I get so upset that someone keeps stealing my pens. It is very frustrating because I am the one who goes out into the world and acquires all these pens from different businesses. I just assume that if you have a little jar with a bunch of pens with the business name on it, they are there for the taking. I always ask to steal their pens, and they say yes, so I am not a bad person. I do get a bit of a thrill being so bold as to steal the pens. I laugh because most of the time I do this, it makes the person I am with uncomfortable. It’s always the same nervous laugh. I less ask for the pen, and more just inform them I am stealing the pen. I haven’t been tackled yet leaving a business, so it’s all good. It’s a silly thing to be so happy about a bunch of pens from different businesses, but I guess it beats robbing banks. Banks no longer put there pens on chains, ya know. Why were they so worried about people stealing their pens?
The Neon Palm of Madame Melancon
by Will Clarke
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Science Fiction
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From the author of LORD VISHNU’S LOVE HANDLES and THE WORTHY comes a mind-bending mystery set in the city of New Orleans.
Corporate attorney, Duke Melançon, wrestles with twin emergencies that threaten his future. His employer, Mandala Worldwide, has unleashed a deepwater spill that could destroy the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, his crime boss mother, Madame Melançon, has disappeared into the syrupy night. These two seemingly unrelated events are somehow quantumly entangled. Moreover, Duke discovers just “how entangled” they truly are when he comes face-to-face with what his “pet-psychic” sister calls, “a tear in the brocade of time.”
THE NEON PALM OF MADAME MELANÇON takes readers behind a Louisiana backdrop of pollution and voodoo to explore Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” What begins as a comic romp in the tradition of Cervantes, ends with breathtaking revelations about the mysteries of time, the tragedy of love, and the unexpected impact Clarke’s Third Law will have on every aspect of our lives.
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Who Needs Reality? (Northwest Romantic Comedy Book 1)
by Lia London
Genre: Romance
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How do you woo the girl next door when she becomes a reality star?
Mild-mannered and predictable Milo Halsey wants to be a pharmacist. He is steady, reasonable, and hopelessly in love with his childhood best friend, the girl next door, Jill Ripley. But though they are practically inseparable, he’s never declared his love because what if she laughed at the idea–or worse–ran away from their friendship?
Beautiful, flighty, spoiled, and sweet, Jill Ripley chases adventure every day. Whether she’s buying racks of stylish clothing or speeding down the highway on her Harley, she pushes limits in the search for fun and fulfillment.
When Jill, on a whim, decides to audition for Who Wants to Be a Soap Star, she manages to convince Milo to come along. It’s all a crazy stunt until they make the cut! Thrown into a competitive world that brings out the worst in people, they both discover what matters more than fame and fortune. But how can they find true love when they are pawns in a fake world?
With loads of humor and surprising twists, this romantic comedy is sure to please readers who love a sweet and sassy love story.
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Backwater Bay (Kurt Hunter Mysteries Book 1)
by Steven Becker
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Sea Adventures | Action & Adventure
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How much would it take for you to kill someone close?
From Bestselling Author Steven Becker comes a new mystery series:
When a body is found floating in the mangroves of Biscayne National Park, Special Agent Kurt Hunter has his first real case. He’s not looking for the spotlight or notoriety — he’s had both with disastrous results. But that seems unavoidable as the trail leads him to South Beach and his introduction to the culture there is anything but comfortable.
In the National Parks Service’s version of the witness protection program, Kurt quickly finds out that the pristine waters surrounding Miami are very different from the National Forest he transferred from. Follow Kurt through this new world as he unearths a crooked families greed to solve the case.
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Live Wire (Maggie #1): A What Doesn’t Kill You Romantic Mystery
by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Romance | Mystery | Foreign Languages
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A hookup turned lethal. A spurned, angry cowboy. Can rebel Maggie turn the tables before a killer adds her to the list of lost causes?
Washed-up alt-country-rocker-turned-junker Maggie Killian is pulled to Wyoming by an irresistible force… former bull rider Hank Sibley, the man who broke her heart fifteen years before. When she unexpectedly meets his Sunday school-teaching-girlfriend at a saloon, Maggie seeks liquor-fueled oblivion between the sheets of a younger man’s bed. But after her beloved vintage truck breaks down and leaves her stranded in the Cowboy State, she learns her hookup died minutes after leaving their rendezvous. Suddenly surrounded by men with questionable motives, Maggie searches for the murderer while fighting the electricity between herself and her old beau and her new penchant for local whiskey.
When the police zero in on Maggie despite a disturbing series of break-ins at her guest cabin, she realizes she’s got no one to rely on but herself. To keep herself happily in bars instead of behind them, she must stop the killer before the cops realize the man she really suspects is a jealous, angry Hank.
Live Wire is the first standalone book in a trilogy featuring sharp-tongued protagonist Maggie Killian from the addictive What Doesn’t Kill You romantic mystery series. If you like nerve-racking suspense, electric characters and relationships, and juicy plot twists, then you’ll love USA Today best seller Pamela Fagan Hutchins’ Silver Falchion award-winning series.
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Hired Gun
by W.R. Benton
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Westerns | Action & Adventure
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The Newest Western from the Author of ‘Jake Masters, Bounty Hunter’
The dusty mining town of Bannack, Montana harbors a fierce rivalry, two businessmen will do anything for advantage over their competition… even if it means murder. Myles Sams is a hired killer, not young any more but wise enough to stay alive, even if that means shooting first. When Myles’ services are acquired to streamline Bannack’s current business community, he soon realizes he’s gunning for the wrong side. With a mini war brewing, Myles defects, offering his six guns to his former target side.
But all is not what it seems, additional unseen forces are at work, quietly ripping the small town apart at the seams. When crooked vigilantes get wind of Myles’ plan to set things right, all hell’s gonna break loose.
Brutal and action-packed – another gripping western from W.R. Benton.
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