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  • A royal by blood, Amelia Royce's life is far from any fairy-tale imaginable. For her entire life, she has been taking the path of least resistance in her attempt to find that place of peace she calls home, even if it means blindly following into all…
    Book, 2025Altona, MB : FriesenPress, 2025. — FIC Rodge
  • The Truth — a powerful dystopian drug — lets you live the life you’ve always wanted. The problem is, society crumbles in the real world. People don’t want reality when their fantasies give them everything they crave. But one girl is awake — and she…
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Lake Simcoe Publishing House, [2025] — FIC Witte
  • Sex and death consume much of thirty-seven-year-old Brett Catlin’ s life. Cole, ten years her junior, takes care of the former while her job disposing of roadkill addresses the latter. A cancer diagnosis causes her to question her worth, suspecting…
    Book, 2024Raleigh, NC : Regal House Publishing, 2024. — FIC Wadds
  • World War II is underway in London, England when Vivian Waltman, a stunning young British Army communications clerk, unexpectedly crosses paths with Thomas Cooper, a ruggedly handsome and charming Canadian Army soldier. Their chance meeting sparks…
    Book, 2024[Place of publication not identified] : Michelle Brown, 2024. — FIC Brown
  • Sometimes Inspector William Fox likes to go off-script like when chasing gangsters in his cigarette boat on the St. Lawrence River. For one case, the RCMP officer with a penchant for luxury fashion finds himself teamed up with FBI Special Agent…
    Book, 2023Altona, MB : FriesenPress, 2023. — FIC Ponts
  • Join Ardis Lowney as she sets out on a marine biology research expedition to the sleepy coastal beaches of Portugal just as Nazi Germany tightens its grip on Europe.
    Book, 2023Barrie, ON : Cavalarico Books, [2023] — FIC Palec
  • A searing look at the things we are willing to do in the name of friendship; a spine-tingling suspense filled with secrets and lies.
    Book, 2023New York : Crooked Lane, 2023. — FIC Hamil
  • With a troubled past, a cursed sword, and a mysterious spirit guiding him, Othrun means to be that ruler, and conquer all. But with kingdoms fated on the edge of spears, alliances and pagan magic, betrayal, doubt, and dangers await him at every…
    Book, 2021Victoria, BC : FriesenPress, 2021. — FIC Stuar
  • Danny Rosen learned at a young age that monsters were real, and nothing like the fairy tales. A series of events from his youth left him traumatized and haunted. To purge these twenty-year-old nightmares from his memory, Danny sets out to seek…
    Book, 2021[Marlborough, Connecticut] : AcuteByDesign, 2021. — FIC Danko
  • My Indulgent Interior Life

    Seasons of the Deep : Contemplative Prose Poetry Ending With Amen

    Constable, Janis
    My Indulgent Interior Life is a seasons-based prose and photography collection—a collage of works curated for the contemplative soul. Spacious, intensely colorful and deep, its pages breathe wonder, beckoning you into your interior-most depths.
    Book, 2023Eugene, Oregon : Resource Publications, 2023. — 811.6 Const 2023
  • The second book of "The Gatherer" Series.
    Book, 2021New York, New York : Rebel Base Books, [2021] — FIC Winte
  • Murder & Other Love Stories

    a Collection of Short Fiction

    Hanson, Bruce A.
    Murder & Other Love Stories is a collection of multi-genre short fiction. The stories in this collection range from twisted thriller and historical romance to drama .
    Book, 2023[Place of publication not identified] : SML Books, 2023. — FIC Hanso
  • I never thought that a concert night with my best friends Maya and Dana would not only unleash memories of a distant past we didn’t know about, but also, it would lead us to discover magical Worlds far more mysterious than we ever imagined.
    Book, 2021[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021] — FIC Alva
  • A young fisherman's life is saved by a witch and he discovers he has the ability to cure sickness. A story rich in Newfoundland's Traditions, Superstitions, & Folklore.
    Book, 2021[Place of publication not identified] : Jeanette Winsor, 2021. — FIC Winso
  • A man investigates his father's mysterious disappearance in a thriller that spans three decades.
    Book, 2021[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021] — FIC McPhi
  • A dark and enthralling enemies to lovers series.
    Book, 2021[Ontario] : Petal & Thorn Books, c2021. — FIC Lawso
  • The Pleasures of Deceit is a story of three people whose lives are ripped apart by murder, drugs and deception and their struggle to find hope and love in a world that has spiraled out of control.
    Book, 2021New York : Austin Macauley Publishers, 2021. — FIC James
  • Filled with action and intrigue, be prepared to not be able to put this one down.
    Book, 2022[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2022] — FIC Neils
  • Scintillating goat song reveals a poet and writer at the height of his powers. Defying genre and canon, Gessie shapeshifts, skin shucks and shimmies in this masterfully crafted, explosively seditious, viscerally engaging magnum opus of satire. Equal…
    Book, 2022[Maryland] : UnCollected Press, 2022. — 811.6 Gessi 2022
  • The Bone Maiden

    An Ummortal Wake Priquel Novella

    Wheeler, Zachry
    In a horrifying time where humanity fought to survive, none were able to challenge the rising factions. That is, until vengeance found its champion.
    Book, 2022[Place of publication not identified] : Mayhematic Press, 2022. — FIC Wheel