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Wild Irish Heart (The Mystic Cove Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
It is time…
An ancient book, a power untouched, and a heart unloved lead Keelin O’Brien from her graduate studies in Boston to a small village on the coast of Southern Ireland. Determined to unearth the secrets lying hidden in the enchanted waters of the cove, Keelin has little time for a surly Irishman who infuriates her during the day and haunts her fantasies at night.
Inexplicably drawn to the woman who has stepped from his dreams and into his world, Flynn fights a stubborn battle against his increasing attraction for Keelin. Forces unknown have better plans for the two.
A Spell Of Trouble (Silver Hollow Book 1) (affiliate link)
Isolde Quinn wants to fly under the radar of the paranormal police, but that’s going to be hard to do when her least favorite person dies in front of her magical pet store.
When town trouble maker, Louella Drummond, drops dead in front of Isolde Quinn’s pet store just minutes after threatening both Issy and her cousin Graeme, the police in the small lakeside town of Silver Hollow assume it’s from natural causes.
… Until it’s discovered that Louella was murdered.
Not just any murder, though. Murder by paranormal means. Dark magic that could only have been performed by a powerful witch. And every law-abiding paranormal knows that dark magic is forbidden and carries strict punishment at the hands of “the committee” – the mysterious entity that provides law and order within the paranormal community.
Where The Sunflowers Touch The Sky (Blythe Landing Book 1) (affiliate link)
It’s impossible to die from a broken heart, or so ‘they’ say. But ‘they’ have never had their heart broken by ‘him’ and ‘she’ isn’t sure hers will ever heal.
It all started with a crush. Hers not his.
He’s her brother’s best friend, and she’s off limits. His rules not hers.
Until he broke that rule.
Then she became his biggest mistake. And he became her biggest regret.
A year nursing in Sierra Leone should have been far enough and long enough to bring her heart back to life.
No such luck.
Kylie Brennan is back home with even more emotional baggage than she left with.
The Return of her Sweet Lord (Noble Hearts and Hidden Desires) (affiliate link)
Lady Hazel Wallace does not care for society’s expectations, so she just tromps through the countryside. Her dread surrounding the pressure of finding a husband is unexpectedly dissolved by the arrival of a rather dashing newcomer, who makes her heart skip a beat. Rumours of his dark past, though, make her protective father, the Duke of Coventry, forbid her from seeing him again. Heartbroken, Hazel embarks on a journey to find a husband, even though her heart already belongs to the newly acquainted Mr Hammond.
Has she truly been condemned to an eternal and loveless misery?
Benjamin Hammond has experienced a lifetime of dark looks and muted whispers, which he does not deserve. Involved in charity work overseas, his desire to do similar work in England prompts his return. An unexpected meeting with a beautiful, if not fascinatingly opinionated girl, triggers his feelings and a series of secret rendezvous. Yet, with another suitor after Lady Hazel’s hand, Benjamin fears the future…
A Love Song for the Duke (Of Dukes, Dares, and Destinies) (affiliate link)
Sophia Cluett’s great passion for music adds a bit of light to growing up without a mother, the sickness that plagues her younger sister and her father’s poorly performing business. Her talent and great prospect of becoming a successful musician are about to go to waste though when her father decides to marry her off to someone she despises to financially secure the family. Sophia feels trapped in an undesirable future, until she meets the handsome Duke of Berkshire by chance and under the false identity of a high society member. Apart from making her heart flutter, could he also be the solution to all her problems?
Guy Bastable, the Duke of Berkshire, has mourned for a long time. Nothing can soothe his passion for revenge on the man who left his sister to die. At least that’s the case until he saves a young woman from a collision and realizes that there’s something more to live for; an extraordinary lady that is nothing like any other woman he’s met before. The more time he spends with the charming Sophia, the more his vengeance and pain give place to other, deeper feelings. Could she be the salvation he has been looking for?
The Casual Rule (affiliate link)
Julia Conti is living the dream in New York City. She has a job she loves in publishing and shares an apartment in the Village with her lifelong best friend Allie. Following a bad break-up, Julia swears off of men and relationships, until she meets Ben Martin, an up-and-coming author who is smart, charming, and very easy on the eyes.
Fueled by their mutual attraction, close working relationship and fear of relationships, Julia and Ben embark on an affair, following the Casual Rule. As they bring each other further into their lives, their casual status blurs.
Can she keep their casual relationship separate from love or will feelings take hold and Julia get her heart broken again?
What happens when something Casual… isn’t so casual anymore?
Smart, steamy, angsty, snarky… Romance.
Warhol (affiliate link)
To this day, mention the name “Andy Warhol” to almost anyone and you’ll hear about his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. But though Pop Art became synonymous with Warhol’s name and dominated the public’s image of him, his life and work are infinitely more complex and multi-faceted than that.
In Warhol, esteemed art critic Blake Gopnik takes on Andy Warhol in all his depth and dimensions. “The meanings of his art depend on the way he lived and who he was,” as Gopnik writes. “That’s why the details of his biography matter more than for almost any cultural figure,” from his working-class Pittsburgh upbringing as the child of immigrants to his early career in commercial art to his total immersion in the “performance” of being an artist, accompanied by global fame and stardom—and his attempted assassination.
The extent and range of Warhol’s success, and his deliberate attempts to thwart his biographers, means that it hasn’t been easy to put together an accurate or complete image of him. But in this biography, unprecedented in its scope and detail as well as in its access to Warhol’s archives, Gopnik brings to life a figure who continues to fascinate because of his contradictions—he was known as sweet and caring to his loved ones but also a coldhearted manipulator; a deep-thinking avant-gardist but also a true lover of schlock and kitsch; a faithful churchgoer but also an eager sinner,
Hearts Under Fire (Honor Bound Book 1) (affiliate link)
Behind enemy lines, their lives aren’t the only things at risk—so are their hearts
Kate Cross, a no-nonsense medic, is haunted by the loss of her partner in combat. She’s built walls around her heart and has no time for romance—especially with Alexis Cole, the irresistible Combat Rescue Officer with a reputation for breaking hearts.
But when they’re forced to work together on a high-stakes mission, the sparks between them are impossible to ignore.
As the mission spirals out of control and they end up trapped behind enemy lines, survival depends on trusting each other—both on the battlefield and in their hearts.
Can Kate take a chance on love, or will their dangerous world tear them apart?
The Risen Empire: Book One of the Succession (affiliate link)
The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of eighty human worlds for sixteen hundred years. Because he can grant a form of eternal life, creating an elite known as the Risen, his power has been absolute. He and his sister, the Child Empress, who is eternally a little girl, are worshiped as living gods. No one can touch them.
Not until the Rix, machine-augmented humans who worship very different gods: AI compound minds of planetary extent. The Rix are cool, relentless fanatics, and their only goal is to propagate such AIs throughout the galaxy. They seek to end, by any means necessary, the Emperor’s prolonged tyranny of one and supplant it with an eternal cybernetic dynasty of their own. They begin by taking the Child Empress hostage. Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx is tasked with her rescue.
Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain (affiliate link)
Based on the breakthrough understanding that virtually all headaches are forms of migraine—because migraine is not a specific type of headache, but the built-in mechanism that causes headaches of all kinds, along with neck stiffness, sinus congestion, dizziness, and other problems—Dr. Buchholz’s Heal Your Headache offers a simple, transforming program.
Step 1: Avoid the “Quick Fix.” Too often painkillers only make matters worse because of the crippling complication known as rebound.
Step 2: Reduce your triggers. The crux of the program: a migraine diet that eliminate the foods that push headache sufferers over the top.
Step 3: Raise your threshold. When diet and other lifestyle changes aren’t enough, preventive medication can help stay the course.
That’s it. In three steps, you can turn your headache problems around.
Over 100 gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free recipes based on the popular Primal Gourmet blog, fully endorsed by Whole30.
Ronny Joseph Lvovski struggled with a lifetime of obesity, failed diets, and low self-esteem before discovering the Paleo diet. Once he eliminated grains and dairy from his diet, his allergies, asthma, upset stomachs, headaches, back pain, lethargy, excess weight, and cravings disappeared. After losing 40 pounds, Ronny set out to create gourmet-quality meals that followed Paleo guidelines and left him feeling satisfied. He shared those recipes on his Primal Gourmet blog, and became one of the most popular contributors to the @whole30recipes Instagram account. The Primal Gourmet Cookbook, Ronny’s first cookbook, is fully endorsed by Whole30 and includes a foreword by Whole30 co-creator Melissa Urban. The cookbook includes more than 120 recipes, with blog fan-favorites plus all-new dishes such as Mojo Loco Chicken Wings, Short Rib Ragu, Jerk Ribs, and Moroccan Lamb Stew, proving healthy diets really can be delicious.
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