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Batteries Not Included
Tony McFadden
Science Fiction / Crime / Mystery
Nick Harding is an idealistic Private Investigator, trying to eke out a living after a spectacularly boring career in Financial Crimes with the Australian Federal Police. The very recent widow of the billionaire founder of Dvorak Kars — Australia's first and only EV manufacturer — hires him to root out the fraud costing what is now her company upwards of $5 million a month over the past year. Nick reluctantly takes the case — we all have bills to pay — and quickly realises that the beatings, excessive running and cars on fire are barely compensated by the healthy day rate and the opportunity to drive one of the sweet, sweet Dvorak convertibles. With suspects to spare — the wife, the head of security, the corporate CFO — will he figure out how millions of dollars are disappearing before he runs out of time? Of course he will.
House For Sale Navy SEAL Included
Cora Seton
Romance / Chick Lit / Contemporary
He's bringing a ghost town back to life...Ten years ago, desperate to save his father's life, Carter Elliott pulled the plug on Elliott Ridge, the failing company town owned by his family for generations. After a decade with the Navy SEALs, he's back to resurrect it so he can bring his father home. He's ready to start a family of his own, too, but first he'll need a wife. The minute Carter meets Amanda Stakewell, he knows she's everything he's been looking for, so he offers to sell her his house for a dollar—and to renovate it for her, too.She's searching for a place to call home...Three months ago, Amanda allowed her father back into her life, but when she discovers he's swapped one of his forgeries for a masterpiece, she steals the original from him, determined to return it. Too late, she learns a far more deadly criminal is after the painting. Now she's on the run and a small, abandoned logging town sounds like the perfect place to hide. She's...
Appliances Included
Mark Souza
Horror / Mystery & Thrillers / Young Adult
How scary can appliances be?For Mary and Lou Givens, their first house is the deal of a lifetime. And when the family cat disappears, rumors of their home’s past percolate to the surface.How scary can appliances be?For Mary and Lou Givens, their first house is the deal of a lifetime. And when the family cat disappears, rumors of their home’s past percolate to the surface.People have been disappearing from the Given’s house for decades, never to be seen again. Are the rumors true, and what does it mean if they are? If only the house’s appetite could be quelled with a cat - but the family pet was only an appetizer and things quickly go from bad to worse. Sometimes the scariest places on Earth don’t look scary at all. Sometimes a haunted house looks just like the house next door. And every now and again, the haunted house is the one you live in.If you can recall the vacuous adrenaline rush of having a child disappear at a department store, if you’ve ever been accused of something you didn’t do, then this is a story that will strike home.
*batteries not included
Wayland Drew
A HIGH VOLTAGE DREAM COME TRUE.
The Rileys and their friends had lived in the old city tenement for years. A crumbling building full of memories and love… it was their home.
Now the property is condemned.
And soon, the wrecking cranes will destroy the remnants of their lives. UNLESS…
Something happens.Something weird.Something wonderful…
Demons Not Included: A Night Tracker Novel (Night Tracker Novels)
Cheyenne McCray
Meet Nyx. This half-human, half–Drow private eye investigates paranormal crimes by day and is an elite Tracker of demons by night. She prefers working solo—and playing rough. So when a terrifying force starts murdering innocent humans and paranorms, and leaving strange demonic symbols burned into their buildings, it’s a case Nyx takes very personally…Meanwhile, Nyx’s fellow Trackers are being killed one by one—and a sexy new Tracker named Torin is shadowing her every move. Torin has powers Nyx can’t read, and sometimes she wonders whose side he’s on. Nyx’s instincts tell her something’s brewing in the city’s meanest supernatural streets, and that it’s ready to unleash hell on Earth. Who can she trust? Now it’s five minutes to permanent midnight…and Nyx’s last chance means risking everything—even her own life.
Toy Terror: Batteries Included
R. L. Stine
Horror / Children's Books / Mystery & Thrillers
Readers are placed in the character of a contest winner who must decide between two toy prizes, including Nasty Kathy the talking doll and a robot called the Annihilator 3000.
Life Next Door (Love Not Included Series Book 2)
J. D. Hollyfield
Romance / Chick Lit / Contemporary
There is only one thing in life that professional pastry Chef Priscilla Westcott values more than baking and wine, and that’s honesty. A quality she soon learns that her marriage lacks when her husband runs off with their next door neighbor. Divorced and alone, Priscilla is determined to make changes in her life. She decides to approach her new goals like one of her beloved recipes. Surely with a little time, a dash of patience, and measured planning she can whip herself—and her life—back into shape. However, when a new—and utterly delicious—neighbor takes up residence in the house that ruined her marriage, Priscilla fears that her careful world will fold faster than a deflated soufflé. Trent Walker knows what he wants and his sweet, sassy neighbor is at the top of the list. He’s certain that the chemistry between them would be explosive, but Priscilla fears that an affair with him, however hot, could be a recipe for disaster.**
Bondage Included
Part #5 of "Desired Discipline" series by Tori Carson
André would do just about anything to please Adriana, but the one thing she needs, he can’t give.Adriana has it bad for André, a consummate bachelor. He owns a kink club and often jokes he’ll die single with a flogger in one hand and a whip in the other. Their instant spark turns into a smouldering fury when she learns he has three live-in trainees. She has no intentions of being one of many. She is a one man kind of girl and she demands the same in return.André is equally intrigued by the black-haired beauty. Though he has three women, ready and willing to please his every whim, he can’t stop fantasising about Adriana. She invades his thoughts and dreams. He enjoys their crazy, non-sequitur conversations. He looks for ways to make her smile. Despite his desire, André knows he can never be what Adriana needs.When a situation arises and Adriana suddenly has André all to herself for nearly four months, she’ll stop at nothing to land her man. Though she lacks his experience, Adriana has more than one surprise up her sleeve. Will she be the woman to curb his bachelor ways?
Batteries Not Included
JL Merrow
Gay & Lesbian / Romance / Humor
How would you react if you woke up one morning to find you were in bed with your favorite rock star? More to the point: how would the rock star react?Animal rescue worker Sam is content to dream of rock sensation Cain Shepney. Trouble is, his meddling mother Lillith thinks he deserves to have all his dreams come true — and she isn't above performing a little magic to achieve her ends! Sam's shocked to wake up one morning to find himself actually in bed with his celebrity crush — but that's nothing to how Cain feels about it! Suddenly Sam's got to deal with an irate, naked, and very distracting rock star in his bed.Cain has it all — he's good-looking, famous, and adored by millions. But his life takes a turn for the surreal when he wakes up in bed with Sam. Expecting everyone to be worried sick by his disappearance, Cain's horrified to find his manager — and even his mum — insisting he's an imposter, and the real Cain Shepney is right where he belongs.Sam...
Costume Not Included: To Hell and Back, Book 2
Part #2 of "To Hell and Back" series by Matthew Hughes
Chesney's efforts to Save The Day and Win the Girl make slow progress. Meanwhile, Boss Greeley's deal with the Devil makes him ever-stronger, and untouchable, while the Reverend Hardacre digs deeper and finds that not everything in reality is quite what it seems...File Under: Fantasy [ Everything's Meta | Britney's Peers | Dance With The Devil | The Demonic Duo ]e-book ISBN: 978-0-85766-140-1ReviewHughes continues to carve out a unique place for himself in the fantasy-mystery realm. A droll narrative voice, dry humor and an alternative universe that's accessible without exposition make this a winner.� - Publishers Weekly... �This is a funny and surprisingly endearing book� - The Guardian About the AuthorMatt Hughes was born sixty years ago in Liverpool, England, but his family moved to Canada when he was five. He' has made my living as a writer all of his adult life, first as a journalist, then as a staff speechwriter to the Canadian Ministers of Justice and Environment, and - from 1979 until a few years back - as a freelance corporate and political speechwriter in British Columbia. He is a former director of the Federation of British Columbia Writers and he used to belong to Mensa Canada, but these days he's conserving his energies to write fiction. The author lives in Ireland.
Service Included
Phoebe Damrosch
Kitchen Confidential meets Sex and the City in this delicious, behind-the-scenes memoir from the first female captain at one of New York City's most prestigious restaurantsWhile Phoebe Damrosch was figuring out what to do with her life, she supported herself by working as a waiter. Before long she was a captain at the New York City four-star restaurant Per Se, the culinary creation of master chef Thomas Keller. Service Included is the story of her experiences there: her obsession with food, her love affair with a sommelier, and her observations of the highly competitive and frenetic world of fine dining.After reading this book, diners will never sit down at a restaurant table the same way again.
Toy Terror: Batteries Included
Part #20 of "Give Yourself Goosebumps" series by RL Stine
Horror / Children's Books / Mystery & Thrillers
Readers are placed in the character of a contest winner who must decide between two toy prizes, including Nasty Kathy the talking doll and a robot called the Annihilator 3000.
My So Called Life (Love Not Included Series Book 3)
J. D. Hollyfield
Romance / Chick Lit / Contemporary
Life couldn’t be any brighter for art dealer Christina Daniels. At the top of her career, she has no problem flaunting just how perfect her little world has become. When tragedy strikes back home, Christina is forced to put everything on hold to return back to a past she’s tried so hard to escape. Including a love she regrets letting go. Ian Whitman has only one regret and it was letting his first love walk out of his life. Now that she’s returned, his heart won’t give her up twice without a fight. As secrets are revealed, can Ian soothe her heart while convincing her that a place she tried so hard to run away from is the place she’s destined to stay? Will love get a second chance in the face of tragedy?**
Ribbons Not Included
Demi Alex
Erotica / Menage / Adult Fiction
A Red Garters, Snow and Mistletoe tale… Just when I thought I had it all together, just when I thought my life was perfect, Christian comes out and accuses me of only wanting him as a stud horse! Not true. I love him. I do. It's Christmas, and I'm searching for the perfect present to convince him that he's my number one priority. I'm trying everything to spice up our love life-from sexy lingerie, to new positions, to different locations. But then he pushes me too far. I'm not sure I can do it.
The Package Included Murder
Joyce Porter
The Honourable Constance Morrison-Burke (one-time welfare worker, pigeon fancier, Rugby football coach and private detective) had really reached rock bottom when she decided to become a writer. Finding (somewhat to her surprise) that she didn't seem able to manage a novel, the obvious choice was an in-depth, sociological study of life in the Soviet Union. Unlike some, the Hon. Con was determined to base her book on first-hand experience, and, pausing only to make sure she'd got the cheapest tickets, booked up for a fortnight's package tour. Accompanied by her close chum and dogsbody, Miss Jones, the Hon. Con resolutely sets off to 'do' Russia. Luckily for all concerned, the dreary old sight-seeing stuff is soon relegated to the background when somebody keeps on trying to murder the prettiest girl in the party. The Hon. Con is naturally not going to stand for that and is soon valiantly wading in to the rescue. Before you can say KGB, she is up to her ears in clues,...
Life as We Know It (Love Not Included) (Volume 4)
Part #4 of "Love Not Included" series by J. D. Hollyfield
Romance / Chick Lit / Contemporary
Life has not been easy for Penelope Summers. Specifically, the last month, when her high-profile boyfriend dumped her, her indecent exposure record surfaced, and her favorite thing in the world, tequila, failed her. Good thing for Penelope, she has her best friend to pick her up, and take her on the vacation of a lifetime. A seven-day cruise that will change the direction of her downward spiral. But will that spiral shift in the direction Penelope needs? Or will it throw her into a bigger whirlwind of trouble? With Reckless Abandon as her motto, tequila as her wingman, and a hot one-night stand as her much needed reward, will the tables finally turn for Penelope, or will life as she knows it continue to fail her? Sometimes you just have to ride the wave of crazy to find out.
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Sticker Girl Rules the School--Stickers Included!
Janet Tashjian
Jump into Book 2 of this magical middle grade adventure series with Sticker Girl Martina Rivera! Bonus feature: Sticker sheet featuring the magic stickers from Book 2 packaged with the book.A Chipmunk Ballerina. A Treasure Chest Full of Jewels. A Zombie DJ. These are just a few of theany stickers ready to be peeled off Martina Rivera's new sticker sheet and come to life in Book 2 of the Sticker Girl series. With a newfound confidence in hand, Martina is thinking about running for student council. Of course, her rambunctious sticker sidekick Craig—a talking cupcake—thinks this is a great idea and volunteers her to run for class president. As Martina soon discovers, running a campaign is a piece of cake compared to organizing a class trip and managing a horde of unruly stickers determined to create chaos within her group of friends. A magical new adventure awaits with Sticker Girl!Bonus feature: Sticker sheet featuring the magic...