. It seems no one has. As concern mounts, Rebecca’s father drives to the lake house where she’s been staying. Her car is spotted in the driveway, and inside, her purse is found on the kitchen table.

Rebecca is nowhere in sight...

The following morning brings a grisly discovery when Rebecca’s body is found floating in the lake. 😱

Was her death an unfortunate accident, or is something far more sinister at play, something that will shake her family to their very core?

What makes this special: Cheryl Bradshaw is a New York Times and 11-time USA Today bestselling author who’s also a Shamus Award finalist for best private eye novel. This prequel introduces readers to Sloane Monroe, one of contemporary mystery fiction’s most beloved private investigators, showing her very first murder case. Reviewers rave that “the prequel hooked me on Sloane Monroe” and praise Bradshaw’s ability to write fast-paced mysteries that “grab you from the first page.” With a complete eight-book series ready to binge after this introduction, readers who enjoy strong female PIs like Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone or Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawski will find a new favorite in Sloane Monroe. The pacing is “quick and doesn’t miss a single beat,” making this the perfect gateway into a series that’s become a reader favorite for its combination of compelling mysteries and genuine character depth.

What We Leave Behind

Author: Weinstein, Rochelle B.

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Contemporary Women’s Fiction

In life, the choices we make define who we become. But what happens when those choices threaten to unravel everything we hold dear? 💔

Jessica Parker is haunted by her past, still reeling from the death of her father and the heartbreak of a failed first love. Despite her best efforts to move forward, she can’t forget the boy who stole her heart all those years ago. 💕

As she builds a successful career in the music industry and starts a family, her life seems perfect. But when a devastating loss shakes her to the core, Jessica’s carefully crafted world begins to crumble. And when a long-hidden secret comes to light, she finds herself facing a modern-day moral dilemma that threatens all she’s built.

With her marriage on the line and her world turned upside down, Jessica must confront the pain of her past and reconcile old feelings if she hopes to salvage her future. ✨

Bottom line: Rochelle B. Weinstein is a USA Today bestselling author whose emotional storytelling has earned endorsements from NY Times bestselling author James Grippando, who called this “honest, powerful writing at its best.” A former music industry executive herself, Weinstein brings authentic insider details to Jessica’s world. Kirkus Reviews praised the novel’s “real tension” and noted that “Weinstein renders Jessica’s feelings with enough complexity that her ultimate decision carries emotional weight.” This is perfect for readers who loved Jodi Picoult’s exploration of moral dilemmas or Kristin Hannah’s emotionally charged family sagas. With themes exploring first loves, second chances, grief, motherhood, and the roads not taken, this novel asks the universal question: what if? Weinstein has since published multiple bestsellers including This Is Not How It Ends and When We Let Go, but this debut remains a powerful entry point into her work for anyone who’s ever wondered about the choices that shape our lives.

Hallows Eve: Time Patrol

Author: Mayer, Bob

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Time Travel Science Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Area 51 and Green Beret series. ⏱️

31 Oct 1517: Luther nails 95 Theses to the door of the Cathedral in Wittenberg, forever changing the world. Or does he? 📜
31 Oct 1984: Indira Gandhi is assassinated. But what if she isn’t?
31 Oct 1692: The Salem Witch Trials are coming to an end, but what if there is one more, very important, victim? 🔥
31 Oct 1941: Six weeks before Pearl Harbor, the first American warship is sunk by a German U-Boat. But what if the Reuben James is carrying a very special cargo? 🚢
31 Oct 1828: The last year of Shaka Zulu’s reign. But what if the mad king of the Zulus must fight one last great battle to save all mankind? ⚔️
Zero Day, Zero Year: A wrinkle in the mission as a team member must prevent a Zero Day exploit that could destroy our modern world. 💻

The Shadow’s plan is to disrupt our timeline, creating a time tsunami and wiping our present out. It is up to the Time Patrol to make sure that doesn’t happen!

Reviews for Bob Mayer’s science fiction:
“Quantum Leap on steroids!” Book List. 🚀
Terry Brooks: “Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your seat. Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call it just terrific story-telling.”
Kirkus: “A crackling science thriller in the vein of Crichton that mixes action with science fiction.”

Here’s why this matters: Bob Mayer is a New York Times bestselling author, West Point graduate, and former Green Beret who has sold over 5 million books across his career. His Area 51 series hit #1 on multiple bestseller lists, and his military expertise brings authenticity to everything he writes. The Time Patrol series (with 9+ books) has been compared to “Quantum Leap on steroids” for good reason—each book sends agents back to pivotal moments in history where one change could destroy our present. Mayer weaves real historical events with “what if” scenarios that make you question how fragile our timeline really is. Perfect for fans of James Rollins’ Sigma Force series, Michael Crichton’s techno-thrillers, or Stephen King’s 11/22/63. Readers love the “little history lessons” embedded in each mission and praise Mayer for making them “think” while delivering page-turning action. If you enjoy military precision mixed with mind-bending time travel paradoxes, this series will become your new obsession.

1980: A Year in the Life of Keith Diamond: A 1980s Time Travel Adventure

Author: Ayres, Jason

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Humorous Time Travel Science Fiction

London, 1980: Cast back into the beating heart of Fleet Street, journalist Keith Diamond finds himself with the power to rewrite the future. 📰

As the 2020s dawn, controversial radio DJ Keith Diamond is down on his luck, until he’s handed the opportunity to travel back in time. ⏰

Arriving in the vibrant era of post-punk and new wave music 🎸, Keith relishes being back in his younger body, but soon, there are important tasks at hand.

Resuming his old role as a tabloid journalist, Keith finds himself thrust into the news stories of the day, and quickly realises it’s not only his life he needs to turn around. Can he rectify past mistakes, avert disasters, and reshape both his future and that of others? 🎭

Join Keith and immerse yourself in the events, music, and culture of the early 1980s in this engaging and thought-provoking time travel tale. 🎶

1980 is part of the anthology series A Year in the Life. Each book revisits a different aspect of life in the 1980s, and each story can be enjoyed standalone.

Why this one stands out: Jason Ayres has created something unique with his A Year in the Life series—each standalone novel drops readers into a specific year of the 1980s with meticulous attention to the music, culture, and events that defined that era. For anyone who lived through the ‘80s or is fascinated by the decade, Ayres delivers both nostalgia and substance. Unlike heavy sci-fi time travel stories, this is lighter fare—a “what if” story focused on personal redemption and second chances, wrapped in the soundtrack and atmosphere of post-punk London. Think Stephen King’s 11/22/63 meets High Fidelity, with a British tabloid twist. Readers particularly enjoy how Ayres balances the time travel mechanics with genuine character growth and historical detail. If you love books that transport you to another era (literally, in this case) and you have any affection for the 1980s, this engaging series offers the perfect escape—plus the chance to relive one of music’s most innovative decades.

Scarred Mail-Order Bride and the Widower (Daisy Creek Brides Book 1)

Author: Rose, Amelia

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Inspirational Western Mail Order Bride Romance

When the scars of the past make the future seem dark and bleak, could love be the candle you need to light the road to happiness? 🕯️

In 1882, Daisy Creek was a small town with a dwindling economy, but for Jill Graythorn, it whispered a promise of hope... ✨

Raised in a Boston orphanage, Jill continues to have nightmares about the fire that killed her family, and she still has the scars to remind her of her troubled past. 🔥 Desperate for a brighter future, she responds to a mail order bride ad, and soon the Deputy of Daisy Creek is her shimmer of light in the darkness. 💫

Deputy Bill Paulson knows grief too. When his wife died in childbirth, he thought he would never find happiness again. 💔 Encouraged by his sister, Bill finally begins his search for a wife: he knows his children need a mother, and Jill’s letters are a beacon of hope.

Jill finally makes the journey to Daisy Creek to meet the deputy. With her anxiety about her scars and Bill’s grief about his wife, their union is a gamble for both of them, and they’re surprised by their instant connection. 💕

But no matter how strong a bond, sometimes reality is hell-bent on testing it, and events soon show that the pair’s trials aren’t over. With a crisis that triggers each of their worst fears, the couple is thrown into turmoil.

But they have one thing they didn’t have before: each other. Could it be that this is enough to get them through?

Scarred Mail Order Bride and the Widower is a heart wrenching story of two lost souls determined to find love and correct the course of their future. 🌟

What you’ll love about this: Amelia Rose writes clean, inspirational historical romances that focus on emotional healing and second chances without shying away from real struggles. In a genre sometimes criticized for being too light on conflict, Rose delivers genuine obstacles—physical and emotional scars, grief, parental anxiety, and the vulnerability of opening your heart again. Perfect for readers who enjoy Janette Oke’s prairie romances or Tracie Peterson’s historical fiction with strong faith elements, but want stories that feel emotionally authentic. The Daisy Creek Brides series allows each book to stand alone while building a warm community of characters you’ll want to revisit. If you appreciate sweet romances where characters face real pain but find healing through faith, family, and love, Rose delivers exactly what the mail order bride genre promises: hope in the wilderness and the courage to start again.

Fake the Date (#Love Wins Book 1)

Author: Byrde, Ana

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Gay Romance

Needed: Fake boyfriend for destination wedding 💒

I came out to my parents when I was fifteen. Sadly, this has never stopped my mother from finding lovely young women for me to date. 🙄 My sister suggests I bring my own date to her destination wedding. Problem is, I don’t know how to find dates. The only man I’ve spoken to recently is my roommate. My way too hot—straight—roommate. 🔥

My sister says I should ask him to play my boyfriend. It’ll be fun, she says.

Now I’m sitting next to him on a plane ✈️ and I constantly have to adjust myself so he doesn’t notice that I’m into him.

In a few hours we’ll be at our hotel, sharing the only bed in the room. 🛏️

I don’t know how I’ll survive this wedding without exploding. 💥

I do know I’ll never listen to my sister again.

Fake the Date is a 60,000 word standalone m/m romance with little angst and lots of laughter, featuring a tropical island paradise 🏝️, a not-so-fake relationship, bisexual awakening, a sassy dog 🐕 and happy endings. Buy now if you need a vacation!

What caught my attention: Ana Byrde delivers exactly what readers crave in LGBTQ+ romance: low-angst, high-heat stories with genuine humor and heart. The fake relationship trope gets a fresh spin here with a destination wedding setting, a bisexual awakening arc, and—because Byrde knows her audience—a sassy dog who steals scenes. At 60,000 words, this hits the sweet spot for a satisfying standalone that you can devour in an afternoon. Perfect for fans of Alexis Hall’s witty contemporary romances or the playful heat of Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue. Reviewers consistently praise Byrde for writing characters who feel real, dialogue that sparkles, and romance that balances steamy scenes with emotional authenticity. The #Love Wins series offers more standalone romances, but this first book nails the formula: take one hopeless romantic, add a commitment-phobic roommate, stir in family pressure and a tropical locale, and watch the fireworks. If you want a feel-good LGBTQ+ romance that will make you laugh, swoon, and believe in happy endings, clear your schedule and book this vacation.

Moby Dick: or, the White Whale

Author: Melville, Herman

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Classic Fiction about Huge Fish & Mammals

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael’s narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship’s previous voyage. 🐋

A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, Moby-Dick was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author’s death in 1891. Its reputation as a Great American Novel was established only in the 20th century, after the 1919 centennial of its author’s birth. ⚓

William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it “one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world” and “the greatest book of the sea ever written.” Its opening sentence, “Call me Ishmael,” is among world literature’s most famous. 📚

Melville began writing Moby-Dick in February 1850 and finished 18 months later, a year after he had anticipated. Melville drew on his experience as a common sailor from 1841 to 1844, including on whalers, and on wide reading in whaling literature. The white whale is modeled on a notoriously hard-to-catch albino whale Mocha Dick, and the book’s ending is based on the sinking of the whaleship Essex in 1820. 🌊

The detailed and realistic descriptions of sailing, whale hunting and of extracting whale oil, as well as life aboard ship among a culturally diverse crew, are mixed with exploration of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of God.

The book’s literary influences include Shakespeare, Thomas Carlyle, Sir Thomas Browne and the Bible. In addition to narrative prose, Melville uses styles and literary devices ranging from songs, poetry, and catalogs to Shakespearean stage directions, soliloquies, and asides. In August 1850, with the manuscript perhaps half finished, he met Nathaniel Hawthorne and was deeply impressed by his Mosses from an Old Manse, which he compared to Shakespeare in its cosmic ambitions. This encounter may have inspired him to revise and deepen Moby-Dick, which is dedicated to Hawthorne, “in token of my admiration for his genius.” 🎭

Why I’m including this: Sometimes the classics are free for a reason—they belong to all of us. Moby-Dick is routinely listed among the greatest American novels ever written, praised by literary giants from Faulkner to D.H. Lawrence. But here’s what many people don’t realize: it’s also a rip-roaring adventure story about obsession, revenge, and the sea. Yes, Melville includes chapters on whale biology and the technical details of 19th-century whaling, but that authenticity (drawn from his own years as a sailor) grounds the epic scope of Ahab’s mad quest. The opening line—”Call me Ishmael”—is instantly recognizable for good reason: it invites you into one of literature’s most ambitious tales about humanity’s relationship with nature, fate, and our own destructive tendencies. If you’ve never read it, or tried and bounced off in high school, this is your chance to discover why it’s endured. The book influenced everyone from Cormac McCarthy to Patrick O’Brian, and understanding Moby-Dick means understanding a huge chunk of American literary tradition. It’s dense, it’s philosophical, it’s sometimes challenging—but it’s also genuinely thrilling when Ahab finally confronts his white whale. Give it a chance; you’ll see why it’s a masterpiece.