Reason number 73 to have kids is to use them as giant teddy bears when you are watching the scary shows you know you are not supposed to watch. I have hit a new low. I was getting so freaked out by the show, Stranger Things, that my screaming attracted my curious nine year old baby basset to the room. Instead of shooing him away, because he is too young to watch the such things and he still had tons of homework to do, I dragged him onto the couch and got him caught up on what was happening. So there we both were, two people who get nightmares from even the silliest things, watching a scary show on TV. It wasn’t long before we were both screaming at the TV and freaking out. I covered his eyes through any scenes I thought might be bad, but now that I am thinking about it, I don’t remember anything all that graphic. The show doesn’t even really have to show you anything gruesome, it plants the thoughts in your head! Well, I am happy to say I did not have any nightmares last night, so crossing my fingers my oldest basset didn’t either, we will both be on the couch tonight screaming at the TV.
Thief of Hearts (The Pruxnae Book 1)
Lucy Varna
Genre: Romance | Science Fiction
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On the eve of her appointment to the ranks of the elite Queen’s Guard, Alna Lomig bumps into Gared ab Einif. Her wariness of the handsome Pruxnæ melts under his roguish charm, softening her resistance to his gentle courtship. When he sneaks into her room in the House of Jakuv, she offers one night of shelter and nothing more, certainly not the kiss he’s come to claim. Gared has more than a single kiss on his mind. He’s searching for the one woman who can give him his most secret desire. To get it, he’s not above kidnapping a beautiful Lady Warrior and hiding her away in her home planet’s dense jungle. The jungle holds more than refuge. Within its verdant foliage lurks a danger even a wily Pruxnæ isn’t prepared for, forcing Alna and Gared to face the truth lying within their hearts before the jungle destroys them both.
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Unfinished Business: An Angela Panther Mystery Book One (The Angela Panther Mystery Series 1)
Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Genre: Mystery
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In UNFINISHED BUSINESS AN ANGELA PANTHER NOVEL, #1 AMAZON bestselling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson introduces her now trademark blend of witty dialog and hilarious banter in the first book of her paranormal cozy mystery series. Filled with romance and friendships reminiscent of Chick-Lit novels, Unfinished Business is a humorous and heartwarming adventure.
When Angela Panther’s mother Fran Richter wakes her up in the middle of the night ranting about stolen Hershey Bars, Angela thinks her mother’s got a screw loose. And then it hits her. Her mother is dead. Just a few hours before, Angela watched as the funeral home staff nearly dropped her mother’s body off the gurney while sliding her into the hearse. So maybe she’s the one that’s nuttier than a fruitcake? But Fran keeps popping in and with a volcano full of drama already brewing at home–crazy or not–Angela’s grateful for her mother’s presence. It’s the other ghosts Angela can do without. Seems Fran’s return opened a portal between Angela and the other side and ghosts are hitting up the reluctant psychic medium for help. From the naked British guy juggling balls in the coffee shop parking lot to the woman desperately trying to save her sick child, Angela must find a way to balance her own life with the unfinished business of the dead.
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L.A. Success: A Quirky Comedy
Lonnie Raines
Genre: Humor & Satire | Contemporary Fiction | Satire
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In the black hole of excess and wealth that is Los Angeles, Lonnie Herisson’s life is about to get weird. Forced to find work after his live-in girlfriend stops paying the bills and moves out of his eyesore of a house, Lonnie takes a job house sitting for a private investigator. When a mysterious man arrives looking to hire someone to keep tabs on his supposedly unfaithful lover, Lonnie sees it as a golden opportunity to make easy money. He pretends to be the investigator and takes the case. The job leads Lonnie into the seedy world of L.A. real estate, where his target, the sexagenarian, chain-smoking nymphomaniac Gertie Elliot, uses a variety of dubious techniques to sell houses. But as he gets deeper into the investigation, he learns that things aren’t as obvious as they appeared to be at the beginning, and that Gertie Elliot is actually linked to the surprising, secret origins of one of Hollywood’s most cherished films. With this new knowledge in hand, Lonnie must find a way to make as much money as possible off of an increasingly complicated situation. Funded by rent money he receives from his mysterious foreign renter and accompanied by his side-kick black poodle, Lonnie navigates his way through blackmail, violence, and epic superficiality as he attempts to straighten out his life, win back his girlfriend, and become an L.A. success.
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The Long Shadow
Loretta Proctor
Genre: Historical Fiction | Sagas
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The Long Shadow is compelling historical novel which tells the human story of the Allied campaign in Salonika during WWI and will appeal to readers of The Island and The Thread.
Fourteen-year-old Andrew discovers his mother’s hidden diary at his grandmother’s home during a Christmas gathering. His eyes are opened to a family secret when he reads about her time as a nurse in Salonika during the First World War, and the tragic love affair she had with his father, a Greek Officer who died in battle. Four years later, Andrew is impelled to visit his father’s land and trace his roots. What – and who – he finds there will change his life forever. The Long Shadow is filled with descriptions of Greece and its people. Dramatic images of battle and the terrible conditions endured by the Allied Armies entrenched around Salonika in the “Birdcage” are authentic and vivid. Greek music and dance play a vital role, reconciling in Andrew the dichotomy of belonging to two very different cultures and helping him to unite them in his heart and soul.
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All you need is food. Easy 50 recipes.: Recipes for every day.
David Hill
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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Food is the defining force in every culture in the world. When we think about culture, we think about food. Although there are some who think of food as just our nourishment, it is so much more than that. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world; people are brought together over food. Whether it’s around the kitchen table for family dinner, walking around at a summer solstice festival, a friend’s wake or in a restaurant as a tourist in a foreign land, the food we eat defines us, makes us better and gives us a sense of difference, creativity, and new experiences. Food is who we are.
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