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The Murder of Sara Barton (Atlanta Murder Squad Book 1) (affiliate link)
Tiller:
As the first openly gay professional football player, I can’t afford to make any mistakes, on or off the field. And the absolute biggest mistake I could make right now would be to fall for Mikey Vining, my best friend, employee and, more importantly, Coach’s baby boy. I might fantasize about Mikey at night-—every night—but actually touching him would be a serious personal foul.
And falling for him? That’s completely out of bounds.
Mikey:
I’ve learned my lesson about falling for one of my dad’s players. They’re a bunch of spoiled jocks with more muscles than brains. I’ve spent years learning to keep my eyes, and my hands, to myself. But resisting the temptation becomes nearly impossible when Tiller Raine and I end up together in a small cabin in a remote Colorado town.
Suddenly, there’s not much to do but look at each other. And talk. And hopefully, hopefully touch.
Unraveled by the Duke (Scandalous Duchesses Book 1) (affiliate link)
“Obedience is not what I want from you, wife. I want your surrender.”
One breath from ruin, all Lady Celia needs is a respectable match. Instead, she ends up on top of the most dangerous duke…half naked.
Losing control is not something Duke Alexander is familiar with. So when he’s caught alone with the most scandalous minx, he does what honor demands. He makes her his…
Only, his defiant new wife is a wild little thing. She refuses to bend. And when he finally gets a taste of her lips, Alexander will stop at nothing…until he unravels her completely.
Irresistible Freedom (Land of the Free Book 1) (affiliate link)
LAND OF THE FREE
Escape… a new beginning.
That’s what Demi Fedora yearns for. And so, she leaves everything and everyone she knows to move to her deceased grandfather’s derelict cabin in the wilds of Alaska, the one he left her in his will.
Meeting Whittaker Hart isn’t in her plans. Though the ruggedly handsome gold prospector does everything to win her over, she keeps her distance until her need to survive a life totally foreign to her nature overcomes her desire to do everything herself.
After rescuing a young drunk and taking on the tough life of a greenhorn, she realizes one thing. Between fixing up the place to make it livable for the coming winter and learning how to exist in a land filled with vicious storms and treacherous wildfires, she can’t cope alone.
No matter how much she yearns for independence, she needs help…. a lot of help.
Project: Adapt – Found (Book 1) (affiliate link)
A failed human prototype. That’s all she is…
Born and raised as an experiment, Selena’s life has been filled with torture, betrayal, and distrust… but one night changes everything.
Sold, attacked, and on the run, Selena is picked up by a colony ship. Struggling to find her place on this ship and trying to understand the draw she feels toward two alien males, her already uncertain life becomes downright unimaginable when she learns new life is growing inside her.
Terrified her captors will find her and take her and her children back to a life of horror and captivity, she must learn to trust her saviors, and herself.
With the help of her two mates, Selena will fight for her freedom—or die trying.
Ghost at the Garden Gate: Whispering Lake Book 1 (affiliate link)
You never think about how nice and predictable your life was until you’re smack dab in the middle of a murder investigation, plus being haunted by a ghost—because why not?
Cammie loves her job and her position as chair of her small-town historical society. When funding cuts threaten to shut them down, she must come up with a solution or lose it all. With the help of her fellow historical society members, Cammie goes on a mission to renovate an old manor so they can hold a gala fundraiser. Everyone likes parties, right? Not really, but since begging on street corners isn’t in the top five things she’d like to do, she opts to fix up the manor.
When she stumbles across a skeleton in the garden her plans fall apart, and the manor is declared a murder scene. With the police making their only hope of getting the funding they need off-limits, Cammie and her friends take matters into their own hands.
Refugee (Bio of a Space Tyrant Book 1) (affiliate link)
Though he was later accused of every crime and sexual perversion in the galaxy, Hope Hubris began as an innocent. Because he defended his older sister against the violent lusts of a wealthy scion, Hope and his peasant family were forced to flee Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. Pursued by the bloodthirsty scions across the airless desert, they barely escaped with their lives. The illegal space bubble was overcrowded with refugees, all hoping to reach Jupiter for asylum.
But the space travelers had not reckoned on the terrible threat of high space—the pirates, barbaric men who rape, rob, and murder, with no thought but to satisfy their bestial appetites. It will take all Hope’s ingenuity to survive, but the atrocities he witnesses will never die. There is only one way he can be rid of them . . .
Revenge.
The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President’s Black Family (affiliate link)
In The Other Madisons, Bettye Kearse—a descendant of an enslaved cook and, according to oral tradition, President James Madison—shares her family story and explores the issues of legacy, race, and the powerful consequences of telling the whole truth.
For thousands of years, West African griots (men) and griottes (women) have recited the stories of their people. Without this tradition Bettye Kearse would not have known that she is a descendant of President James Madison and his slave, and half-sister, Coreen. In 1990, Bettye became the eighth-generation griotte for her family. Their credo—”Always remember—you’re a Madison. You come from African slaves and a president”—was intended to be a source of pride, but for her, it echoed with abuses of slavery, including rape and incest.
Confronting those abuses, Bettye embarked on a journey of discovery—of her ancestors, the nation, and herself. She learned that wherever African slaves walked, recorded history silenced their voices and buried their footsteps: beside a slave-holding fortress in Ghana; below a federal building in New York City; and under a brick walkway at James Madison’s Virginia plantation.
Love Sold Separately: A Novel (affiliate link)
Bright lights, big trouble . . .
Dana Barry has nothing against rules. She just knows they’re meant to be bent. So it’s no wonder the single, twentysomething, aspiring actress loses her day job. Now her life is a mess . . . until she hears the Shopping Channel is auditioning. Relying on her knack for knowing what makes people tick, she lands a gig on air. But before she can say office politics, Dana is caught in the biggest drama of her life. The star host—a diva who terrorized the entire staff—is found dead. Dana knows the prime suspect is innocent.
The heat is on, and Dana thinks she’s ready for it . . . until she tangles with the tall, dark and smoldering detective in charge. It’s more fuel than she needs right now as she’s trying to launch her career. But Dana’s never been afraid to take chances . . . even when a single spark could ignite everything.
Vegan Vietnamese: Vibrant Plant-Based Recipes to Enjoy Every Day (affiliate link)
Learn how to make 70 classic dishes from every region of Vietnam—vegan-style—from Helen Le, the creator of the most popular Vietnamese cooking channel on YouTube, Helen’s Recipes.
Whether you’re vegan, plant-based, vegetarian, or just looking to eat less meat, Vegan Vietnamese is for you. Let Helen Le guide you through 70 satisfying, traditional recipes for tasty plant-based versions of popular Vietnamese condiments, salads, rolls, soups, noodles, rice dishes, dumplings, desserts, and more, including:
- Pho
- Bánh Mì
- Crispy Spring Rolls
- Rice Pyramid Dumplings
- Spicy Tofu
- Thick Noodle Soup
- Broken Rice Plate
- Three-Color Sticky Rice
- Banana Cake with Raisins
- Roasted Garlic Chili Peanuts
- Vegan Fish Sauce
Somebody Feed Phil the Book: Untold Stories, Behind-the-Scenes Photos and Favorite Recipes (affiliate link)
The ultimate collection of must-have recipes, stories, and behind-the-scenes photos from the beloved Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil.
Phil Rosenthal, host of the beloved Netflix series Somebody Feed Phil, really loves food and learning about global cultures, and he makes sure to bring that passion to every episode of the show. Whether he’s traveling stateside to foodie-favorite cities such as San Francisco or New Orleans or around the world to locations like Saigon, Tel Aviv, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, or Marrakesh, Rosenthal includes a healthy dose of humor to every episode—and now to this book.
In Somebody Feed Phil the Book, Rosenthal presents never-before-heard stories from every episode of the first four seasons of the series, along with more than sixty of viewers’ most requested recipes from acclaimed international chefs and local legends alike (including Rosenthal’s favorite sandwich finds from San Francisco to Tel Aviv), so you can replicate many of the dishes from the show right at home. There are also “scripts” from some of Rosenthal’s video phone calls from the road with his family making this the ultimate companion guide for avid fans of the show as well as armchair travelers and adventurous at-home chefs.
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean (affiliate link)
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