I do not really like to take aggressive measures with my little chickies and avoid it at all costs. Putting my sweet Heather in a broody box just doesn’t sit well with me. Yes, I know it doesn’t harm her, and I know it is a perfectly acceptable way to deal with a broody chickie, but I spoil my ladies rotten and they are so cute. I locked all of the ladies out of the coop yesterday so Heather wouldn’t be alone, but couldn’t get to her nest box to sit. I was hoping that just being outside would snap her out of being broody. After about 4 or so hours I had four chickens screaming to get back in. They  resembled little humans who had crossed legs doing the pee pee dance outside a bathroom. I found Heather standing on the fence clucking wildly at my pup. Poor dog just sat there confused looking up at her with a tilted head. We shall try again tomorrow.

Hot Enough to Kill (The 1st Jolene Jackson Mystery)
Paula Boyd
4.3 Stars (162 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Kickapoo, Texas, is the last place Jolene Jackson wants to be, but with her 72-year-old mother’s boyfriend murdered and Mother Dearest locked up because of it, she’s got little choice but to head south and deal with it.

Bullets are flying, chicken’s frying and there’s a lunatic on the loose in the mesquites with a shotgun who’s Hot Enough to Kill.

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All’s Fair (A McKnight Romance)
Suzie Quint
3.5 Stars (266 Reviews)
Genre: Romance

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Sol McKnight has trouble letting go of his ex-wife. If that means he has to torpedo her love life, then so be it. After all . . . All’s fair in love and war.

This is a short prequel to the McKnight Romance, A Dark and Stormy Knight.

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Skeeter: A Cat Tale
Anne L. Watson
3.8 Stars (106 Reviews)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Humor & Satire | Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction

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“Dealing with a dog, to put it crudely, is like dealing with a person who’s a bit dumb. Dealing with a cat is like dealing with a person who’s more than a bit crazy.”

When a stray kitten romps into Lynne’s life, she has no idea what she’s getting into. As Lynne describes in letters to her friend Angie, Skeeter is all cat — high-spirited, contrary, and inventive. He’s so goofy that he reminds Lynne of her own nuttiest escapades; so irrepressible that even Lynne’s neighbor, Mark, gets wound around his paw. And when Angie visits to see Skeeter for herself . . . Well, no one who meets Skeeter will ever be quite the same again.

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January 29, 2000

Dear Angie,

Skeeter is not entirely happy about the way we live. For example, he doesn’t like my going to work. With more justification, he disapproves of some of my attitudes. Most of my experience with animals is with dogs. In a relationship with a pet, I elect myself pack leader. Cats are not pack animals. Skeeter, a democrat, considers us equals and resents my bumptious ways.

This is particularly true when it comes to food. I buy various kinds of food for Skeeter so he won’t become too set on one type or flavor. I had a friend in high school whose cat, Sparkles, would eat nothing but Kitty Queen Tuna. No other brand would do, even people tuna. Kitty Queen Salmon would not do, either. My friend’s family had Kitty Queen Tuna crises, when none could be found. “Did you try the all-night drugstore?” “We went there last time, remember? They don’t have it.” The cat probably would have starved before it ate anything else.

My friend’s mother had a strange relationship with the cat. She believed Sparkles to be the reincarnation of her own mother, long deceased. So the cat ruled the household. I am not going down that road with Skeeter.

A gauntlet has been thrown, though, regarding turkey. Till last week, he ate it with obvious enjoyment. The two cans I’ve given him this week have gone untouched. Someone said it might be spoiled, that I should smell it. A longtime vegetarian, I think meat always smells spoiled, but I gave it a whiff. Disgusting, but not rancid. I won’t buy it again, though, if he feels that way.

This morning he got beef, which he accepted. In fact, he made a pig of himself. After breakfast he returned to the bedroom, belching alarmingly.

“Would Monsieur like a potato with the steak next time?” I asked. “Perhaps a small glass of red wine?” Monsieur looked interested. “A salad?” No sale.

I think I’ll continue being pack leader. Like all despots, I perpetuate Skeeter’s servitude by monopolizing the means to freedom: the checkbook, the car keys, the can opener.

It’s unfair that I should be the leader just because I’m bigger and smarter and have opposable thumbs. But it’s going to stay that way as long as I can manage it. If Skeeter is the reincarnation of my mother, she can learn to eat what she’s given.

Love,

Lynne

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Daughter of Bathory
A.R. Wise
4.9 Stars (34 Reviews)
Genre: Horror | Mythology & Folk Tales | Fantasy

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Ophelia Winter is a Daughter of Bathory, a woman imbued with supernatural abilities and fiendish desires by a parasite hosted inside her body. A cult of men, known as Pales, serve her, beguiled by the blessing she imparts upon them. The parasite keeps Ophelia young, but she must extract a dying worm and replace it with a more vital one from time to time, giving her immortality. This time of transference is at hand, but her domination of her hive of Pales has weakened, and thoughts of revolution stir among the men.

Meanwhile, Neva Mulroney struggles with the return of her mother, a heroin addict that disappeared two years earlier. Her mother’s return causes strife among the family, but is also met with drastic retribution from a local dealer that she unwittingly wronged. As the family is endangered by their matriarch’s ties to the drug world, Neva finds herself thrown into Ophelia’s struggle as well, and is given a choice that will forever change all of their lives.

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The Olympus Killer: A Greek Island Mysteries Thriller
Luke Christodoulou
4.8 Stars (21 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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EVIL UNDER THE GREEK SUN…

Over the picturesque, sun kissed Greek Islands, bodies are piling up fast. Bodies tortured, mutilated and strangely connected to ancient Greek mythology. Hellenic Police Captain COSTA PAPACOSTA is called in to assist young, top of her year, foul mouth, food loving Cretan, Lieutenant IOLI CARA in solving their most complex case yet, while facing his own demons after the tragic loss of his daughter.

The OLYMPUS KILLER, as the tabloids refer to him by, is a cunning, sadistic murderer with a haunting past. A past revealed to us through his mother’s story set in Dayton, USA.

A model with arms brutally chopped off…

Twins decapitated and their heads used to form a sun and a moon…

The DEADLY list goes on as The Olympus Killer journeys on his mission…

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