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Pages in Bloom
April is a month filled with new growth and life. And the flowers aren’t the only things that are blooming. This Month’s Readers’ List showcases personal growth, coming-of-age, and new season of life books. Help us celebrate the arrival of spring!
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Self Help and How To
The Way of the Three-Year-Old Why: Live what really matters
By Donn King
Dan Roberts couldn’t remember his reason for living. He learned how to figure it out from someone he didn’t expect. In this business fable, someone keeps leaving him guidance notes, hinting at an intimate knowledge of Dan and his need to find his “why” the way a three-year-old does.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Love & Romance
Available As Is: A Midlife Widow’s Search for Love
By Debbie Weiss
A surprisingly funny memoir about love, loss and starting over at middle age. A sudden widow at 50, Debbie has to create a new life after losing her husband of 32 years, learning lessons about grief, relationships and how to find hope at any age.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Young Adult
Uglier (The Art of Being Ugly Book 2)
By Kelly Vincent
Nic Summers is still questioning her gender, but now she’s at her new boarding school, far away from her small-minded hometown. She makes friends early on and takes a rigorous art class she loves. But then she ruins everything with the wrong three little words. She has to dig deep to fix things and finally figure out who she really is.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Sweet Contemporary Romance
When Cardinals Appear (The Love Birds Book 1)
By Katie Eagan Schenck
Lanie returns to her quaint hometown to wrap up her late mother’s affairs before soaring off to a new life in California. But seeing her ex stirs up the past, especially when a cardinal appears every time he does. Questioning her vow to her mother to never look back, is the cardinal a clue Lanie’s true happiness is hiding in plain sight?
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Travel
Saints and Skeletons: A Memoir of Living in Mexico
By Ana Manwaring
Travel the back roads of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, where author Manwaring camped in ruins, sampled exotic foods, smoked loco weed atop pyramids, found lost cities, and learned to make a killer margarita. In the process, she also experienced great love and betrayal. As doors opened in her heart, skeletons tumbled out and, occasionally, saints appeared just when she needed them most.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Religious Romance
The Forever Stone (The Dumont Chronicles Book 1)
By Gloria Repp
Madeleine, recently widowed, is determined to escape her domineering family and their plans for her future. Thinking about her dead father’s integrity gives her a spurt of energy, and she agrees to join Aunt Lin’s house-restoration project in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. She’ll need courage and faith to step into this new life. Can she do it?
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Fantasy / Paranormal
Look ‘N Up Invasion
By Janice Carr Smith
Baput was born to succeed his grandfather as the ruler of his tiny world, but, at 12, he and his family are accidentally transported to Earth. The internet floods their primitive minds, driving his grandfather to dementia. Guided by his new best friend, a science-obsessed 12-year-old, Baput soon begins to doubt everything he is destined to preach.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Sweet Contemporary Romance
New Beginnings
By Deborah King
Sous Chef Sophie Tucker, out to comfort PTSD survivors on her family’s ranch, discovers an unexpected legacy unraveling before her eyes. And with the man of her dreams harboring secrets from his past, she fears her once-promising future will turn hopeless. Will Sophie lose her happily ever after?
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Mystery
Falling for the Blues (A Photine Fortier Mystery Book 2)
By Kenna Campbell
When a man falls to his death and an innocent woman is suspected of pushing him, Photine Fortier, awkward amateur sleuth, is contacted to help her. Photine Fortier takes on her second case reluctantly. Middle-aged and struggling to come into her own, she’ll do anything to find the teensiest bit of confidence to help move her forward.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Western Romance
The Ghost of Parkview Ranch
By Nicole Simon
Melissa’s life takes an unexpected turn when a tragic accident lands her in a deep coma. As her spirit teeters on the edge of the unknown, a handsome cowboy named Richard soon arrives at the ranch seeking work. Smitten by Melissa’s beauty in a supernatural encounter, Richard investigates to unravel the secrets of the ranch.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Steamy Contemporary Romance
Your Two Lips (Perry Harbor Book 1)
By Christina Braver
She can’t have a forever love. So, great sex it is. With a shared passion for mountain biking, the rugged tulip farmer agrees to help with those skills, but she wants his help with … other skills too. For her, it won’t be forever because she can’t be what he needs. For him, it has to be forever because his heart won’t survive another break.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
LGBTQ
A Tale of Two Florists (Juniper Creek Golden Years Book 1)
By Brenna Bailey
When a traditionalist and a free spirit butt heads, the small town of Juniper Creek is in for the War of the Flowers—unless Minnie can stop clinging to the past and accept a future with Eleanor in this queer contemporary flower shop romance.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Black Literature
The Fog Machine
By Susan Follett
A historical novel set in the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement—1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer. Adult fiction with YA crossover that is ideal for book groups and a powerful resource for teachers—adopted by high schools and universities in MN, MS, OR, and Norway. This exploration of prejudice and personal change is as relevant today as then.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Thriller
Scuffer Lake
By John Sutter Wood
The banker and attorney ran. They had no choice. It was bolt with the money, all of it, or be run out of town, broke and destitute. The banker had created the problem. The attorney, well, she was surely complicit. Tess and Gunnar intervened, something had to be done. It was about the children. It was always about the children.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Thriller
The Missing Diary (Crime Scene Kosovo Book 1)
By Tasmin Turner
Legal drama, international intrigue, and forbidden romance in post-conflict Kosovo. Kit Chase, international lawyer, accepts the challenge, leaving her comfort zone in New Zealand. But she soon finds herself right in the middle of an ongoing conflict and must bring a vicious crime boss to justice.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Children’s
Bibi Saves the Honey Bees (Bibi Saves Book 1)
By Judith A. Ewa
Will the flowers be in full bloom? Will the honey bees still buzz, zip, dip and dart around? Join Bibi on an adventure to save the honey bees, overcoming obstacles in nature!
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Thriller
Before the Flood
By Alex Lasker
President Kennedy has just been assassinated. Still in shock, sixteen-year-old Brian Reed and all of New England’s Harkness Academy are even more stunned when they learn of the drowning of a naive freshman, Ted Merrifield. The autopsy reports that “Merry” was legally drunk, something that seems totally out of character and way beyond his years.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Cozy Mystery
Wildflower Worries (Claire’s Candles Cozy Mystery Book 8)
By Agatha Frost
In “Wildflower Worries,” Northash reels from beekeeper Nigella Turner’s death. Candlemaker Claire Harris is drawn into the mystery when linked to Turner’s last harvest. Ignoring police cautions, she investigates with her father, risking her life to unveil the truth. A gripping and twisty cozy mystery that can be read as a standalone.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Religion / Spirituality
Beyond Belief: How Living with a Brain Stem Tumor Brought Faith and Purpose to Life
By Kyle Campbell
Award-Winning book for Christian Inspirational: Follow Kyle on a journey through diagnosis and treatment of a life-threatening brain stem tumor, disability and philosophy, as well as coming to Faith and Living with Incredible Purpose through the lens of Jesus.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Romantic Comedy
No Kisses for the Neighbor Next Door
By Francesca Spencer
A handsome firefighter. A straight-laced librarian. A small town spring fair where the spark of pent-up emotions could burst into flames. Meet Cam Wickham. He’s in Oak River on a temporary contract and doesn’t want to be there. Small towns are boring. But then Cam meets Molly, and his big-city bachelor world explodes like fireworks on 4th July.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Literary Fiction
Wonders in the Waves
By Jennifer Collins
Larissa yearns for more than survival. It’s time to reframe grief; move in new directions. Old postcards lead her toward the sea. Oceanside walks help process shifting emotions. Searching for the son she reluctantly surrendered, connections from the past offer her hope. Will she finally live life to the fullest, regardless of what she might find?
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Science Fiction
Enchained (Enchained Trilogy Book 1)
By Janet McNulty
Noni has spent her entire life training to be arbiter. She passes her final tests and must now complete her training in the dreaded eastern sector. There, she sees her world for the first time and realizes not everything is as she had been led to believe. In a world where weakness is failure and failure is death, can Noni reclaim her humanity?
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Young Adult
Idol Pursuits: Debut
By Robert Rioux
“Is K-Pop viable outside Korea?” “Wouldn’t you like to find out?” That exchange marked the birth of indie K-Pop girl group Made in Heaven. Experience the highs and lows as seven young women navigate the treacherous world of the entertainment industry while also taking their first steps into adulthood. SEVEN GIRLS. ONE BAND. ZERO RULES.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Cozy Mystery
Beltane Bewitchment (Familiar Kitten Mysteries Book 15)
By Sara Bourgeois
Kinsley Wilson is having a tough week… As the leader of a prominent local Coven, she’s overseeing a massive Beltane Festival in her hometown of Coventry. Everything is going great until a dead body is discovered. Beltane Bewitchment is book 15 of Familiar Kitten Mysteries, but it is a great starting point for new readers. You can dive right in.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024
Fantasy / Paranormal
Terra Nova
By MtG
When Evangeline is diagnosed with a genetic blood disorder, her health suddenly becomes interesting to the authorities. What Evangeline’s family doesn’t realize is that Evangeline’s blood, while deteriorating her health, is also a doorway to a place she really shouldn’t go to.
This deal is good on April 21st, 2024