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Fore Play

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Fore Play

He lost his swing, his status, and his soul. She’s here to fix one of them. Parker Scott was golf’s golden boy—until he flamed out in spectacular, whiskey-soaked fashion. Now he’s stuck teaching b...

Shelter With the Enemy [Updated]

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Shelter With the Enemy [Updated]

She stole from a raider. He tied her up. Now the storm has them trapped body-to-body in a ruined motel with no way out. Danica hates Matias, and he has every reason to drag her back to his camp in...

The Marrow

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The Marrow

This house is a fucking lie. I am the only truth rotting within its walls. For years, I have existed in the spaces between the drywall. I am the static in the radio, the cold draft on the back of...

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The Taste of Iron

Humanity is struggling to survive in a world that's no longer theirs. Liv, a scavenger leading missions to the edges of the city for food, medicine, and iron, knows things are getting worse. Every ...

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Men of Iron – Book 2: Fractured By Her Silence

When a girl with a gun and a binder walks into Raven’s Ridge, she doesn’t come to play. She comes with algorithms, a muffin tray, and a mind sharp enough to dissect a man without ever lifting a bla...

Beneath the Capo

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Beneath the Capo

Beneath the Capo is a gritty, atmospheric modern crime romance set in a reimagined United States where Prohibition has returned-and with it, the rise of underground empires, blood-forged alliances,...

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Wolf in the Big City

Daniel Joshua Anderson is a homicide detective in NYPD's First Precinct office in Tribeca. He lives his life in an apartment on 105 Hudson Street, alone. Formerly a patrol officer, he worked hard f...

Changing Seasons

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Changing Seasons

Krist Samson, a recovering meth addict, has come a long way on his road to rehabilitation. Yet as his past creeps back into his life, he must fight to keep it from destroying the world he has built...

Beneath the Tile

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Beneath the Tile

Beneath the Tile is a raw, brutally honest memoir tracing my descent into meth addiction while working long, grueling hours in the construction world. It’s about the fragile, stubborn fight to claw...

The Rainbow Season

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The Rainbow Season

Timothy Ryan finds his life entering a deadly downward spiral after he loses his wife and his business because of a lifetime love of gambling and alcohol. After a series of benders that leave Tim l...

The Startling Crimes in Hollyoaks, New York

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The Startling Crimes in Hollyoaks, New York

Prequel to The Age of Aquarius and Wunderkind. The Startling Crimes in Hollyoaks, New York follows a distinctive assemble of arduous characters in a fictitious town during the early 1990s: a fift...

Ash & Alloy

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Ash & Alloy

Logan Haley should have died. Instead, he severed his own hand, escaped the executioner, and woke up grafted to brass and bone in a capital that feeds on betrayal. Dr. Jacqueline Ashbury can stitc...

Physical Damage

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Physical Damage

Rocco De Santis was raised to fight—inside the ring, inside his home, inside himself. He is the youngest among five brothers. Discipline, control, and strength: that’s what his father taught them. ...

A Kings Ranger: Humble Beginnings

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A Kings Ranger: Humble Beginnings

Peasant life is difficult. Peasant life is constraining. Peasant life is boring. When the kingdom of Aurelia is thrust into the chaotic and devastating world of war, an opportunity arises. An oppo...

In the Shadow of His Wings (MM Romance & Suspense)

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In the Shadow of His Wings (MM Romance & Suspense)

He’s unraveling, and a blindfolded stranger knee-deep in organized crime might be the only person who can catch his fall. Kellen won't talk about his past. The cult he grew up in, the torture scar...

Rikers Island: Criminalized Survivor

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Rikers Island: Criminalized Survivor

"Rikers Island" is a gripping story that delves deep into the heart of the notorious Rikers Island Jail, focusing on Shalise, a 45-year-old inmate embroiled in a tale of survival, justice, and unex...

Lake & Jude

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Lake & Jude

Fire and discord bring havoc between soldiers and hapless citizens as they struggle to find happiness in a post-apocalyptic world. However, since food and water supplies are running low, the dwell...

The So-Called Saints of San Francisco

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The So-Called Saints of San Francisco

"For many years, I have built this school reserved for children with... special abilities. I accept these students under my care; I show no fear of their age, race, gender, flaws, sexual orientati...

Cookie

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Cookie

Drugs, prostitution, forbidden love--how far will Isabelle go to find somewhere she belongs? A gritty, page-turning novel about a teenage girl fleeing to escape her mother's death and the broken ci...

No Regrets (Season 1)

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No Regrets (Season 1)

Stephanos "StOrm" Ormitis (Steph), is a 20-year old Greek pro underground rapper, armed with five years of boxing training. One day everything changed. His reaction? He leaves Greece behind and mo...

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