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Come Away With Me (The Andrades) (affiliate link)
Rich, powerful and sexy, Gio Andrade is a man who thinks he has everything… until late one evening, he meets the stunning brunette with curves that could tempt a far lesser man to sin.
Except she has no idea who he is. Or that he’s her new boss.
So when she mistakes the gorgeous billionaire for an intruder, attacking him with a lamp, she flees once she realizes her mistake, convinced she is out of a job.
But Gio isn’t done with her yet.
He can’t get the sexy and sweet woman out of his head.
But she’s hiding something from him. Could her lies bring them together or tear them apart forever?
Chaos in Little Leaf Creek (Little Leaf Creek Book 1) (affiliate link)
Her new home in the country comes with an antiquated historical society, a sour-faced next-door neighbor, and a murder victim on her front lawn…
Cassie Alberta needs a fresh start. Leaving the big city to put her husband’s death behind her, she’s immediately charmed by the quaint little town of Little Leaf Creek, even though her first encounter with her neighbor’s dog and goats shows her that she has a lot to learn about country life. But her delight quickly turns to alarm when one of her first visitors is a dead body.
Shocked when she’s accused of the crime, Cassie partners with her reclusive ex-cop neighbor to find the real killer. And when two handsome locals grab her attention, she finds the simple life she had hoped for in the small town has just become a whole lot more complicated. As the suspect list grows and the attempts on her life increase, simply surviving may be an impossible feat.
Unleashed: A post-apocalyptic thriller (V Plague Book 1) (affiliate link)
A devastating bioweapon is released in every major city, sending the population into a murderous rage.
Nuclear war rages across the globe.
Retired Special Forces soldier John Chase is 1,500 miles from home when the world descends into chaos. He is determined to return to his wife, but before he can begin his journey across the shattered remains of America, he rescues a young woman from an enraged group of infected.
Forced to rely on each other simply to survive, they begin a journey fraught with constant danger and the unimaginable horrors of a dying world gone mad.
A Summer Wedding on Arran (Scottish Romances Book 1) (affiliate link)
Three sisters. One wedding. Infinite possibilities . . .
On the enchanting Isle of Arran, three sisters find themselves at Meadowbank Cottage, their childhood home. But it’s the first time they’ve been together since their mum died.
And now they’re back in Arran for the wedding of middle sister Emma.
Eldest Kirsty is juggling the responsibility for Meadowbank Cottage with an earth-shattering secret she discovers in the attic. She fears she’s beginning to lose herself . . .
Bride-to-be Emma is an ambitious lawyer living and working in Edinburgh. Far from turning into Bridezilla, she’s looking forward to a simple ceremony in a beautiful and meaningful place.
The Art of Rivers: A Coastal Hearts Novel (affiliate link)
Rivers Sullivan bears both visible and invisible scars—those on her shoulder from a bullet wound and those on her heart from the loss of her fiancé during the same brutal attack. Not even her background as an art therapist can help her regain her faith in humanity. Still, she scrapes together the courage to travel to St. Simons Island to see the beach cottage and art gallery she’s inherited from her fiancé. When she stumbles upon recovering addicts running her gallery, she’s forced to reckon with her own healing.
After the tragic drowning of his cousin, James Cooper Knight spends his days trying to make up for his past mistakes. He not only dedicates his life to addiction counseling, but guilt drives him to the water, searching for others who’ve been caught unaware of the quickly rising tides of St. Simons. When he rescues a peculiar blond woman and her sketch pad from a sandbar, then delivers this same woman to his deceased grandmother’s properties, he knows things are about to get even more complicated.
Let Me Love You (Whisper Lake Book 3) (affiliate link)
He keeps to himself, but she can’t stop thinking about him.
She’s off-limits, but he can’t he stay away from her.
Things in Whisper Lake are about to get complicated.
Single mom Brynn Daniels has her hands full with her teenage son, working full time, and getting ambushed periodically when her mom rents out the backyard garage apartment on Airbnb without letting her know. She doesn’t have time for romance. She certainly doesn’t have time to deal with an absentee father who is in witness protection with his “real” family or the sexy, mysterious stranger who shows up on her front door.
Former Marine Axel Vaughn learned at a young age that the only person he can depend on is himself. He never allows emotions to interfere in his life; professionally or personally. But that all changes when he shows up to his newest assignment and a gorgeous, redhead answers the door.
The Cyberiad: Stories (affiliate link)
These are the stories of Trurl and Klapaucius, master inventors and engineers known as “constructors,” who have created marvels for kingdoms. Friends and rivals, they are constantly outdoing and challenging each other to reveal the next great evolution in cybernetics, and the exploits of these brilliant men are nothing short of incredible.
From tales of love, in which a robotic prince must woo a robotic princess enchanted by pleasures of true flesh, to epics of battle, in which the heroic constructors must use their considerable wit to outsmart a monarch obsessed with hunting, to examinations of humanity, wherein Trurl and Klapaucius must confront the limits of their skills and the meaning of true perfection, these stories are rich with profound questions, unimaginable marvels, and remarkable feats.
The Homemade Flour Cookbook: The Home Cook’s Guide to Milling Nutritious Flours and Creating Delicious Recipes (affiliate link)
Mill your own fresh, nutritious flours from over thirty types of grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds—with this complete guide featuring one hundred delicious recipes.
Grinding your own flour at home is an easy and inexpensive way to enjoy a wide variety of delicious, fresh fours that are nutrient-rich, safe from cross-contamination with allergens, and free from preservatives and chemicals. The Homemade Flour Cookbook is your comprehensive guide to getting started making and using your own flours.
Author Erin Alderson provides an overview of home milling equipment—including electric and non-electric grinders, food processors, blenders, and even coffee grinders—followed by flour-ingredient profiles and an abundance of sweet and savory recipes for enjoying your homemade flour.
Discover new culinary possibilities with flours made from grains such as barley, kamut, einkorn, and wheat berries; gluten-free grains including amaranth, quinoa, oats, and buckwheat; legumes like chickpeas, black beans, and lentils; and nuts and seeds such as flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, and walnuts.
Royally Hitched: The Fae Prince: (The Dark Fae Series, Book 1) (affiliate link)
A fight to the death…
Or at least that’s what it feels like when my twin sister and I are pitted against a dozen ruthless Fae females in a competition to marry the Spring Court prince. On live television.
If we can survive eight weeks on Royally Hitched, we’ll earn our freedom and a one-way ticket home to the human world.
All we have to do is play nice with the mean girls and stuck up ice prince. Oh, did I mention we shouldn’t even be here since we’re not actually Fae? Well, no one knows that—yet.
As girls are eliminated and the competition heats up, things take a lethal turn. Someone wants the prince dead, and we all become targets. When he’s almost killed, unexpected feelings come over me. Panic. Pain. Sadness. The idea of losing him actually hurts.
And what’s worse… my sister feels the same way.
Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood (affiliate link)
Before he collided with a limousine, Gabriel, an Anna’s hummingbird with a head and throat cloaked in iridescent magenta feathers, could spiral 130 feet in the air, dive 60 miles per hour in a courtship display, hover, and fly backward. When he arrived in rehab caked in road grime, he was so badly injured that he could barely perch. But Terry Masear, one of the busiest hummingbird rehabbers in the country, was determined to save this damaged bird, who seemed oddly familiar.
During the four months that Masear worked with Gabriel, she took in 160 other hummingbirds, from a miniature nestling rescued by a bulldog to a fledgling trapped inside a skydiving wind tunnel at Universal CityWalk, and Pepper, a female Anna’s injured on a film set.
During their time together, Pepper and Gabriel formed a special bond and, together, with Terry’s help, learned to fly again.
No one on the Enterprise can believe that Mr. Spock is gone…
As the crew grieves for Mr. Spock, the awesome Genesis Device, now controlled by the Federation, has transformed an inert nebula into a new planet teeming with life. But Genesis can also destroy existing worlds. The creators of the Device want it given freely to the Galaxy. But Starfleet Command fears that it will become a force for evil. And the enemies of the Federation will not rest until they seize it — as their most powerful weapon in the battle to conquer the Galaxy!
Forbidden (The Books of Mortals Book 1) (affiliate link)
Many years have passed since civilization’s brush with apocalypse. The world’s greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace… and fear. But a terrible secret has been closely guarded for centuries: Every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity.
Fleeing pursuit, with only moments to live, a young man named Rom stumbles into possession of a vial of blood and a piece of cryptic writing. When consumed, the blood will bring him back to life. When decoded, the message will lead him on a perilous journey that will require him to abandon everything he has ever known and awaken humanity to the transforming power of true life and love.
But the blood will also resurrect hatred, ambition, and greed.
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