While that Elf on the Shelf is being lazy and spending all his time spying on us, I am getting busy baking cookies. I started this morning, right after I dropped the baby bassets off at school. Every year I bake enough cookies to feed a small army. I like to do it early on in the month before everyone is already sugared out and won’t enjoy the cookies. Every time I deliver a plate, I want to spike the ball and scream TOUCHDOWN! I might be missing the point of the cookies. Dunno… but I WIN I WIN!!!
Whiskey Rebellion: An Addison Holmes Mystery (Addison Holmes Mysteries Book 1)
by Liliana Hart
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Crime Fiction | Mystery
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Addison Holmes is a diamond in the rough, though she’s feeling more like a big lump of coal. Teaching history in Whiskey Bayou, Georgia isn’t exactly the most exciting job. Until she finds her principal dead in the parking lot of the seedy gentleman’s club.
When Addison finds herself out of a job, she turns to her best friend, Kate, who owns the McClean Detective Agency. Addison is a natural at the job. Living in a small town has given her all the skills she needs to spy on other people and pass silent judgment. Sometimes being nosy has its advantages.
When her principal’s murder reveals more Whiskey Bayou secrets than people are comfortable with, the suspect list grows longer than Addison’s arm. Fortunately, the detective in charge seems more than capable of finding the killer and driving her crazy at the same time.
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Breathe
by Amber Lacie
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Friendship | Classics | Literary Fiction
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A Coming of age love story of life long friendship and second chances.
Sometimes love is fated in the stars. You know you are destined for each other. Your souls entwine and you can’t imagine your life without them.
Sometimes it’s found when you’re not looking for it. It peeks around the corner when you least expect it, sweeping you off your feet, carrying you off into the sunset.
Sometimes, there are a lucky few who get to experience both. I was one of the lucky ones.
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Burnt Worlds (HMCS Borealis Book 1)
by S.J. Madill
Genre: Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy
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The commander of HMCS Borealis has a problem. Several, actually, the most pressing of which is that he’s not even supposed to be in charge. Disaster struck during the testing of a new jump drive, leaving the ship crippled and Lieutenant Dillon the highest-ranking officer still alive.
At the far edge of the galaxy, beyond any hope of rescue, it’s up to Dillon to pull the survivors together and get the ship home. As he struggles with the unexpected burden of command, things go from bad to worse.
A fugitive alien priestess arrives, her presence a diplomatic nightmare waiting to happen. A mysterious ship follows them with murderous intent. And the Borealis’ desperate second jump lands them in uncharted space, surrounded by star systems full of dead planets.
With supplies dwindling, Dillon and the crew of the Borealis find themselves in a race against time to solve a centuries-old mystery. Can they stop an ancient enemy from being unleashed? Or are all the planets of the galaxy destined to become burnt worlds?
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Candy Canes, Corpses and the Gothic Haunt: A Bohemian Lake Cozy Mystery
by Rachael Stapleton
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Holidays | Crafts, Hobbies & Home | Mystery
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If you love small-town settings, HGTV, and just a hint of paranormal romance, then you’ll want to buy this cozy mystery today! Candy Canes, Corpses and the Gothic Haunt is the second book in a series dedicated to Juniper, Jack & their ghostly guests.
House flippers Jack & Juniper are planning to ring in the New Year slinging tapas, vino and beer in their latest purchase, an old Victorian mansion that they’ve transformed into Bohemian Lake’s first Inn & Taproom, but the mansion’s poltergeist is out to dash their merriment with mean-spirited sabotage. Having laid otherworldly rumors to rest before, Juniper is skeptical, but the alarms aren’t going off and, besides, who else would want to throw a wrench into the works–Jack’s ex-girlfriend, another business owner, or the local historian who’s scheduled a town meeting to protest the flippers’ plans for the home. When the mischief turns deadly, Juniper calls ina part-time paranormal investigator but the man’s discoveries leave her thinking that her problem is more personal than paranormal.
Between the Christmas holidays and training her new staff, Juniper doesn’t have time to track down a murderer, but with the “ghost of the manor” constantly coming out of the woodwork, she doesn’t have much choice. Opening day is fast approaching and the “woman in white” has led her to yet another stiff in the cellar. Now Junie and her merry band of Bohemians must nail down a murderer–before their Christmas goose is cooked.
It’s the most wonderful time to get wrapped up in a spirited holiday murder! The corpses are piling up, and there’s a Grinch out there riling up the town against the new Gothic Inn. It’s the most wonderful time to break-in!
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Rough Enough
by Richard McBee
Genre: History
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Rough Enough is a work of historical non-fiction detailing ten years in the life of Richard McBee’s great grandfather, a teenager who goes off half cocked to fight the Civil War!
Richard Clow is 17 when the excitement of the final year of Civil War conflict entices him to enlist in the Union Army.
Very quickly he finds that even getting to the battle front can have its own challenges: tewo weeks in a thug dominated holding camp followed by the ship voyage from Hell in getting from Boston to the Petersburg front.
His thirteen letters home to his sisters describe poignant military experiences, bloody battles to take Petersburg, close calls, and the stresses of war. These are mingled with his daily observations of the Virginian countryside, hardships and small joys by a young man who has a flair for description.
The accompanying text documents the changes from snotty nosed youth to blooded infantryman. It describes parallel battle situations and how the stresses of the battlefield lead Richard Clow towards a “Soldier’s Heart” PTSD type syndrome.
What is it that makes this young man reenlist two years after the war and join the 13th Infantry fighting in the mountains and plains of Montana and the Dakotas from ill designed forts.
As his heart grows weary of battles, Clow shares his dreams of married life with his sister as he describes yet another ambush oo travelers through Indian territory.
Clow’s post military marital bliss is cut short by the specter of death which nearly wipes out his immediate family. With a heavy heart he again seeks solace in the wilderness and the cold creeks and gun ruled world of Deadwood in the heart of the Black Hills gold rush.
As he strikes it rich and then goes on to live out his dreams of being a farmer, rancher and Oregon hotelier, we see how perseverance in the face of overwhelming life struggles can lead to a family and forty more years of productive life on the waning frontier.
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