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  The Wife of His Youth

  Charles W Chesnutt

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  "The Wife of His Youth" is a short story by American author Charles W. Chesnutt, first published in July 1898. It later served as the title story of the collection The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color-Line. That book was first published in 1899, the same year Chesnutt published his short story collection The Conjure Woman.
  "The Wife of His Youth" features an upwardly mobile, light-skinned mulatto man who is a respected member of the Blue Veins Society in a Midwestern city. He is preparing to marry another light-skinned mulatto woman when a much darker woman comes to him seeking her husband, whom she has not seen in 25 years. The story, which was met positively upon its publication, has become Chesnutt's most anthologized work.

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  In His Mind (An Eve Hope FBI...

  Kate Bold

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  FBI Special Agent Eve Hope can’t escape the shadow of her notorious serial killer father—though he is jailed, the puzzle of the loving father of her childhood haunts her. When she is assigned a new case which uncannily echoes her father’s work, Eve is forced to face her worst memories. Can she stop this new killer before he claims a new victim—while saving herself from being swallowed by her past?“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐IN HIS MIND is BOOK #4 in a new series by #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Kate Bold, whose books have received over 600 five star ratings and reviews.A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the EVE HOPE series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love.Book #5 in the series (IN HIS WAY) is also available.“This book moved very fast and every page was exciting. Plenty of dialogue, you absolutely love the characters, and you were rooting for the good guy throughout the whole story… I look forward to reading the next in the series.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Kate did an amazing job on this book and I was hooked from the first chapter!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“I really enjoyed this book. The characters were authentic, and I see the bad guys as something we hear about daily on the news... Looking forward to book 2.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“This was a really good book. The main characters were real, flawed and human. The story went along quickly and wasn't mired in too many unnecessary details. I really enjoyed it.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Alexa Chase is headstrong, impatient, but most of all brave with a capital B. She never, repeat never, backs down until the bad guys are put where they belong. Clearly five stars!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Captivating and riveting serial murder with a twist of the macabre… Very well done.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“WOW what a great read! Talk about a diabolical killer! Really enjoyed this book. Looking forward to reading others by this author as well.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Page turner for sure. Great characters and relationships. I got into the middle of this story and couldn’t put it down. Looking forward to more from Kate Bold.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Hard to put down. It has an excellent plot and has the right amount of suspense. I really enjoyed this book.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Extremely well written, and well worth buying and reading. I can't wait to read book two!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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  Flight of the Wild Swan

  Melissa Pritchard

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  A majestic novel of Florence Nightingale, whose courage, self-confidence, and resilience transformed nursing and the role of women in medicine 
   
   
   
  Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend. From adolescence, Nightingale was determined to fulfill her life's calling to serve the sick and suffering. Overcoming Victorian hierarchies, familial expectations, patriarchal resistance, and her own illness, she used her hard-won acclaim as a battlefield nurse to bring the profession out of its shadowy, disreputable status and elevate nursing to a skilled practice and compassionate art. 
   
   
   
  In lush, lyrical detail, Melissa Pritchard reveals Nightingale as a rebel who wouldn't relent—one whose extraordinary life offers a grand lesson in inspired will.

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  Coffee and Tea

  K.L. Noone

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  A Character Bleed / Leather and Tea crossover!
  These days, Colby Kent-Mirelli is wonderfully happy. He loves being married to Jason, sharing a movie-star life and a happy ending on and off screen. But an invitation to a charity gala brings Colby and Jason back to London ... and face to face with a piece of Colby's past. 
  Simon Ashley should apologize to Colby Kent. As teenagers, they weren't friends, and Simon could be cruel. He's trying hard to be a better person now: happier, kinder, believing in love, which he's found with his husband Ben, a real-life former secret agent and massive Colby Kent fan. And this charity gala invitation might be Simon's chance to finally make things right ... if Colby will listen. 
  Simon wants to apologize. Ben wants to support him ... and meet Colby. Colby just wants the evening to go smoothly. And Jason will always protect his husband. 
  But this glittering night might have a few surprises in store for them all ...

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  The Judgment

  CK Westbrook

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  Kate thought the world was finally safe from Rex and the powerful, terrifying others — but was it? 
  Working together, Kate Stellute, Sinclair, Jo-Ellen, and Rex successfully implemented a risky plan to make space safer for everyone and everything. Kate hoped the others would accept the results and stay away. But when she learns the details of why Rex caused a global mass shooting, she realizes their plan may not have worked after all. 
  Rex suggests a way to protect Kate and her loved ones if the others decide to destroy what is left of humankind, but can Kate trust the violent alien that has already killed millions of people? If she wants to prevent more violence, Kate will need a new plan and new allies if she is to find a way to save the human race from more extraterrestrial wrath.

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  The Machine Stops

  E. M. Forster

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  "Cannot you see, cannot all you lecturers see, that it is we that are dying, and that down here the only thing that really lives is the Machine?"
  
  Considered one of the best early examples of science fiction, Forster's short story, The Machine Stops, (1909), remains startlingly relevant—a warning whispered across a century about what happens when we forget how to be human.
  
  In a distant future where humanity has retreated underground, every need—physical, intellectual, emotional—is satisfied by a vast, all‑encompassing technological system known simply as the Machine. People live in isolated cells, communicating only through glowing screens and relying on the Machine's endless stream of lectures, comforts, and conveniences. Independent thought is unnecessary. Direct human contact is obsolete. The surface of the Earth is a forbidden wasteland.
  
  When the Machine begins to falter, its worshippers cling ever more desperately to its authority, but something far more profound is collapsing: humanity's ability to live, think, and feel without its technological cradle.
  Edward Morgan Forster (1879–1970) was an influential English novelist, essayist, and critic, known for his insightful observations on society and human relationships. He is often recognised as a prominent humanist writer, which reflects in both his literary works and his philosophical outlook; his books highlight the constraints that societal norms impose on individuals and advocate for greater empathy and understanding across class lines. His most famous novels include A Room with a View, Howards End, and A Passage to India, and his posthumously published novel Maurice revealed his identity as a gay man and his belief in the necessity of allowing individuals to live authentically.
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