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The Sleuth Sisters (The Sleuth Sisters Mystery Book 1) (affiliate link)
The agency does not take off, and Faye reconsiders the decision to leave Retta out, since as the widow of a slain state trooper, she’s got contacts all over Michigan. Retta’s only too willing to “help” and immediately begins second-guessing their decisions, which leads to sparks between her and Barb.
The sisters finally get a decent case: finding a man who apparently murdered his wife years ago and has been on the run ever since.
Mastermind (Mitchell Parker Crime Thrillers Book 1) (affiliate link)
You think you are just playing a game online; masterminding the perfect crime. But something is not right.
A website inviting players to come up with the perfect crime is the façade for billionaire Lawrence Hackett’s real-life game of Mastermind: an invitation-only competition for a select few to see who can perform the perfect heist, and win an enormous bounty.
Special Agent Mitchell Parker and his team learn the magnitude of the international crime ring and launch an investigation. Washington, London, Paris… the clock is ticking. Can they figure out the game before it is too late?
Copycat Recipes: Making PF Chang’s, Panda Express & Pei Wei Most Popular Chinese Recipes at Home (affiliate link)
Love to eat at PF Chang’s, Pei Wei, or Panda Express? Have a craving for one of these restaurants iconic dishes? All your favorites can be easily made at home in no time and will taste just like the real thing!
Make your favorite restaurant dishes at home with easy copycat recipes from America’s most popular Asian restaurants! You will start cooking like a restaurant chef before you know it! And you will be saving lots of money!
Everyone likes to dine out every once in a while. There’s just something about eating out that, whether alone or with friends, that makes eating all the more enjoyable. Maybe you think that you’ll never be able to recreate the food you order at Pf Chang’s, Panda Express, or Pei Wei. So, you go in there, wait in line for what seems like an eternity, and then pay for food that you know is way overpriced.
The Curious Rise of Alex Lazarus (affiliate link)
When restless advertising executive Alex Lazarus meets charming lawyer Julian Lloyd-Mason by chance whilst looking after their children in the park, they hatch a plan to launch a parenting website together. Primaparent.com goes global and Alex suddenly finds the fame and fortune he always craved.
But the trappings of success come at a price. As his life begins to fall apart he realises too late that wanting more can sometimes get you less.
Scottsdale Squeeze (Laura Black Mysteries Book 2) (affiliate link)
Tastes Like Schitt: The Unofficial Cookbook of Schitt’s Creek (affiliate link)
Tastes Like Schitt: The Unofficial Cookbook of Schitt’s Creek
Pay homage to the quaintest hamlet in Elmdale County in this fun, unofficial cookbook inspired by the show. Whether you are experienced in the kitchen, or basically eat at the local café for every meal, Tastes Like Schitt has a recipe for you. Specials from Café Tropical, Jocelyn’s down to earth dishes, and meals from the Rosebud Motel have inspired this collection of recipes.
With over 40 dishes, this cookbook features appetizers, drinks, entrees, desserts, and more. Cook your way through them all as you rewatch your favorite episodes. This book makes the perfect gift for any fan of the tv show Schitt’s Creek. As you work your way through the chapters, you will be doing a lot more than just folding in the cheese for the enchilada recipe.
Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Gain the Mindset and Skillset for Getting What You Need to Succeed (affiliate link)
The co-author of the phenomenal New York Times bestselling classic The One Minute Manager® explores the skills needed to become an effective self leader in this essential work, now updated throughout.
Just as Ken Blanchard’s phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager gives leaders the three secrets to managing others, so this follow-up book gives people the three secrets to managing themselves. In Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager, readers will learn that accepting personal responsibility for their own success leads to power, freedom, and autonomy.
Through a captivating business parable, Ken Blanchard and coauthors Susan Fowler and Laurence Hawkins show readers how to apply the world-renowned Situational Leadership® II method to their own development.
A Sensible Arrangement (Lone Star Brides Book #1) (affiliate link)
Marty Dandridge Olson is ready to leave behind the pain of the past.
Answering an advertisement for a “Lone Star bride,” she leaves her Texas ranch and heads to Denver to marry a man she doesn’t know.
Jake Wythe is the man waiting for her.
Burned by love, he marries now simply to satisfy the board of Morgan Bank, which believes a man of his standing in society should be wed. Together Jake and Marty agree they are done with romance and love and will make this nothing more than a marriage of convenience.
When missing money and a collapsing economy threaten his job, Jake’s yearning to return to ranching grows ever stronger, much to Marty’s dismay. But a fondness has grown between them, as well, further complicating matters.
In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids (affiliate link)
A bioethicist’s eloquent and riveting memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal—a harrowing personal reckoning and clarion call for change not only for government but medicine itself, revealing the lack of crucial resources and structures to handle this insidious nationwide epidemic.
Travis Rieder’s terrifying journey down the rabbit hole of opioid dependence began with a motorcycle accident in 2015. Enduring half a dozen surgeries, the drugs he received were both miraculous and essential to his recovery. But his most profound suffering came several months later when he went into acute opioid withdrawal while following his physician’s orders. Over the course of four excruciating weeks, Rieder learned what it means to be “dope sick”—the physical and mental agony caused by opioid dependence.
The Collected Stories (FSG Classics) (affiliate link)
This reissue of Grace Paley’s classic collection—a finalist for the National Book Award—demonstrates her rich use of language as well as her extraordinary insight into and compassion for her characters, moving from the hilarious to the tragic and back again.
Whether writing about the love (and conflict) between parents and children or between husband and wife, or about the struggles of aging single mothers or disheartened political organizers to make sense of the world, she brings the same unerring ear for the rhythm of life as it is actually lived.
Give Me the Child (affiliate link)
Imagine your doorbell rings in the middle of the night.
You open the door to the police.
With them is your husband’s eleven-year-old love child. A daughter you never knew he had.
Her mother has been found dead in their south London flat.
She has nowhere else to go.
WOULD YOU TAKE HER IN?
Second Chance Amish Bride (Brides of Lost Creek Book 1) (affiliate link)
Beach Wedding Weekend (affiliate link)
When Brody broke up with Paige and went to Europe, he suggested that someday, they’d pick up right where they left off. A hopeless romantic, she believed him.
But when they meet again, Brody’s dating a gorgeous actress.
They’re all going to attend the same wedding, and Paige plans to win Brody back. She even enlists her best friend’s brother, Aiden, to pretend to date her and make her ex jealous. A breezy, charming restaurant owner, Aiden actually avoids serious relationships, but as a fake boyfriend, he’s perfect.
As old friends and exes take part in wedding preparations and enjoy the beauty of the Florida coast, they begin to see themselves—and each other—in a new light.
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