Book Club

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Happy October!

The Free Friday selection for October 1 is

Cabernet Murder - Magic in the Vineyards by D. N. Leo

Mystery brings them together. The truth tears them apart.

Jasmine is a small town witch with secrets to protect.

Her life isn't perfect. But she's happy.

Until a dead body turns up next door, killed by a bottle of wine coming from her vineyard.

Bertram's career track record as a senior detective in Melbourne City is impeccable. He doesn't handle small town cases, and he isn't a believer. 

Receiving a directive order from his superior, Bertram has no choice but to take the case.

To protect the supernatural community from being exposed to the humans, Jasmine can't let Bertram see the dead body.

She can use her magic to hide the truth. But doing so will violate her codes of conduct - the reason she came to this small town in the first place.

Cabernet Murder is the first installment in Vines, Feathers and Potions, a romantic paranormal mystery series in the Multiverse Collection.

If you like paranormal mysteries, combined with romance and supernatural suspense, this is the series for you.

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The Free Friday selection for October 8 is 

Wyoming Tough by Diana Palmer

A cowboy through and through, ranch owner Mallory Kirk knows what it means to put in a full day's work. But does his new cowgirl? He has his doubts that Morie Brannt will be able to pull her own weight, even if the petite young woman does seem to have a lot of spirit.

As they spar over events at the ranch and a past that threatens their hopes for the future, sparks begin to fly, and Mallory can't help but notice Morie in a new light. But is this tough Wyoming man ready to love?

@stargazer - Are you joining the new Board location? I guess now I see QVC has decided to keep this Board open! Go figure!  

[beach-mom]

The Free Friday selection for is

Dead Inside by Noelle Holten

The killer is just getting started…

When three wife beaters are themselves found beaten to death, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she is facing her toughest case yet.

The police suspect that Probation Officer Lucy Sherwood – who is connected to all three victims – is hiding a dark secret. Then a fourth domestic abuser is brutally murdered.

And he is Lucy’s husband.

Now the police are running out of time, but can Maggie really believe her friend Lucy is a cold-blooded killer?

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Thank you, @beach-mom , for posting this info.

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YW @dmod nj ! I think we'll all continue to post on both Boards as long as we can!  

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The Free Friday selection for October 22 is

Marked by Hell by Erin Bedford

The first book in the hilarious action-packed urban fantasy series by USA Today Bestselling Author, Erin Bedford.

The road to heaven is paved with Mary Wiles's victims.

Los Angeles isn't just a playground for those searching for a new start. It's a darker and more dangerous place than they'll ever know. But Mary's not fooled.

With her hands full trying to play human while looking for a way back to heaven, Mary doesn't have time to polish her halo let alone solve a murder case. But when she finds out demons are responsible, Mary just can't help herself.

When Mary makes a mistake causing her best friend to be taken, she will have to make a choice: sacrifice an innocent for the chance to get her revenge or lose everything she has worked for. Mary starts to realize there is no clear path back to heaven without becoming tainted herself.

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The Free Friday selection for Halloween weekend is- 

it's a scary one!

Mycophoria by Tom G.H. Adams

Deep beneath the earth of a North Cumbrian wood lies the germinating mass of a fungus-like organism. How long it has occupied the fibrous soil of that place is uncertain, but Dr Jim Alburton estimates it is close to ten million years. Then again, this is not his sphere of expertise. He would normally consult Jane Milner, the county’s only resident fungus expert. But Jane is dead, along with her partner — victim of a rare, acute brain disease. Alburton found her on the floor of a laboratory, sticky orange fluid oozing from her ears. This was disturbing enough, however her partner’s face was mutilated beyond recognition, an apparent result of his girlfriend’s killing frenzy.

Alburton comes to know of the fungus because of Jane’s notebook, which describes its discovery but gives little scientific detail or where it is located. He can’t help thinking the discovery is bound up with her sudden death and that of her partner.

The police are moving too slow for Alburton’s liking and don’t accept there’s a connection between this incident and an increasing number of horrific deaths rapidly blooming in the area. A woman walking her dogs along a popular pathway is savagely attacked, a local student inexplicably kills the school nurse, a care-worker suffers a psychotic episode and attacks an elderly man in his home. The news bulletins deliver more reports by the hour.

As the number of incidents mounts, Alburton becomes convinced the county is quickly becoming the epicentre of a fungal disease epidemic that could spread nationwide. He concludes the fungus must be acting on its host’s nervous system, causing them to become depraved killing machines. Yet few believe him as he has little evidence for his theory. Now he faces the responsibility of tracking down the source of the disease, persuading the authorities and somehow preventing a cascade of bloody murders.

With the newly christened phenomenon known asMycophoria accelerating in its impact, there are only days or perhaps hours to accomplish this before the disease goes pandemic.