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Wicked Beginnings (Wicked Bay Book 1) (affiliate link)
Sometimes wrong feels so right…
When seventeen-year-old Eloise Stone finds herself halfway across the world, moving into her uncle’s pool house, she expects things to be … awkward. She doesn’t expect to come face-to-face with the boy from last summer. The boy that made her feel things she’d never felt before. But a year is a long time, and Lo isn’t the girl she was then. Besides, they’re family now.
It’s weird.
Maverick Prince acts as if he doesn’t remember her, treating Lo like nothing more than an annoying younger sister, and not in a ‘he cares’ way, just in a ‘he’s an arsehole’ way. One thing’s for sure, he isn’t just dangerous for her sanity–he’s hazardous for her heart.
Rogue Security & Investigation Series: Books 1-3 (affiliate link)
It was only one night. One night, and I was sure I’d never see her again.
Fast forward six months and I’m staring into those same eyes. Only this time Delilah is my boss’s daughter. But the real kicker…she’s very much pregnant.
Now my only goal is to stand by her, protect her, and make sure my new family is taken care of.
But there’s a certain danger lurking in the shadows, threatening everything I hold dear.
I won’t rest until my family is safe. I won’t stop until I’ve annihilated every threat.
Delilah is mine. The child she’s carrying is mine…and I’ll be damned if anyone takes them away from me.
Cursed Ever After (The Royal Gold Keepers Book 1) (affiliate link)
A stubborn man. A clever woman. And a forbidden love that could destroy their world.
As the daughter of one of the two most powerful families in Paradise Falls, Elora has the unique ability to slip into another world and bring resources back to her people. Unfortunately for her, the only other person with this ability is her enemy, the alluring Callum himself.
So when their fathers go missing in that other world, they have a choice: search alone or together.
Obviously, they chose to work alone, but fate has other plans for them. Thrown together against their wills, injured and lost, they will have to learn to trust each other… or die from their pride.
After The Fire (Hidden Cove Firefighters series Book 1) (affiliate link)
Three firefighters from the Malvaso family are trapped in a burning building and almost lose their lives. After they are rescued, they decide to change the way they’ve been living. Mitch, the eldest, wants to make some decisions about his dysfunctional marriage and spend more time with his troubled teenagers. Jenn decides to have a baby—with her best friend, Grady. And Zach, the bad boy of the group, vows to make up for his past sins and become a better man. Read the whole family saga romance in these exciting stories.
Hattie Glover’s Millinery (The Providence Street Shops Book 1) (affiliate link)
Harriet Glover’s heart is not open for romance. Creating a millinery business has been her sole focus ever since a youthful heartbreak ruined her reputation and changed the course of her life. But fate has more in store for Hattie than adorning the heads of London’s elite with one-of-a-kind chapeaus. When a man who sets her head spinning and a young woman in dire need of help both enter her shop on the same day, Hattie’s life will transform once more.
For years, Guy Hardy has romanced one mistress after another but has never truly given his heart. One casual visit to a hat shop interrupts the flow of his easy, shallow life. The bold, hard-headed, witty proprietress sells him a hat and steals his desire for any other woman. He begins to haunt the millinery more often than any gentleman should.
Finding His Fire (Lynyrd Station Protectors – Security Book 1) (affiliate link)
When the job is too big for local police, Lynyrd Station calls in the security team. They eliminate the threat when no one else can.
Trailing the arsonist who killed his parents, Ford Montgomery will do anything to take down the entire cartel who ruined his life. But when that trail leads to a sexy waitress who’s embroiled in it all, Ford knows he can’t turn back now.
Megan Marshall trusts nobody. After all, her ex-husband is a cold-blooded killer–and he’s on the loose. So when a hot and rugged Army ranger walks into her life, Megan can’t deny the flames that illuminate between them. But their only chance at survival is to take down the deadly cartel that threatens everything. With danger igniting and their passion burning, can the ranger and the waitress extinguish the fire that may engulf them all?
Tradition with a Twist: Variations on Your Favorite Quilts (affiliate link)
Put a new twist on your favorite traditional quilt designs with this guide featuring creative fabrics and modern, time-saving techniques!
Legendary quilters Blanch Young and Dalene Young-Stone present a new twist on traditional quilt patterns including Boston Commons, Trip Around the World, Sunshine and Shadow, Nine Patch, Irish Chain, and more using new construction methods and composing with an exciting palette of contemporary fabrics.
The authors introduce the basics of working with fabric to create strip sets to easily construct magnificent quilts. Their streamlined techniques were developed to get traditional quality results using the tools of today, such as rotary cutters and cutting mats.
Jónas Ebeneser is a handy DIY kind of man with a compulsion to fix things, but he can’t seem to fix his own life. On the cusp of turning fifty, divorced, adrift, he’s recently discovered he is not the biological father of his daughter, Gudrun Waterlily, and he has sunk into an existential crisis, losing all will to live. As he visits his senile mother in a nursing home, he secretly muses on how, when, and where to put himself out of his misery.
To prevent his only daughter from discovering his body, Jónas decides it’s best to die abroad. Armed with little more than his toolbox and a change of clothes, he flies to an unnamed country where the fumes of war still hover in the air. He books a room at the sparsely occupied Hotel Silence, in a small town riddled with landmines and the aftershocks of violence, and there he comes to understand the depths of other people’s scars while beginning to see his wounds in a new light.
Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure (affiliate link)
In Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure, Samira Kawash tells the fascinating story of how candy evolved from a luxury good to a cheap, everyday snack. After candy making was revolutionized in the early decades of mass production, it was celebrated as a new kind of food for energy and enjoyment.
Gunslinger Girl (James Patterson Presents) (affiliate link)
Seventeen-year-old Serendipity “Pity” Jones inherited two things from her mother: a pair of six shooters and perfect aim. She’s been offered a life of fame and fortune in Cessation, a glittering city where lawlessness is a way of life. But the price she pays for her freedom may be too great . . .
In this extraordinary debut from Lyndsay Ely, the West is once again wild after a Second Civil War fractures the U.S. into a broken, dangerous land. Pity’s struggle against the dark and twisted underbelly of a corrupt city will haunt you long after the final bullet is shot.
New Hampshire: Poems (affiliate link)
This Pulitzer Prize–winning poetry collection from 1923 features some of the most enduring works by one of the finest American poets of the twentieth century.
One of the most beloved and influential poets in American letters, Robert Frost won his first of four Pulitzer Prizes for this collection of poems inspired by the cold and wild places of New Hampshire in winter. From vivid depictions of provincial life to wry accounts of city dwellers to striking contemplations of the end of the world, the poems collected here are quintessential Frost.
Along with the lengthy title poem, this volume boasts some of Frost’s most famous and significant works, including “Fire and Ice,” “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” which Frost himself called “my best bid for remembrance.”
Taylor Swift: The Platinum Edition (affiliate link)
Kids can learn about the award-winning music superstar’s early career in this unofficial biography loaded with color photos.
With albums and singles that soar to the top of the charts, shelves full of awards, and millions of fans around the world, Taylor Swift has achieved the dream of a lifetime—and that was before her twentieth birthday.
Fans searching for Taylor’s complete story should look no further than this detailed biography of the young songstress, which chronicles her childhood in Pennsylvania where she was teased and bullied, to her early days trying to land a record deal by personally dropping off demos at Nashville record companies, to the performance that lead Taylor to her current label—and international fame
Packed with color photos, Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale shares the personal stories behind all of Taylor’s songs, and provides all the need-to-know details about her albums, tours, family, friends, boyfriends, live performances, acting gigs, and future plans. As Taylor’s career continues to flourish, this tribute looks back at the passion and determination that turned her love story with music into a fairytale come true.
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