by admin | Nov 25, 2025 | Children & Middle Grade |
Build character and memories at bedtime with short modern read-aloud stories that equip parents for a good night!
If you’re looking for stories that will engage your child more than the typical outdated fairy tales or the newer AI-written fluff, look no further! This book has fourteen beautifully illustrated stories that are: relevant, fun, contemporary, short, and geared toward essential virtues.
** UPDATE ** All of Savannah Bloom’s 5-Minute Stories now include beautiful illustrations!
As a parent of young boys, Savannah Bloom found read-aloud stories to either be 1) antiquated fairy tales, 2) too cheesy, or 3) contemporary and fun, but without a moral lesson.
So, Mrs. Bloom set out to write 5-Minute Modern Day Bedtime Stories to fill a void for parents wanting to use the vital bedtime routine to both entertain modern children AND teach valuable character to their little ones, especially geared for ages 5-8.
She wanted to provide parents like her with read-aloud stories that…
…make sense to today’s children.
…are witty, fun, and entertaining.
…are whimsical, but not cheesy.
…build character.
…and are short, so you can go do adult things.
Her first collection promotes character traits such as: Honesty, Self-Control, Helpfulness, Kindness, Positivity, Persistence, Gratitude, Cleanliness, Hard Work, and more, all while containing several features that parents will appreciate:
– Fun and serious questions to discuss with your child to ensure the lesson hits home.
– Human protagonists only, because research shows that kids learn character best from other kids – not anthropomorphic animals (Larsen, Lee, Ganea. Developmental Science, 2017.)
– All original stories, though some parallel old favorites (example: The Boy Who Cried Drone).
– Whimsical and fantastic vibe through use of technology (drones, portals, virtual reality, etc) with just enough plausibility to spark STEM dreams.
– Beautiful illustrations to help young imagines soar (or can be ignored by the reader in order to motivate kids to lay in bed, close their eyes, and fully engage their imaginations.)
If this sounds like what you’re looking for, then click the buy button today.
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by admin | Nov 25, 2025 | Action & Adventure |
Killing a bad man is easy, as long as it’s a clean kill.
Ian Bragg is thrust into a world in between. An operator AND a manager. Can he teach morality to professional hit men?
Know when a target needs to be taken down and when to walk away.
What happens when operators get together? One place. One time. Will any of them live to see a new day?
Jenny works to keep Ian sane just until she gets in the line of fire. Ian unleashes on his new reality, changing the world by his force of will alone.
Ian Bragg. A hitman with a conscience. Pick up the second book in this explosive new series today.
by admin | Nov 25, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
A tainted legacy. A murdered heiress. An elusive killer.
There have been Lancefields at Salvation Hall since wealthy sugar planter Thomas Moses Lancefield acquired the Cornish manor house in 1738. But now the Lancefields are a dying breed, in every sense of the word.
Invited to Penzance to curate the reclusive family’s dubious heritage, genealogist Kathryn Clifton thinks she has stumbled upon the opportunity of a lifetime. The Lancefields have been secretive about the origins of their wealth for generations. What Kathryn hopes for is exclusive access to the family’s private papers. What she gets is a ringside seat for murder.
Called to Salvation Hall to investigate a suspicious death DCI Ennor Price finds all the evidence – and the victim’s family – pointing to an obvious suspect. But Price has never been one to settle for low-hanging fruit and he can’t help thinking that the answer to the crime lies in the sins of the family’s past.
The trouble is, Price doesn’t know too much about history. And it isn’t long before he turns to Kathryn Clifton for help…
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by admin | Nov 25, 2025 | Christian Fiction |
An intercepted message. Missing MI6 agents. And a traitor hiding in plain sight.
Reader’s Favorite Five-Star Review: “A modern-day spy thriller set amongst the windswept and remote Scottish Isles of Uist. Fun and exciting! A fast-paced, riveting story.”
To secure her inheritance and escape a scandal not of her making, wealthy socialite Cairstie Henderson relocates to a small town in the Scottish Isles, far from the city lights and runways she once frequented. There, she encounters the Irish spy responsible for the public breakup that made her the laughingstock of the Scottish Borders.
Sheridan, a hardened MI6 agent, is on an undercover assignment to locate missing operatives and the mysterious traitor leaking top-secret information to the Chinese. Unfortunately, there’s one hitch: Cairstie Henderson knows his true identity—and she detests him.
When Cairstie surprises an intruder, she seeks out Sheridan, the one man who can protect her. Over time, these opposites give way to an attraction that eventually blossoms into love. But with a dangerous criminal stalking their steps and intrigue around every corner, will Cairstie and Sheridan obtain their happily ever after, or will they end up dead?
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by admin | Nov 25, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
12 cold cases. 12 kidnapped women. One diabolical serial killer. In this bestselling suspense thriller, a brilliant FBI agent faces a deadly challenge: decipher the mystery before each one is murdered.
“Molly Black has written a taut thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat… I absolutely loved this book and can’t wait to read the next!”
—Reader review for Girl One: Murder
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In the Maya Gray series (which begins with Book #1—GIRL ONE: MURDER) FBI Special Agent Maya Gray, 39, has seen it all. She’s one of BAU’s rising stars and the go-to agent for hard-to-crack serial cases. When she receives a handwritten postcard promising to release 12 kidnapped women if she will solve 12 cold cases, she assumes it’s a hoax.
Until the note mentions that, among the captives, is her missing sister.
Maya, shaken, is forced to take it seriously. The cases she’s up against are some of the most difficult the FBI has ever seen. But the terms of his game are simple: If Maya solves a case, he will release one of the girls.
And if she fails, he will end a life.
In GIRL TWO: TAKEN (book #2), Maya must solve the murder of a female corrections officer. A seemingly black-and-white case, closed years ago, the local police refuse to take it up again. But as Maya delves into the world of prisons, correction officers and ex-cons, she quickly sees there is more there than meets the eye. She, it turns out, was not the only officer murdered. It was a serial. And this killer is more complex—and unpredictable—than anyone can imagine.
And if Maya doesn’t solve this case soon, her own sister’s life may be on the line.
Meanwhile, the first released “bunny” has given the FBI a promising lead on the killer’s whereabouts—but are they walking into a trap?
In a race against time, and with her sister’s life hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel the link between the 12 captives and end the killer’s dark game once and for all. Is this killer toying with her? Does he truly have her sister? Will he ever give her back?
Or will Maya end up sucked too deep into this killer’s twisted cat-and-mouse game to notice that she, herself, is the prey?
A complex psychological crime thriller full of twists and turns and packed with heart-pounding suspense, the MAYA GRAY mystery series will make you fall in love with a brilliant new female protagonist and keep you turning pages late into the night. It is a perfect addition for fans of Robert Dugoni, Rachel Caine, Melinda Leigh or Mary Burton.
Books #3-#9 in the series—GIRL THREE: TRAPPED, GIRL FOUR: LURED, GIRL FIVE: BOUND, GIRL SIX: FORSAKEN, GIRL SEVEN: CRAVED, GIRL EIGHT: HUNTED, and GIRL NINE: GONE—are now also available.
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