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Daryl Wood Gerber

Jenna Hart has packed The Cookbook Nook chock full of everything from ghostly texts to witchy potions in anticipation of the annual fund raiser luncheon. But there's one unexpected addition to the menu: murder. When the Head Priestess of the Winsome Witches is found dead under mysterious circumstances, there's no logical answer and plenty of blame to go around. With her aunt, Vera, unable to call on her ability to foresee the future, Jenna will have to use more than just sleight of hand and a few magic tricks to conjure up the truth.

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Robert Ferrigno

In a near-future world decimated by nuclear bombs, the Islamic-occupied nations that once comprised the United States struggle with religious fundamentalism, while retired shadow warrior Rakkim Epps endeavors to unite the Islamic Republic with the Bible Belt.

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Julia McDermott

After years of guilt over a long-ago tragedy, Candace Morgan is finally poised for success. The CEO of her own women's shapewear company, she's about to launch a new swimsuit line--and make a fortune. When she is guilted into loaning her brother a huge sum of money for real estate, she believes she's simply fulfilling a family promise. In reality, she's enabling a devious sociopath ... and now, she's roped into the renovation from hell. For years, Monty Carawan has envied his sister's wealth. Spiteful and self-centered, he's convinced that her success came at the expense of his own future. But when the housing market plunges and Candace attempts to disentangle herself from Monty's mess, her brother's malicious streak brings the family tension to a dangerous boiling point.--Back cover.

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Michael Harvey

Receiving a lucrative anonymous offer to track down an escaped criminal, private investigator Michael Kelly unwinds the past of the fugitive's wife, who harbors deeply complicated and dangerous reasons for standing by her husband. It's been two years since disgraced Illinois governor Ray Perry disappeared from a federal courthouse in Chicago moments after being sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison on corruption charges. P.I. Michael Kelly is offered nearly a quarter million dollars if he will find Perry, no questions asked. Kelly's investigation begins with the woman Ray Perry left behind: his wife, Marie, who has been ostracized by her former friends and hounded by the feds. As he hunts for her husband, Kelly finds that everyone in Chicago has secrets, including the governor's wife. And some of them could get Michael Kelly killed....