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Killer Cruise: A Humorous Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries Book 1) (affiliate link)
Surprise number two, also quite good: the First Officer is rather handsome.
Surprise number three, definitely not good: Samantha is suspected of murdering a VIP cruise passenger.Throw in a few more surprises—an over-the-top boss, a potentially homicidal chef, and a blast from Adrienne’s past—and this cruise might end up being Adrienne’s last.Join Adrienne, her new friend Cece, and First Officer Hot Stuff—er, First Officer Ethan Lee—as they try to uncover the truth before it’s too late…
Pretty Guilty Secrets (CSI Reilly Steel) (affiliate link)
Everyone knows the victim. Don’t they..?
When a celebrity icon is attacked in his home during an apparent robbery-in-progress, the authorities are tasked with tracking down the perpetrator. Such a beloved national treasure and his equally famous wife means the investigation takes top priority, but Reilly Steel suspects there’s a lot more to this than meets the eye.
Was it a random attack? Or just a carefully choreographed diversion …
Could the famed family’s tightly-managed media persona blind everyone to the fact that their charmed life is not quite what it seems?
And that there’s a LOT more to celebrity than meets the eye…
Nemesis (The Badge and the Pen Book 1) (affiliate link)
The body count is rising…
When psychopath Daniel Moxley makes his escape while being escorted to Broadmoor high security prison, he sets off on a trail of bloody revenge, leaving police forces throughout the north of England floundering in his wake.
Moxley’s paranoia has him seemingly selecting victims at random; police, prison warders and even old ladies have been the target of Moxley’s cold-blooded murder spree.
When Detective Inspector Vinnie Palmer is assigned to the case, he pairs up with Moxley’s psychiatrist to delve deeper into the man’s criminal past, uncovering a history of corrupt police, sexual coercion and gaol brutality. But the killer always seems to be one step ahead, leaving a trail mutilated bodies in his wake.
Milk Soaps: The Ultimate Guide to Natural Milk Soap-Making Using Goat, Cow, Coconut, or Almond (affiliate link)
Make your own milk soap and say goodbye to big spending forever!
Are you interested in trying milk soap making for the first time?
Or an experienced soap maker looking for new and interesting recipes?
This book is a practical soap-making guide on how the soap-making process works and how to make natural milk soap at home using goat, cow, coconut, and almond milk. This guide is perfect for kickstarting your soap-making journey!
In this book, you will:
- Learn why milk is used in soap making
- Discover thorough and well-detailed information and advice from an expert
- Learn all about the benefits of the different types of milk
- Discover lists of oils and butters that are best for milk soaps
- Master making milk soaps with a variety of ingredients
- Learn how to package and preserve your products
Growing foods indoors isn’t just for apartment dwellers and people with limited space. Even if you are an outdoor gardener, you can grow your food indoors to extend the growing season and maybe even plant all year round!
This book will teach you effective gardening techniques for growing vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, and other crops using containers inside your home.
- Learn how to set up an effective gardening system without worrying about the need for land
- Never run out of fresh produce again
- Learn top techniques to get bountiful yields season after season
- Identify the differences between soil gardening and hydroponics gardening
- Master the art of container gardening like a pro
- And much more!
Just Not That Into Billionaires (Billionaires of Manhattan) (affiliate link)
I get the shock of my life when I discover I’ve been married—for the last 10 years—to surly, nerdy Benny, my work frenemy from a long-ago summer job in Vegas.
Excuuuuuse me? How in the world did we end up married?
Though there was a certain drunken night….
I track Benny down, and I can’t believe how much he’s changed—from total geek to sexy, wolfish billionaire.
Naturally I assume he’ll be as stunned about the marriage as I am, and that he’ll be happy to dissolve our accidental union ASAP, which is what I really need him to do.
How wrong I am.
Benny will sign the paperwork…for a price: I have to spend the next three weeks playing his adoring wife.
Queen Takes Camelot: Gwen (Their Vampire Queen) (affiliate link)
The Once and Future King has always been my curse.
You think King Arthur is a hero.
You blame me for the fall of Camelot.
Because I refused to choose.
Yes, I loved Lancelot. Once upon a time, I loved Arthur, too. I loved all of his friends, even Merlin, the cantankerous wizard.
But Arthur’s jealousy destroyed our love. He smashed the Round Table, banished Lancelot, and locked me in a burning tower. He would rather see me dead than love another man. Even his best friend.
So now I’m doomed to repeat this grim tale over and over until Arthur wins my love. But this vampire queen will never choose Arthur. Not after what he’s done. I will certainly never choose him over Lancelot.
Temptation’s Darling (affiliate link)
Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes of age, William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her society debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the world of ball gowns, parties, and high society. Nonetheless, she agrees to return to England, determined to end the vendetta against her father, never imagining the high price she will have to pay.
Lord Montgomery Townsend enjoys living on the edge, courting danger as he fixes potentially scandalous problems for the Prince Regent. While hiding out at the home of the Countess of Ketterham, Monty watches a disaster-in-the-making as his hostess tries to prepare her estranged daughter for a match with the pompous son of a powerful family.
Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero (affiliate link)
When one of four hijacked planes flew into the World Trade Center’s North Tower on September 11, 2001, Michael Hingson, a district sales manager for a data protection and network security systems company, was sitting down for a meeting. His guide dog, Roselle, was at his feet.
Blind from birth, Michael could hear the sounds of shattering glass, falling debris, and terrified people flooding all around him. But Roselle sat calmly beside him. In that moment, Michael chose to trust Roselle’s judgment and not to panic. They were a team.
A Familiar Face: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (affiliate link)
Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories (affiliate link)
A collection of shockingly prescient stories covering topics from aliens to AI, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy
Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23.
Now comes Machine Learning, an impressive collection of Howey’s science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of Wool, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and fifteen additional stories collected here for the first time. “Glitch” asks what happens when a battle bot refuses to fight. “The Automated Ones” introduces ideas of discrimination in a world populated by both humans and AI, and its sequel “WHILE (u > i) i –;” explores the challenges a human woman and an android face after falling in love.
One Final Breath (Special Agent Ricki James Book 1) (affiliate link)
A special agent’s search for a serial killer turns personal when one of her own becomes a target in this new, engrossing series of murder, mystery, and revenge.
They disappear without a trace. . . and then they die
Deep inside a national forest, Special Agent Ricki James stands in the middle of a killing field that was never meant to be found. The victims are all naked, with no identification and no clues other than a single bullet hole in their skulls. With the carnage laying all around her, Ricki only knows two things for sure: they were all murdered execution-style, and a killer who goes to this extreme to hide his work, isn’t finished yet.
Teaming up with the local police chief, she starts a dangerous hunt for a serial killer who moves like smoke through the forest and hides in plain sight within a crowd.
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