Good Girl, Bad Girl (Alex Novalis) by Christopher Finch
Genre(s): Mystery Thriller & Suspense
In May of 1968, New York City is broke and on the skids, and private eye Alex Novalis is hard up for gigs. So when he’s offered a case from wealthy construction mogul Gabriel Kravitz, he can’t refuse.
Kravitz’s eighteen-year-old daughter Lydia has gone missing. Though she’s presumed to be with Jerry Pedrosian, the radical middle-aged artist and known womanizer she’d been sleeping with, there are few clues. Information is hard to come by; everyone seems to be hiding something. And then there’s Andrea Marshall, Lydia’s miniskirted and vinyl-booted best friend, who Novalis is deeply distrustful of…and unfortunately attracted to.
But as Novalis traverses the city, tracking Lydia from scummy artists’ lofts in pre-gentrified SoHo to luxury penthouses overlooking Central Park, he’ll face threats deadlier than any he signed on for.
Smart and sophisticated, Good Girl, Bad Girl provides a rare, fascinating snapshot of late 1960s New York City–a glimpse into the forbidden sex, politics, art, drugs, and counterculture violence that ran rampant in its once gloriously gritty streets.
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Darling Edith, Dearest Wayne by Sarah E. Mackaman
Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs
After a four year courtship, Edith Edwards and Wayne Mackaman were married on November 15, 1941 in Des Moines, Iowa – about as far from the sea as Americans can be. Three weeks later came Pearl Harbor.
Wayne enlisted in the US Naval Reserve and began his training in the summer of 1942. Thus began the first of many painful separations. They kept their love, passion and friendship alive by writing – telling of their daily lives and deep yearning for one another.
Edith’s letters tell of the action on the home front and her love of Wayne. Wayne’s letters to Edith tell of his desperate need for her and bits and pieces of his new “work” as skipper of LCT 290 in N. Africa, Italy, England and France.
Wayne’s letters are augmented by excerpts from the “Personal Journal of Langan W. Swent”, fellow LCT officer in the Med whose journal tells the tale of action and ship life that Wayne could not. Censorship forbade any military detail and love of Edith prevented sharing the horrors of war – horrors she could only ease through her letters.
Read these letters, read the journal entries, see these photographs and be taken to another place and time – not so very long ago, yet a very different world.
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The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers Saga) by David Estes
Genre(s): Science Fiction & Fantasy | Teen & Young Adult
In a desperate attempt to escape destruction decades earlier, humankind was forced underground, into the depths of the earth, creating a new society called the Tri-Realms.
After her parents and sister are abducted by the Enforcers, seventeen-year-old Adele, a member of the middle-class moon dwellers, is unjustly sentenced to life in prison for her parents’ crimes of treason.
Against all odds, Adele must escape from the Pen and find her family, while being hunted by a deranged, killing machine named Rivet, who works for the President. She is helped by two other inmates, Tawni and Cole, each of whom have dark secrets that are better left undiscovered. Other than her friends, the only thing she has going for her is a wicked roundhouse kick and two fists that have been well-trained for combat by her father.
At the other end of the social spectrum is Tristan, the son of the President and a sun dweller. His mother is gone. He hates his father. Backed by only his servant and best friend, Roc, he leaves his lavish lifestyle in the Sun Realm, seeking to make something good out of his troubled life.
When a war breaks out within the Tri-Realms, Tristan is thrust into the middle of a conflict that seems to mysteriously follow Adele as she seeks to find her family and uncover her parents true past.
In their world, someone must die.
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Globaloonies 1: The Big Red Button by Max Candee
Genre(s): Humor
This book is for 5-9 year olds
Joey’s Wacky Time Travel Adventures
Includes a FREE, professionally crafted audiobook. Look for the link inside!
Joey and his pet chameleon Larry are on a mission. They’ve decided to travel all around the United States, and then all around the world.
Why would they want to do that? To collect facts for their Wacky Encyclopedia of Really Weird Facts, of course. Well, and also to play with their Big Red Button, which happens to be their portable time machine.
Joey and Larry plan to write the best book in the world, the most exciting, wacky and Lizard-licious book ever. It would even win the Guinness prize for being so awesome. Teachers would have to study it, and Joe and Larry would test them on it.
As they set off on their first adventure, they meet the English General and the Indian Chief, Babe Ruth the baseball player and even President Roosevelt!
Humorous illustrations by Anne Zimanski.
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Queenie Baby: On Assignment by Christina A. Burke
Genre(s): Humor
“I love ‘Queenie Baby’ Diana Hudson – she’s one part Stephanie Plum and one part rock goddess! I can’t wait to see what she does next!”
– Gemma Halliday, New York Times bestselling author of the High Heels Mysteries
From debut author C.A. Burke comes the first installment of a wacky, romantic comedy series about the misadventures of wannabe rock star, Diana Hudson.
Meeting your hot new boss in a bar while singing karaoke–bad. Being fixed up with your old high school boyfriend by your meddling sister–annoying. Making out in your sister’s minivan with said boyfriend–embarrassing. This week is shaping up to be a doozy for aspiring singer/songwriter Diana Hudson.
‘On the wrong side of thirty’ according to her mother and still living the bohemian lifestyle of a musician, Diana is having a double martini day. Although a sought after performer on the not-so-happening Annapolis, Maryland bar scene, Diana works as a temp at Greene’s Staffing to pay the bills. Her assignment this week: help the cape-wearing Mr. Vann Pyre find love online. Unfortunately for Diana, the only man in her life for months has been Max, her fluffy, white Shitzu-Poodle with a crooked overbite and a bad attitude. But unexpectedly, Diana finds herself up to her chin in men. Her mysterious new boss, Mark Greene, smells so good she’d like to hang him from her rearview mirror, and her chiseled, super-sexy high school sweetheart, Rick Ellis, is back to sweep her off her feet. When Diana’s love life goes from nonexistent to off the charts, will she give an old romance a second chance? Or will she take a chance on new love?
What readers are saying about QUEENIE BABY:
“I <3 this book! What a fun light read! The supporting characters were hilarious and made me laugh out loud.” ~ Goodreads Reviewer
“I laughed my ass off as the characters were introduced from the ‘Free balling’ granddaddy to the sister who supports but also nags the hell out of the main chica mixed in with rednecks and honestly its like being at home. Plus add a side of hotties and to me you have an awesome story.” ~ Goodreads Reviewer
“This book has everything. Romance, comedy, bad guys. There was never a dull moment in this story. I could not stop laughing at some of the antics that took place. Definitely looking forward to the next book.” ~Amazon Verified Review
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