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The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum (A Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery Book 1) (affiliate link)
Going home again isn’t easy. After years abroad, Maddie Kosloski is a fish out of water in her rural hometown, and all she wants is to restart her overseas career. Instead, she gets a small-town paranormal museum, a fresh corpse, and a ghost-detecting cat.
With her high school bully as one of the detectives in charge of the investigation, Maddie doubts justice will be served. And when one of her best friends is arrested, she’s certain it won’t be. Juggling ghost hunters, obsessed taxidermists, and the handsome motorcyclist next door, Maddie must solve this murder—and fast—before she becomes the next ghost in the museum.
Get ready to read a classic style cozy mystery on a train that is full of plot twists and has all the requisite players— a witty protagonist; a butler; a ladies’ maid; a good-looking inspector; and an adorable little dog.
Lady Marigold Grey—former British spy and daring adventuress—is returning to England after unintentionally depriving her cousin of his inheritance.
A long, tedious train journey awaits, but where Marigold goes, trouble inevitably follows.
When the director of the train is found murdered—and false evidence linking her to the crime surfaces—Marigold suddenly finds herself on the fast track to becoming a prime suspect.
But with the help of her fashion-loving German assistant, her overly protective English butler, and her troublemaking fluffy white terrier, Marigold is determined to clear her name and stop the killer in their tracks.
Double Date Disaster (Garden Girls Book 1) (affiliate link)
The last few years have been a roller coaster of life changing events for “Garden Girl” Margaret Hansen – the death of her husband, the shocking discovery of what led to his death, and a big move designed to give her a fresh start.
Believing she may be depressed, her well-intentioned friends set her up on a blind date without her knowledge. After some persuading, she decides to go, but only to “help her friend, Eleanor.” The date goes surprisingly well until disaster strikes after one of the men falls ill and is rushed to the hospital.
They soon discover he’d been poisoned and Eleanor is the chief suspect – having both motive and opportunity. The Garden Girls and friends jump in to investigate and discover more than one person with motive.
Finlay Thatcher is a lost soul, guilt-ridden after the death of her twin brother. When Alabama’s football coach gives her the opportunity to work for him, she knows it’s her chance to move on, even if it means living her brother’s dream.
Caden Brooks is Alabama’s star quarterback. He’s got it all. The attention of adoring fans. A girlfriend who’d do anything to hold on to him. And a future in the pros. He’s getting along just fine until Finlay steps into his life, despising him at first sight and pushing his buttons like no other.
Unfortunately for Finlay, and her attempt to keep Caden at arm’s length, there’s nothing Caden loves more than a challenge. The problem with this challenge is she comes with a secret that has the power to destroy everything.
Martian Jump Gate (Tin Man Space Opera Adventure Book 1) (affiliate link)
One deceased groom-to-be. One dead-end clue. One last chance at redemption. Gwendolyn Strong feels lost outside the classroom. And at loose ends after retiring, the ex-kindergarten teacher longs for the excitement her stable marriage and yoga sessions can’t provide. So the spirited fifty-something leaps into action when a former student takes his life on the eve of his wedding day.
Skeptical that he died by his own hand, Gwendolyn teams up with her elderly mentor and true-crime addict daughter to scour the small town for clues while dodging the dismissive cops. But when her prime suspect turns up fatally crushed in a freak accident, she fears a cunning culprit could be pulling some murderous strings.
Can Gwendolyn solve the case before her name is next on the hit list?
The Anastasia Syndrome (affiliate link)
A collection of short stories from bestselling author and Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark.
In the short novel The Anastasia Syndrome, prominent historical writer Judith Chase is living in London and preparing for her marriage to Sir Stephen Hallett, expected to become England’s next Prime Minister. Orphaned during World War II, Judith wants to trace her origins. In this quest, she goes to a renowned psychiatrist and becomes the victim of his experiments in regression. When a woman in a dark green cape sets off bombs in London, Sir Stephen and Judith are faced with an intangible, mysterious force threatening their very existence.
Obsessive love is the subject of Terror Stalks the Class Reunion; psychic contact with a dead twin sister is the only defense against a murder in Double Vision; Lucky Day, compared to O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi, begins premonition of imminent danger; in The Lost Angel, mother follows her intuition in a harrowing search for her missing child.
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Eating clean can be challenging, which is why so many people are big fans of Dani Spies and the Clean & Delicious YouTube channel and website. In Clean & Delicious, Dani simplifies clean eating and shows both beginner and experienced readers how to use whole, clean ingredients and sensible kitchen know-how to make incredible recipes that not only taste amazing, but will help them lose weight and get healthier. With over 100 delicious recipes and loads of cooking and weight loss tips, readers will learn how to source clean ingredients, cook clean, and once and for all remove additives and artificial ingredients from their diets. Also included is practical guidance for eating clean and losing weight, with nutrition information for every recipe. Featuring bright, beautiful photography throughout, Clean & Delicious will show you how to eat clean and get off of the diet bandwagon so you can improve your health and lose weight.
The Last Daughter of York (affiliate link)
In the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard III’s Lord Chamberlain and confidant, but the threat of Henry Tudor’s rebels has the king entrusting to Francis and his wife, Anne, his most crucial mission: protecting the young Richard of York, his brother’s surviving son and a threat to Henry’s claims to the throne.
Two years later, Richard III is dead, and Anne hides the young prince of York while Francis is hunted by agents of the new king, Henry VII. Running out of options to keep her husband and the boy safe, Anne uses the power of an ancient family relic to send them away, knowing that in doing so she will never see Francis again.
In the present day, Serena Warren has been haunted by her past ever since her twin sister, Caitlin, disappeared. But when Caitlin’s bones are discovered interred in a church vault that hasn’t been opened since the eighteenth century, the police are baffled.
The Bear in the Attic (affiliate link)
Overflowing with his trademark outdoorsman’s wit, Patrick F. McManus’s newest collection ponders the strange allure of the RV, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart those who wish to hunt them, and the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish one doesn’t actually catch.
Combining the curmudgeonly voice of Dave Barry and the sly humor of Garrison Keillor, McManus brilliantly captures the everyday absurdities that comprise our existence. Alongside his humor, McManus’s inimitable vision consistently evokes a childlike wonder at the natural world. Even if we are running low on food, the compass is broken, and we are fairly certain we have just spotted a family of Sasquatches frolicking in the treetops, The Bear in the Attic makes the outdoors seem irresistible.
The Memory Jar (Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors Book 1) (affiliate link)
Every year, 30–40 young Amish men descend on the cozy little town of West Kootenai, Montana, arriving in the spring to live there for six months and receive “resident” status for the hunting season in the fall. They arrive as bachelors, but go home with brides!
Sarah Shelter has lived in West Kootenai for the last ten years and wonders if she will ever fall in love. Since the tragic death of her best friend, she carries her memories in a jar along with the small items connected to them. For just as long, she’s also been carrying around her emotions instead of allowing them to penetrate deep into her heart.
Now she’s met a kind and gentle man who may be able to break down the wall. But can Sarah risk her heart to finally achieve her dreams?
The Bookseller: A Novel (affiliate link)
In 1960s Colorado, a shy bookseller must reconcile her quiet life with the tantalizing world of her dreams.
Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller once loved a doctor named Kevin, but it didn’t work out the way she had hoped. Now she leads a quiet life, running a bookshop with her best friend and enjoying the freedom that comes with being single. Then the dreams begin.
Denver, 1963: Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life. They have beautiful children, an elegant home, and good friends. It’s everything Kitty Miller once believed she wanted—but it only exists when she sleeps.
Kitty enjoys her nighttime forays into this dream world. But with each visit, the more irresistibly real Katharyn’s life becomes. As the lines between dream and reality begin to blur, Kitty must figure out what is real and what is imagined . . .
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