Weekly Deals January 27, 2022

Scale of the Dragon (Marked by the Dragon Book 1)
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Mina is cursed. An accident has left her with a dragon scale embedded in her leg, and now she can sense the presence of dragons. She's also a slave to a powerful Dominion Lord, one who uses her curse to his benefit. She wants her freedom, but the cost might be more than she's willing to pay.

Hummingbird Salamander
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Jane Smith, a security expert, receives an envelope containing a key to a storage facility containing a taxidermied hummingbird and hints to a taxidermied salamander. Silvina, the alleged eco-terrorist who left the note, is the daughter of an Argentine entrepreneur. Jane sets in motion a chain of events that swiftly spin out of her control when she removes the hummingbird from the storage unit.

City of Prey (Ava Gold Mystery Book 1)
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In the harsh streets of 1920s New York City, widowed and single mother Ava Gold, 34, works her way up to become the first female homicide detective in her area. When a deranged serial murderer goes on the rampage, murdering young ladies all across town, Ava will have to scour the dark canals of the twisted killer's mind if she hopes to catch him.

Knockout (A Holly Hands Cozy Mystery Book 1)
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Holly Hands. 29. Single mom. Disgraced, former boxing pro. Repo woman. Repossessing Lamborghinis and other exotic toys from criminals is second-hat for Holly. But finding a dead body — and solving a murder — is not.

Any Means Necessary (A Luke Stone Thriller Book 1)
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When nuclear waste is stolen by jihadists in the middle of the night from an unguarded New York City hospital, the police, in a frantic race against time, call in the FBI. Luke Stone, head of a secretive department within the FBI, is the only man they can turn to.

United States of True Crime: Alabama
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United States of True Crime is an anthology series that features volumes about the most frightening crimes from each of the 50 states. This book focuses on ten of Alabama's most terrifying crimes.

An Engagement in Seattle
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Aleksandr Berinksi is a Russian biochemist with a visa that is about to expire in the United States. He'll be able to stay because of his marriage to Julia Conrad. Julia needs him as much as he needs Julia if she is to salvage her Seattle-based company. Julia's life has a Groom Wanted sign on it. Not just any groom, either!

The Last Exiles
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While attending Pyongyang University, Jin and Suja meet and fall in love. Outside of school, North Korea has been thrown into chaos and starvation due to political upheaval. When Jin returns home to find his family famished and their food supplies nearly depleted, he makes a hasty decision that will come back to haunt him for the rest of his life.

Beyond the Great Wall (The I.Q Trilogy Book 1)
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Citizens are given 100 I.Q. points at birth in a future society where intelligence may be bought and sold. When they become 16, they have the option of remaining as 100s and being cared for by the state or risking their intelligence. Those who fail have filthy lives and some eventually become I.Q. 30 glidiots, fighting in a pop-up maze for I.Q. points and public enjoyment in the Glidiot Games.

Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work
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Pollak has been watching trends for the past 20 years and successfully coaching young professionals and businesses on how to succeed in the workplace. She offers encouraging, strategic, and actionable advice on making lifelong decisions about education, building a resilient personal brand, and maintaining self-care and mental health by combining insights from both experts and professionals across generations.

True Love
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In True Love, Lopez explores one of her life's most defining periods - the transformative two-year journey of how, as an artist and a mother, she confronted her greatest challenges. True Love is an honest and revealing personal diary with hard-won lessons and heartfelt recollections and an empowering story of self-reflection, rediscovery, and resilience.

Tangled Threat
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Their youthful love was shattered when a body was discovered hanging from the notorious History Tree. They've returned to the scene of the murder where Maura had fled, too afraid to stand by his side. Maura is determined to help, especially since two women have gone missing. Together, they'll have to face an enduring menace and see if their love has lasted the test of time.

Scandalous Secrets
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Byron Robidoux, a senatorial candidate, always does the right thing. And, after years of effort and focus, his life and campaign are on track - until a blackmailer throws everything into jeopardy. No one is supposed to know that Byron lied to protect a college acquaintance 13 years ago. And now that falsehood could endanger his career... as well as the woman he's always loved.

All the Cowboys Ain’t Gone
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Lincoln Smith, a young Texan living at the turn of the twentieth century who believes he is the last authentic cowboy. In the rapidly changing United States of the twenty-first century, Lincoln finds himself hopelessly out of time and place. When his heart is wounded by a sweetheart who doesn't understand his archaic tendencies, he joins the French Foreign Legion, as any reasonable young romantic would.

Shadows in a Dark City
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While a full moon rises, a revenant searches for a method to atone for past transgressions, a college graduate accepts a job with otherworldly obligations, a man battles demons both in his head and in real life, and a private investigator with a secret prowls 1930s-era Chicago on the lookout for a killer. Four short stories of dark urban fantasy.

Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
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Capitalism is in a state of flux. While climate change is altering - and in some cases wiping out - life on the globe, the rich have gotten richer. The top 1%, individuals with more than $1 million, possess 44% of the world's wealth. We are beset by crises that put our lives in jeopardy, and this situation is unsustainable. But how can we address these issues that have been brewing for decades?

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
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Park confronts her past with startling resilience. In spite of everything, she has never stopped being proud of where she is from, and never stopped striving for a better life. Park’s testimony is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable.