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Excerpt, Guest Post, & Giveaway: Outage by Mike Trigg

Rachel Farrell is working from home in suburban Virginia when the internet goes out. Juggling clients, two restless teenagers, and dinner logistics with her husband, Caleb, a DC lobbyist, she assumes it’s just a routine inconvenience.

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4 days ago

Audio Excerpt: Debt Reckoning: Teetering on the Brink (Wayward Patriot) by Jack Meyer

U.S. Senator Rick Taylor has been warning anyone who'll listen: the national debt is no longer a spreadsheet problem-it's a ticking bomb. But in Washington, truth is toxic. Colleagues dismiss him, constituents scream about "cuts to my benefits," and the media paints him as the villain who wants to gut Social Security.

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5 days ago

Excerpt: Boomerang Street by Garrick Jones

1932, Sydney, Australia, in the height of the Great Depression, Joe Ing, one man among the two-thirds of Australian men out of work, will do anything to put food on the table for his family.

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6 days ago

Guest Post, Excerpt, & Giveaway: Darkness Falls (A Detective Nathan Parker Novel #5) by James L'Etoile

Detective Nathan Parker discovers a double murder in a Phoenix drug lab, and all the evidence points at a connection to his son, Miguel. Was his adopted son swept up in a drug rip-off and murder? Did he play a role in the distribution of illicit designer drugs in the valley? As authorities close in on Miguel, Parker discovers a border militia group rushing to control the drug flow. The Night Watch militia leaves of trail of violence in their wake and local politicians use the

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Sep 30

Unveiled (Monarchs of Magic #1) by Susan Mac Nicol

Like a place in fables and fairytales, the town of Glengàill is filled with secrets and enchantments. This remote area of the Highlands is home to two enigmatic wolf shifters. Connor, who rules his clan with primal strength and fierce loyalty, and Adrian, whose compassion and humour shines through to keep the clans balanced.

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Sep 29

Guest Post, Excerpt, & Giveaway: Invisible Justice (A Kyle McMann & Graham Kurland Medical Thriller) by Gary Brown MD

A group of doctors decides to exact revenge on evildoers who have escaped justice after killing and maiming innocent people. They incapacitate sociopaths and predators in the same ways these monstrous villains harmed their victims-brilliantly disguising the murders as deaths from natural causes.

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Sep 25

Excerpt & Giveaway: Three Steps Behind (Jeopardy Falls #3) by Dani Pettrey

Private Investigator Deckard MacLeod is thrilled when Harper Grace returns from her humanitarian trip overseas. It's been three months since he's seen her, but when she shows up on his front porch haggard, with a desolate look in her eyes, he knows something has gone very wrong.

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Sep 23

Excerpt & #Giveaway: Blood Becoming: Halvyn Dawn by Gail Waterhouse

DCI Eleanor Moore is drawn into a series of brutal killings that defy explanation. As she follows the trail of evidence, she uncovers links between the crimes, the vaccine, and a shadowy conspiracy determined to control the future. The investigation becomes painfully personal when Eleanor realises a member of her own family may be entangled in the very secrets she is chasing.

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Sep 14

Excerpt & Giveaway: Main Street Fringe by Matthew Lavoie

Detective Theo Barnes has the world figured out, even knowing it’s a fixed game. Do your job well. Protect your family. Steer clear of the system. Until his sting operation brings down a powerful state Senator. Doing the right thing thrusts him over a line you can’t cross, and the system bites back—hard. His career…over. Reputation…obliterated. The truth…beyond reach.

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Sep 7

Excerpt & Giveaway: The Last Summerville by Annabelle Lewis

Twenty-two-year-old Georgia Parker already carries more regret than most people twice her age. Practically an orphan, she’s reeling from the death of her grandmother, Mimi—the one person who made her feel safe from the chaos of her mother’s world. Alone in Carson City, Nevada, Georgia is determined to start over, to stand on her own. Yet Mimi’s final words echo in her mind: Take risks. Trust people again. Be brave.

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Sep 3

Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Hidden Currents (Sheriff Hank Worth Mysteries #8) by Claire Booth

When the new owner of a local fishing store is found murdered, Sheriff Hank Worth has plenty of suspects. The owner was in the middle of a highly acrimonious divorce, had fallen out with his stepson, and was being threatened by the abusive ex-boyfriend of one of his employees.

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Aug 31

Excerpt & Giveaway: Worse Than Any Bullet (Fidelia Mysteries #2) by Felicia Watson

When she laid her hitman father to rest, PI Lucia Scafetti thought she’d finally escaped her family’s criminal clutches. Ten years later, her estranged mom blows into Philly for a short visit and within days a friend’s dad is brutally murdered and Lucia is being menaced by her cousin and his fellow mafiosi. After her mother disappears, everyone: foes, friends, and free agents, descends upon Lucia in search of the thumb-drive her mom stole from a Caribbean drug lord. Lucia lea

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Aug 25

Excerpt, Guest Post, & #Giveaway: Avalon Moon by Michael Amos Cody

In Avalon Moon, a local man has gone missing and then is soon found dead in a highland meadow, side-by-side with an unknown woman. When another man and woman go missing and a female deputy is found murdered, Gabriel Tanner, editor of Runion’s weekly newspaper, and Plumer Reeves, a reclusive local hawkshaw working for the niece of the first dead man, suspect a monster is hunting in their western North Carolina mountains. Two extraordinary young women, the Avalon community’s Ar

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Aug 24

Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Temperature Rising by Joel Burcat

Anna Freeman never expected a routine errand to change everything. But when the ambitious law student and environmental activist retrieves a harmless videotape on energy policy, she unknowingly steps into the heart of a ruthless conspiracy. Powerful lobbyists, corrupt politicians, and billion-dollar interests will do whatever it takes to keep their secrets buried—and now, Anna is in their crosshairs.

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Aug 18

Guest Post, Excerpt, & #Giveaway: Rhino Horn Underground by Deven Greene

Journalist Paige Remington came to South Africa to expose the brutal reality of rhino poaching. She never expected to witness a massacre.

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Aug 10