The Mark of the Crown

In this thrilling story filled with action and mystery, the young apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi ventures into a new dimension of his training with Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn.
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Lease to Doomsday

Classic Science Fiction! The twins were a rare team indeed. They wanted to build a printing plant on a garbage dump. When Muldoon asked them why, their answer was entirely logical: "Because we live here."Classic Science Fiction! The twins were a rare team indeed. They wanted to build a printing plant on a garbage dump. When Muldoon asked them why, their answer was entirely logical: "Because we live here."
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Towards Zero

An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house...What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. It's all part of a carefully paid plan - for murder...
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Jack's Heart

Wildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming – and so do the women.Valerie Trimarco is very pregnant, very lost, very alone, and very stuck in a Wyoming snow storm. Her car is jammed in a Wyoming ditch, with contractions coming faster and harder ... when her white knight in a cowboy hat arrives. Ranch foreman Jack Ralston's job is to handle anything that needs handling with cool, quiet competence, including a baby who's decided to enter the world right now.A few years later, Valerie returns to the Slash-C Ranch of Knighton, Wyoming. Now a successful mommy blogger, she wants to thank the man who rescued her and delivered her beloved daughter. Okay, maybe she's wondered about him a time or two over the years. How could she not? So she conspires with his employers and friends to spring a surprise party on him for a proper thank you.Yes, Jack can handle anything. Except a surprise party. And this...
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A Haunting Reprise

When Sybil returns to her London roots, the past comes back to haunt her.Actress-turned-medium Sybil Ingram is enjoying life in Paris with her new husband, violinist Roderick Brooke, when her past suddenly catches up with her in the form of her pushy little sister. Polly wants Sybil to help her become an actress—which means getting the blessing of their father, who is near death.Back in London, Sybil's homecoming is chilly. Even worse is her reunion with her former mentor, Gerhardt Atherton, who is still falsely claiming that Sybil embezzled from the theater troupe. When Atherton is found dead, his business partner, Ivor Treherne, is arrested for murder. But Sybil isn't satisfied that the police have unearthed the whole story.Matters reach a crisis when the drama in her family takes a supernatural form. As she turns to a fellow medium to help her banish a poltergeist and determine who really killed Atherton, Sybil soon realizes that someone is trying...
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Pastries and Puzzles

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When Lyric Met Limerick (A Novelette)

She's a winsome poetess looking for a rhyme. He's a moody minstrel looking for a song. When their lives collide, fireworks are sure to follow.SEATTLE TRILOGY – PREQUEL: It’s the 1980s. The decade that launched the grunge movement. The era when weird became cool. In 1983, Howard aspires to be the next king of rock, and doesn’t mind bending a few rules to get there. Then he meets “Luna Tunes,” who sells limericks for a living. Sure, she’s cute, but who does that? And why is she with that goon Brian?Before Howard can even get her number, disaster strikes. Not once, but twice. Now how’s he ever gonna win the girl of his dreams?Prequel to Sapphire Secrets, When Lyric met Limerick is a light-hearted, fun romance.
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The Singer

It's 2010, and science has yet to discover how to harness electrical power. The music industry is everything you'd expect: ruthless, conceited, avaricious, shallow—save for only one difference: there is no way to amplify the human voice. Doctor John Doe has discovered a revolutionary new process to transform aspiring musicians into Singers. But at what cost?We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at our shoes.It's 2010, and science has yet to discover how to harness electrical power. Amongst the young people, the music industry is everything you'd expect: ruthless, conceited, avaricious, shallow—save for only one difference: there is no way to amplify the human voice. Doctor John Doe has discovered a revolutionary new process to transform aspiring musicians into Singers. A few are brave enough to risk everything for fame and fortune—but at what cost?
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Diamonds and Cole: Cole Sage Mystery #1

A once great journalist, Cole Sage has finally hit rock bottom. When the daughter of his lost love goes missing, Cole sees a chance at redemption - but he'll have to navigate a treacherous maze of con men, and shady deals to find her. The Cole Sage series is a clean, character driven, mystery series with lots of twist, turns, and heart.Beaten, bloody but determined, Cole Sage conquers greed and hatred with a strength that only love, and a will as hard as diamond, can achieve.When Cole Sage receives a desperate message asking for help from Ellie, one that got away. The one that has haunted his life. Cole drops everything and flies to California. Fearing her estranged daughter Erin’s inheritance, won’t go to her, but to her abusive step-father, Cole vows to find the girl and right the situation.His path is blocked at every turn by the husband who abandoned her, his shady real estate deals, violent con men, street thugs and the lure of a fortune in diamonds that unite them. The anger, sorrow, and crippling guilt of twenty years fires Cole's drive to keep a promise, that in the end, will heal and return the soul to the great journalist.Micheal Maxwell has found a niche in the mystery genre with The Cole Sage Series that departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity laced norm, and gives readers a character driven stories, with twists, turns, and page turning plot lines, but most of all a hero they can relate to and root for with each new case he finds himself involved in.Diamonds and Cole is just the beginning for Cole Sage, and your introduction to a series you will love!
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Cheri-Bibi: The Stage Play

The hulkish Chéri-Bibi, framed for a murder which he did not commit, escapes from Devil's Island by having the dying Marquis du Touchais' face grafted upon his own by a mad surgeon. But fate will not easily relinquish its prey and Chéri-Bibi discovers that his newfound freedom and fortune have come at a terrible price... After The Phantom of the Opera and detective Joseph Rouletabille, Chéri-Bibi is the third legendary hero created by one of France's greatest popular novelist and feuilletoniste of La Belle Epoque, Gaston Leroux (1868-1927).
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Case of the Muffin Murders

Farmhouse Bakery is Pomme Valley's most popular place to buy baked goods. Actually, it's the only bakery in town, but that doesn't stop the townsfolk from frequenting Taylor Adams' place of business. When a baffling string of bad luck strikes, Zachary Anderson, along with canine companions Sherlock and Watson, step in to see if there might be more to these occurrences than meets the eye.Taylor's luck worsens when several dead bodies turn up, and all the evidence suggest she's the one behind the murders.Can Zack and the dogs clear Taylor's good name before this serial killer targets someone he truly cares about? Pick up the next installment of this highly rated cozy mystery series today!
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