Why are these books “Recommended”? Could be because of recent awards won, or amazing reviews, the fact their “hot” in the marketplace right now, or some other prompting. The books that appear here are, for one reason or another, pretty special. Of course, that can be said of more of our books than are pictured here. Therefore, the books featured on this page will rotate on occasion.
PLEASE NOTE: Books are listed alphabetically, and the articles ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’, etc., ARE part of the alphabetization at this site.
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BONES OF DEAD MAN’S BLUFF by Robb Grindstaff
Even the most powerful men can’t prevent dark secrets of the past from washing ashore.
Worth Sullivan is the celebrity pastor of the globally renowned Harvest Fields megachurch. Kirk Madison is an esteemed former US Army general and popular US senator. Both men came from humble beginnings in the Ozarks, but today are highly successful beacons of hope and leadership in a nation torn apart by political and social divisions. Then Kirk announces he’s running for president.
Decades earlier, Worth and Kirk witnessed the death of a young girl and agreed to never speak of it. While Kirk seems to have made his peace, Worth still dreams of the dead girl every night. The deep forensics of presidential campaigns makes it likely this indiscretion will soon come to light—taking down Kirk’s campaign, destroying Worth’s life, and possibly pushing the nation into full-blown civil war. Can Worth set things right, or will the dead girl seek justice on her own?
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INLET BOYS by Chris Krupa (PI Kowalski – Book 1)
PI Kowalski peels back the layers of a sunny, idyllic Aussie town, and exposes its dark, criminal underbelly.
PI Matt Kowalski’s first case is personal. Real personal.
Clues point him in many directions and at many suspects, and he exposes a horrific crime with devastating consequences, which will affect the town forever. He also ends up unwittingly putting those he loves in the crosshairs of a ruthless black-racketeering syndicate.
Now, on his own and up against heavy odds, he must track a killer before they take out his family.
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PEDALING WEST by E. A. Coe
It will be the adventure of a lifetime for Carrie Brinkley… if she makes it to the end alive.
> GOLD MEDAL: Readers’ Favorite Book Awards – 2023 – Fiction – Crime
> OVERALL WINNER: Firebird Book Awards – Fiction
> WINNER: Literary Titan Book Awards – Gold Medal
> WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Winter 2023 – Best Adventure Fiction
> WINNER: Reader’s House (London) – Editor’s Choice 2024 – Award for Literary Excellence
When Carrie loses her job and boyfriend during the opening weeks of the pandemic, she’s determined to reset her life in a positive direction. The answer? A solo, two-month, cross-country bicycle trip from Virginia Beach to Mendocino, California.
Yet dangers lurk that she’d never anticipated. During Carrie’s idyllic journey across the continent, her greatest danger comes not from her encounters with angry animals, road hazards, or the elements. Something much worse stalks her—something much too human.
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PLAYING WITH FIRE by William E. Noland (Uncommon Bonds – Book 1)
An ancient entity, trapped and suffering; a girl who inexplicably hears cries of anguish in her dreams…. What’s their connection?
> FINALIST: Independent Author Network – Book of the Year 2022 – FICTION: PARANORMAL/SUPERNATURAL
> WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2022 – BEST SUPERNATURAL THRILLER
Lotte has moved from Germany, and is new to Southby High School, where Eric is trapped with her as his German tutor. Despite being somewhat dazzled by her unusual beauty and keen intelligence, he quickly realizes there may be more to her crabby demeanor and the scary black circles under her eyes than anyone realizes.
The unlikely couple must discover the mysterious source of Lotte’s debilitating nightmares… before madness overtakes her.
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RED DEATH by Jeff Altabef (Red Death – Book 1)
Forced to flee Eden, the only home they’ve ever known, Aaliss and her brother Wilky plunge into the land of the Soulless, where everything is as they feared—only different.
> WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award – Best Science Fiction (Dystopian)
> FINALIST: Readers’ Favorite Book Awards – Young Adult Fantasy
> FINALIST: Eric Hoffer Book Awards 2017 – Young Adult
Aaliss graduated at the top of her class as a highly trained Guardian of the city of Eden, the last refuge against the Red Death plague. When her rather odd younger brother, Wilky, discovered a cure, it came at a high cost, as the High Priest falsely branded them as traitors.
On the run, they’re captured in the wild new world, but are the Soulless really that bad? Aaliss strikes a deal with the surprisingly charming Prince Eamon—the cure, in exchange for her freedom. Together they search for the ingredients to the cure in a desperate race against time to save the Prince’s brother’s life.
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TRAMPLING IN THE LAND OF WOE by William LJ Galaini (Hellbound – Book 1)
In New Dis, Purgatory, there is no rest for the dead. Sprouting from the rim of Hell’s depths, not even this bohemian city of the afterlife—full of mercantile enterprises, engineering innovations, and political intrigue—is immune to the tragedies filtering down into it as war and endless suffering rage on Earth above.
> WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Summer 2021 – Best Religious Fiction
General Hephaestion has one goal is his new afterlife scheme: rescue Alexander the Great from the torment of Hell. Yet far more souls bar his way than he’d ever anticipated, and Hephaestion, with the help of new friends and comrades, will have to use both brains and brawn against some of the underworld’s most unsavory opponents.
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TWO MORE YEARS by EC Stilson
He said the dreaded words, “I give you two years to live,” and my heart froze in time.
I have four young kids. To not see them grow up, start their careers, get married… those thoughts seemed unfathomable. “I’m only in my 30s. You can fix this. Can’t you?” I’d made so many plans.
“No. I’m sorry, Elisa. We can’t.”
My breath evaded me, like I already needed the ventilator—the damn life support. I wouldn’t die in a car crash or some freak accident. Nope. I knew what would kill me; I just didn’t know when it would happen.
The night I met Mike, an infamous bachelor, I couldn’t imagine that years later I’d be battling for my life as he helped raise my four children. Yet, there we were. It was slow at first, but my view on life reverted to something it had been years before. It wasn’t until I started modeling in hospital gowns, fiddling for terminal patients, and taking my kids on outlandish adventures that I discovered how to truly live again. But, despite handling so much with grace and trying to build a legacy for my family, could that reconcile the most devastating of diagnoses?
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