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Bloodlines (Zane Clearwater Mystery Book 1) (affiliate link)
Fired from his job at the Tulsa Zoo, 26-year-old Zane Clearwater wakes from a blackout to learn his mother was killed in a fire in their trailer-park home.
Zane has no memory of that night. Could he have set the blaze?
The police have a lot of questions, but so do Zane and his 14-year-old sister Lettie. When he gets a mysterious text that indicates everything his mother told him about her past was a lie, Zane embarks on a journey of discovery that results in meeting his supposedly long-dead father. Jeremiah Doom has a dangerous streak as long as the Arkansas River and a shady, secretive life.
Zane may share his father’s Cherokee blood, but can he battle against the anger and violence that also lurks beneath the surface of his own skin? Is Zane destined to repeat the sins of his father?
Mistakes were Made (Book 1) (affiliate link)
In this charming, witty, and occasionally wistful tale of a dream pursued, Andy provides an honest and earnest recount of his family’s journey from the United States to the Mediterranean idyll of Spain, all amidst the deadliest global pandemic since 1918.
Jump in the hottest and most unreliable car on the planet with Andy, his wife Paula, their (occasionally) wayward son Adam and their two increasingly long-suffering pups Archie and Pi as they react to the changing whims of international governments, virus hotspots and quarantine zones in their very personal battle to reach their dream villa in the sun splashed paradise of Spain.
The Countess Who Stole Christmas (affiliate link)
How do you tell the man you’ve spent years hating that you are madly in love with him?
Lady Martha and Lord Adam hate each other with a burning passion.
Having her childhood tormentor in her own home is certainly not how Lady Martha Galway envisioned Christmas to go. Despite her parents’ warning, she’s determined to stay as far away from him as possible and not accommodate him at all.
Lord Adam Murray, second son of the Marquess of Dierdam, was never one to follow the rules. Especially when it comes to butting heads with Lady Martha. Forced to celebrate Christmas together, Adam resolves to ignore her as much as possible. That is until he finds himself unable to.
Holiday Collection: Five Cozy Mysteries (affiliate link)
Lin, her cousin, Viv, and island historian, Anton Wilson, work to find the links between a break-in, a long-ago triple murder, and a buyer who offers ten times what the painting is worth. Will the Nantucket sleuths be able to figure out what the spirit needs from them before it is too late?
This story has ghosts and some mild paranormal elements.
One simple mistake…
When out of work graphic designer Verity Long accidentally traps a ghost on her property, she’s saddled with more than a supernatural sidekick—she gains the ability see spirits. It leads to an offer she can’t refuse from the town’s bad boy, who also happens to be the brother of her ex and the last man she should ever partner with.
Ellis Wydell is in possession of a stunning historic property haunted by some of Sugarland Tennessee’s finest former citizens. Only some of them are growing restless—and destructive. He hires Verity to put an end to the disturbances. But soon, Verity learns there’s more to the mysterious estate than floating specters, secret passageways, and hidden rooms.
There’s a modern day mystery afoot, one that hinges on a decades-old murder. Verity isn’t above questioning the living, or the dead. But can she discover the truth before the killer finds her?
Prairie Valley Sisters Box Set (Complete Series, Books 1-6) (affiliate link)
Echo: A Single Parent Romantic Suspense (Linear Tactical) (affiliate link)
Unintended wounds still cut as deep.
Cade may not work day to day operations at Linear, but he takes the mission of the company he helped create—teaching survival intelligence and self-defense skills to the people who need them most—seriously. And finding out he’s wounded Peyton in the worst way possible weighs on him.
So when danger on two separate fronts closes in on her, he will damn well be by her side. Making sure they survive so he can right his personal wrongs.
He might not have been a Special Forces soldier, but Cade Conner knows how to fight. And Peyton is a woman worth fighting for.
Gabriel (Guardian Defenders Book 1) (affiliate link)
David Xavier—and all those he loved or counted as friends—would forever be mouth-watering targets to men of evil intent. His wealth could settle a small country’s foreign debt. Because of this, from the moment of his birth, his mother obscured his identity. Reborn as the man named Gabriel, however, he walked free into a world where the innocents and the weak cried out for a defender, for the hand of justice, for a guardian angel.
In response, an elite, paramilitary operation, Guardian, rose to stand between the evil men did and those whom they would make their victims. Gabriel was CEO. His goal was worthy and all consuming, but fighting on the side of angels didn’t make his nights less lonely or soothe the ache in his heart for hearth, home, and family.
He needed a courageous woman of unflinching integrity, of goodness and honor, to stand at his side. He’d given up hope of finding such a person.
Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD (affiliate link)
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are prevalent in society today, afflicting about 4.4% of the adult population—over 13 million Americans. Four out of every five adults do not even know they have ADD.
The chapters, organized by the type of room or task, consist of practical organizing solutions for people living with ADD:
At work: prioritizing, time management, and organizing documents
At home: paying bills on time, decluttering your house, scheduling and keeping appointments
With kids: driving them to various activities, grocery shopping and meals, laundry, babysitters, organizing drawers and closets
And you: organizing time for your social life, gym, and various other hobbies and activities
Color photographs that capture the short attention span of the reader are featured throughout, as well as sidebars and testimonials from adults with ADD, providing numerous organizational tips, such as the importance of dividing time into minutes or moments, task completion, how to avoid procrastination, asking for help, and how not to be a pack rat.
With his career on thin ice and fresh ink on his divorce papers, Sacramento PD Detective Connor Parks goes searching for solace at the bottom of a bottle—and winds up in the arms of a beautiful woman. By morning she’s gone, and the one clue she left behind sends Connor on a desperate mission to unravel a decade-old mystery—her abduction.
Presumed dead for the last ten years, Claire Fletcher has been living her life as “Lynn”, a woman in the terrifying grip of her captor. ‘After her unforgettable night with Connor, Claire clings to the hope that she’ll see him again, that he’ll follow her into the dark. But anyone who gets close to Claire has a way of turning up dead…and she’s unwittingly made Connor next on the list.
Before long, it becomes disturbingly clear: finding Claire Fletcher isn’t just going to be dangerous—it could be deadly.
The Last Line: A Short Story (Tracy Crosswhite) (affiliate link)
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