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Three Times The Swoon (Dirty Coyote Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
I, Connie Manors, never thought I’d see them again.
Yet here they are, expecting me to pick up where we left off.
I’m one lucky lady!
Rascal has a wicked smile, and he can charm me into almost anything.
Josh is tall, dark and deliciously mysterious. Yum!
Luke’s broad-shoulders and melting glance is what dreams are made of.
We had a country band when we were teens.
I was the lead singer.
Nothing much came of it, but some of that was my fault.
A recent video of me singing again has inspired them to revitalize our band.
I refuse to join, until they give me one of those can’t-refuse offers.
I’d dated each of them separately during our teen years.
They have different plans for me now, and I’m all in.
We spend our days practicing original melodies and writing new lyrics.
While our nights smolder with the kind of fun that leaves me breathless.
Always Been You (Whisper Lake Book 2) (affiliate link)
Lately, Jessa Myers has been batting a thousand in the dating game. No exaggeration, it’s brutal out there. But, she’s not giving up. Doesn’t matter how much she loves Elvis Pawsley and Marilyn Purroe, Jessa’s determined not to become the spinster town cat lady.
Only one problem: No guy has yet to live up to her childhood crush/teenage infatuation/adult obsession, Ethan Steele. The big, bad, brooding U.S. Marshal is yes, ridiculously hot, but also way too overprotective. It’s that way with everyone who knew her before her long-awaited heart transplant. They all get the same hyper-worried look when she so much as sneezes still. Sure, intense hulk-growl concern is swoony and all, but she wants a man to see her as more than that girl she once was.
So, if that means she needs to settle for someone not nearly as knee-wobbling as Ethan, then that’s just what she needs to do…
The Heir and the Spare box set (affiliate link)
Four friends unexpectedly, and reluctantly, inherit their father’s titles. Meet the spare sons of London’s aristocracy… and the women who capture their hearts.
Book 1 – Sarah’s Reluctant Duke
The love of a Duke will save her… …but will his family tear them apart?
Oliver Lyre, Duke of Lincoln, never wanted his title, its responsibilities, or the attention of matchmaking mamas. Rescuing Sarah, and being forced into marriage, is a surprising stroke of luck. She’s a breath of fresh air, showing no interest in his money or station. When the two find love, they think their prayers have been answered… but will the Duke’s family succeed in tearing them apart?
Book 2 – Lady Charlotte’s Ruined Marquess
Finding love among the ton is rare… …finding a virgin husband is surely impossible.
Lady Charlotte Dunford will only marry for love. She’s already caught the eye of several gentlemen, including her brother’s friend Archie, whose pious nature hides a sparkling wit and fiery passion. But she demands her future husband be a virgin. An impossible condition for the gentlemen of the ton… except for Archie, who’d happily fulfill all her demands.
Sandwich: 100 Sandwich Recipes You’ll Love (affiliate link)
Chopped Beef Sandwiches
Alternative Cheesesteaks
Sandwiches Brasileiro
Denver Chicken Salad for Sandwiches
How to Make a Grilled Cheese
New York Pizza Sandwiches
Country Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Caprese Sandwich
Indian Samosa Sandwich
Homemade Sandwich Buns
Blue Collar Lunch Sandwich
Manhattan Honey Bagel Sandwiches
Skinny Girl Radish on Pumpernickel
Real Roast Beef Sandwiches
Albany Alfalfa Sandwich
Accidentally in Bloom: An (Love in Fairwick Falls Book 1) (affiliate link)
Back in her quaint hometown, Rose Parker finds herself at odds with a ruggedly handsome, tattooed, and oh-so-charming flower farmer. When her father’s will forces her to work alongside the infuriating Gray Roberts to settle her father’s estate and pay off a hefty tax debt, Rose is determined to keep things strictly professional despite the sizzling tension between them.
But as they work together to revive the family’s once-beloved flower shop, Rose can’t help but be drawn to Gray’s carefree spirit and heart-melting smile. Gray can’t resist the challenge of breaking through Rose’s icy exterior and proving to her that opposites truly do attract.
With the fate of the flower shop and her family’s financial future on the line, Rose must guard her heart against Gray’s undeniable charm. But as their attraction grows stronger by the day, will she be able to resist the lure of a hometown happily ever after?
The Marriage Pact (Swanson Ridge Book 1) (affiliate link)
He’s the one that got away.
Now that I’m back in town, the jerk wants to offer me a job.
This isn’t good for either of us. He feels like he’s got to make up for what happened when we were kids.
And I have to restrain my hormones from doing the tango in front of him.
Never a good working relationship. Or is it?
See, here’s the deal. We made a pact when we were kids.
If by some crazy reason we weren’t married by the time we were thirty, we’d marry each other.
Well, time’s up. And the pact was never broken.
Now what? Do I forgive the guy that ripped my heart out as a lovesick teenage girl?
A Reluctant Bride (An Amish of Birch Creek Novel Book 1) (affiliate link)
She never wanted to marry. He hopes to make amends for past wrongs. Can love find a way to heal both of their hearts?
Sadie Schrock swore she would never marry. All of her other Amish friends could court and marry—she was content to manage the family business and eventually take it over when her parents are ready to retire. But all of that changes when a reckless driver kills both of her parents and seriously injures her younger sister. With mounting hospital bills adding to the pile of debt her parents left behind, Sadie is left with no choice: she must marry. And not just any man—the man who saw her at her weakest and walked away.
Aden knows what his brother did to Sadie years ago was inexcusable. And every day since that incident, Aden has lived with the guilt for not intervening sooner. When he is faced with the chance to protect Sadie once again, he can’t let her down—even if it means living with the scorn of the woman he loves for the rest of his life.
Stay the Rising Sun: The True Story of USS Lexington, Her Valiant Crew, and Changing the Course of WWII (affiliate link)
Her crew called her the “Lady Lex” – see how her fierce battle turned the tide in the Allies’ favor.
In May 1942, the United States’ first first naval victory against the Japanese in the Coral Sea was marred by the loss of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington. Another carrier was nearly ready for launch when the news arrived, so the navy changed her name to Lexington, confusing the Japanese.
The men of the original “Lady Lex” loved their ship and fought hard to protect her. They were also seeking revenge for the losses sustained at Pearl Harbor. Crippling attacks by the Japanese left her on fire and dead in the water. A remarkable 90 percent of the crew made it off the burning decks before Lexington had to be abandoned. In all the annals of the Second World War, there is hardly a battle story more compelling.
Lexington’s legacy did not end with her demise, however. Although the battle was deemed a tactical success for the Japanese, it turned out to be a strategic loss: For the first time in the war, a Japanese invasion force was forced to retreat.
Tom Fitzmorris’s New Orleans Food: More Than 250 of the Best Recipes (affiliate link)
Born in New Orleans on Mardi Gras, Tom Fitzmorris is uniquely qualified to write about the city’s rich culinary heritage. He has been eating, celebrating, and writing about the city’s cuisine for more than thirty years. Now Fitzmorris is refreshing his popular cookbook New Orleans Food.
This volume features all of the favorite New Orleans recipes, steeped in Creole and Cajun traditions, but is updated to include a 16-page color insert with gorgeous food photography and an updated introduction. From small plates (Shrimp Rémoulade with Two Sauces) to main courses (Redfish Herbsaint, Creole Lamb Shanks) to desserts and drinks (Bananas Foster, Beignets, and Café au Lait), these dishes are elegant and casual, traditional, and evolved.
Bad Indians (Expanded Edition): A Tribal Memoir (affiliate link)
Bad Indians—part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir—is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present. Widely adopted in classrooms and book clubs throughout the United States, Bad Indians—now reissued in significantly expanded form—plumbs ancestry, survivance, and the cultural memory of Native California.
In this best-selling, now-classic memoir, Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen family and the experiences of California Indians more widely through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. This expanded edition—the first time the book has seen release in hardcover format—includes new poems and essays, as well as an extensive afterword. Wise, indignant, and playful all at once, Bad Indians is a beautiful and devastating read, and an indispensable book for anyone seeking a more just telling of American history.
Pirates (affiliate link)
Phoebe Turlow needs to get out of Seattle and forget about the man she just divorced, her dwindling finances, and the lonely nights that stretch ahead of her. But she can’t foresee what awaits her on Paradise Island…
Duncan Rourke is known to historians as “the pirate patriot.” He’s been dead for two centuries—or at least he’s supposed to be, until Phoebe Turlow steps out of a van, into a run-down island hotel, and into his world.
Neither Phoebe nor her sexy pirate can envision the glorious adventure that is about to unfold. They understand only that they have found each other, and a grand passion, across the chasm of time…and they fear only the moment when the magic they have discovered may vanish. Passionate, emotional, and completely entrancing, Pirates will steal your heart.
Make Room! Make Room! (affiliate link)
A detective hunts down a killer in a dystopian, overpopulated NYC in this classic science fiction novel that inspired the film Soylent Green.
Originally published in 1966, Make Room! Make Room! imagines a world at the end of the twentieth century where Earth is so overwhelmed by rampant population growth that it teeters on the edge of self-destruction. In New York City alone, thirty-five million people are squeezed into its packed boroughs, scrambling like rats for the world’s dwindling resources. The only food available is a product called soylent. And while the government tries to maintain order, the rich get richer and the poor stay underfoot.
Finding a killer in this broken world is one hell of a job. But that’s exactly what Det. Andy Rusch has been assigned to do. If he can stay alive long enough, he might just solve the biggest case he’s ever been on—unless humanity finally fulfills its promise and destroys itself first.
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