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Daughter of Time (The After Cilmeri Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
Sometimes, finally facing what you most fear turns out to be no more difficult than putting one foot in front of the other …
A medieval man with an uncertain destiny, Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales, faces treachery and deceit at the hands of friends and foes alike. When Meg slips through time into medieval Wales, the pair must navigate the shifting allegiances that threaten the very existence of Wales–and create their own history that defies the laws of time.
A Pinch of Salt (Three Sisters Catering Book 1) (affiliate link)
For the past year, talented chef Millie has been consumed with running her new catering business with her sisters, Dru and Tasha. It isn’t until Jackson walks through their door that she realizes something may be missing in the recipe of her life.
For the past year, Jackson has been dealing with the fallout of his wife’s abandonment. He’s had to learn how to be a single father to their eight-year-old daughter, and will do anything to fill the void her mother left. It isn’t until he commissions Millie for his daughter’s birthday party that he realizes he’s forgotten that he’s not only a father, but a man.
They both think they’re content in their lives, but sometimes the right amount of spice can turn an okay dish into a magnificent one. A Pinch of Salt may be all that’s needed to bring Millie and Jackson the flavor they’ve been missing.
Ready for Whatever (The UnBRCAble Women Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
In a heartwarming and humor-filled tale, Millie Dwyer finds herself facing a destiny shadowed by a family history of cancer. But sometimes, fate has a way of throwing unexpected curveballs, and Millie’s journey is about to take a surprising turn.
From a young age, Millie was resigned to her genetic destiny, believing that cancer would inevitably claim her, just as it had her grandmother and mother. She thought she had life all figured out, with her genetic mutation serving as an ominous reminder. Little did she know, scientific advances now offer the promise of detection and preventative surgeries, giving her a chance at a different path.
With newfound hope, Millie must navigate a life she never anticipated. Her dating life, once treacherous, takes on a new significance. Now, at 29, she’s not just looking for love; she’s in the market for a life partner. But with a body marked by scars from her surgeries, she wonders who would be willing to embrace her imperfections.
Wicked Court: A Noblesse Oblige Duet (The Darker Woods Book 1) (affiliate link)
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had to hide who I am. What I am.
They had me play the sheep. They had me blend in. They marked me and sealed my power.
Now I have my freedom, because everyone who’s ever wanted me confined is dead.
I could have changed it. I could have altered the course of fate. I could have saved the unseelie queen.
I didn’t.
Vlari has always known her place: as far away from court as the unseelie queen can send her.
The youngest royal, born in an impoverished household, she endeavored to earn her keep as an assistant and stay out of trouble.
Dark, striking, and with a hidden agenda, Drusk definitely qualifies as trouble, but he refuses to leave her alone, clashing with her at every corner.
Then the world implodes around her.
Cheesecake and Confusion (Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Book 18) (affiliate link)
Wellington Manor has been burgled…
When Julia South-Brown agreed to babysit her little brother at Peridale Manor, she didn’t expect to get caught up in the middle of a burglary, but that is precisely what happened. As horrifying an incident as it was, however, it soon becomes another problem to add to the ever-growing pile.
With Julia’s husband having book trouble, her adopted daughter having boy trouble, her father and stepmother having money trouble, and her own life-changing news, she has her hands full without a mystery to solve. It feels like everyone in Julia’s family has received bad news, but despite all this, she can’t stand by and watch her father struggle as a result of the robbery. She promises to help him, but are any of the people on the list of names he gives her connected or has she been sent on a fool’s errand?
Purrs and Peril: A Norwegian Forest Cat Café Cozy Mystery – Book 1 (affiliate link)
Lauren, Annie, and Zoe are shocked when one of their favorite customers is poisoned. Steve came into the café nearly every day – but who wanted him dead?
The trio find themselves suspecting their customers – even elderly Mrs. Finch, whom Lauren thinks of as a substitute grandmother, doesn’t escape their scrutiny.
The new (and attractive!) police detective warns them off the case. But Annie, the Norwegian Forest Cat, seems to have a nose for sniffing out trouble.
Can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe catch the killer before the killer catches them?
The Only Study Guide You’ll Ever Need: Simple tips, tricks and techniques to help you ace your studies and pass your exams! (affiliate link)
We’ve all been there: a new school year starts and there’s 8 months till your exams – that’s plenty of time, right? Then there’s 6 months, 3 months, 1 month and oh, now there’s 2 weeks left and you haven’t started studying…
What happens next is a panic-induced mayhem of highlighting everything in the textbook (without even questioning if it’s actually helpful). But I’m here to help you change this!
In The Only Study Guide You’ll Ever Need, I’ll cover a range of different topics including:
· How to get started and pick up that pen
· Learning techniques that actually work (hello, science of memory!)
· The dos and don’ts of timetabling
· And combatting fear of failure, perfectionism, exam stress and so much more!
What It Seems (affiliate link)
Adopted by her controlling foster mother at the age of eight, twenty-year-old Tara has seen little of the outside world. Lonely, punished for the slightest offense, her only distraction comes from watching the Feely family’s online videos. They’re an affectionate vlogging quintet and an internet sensation. Most important, they are Tara’s mental refuge. Then the opportunity arises for them to be something more. When Tara accepts an internship with the close-knit clan, they’re her escape.
Daring to run away, and defying Mother’s rules, Tara is welcomed into the loving fold. But the more Tara gets to know them, the more she realizes that not everything is as it seems. As secrets slowly surface, the image of the perfect family begins to crack. For Tara, it’s another trap.
Sisters of the Sky (affiliate link)
October 1941: As war rages in the Soviet Union, Nina is devastated as she watches her younger brother being sent off to the front. She has witnessed so many soldiers go to war and never return, and with her father already on the battlefield, her brother is her only family left.
Sick of feeling helpless and determined to fight for her motherland, Nina and her best friend Katya decide to volunteer for the first female-only aviation regiment, led by the legendary pilot Marina Raskova.
But fighting a war is nothing like they expected, and soon the battle lines are no longer restricted to the front – a forbidden love begins to blossom, and Nina is faced with the ultimate betrayal. Will Nina and her loved ones make it out alive?
Stranger at the Wedding (Windrose Chronicles series) (affiliate link)
It’s normal for a young girl to be jealous of her sister’s impending wedding, and Kyra is jealous indeed. A plain looking young magic student whose incipient wizardly abilities have done nothing to attract the attentions of the boys of her town, she is not surprised to learn that her sister has caught the eye of one of the city’s wealthiest merchants. But she is alarmed by some of the signs that are coming up in her prognostication lessons. Water turns to blood, the death card haunts her tarot practice, and finally she has a specific vision: that her sister will die the day she takes her vows. Using every trick in her small magic arsenal, Kyra attempts to disrupt the wedding, going up against a force more powerful than any magic: an impatient bride.
Prey: Book One: Hell’s Heart (Star Trek 1) (affiliate link)
Continuing the milestone 50th anniversary celebration of Star Trek—an epic new trilogy that stretches from the events of The Original Series movie The Search for Spock to The Next Generation!
When Klingon commander Kruge died in combat against James T. Kirk on the Genesis planet back in 2285, he left behind a powerful house in disarray—and a series of ticking time bombs: the Phantom Wing, a secret squadron of advanced Birds-of-Prey; a cabal of loyal officers intent on securing his heritage; and young Korgh, his thwarted would-be heir, willing to wait a Klingon lifetime to enact his vengeance.
Now, one hundred years later, while on a diplomatic mission for the United Federation of Planets, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise are snared in the aged Korgh’s trap—and thrust directly in the middle of an ancient conflict.
What It Is Like to Go to War (affiliate link)
In 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. In his thirteen-month tour he saw intense combat, killing the enemy and watching friends die. Marlantes survived, but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the last forty years dealing with his experiences.
In What It Is Like to Go to War, Marlantes takes a candid look at these experiences and critically examines how we might better prepare young soldiers for war. In the past, warriors were prepared for battle by ritual, religion, and literature—which also helped bring them home. While contemplating ancient works from Homer to the Mahabharata, Marlantes writes of the daily contradictions modern warriors are subject to, of being haunted by the face of a young North Vietnamese soldier he killed at close quarters, and of how he finally found a way to make peace with his past.
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