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Grand Slam Murders

After four bridge players are poisoned, newspaper reporter Wendy Winchester sets out to catch a killer who's not playing with a full deck . . . When the four wealthy widows who make up the venerable Rosalie Bridge Club never get up from their card table, this quiet Mississippi town has its first quadruple homicide. Who put cyanide in their sugar bowl? An aspiring member and kibitzer with the exclusive club, Wendy takes a personal interest in finding justice for the ladies. She also has a professional motivation. A frustrated society columnist for the Rosalie Citizen, she's ready to deal herself a better hand as an investigative reporter. This could be her big break. Plus, she has a card or two up her sleeve: her sometimes boyfriend is a detective and her dad is the local chief of police. Partnering up with the men in her life, Wendy starts shuffling through suspects and turning over secrets long held close to the chest by the ladies. But...
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Mastered by the Zandians

TWO ZANDIAN WARRIORS. THEIR FEISTY HUMAN CAPTIVE. I can fly a fighter jet in my sleep and kill with the fingers of one hand. I work alone. No being in the galaxy can challenge me— until I tangle with two Zandian warriors. They say I stole their cargo, and they plan to take me to their planet. Make me theirs. Nobody owns me. I'm not going to let these Zandians master me, no matter how sexy and appealing they are. Because I have a secret mission. And if they find it out, my entire life could be over. My name is Mirelle, and this is my story.
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Baby Makes Four

Five years have passed since Trisha, Ken, and Tommy began their polyamorous relationship. They're no longer horny college kids, but growing up brings its own challenges for the Marks-Davidson clan. As Trisha struggles with carrying Ken's baby in San Antonio's dry, scorching weather, Tommy begins to question his place in the trio, especially when Ken, who previously agreed to deepen the intimacy between the two, seems reluctant to seal the deal.Emotionally, Ken's all for connecting on a physical level with his best friend and co-husband. He's just not sure about the logistics. What will it take for them to forget their egos and insecurities and give into the desires already boiling over?Follow their journey as they answer the question: Can three people truly love each other equally?Although reading books one and two first would add to the enjoyment, book three in the Retro-Contemporary Triple Passion Play series can be read as a standalone HEA romance.
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Tailspinner

Frank breaks up a cult and saves Trout Run from destruction.
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The Only Woman in the Room

She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she knew a few secrets about the enemy. She had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis...if anyone would listen to her.A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication, The Only Woman in the Room is a masterpiece.
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Sugar & Spice

People have their reasons for signing up on a sugar daddy website. Maybe it starts with a dare. But if they're lucky, it ends with a bang . . .Haley Arnold made her first million at the age of twenty, thanks to her Internet business, Fashion Finds. Young and rich, she became an easy mark for men looking to take advantage. Now ten years older and divorced, Haley isn't looking for love, she's looking for no-strings-attached sex. Will signing up on a dating site bring her a man who meets her needs? Devin Ford is smart, highly educated, aimless, and bored. At a party the night after his Ph.D. defense, he takes a bet to sign up on a sugar daddy dating website. With so few sugar mamas, he doesn't expect anything to come of it. So he's shocked when beautiful Haley contacts him. And they're both surprised when their first meeting leads to a night of mind-blowing sex. But the closer Devin wants to get to Haley, the more she pushes him away. When he learns of...
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Breaking the Ruhls

An urgent and timely memoir exploring the unseemly reality of childhood sexual abuse, a scourge on too many neighborhoods, often hiding in plain sight. Millions of victims remain silent, buried under the weight of their own guilt, shame, and addiction. As an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse, Larry Ruhl shows how only by sharing can we begin to heal.
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