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Rhett (Escorts Book 1) (affiliate link)
I’m not the kind of escort you think I am. I have a strict set of rules:
1. No feelings.
2. No kissing.
3. And definitely, absolutely no bangin’.
The guys and I opened Beautiful Entourage five years ago. It started out as a side hustle to make some extra cash, but then it turned into a serious gig when clients agreed to our premium pricing. It’s a job like any other, do the work and go home.
But when I meet my brand-new client, everything gets a little complicated. Her name is Aspen and…she’s bangin’. A woman like that doesn’t need to hire a guy to pretend to be her man. Any single guy would do it for free. But she’s not trying to make an ex jealous or a potential boyfriend to notice her. She’s trying to get a job.
Round Robin — A Love Story of Epic Proportions (affiliate link)
She’s 230 pounds of bad attitude. She dishes out sandwiches and insults to the customers at Screaming Mimi’s deli. She takes a dim view of people in general and men in particular.
Her home is her sanctuary. She has an apartment upstairs. Downstairs, she’s created a private park, lushly landscaped, dotted with ponds, furnished with two Chicago Park District benches.
Manfred Welk is what Charles Atlas would have looked like if he’d been serious about lifting weights. A former Olympic powerlifter for East Germany, his ex-wife turned him in for spying. Brought to Chicago after the fall of the Berlin Wall, he needs a place to live.
When cold weather hits and Robin’s furnace goes out, the plants in her park start to die. Worse, she has no money for repairs — but she does have a small vacant apartment in her basement. Something she might swap for the services of a live-in handyman.
Bitten by Surprise (affiliate link)
As a vampire-hating psychic, Char should’ve seen it coming, but she didn’t.
Too focused on creating a cure for vampirism after watching her father turned into a bloodsucking menace, she looks at little else, until it’s too late. Not her lab being attacked and destroyed, her life’s work being stolen along with her lab assistant, nor the attractive and dangerous vampire, Julian, who swoops in to save the day, give her a job and the chance to set things right.
But when her lost serum turns up on the streets used as a murder weapon against vamps, she’s forced to hide the truth about her involvement in its development from her new boss in order to join the investigation. As they work together, she’s inexplicably drawn to the very type of creature she should be terrified of. Suddenly, the idea of being bitten becomes a turn on if it’s Julian’s fangs at her pulse.
Forced to admit everything she thought she knew about the bloodsuckers was wrong, Char is left with a decision: Should she create an antidote to save the vampires being murdered—and possibly the one she’s falling for? Or should she finish what she started and try to cure the rest?
The Thunderbolt (Heartthrob Hospital Book 1) (affiliate link)
Like a bolt from the blue… All her life, perky scrub nurse, Lacy Calder has heard fanciful family stories about The Thunderbolt. Legend has it, when the thunderbolt hits, you’ll know for certain you’ve found The One. Dr. Bennet Sheridan believes in one thing–science.
Fables of romantic love have no place in this dedicated surgeon’s life. But with a little help from a fainting goat, when lightning strikes and he meets the woman of his dreams, Bennet finds himself wondering if there’s space in his heart for a little love magic after all…
Honour and Obey (DI Hogarth Honour and Obey Book 1) (affiliate link)
A top nightclub dancer drops dead in the middle of her final performance. She was a rising star loved by all… except one.
Those who worked and partied with Ruby Maher say she was the perfect dancer – a young woman on the verge of achieving her dreams. But DI Hogarth soon discovers simmering rivalries, bitter jealousy, and something far worse beneath.
Ruby was a woman with a dark past and a bright future, but Hogarth must dig deeper to catch her killer. Was everything as perfect as Ruby Maher’s friends believed? Or was the truth far darker for all concerned?
And what else is hiding beneath the grim veneer of Seabrook’s nightclub?
Coconut Wireless: Paradise (Paradise Mystery Book 1) (affiliate link)
If you like the Miss Fortune series, you’ll love Kat and her clue crew on Maui!
Square Foot Gardening – GROW Vegetables Anywhere (affiliate link)
Since Square Foot Gardening was first introduced by Mel Bartholomew in 1981, this revolutionary way to grow vegetables has helped millions of home gardeners enjoy their own organic, fresh produce in less space and with less work than traditional row gardens.
New and experienced gardeners will love the charts, photos, illustrations, and how-to tips in All New Square Foot Gardening, 3rd Edition—including 42 veggie-specific planting, growing, and harvesting guides—that make growing your own food fun, easy, and productive.
Perfect for experienced gardeners or beginners, you’ll learn the three simple steps to Square Foot Gardening: build a box; fill it with Mel’s Mix™; add a grid. No digging, no tilling, no fertilizing, no guesswork—less watering, waste, and weeding! There’s so much more packed in this 272-page instructional book—boost your organic vegetable harvest with inspiring how-tos.
Cartel Hunter (Jason Mulder Thrillers Book 1) (affiliate link)
A cartel moves in and threatens his family, so he goes hunting.
Jason Mulder wasn’t expecting another devastating loss. After years of intense training, the Air Force Pararescueman is obsessed with protecting his family from danger. He’s stunned by his little brother’s death under suspicious circumstances that law enforcement can’t solve.
Hunting down the people responsible for the death of his brother becomes Jason’s new full-time job. But the killers are a ruthless drug cartel operating in the remote pine forests of Arizona that eliminates anyone who tries to stop them, and Jason fears the rest of his family will be next to die.
Can Jason bring the cartel to justice before he and his entire family become part of the growing body count?
Cartel Hunter is the action-packed first book in the Jason Mulder crime thriller series. If you like vigilante justice, epic fight scenes, and unlikely allies pursuing cunning opponents in the unforgiving wilderness, then you’ll love Robert Goluba’s suspenseful pursuit of justice.
Drinks and Sinkholes (The Weary Dragon Inn Book 1) (affiliate link)
Warm beds, cozy mysteries, and the best rosemary bread this side of Pigsend Creek. Welcome to the Weary Dragon Inn.
Bev may not know who she was before she showed up in the quaint village of Pigsend five years ago, but that doesn’t bother her much. She’s made a tidy little life for herself as the proprietor of the Weary Dragon Inn, where the most notable event is when she makes her famous rosemary bread.
But when earthquakes and sinkholes start appearing all over town, including near Bev’s front door, she’s got to put on her sleuthing hat to figure out what—or who—might be causing them before the entire town disappears.
Drinks and Sinkholes is the first book in the Weary Dragon Inn Series, a cozy fantasy mystery by award-winning author S. Usher Evans.
Open House (affiliate link)
Nell O’Driscoll has known Marcus Kilburton for years – according to her diary, she even had a crush on him as a teenager. When he decides to open Kilburton Castle to the public, Nell takes a job as his assistant – and soon sparks are flying between them. But is Nell free to pursue Marcus, when a figure from her past refuses to let go?
Meanwhile, Nell’s best friend, Hetty Brewster, has other problems. Her husband has abandoned her for a bitchy but successful writer. Now the press is full of stories about the frumpy, boring wife losing out to a younger, slimmer model. But Hetty’s about to get her chance for sweet revenge – if she can stop being a nice person long enough to take it!
The Bird and the Sword (Book 1) (affiliate link)
The Child On Platform One (affiliate link)
Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past. When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter Miriam safe is to send her away – even if it means never seeing her again.
But when Eva is taken to a concentration camp, her secret is at risk of being exposed.
In London, Pamela volunteers to help find places for the Jewish children arrived from Europe. Befriending one unclaimed little girl, Pamela brings her home.
Then when her son enlists in the RAF, Pamela realises how easily her own world could come crashing down…
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