Abigail Shelby was trained, not raised—shaped by a mother who treated beauty like currency and obedience like a blood oath. At sixteen, Abigail learns the rules of survival in Shelbyville: smile when it hurts, lure what you need, and never let anyone see you bleed. The past doesn’t just haunt her; it brands her, and every lesson comes with a price. Now thirty-seven, Abigail has traded fear for finesse and is sharpening her claws for husband number three—Roger Blackwood, a rising political star with a future governor’s grin. But behind the emerald silk and country club perfection, Abigail’s mind is a locked room full of echoes, and her mother’s voice still slips through the cracks. When Abigail’s carefully built life begins to buckle, the question isn’t whether she will break—it’s what she will become when she does. What We Do in the Quiet is a southern gothic horror-thriller steeped in old money, family rot, and the kind of legacy that refuses to stay buried. In a town where everyone is watching and every favor has teeth, Abigail must decide what’s worse: the ghosts she inherited, or the monster she’s willing to be to outrun them. Abigail follows the Hollow Line, discovering her true legacy and the deceit and lies her mother sowed. Is the black book truly soiled or just misunderstood by those who falsely claim it? $0.99 on Kindle.
What We Keep in the Quiet
The Disciplined Athlete: A Christian Sports Devotional for Teen Boys
One injury. One bad game. One coach’s decision. That’s all it takes for many teen athletes to start believing the wrong story about who they are. If you’re raising a teenage athlete, you want him to compete with confidence; but he needs something even more important. To know that his identity is found in Christ, not in the scoreboard.
The Disciplined Athlete is a 60-day Christian sports devotional for teen boys that helps young athletes build bold faith, unshakable discipline, and mental toughness rooted in Scripture. Designed for busy student athletes ages 13–18, each daily reading takes about 5 minutes and connects God’s Word to the real challenges athletes face: pressure, failure, comparison, confidence, leadership, temptation, perseverance, and purpose. Whether he plays football, baseball, basketball, soccer, wrestling, track, cross country, golf, tennis, or another sport, he’ll discover how Biblical truth applies in the locker room, at practice, on game day, and in everyday life.
If you’re looking for:
• A Christian sports devotional for teen boys
• A daily devotional for athletes that fits into a busy practice schedule
• A Christian book for student athletes that speaks their language instead of preaching at them
• A meaningful Christian gift for a son, grandson, nephew, or teenage athlete
• A resource to help a young man grow in faith while pursuing excellence in sports…
then The Disciplined Athlete was written for you.
Inside, your athlete will learn how to:
• Build confidence that isn’t dependent on the scoreboard or his last performance
• Respond when he’s benched, injured, overlooked, or makes a costly mistake
• Develop Biblical discipline when no one else is watching
• Handle pressure from parents, coaches, teammates, and social media
• Keep sports from becoming his identity or his idol
• Understand what the Bible teaches about training, self-control, and honoring God with his body
• Stand firm when classmates or teammates question his faith
This isn’t a devotional filled with clichés or long sermons. It’s written for teenage athletes who want honest conversations about real struggles and practical Biblical wisdom they can use when the pressure is on. Every devotion is built to strengthen character, deepen faith, and remind young men that their greatest victory will never be found on a scoreboard. A season can shape an athlete. God’s Word can shape the man he’ll become. Start Day 1 today and begin building a foundation of faith, discipline, and resilience that will last long after the final whistle! $2.99 on Kindle.
Dragon’s Guarded Mate
The quiet student with haunted eyes isn’t human. Aaron is a dragon living among us, and one touch tells him I’m his fated mate. With something deadly hunting students, he’ll burn the world before he lets me become the next victim. $0.99 on Kindle.
Drained
Who reports a homeless person missing? They’re already missing.
They make the perfect target.
The corpse is drained of blood.
When more bodies start to show up posed out in the open, Detective Aaron Jeffers and Brianna Matthews find themselves on the trail of a serial killer. $0.99 on Kindle.
Starship Cat Boxed Set
Princess earned her place aboard the cargo ship Amiira Yasmine by saving a space station, but celebrity comes with would-be cat-nappers, impossible demands, and a crew stretched dangerously thin.
Sometimes only a cat can save the day.
Pick up this boxed set to join Princess on her space adventures! $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Three Easy Lessons
LR Penn, author of the psychological thriller Gambled Lives and the theatrical farce Game Face, turns to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where a piano teacher with money problems and an Afghan war vet with drug problems must fight to survive when they get into the crosshairs of both the Russian mafia and the NYPD. Free on Kindle.
FORCED: Black African American Billionaire Romance Urban Fiction Series (The Kensley Family Dynasty Book 1)
This is a marriage made in hell. A marriage that is set out to fail. At least that’s what I think. And I have every right to think this because I, Belle Gist, was just forced into love. Forced into an arranged marriage. But it isn’t with just anyone. It is with Thorton “Thor” Kensley, Heir II to the Kensley Family Dynasty, one of the very rare Black multi-billionaire family dynasties in the world. Thor and I knew each other our whole lives, but never dated, but somehow our families arranged for us to get married because they stated that it was about time that the two of us had, and it might as well be with each other. Just what the hell do they know? But there is something most don’t know, and that’s because way back then, I used to have a crush on him. But that was then, this is now. And now, all I know is that Thor and I are the last two people who should be together—much less married—and now we are going on an uncertain journey together, and this is supposed to last forever? I am now the wife to a man who is part of a multi-billionaire family dynasty. I’m supposed to be happy. I may have known Thor and the Kensley family my whole life, but do I really know them? Especially Thor, my now husband. A husband who has a connection to a past lover who is now trending in this present time . . . and not in a good way. And now, I am fixed on this past lover just as I am fixed on trying to make a forced arranged marriage work out for the best, because whatever I find out about his past lover could quite possibly have an effect on the future of our marriage. Nothing is ever gonna prepare me for what I’m in for. $0.99 on Kindle.
When Success Becomes the Problem
Education is not failing. It is succeeding at the wrong thing.
For decades, modern education has defined success through performance. Grades, rankings, standardized assessments, and credentials have become the dominant measures of achievement. Students are trained to meet expectations, optimize outcomes, and compete effectively.
And they do.
But beneath that success, something is breaking.
Anxiety has become a baseline state. Burnout appears earlier and more often. Meaning feels increasingly fragile. Students learn to perform without integrating, to achieve without inhabiting, to adapt without understanding.
This is not a generational weakness.
It is a structural design flaw.
In When Success Becomes the Problem, this book traces how standardization became dominant, how performance replaced understanding, and why educational reforms repeatedly fail when assessment and purpose remain unchanged. It reveals why wellbeing initiatives backfire, why comparison distorts development, and why systems always revert unless success itself is redefined.
Moving beyond critique, the book offers a rigorous reimagining of education built around human capacity, discernment, integration, and readiness rather than speed, ranking, and control.
It is not a call for softer education.
It is an argument for deeper rigor.
If education continues to measure the wrong thing, it will continue to produce fragmentation while appearing successful.
If we change what counts, everything else can change.
The question is no longer whether reform is needed.
The question is whether we are willing to redefine success. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Believe It or Knot
What would you do if a tree started talking to you? When nine-year-old Beau Johnson learns that his Navy family is moving from California to Florida, his perfect world suddenly feels anything but perfect. Leaving behind his friends, his neighborhood, and everything familiar is harder than he ever imagined. Then Beau meets Knot. Hidden among the trees in his new community, Knot is no ordinary tree. Wise, funny, and surprisingly insightful, he becomes Beau’s closest confidant during a season of change and uncertainty. But convincing anyone else that Knot is real proves nearly impossible. As Beau faces the challenges of a new school, struggles to fit in, discovers new friendships, and begins to see the world through different eyes, Knot teaches him lessons about courage, kindness, perspective, and what truly matters.
In this heartwarming middle-grade novel, readers will discover: A memorable friendship between a boy and a talking tree
Valuable lessons about resilience and adapting to change
Themes of family, belonging, and personal growth
Humor, adventure, and heartfelt moments
Encouragement to see wonder in everyday life
A story that sparks imagination while nurturing empathy
Perfect for readers ages 8–12, Believe It or Knot is an uplifting story that reminds us that friendship can appear in the most unexpected places—and that sometimes believing is the first step toward discovering something extraordinary. A charming, imaginative tale about growing up, finding your place, and learning to believe in possibilities. Free on Kindle.
Free: Tanner
He’s the grumpy billionaire next door. She’s the city girl with nothing left to lose. Now he wants her land and she’s not giving it up without a fight.
In just a few weeks, I lost my job, my fiancé, and every plan I thought was solid. Then came the inheritance: a rundown farmhouse in Whispers, the kind of small town I swore I’d never end up in. Renovating it was supposed to be my fresh start. Sparring with my brooding, golden-eyed neighbor? Definitely not part of the plan.
Tanner Whiteman owns the largest whiskey distillery in the country. He’s older, infuriatingly handsome, and dead set on buying my land. It’s the only thing I have to my name and I’m not selling. He says I’m not cut out for country life. I say he’s not ready for me.
But as the tension between us turns electric, the lines blur between rivalry and something far more dangerous. Every glance, every argument, every late-night encounter pulls us deeper into a connection neither of us expected and neither of us is ready for.
Then the threat hits. Fast, brutal, and personal. And suddenly, the man who always gets what he wants is fighting to keep the one thing he can’t afford to lose. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Flame Game
You can feel it the moment you walk in.The air is tight. The stakes are high. The room is reading you before you speak. And somewhere along the way, you learned to survive by being “professional,” which often means quieter, smaller, and easier to manage.The Flame Game is for the leader who is done playing small to keep the peace.
Paula Fontana delivers a clear framework for mastering high-stakes environments without burning out, losing your voice, or negotiating your identity. This book teaches you how to transform pressure into fuel, lead with composure, and build a legacy that outlasts your title.
Inside, you will learn how to:
Control the climate so you stop absorbing frantic energy and start setting the temperature
Filter the fumes of office politics, fake check ins, and covert sabotage so you can think and lead clearly
Embrace the embers by using strategic pauses to prevent burnout and protect your next level of performance
Build a windbreak that guards your time, energy, and peace with boundaries that actually holdIdentify and remove the safety mask that keeps you employable but slowly drains your authority
Reclaim your raw spark, the part of you that is powerful, original, and often labeled “too much”
Unleash the blaze by exiting rooms that are too small and choosing arenas built for your magnitude
Build a fire squad of sponsors, mentors, coaches, and peers who fortify your growth instead of dampening it
Create an inferno of impact by shifting from what you have done to who you have empowered
You will also find practical tools throughout the book, including Flame Checks, Purpose Blueprints, and Sovereign Drills designed to help you apply the work in real time, in real rooms, with real consequences.If you are ready to stop fearing the heat and start commanding it, this is your manual. Free on Kindle.
Free: Mountain Man’s Sugar
Apparently women are supposed to decide between a man or a bear in the woods.
When I find a gorgeous woman in the forest, I hope she chooses me.
Having Wolfe as a last name is dramatic enough. My nickname is Bear. Which complements my grouchy persona, and the way I keep to myself in the woods, avoiding strangers.
Until I meet Joy.
She’s the sugar in the black coffee of my life.
A beautiful, thoughtful ray of light… who triggers deep desires that I thought had been hibernating. One touch of her radiant skin and I’m hypnotized. One brush of her lips and I’m fantasizing about moving her in with me immediately.
She seems to understand how prickly I get in crowds, and how I hate being analyzed because of my family.
Yet I will step into a million spotlights if that’s what it takes to make her happy, keep her safe, and improve her life.
No matter what I was like in the past, I will do anything for my sexy-sweet sugar. Free on Kindle.
The Diner by the Lake
A young woman, Lindsey, and her best friend, Danica, set out to re-open an abandoned diner in small town, Erie, Pennsylvania. In the process, they turn the dying business area around. With this new-found aspiring environment, Lindsey catches the attention of a California real states mogul, Jake Dawson. With love and romance, betrayal, wealth, happiness, and success all in her life, can she keep this gold streak going in this romantic comedy? $3.99 on Kindle.
The Life of a Book
Kids have imaginations that inspire each other, families, and friends. Kaitlyn, Jason, and the rest of the kids love to share their short stories with other kids and inspire families, give hope, love, happiness, and things to look forward to. $0.99 on Kindle.
Amulet’s Rapture (Curse of Clansmen and Kings Book 3)
The third book in Curse of Clansmen and Kings, Amulet’s Rapture by Linnea Tanner is the story of the survival and transformation of Catrin. The plot is packed with action, politics, corruption, ambition, prophecies, and ancient magic. The book unfurls deeper into the tumultuous world of ancient Rome and Britannia where destiny and prophecy intertwine. The fiery heroine, Catrin – a Celtic princes-turned-slave – is once more at the heart of the saga.
Although Catrin is the rightful heir to the Celtic throne in Britannia, she is lucky to be alive. After witnessing the slaughter of her family at the hands of her half-brother, who was aided by the Romans, she is enslaved by a Roman commander. He disguises her as a boy in the Roman Legion with the belief that she is an oracle of Apollo and can foretell his future. The sole bright spot in her miserable new life is her forbidden lover Marcellus, the great-grandson of the famed Roman General Mark Antony.
But Marcellus has been wounded and his memories of Catrin and their secret marriage were erased by a dark Druidess. Though Marcellus reunites with Catrin in Gaul and becomes her ally as she struggles to survive the brutality of her Roman master, he questions the legitimacy of their marriage and hesitates to help her escape and retake her kingdom. If their forbidden love and alliance are discovered, her dreams of returning to her Celtic home with Marcellus will be shattered. $0.99 on Kindle.
Kelan : A Sci-Fi Alien Weredragon Romance
Michelle thought her abusive boyfriend was the monster in her life… until her powerful boss revealed he wasn’t human. Now an alien dragon warrior will burn worlds to protect the woman he was never supposed to claim. $0.99 on Kindle.
From Ally to All-In: The Five Stages of Moving Beyond Privilege and Becoming a More Inclusive Leader
Business leadership today requires more than good intentions. Leaders are expected to foster belonging, navigate difficult conversations, and build cultures where people thrive, yet many feel uncertain about what to say or how to engage without making costly mistakes. In From Ally to All-In, executive leadership advisor Mike Lynch shares a practical framework for moving from awareness to meaningful action. Drawing on more than 30 years of executive HR experience, he introduces the five stages of inclusive leadership, helping readers build trust, strengthen accountability, navigate workplace conversations with confidence, and create more inclusive, high-performing teams. Filled with leadership insights, personal stories, and actionable strategies, this is a practical guide for leaders ready to make a lasting impact. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Rescuing Garrett
A matchmaker who quit believing in happy ever afters. A soldier with nothing left to give. One last chance at love. Can a washed-up matchmaker and a washed-out dog prove to a man who stopped believing in himself that nobody is truly beyond a second chance?
A tender, slow-burn, closed-door romance about found family, second chances, and the courage it takes to stay.
Free on Kindle.
The ABCs OF CLASSY: A Journey to Confidence, Self-Love & Transformation
Written in Berthille Metoua’s warm. Direct voice. The ABCs of Classy combines mindset shifts with guidance grounded in personal experience. Whether you are rebuilding after a hard season, stepping into a new role, or refining the way you show up, this book offers a steady framework for transformation-one letter at a time. It’s a practical, uplifting guide to improving your life, career development, love, and staying grounded through difficult seasons, including loss. It’s written to be clear, motivating, and usable in real life, with lessons you can apply immediately. And yes, true to its title, each letter brings a meaningful message and a lesson to help you grow, shaped by Berthille’s multicultural perspective. If you enjoy books like *In the Meantime* by Iyanla Vanzant, *Think Like a Monk* by Jay Shetty, *Becoming* by Michelle Obama, and *Let Them* by Mel Robbins, you’ll love *The ABCs of Classy*. It’s about staying true to yourself in how you think, speak, and act-even when life feels overwhelming.
$2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Judge a Murder by Its Cover
A pregnant woman on the run. An invisible foe. A body count of two… so far.
1928 Chicago. Court reporter Belle Stefano faces a growing shadow of danger after her husband’s death. To solve the mystery surrounding her, she accepts help from her Uncle Archie and his friends. Can Belle outrun her adversaries? Step into murder, mystery, mayhem, and the glitz of the Jazz Age and Prohibition-era America.
Free on Kindle.
Flying into Darkness
Some scars never heal. They only wait. Evan Williams appears to be an ordinary man; intelligent, disciplined, and quietly successful. He has built a respectable career in information technology, lives comfortably in upstate New York, and shares a long marriage with his wife, Jenna. From the outside, his life looks stable, even enviable. What no one sees is the carefully buried past that shaped him a childhood defined by fear, silence, and a single irreversible act of violence. When Evan’s mother is dying, repeated trips back to Long Island reopen wounds he has spent decades suppressing. Old memories resurface, tensions strain his marriage, and distance quietly grows between him and Jenna. In the midst of grief and emotional exhaustion, Jenna shares an unexpected idea: learning to fly. What begins as a way to escape traffic and reclaim lost dreams becomes something far more dangerous, a new form of control, freedom, and identity. As Evan immerses himself in aviation, his marriage deteriorates in parallel. Jenna, lonely and emotionally abandoned, makes choices of her own choices that will ripple outward with devastating consequences. Beneath the surface of everyday routines, betrayal festers, secrets multiply, and Evan’s carefully constructed restraint begins to crack. Flying Into Darkness is a chilling psychological thriller that explores how unresolved trauma can masquerade as normalcy and how quickly that illusion can shatter. Told with mounting tension and intimate detail, the novel examines power, morality, and the thin line between justice and obsession. As Evan ascends into the skies, the reader is drawn ever deeper into a descent where love, loyalty, and sanity collide. Because some men don’t escape their past. They rise above it until gravity pulls them back down. $0.99 on Kindle
Love and Betrayal in Occupied Paris
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I loved this little novel. It has it all: love, seduction, friendship, and betrayal, all beneath the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Paris during WWII. The two main characters Miriam, an up-and-coming Jewish fashion designer, and Mary, an expatriate Irish prostitute, are strong and proud and determined to persevere against insurmountable odds. The description and details of war-torn Paris add to the realism and believability of this book. If you like historical romances, you should give this one a try. $0.99 on Kindle.
Loving Her Best Friend Cowboy: Ty
All he wanted for Christmas was a do-over with her. Christmas wedding bells will be ringing if the Matchmakin’ Posse of Mule Hollow can get this stubborn cowboy and cowgirl together under the mistletoe for the most anticipated kiss of the holiday. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Winner’s Circle
Secrets. Fraud. Scandal. In the heart of horse country, power isn’t inherited—it’s weaponized.
Step into the gilded, high-stakes world of Unionville horse country, where old money hides dark secrets behind manicured hedges and centuries-old traditions. On the eve of the prestigious Willowmere Hunt, the prestigious Blackwood family faces a silent, devastating unraveling. When a four-million-dollar insurance claim on a dead elite stallion starts falling apart, and the family’s younger son mysteriously vanishes into the dark night, leaving behind a chilling warning (“Don’t trust the paperwork”), the fragile architecture of the estate begins to collapse.
Enter Maren Kane, a sharp, unyielding insurance investigator from Sentinel Equine who refuses to be fooled by pedigree or privilege. As Maren digs deeper into the forged manifests, the silent groom, and the surgical legal fraud engineered from the inside, she uncovers a terrifying web of manipulation, betrayal, and corporate greed.
Key Highlights
The Blackwood Legacy: A proud dynasty built on horses, land, and an unbreakable performance of permanence—now facing a second mortgage and a ruthless internal enemy.
A Missing Heir: Carter Blackwood’s sudden disappearance forces his mother, Caroline, to confront the chilling realization that the greatest danger to her family lives under her own roof.
High-Stakes Deception: From elite country club verandas to secret roadside meetings, the lines between protector and predator blur in a world where everyone has a price.
Discover a gripping tale of ambition and family betrayal where the most dangerous lies are written on clean paper. Free on Kindle.
Free: One Night Flame
A bachelor auction. A grandma with a plan. One gorgeous, funny woman who sees right through me—and a little boy who might just wreck every rule I swore I’d keep. I’m starting to think the package deal is exactly the home I need. Free on Kindle.
