I love how our cellphones today take such awesome pictures. I have an awesome camera on me at all times, and can take as many pictures as I like. Long gone are the days of having to go to the drug store to buy a 35mm roll of 20 exposures. I can’t remember how much it cost, but it wasn’t cheap. I can still remember how bitter I was when I loaded the film in the camera and thinking what a waste the first little portion was that you stretched out to lock the film into place on the little tabs. I would go into a dark room and load it hoping to get at least one extra picture out of it. Thinking back now, I’m not sure it worked that way. I hated the wait between when you dropped off the film to the attendant in the tiny Kodak booth in the supermarket parking lot, and when you got that envelope back two weeks later and realized you were the worst photographer in the world. Today I am not much better of a photographer, but thankfully my phone is also a very forgiving and helpful camera that allows me to take ten million pictures so I can end up with a few good ones. If you would like to see some of the pictures I took at the Quarryhill Botanical Gardens click here and it will take you to the new page on my blog. I will be adding more galleries of the gardens we visited as I go through the thousand bad pictures to find the 20 good ones. Enjoy!
Cold Fear
by Rick Mofina
Genre: Thrillers | Mystery
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In the remote, rugged corner of Montana’s Glacier National Park known as the Devil’s Grasp, little Paige Baker of San Francisco disappears with her dog, Kobee, while on a camping trip with her family; or so her mother and father have told authorities.
A multi-agency task force launches a massive search as Paige fights to survive in the wilderness. Time hammers against her and soon the nation is gripped by the life-and-death drama.
Secretly, behind the scenes, the FBI grows suspicious of Paige’s parents. Their recent history and disturbing evidence links them to a horrible secret from the past.
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Change of Heart (Snowy Ridge: Love at Starlight, Book 4)
by Kris Jett
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Romance
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WELCOME TO STARLIGHT: A sweet and sexy small-town romance series set at a family-owned pub in the picturesque snowmobiling town of Snowy Ridge, Wisconsin.
Becca Stillwell didn’t have the highest of hopes for her move back to Snowy Ridge, Wisconsin, following a disastrous divorce. But it was a chance to start over and find her own way in the world. Rekindling a childhood friendship with Luci Foster and taking on two jobs has kept her busy and hasn’t allowed for too much time to think about her ex and his new model girlfriend. With hard work and a sense of humor, things could only improve, right?
When Cooper Stone turned thirty years old, he decided to get serious. He’d always had the dream of owning his own business so he talked his brothers into moving to Snowy Ridge with him and opening up their own snowmobile repair shop. After his own failed marriage, he had no intention of ever being distracted by love again. His business was his number one priority and he was set on keeping it that way.
When Becca crashes her car into Cooper’s car one fateful morning in the market parking lot, he could never imagine she’d crash her way into his heart as well. Two broken-hearted people, both afraid to love again, find their deepest wishes come true when they let go and believe that they’ve been led to exact right place and found the exact right person.
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Within the Shadows
by Brandon Massey
Genre: Horror
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At just thirty-one, Andrew Wilson has it all: close friends, a great house in an Atlanta suburb, and a successful career as a mystery writer. Only one thing is missing–a special woman to share it with. Then one day he meets someone new, a woman who seems almost too good to be true.
Beautiful, smart, and sophisticated, Mika Woods is everything that Andrew has ever wanted and more–at first. After one night of passion, soon Andrew discovers that Mika isn’t quite who she appears to be. Or even, what she appears to be.
But it’s too late to turn back. Mika has been waiting a lifetime for a man like Andrew. And what she wants, what she desires, she will have–no matter who has to die…
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Killer Cruise: A Humorous Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries Book 1)
by A.R. Winters
Genre: Mystery | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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All Adrienne wanted was a fun new job on a cruise ship — instead, she’s dealt three big surprises.
“Winters will have you giggling into your book!”
Surprise number one, wonderful: Her best friend Samantha has joined the cruise!
Surprise number two, also quite good: the First Officer is rather handsome.
Surprise number three, definitely not good: Samantha is suspected of murdering a VIP cruise passenger.
Throw in a few more surprises — an over-the-top boss, a potentially homicidal chef, and a blast from Adrienne’s past — and this cruise might end up being Adrienne’s last.
Join Adrienne, her new friend Cece, and First Officer Hot Stuff — er, First Officer Ethan Lee — as they try to uncover the truth before it’s too late…
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Only the Fallen: Fallen Angel Series (UnHallowed Series Book 1)
by Tmonique Stephens
Genre: Fantasy | Literature & Fiction | Mythology & Folk Tales
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REDEMPTION OR DAMNATION!
Gideon has one shot at redemption. Close the portal to Hell forever and return to Heaven, leaving behind millennia of darkness. Nothing means more than restoring his grace, until the one person he vowed never to see again places herself in his direct path. He has to resist her, but she is his Heaven–and his Hell.
Risking her life to shut Hell’s gateway, the last person Dina ever expected to encounter was the one she had lost forever. Duty, not desire, is what he instilled in her and what she will follow, regardless of how he makes her ache… Until the unthinkable happens and she must choose between honor and the only love she will ever have.
Torn between what they want and cannot have, Gideon and Dina must decide whether to make the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of humanity or let passion take them to where angels fear to tread.
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