#1 Bundle of Fun (Mina Kitchen Bundle) (affiliate link)
Meet Mina Kitchen, a forty-something single who likes to cook – and cook and cook. In fact, her zest for whipping up trays of canapes is dwarfed only by her weird luck and mountain-lion size tabby cat, Vinnie. That, and her godmom’s tendency for blackmailing new members into joining St. Bart’s. Okay, maybe Mina’s Swiffer-addicted neighbor, Vito, is a bit weird, too. As if all that wasn’t enough, Mina’s a Jersey girl transplanted in the midst of the Amish-flavored countryside of Lancaster, PA.
Things get really complicated when she learns that her neighbor Vito is in a witness protection program, and her dry cleaner deals in prescription samples. Throw in a few mysterious flaming feces flingers and a fuse box labeled in Arabic, and you have a recipe for catering disorders.
Dragon Link (Dragon Riders of Ragond Book 1) (affiliate link)
When the dragon chooses her, there’s no going back.
Sixteen-year-old Nova Harris has spent her life drifting between foster homes, clinging to a single link to her past: a strange dragon-shaped pendant, the last gift from the mother who vanished without a trace. She’s long given up hope of finding answers—until a living, breathing dragon crashes into her world.
Whisked through a portal alongside her fiercely loyal best friend Zephyr, Nova arrives in Ragond—a realm of spellbound forests, skyborne citadels, and ancient magic. Though she has no memory of this place, Ragond remembers her. Her name carries weight. Her family, power. And when she’s invited to compete in the legendary dragon rider trials—and Zephyr in the fiercely competitive witch trials—they realize their arrival was no accident.
But magic makes enemies, and not everyone welcomes the return of their bloodline. As political tensions crackle and factions plot in the shadows, Nova and Zephyr uncover a secret hidden even from the realm’s most powerful: twin dragons, thought to be a myth—and a bond that could change everything.
Escape (Rise of the Black Dragon Book 1) (affiliate link)
Magic has returned, and it will reshape the world, one way or another.
An epic dragon riding adventure from Jada Fisher, author of the popular Brindle Dragon series.
Blessed with a magic she doesn’t understand, Ukrah must find her way in a world that doesn’t always embrace her and her gifts. Accompanied by a talking bird and a strange young man who took her in, she must find the legendary dragon rider who saved the world from the Blight. Can Ukrah escape from those who would enslave her, or worse, and find the only person who can help her realize her destiny?
One Intrepid SEAL (Mission: Six Book 1) (affiliate link)
This SEAL found his target…
then lost his heart
Navy SEAL “Diesel” Dalton Samuel Landon can see that Reese Brantley is no damsel in distress. But his mission is clear—infiltrate the hostile rebels’ jungle hideout in Africa and rescue Reese and her boss. Separated from his team—and her boss—Diesel and Reese are on the run. Bullets fly, but risking his life is part of the job. Struggling with their hotter-than-the-jungle attraction, though, proves the real danger is losing his heart.
To Catch a Spy (affiliate link)
It’s been a year since John Robie, notorious Riviera jewel thief, proved his innocence by catching a copycat burglar. And it’s been a year since John has seen Francie Stevens, the adventurous socialite who not only saw through his disguise, but helped him catch the copycat. Now Francie is returning to the Riviera for its first-ever Fashion Week as a model for a top French designer, and John plans on rekindling their romance. But there’s a problem. While helping a friend, John chases down a mysterious courier, whose ruthless associates now want John dead. To make matters worse, when Francie arrives, she has a boyfriend in tow, and tells John that she wants nothing to do with him.
John has to figure out why he’s a hunted man, and why Francie is acting suspiciously. Digging deeper, he discovers a spy ring with evil intent. As John works unofficially to gather evidence, a question begins to haunt him—could Francie Stevens be a spy? With his enemies closing in, John turns to his cat burglar skills to try to save his life and expose the traitors. To survive, he has to catch the spies before they catch—and kill—a retired thief!
Her Heart for a Compass: A Novel (affiliate link)
Queen Victoria’s close friend, the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch, Lady Margaret Montagu Scott is expected to make an advantageous marriage. But Margaret is an impulsive and outspoken girl in a repressive society where women are, quite literally, caged in corsets and required to conform.
When Lady Margaret’s parents arrange a society marriage for her, she tries to reconcile herself to the match. But shortly before her betrothal is announced, Margaret flees, leaving her parents to explain her sudden absence to an opulent ballroom stuffed with two hundred distinguished guests.
Banished from polite society, Margaret throws herself into charitable work and finds strength in a circle of female friends like herself—women intent on breaking the mold, including Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise. Margaret resolves to follow her heart—a journey of self-discovery that will take her to Ireland, America, and then back to Britain where she finds the life she was always meant to lead.
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