Friday, October 23, 2026

Off Limits Billionaire Protector by Scarlett Parker

 

      Handsome Man Adjusting His Tie


I’m falling for my billionaire boss. And I’m the reason he could lose everything.

Trenton Gable is ruthless, scorching hot, and finds a new way to get under my skin every day.

He’s impossible to read and completely off-limits—which would be easier if his whiskey-brown gaze didn’t make me forget why I’m supposed to hate him.

Then a ninety-day audit traps us together, and suddenly the man who never notices anyone starts noticing me.

He remembers every word I say.

He stays when I’m drowning in work.

He even asks about my brother.

Somewhere between the late nights and stolen kisses, I stop resisting him. His hands. His mouth. The way he says my name like I’m already his.

I fall for him. Hard.

Until our forbidden secret is exposed to the one man who wants to take everything Trenton has built.

His ousted COO is turning me into the weapon he’s been waiting for.

Now the man I love has to choose between his empire... or me.

And I’m terrified he’ll choose the empire.

Off-Limits Billionaire Protector is a steamy, standalone enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity boss romance with a damaged, protective alpha hero who falls first, a sassy heroine, and a guaranteed HEA.








Wednesday, October 21, 2026

ETHAN'S PRESENCE: How One Child Changed A Forgotten Life

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ETHAN'S PRESENCE:

How One Child Changed A Forgotten Life


Some people spend their whole lives waiting to be seen. Anna Miller stopped waiting a long time ago.

For more than fifty years, Anna has lived in the shadow of a Christmas Eve tragedy that changed her small southern town forever. Forgotten by her neighbors and worn down by loss, she has quietly accepted that she will spend the rest of her days alone.

Then a five-year-old boy named Ethan rides his fire truck down Willow Street and notices the one person everyone else overlooked.

This is not just another entry in the world of Christian fiction books. Ethan's Presence is a heartwarming work of Christian fiction, based on a true story, and unlike most books about grief, it doesn't leave you in the dark, it gently carries you toward hope.

Inside, you'll discover:

  • A woman carrying the weight of a Christmas Eve tragedy for over fifty years
  • A five-year-old boy who sees the person an entire town forgot
  • An unlikely friendship that bridges generations and softens old wounds
  • A quiet southern town slowly changed by simple, unwavering compassion
  • A journey from isolation toward hope, purpose, and second chances

Set in a close-knit town at Christmastime, this is Christian Christmas fiction with real emotional weight, one of those rare Christmas fiction books that feels less like reading and more like remembering something true.

Written with the tenderness of the best inspirational books, Chaplain Tom McQueen tells a moving story of faith, friendship, forgiveness, and grace.

It's perfect for readers who love heartfelt southern fiction, uplifting feel good books, and moving true story books.

And it belongs beside the finest religious fiction, inspirational and religious books, and Christian inspirational books, stories that remind us the greatest gift we can offer another person is simply our presence.

If you loved The Shack or The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Ethan's Presence will stay with you long after the final page.

Ethan's Presence isn't just a book you read. It's a story that quietly reminds you what matters.

Begin reading today. Sometimes hope arrives when you least expect it.



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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

The House on Boyd Street

 

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The House on Boyd Street


Some houses shelter you. Others raise you. At Boyd Street, the walls did more than protect-they remembered. They held laughter, grief, discipline, love, and the quiet lessons that shape a boy into a man.Cobby M. Williams invites you inside a home where generations lived, struggled, and grew together-where survival and strength were built day by day and where leaving was never as simple as walking out the door. Through vivid storytelling and emotional honesty, he captures the beauty and weight of family, the realities of growing up, and the moments that slowly pull you away from where you began.But leaving is never simple. No matter how far you go, some houses never let you go. The House on Boyd Street is a powerful story of memory, identity, and belonging-of what shapes us, what stays with us, and what calls us home long after we've tried to move on.



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Monday, October 19, 2026

Set The Tone: What to Say, and How to Lead, When It Matters Most (Coaching Playbook For Modern Times)

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Restaurant and food service managers do not need more theory. They need something that holds up on a Saturday night when half the team is new, the rush will not stop, and everyone is watching to see how you handle it. This is that system. Written for the people who run the floor, The Coaching Playbook gives you a full framework built on behavior, not personality. You will learn how to build trust fast, cut turnover, and lead with purpose even when you are not the one with the title. At the center is the Coaching Loop: Observe, Coach, Apply, Review, Repeat. Five simple moves you can run on any shift, with any team, starting tomorrow. Around it you get the daily huddle that builds culture in five minutes, coaching logs and behavior scoreboards that actually get used, and feedback scripts written the way people really talk. No corporate language. No binder nobody opens.

Inside you will find four frameworks that work together. The Ted Lasso Effect, on leading with belief. The Shoresy Standard, on holding the line and hating to lose. The Assist Standard, on putting the team above the individual. And the Whole Roster Principle, the idea that you do not have weak people, you have strengths and opportunities you have not coached yet. It is warmth and fire in the same leader. Heart and an uncompromising standard. Written in one voice that reads the same whether you run a line, a floor, a bar program, or a district. Clay David Laugier spent more than twenty years leading teams in restaurants, food service, and hospitality before founding Clay Laugier Ventures. He writes for the person running a double on four hours of sleep who still finds a way to make their team believe the night is going to go well. Your team isn't broken. Your system is. Lead with heart. Coach with clarity. Let's set the tone.




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Sunday, October 18, 2026

The Codex of Leaves: A Gothic Romantasy of Dangerous Secrets and Fated Mates

 

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The Codex of Leaves:

A Gothic Romantasy of Dangerous Secrets and Fated Mates

(The Weave Saga Book 1)


She can read the memories of the dead. The living Codex has been waiting for her.

Eva Vance has spent her life hiding an impossible gift.

With a touch, she can hear the memories objects leave behind—secrets buried in blood, grief, and time. All she wants is to protect her sister and escape the forces that have hunted them for years.

Then her gift draws her to Thorne Manor.

Beneath its rain-darkened halls, Eva discovers forbidden laboratories, ancient wards, and a living book bound in copper and silver leaves. The Codex knows her bloodline. It knows why she was summoned.

And it remembers Sebastian Thorne.

Brilliant, dangerous, and nearly three centuries old, Sebastian is the immortal guardian of a Threshold sealed beneath his family’s estate. He knows more about Eva’s inheritance than he will reveal—and far less than he should about the power awakening whenever they touch.

Eva does not trust him.
Sebastian cannot afford to need her.

But when the wards begin to fail and a fanatical order closes in, they are forced into an alliance neither can control. Every secret the Codex reveals draws Eva deeper into a forgotten war. Every touch strengthens a bond that feels less like magic than fate.

Eva was never summoned merely to open the Codex.

She was summoned to rewrite the laws of their world.

To save her sister and keep the Threshold from falling into enemy hands, Eva must decide whether trusting Sebastian will give her the power to protect everything she loves—or surrender her future to a destiny chosen long before she was born.

But awakening the Threshold may require the one choice she fears most: trusting Sebastian with her sister’s life, her own destiny—and her heart.

The Codex of Leaves is an adult gothic romantasy about Eva, who is drawn into the mystery of an ancient book that remembers. Blending Victorian atmosphere, dark academia, dangerous secrets, living magic, and a slow-burn romance, it opens the door to the Weave Saga.



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Saturday, October 17, 2026

Scanned and Denied — By Trudy G. Masters

 

 Woman in Cross hairs of  AI Search


What happens when technology influences how consumers are evaluated, monitored, or treated—often without their knowledge? Scanned and Denied explores surveillance technology, digital profiling, retail bias, and the growing questions surrounding consumer privacy. Through an educational and thought-provoking approach, author Trudy G. Masters encourages readers to look beyond everyday transactions and consider how data-driven systems may affect consumer experiences, transparency, and individual rights. What consumers don't see can still affect them.
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Friday, October 16, 2026

Murder at the Shore

 

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Windemere Bay is a peaceful summer resort at the New Jersey Shore, where families return year after year for sun, swimming, and relaxation. For twenty-year-old college student Alex Rhodes, it’s supposed to be the perfect escape—lazy beach days with friends, a summer job at the local supermarket, and the hope of finally asking out Grace, the new cashier who catches his eye. Then the notes appear. On the Fourth of July, identical typed messages turn up in every mailbox: “SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE TONIGHT.” Most people laugh it off as a sick prank. Until the assistant groundskeeper is found floating lifeless in the resort pool the next morning. The police rule it an accident. Alex isn’t convinced. When a second body turns up—and then a third—the pattern becomes impossible to ignore. As more cryptic warnings appear, the idyllic resort begins to feel like a trap, and Alex realizes someone at Windemere Bay may be hiding a deadly secret. With the body count rising, Alex and his tight circle of friends race to uncover the truth before another life is taken. In a close-knit summer community where everyone knows your name, the killer could be anyone. Murder at the Shore is an atmospheric whodunit blending small-town secrets, summer nostalgia, amateur sleuthing, and escalating danger along the Jersey Shore. The first book in the Windemere Bay Mysteries series. This 2nd Edition features smoother pacing, a revised ending, updated formatting, and a new cover. Available now—because some notes you can’t ignore.



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