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Beyond the Pages
As summer winds down, it’s the perfect time to dive into stories that challenge, inspire, and stay with you long after you turn the last page. In August’s Readers’ List, we’re spotlighting thought-provoking and discussion-worthy reads. Whether you’re looking for a literary masterpiece, a powerful character-driven novel, or a story that tackles big ideas, this collection is curated for you.
That This Nation Might Live (Butterflies of Gettysburg Book 1)
Hoping to prevent the collapse of civilization, three Civil War reenactors travel back in time to prevent Lincoln's assassination. Rewriting history is always a dangerous gamble, but nothing could have prepared them for what happens when they come face to face with many of their heroes--and some who they went back to fight.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
The Lightslayer (Everdusk Book 1)
“Dark, Gothic romp with the compelling Jack Townson.” – Laurell K. Hamilton. 2025 IPPY Bronze Winner. Vampire Lord Jack faces forbidden love & lethal conspiracy in shadowed Draconia. Sin, magic, and revenge, perfect for Maas & Kristoff fans. The Lightslayer, enter the portal, mind your throat.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Exodus: WWII - France Falls, Three Young Heroines Won't (Parisiennes Book 1)
WWII - France Falls, Three Young Heroines Won't. Enjoy fast-paced, character-driven, hopeful historical adventure. Experience the chaos of mass civilian flight through the eyes of three strong-willed, goodhearted heroines. Ongoing serial with a final episode happy ending. With episode 1, you have 13 page-turning chapters, for whenever you need a break.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Life and How to Live It
Life and How to Live It is a raw and deeply personal memoir by Philadelphia native Chaz Holesworth, charting a life defined by urban grit, unyielding resilience, and the quest for redemption.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Shadows on the Heart
After her brother and his wife die in an accident, Lita Bravo, a thirty-two-year-old tattooed, amateur mixed martial arts fighter, gains custody of three children she’s never met and finds herself responsible for her estranged mother with dementia. The family struggles to find their place together in the midst of loss, grief and change.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Unpacking AI: Why Artificial Intelligence Matters
A personal journey through the world of artificial intelligence (AI) that seeks to demystify this technology and offer both hope and caution for the future.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Of Leaf, Wing, and Water
An unexpected encounter with an eccentric relative sets 10-year-old Jesse Shea on an uncertain quest to understand a spiritual mystery. As he grows up, his very searching changes his life and the lives of those around him. It leads them down a path that interweaves nature, spirit, and humanity and to a resolution none could have anticipated.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Into the Realm of Time
A fierce, but aging, Roman general searches for a life outside the army at the end of the Fourth Century. He encounters a disparate group of characters, including Britons, Huns, and Goths who impact his destiny. Kirkus Reviews writes, "A satisfying historical novel with richly drawn characters and vivid settings." Awarded the indieBRAG Medallion.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Deep Passion (Tango Club Trilogy Book 2)
Tango partners Tony and Melissa have always had a comfortable partnership, despite Tony’s wife’s jealousy of his dancing. But after his wife leaves him, there’s room for his partnership with Melissa to bloom into something more...
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
The Rock Season
Two music lovers in the San Francisco Bay Area, both dealing with grief and loss, meet at a rock show and embark on an emotional, and often humorous, multicultural/intergenerational journey full of love, second chances, and rock ‘n’ roll.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
The Company She Keeps
October 1974, a year away from tenure and fulfilling her dream of becoming a full-time professor, Isabel Mathew seems to have it all, but she has a secret that could bring everything crashing down. Her forbidden affair with a graduating student threatens to destroy everything she’s worked for.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Drago's Touch (Billionaire's Crossroads Book 2)
I'm not broken or need fixing. Not scared of love. Actually, I already had my happily ever after. But... there is always a but... one proposition... one barter... has shown me something that I didn't know... I wanted... I needed. Now someone is out to stop me from having it. But he underestimates how far I'm willing to go to protect what is mine.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Wind Chasers (Three Waves Trilogy Book 2)
A multigenerational family saga with big wins and huge losses. Two brothers who lost their hero father at a young age are bound by blood, buried trauma, and a friendship that will take your breath away. A story with complicated love, entangled dreams and messy romances.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
A Season for the Heart
As WWII grinds toward its end, Ellie longs to escape her plain Mennonite community. Wounded on Iwo Jima, Jude returns home expecting condemnation. But as Ellie and her family help him, she questions whether home is where her heart’s desires really lie, while Jude fights to defend his heart against the daily acts of grace that threaten to break it.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
The Ships We Sail
Set sail on a journey of self-discovery. The Ships We Sail delivers heartfelt fables that inspire healing, courage, and quiet transformation with every page.
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The Stolen Heart (Gemotroplis Book 1)
🏆 WINNER Gold - Literary Titan Award (5 stars) 💥Experience a world, taking many years to publish by an Australian sixteen-year-old 🏅This medieval comedy is grabbing attention, as Jack supports autistic heroes! Join Lustre in an oppressed nation, dealing with narcissistic Emperor Maroon, trying to save his friend Rusty - Support Jack Haligo!
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
The Rewards of Redemption: The Road Home (The Renegade Series by G.J. Havrilla Book 3)
Jordan Hanson and his family find themselves once again in the perils with the government, and the elements of earth and outer space. In this third book of the Renegade series, you will not have to go looking for adventure, it will find you.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Redeye Fulda Cold (Cold War Series)
To have loved and lost and loved again. Set in 1969’s Cold War-West Germany, Rick Fontain, a 20-year-old draftee, meets Dr. Captain Prasonio. She had touched his cheek in the ER. Both knew instantly - but God knew better. Real tears, real love!
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
DNA Never Lies: You kept a secret for sixty years. It won't be secret much longer (A Karen Copperfield genealogy mystery novel Book 1)
You get a DNA test as a gift. What if the results threaten everything you know? Barbara once led a very different life, thousands of miles from the English town she calls home. As an ambitious young woman in the 1950s, she fought for what she wanted until it nearly broke her. Now her family wonders: Is it always better to know the truth?
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
How donating a kidney fixed my jump shot
These essays about everyday life sparkle with humor, pathos, and optimism. The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls Sollisch’s writing style “a mash-up of David Sedaris, Jim Gaffigan and Rick Reilly.” Kirkus Reviews says, “previously published in national newspapers, including the New York Times, this is an impressive debut. Our verdict: get it.”
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Sigils of Malice
Surrounded by disappearances, circus acrobat and muscle woman, Thalia Clayton, finds her family at the center of a life and death conspiracy involving strange creatures and the gods themselves. Without magic of her own, but with the help of an undead man in a camera, it’s up to her to protect everyone she loves.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Finding Scarlet
A story about starting over, discovering new friendships, and finding love later in life. Set against the serene backdrop of the South Carolina coast, this moving novel celebrates the courage it takes to choose your own happiness. Perfect for fans of women’s fiction, midlife transformation, and heartfelt romance. A BookFest Award-winning novel.
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025
Daybreak (Morningstar Chronicles Book 1)
Riveting medieval mystery packing a faith-filled punch! Nigel Baskervell has been hit by all that the 14th century can offer: war, riots, and plague. He’s still standing. Now he longs to create a future for himself and his young son. But when he witnesses a horrific murder, can Nigel solve the crime and save his sanity and his soul?
This deal is good on August 24th, 2025