Slanted and Disenchanted: A Total Rock Nerd Adventure by Lisa Czarina Michaud

I had just turned twenty-one. Did that make me a real adult, I wondered. Did drinking alcohol on your birthday make you an adult? Or paying bills? Understanding politics? Having sex all the time? Since I wasn’t doing any of these things, maybe I’d just bypass the adult phase and go straight to becoming a senior citizen. When I told Pete, he looked at me with those hazelnut eyes that I’d fall in love with if I stared into them too long, and he said, “Can I come with you?”

Carla and Pete aren’t exactly winning life after high school. Dead-end day jobs. His jealous girlfriend. Her drunk parents. And strip malls. But they both have a killer record collection. At 21, though, does this stuff even matter anymore?

It’s 2001 when boybands and thongs have assaulted pop culture, two college dropouts wander aimlessly through their suburban existence. When Carla runs into Pete, the aloof French kid in town, they decide to form a garage band. In the basement. Bored by the backup dancers of the new millennium, the two form a secret connection that goes deeper than the music. Before heading out on their greasy dive bar cross-country tour, tragedy turns the world upside down forcing them to face adulthood and decide if the band is just a teenage dream or a gateway to freedom….and to each other?

Slanted and Disenchanted is the debut coming-of-age novel by Lisa Czarina Michaud. Told with conversational wit with laugh-out-loud pop culture references and rock snob winks, it’s High Fidelity meets On the Road with a dash of Patti Smith’s Just Kids that explores sexual tension in friendships, the confusion of adulting, the love and chaos of family…and the soundtracks that get us through it all.

Readers of David Kamp’s Rock Snob Dictionary and Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan will also fall for Slanted and Disenchanted! Jump on tour today!

The Life She Was Given: A Moving and Emotional Saga of Family and Resilient Women by Ellen Marie Wiseman

On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn’t allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She’s never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it’s for Lilly’s own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time—and sold to the circus sideshow.

More than two decades later, nineteen-year-old Julia Blackwood has inherited her parents’ estate and horse farm. For Julia, home was an unhappy place full of strict rules and forbidden rooms, and she hopes that returning might erase those painful memories. Instead, she becomes immersed in a mystery involving a hidden attic room and photos of circus scenes featuring a striking young girl.

At first, The Barlow Brothers’ Circus is just another prison for Lilly. But in this rag-tag, sometimes brutal world, Lilly discovers strength, friendship, and a rare affinity for animals. Soon, thanks to elephants Pepper and JoJo and their handler, Cole, Lilly is no longer a sideshow spectacle but the circus’s biggest attraction…until tragedy and cruelty collide. It will fall to Julia to learn the truth about Lilly’s fate and her family’s shocking betrayal, and find a way to make Blackwood Manor into a place of healing at last.

Moving between Julia and Lilly’s stories, Ellen Marie Wiseman portrays two extraordinary, very different women in a novel that, while tender and heartbreaking, offers moments of joy and indomitable hope.

An Earl Unmaskedby Rachel Ann Smith

Lady Diana Malbury is known for her charm and intelligence, why else would she rather solve another one of the late Earl of Chestwick’s word puzzles than entertain potential suitors for the Season?

The old earl presents her with the highest-stake challenge yet…

If she remains unwed for the Season, she can return to his estate next summer and solve the latest puzzle by way of his extensive library, her favorite place in England…

But Randal Wilson, the new Earl of Chestwick, has returned from the war a decorated hero but also wounded and angry. His estate is off-limits to everyone. Why would the Beast of Chestwick allow the mindless fools of society to infiltrate his private world when he has greater things to worry about, like getting back to the war front.

But Diana doesn’t give up easily, and when she meets the earl after trespassing on his land—the two share a brief but soul-awakening kiss.

Suddenly Diana and Randal are forced to rethink their solitary ambitions…love is a riddle that only two hearts can solve together.

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Ladies of Risk
An Earl Unmasked
The Duke of Aces
King Takes Queen

All That Is Hidden by Laura DeNooyer-Moore

Are secrets worth the price they cost to keep? Ten-year-old Tina Hamilton finds out the hard way. In 1968, trouble erupts when northern exploitation threatens her southern Appalachian town. Her father’s hidden past collides with the present, mirroring the clash of progressive ideas and small town values.

The Sting of a Stormeby Sandra Sookoo

Sometimes, the winds of change don’t come on a storm; they arrive with a beguiling breeze.

Inspector William Storme is a Bow Street Runner who’s working a series of gruesome murder cases. His dying mother wishing to see him settled adds to the anxiety his position brings. So when he courts a pretty young lady, and she agrees only if he’ll let her accompany him on cases, everything seems to work out fine until the attraction begins and he’s forced to compete with another man for her attention.

Lame and socially shy Miss Francesca—Fanny—Bancroft, daughter of Viscount Nattingly, is a budding society reporter for the General Evening Post, but she aspires to write articles on more important topics. When she encounters the inspector at a rout and he asks to court her, she presses her advantage. What’s more exciting than interviewing a Runner? The plan is sound until she begins to desire the mysterious, oftentimes grouchy man.

While the murders increase, William and Fanny accelerate their investigation of a possible serial killer, but between the shocking scenes, an unexpected romance develops. Emotions swirl around them and truths are revealed as they track down clues and talk with suspects. Passion ignites between them, which leads to the murders becoming personal, bringing danger to them both.

It’ll take intelligence and instinct to catch the killer before it’s too late, because their love and their lives now hang in the balance.

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The Storme Brothers
The Soul of a Storme
The Heart of a Storme
The Look of a Storme
The Sting of a Storme
The Touch of a Storme
The Fury of a Storme

Broken Promisesby Lorhainne Eckhart

She gave her daughter up. Now she wants her back.

NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart brings you a new O’Connell family novel about secrets and lies, and a woman who has no reason to trust anyone.

— “Deeply emotion & stirring.” Catlou

— “A story telling the whole ugly and corrupt goings on within the justice system.” C. Logue, Reviewer

What do you do when a woman shows up on your doorstep, suddenly wanting her daughter back? Never in a million years did Marcus and Charlotte O’Connell expect to be faced with this kind of dilemma, but when Reine Colbert is released from prison, she shows up at their house, demanding they return her daughter, Eva.

Worse is the fact that Sheriff Marcus never received a courtesy call from the prison or parole board to warn him that Reine was about to be released. As far as he and Charlotte were concerned, they had followed Reine’s wishes, adopting her daughter so she could serve her time, knowing Eva was loved and in a good family. But now she’s changed her mind, and she believes Marcus is somehow responsible for her lost years with her daughter.

Though Marcus and his siblings step in to talk it through with Reine, who has been given a raw deal, little Eva is the one caught in the middle of the tug of war.

HIDDEN: Don't Fear the Unseen by Verity Lucia

Are DEMONS and ANGELS, like vampires and werewolves, merely legend and lore?

Or is there more to life than meets the eye?

This is the question high schooler, Clare Thomson, is faced with when she unwittingly discovers she can see spiritual beings.

Clare approached the stately, lakeside log cabin. She could hear the roaring engines of racing Jet Skis and the laughing voices of Nikki and Elise. She glided her bike along the gravel drive and coasted down the hill to join the girls in the backyard.

She looked up and let out a horrified shriek as she lost control of her bike and slid out onto her stomach on the grass. She cringed with pain and fright. There, hovering above the sunbathing girls were two HUGE, dark forms with gruesome, scabby, ghostly faces!

Two more creatures were flying swiftly alongside the speeding Jet Skis as if they were riding sidecar. As she looked closer she saw that they had deformed, grotesque expressions — not at all human-like but more like murderous apes with fangs and black pits for eyes.

She shakily got to her feet, mounted her bike and rode — fast.

The moment she got home she threw her bike to the ground and climbed back up the tree, through her window, and into the safety of her bedroom.

“What did I just see?!” Clare thought to herself as her chest heaved with gasping breaths, “I must have gotten too much sun. Or maybe I did drink way too much last night…yeah, that must be it…” she reasoned, pacing back and forth, “either that or…or these glasses allow me to see an invisible spiritual world.”

In this coming of age novel, Catholic author Verity Lucia writes from a biblical perspective to answer one of the big questions on every generation’s heart. Is evil real?

The Strangled Servantby E.L. Johnson

He believes in her innocence, but could he be falling for a killer?

Welcome to book 1 in the exciting new series The Perfect Poison Murders from bestselling author E.L. Johnson!

1806 Hertfordshire – The worst held secret in town is that shy Poppy Morton has been in love with Tom since they were children. Unfortunately, Tom has long been in love with Mary, Poppy’s vivacious best friend.

When Tom proposes marriage to Mary, it breaks Poppy’s heart, But when Mary demands Poppy break his heart in return by refusing his offer for her, Poppy refuses. She won’t destroy Tom’s hopes and ruin their friendship, even if it means losing her own heart in the process.

But Mary won’t take no for an answer, and when the best friends have the fight to end all fights, Poppy ends it by shoving Mary through a glass door.

Shocked, heartbroken, and humiliated, Poppy flees. But the next day a handsome constable, Henry Dyngley, shows up at her door. A carriage has overturned on the road and a young woman’s body has been found. Poppy is the only suspect.

Will Poppy be able to prove her innocence? Or will she lose her heart again as she and Dyngley search for a killer?

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The Perfect Poison Murders
The Strangled Servant
The Poisoned Clergyman
The Mistress Murders
The Deadly Debutante

Jadedby Ali Parker

Love is a Lie.

As a photographer for the New York Post, Kari Martin was used to seeing heartache and scandal up close. But one night at the club… her whole world changed. Heartbroken and willing to call off her wedding, she decides a change is in order and moves from NYC to a small town in Maine, where the average age of the residents there is sixty (or thereabouts). She works to fit in perfectly, and tries like hell not to let anyone find out just how very jaded she’s recently become over the lie called love.

Jake Isaac left Texas quite a few years ago; his heart torn from his chest, and his mind set on being a bachelor forever.
Maine would welcome him, give him land to explore and a community to belong to. Getting a job as the coach of the local junior high and serving on the fire department kept him busy — and labeled him a hometown hero — but the truth of his damaged heart was forever hidden. No one would ever know just how jaded he was about love.

That is… until he meets Kari.

Reclaim Your Hero: Transform Your Pain into Power and thrive. Numquam Deficio (Never Quit) by Mathew Grace

As first responders and military we are the heroes for everyone else. We are first on the scene to emergencies at home and abroad.

So what then do we do when we are drowning and searching for breath?
What do we do when we can’t escape the shadow that follows us in the sun and the darkness?
What do we do when our world is spinning out of control and our world is falling apart?

I know this world. I lived under the rough seas and the shadow of PTS(D) for 10 years. As a Navy Rescue Swimmer with service in the special operations community and as a firefighter, I embraced the suck! It took me 10 years to discover what is embraced, embraces you back. I wrote this book to share my journey and show you it is possible to reclaim fun, fitness and fortitude. It is possible to come out from under the shadow and the depths.

It is possible to Reclaim Your Hero and transform your pain into power and thrive. Numquam Deficio! Never quit! Hooyah!

The Unstoppable Dream 2: Sailing and Touring Down Under by Helen Humphreys

Join Mark and Helen, who sailed their catamaran, Charabia, from Florida to the Panama Canal, that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, to Australia.

Sail with them as they cruise the Australian east coast from Bundaberg to Sydney, navigating picturesque bays, rivers and harbors. Travel with them as they explore several Australia states and cities from their bucket list.

Follow them as they continue to fulfill their dreams in this second book in The Unstoppable Dream series.