Book Club

[Stargazer77]

The Nook Free Friday selection for May 5th is Rogue Operator by J. Robert Kennedy

Three top secret research scientists are presumed dead in a boating accident, but the kidnapping of their families the same day raises questions the FBI and local police can't answer, leaving them waiting for a ransom demand that will never come.

Central Intelligence Agency Analyst Chris Leroux stumbles upon the story, and finds a phone conversation that was never supposed to happen. When he reports it to his boss, the National Clandestine Services Chief, he is uncharacteristically reprimanded for conducting an unauthorized investigation and told to leave it to the FBI.

But he can't let it go.

For he knows something the FBI doesn't.

One of the scientists is alive.

Leroux makes a call to his childhood friend, CIA Special Agent Dylan Kane, leading to a race across the globe to stop a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of political and corporate America, that if not stopped, could lead to war with an enemy armed with a weapon far worse than anything in the American arsenal, with the potential to not only destroy the world, but consume it.

[Stargazer77]

The Nook Free Friday selection for May 12th is The Love List by Elana Johnson, available in eBook and audiobook.

Beatrice Callahan loves lists. Sometimes she even makes a to-do list of things she's already done, just to go check, check, check and feel accomplished. So it's easy to understand why, when her divorce is finally final and her ex is all moved out, Bea takes a cool, close look at her life...and makes a list.

It's not exactly a bucket list.

It's a love list.

Bea loves the outdoors, so she puts visit 10 National Parks on the list.

She loves animals, and on goes get a puppy.

She loves the beach, and she adds take a dream vacation to the list, and decides to do that one first. After all she's been through and all she's lost, she needs time to relax, rest, and reset.

On the first day she arrives in Hilton Head Island, she meets Grant Turner, the man whose house she's renting for her fabulous beach vacation. He's just there to make sure she settles in properly and has enough towels.

But when Bea asks for recommendations around the island, Grant quickly becomes her tour guide and then a friend and then...more than friends.

Bea turns to her lists when things get confusing and her love list morphs once again... Can she add fall in love at age 45 to the list and check it off?

[Stargazer77]

The Nook Free Friday selection for May 19th is Deadmarrow by Margie Benedict, audiobook only.

(Previously published as Dreadmarrow Thief, Book One of The Conjurer Fellstone Trilogy, by Marjory Kaptanoglu)

“Excellent!” -Kirkus Reviews

When a dangerous conjurer has her father killed, locksmith's apprentice Tessa and her companions embark on a perilous quest to bring him back to life...

"For those who enjoyed Harry Potter but who seek a feisty, determined female protagonist." -Midwest Book Review

Tessa, who blames herself for actions that led to her father's murder, must race against time to steal the conjurer's most treasured magical artifact-the Dreadmarrow-to restore Papa's life.

“Stellar!” -SPR Book Awards

While helping Tessa, her companions conceal their own secret motivations for infiltrating the conjurer's castle. Ash hopes to avenge his brother's death at the hands of Fellstone's apprentice, and Calder seeks his long-lost love who has mysteriously disappeared since she became the conjurer's wife.

“A gripping fantasy adventure, highly recommended.” -Wishing Shelf Book Awards 

Tessa can shapeshift into a sparrow using a magical amulet, Ash wields a sword like no other, and Calder carries a bag of tricks that provide defense against a variety of prickly situations.

"A work of classic fantasy." -The BookLife Prize

But are their combined skills any match for the creatures of the Cursed Wood, the boarmen, the wraiths, and the fiendish conjurer's own insurmountable magic?

Margie Benedict's "prose is crisp and purposeful, charged with feeling, and always attuned to what will engage readers in each moment." (The BookLife Prize)

[Tinkrbl44]

Wow.  How do you sign up for these .... ?  

[Stargazer77]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

Wow.  How do you sign up for these .... ?  

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Hi @Tinkrbl44!  I usually go to the NookBN page on Twitter to find the new selection each Friday.  

[Stargazer77]

The Nook Free Friday selection for May 26th is Not the Billionaire by Krista Noorman.

He's a billionaire, hurt in the past. She's a country girl with no idea who he is. Will a case of mistaken identity lead to happily ever after or will his well-intentioned charade tear them apart?

All women ever want from Sebastian Schultz is his family's money, which is why he's avoided dating like the plague. But when Genevieve Willis walks into the Schultz building, ranting about her meeting with the cold fish head of the company, unaware that's exactly who she's speaking to, he's immediately drawn to her beauty and sense of humor. Sebastian can't resist this opportunity to finally get to know a woman without the stigma of the Schultz name, so he introduces himself as Kurtis from Public Relations, and implores his playboy younger brother to act as president in his place.

Genevieve can't believe her luck landing her dream job, and she can't stop thinking about Kurtis, the sweet PR guy, she met on her first day. When they're thrown together to work on the biggest charity event of the year, the attraction between them grows stronger. But something's off with Kurtis, and she can't quite put her finger on it.

As they spend more time together and the fundraiser gets closer, will it become impossible for Sebastian to conceal his real identity? And will Genevieve forgive him when she learns the truth?