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The Nook Free Friday selection for November 7th is This Dog For Hire by Carol Lea Benjamin.

Divorced dog trainer–turned–private-eye Rachel Alexander and her canine assistant Dash—short for Dashiell—are hired by a man named Dennis Keaton to investigate the hit-and-run death of his friend and neighbor Clifford Cole, whose body was found on an isolated Christopher Street pier. The police are treating the gay painter's suspicious death as a hate crime, but Dennis insists Cliff hadn't cruised the waterfront in months. Plus, Magritte, Cliff's champion basenji—a competitor in the upcoming Westminster Dog Show—may have been a witness to the crime and is now missing.

The search for answers takes Rachel and Dash from the SoHo art scene to the most famous dog show in America. Now Rachel is in the sights of a killer hunting her across a treacherous urban landscape. There's no one she can trust—especially not of the two-legged variety.

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The Nook Free Friday selection for November 14th is Fall for Me by J.H. Croix.

Problem: My ex is marrying my ex-bestie.
Plan A: Burn the church down?
Plan B: Fake marry my friend.

I haven't seen Archer since fifth grade, but when he shows up in our tiny hometown and offers me a ring, I don't ask too many questions. It's a win-win—I get to save face, and I'm not about to miss the chance to outshine my ex at his own wedding.

All Archer has to do is sell the lie. Smile, nod, hold my hand when my ex and his blushing bride show up. Easy.
Except... now I'm fake-married to a drop-dead gorgeous man who is way too good at pretending to be in love with me. He also has secrets of his own.

I'm way too cynical to fall for anyone, but Archer makes my inner cynic doubt everything. He keeps saying it's all pretend, but there are definitely some things we are not faking.

This wasn't supposed to feel real.

Until he whispers, fall for me.

Phoebe & Archer's story is a sizzling, emotional romance filled with slow-burn tension, steamy fake-married moments, and a broody billionaire who would do anything to protect her heart.

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The Nook Free Friday selection for November 21st is Only Murder by Rylie Dark.  This week's selection is available as eBook or audiobook.

ONLY MURDER (a Sadie Price FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1) is the debut novel in a new series by mystery and suspense author Rylie Dark.

Special Agent Sadie Price, a 29-year-old rising star in the FBI's BAU unit, stuns her colleagues by requesting reassignment to the FBI's remote Alaskan field office. Back in her home state, a place she vowed she would never return, Sadie, running from a secret in her recent past and back into her old one, finds herself facing her demons—including her sister's unsolved murder—while assigned to hunt down a new serial killer.

Two women are found dead in a remote area of Northern Alaska, near Sadie's hometown, floating under the ice, their bodies preserved, much the same way Sadie's own murdered sister was found—a memory that still plagues her. The case strikes way too close to home, blurring Sadie's judgment, stirring up memories of her estranged father and murdered sister, memories she's not ready to grapple with.

This part of Alaska—icy, rough, remote, populated by outcasts—proves impenetrable even for a seasoned FBI agent like Sadie. The killer, matching his landscape, is more sinister and smart than anyone Sadie has encountered. Amidst the perplexing clues, Sadie remains sure of only one thing: he will strike again.

Against her wishes, Sadie must team up with Sheriff Logan Cooper—single, begrudging, and with a dark past of his own. Together, they must enter the canals of this killer's twisted mind and seek help from the locals, however hostile, to solve the pattern of these murders before another girl turns up dead.

With a major storm coming, can Sadie solve the murders before it's too late? Or will she end up as the next body floating under the ice?

An action-packed page-turner, the SADIE PRICE series is a riveting crime thriller, jammed with suspense, surprises and twists and turns that you won't see coming. It will have you fall in love with a brilliant and scarred new character, while challenging you, amidst a barren landscape, to solve an impenetrable crime.

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The Nook Free Friday selection for November 28th is Autumn in Sycamore Park by CP Ward.

Having fled a relationship and a previous life she would rather forget, young teacher Jennifer Stevens throws herself into a demanding new job at Brentwell Primary. Charged with marshalling a group of unruly eight-year-olds to the autumn harvest festival, her only solace is the peace of nearby Sycamore Park.

As the evenings draw in and the leaves begin to fall, will new friends, delicious autumn treats, and a possible new man on the orange-tinted horizon help Jennifer finally come to terms with her past and begin to look forward into the future?