The Hidden Thread: From a Sicilian Archive to a Manhattan Revelation
by N. S. Gorman
Genre: Non-Fiction

The mythology of the American Mafia begins in poverty — the immigrant who arrived with nothing and clawed his way up through crime. It is a compelling story. It is also, in its most important respects, incorrect. The Thread to Manhattan: A Map of the Invisible is the capstone volume of The Hidden Thread series, and its central argument is as counterintuitive as it is thoroughly documented: the American Mafia was not improvised in the slums of Lower Manhattan. It was engineered in Sicily, refined over centuries, and transplanted to American soil as a complete, functioning institutional system.
The Cosa Nostra that arrived with the waves of Sicilian immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought with it something more sophisticated than criminal intent. It brought a governance structure — the cosca system — that divided authority and responsibility across a cellular network resistant to infiltration. It introduced an information-security protocol — omertà — that served as both a cultural norm and an operational necessity. It brought labor broker networks, tribute mechanisms, and dispute resolution systems that had been pressure-tested for generations before the first don set foot in Brooklyn.
This non-fiction novel traces that thread — from the villages of western Sicily to the neighborhoods of Manhattan — mapping the invisible institutional architecture that made the Five Families not just possible but inevitable. And it asks the question that makes this story most urgently contemporary: what happens to a blood-bound, ancient, secretive guild when the world it was built to navigate becomes digital, transparent, and algorithmically surveilled?
The answer is the final chapter of the series — and the beginning of a new question about the future of invisible power. This novel is the prequel to the Hidden Thread series.

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Skylar Robbins: The Mystery of the Hidden Jewels
by Carrie Cross
Genre: Children’s and Middle Grade

A deserted mansion perches on a steep hillside, overlooking a rocky canyon. Tattered curtains hang behind broken windows, and a turret stretches toward the sky. Three years ago the wealthy owner disappeared suddenly, leaving behind a house full of secrets: A mysterious note, tantalizing clues, a hidden floor, one piece of a treasure map, and a missing fortune in diamonds.
Thirteen-year-old sleuth Skylar Robbins moves into the mansion with her parents and embarks on a new and dangerous mission. Armed with her detective kit, and with the support of her BFF Alexa and a team of secret agents, Skylar sets out to decipher the clues and find the diamonds. Can she outwit a gang of older bullies and find the hidden jewels before they do? Or will the perils of middle school–like battling ruthless Emelyn Peters for the attention of class hottie Dustin Coles–get in her way?
Skylar Robbins: The Mystery of the Hidden Jewels is an Amazon #1 Bestseller in Children’s Detective Books, was voted Book-of-the-Month by LASR readers, won a 5-star Reader’s Favorite award, and was a Top Ten Finalist for an Author Academy Award in the YA/Middle Grade category.

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The Second Chance Inn
by Susan Hatler
Genre: Romance

An emotional small-town romance about second chances, healing hearts, and finding love when you least expect it.
When Wendy Watts inherits the family inn in Blue Moon Bay, she returns to the coastal town that once broke her heart. Determined to sell the rundown inn fast, Wendy is thrown off course when Max Huntington, a charming millionaire, offers to help with repairs—and maybe mend her guarded heart.
As they work side by side, Wendy discovers that sometimes love arrives when you’re ready to open your heart again.
From a New York Times bestselling author, don’t miss this heartwarming story of friendship, hope, and enduring love in THE SECOND CHANCE INN.

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Bloodlust for Apartment 7A, a Modern Vampire Romantasy
by Jade Christy
Genre: Romance

Obsession has a name. And she’s the new tenant in Apartment 7A.
Alexa Hart is desperate for an apartment. Fresh from a divorce and running out of time to find a decent place, she receives a mysterious invitation to live at Ravenwood House. Is this the answer to her prayers?
But the landlord, Sebastian Ravenwood, isn’t offering her sanctuary—he’s offering obsession, and once she moves in, she’ll never truly be free.
A fast-paced spicy vampire romantasy, book 1 in a complete four book series.

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The Vampire’s Curse at Blackthorn Manor
by Jade Christy
Genre: Romance

A haunted manor. A deadly secret. A vampire who should be her enemy.
Charlotte Marlowe has spent her career fighting the guilty. She’s not afraid of the darkness—until she inherits Blackthorn Manor.
Hidden within its walls are more than just ghosts. A seductive yet cursed vampire with centuries of secrets. And horrifying entities contained beneath the manor that are… waiting and wanting.
Now, Charlotte must navigate a dangerous new world where witches, vampires, ghosts and ancient magic collide.
But the greatest danger of all? The undeniable pull toward Adrian de Lanier, the vampire who might be her only ally… or her greatest threat.
A fast-paced, spicy vampire Romantasy. Book 1 in a series of 4 complete books with tropes that include forced proximity, slow burn romance, strangers to lovers, vampire and witch lore and found family.

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The Second Chance Inn
by Susan Hatler
Genre: Romance

An emotional small-town romance about second chances, healing hearts, and finding love when you least expect it.
When Wendy Watts inherits the family inn in Blue Moon Bay, she returns to the coastal town that once broke her heart. Determined to sell the rundown inn fast, Wendy is thrown off course when Max Huntington, a charming millionaire, offers to help with repairs—and maybe mend her guarded heart.
As they work side by side, Wendy discovers that sometimes love arrives when you’re ready to open your heart again.
From a New York Times bestselling author, don’t miss this heartwarming story of friendship, hope, and enduring love in THE SECOND CHANCE INN.

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