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Released from the magic pokey and paroled with limited power is enough to make any witch grumpy. However, if you throw in a recently resurrected cat, a lime-green Kia and a sexy egotistical werewolf, it’s enough to make a gal fly off the edge.
Not to mention a mission…with no freaking directions.
So here I sit in Asscrack, West Virginia trying to figure out how to complete my mysterious mission before All Hallows Eve when I’ll get turned into a mortal. The animals in the area are convinced I’m the Shifter Whisperer (whatever the hell that is) and the hotter-than- asphalt-in-August werewolf thinks I’m his mate. Now apparently I’m slated to save a bunch of hairy freaks of nature?
Target One (The Spy Game—Book #1) (affiliate link)
Jacob Snow—elite soldier-turned-CIA agent, haunted by his tortured past—is one of the CIA’s greatest assets, and is dispatched when the stakes are highest. When an ancient Egyptian relic goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Jacob knows this is no run-of-the-mill robbery: the relic holds a secret—one that could destroy everything.
Jacob seeks out a mysterious and beautiful archeologist, whose brilliance is needed on the case. Together, they must partner to decode the archeological riddles and stop the terrorists before it is too late.
Yet as they race to recover the stolen artifact, they soon find themselves in the midst of a conspiracy bigger than anything they could have imagined—and time is quickly running out.
Can two heartbroken strangers find hope and healing in the most Christmassy town on the coast?
Grieving widow Abigail Preston wants nothing to do with Christmas this year. When she discovers her late husband owned a waterfront home in the quaint, cozy community of Blessings Bay, she figures it’s the perfect holiday hideout. Except, there’s one problem: An unexpected—and distractingly handsome—houseguest.
After a medical discharge and a broken engagement, former US Air Force pilot Logan Mathews accepts the only job he can get—caretaker of his friend’s investment property in a quiet, hole-in-the-wall town. The confirmed bachelor has zero interest in retiring his reclusive ways… until a beautiful intruder barges into his life—and his home—with plans to stick around until after the new year.
A Harmonious Little Halloween: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story (affiliate link)
Little girls shouldn’t eavesdrop.
Haven learns that lesson the hard way when she accidentally overhears the man she loves saying they should take a break. Her heart shattered, she sneaks out in the middle of the night and runs to the sanctuary of Rawhide Ranch.
But nothing is what it seems, and now she’s stuck at the Ranch, facing off against her very annoyed boyfriend — and his brand new paddle. Colt is determined to set the record straight and win back her trust, even if it means pushing her completely out of her comfort zone.
The Lizzie Grace Box Set: Books 1-3 (affiliate link)
In a world where magic and science sit side by side, and powerful witches are considered necessary aides for all governments, Lizzie Grace is something of an outlier. Though born into one the most powerful blue blood witch families, she wants nothing to do with either her past or her magic.
But when she and Belle, her human familiar and best friend, open a small cafe in the Faelan werewolf reservation, she quickly finds herself enmeshed in the hunt for a vampire intent on wreaking bloody havoc. It’s a hunt that soon becomes personal, and one that is going to take all her skills to survive–that’s if the werewolves, who hate all things witch, don’t get her first.
Glory: Humanity’s Last Hope (affiliate link)
One last chance for Glory. One last hope for humanity.
A ship pulled out of mothballs by the original crew, sent to fight a war humanity was losing.
Glory barely survived its last battle twenty years earlier. Captain Drake resigned rather than face court martial. But the enemy is back. Humanity needs everything that can fly.
Maybe it’s not the ship at all, but the crew. They hold the key.
Drake rallies old and young alike to comply with orders so secret, even he wasn’t allowed to see them until after the ship left the junkyard. Would it leave? That was another question. The core hadn’t been fired in twenty years.
Snatched (affiliate link)
Eleven-year-old Danny Stone is snatched on his way home from school, bundled into the back of a van, and driven to a remote, deserted farmhouse.
Danny’s parents, Martha and Richard, are frantic when their only child goes missing and call the police. Their home in Bristol is searched, and their lives and Richard’s career as a solicitor come under scrutiny. Finally, a ransom demand arrives. Martha wants to pay, but Richard procrastinates.
When he leaves the house, Martha searches through his papers. It’s clear her husband has been keeping something from her. But as she tries to untangle his lies, while the police continue their search, Richard risks a dangerous negotiation on his own. And the question remains—how long can Danny survive?
Vegan Recipes from France (affiliate link)
French food is regional, full of variety, and above all designed for enjoyment. But it is also traditionally rich in products of animal origin: meat, butter, cream, eggs, and cheese. Vegan Recipes from France translates all the French classics into vegan alternatives. You will discover many easy recipes to make, with simple ingredients. The book starts with all the basic recipes that are the foundation of French cooking such as stocks, baguette, brioche, croissants, béchamel, aioli, and cheese. There are recipes for delicious vegan appetizers such as soups, terrines, and many original salads. Main dishes offer a selection of tarts and tartlettes, gratins, omelettes, quiches, souffles, and crepes. Desserts provide mouth- watering vegan alternatives to such standards as mousse au chocolate, clafoutis, tarte tatin, pain perdu, gateau, and madeleines. The dishes are sumptuously photographed showing all your favorite French dishes vegan-style.
The Little Book of Rootwork: A Beginner’s Guide to Hoodoo (affiliate link)
Discover how to harness traditional folk magick with the help of this friendly and accessible guide.
We are all spiritual beings with the ability to connect to the guidance of our ancestors. With The Little Book of Rootwork, you can discover how to tap into your inner power to invigorate your mind, body, and soul. This book offers not only an in-depth exploration of African American folk magick but also provides a fun, practical guide to creating rituals and spells. Author Paris Ajana, a descendant of African American and Filipino rootworkers, guides you on a spiritual journey with advice and techniques for:
Altars and sacred spaces
Herbs and roots
Mojo bags
Honey jars
Crystals and stones
Candle magick
Doll babies
And more
Mastering Homebrew: The Complete Guide to Brewing Delicious Beer (affiliate link)
An accessible guide to making your own beer, for beginning & advanced brewers, with thirty recipes and tips for choosing ingredients, equipment, and more.
Mastering Homebrew will have you thinking like a scientist, brewing like an artist, and enjoying your very own unbelievably great handcrafted beer in record time. Internationally known brewing instructor, beer competition judge, author, and brew master himself, Randy Mosher covers everything that beginning to advanced brewers want to know, all in this easy-to-follow, fun-to-read handbook, including:
- · The anatomy of a beer
- · Brewing with both halves of your brain
- · Gear and the brewing process
- · Care and feeding of yeast
- · Hops (the spice of beer)
- · Brewing your first beer
- · Beer styles and beyond
- · The Amazing Shape-Shifting Beer Recipe
- · And more
Studios of Their Own: Where Great Artists Work (affiliate link)
Studios of Their Own travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals of over 50 famous artists.
From Picasso, to Hockney, to Caravaggio, discover the eclectic creative spaces used by artistic visionaries, brought to life with evocative illustrations.
Crossing centuries, continents and genres, Alex Johnson explores these artists’ workspaces and habits. How do they practise their craft? What do they look for in a studio? Do they work in silence or with music… in a shared space or in solitude? How do they harness the light? And how do their physical spaces affect and inspire their output?
This striking collection focuses on more than 50 international artists, including:
Claude Monet, who created an inspirational garden in which to work en plein air and paint his famous water lilies
Frida Kahlo, forced to work from her bed, inspired by the lucky talismans she surrounded herself with
Jean-Michel Basquiat, working in an old stable, could turn anything into canvas, walking and lying on his works as he created them
Lee Krasner’s art dramatically changed when she moved from her small studio into the larger, light-filled one that she took over when her husband, Jackson Pollock, died
Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had (affiliate link)
Colter pairs one of America’s most treasured writers with our most treasured “best friend.” Colter, a German shorthair pup, was the runt of the litter, and Rick Bass took him only because nobody else would. Soon, though, Colter surprised his new owner, first with his raging genius, then with his innocent ability to lead Bass to new territory altogether, a place where he felt instantly more alive and more connected to the world. Distinguished by “crystalline, see-through-to-the-bottom prose,” this interspecies love story vividly captures the essence of canine companionship, and yet, as we’ve come to expect from Bass, it does far more (Rocky Mountain News). “With an elegant, often erudite flavor to this story,” Colter illuminates the heart of life by recreating the sheer, unmitigated pleasure of an afternoon in the Montana hills with a loyal pup bounding at your side
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