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A Corpse at the Castle (The Highland Book 1) (affiliate link)
A royal castle. A murder. Only one witness: a horse
Horse trainer by day, I.T. consultant by night, Izzy Paterson is a classic nerd who’s better with animals than humans. But when a body is found at the feet of a prize stallion at Balmoral, the Queen’s summer castle in the Scottish Highlands, Izzy—and her new friend Craig—are in the wrong place at the wrong time, becoming suspects in the murder.
In the race to clear their names, Izzy has to employ all her horse whispering and computer hacking skills. Can she piece together the clues in time to stop the mysterious killer from striking again?
Ghostland (Ghostland Trilogy Book 1) (affiliate link)
Ben Laramie was deceased horror author Rex Garrote’s biggest fan… until he died, watching the writer’s house pass through his hometown on its way to land zoned for a brand-new theme park.
On Ghostland’s opening day, Ben seeks to reconnect with his former best friend Lillian Roth, whose morbid fear of death after Ben’s heart attack is preventing her from living her life. Her psychiatrist joins them, considering it exposure therapy.
Ghostland features hundreds of ghosts and cursed objects, contained within a “Recurrence Field” to keep patrons safe. But when a computer virus sets them free and the park goes into lockdown, Ben and Lillian find themselves trapped in an endless nightmare where nowhere is safe, and few can be trusted.
355: The Women of Washington’s Spy Ring (affiliate link)
1776: British sympathizer Margaret (Meg) Moncrieffe expects to find the carefree America she remembers as a youth when she returns from her Irish boarding school. Instead, she finds the new country at war, with her father on one side and her new love, Aaron Burr, on the other. Will her misguided attempt to end the war result in dire consequences for the Continental Army?
After her husband Jonathan is captured by the British and dies aboard one of the notorious prison ships, a pregnant Elizabeth Burgin realizes she is stronger than she once thought. But when the Culper Ring enlists her help on a prison heist, is Elizabeth willing to sacrifice everything in order to save the lives of strangers?
Toxicity: A Dystopian Thriller Novel (affiliate link)
The year is 2141. Islam controls most of the civilized world, including all that exists of the former United States. Climate change has made fresh drinking water a scarce, and valuable, commodity. Islamic states that once controlled the oil now control the largest fresh water deposit in the world, the American Great Lakes.Washington D.C. and New York City are mere memories of the old world, as a new regime of Caliphs has ruled the eastern half of the country for the past century.
The barren ‘no man’s land’ east of the Mississippi River is but an encroaching desert, and the realm of the Great Lakes—known as Al-hayat Miyaah—dictates life for the rest of the realm. Jihadic allegiance and the Lakes’ bounty decide a person’s worth, where clean, drinkable water is far more precious than gold… and more valuable than the lives of infidels.
The Art Of Effective Communication In Relationships For Couples (affiliate link)
Is a simple, effective, and psychological approach to understanding why you have communication issues, and how you can use the appropriate skills and tools to mitigate conflicts and improve your communication in your relationship.
Having difficulties in communication in relationships is okay, and you don’t have to feel ashamed about it, as you are by no means alone. Most couples have conflict in their relationships mainly because the recipient gets a different message than the sender intended.
In this book you will discover:
Several reasons why you have communication issues in your relationship. Especially through the aid of psychological models
Communication is effective when the intended message is decoded with less interference and misinterpretations
Effective ways to make your partner understand what you are communicating,
That the Art of communicating effectively will equip you with the right skills and tools to communicate with your partner effectively.
Boo Boy (Hunky Halloween) (affiliate link)
Nobody swipes right on a guy who’s built his muscles shoveling grave dirt.
Running the cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota, that’s been in my family for generations pays well and gives me the freedom to live life on my terms.
But I wouldn’t mind finding somebody to share that life with.
Then my brother, the golden child, graces us with his seasonal presence, and I’m surprised by how damn resentful I am of him — and how jealous. He’s got the perfect life, and I want to find my piece of perfect.
That’s why I sign up for the Find Your Boo speed dating event.
I try not to get my hopes up.
At least not until she walks into my life — red lips, legs for days, and curves that demand to be worshipped.
I’ll stop at nothing to make her mine.
Sweet Tea Tuesdays (affiliate link)
Three best friends met every Tuesday for twenty-six years. And then they stopped.
From the author of the bestselling Sweeney Sisters Series comes a novel of friendship, family, and hope.
When new next-door neighbors Georgia, Midge, and Lula first assembled on Georgia’s porch in Charleston for sweet tea, they couldn’t have known their gathering was the beginning of a treasured tradition. For twenty-six years they have met on Tuesdays at four o’clock, watching the seasons change and their children grow up, supporting each other in good times and in bad. With their ambitions as different as their personalities, these best friends anticipate many more years of tea time. And then, one Tuesday, Georgia shares news that brings their long-standing social hour to an abrupt halt. And that’s only the beginning as unraveling secrets threaten to alter their friendship forever.
The Vanishing Point: A Novel (affiliate link)
An Englishwoman searches for her sister in colonial America in this historical tale of dark suspense, love, and betrayal for fans of Philippa Gregory.
Bright and inquisitive, Hannah Powers was raised by a father who treated her as if she were his son. While her beautiful and reckless sister, May, pushes the limits of propriety in their small English town, Hannah harbors her own secret: their father has given her an education forbidden to women. But Hannah’s secret serves her well when she journeys to colonial Maryland to reunite with May, who has been married off to a distant cousin after her sexual misadventures ruined her marriage prospects in England.
Pasta: The Spirit and Craft of Italy’s Greatest Food, with Recipes (affiliate link)
Food trends come and go, but pasta holds strong year after year. Despite its humble ingredients—made of merely flour and water or flour and eggs—the magic, rituals, and art of pasta making span over five centuries. Two ingredients are turned into hundreds of stuffed, rolled, extruded, dried, stamped, and hand-cut shapes, each with its own unique provenance and enrobed in a favored sauce.
New York City chef Missy Robbins fell in love with Italian food and pasta twenty-five years ago. She has been cooking, researching, and studying her way across Italy ever since, which led her to open two of America’s most renowned pasta restaurants, Lilia and Misi. With illustrated step-by-step recipes for handmaking forty of the most versatile pasta shapes and one hundred recipes for Italian American, regional Italian, and Robbins’s own best pasta dishes, plus two dozen vegetable sides, this is the hard-working manual for home cooks who aspire to master the art of pasta cooking.
The Blue Apron Cookbook: 165 Essential Recipes and Lessons for a Lifetime of Home Cooking (affiliate link)
The Joy of Cooking for a new generation: A collection of easy-to-make, delicious, and original recipes from the kitchens of Blue Apron—the beloved national meal-delivery service—featuring 165 step-by-step, technique-driven dishes that will transform novice cooks into confident home chefs and will excite experienced cooks too.
Named for the uniform of apprentice chefs in professional kitchens, Blue Apron has made its mark from its exemplary meal-delivery service, but its true passion is culinary education—a value that infuses their commitment to providing healthy, sustainably sourced, seasonal foundations for creative cooking.
Now in The Blue Apron Cookbook, this trusted national brand steps into the kitchens of home cooks everywhere, taking its familiar step-by-step instructional style to a new level in a technique-driven cookbook intended to build confidence and expertise through meals that are as beautiful to look at as they are mouth-wateringly delicious to enjoy.
The Job Closer: Time-Saving Techniques for Acing Resumes, Interviews, Negotiations, and More (affiliate link)
The author of The 2-Hour Job Search shows you how to land your dream job, from writing the perfect resume and cover letter to nailing any interview and negotiating your offer
Steve Dalton’s 2-Hour Job Search simplified the process of finding work by utilizing technology, and now The Job Closer helps you seal the deal by applying his time-saving techniques to the surrounding steps. As a career consultant, Dalton has found that job seekers routinely overinvest in trivial aspects of the employment hunt while underestimating the important ones.
A Mad Passion (Heart’s Temptation Book 1) (affiliate link)
A lost love
Seven years ago, the Marquis of Thornton broke Cleo’s heart, and she hasn’t forgotten or forgiven him. But when she finds him standing before her at a country house party, as handsome as ever, old temptations prove difficult to resist. One stolen kiss is all it takes.
A proper gentleman
Thornton buried his past and his feelings for Cleo long ago. He’s worked diligently to become a respected politician with a reputation above reproach. The only trouble in his otherwise perfect life is that he can’t resist the maddening beauty he never stopped wanting, no matter how devastating the cost.
A mad passion
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