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The Dark Before Light (affiliate link)
I’ve never fallen for a patient.
But I’ve never had one quite like him.
Kieran Hayes is a modern-day king: brilliant, arrogant, and ruthless. The Irish tech CEO has spent the last decade building his legacy in my city, but now he’s breaking beneath the weight of his multibillion-dollar crown.
Forced into my therapy office, he’s confident I can’t help him. I’m determined to prove him wrong.
Kieran will never know my desire to treat him stems from more than professional obligation. He doesn’t remember the long-ago act of kindness that changed my life, but I’ve never forgotten.
This time I’m going to save him.
Or so I think.
The more I learn about his beautiful mind, the more my professional boundaries crumble. Especially when he decides he doesn’t want any boundaries—or clothes—separating us.
Plain Jane and the Hitman (Plain Jane Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
A LOVE STORY WITH A BODY COUNT
Trained by the best in the business, Emmet Streeter is nobody’s babysitter, until his mentor’s secret daughter needs a bodyguard. She’s everything he doesn’t want: mouthy, obstinate, temperamental, and untouchable. So why can’t he keep his hands off her?
The unwanted daughter of a hitman, Bailey Monroe has kept a low profile until Emmet barges into her life. He’s a killer sent to protect her from one of their own. A carbon copy of the father she hates, Bailey shouldn’t trust him, shouldn’t sleep with him, and definitely shouldn’t fall for his cold eyes, hard face, and deadly aim.
In order to save herself, Bailey must follow Emmet into the jaws of hell to save a father who never loved her from a madman determined on killing them all.
Knot Broken (Hiddenverse) (affiliate link)
My life was almost perfect. I had a bonding ceremony planned with the guy I thought I was meant to marry. We would move to the suburbs and have beautiful babies. But then, he met me at the altar with my best friend on his arm.
Heartbroken and defeated, I moved into my sister’s swanky New York apartment. Not that she is there most of the time, being off filming around the world for the next big blockbuster hit.
I lost myself somewhere in the process.
Then my sister signed me up for Omega in Paradise, a reality TV show where I’m ‘supposed’ to meet the pack of my dreams—heavy on the air quotes. True love doesn’t exist; I know that from personal experience. But with the rumor mill swirling about me, can I use the show to my benefit?
Murder in the Devil’s Half Acre (Penrose & Pyke Mysteries Book 1) (affiliate link)
Trouble’s brewing in the Devil’s Half Acre. A death in an alleyway, a tragic accident in a factory, rumours of a murderer loose on the streets. It’s enough to give a genteel lady a fit of the vapours. Fortunately, Grace Penrose isn’t one to swoon at the sight of blood. All she wants is the chance to become the first female doctor in the colony. Instead, she must confront the harsh realities of the city’s most notorious sweatshop.
When the police prove reluctant to investigate the deaths, she turns to a constable who is already up to his neck in trouble. Grace Penrose and Constable Charlie Pyke must figure out which deaths are accidents and which are murders, because the next victim might well be one of their own.
A Voice Without Reason (Love At All Cost Book 1) (affiliate link)
We all know the story…
Time stops. They feel a zing course through their bodies. The air crackles between them. Their breaths hitch.
As a romance author, I’ve written my fair share of static electricity moments. But that’s fiction. No one actually finds their soulmate.
Or so I thought.
Meeting Julian was unexpected, wonderful, and… possibly fate? He makes me feel things I didn’t think happened outside the pages of my favorite books.
For us, true love isn’t only found on ink and paper. We could have a perfect epilogue ending… if he wasn’t under contract as my new audiobook narrator.
Dining for Love (Lucky In Love Book 1) (affiliate link)
She’s not expecting love. He’s not planning to stay.
Willa Dash’s sheltered life is perfectly wonderful, thank you very much. She loves cooking at her family’s diner and enjoying everything her tiny beach side town has to offer—despite her mother insisting her talents would be better showcased at a Michelin-starred restaurant far away from home.
Big city cop Reid MacKinnon decamps to Lucky after his undercover sting goes bust. His plan is simple: help his police chief uncle by patrolling the town, and lay low while the D.A. builds a case against the bad guys back home.
All his plans go up in flames when he comes face to face with adorably klutzy Willa, who stammers and tries to hide from him every time they meet. Considering he’s her new neighbor, that’s…a lot. It’s not long before making her blush is his new favorite pastime, and this small town? It’s beginning to feel a lot like home. Now he needs to convince Willa to give their relationship a real chance—and not be taken out by the hitman sent to finish him.
Mission: Irresistible (affiliate link)
A dangerous alliance
Agent Alicia Corbin has her toughest assignment yet: persuade SPEAR operative East Kirby to return to the field as her partner in order to help catch a traitor. Getting emotionally involved with the sexy loner was not part of her plan—until East invaded her heart! Now Alicia is determined to make her mission a success…and East a partner for life.
For three months, Kade Ryland had posed as Bree Winston’s husband while the two FBI agents investigated adoptions and surrogates at the Fulbright Fertility Clinic. Nine months later, a baby—his baby—was dropped at his feet, and Bree disappeared. Now Kade had more than one reason to find Bree and close this case once and for all.
Unmasked: A Memoir (affiliate link)
Andrew Lloyd Webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for half a century. Here, in his own inimitable, quirky voice, the revered composer takes stock of his achievements, the twists of fate that brought both success and disappointment, and what inspires and sustains him. He reveals his artistic influences and reminisces about his bohemian London youth and the happiest place of his childhood: his homemade Harrington Pavilion—a make-believe world of musical theatre in which he created his earliest entertainments.
A record of several exciting and turbulent decades of British and American musical theatre, Unmasked is ultimately a chronicle of artistic creation. Lloyd Webber looks back at the development of some of his most famous works and his collaborations with such luminaries as Tim Rice, Robert Stigwood, Harold Prince, Cameron Mackintosh, and Trevor Nunn. He reveals fascinating details about each of his productions: the cast of characters involved with making them, the creative and logistical challenges, and the artistic political battles.
A Real Southern Cook: In Her Savannah Kitchen (affiliate link)
In her first cookbook, a revered former cook at Savannah’s most renowned restaurant divulges her locally famous Savannah recipes—many of them never written down before—and those of her family and friends
Hundreds of thousands of people have made a trip to dine on the exceptional food cooked by Dora Charles at Savannah’s most famous restaurant. Now, the woman who was barraged by editors and agents to tell her story invites us into her home to taste the food she loves best. These are the intensely satisfying dishes at the heart of Dora’s beloved Savannah: Shrimp and Rice; Simple Smoky Okra; Buttermilk Cornbread from her grandmother; and of course, a truly incomparable Fried Chicken. Each dish has a “secret ingredient” for a burst of flavor: mayonnaise in the biscuits; Savannah Seasoning in her Gone to Glory Potato Salad; sugar-glazed bacon in her deviled eggs. All the cornerstones of the Southern table are here, from Out-of-This-World Smothered Catfish to desserts like a jaw-dropping Very Red Velvet Cake. With moving dignity, Dora describes her motherless upbringing in Savannah, the hard life of her family, whose memories stretched back to slave times, learning to cook at age six, and the years she worked at the restaurant. “Talking About” boxes impart Dora’s cooking wisdom, and evocative photos of Savannah and the Low Country set the scene.
Flavorize: Great Marinades, Injections, Brines, Rubs, and Glazes (affiliate link)
The Secrets of Mary Bowser: A Novel (affiliate link)
All her life, Mary has been a slave to the wealthy Van Lew family of Richmond, Virginia. But when Bet, the willful Van Lew daughter, decides to send Mary to Philadelphia to be educated, she must leave her family to seize her freedom.
Life in the North brings new friendships, a courtship, and a far different education than Mary ever expected, one that leads her into the heart of the abolition movement. With the nation edging toward war, she defies Virginia law by returning to Richmond to care for her ailing father—and to fight for emancipation. Posing as a slave in the Confederate White House in order to spy on President Jefferson Davis, Mary deceives even those who are closest to her to aid the Union command.
Just when it seems that all her courageous gambles to end slavery will pay off, Mary discovers that everything comes at a cost—even freedom.
The James Beard Award-winning chef shares stories of Southern life and recipes from his renowned Mississippi restaurants in this illustrated cookbook.
In this irreverent yet serious look at contemporary Southern food, Chef John Currence shares 130 recipes organized by 10 different techniques, such as Simmering, Slathering, Pickling, and Smoking, just to name a few. Then John spices things up with colorful stories of his upbringing in New Orleans, his time living in Europe, and more—plus insightful reflections on today’s Southern culinary landscape.
Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey features John’s one-of-a-kind recipes for Pickled Sweet Potatoes, Whole Grain Guinness Mustard, Deep South “Ramen” with a Fried Poached Egg, Rabbit Cacciatore, Smoked Endive, Fire-Roasted Cauliflower, and Kitchen Sink Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches.
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