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Free Book: Cascade

Mom touched my underdress—a gown made six hundred years before—and her eyes widened as she rubbed the raw silk between thumb and forefinger. She turned and touched Lia’s gown. “Where…

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October 11, 2017
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Free Ebook: IN TOO DEEP by Kathryn Shay

In the Hidden Cove Fire Department, Gabe Malvaso is a favorite among firefighters. He’s tough, fair, has a good sense of humor, and loves his work. But for eighteen months,…

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December 16, 2021
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The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind { Free eBook}

What is an evangelical . . . and has he lost his mind? Carl Trueman wrestles with those two provocative questions and concludes that modern evangelicals emphasize experience and activism…

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May 6, 2022
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    Free Market Kids’ Books Explained: Learning from the World’s Worst Ideas

    July 22, 2025 /

    PHOTO: Tuttle Twins Economic education for kids doesn’t have to be a huge snooze. Any parent can make teaching kids free market economics fun with the right books and activities! Here’s the lowdown Read more [...]

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    Deadly Words {Free Ebook}

    February 6, 2025 /

    A friend once told me that the world needs psychopaths, but I’m not sold that the world needed my father. I only know that I did. Poppy Pratt was a teenager when she watched her father murder Read more [...]

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    Where Home Is { Free Ebook}

    January 29, 2025 /

    The year is 1910. Katherine Davis, M.D. is an intelligent, self-assured, and attractive woman whose confidence perfectly reflects the confidence of a new century overflowing with scientific, medical, Read more [...]

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    Merchants Bridge: A Legal Thriller { Free Ebook}

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    The House of Closed Doors { Free Ebook}

    January 29, 2025 /

    Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced.Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me, to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth."Desperate Read more [...]

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    Daughter of Time (The After Cilmeri Series Book 1) {Free Ebook}

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    The Sister-in-Law { Free Ebook}

    January 20, 2025 /

    The body in the lake was only the beginning. When Vivienne Walker becomes one of the prime suspects in a murder that sends shockwaves through the community, her guarded secrets begin to unravel. Read more [...]

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    Darklight and Daydreams: An Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance Charity Anthology is only $.99

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    Interview With Author Todd Allen Pitts

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    If you could travel in a Time Machine, would you go back to the past or into the future?  It may sound strange coming from someone writing a series based in the times of the ancient Maya, Read more [...]

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