I think my $2. poisonous plant is just messing with me. It’s playing an odd game of Peek-A-Boo. I see the blooms popping out, but they are never open when I am around. I have tried several times to take a picture of them in the morning light, but they are sealed up tight. I go back throughout the day, and they are still playing hard to picture. I went out after dark thinking they might be night bloomers (I think that’s a thing) and NOPE. Last night I came home after dark around 8pm and I saw one was open, I jumped out of the car and ran over to take a picture. It must have been distracted and didn’t notice me coming up to it. So far this is the most open I have seen any of the blooms. I am going to try a little Miracle Grow to bribe it a bit.
Not the most clear picture because it was windy.
Third Daughter (The Royals of Dharia, Book One)
by Susan Kaye Quinn
Genre: Romance
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Sneaking out of the palace wasn’t one of Aniri’s best ideas. But she’s the Third Daughter of the Queen of Dharia — zero responsibilities and zero royal duties. She’s just the backup daughter, in case her older sisters’ arranged marriages — to take the crown or broker an alliance — don’t quite work out. But once Aniri reaches her 18th birthday, she’ll be truly free… and then she can marry the charming fencing instructor she meets for fevered kisses in the forest.
But then the impossible happens — a marriage proposal. From a barbarian prince in the north, no less. And if Aniri refuses, the threat of their new flying weapon might bring war.
So she agrees to the young prince’s proposal, but only as a subterfuge to spy on him, find the weapon, and hopefully avoid both war and an arranged marriage to a man she doesn’t love. But once she arrives in the sweeping mountains of the north, she discovers the prince has his own secrets… and saving her country may end up breaking her heart.
This Bollywood-style royal romance takes you to an alternate East Indian world filled with skyships, saber duels, and lots of royal intrigue.
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Lightning Blade: An Urban Fantasy Novel (The Ruby Callaway Trilogy Book 1)
by D.N. Erikson
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Horror | Action & Adventure
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The Dresden Files meets Groundhog Day in this time-looping urban fantasy novel from USA Today bestselling author D.N. Erikson.
Ruby Callaway, the world’s best supernatural bounty hunter, just cut a deal with the FBI: she kills a murderous necromancer, they cut her loose from prison after twenty years. Simple — except for one complication.
When Ruby tracks down the necromancer, he kills her instead.
Then she wakes up hours earlier — very confused and very much alive. But as time trickles by, Ruby puts together the truth: the necromancer has plunged the day into an endless loop that only she can see. And the necromancer has far bigger plans for this endless day than murder…
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A Good Boy (The Dying Church Series Book 1)
by Anthony Andre
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Family Life | Religious & Inspirational Fiction | Teen & Young Adult
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The night Wesley’s wife died changed his life. Now, three years later he takes a job as a brand new pastor at an old church. Young, inexperienced, and unprepared, Wesley dives into the task of saving a dying church while coming to grips with his past and discovering his own capacity for love. Then, a teenager commits suicide and Wesley’s world is turned upside down once again. Mitford, this ain’t.
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The Harbor of Lies, Mystery with a Romantic Twist (Paradise Valley Mystery Series Book 6)
by Debra Burroughs
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Mystery | Women’s Fiction | Teen & Young Adult
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Throughout the exciting Paradise Valley Mystery series, the captivating romance between sassy P.I. Emily and sexy police detective Colin has been filled with mystery, danger, and intrigue. In Book 6, he’s finally convinced her to marry him–if only they can make it to the altar unscathed.
Days before the wedding Emily discovers a body outside her hotel room and she and Colin, along with their wedding party, are drawn into another exciting murder mystery with a huge twist.
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The Red Pond At Shiloh: A short story
by John J Gschwend Jr
Genre: History
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The two day battle at Shiloh was the most costly fight of the Civil War up to that point. The fighting was brutal. Casualties on the Confederate side alone were well over 10,000. As darkness fell over the battlefield, rain soaked the wounded and dead on the bloody killing ground. The wounded were there alone, miserable, and scared. Frank Barlow was one of them. This is his story.
Enter this tale and feel the terror and misery as he comes to terms with his horrible situation. You will be there with him; smell the gunpowder and hear the moans.
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