The Truth

The Truth

Peter Grainger

Mystery / Crime

“He said if he hadn’t heard from you by high noon today, he was going to strap on his six-guns and ride back into town. So I think you should call him, Charlie. Call him before you come home.”      Charlie Hills, former desk sergeant at Kings Lake Central, is in trouble. He hasn’t told DC Smith, his old friend and sparring partner, but someone has, and now the two former policemen are about to embark on a difficult and potentially dangerous search for the truth. For one of them, it could be life-changing. 
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The Visit

The Visit

'The Visit is an engrossing and tender portrait of a small town under pressure ... Stark and elemental - at the heart of the novel is a sort of quiet yearning and a longing for love and for completion that makes Neil Tully's novel so brilliant and intriguing' - Colm Tóibín"The lad is a bit like a stray dog. I keep an eye on him and throw him a few scraps. There are plenty of people in this town who'd just as soon drop him off in the wilderness and hope there's no scent to follow home. The problem is that Patrick could find his way out of any wilderness and they wouldn't like whatever starved thing came back."Sergeant Jim Field feels a guilty paternalism for Patrick Hatten, a young man struggling to find a job, a life and a purpose in a small-town Wexford community. Both are used to being on the fringes but while Jim is a romantic with bad health and regret, Patrick is full of anger and action, and his actions could have...
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Knot Quite a Fairytale

Knot Quite a Fairytale

Iris Aster

Iris Aster

*My fairytale is finally within reach—right up until the moment the Everhart Pack rejects me in front of the entire royal elite on Omega Selection Day. * Every year, the most powerful alphas in the world gather beneath Ravencroft Hall’s glittering chandeliers to claim their destined omegas. For most, it’s a night of champagne and gossip. For those of us chosen by the Council, it’s the moment our whole lives have been leading toward. I’ve dreamed of this since the day I was designated an omega. My parents wanted me to chase prestige, not pack life—but all I’ve ever wanted is a warm home, a loving pack, pups underfoot, and the freedom to use my art to make the world better. I want the family I never had. The belonging I’ve always been denied. The second I step toward my Council-matched alphas, everything shatters. Ranier Starling sneers that a commoner could never stand at his side. Bastion Silverwood leads cruel laughter. Wyatt Whitlock lies—boldly, publicly—just to humiliate me. Everhart Pack has rejected every omega before me. They’re out of time, out of chances, and one more refusal means royal disgrace. They need me. I refuse to let the future I’ve worked for slip through my fingers. So when they extend their roses, I accept—not as a meek little omega, but as the woman who will teach three arrogant alphas exactly what it means to earn a mate. Because crowns can be taken, power can shift, and even the lowest-ranked omega can bring a royal pack to its knees. KNOT QUITE A FAIRYTALE is a 75,000‑word standalone contemporary omegaverse romance with no cliffhanger perfect for fans of the Princess Diaries and Bridgerton. Expect MFMM (no MM), omega royalty and a guaranteed happily ever after rejected omega, ugly duckling, motorcycle rides, and found family in this cozy and spicy romance. Step into a world where the underestimated rise, the powerful fall, and love rewrites the rules. Claim your place in the pack.
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The Left and the Lucky

The Left and the Lucky

Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin

"One of America's greatest storytellers."—Jonathan EvisonThe acclaimed Willy Vlautin returns with a heartbreaking and tender novel about two young brothers, the vicissitudes of fate, and unexpected connection—a beautiful and bittersweet portrait that illuminates the power of friendship and how it can save lives in multiple ways.Eddie Wilkens is a workaholic house painter in his early forties. His wife has left him to her regret, and his main employee, Houston, is a loafer and scoundrel who barely shows up for work. Unassuming and self-reliant, Eddie is thoughtful man who rarely gets angry, despite life's frequent provocations, but he is ruled by a guilt that he has carried for nearly twenty years.Next door, a woman and her two sons move in with her frail and aging mother. The youngest boy, Russell, eight-years-old, is quiet and small for his age and lives in constant terror of his increasingly lost and troubled...
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Night Terror

Night Terror

Vincent Ralph

Vincent Ralph

Welcome to Bleak Haven: The town you won't (or can't!) leave... The second nail-biting novel in the Bleak Haven series, in Vincent Ralph's signature, terrifying style!Bleak Haven High's senior class of 1987 have already survived the town's most horrifying tragedy to date. As a result, 17-year-old Noah understands everything there is to know about monsters.When the bookstore that Noah works in is held up by masked attackers, he assumes they want cash. But the assailants aren't demanding a ransom. They are searching for Bleak Haven's very own urban legend - The Burning Book.After something with a thirst for flesh creeps from the book's pages, Noah must use his knowledge of Bleak Haven's terrifying history to help his fellow hostages escape the mall, without turning their town into another bloodbath.
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