Yesterday hubby took the boys to the county fair to ride the rides, and eat cotton candy. While chomping on some pink popcorn and watching the fireworks, my oldest turned to his dad and said, “This is the best day ever.” I remember thinking that exact same thing at that exact same fair with my dad many years ago.
The Secrets of Heavenly (Heavenly Plantation)
Teresa Robison
Genre: United States | Romance
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Olivia’s marriage to an African-American man was unacceptable to her mother Emma, Southern-bred descendant of prominent South Carolina slaveholders.Olivia assumed that bigotry was the product of her mother’s loyalty to long-dead relatives, an allegiance to maintain the family’s white blood line.After Emma’s death though, Olivia finds a letter and an old journal among her belongings.Soon she discovers the secret that prompted Emma to irrationally blame an entire race — a secret that had nothing to do with family history, although it strongly paralleled another tragic event from the past.
1846, Marianne Witherell’s journal:It was a time just before the American Civil War, when slavery is at its peak in the South.Marianne recalls meeting a young slave girl named Willa who suddenly arrived at Heavenly Plantation with her mother Heddie. Although Willa was destined to serve the wealthy plantation family as a house slave, Marianne and her younger brother Seth form a special bond with her, in spite of their older brother Foster’s warnings about the evils of mixing with the “darkies.” In the era of slavery though, friendships between the races have a definite shelf life as roles change and relationships are tested.
Although Willa grows up in the plantation house with her white friends, illegally learns to read, and wears Marianne’s cast off gowns, she is still a slave. Never is that fact made more clear than when Foster taunts her and chastises his younger siblings for treating her like family. Then, on her fifteenth birthday the Mistress of Heavenly declares her childhood officially over when she appoints her to be Marianne’s personal servant. Willa soon discovers the severe limitations of being aslave.
As it threads through the lives of its diverse characters, this novel captures the complicated and often violent nature of life in the antebellum South. “The Secrets of Heavenly” weaves a dramatic tapestry that includes forbidden love and faithful friendships alongside dangerous obsessions, mental instability, and murder as Willa’ s story is told.
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Return of the High Fae (Vegas Fae Stories)
Tom Keller
Genre: Fantasy | Science Fiction
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Magic was never part of ex-cop and PI, Robert Hoskins’, world. But after battling what turned out to be three wizards carrying magic wands his life just became more complicated. A well placed shot by one of the mages has cracked a spell that protected Robert from his past…a past he never knew…a past he’s not sure he wants. Robert’s destiny has caught up with him…but is he ready for it?
Do Demons, Gods, Elves, and Faeries really exist? Are Vampires truly the children of Lilith? Robert didn’t believe it at first either.
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Lucky Man
Shawn Inmon
Genre: Short Stories | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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A short story that is just the right length for a lunch time read – 6,200 words.
Nothing has ever gone wrong for Brett Mann – until tonight.
Lucky Man is the story of a Big Man on Campus returning to the site of his high school triumphs for his 25th Reunion. His life has been blessed with an elegant, beautiful wife, brilliant children, a career that is the envy of any man and more money than he can spend.
The real question is, did he really earn all that himself, or has he led a charmed life? Most importantly to him, is that charm about to become a curse?
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Cotton and Silk
Michael Smith
Genre: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction
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A hero can save a nation, but only love can save a hero. In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the US Navy is on the ropes in the Pacific. Facing a seemingly-unstoppable Japanese juggernaut, the Americans hatch a desperate plan to turn the tide of war. Cotton and Silk is the World War II story of an intrepid American naval officer and a mysterious Japanese woman willing to risk everything to steal the secret behind the Emperor’s military might. Their perilous mission involves crossing the enemy-held Pacific, infiltrating the Japanese homeland, and escaping through exotic Mongolia and Siberia. And even if they have the cunning, courage, and luck to pull off the heist and save America from defeat, in the end they’ll need something more to save themselves.
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Little Man, and the Dixon County War
Stan R. Mitchell
Genre: Westerns | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Stan R. Mitchell, the highly touted author of the Marine Sniper novel “Sold Out,” lays down the lead in this epic Western tale of good versus evil.
But be forewarned. This isn’t your typical Western.
There are no cattle drives or beautiful sunsets. No slow scenes with formal manners and tender dames.
This is the gritty West. A place where lawless land barons push the weak, and sworn law officers balance keeping the peace and staying alive. Blood flows early and often, and danger lies waiting around every corner.
This is not a book for the faint of heart, or for those who want to imagine living out west before the land was tamed. Had you lived in these times and on these pages, you’d keep a gun by your side. Probably two. And you’d damn well better have known how to use them.
This book — as you can see — contains mature language and moves fast. It’s a hard, thrilling ride, so if you choose to saddle up, prepare to be thrown off a time or two.
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Alice Parker’s Metamorphosis (Book 1 of the new adventure series for children) (Alice Parker’s Adventures)
Nicola Palmer
Genre: Children’s eBooks
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Thirteen-year-old Alice Parker knows something isn’t right; mysterious aches and pains, a craving for sugar that’s out of control. Suddenly she is top of the class in every subject.
Baffled by what is happening to her and feeling at odds with the world, Alice can’t take much more. Only when she collapses and experiences a life-changing transformation does she discover why she is different.
But this new, incredible identity brings its own challenges and Alice isn’t convinced she can rise to them. She just wants to be normal!
The fact is she’s anything but…
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The Love Dare
Alex Kendrick
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
The Love Dare, the New York Times No. 1 best seller that has sold five million copies and was major plot device in the popular movie Fireproof, is a 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, The Love Dare is a journey you need to take. It’s time to learn the keys to finding true intimacy and developing a dynamic marriage.
This second edition also features a special link to a free online marriage evaluation, a new preface by Stephen and Alex Kendrick, minor text updates, and select testimonials from The Love Dare readers. Take the dare!
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Brothers and Bones
James Hankins
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Charlie Beckham is a rising star among federal prosecutors until, on the morning of the most important court day of his career, a deranged homeless man turns Charlie’s life upside with a single word.He calls Charlie by a secret nickname known by only one other person in the world–Charlie’s brother Jake, who went missing thirteen years ago. Charlie has a hundred questions but the homeless man disappears before Charlie can ask a single one.
So begins Charlie’s search for answers, and for his brother, a search that leads him down Boston’s darkest streets, into its blackest alleys, and, finally, into its criminal underworld. But if Charlie wants answers he’ll have to get them from some of the most feared and ruthless people in the city.
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