I joke all the time about how much I hate exercise, and I do… A LOT, but I also understand just how important it is to stay healthy. I also understand how important it is to keep my baby bassets healthy, although last nights trip to a fast food joint for chicken sandwiches and milkshakes say otherwise. I started off the day pretty good though. The boys and I got on our bikes yesterday morning and went exploring. I had heard of a path alongside the train tracks that stretched from one end of town to the other. It was tough getting the boys away from the video games, but once we were off and riding, I am pretty sure they were enjoying themselves. I told hubby about it and he even did a little shopping around for a bike for himself. I think I might have scored a few points towards a good mom card.
Push Not the River (The Poland Trilogy Book 1)
by James Conroyd Martin
Genre: Literature & Fiction | World Literature | Biographical
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Not so many years ago, the author opened a long-hidden diary and stepped back into 1790s Europe, bearing witness to a young girl’s life in turbulent Poland. Anna Maria’s personal heart-stopping saga now beckons you to experience “all the sweep and romance of ‘Gone with the Wind’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago.'” ~India Edghill, Author of “Queenmaker” and “Delilah”
A panoramic and epic novel in the grand romantic style, PUSH NOT THE RIVER is the rich story of Poland in the late 1700s–a time of heartache and turmoil as the country’s once peaceful people are being torn apart by neighboring countries and divided loyalties. It is then, at the young and vulnerable age of seventeen, when Lady Anna Maria Berezowska loses both of her parents and must leave the only home she has ever known.
With Empress Catherine’s Russian armies streaming in to take their spoils, Anna is quickly thrust into a world of love and hate, loyalty and deceit, patriotism and treason, life and death. Even kind Aunt Stella, Anna’s new guardian who soon comes to personify Poland’s courage and spirit, can’t protect Anna from the uncertain future of the country.
Anna, a child no longer, turns to love and comfort in the form of Jan, a brave patriot and architect of democracy, unaware that her beautiful and enigmatic cousin Zofia has already set her sights on the handsome young fighter. Thus Anna walks unwittingly into Zofia’s jealous wrath and darkly sinister intentions. Forced to survive several tragic events, many of them orchestrated by the crafty Zofia, a strengthened Anna begins to learn to place herself in the way of destiny–for love and for country. Heeding the proud spirit of her late father, Anna becomes a major player in the fight against the countries who come to partition her beloved Poland.
PUSH NOT THE RIVER is based on the true eighteenth century diary of Anna Maria Berezowska, a Polish countess who lived through the rise and fall of the historic Third of May Constitution. Vivid, romantic, and thrillingly paced, it paints the emotional and unforgettable story of the metamorphosis of a nation–and of a proud and resilient young woman.
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Origin (The Konrath Horror Collective)
by J.A. Konrath
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Thrillers | Horror
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In 1906, a crew of workers at the Panama Canal unearthed something that could not be identified or explained. Something sinister. And very much alive…
One hundred years later, a team of scientists gather at an underground facility in New Mexico to determine what this being is–the most amazing discovery in the history of mankind–and how it has managed to survive. A biologist will analyze its structure. A veterinarian will study its behavior. A linguist will translate its language. But even the greatest minds in the world can not answer one inescapable question: Could this ancient creature, this mockery of God and nature, actually be the ancient demon known as… the Beast?
ORIGIN
From bestselling author J.A. Konrath comes a tense and thrilling exploration into the mysteries of life and death, good and evil, and the original source of our darkest fears…
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Hustler: A Second Chance Romance
by Blake North, Rye Hart
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Romance | Short Stories
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One job left. Then we leave this godforsaken town.
Everything’s perfect until I see Grace… again.
She works at the bank my crew has a hit on.
And, that changes everything.
I’ll protect her, and her little girl – no matter the consequence.
Ryan
All I gave a damn about was my brother.
And getting him away from this messed-up place.
I never expected to run into Grace.
She’s a single mother with a little girl.
My crew says she knows too much.
No one is laying a d*mn finger on my Grace.
Now I need to figure out a way to get us both out of this alive.
Grace
One day I’ll take my daughter away from this place.
But for now, putting food on the table is my concern.
I was taken back when Ryan walked back into my world.
But the way he brings a smile to my little girl’s face… Makes me wonder if we have a second chance.
He wants us to leave this town for a new life together.
But, there’s something dark he’s hiding from me.
And I can’t get my daughter caught up in a life of danger.
65,000+ words in this full-length standalone single mom’s second chance with a bad boy romance. Bonus content included after the main story, including an exclusive 30,000+ word single mom and single dad second chance romance: Family Night.
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Guilt & Galaxy Cake: A Culinary Cozy Mystery (Comfort Cakes Cozy Mysteries Book 2)
by Nancy McGovern
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Mystery | Women’s Fiction
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Rachel Rowan’s newest assignment is to create an enticing galaxy cake to celebrate the latest release from popular science fiction author, Stan Stickman. But when the legendary scribe is killed in a manner eerily reminiscent of a murder found in his own book, Rachel finds herself sucked into a vortex of mystery & deceit from which she seems unable to escape.
Now, if she hopes to get out with her own life intact, she must figure out who is to blame for the deadly deed. And with a cast of suspects including an astronaut turned senator, an obsessive fan and even her own ex-boyfriend, she is in for a wild ride!
Join Rachel Rowan in Guilt & Galaxy Cake, the 2nd installment of Nancy McGovern’s latest series, “Comfort Cakes Cozy Mysteries”!
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Travel Glasses (The Call to Search Everywhen Book 1)
by Chess Desalls, Stephanie Parent
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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I could go wherever and whenever I dreamed.
But I would have to pay a price.
Calla’s mobile devices sit in a corner of her room, covered in dust. Weeks ago, she shared photos and laughs with her best online friend. Now, after having felt the sting of betrayal, she prefers being hidden and friendless. She equates privacy with security and technology with pain.
Then she meets Valcas, an otherworldly traveler who slips through time and space with a pair of altered sunglasses. When an ethereal being knocks Calla to the ground near her family’s lakeside cottage, Valcas uses the Travel Glasses to help her escape.
He offers his further protection in exchange for a promise. But when she learns his search for her was not coincidence, she tracks down the inventor of the Travel Glasses in hopes of discovering their pasts and motivations. With Valcas hot on her trail, will Calla find what she’s looking for before he catches up?
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