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Holiday Cozy Mystery Series Collection Books 1-3 ( (affiliate link)
Fries and Alibis (Mitzy Moon Mysteries Book 1) (affiliate link)
A gift that’s too good to be true. A murder she didn’t commit. A barista in a latte trouble…
Mitzy Moon believes she’s an orphan, so she’s dumbstruck when a special delivery to her low-rent apartment reveals a family. But her shock turns to awe when she discovers her grandmother left her a fortune and a bookshop of rare tomes brimming with magic.
No sooner does she set foot in the quirky village of Pin Cherry Harbor to claim her inheritance, than the handsome sheriff catches her standing over a corpse. Desperate to prove her innocence, she’s forced to accept help from her granny’s entitled cat and a spirit from beyond the grave.
Can Mitzy and her otherworldly helpers uncover the real killer before the long, sexy arm of the law hauls her to jail?
Being blunt never pays the bills—trust me, I’ve tried.
Hey, I’m Ollie. A cash-strapped, 31-year-old aspiring writer, recently unceremoniously pink-slipped from my gig as a social media manager (read: de facto personal lackey) to a reality TV diva. Why? Because I got tired of sugarcoating the truth.
With my bank account gasping for air and my dreams gathering dust, I hatched a scheme: dive into the sugar baby lifestyle, chronicle my misadventures for publication, and maybe make a quick buck. What could go wrong, right? Well, with my serious allergy to nonsense and a knack for putting my foot in my mouth, I’m in for a whirlwind of tangled lies and unexpected truths.
From dodging drama with my ex-boss to navigating a love triangle with a pinch of forbidden love, my life is a tangled web of secret affairs and scandalous revelations. Throw in an unexpected ally and a cheating spouse, and it’s one heck of an emotional rollercoaster.
Mercy (MERCY SERIES Book 1) (affiliate link)
The Long Dark: A Post Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (affiliate link)
On a fateful night, a devastating force sweeps across America, killing millions without warning or explanation.
Solly Masters finds himself trapped in the deadly chaos of Manhattan, his ex-wife Bella and their children over a thousand miles away in Texas. With the country’s infrastructure in ruins and no government authority to be seen, Solly is forced to navigate the now-lawless landscape in a desperate journey to reach his family.
But New York is just the beginning. From violence-plagued cities to cult-controlled communes, staying alive will mean making harrowing choices at every turn. As supplies dwindle and hope fades, Solly and a small band of survivors must forge his own path through the ruins of civilization to be reunited with his family. Allegiances will be forged and broken, innocence lost, and no one can be trusted in the face of outlaws and fanatics competing for scarce resources.
Mosquitoes (affiliate link)
Could Be Something Good (Timber Falls Book 1) (affiliate link)
Winnie knows babies, and the doctor who just hit on her by the elevators definitely qualifies.
Winnie’s starting to think she has a target on her back: her mom is pestering her to sign up for the MCAT’s again, even though she’s already a midwife. Her bothersome ex is blowing up her phone with texts and calls, asking her to attend a wedding together when he knows she wants nothing to do with him. And to top it all off, the cute new resident at the hospital–who’s way too young for her–seems to think they should more than friends. How’s a midwife supposed to catch babies with all this drama?
Daniel wants three things: a long bike ride, a good comic book, and a date with Winnie. When the beautiful blond midwife gives him the brush-off, he’s only mildly concerned; dyslexia has taught him to be patient. He’s willing to wait until she sees how good they could be together…and being her date to that wedding she’s dreading is the perfect opportunity to show her.
Groundbreaking advice based on the latest research on child development.
Ellen Galinsky has spent her entire career studying early childhood development, first at Vassar College, then for 25 years at the Bank Street College of Education, and for the past 20 years as the founder and now president of the Families and Work Institute. What she has found is that there is an enormous gap between what researchers have discovered and what parents have been told about those discoveries. Mind in the Making bridges this gap, bringing the work of more than 100 scientists into a form that parents everywhere can use. Galinsky has divided this information into the seven skills she believes all children should learn, showing parents not only what children are capable of, but specifically how to develop those capabilities in their children.
Three Sisters in Black: The Bizarre True Case of the Bathtub Tragedy (affiliate link)
In 1909, a bathtub drowning became one of the most famous and bizarre criminal cases in American history.
On November 29, 1909, police were called to a ramshackle home in East Orange, New Jersey, where they found the emaciated body of twenty-four-year-old Oceana “Ocey” Snead facedown in the bathtub—dead of an apparent suicide by drowning. There was even a note left behind.
But it would not take authorities long to discover that Ocey’s death was no suicide. And Ocey’s own mother and two aunts were far from the sorrowful caretakers they appeared to be.
In fact, behind the veils of their strange black mourning clothes, they were monsters, having tormented Ocey almost since birth in a sick pattern of both physical and mental abuse, after a lifetime of which the women planned to cash in on poor Ocey’s sad and inevitable death.
Private Screening (Tony Lord Book 1) (affiliate link)
All of America is watching when a sniper’s bullet cuts down presidential hopeful James Kilcannon. As the nation rises up in outrage, one lawyer is bold enough to represent the Vietnam veteran accused of firing the fatal shot. Tony Lord has never shied away from a fight, and he will do whatever it takes to get his client a fair trial.
A year later, tragedy strikes Kilcannon’s rock-star girlfriend, Stacy Tarrant. Her assistant is kidnapped by a masked terrorist known as Phoenix, who threatens to execute him on live television unless he meets Phoenix’s demands. As Tony helps Stacy through the ordeal, he discovers that Phoenix has connections to the Kilcannon slaying and intends to mount his own televised trial—in which Tony and Stacy are the defendants and Phoenix is the executioner.
Closing In On Clues (Beaumont Brothers Justice Book 1) (affiliate link)
He’s the one man she never forgot
And the only man who can keep her safe
When her newly sober sister goes missing, Nicole Homes turns to former lover PI Dean Beaumont. Though she left him when he needed her most, she knows he’ll help and protect her from forces determined to keep her quiet. As she joins Dean’s search, clues lead them straight to life-threatening attacks. But even if they find the missing single mom, can they also find their way back to one another?
A unique and practical self-help guide to live a balanced and positive Taoist lifestyle from the author of The Complete Book of Chinese Health & Healing.
Written by a Westerner for the Western mind, The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity is perfect for the modern reader interested in exploring the balanced and holistic health care system used by Chinese physicians, martial artists, and meditators for over 5,000 years.
Drawing on his extensive personal experience and research from original sources, author Daniel Reid covers all aspects of the healthy Taoist lifestyle, delivering concise information and instruction on diet and nutrition, fasting, breathing and exercise, sexual health, medicine, and meditation.
Featuring helpful charts and illustrations, The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity makes the ancient practice easier to understand and more applicable to a modern Western audience than ever before.
The Deadly Sins Novels (The Edward X. Delaney Series) (affiliate link)
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