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Summer Sparks
As July brings big fireworks and warm days, it’s time to immerse yourself in the heat! We’re featuring books that bring the sizzle, whether it’s extra-hot romance or big, dramatic fictional tales. Let the sparks fly off the page in this month’s Readers’ List!
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Science Fiction
The Womanoid Diaries Complete Trilogy (Books 1-3)
By Ava Lock
Sparks fly when a drug-cooking AI housewife runs into a corrupt policewoman at the market in New Stepford. This superhero trilogy is jam-packed with thrilling action, scandalous romance, and clever satire. A colorful cast of characters explores themes of identity, sexuality, and the power of love. One day only, snatch your box set now!
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
LGBTQ / Fantasy
Treasure Trail
By Morgan Brice
Sparks fly when Erik and Ben meet. But a cursed hotel’s long-ago scandals resurface, setting off a dangerous chain of events that will test their bond—and might make them Cape May’s newest ghosts! Treasure Trail is a suspenseful MM paranormal romance mystery-adventure filled with second chance love, hurt/comfort, soulmates, & psychic visions.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Historical Fiction
A Wyoming Ranch and the Woman from France
By Kari August
Moonie is torn from his twin brother in 1915, due to the Great War. But when charming Cici arrives from France, Moonie resists any attraction he has for her out of respect for his sibling, certain she must have been a special love of his during the conflict. If only they were not unavoidably always thrown together! Inspired by true events.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Science Fiction
The Moon Run (Book 1)
By Kathleen Contine
Long after losing her teammate to a fatal crash, Finley decides she’s ready to enter the Moon Run again — but only Garis, the man who caused the accident, is willing to be her copilot. With each contestant willing to kill for the win, can they put their past aside and emerge victorious?
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Fantasy / Paranormal
Children of Madness
By Jarrett Brandon Early
Fincher Bugg leads the Sour Flower Gang, the preeminent child harvesters of the Stenches, a town of exiles condemned to difficult lives in toxic conditions. When a desperate king makes a seemingly magnanimous offer to a hopeless population, the Sour Flower Gang sets out on a harrowing expedition to find God for the very empire that cast them aside.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Thriller
Ansaki. Devout. (The Boy Who Sailed to Spain Book 3)
By Paul OGarra
He is hidden and angry with the world. His solution, to kill a highly disreputable top American leader. It’s his answer to the mass killing of children, and he wants legions of the inspired to follow his example and remove the evil doers of the planet before it’s too late. His name Ansaki, Angel, saint, killer.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Thriller
Enigma Forced (Enigma Heirs)
By Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey
The R-Group and CATS team leaders want to end Mateo’s inhuman business model. The heroes must derail the human exploitation and opioid epidemic, killing people in increasingly dramatic numbers. If they can save even a few from the jaws of death, they win.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Cozy Mystery
Murder in Two Acts (Erica Duncan Mysteries)
By Laura Shea
Erica Duncan and Alan DeLorme are spending a few weeks at the summer theater where Alan will make his directorial debut, with Erica as his assistant. They think that the biggest problem during their stay will be injecting some life into a play that reads more like a manifesto than a drama. After two murders in two weeks, they’re not so sure.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Thriller
The Outbreak (The Resistance Is Dead Book 1)
By Kevin Mooseles
Welcome to the summer from hell. Published in 2016, this first book of a now complete trilogy follows a first term president as he tries to stay ahead of a global virus pandemic, and a group of friends camping on the beach. Things turn south when the sick begin to die, and the dead come back as zombies, straight out of a movie or game.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Literary Fiction
Good Man, Good Woman
By Jonathan Epps
1968: Gladys Welson was born into upper class privilege; Henry Good, the toils of working life. Through many doubts, fears, and the unforeseen trials of life—their relationship has a chance to grow into something natural and mutually inspiring, forging a tale of love not inhibited by their time. But will it threaten to ruin them both instead?
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Science Fiction
Mind Shift (Three Worlds Book 5)
By Carol A. Strickland
MIND CONTROL: the preferred weapon of the powerful Yanist-Glory Empire. Terran psychic Lina Starhart has devised the remedy to it, and her two super-powerful husbands stand by to protect her teaching tour. Can she spread the secret across the galactic sector before the Empire stops her?
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Historical Fiction
Chicago Movie Girls
By D. C Reep
Three sisters in 1914 fight for success in Chicago’s early movie business. Sensible Rae lies about her age. Gorgeous Lily aims for a rich society husband. Reckless Delia takes off her clothes for the camera. “Betrayal, jealousy, and lovesick suitors power a fast-moving plot with several twists and turns” — Publishers Weekly
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Fantasy / Paranormal
The Skies Over Lisandra
By David Angelo
Unleash the Magic with The Skies Over Lisandra, a spellbinding saga of love, betrayal, and redemption. Follow Princess Anastasia, reborn as a formidable dragon, on a quest to overthrow tyranny alongside her childhood love and a mysterious witch.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Romantic Suspense
The Kidnapping
By Linda J Burson
One bar, two strangers and one night that will change their lives forever. Now if they can just manage to keep out of the clutch of danger.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Historical Fiction
Passage to Moorea
By B.R. O’Hagan
From the turquoise blue waters of Polynesia to the grimy alleys of NYC, Civil War hero and adventurer Thomas Scoundrel risks everything for the woman he loves. Hunted by assassins, Tahitian warriors, a ruthless banker & the most powerful figures in the world of fine art he is tested to the limit at every turn. A love story for the ages.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Literary Fiction
Dog Logic
By Tom Strelich
Hertell Daggett has just discovered a lost civilization, and they’ve been living beneath his pet cemetery since 1963 due to some bad information they got about the end of the world. Hertell leads the duck-and-cover civilization into the glorious, mystifying, and often dismaying modern world. What could possibly go wrong?
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Paranormal Romance
The Architect (The Epitaph Series Book 4)
By Karla Brandenburg
Set against the backdrop of New Orleans, Kathleen McCormick has to prove to her stuffy boss that she has the skills to earn her next promotion – if she can keep her mischievous personality in check before he fires her. The fourth in the EPITAPH series that combines small town romance with ghostly intervention.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Literary Fiction
Benny Goldfarb, Private “I”
By Howard Feigenbaum
Colombian immigrant, Rosa Zuleca, owns a Los Angeles car wash with her brother, Enrique, a cardiologist in Cartagena. At their business, a stranger demands ownership. Her brother disappears. A private investigator flies with her to Cartagena to find Enrique. Rosa discovers a hidden Sephardic past and a Palace of the Inquisition in her hometown.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Historical Fiction
The Fog Machine
By Susan Follett
“It felt like a hundred degrees in the shade, but that record [was] on June 21, the day three fellow volunteers came up missing.” 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer. When college students converged on Mississippi to register voters and teach in Freedom Schools. When lives collided as each questioned the meaning and price of freedom.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Supernatural Thriller
Moonlight Rocks (Murder and Magic Book 3)
By Yurie Kiri
What would you do if God fell into your lap? Jessy and her friends set up camp near the top of Moonlight Rocks to watch the Leonid meteor shower. After darkness falls, a stunningly bright meteor suddenly flashes across the sky blinding the friends to danger. The meteorite blasts into their camp knocking everyone out but Jessy who grabs the meteorite and runs for help.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Young Adult
Through the Tree (The Land of Marqueria Book 1)
By Shana Ren
‘Through the Tree’ is about a family with two teenage daughters who, when they were toddlers, discovered a doorway through an ancient tree. The doorway led them to the Land of Marqueria, where magic is real and unicorns exist. Now, as teenagers, they must lead their mother through the Tree so she can become who she was born to be. From Montana to Marqueria, the family is tested.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Sweet Contemporary Romance
Love is What You Bake of it (The Meraki Series Book 1)
By Effie Kammenou
Pursued by an intoxicating man, Kally, normally guarded, risks everything to be with him. But when tragedy strikes, truths are revealed that leave her brokenhearted & untrusting. Years later, when a new man walks into her café, sparks fly. But is Kally willing to once again take a ‘whisk on love?’
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Romantic Comedy
The Five Year Plan
By Jodi Gibson
Be whisked away this summer to the shores of Italy to indulge in pasta and romance as Demi delves into her Italian heritage to get her five year plan back on track. Instead, she finds herself embroiled in an age-old rivalry, uncovers a secret love triangle from the past, and meets the hot and handsome Leo who just might make her question everything.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Thriller
Backlash: Venom and Vendetta from ’Nam
By Ana Manwaring
Your past will always find you. And it’s going to take everything you love. Jackman Quint’s former CO, Nader, is out for blood. And he won’t settle for killing Quint—he’s after everyone Quint loves. But why? Quint has a week to figure it out before his daughter, JadeAnne, returns home. If he doesn’t, she’ll be next.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024
Sweet Contemporary Romance
B is for Boyfriend (Alphabet Romance)
By Devin Audrah
Embark on a heart-pounding journey into the high-octane world of “B is for Boyfriend,” where speed and passion collide. Follow the captivating story of Sherry, a small-town woman whose life takes an exhilarating turn when she becomes the unexpected muse of a Formula One racing driver. She thinks she’s too old for him – he disagrees.
This deal is good on July 14th, 2024