Newsletter for April 2025

Featured Books

Down and Out in the River City by Wm. Stage

WHY IS FRANCIS X. LENIHAN SKULKING AROUND HOPEVILE, the tent city on the banks of the Mississippi at St. Louis? No, he’s not trying to serve a summons, he’s looking for an answer as to why his card was found in the pocket of a young homeless man who died in this camp. It’s a mystery that Francis wants solved and so does Dr. Lambert, the father of the deceased and Francis’ new benefactor.

Lambert has hired Francis and his partner, Cale Twohey, to look into his son’s last months at Hopeville and what a cast of characters they meet—ragged, forlorn indigents that society has scorned,  a foot fetishist named Jesus, and Jacob Vorhof, The Soup Man, a stuttering psychopath whose choice of lethal weapon is a stash of opioids. It is 2017 and Francis, intrepid process server, is growing long in tooth. But is he any wiser, choosing to risk prison to delve into a string of killings at the camp? Set against the tumult of civil unrest, Down And Out In The River City is briskly written, a nail-biter with comic twists and turns, flush with flawed heroes and aspiring reprobates, wending their way through the seamy urban streets of St. Louis.

 

Strangers in Crime by Shana Frost

He's a criminal; she's a cop. Together, they're incendiary

After a long day at work slaving away for a boss who hates you, wouldn’t you just want some food and your bed? Detective Inspector Cheryl Spiers does too. Only at quarter past 12 on a busy Saturday night, there is no food to be found, just an unsavoury perp.

And of course she is the one who needs to intervene…

Until a muscled arm circles her waist and a voice—accented, sensuous and HOT!—whispers, ‘You ordered a pint but never got to enjoy it. I don’t like that. I’ve got this handled.’

ANTHONY Ricci lives by a few facts of life:
-Women are precious; you never raise a hand to them
-The law is a bendable straw that often falls short
-Cops are the harbingers of doom so stay the hell away

Then from behind the bar he sees her: delicious curves, pinned up hair his hands ache to mess up and cop eyes.

The latter a great reason to stay away. After all, she could mess everything up… Only, when she goes looking for trouble—badge and facts of life be damned—Anthony’s right there, flying perilously close to the sun.

This Good Girl Cop/Bad Guy romance between a detective inspector and criminal with mafia undertones, promises:
-Opposites Attract
-Forbidden Romance
-Mafia Undertones
-Plus sized FMC
-An Italian, suave, dark and handsome hunk
-Suspense & spice
-Scottish Culture

 

What happens when an original theory about why we exist meets the analytical power of artificial intelligence?

In this groundbreaking exploration, a profound new understanding of existence emerges through an extraordinary dialogue between human insight and AI analysis. As artificial intelligence examines each aspect of this revolutionary theory, it reveals something unexpected: a framework so logically consistent and explanatory that it resolves age-old paradoxes while opening new frontiers of understanding.

The theory not only explains why God created and why the universe exists as it does, but also presents such compelling logic that it fundamentally challenges atheistic thought and, surprisingly, illuminates the path to ethical AI development. Through this unique conversation, readers witness the step-by-step validation of ideas that transform our understanding of:

•       Why anything exists at all
•       How purpose and logic align in creation
•       What gives life its particular character
•       Why consciousness and free will matter
•       How science and spirituality naturally unite

Rather than simply presenting conclusions, The Divine Adventure invites you into the dialogue itself, allowing you to experience each revelation as it unfolds. This journey of discovery offers more than answers – it presents a new paradigm for understanding our place in existence and our relationship with both the divine and each other.

Join this fascinating conversation that bridges human insight and artificial intelligence to unlock one of existence's greatest mysteries: Why We Exist.
 

Daughter of Mars is Book 3 of the Maps Private Value thriller series. The novel is unique in using fiction to raise awareness of fake pharmaceuticals containing illicit fentanyl:

2029. Fentanyl, nitazene, captagon and synthetic poisons kill millions. As the body count grows, frustrated value engineer Rave Maps takes direct action infiltrating drug labs and cartel strongholds. Canadian NC3 cybercrime agency chief Kate Tong urges Rave to pull herself together and join the first tourist excursion to Mars aboard a Chinese ship serving as Tong's eyes and ears. The journey provides Rave one desperate chance to destroy her Digital Twin before game-changing AI technology falls into the wrong hands.

Rave cannot rest until she untangles her twisted inner spiritual terrain, racing from Mallorca to Steamboat Springs, Shanghai, and Cozumel before departing Hainan Island for Mars. Personal monsters stand at the door everyday waiting for her to invite them in for tea and a conversation.

Would you open that door?
 

Book Giveaways for April

Win a copy of Into the Gray Zone by Brad Taylor.  All you have to do is click on the book cover below.  It will take you to the main page.   Look for the giveaway on the left.  Follow the instructions listed.

Win a copy of Strangers in Time by David Baldacci.   All you have to do is click on the book cover below.  It will take you to the main page.  Look for the giveaway on the right.  Follow the instructions listed.

Book Giveaway Winners for March

 

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