Yesterday was the big day. The day my partner in crime and I harvest our first batch of honey. I think the bees would call it robbing, but I call it paying rent. We didn’t find the thirty pounds of honey that was predicted, but I we still got quite a bit. We won’t know until Thursday when we rent the machine that will extract the honey from the comb. We had to take the honey from the bees yesterday while the weather was warm and dry, because this Thursday we are expecting some much needed rain. Harvesting the honey didn’t take nearly as much time as we were expecting so we decided to finish cleaning the comb we had gotten from a friend. We had to strain it one last time, and now it is ready to make candles and lip balm out of. It is a lot of work, and we could just buy the beeswax in the store, but there is something so satisfying about going through the whole process ourselves. I have a very useful skill and if ever accidentally travel way back in time!
LAURA LEE (ALTON RHODE MYSTERIES Book 2)
by Lawrence De Maria
Genre: Thrillers | Mystery
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A security guard apprehends Elizabeth Olsen, smoking gun in hand, fleeing a mansion. Inside, John Denton, a banker with weird sexual tastes, lies dead. The District Attorney, in an election year, will prosecute the open-and-shut case himself. After all, Elizabeth acknowledges that Denton was her lover. Her story has more holes in it than the victim: She entered the darkened house, found the body, was frightened by a movement, picked up the gun and fired at a shadowy presence.
Needless to say, no one believes Elizabeth, not even her high-powered lawyer. But her wealthy father does, and hires Alton Rhode. The private eye has doubts about the sexy, amoral party girl. Yet, he discovers just enough information to keep him going.
Then the case takes an even more tragic turn, sending Rhode on a journey into the past, where he uncovers a startling secret that threatens everyone. Rhode puts his own life on the line to protect two women he believes have been grossly abused.
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The Highlander’s Hope: A Contemporary Romance (The Highland Heart Series Book 1)
by Cali MacKay
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Romance | Contemporary Fiction
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From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Cali MacKay…
Dr. Catriona Ross is well on her way to finding the lost highland treasure she’s been hunting. The only thing standing in her way is the infuriatingly sexy, smart and stubborn Iain MacCraigh — otherwise known as Scotland’s most eligible bachelor.
Iain can’t believe his luck when he finds out the jewels are hidden away somewhere on his land– and it doesn’t hurt that the historian looking for them has curves to go with her smarts. With his brother betting the family fortune, this is the life line he desperately needs.
The odds are against them, and with word getting out about the jewels, they’re not the only ones on the hunt. Time’s running out, but can they learn to trust each other, or will they lose the jewels and true love in the process?
*** This is a complete novel that can stand alone and does not end with any cliffhangers. ***
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Adrian’s War (A Distant Eden Book 2)
by Lloyd Tackitt
Genre: Science Fiction | Action & Adventure
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Three years after a solar storm wiped out the power grid Adrian Hunter embarks on a journey to the mountains, determined to live and survive by utilizing his knowledge of stone age techniques. He encounters a band of raiders who attempt to take him prisoner – and Adrian’s War begins.
Book two in a five book series that includes A Distant Eden, Eden’s Hammer, Eden’s Warriors and Eden’s War.
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Mom of the Year
by Denise Pischinger
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An over-the-top fun yet poignant story about mother-daughter relationships and the world of school volunteerism. You’ll laugh, cry and phone a friend about Mom of the Year–the debut title from the new genre of fiction, Script Lit, featuring eBook novellas adapted from Hollywood’s best unproduced screenplays.
Janie Parker rules the school at Parkside Elementary, though she’s not even a student. She’s a volunteer room mother, tirelessly pouring her blood, sweat and tears into every perfect detail of every party and project for her daughter’s class. And she does it all for… GASP… the glory. Her over-the-top antics alienate her daughter, Kelsey, who is nothing like her mother.
So when Janie’s husband, Greg, announces the family must relocate to Houston in the middle of the school year, Kelsey sees the opportunity to start over. Janie, however, sees the end of her legacy as the most fabulous, glorified volunteer in the history of public schools. As if that isn’t horrifying enough, the family’s move to Houston forces Janie to live in the same town as her own mother, Helen, whom she despises.
When they arrive at Kelsey’s new school, Bear Branch Elementary, Janie discovers some silver lining – their new school district annually crowns a “Mom of the Year.” Janie soon meets her match in Lanette Middleton, the class room mother and reigning Mom of the Year. Lanette makes it clear there is no room for Janie at Bear Branch. After one too many insults, Janie fights back… and the competition is ON!
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House of Rejoicing: A Novel of Amarna Egypt (The Book of Coming Forth by Day 1)
by Libbie Hawker
Genre: History | Historical Fiction | Nonfiction
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PART 1 of the Book of Coming Forth by Day series.
House of Rejoicing is Libbie Hawker’s long-awaited return to the lush decadence and dark power of ancient Egypt.
In the waning years of Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty, when female power can only come at an unsettling price, four royal women struggle against the shadowy influence of Akhenaten, the infamous heretic Pharaoh. Akhenaten wields control of a strange, emerging religion unlike anything Egypt has seen. His power can’t be denied, but whoever can maintain her grip on the unpredictable Pharaoh will hold all of Egypt in her hands — and better still, will remain mistress of her own fate.
Tiy, once the undisputed might behind the throne, must choose to relinquish her hard-won influence, or manipulate the innocent in order to secure her hold on Akhenaten’s leash. Kiya, an idealistic foreign princess, will win Akhenaten with love — if he’s capable of feeling love at all. The celebrated beauty Nefertiti will use the Pharaoh for her own ends, turning the tables of a deadly political game to free herself from her ambitious father’s grasp. And Sitamun, kept imprisoned as the Pharaoh’s plaything, will defy the gods themselves to save her daughter from a similar fate.
House of Rejoicing is the first part in Libbie Hawker’s new ancient Egyptian series, The Book of Coming Forth by Day. The story continues in Part Two, Storm in the Sky.
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