It's Book Discovery Day! Twice a week we bring you a selection of books that are newly-published, or that have been overlooked.
Every great book was once a hidden gem. Browse through the books below and start your own discovery!
Every great book was once a hidden gem. Browse through the books below and start your own discovery!
| Book Discovery - newly-published and overlooked books! |
| Shimmy for Me: A Novella (California Belly Dance Book 1), by DeAnna Cameron | |
 | ** Kindle version available for 99 cents for a limited time ** One passionate night. Two lost souls. A whole world of trouble. Juggling two jobs to keep her belly dance studio afloat keeps Abby Anderson's mind off her shattered love life-until a reawakened pain sends her into the arms of an anonymous stranger she plucks from the audience of her tribal belly dance show. No names, no strings, no romance. She tells herself it's a harmless hookup. Until he turns up at her day job . . . Derek Collier, the sexy heir to the Collier media dynasty, just landed everything he's always wanted: the publisher's seat at the Orange County Herald. Except his first order of business is to sell th... |
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| SCENT OF A MYSTERY...A CITRUS BEACH MYSTERY (Citrus Beach Mysteries Book 2), by Victoria LK Williams | |
 | The Adventure Continues... Megan & Barney survive Hurricane Arlene, and in the aftermath Barney unearths an unusual mystery. A man declared dead years ago is living outside of Citrus Beach, with a price still on his head. Megan tries to unravel his story, but there is a catch, and they have to act quickly before his killers try again. And this time they might succeed, killing anyone who might get in the way: be it a inquisitive redheaded Gardener or a playful Beagle! |
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| The Mainframe (The New Agenda Book 3), by Simone Pond | |
 | The Mainframe is the latest addition to the New Agenda book series.A dystopian book series about love and the fight for freedom. The hunt for Morray continues . . . Book three picks up in the year 2345, seventeen years after the disappearance of former city center leader, Chief Morray. There has been peace among the West Coast regions for years, but in Ojai Village there is very little peace between Ava and her sixteen-year old daughter Grace. Both have different ideas about what it takes to maintain independence. Ava spends hours inside the mainframe searching for Morray, while Grace focuses on the art of combat. Grace's dream is to get accepted into the Silicon Valley Academy and become a soldier like her father... |
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| The Silvering of Loran, by G.B. Wren | |
 | Loran Avileen, the beloved daughter of the reigning sovereign, was taught from an early age that destiny controlled life, at least her life. She was going to study from the most learned tutors and marry when the pairing benefited the Avileen Empire. All she had to do was accept what everyone else thought her destiny was. For the strong-willed Loran, that was going to be a problem. When Loran was twelve, a stranger briefly entered her life, just long enough to give her a gift that revealed something she was sure did not exist-real magic. To her surprise, she discovered Gilvius, her father and sovereign of the Avileen Empire, had long known of real magic and has banished any knowledge of it. But the edicts of the... |
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| The Depths Within, by John M Bourne | |
 | Mike lives happily with his wife Julia, and their son, Sam. Without any warning, his marriage falls apart, he has to move out of their home, money becomes short, and he struggles against depression. His one real joy is time with Sam. He and Sam are enjoying a day together when his world suddenly falls apart. In an instant he loses his son, together with everything and everyone that he knows, and very nearly his life. He found himself caught up in a terrifying adventure, unlike anything he could have imagined. Life becomes a desperate struggle to survive and escape this nightmare that separates him from all that he holds dear.... |
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| A Christmas Wish, by Robert F Moore | |
 | Little orphan Mandy sits on Santa's lap and asks for one Christmas wish. Mandy and her friend, Carmel the hamster, journey up the Christmas tree to reach the angel atop and have her wish granted. Along the way, Mandy and Carmel meet friends and foes who help or hinder their progress.... |
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| The Fine Art of Holding Your Breath, by Charity Tahmaseb | |
 | Secrets--like war--have their own casualties MacKenna's mother died when she was a baby, a casualty of the first Gulf War. Now seventeen, MacKenna has spent her life navigating the minefield of her dad's moods, certain of one thing: she is destined to follow in her mother's combat boots. But when she pursues an ROTC scholarship, she finds herself at war before even enlisting. Her father forbids her from joining the military, inexplicable considering he'd raised her to be a "warrior princess." MacKenna turns to her grandmother--who arms her with an ammo crate containing her mother's personal effects from the war. Hidden in the crate's false bottom is a journal, one her mom stashed there hours before her death. |
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| 25 New Year's Resolutions - For Cats!, by Fiona Steinkamp | |
 | A 'must read' for all cats and cat lovers! Felines, although this book was written and compiled with photographs in collaboration with a human, do not despair! The title was the human's idea, but in no way am I telling you what to do--I am a cat as well and would never dream of directing your actions. No, in this book I merely remind you of all the ways in which we cats are superior to all other creatures. So, if one day you find yourself forgetting this ultimate truth, you can turn to this volume and luxuriate in this knowledge. Rejoice, for we are the most talented of all creatures. |
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