**John Tyler just wanted to be a mechanic. Life had other ideas.** Eight years retired from the army, John Tyler manages his PTSD and begins a job as a classic car mechanic—the quiet life he’s dreamed about since leaving combat behind. He’s a single dad to Lexi, who’s about to enter college and represents everything good he’s built from the ruins of war. Life is finally looking up. For the first time in years, Tyler can breathe. 🔧

Then everything comes crashing down. **Tyler’s former commanding officer is out of prison early.** Years ago, Tyler exposed the man’s war crimes—atrocities committed against civilians that the officer tried to cover up—and sent him to Leavenworth. Tyler thought justice had been served, that the nightmare was over. But while inside, the disgraced officer built a private military company filled with mercenaries loyal only to money and revenge. Now he’s free, and **he hasn’t forgotten who destroyed his career.** 💀

When he comes for Tyler, **he strikes where it hurts most. He kidnaps Lexi.** Tyler wanted to be just a father and a mechanic, working on vintage engines and helping his daughter pick a college major. Now, to get his daughter back alive, he’ll need to use every deadly skill he thought he’d left behind and take down an entire organization of trained killers who know exactly how dangerous he is. Between infiltrating a private military company, facing the man whose war crimes he exposed, and racing against time before his daughter is killed, Tyler discovers that some skills never rust—they just wait for the moment when everything you love is on the line. ⚔️

What makes this intense: Retired army mechanic John Tyler managing PTSD while raising daughter about to enter college, former commanding officer released early from Leavenworth after Tyler exposed his war crimes, disgraced officer building private military company in prison and not forgetting who destroyed career, and kidnapping Lexi forcing Tyler to use every deadly skill against trained killers.

**Here is a Preview of the Fried Rice Recipes You Will Learn:** How to Make Fried Rice from scratch, 3-Vegetable and 3-Steps in 15 Minutes (perfect for busy weeknights), Rising Sun Shrimp and Chicken (restaurant-quality at home), Fried Rice for Lunch that transforms leftovers into something special, 6-Ingredient Fried Rice (minimal ingredients, maximum flavor), Teriyaki Fried Rice with that sweet-savory glaze everyone loves, and Filipino Breakfast fried rice that’ll change your mornings forever. 🍚

**Plus:** Ming Lao’s Award Winning Basmati (there’s a reason it won awards), Fried Rice in Jakarta bringing Indonesian street food to your kitchen, 3-Ingredient Onion fried rice proving simplicity works, Hawaiian Fried Rice I with pineapple and ham, Fried Rice Cauliflower for the low-carb crowd, Easy Hibachi Style that tastes like the restaurant without the theatrics, and **much, much more!** Between mastering restaurant techniques, learning secret ingredient combinations, and discovering international variations from the Philippines to Indonesia to Hawaii, you’ll never look at leftover rice the same way again. 🥢

This isn’t just another recipe collection—**it’s your passport to fried rice mastery.** Whether you’re using day-old rice (the secret to perfect texture), creating quick weeknight dinners, impressing guests with award-winning techniques, or exploring global variations, BookSumo Press delivers recipes that actually work. From 3-ingredient simplicity to complex flavor profiles, from vegetarian options to protein-packed meals, from traditional Asian techniques to fusion innovations, this guide transforms humble rice into extraordinary dishes. Stop ordering takeout. Start making fried rice that’s better than the restaurant. 🌟

What makes this essential: BookSumo Press teaching secret fried rice ingredients, 3-vegetable in 15 minutes and 6-ingredient minimal recipes, Ming Lao’s Award Winning Basmati and Rising Sun Shrimp combinations, Filipino Breakfast and Jakarta street food variations, Easy Hibachi Style and Hawaiian Fried Rice options, plus much more recipes transforming leftover rice.

What’s hotter than a sexy man holding an adorable kitten? **A sexy, protective panther shifter cop holding five adorable kittens!** Curvy cat-rescue volunteer Tessa Davelos can’t fix her wounded soul, so she’s out to save the world instead, one kitten at a time. She’s spent years pouring love into animals because it’s safer than risking her heart with people. But when her tragic past comes back to haunt her in the form of **an unstoppable dragon assassin** sent to finish what started years ago, a drop-dead gorgeous cop cruises through the door of the cat shelter and into her broken heart. 🐱

Ben Keegan knows **his panther can’t fight a dragon and survive.** The power differential is ridiculous—dragons are apex predators, and panthers, while formidable, are outmatched. But he doesn’t care, not with Tessa in harm’s way. **She’s his mate, whether she’ll believe it or not,** and any dragon that wants to hurt her is going to have to go through Ben first. He doesn’t care about the odds. He doesn’t care that it’s suicide. His panther has chosen, and panthers mate for life. 💕

Between rescuing kittens, dodging a dragon assassin with impossible powers, learning that her traumatic past wasn’t random bad luck but a targeted attack, and falling for a cop whose panther insists she’s his destined mate, Tessa discovers that sometimes the most dangerous thing isn’t the supernatural killer stalking you—**it’s opening your heart again.** Ben will protect her with his life. The question is: will she let him into her wounded soul, or will fear of loss keep her isolated forever? And can a panther really defeat a dragon, or will love be the weapon that makes the impossible possible? 🔥

What makes this adorable: Sexy protective panther shifter cop holding five adorable kittens, curvy cat-rescue volunteer Tessa saving world one kitten at a time with wounded soul, tragic past returning as unstoppable dragon assassin, Ben Keegan knowing his panther can’t fight dragon and survive but not caring, and she’s his mate whether she’ll believe it or not.

Ofelia Archer has a full life running New Orleans’ premier supernatural speakeasy—**which only gets fuller when a dead body lands in her backyard.** As owner of a bar that serves vampires their preferred blood types, werewolves their raw meat appetizers, and witches their hexed cocktails, Ofelia is always in the thick of things when the witch hits the fan. That’s no exception now, even when the local police start breathing down her neck and treating her establishment like a crime scene instead of the neutral ground it’s supposed to be. 🍸

Zach Sully has a colorful background. **As a panther shifter, he keeps his true origins secret** while walking the colorful streets of the French Quarter keeping law and order among both human and supernatural communities. A tourist murder draws him into new and uncharted territory, and **a feisty witch is at the center of it.** Sully and Ofelia circle one another warily as they both try to solve a mystery that revolves around an outsider who somehow had ties to their little corner of the supernatural world. Eventually, they’re going to have to join forces, and it’s not exactly a comfortable meeting of the minds. 🐾

**Chemistry is one thing. Trust is another.** Ofelia and Sully will be forced to get over their inner misgivings and unite if they want to solve the crime and stay alive in the process. Between running a speakeasy that serves the supernatural elite, investigating a murder that threatens to expose their hidden world, partnering with a panther shifter cop who’s annoyingly attractive, and navigating French Quarter politics where vampires, werewolves, and witches all want a say, Ofelia discovers that mixing drinks is easier than mixing with murder. Welcome to a magical world, where the characters are colorful, the magic is fantastical, and **the drinks are poured strong. It’s Bourbon Street, baby, and you’ll never be the same again.** 🎭

What makes this magical: Ofelia Archer running New Orleans supernatural speakeasy when dead body lands in backyard, panther shifter cop Zach Sully keeping true origins secret in French Quarter, feisty witch at center of tourist murder mystery, chemistry being one thing and trust another, and Bourbon Street magic where drinks poured strong and characters colorful.

**I wasn’t supposed to survive.** The station has been hit—sabotaged, destroyed, turned into a tomb floating in the black. Everyone around me is dead. Engineers, scientists, friends—all gone in seconds. I have 11 hours of life support left and no way of contacting Earth. The communication array is destroyed, the escape pods are gone, and every system I check shows the same message: critical failure. I’m alone. I’m stranded. I’m desperate. **But I’m alive.** 🚀

The more of the station I explore, the surer I get that **this was no accident.** Someone did this, and the evidence is everywhere once you know what to look for—sabotaged systems, deliberately disabled backups, targeted destruction of specific modules. This wasn’t a random catastrophe. This was murder on a massive scale. And I don’t think they’re finished yet. Making it home feels like an impossible task, but **I’m not just fighting for my own life. I have to protect my family—whatever it takes.** 💀

And as long as I’m breathing, this isn’t over. Because whoever did this almost pulled it off, they planned it perfectly, they executed it flawlessly… **but they made one big mistake: They left the wrong man standing.** Between surviving on dwindling oxygen, investigating who sabotaged the station and why, evading whoever’s still hunting survivors, piecing together a conspiracy that reaches from orbit to Earth, and finding a way home against impossible odds, I discover that sometimes the most dangerous place in space isn’t the vacuum—it’s a space station full of secrets. They wanted everyone dead. They’re going to regret leaving me alive. ⚡

What makes this gripping: Man not supposed to survive space station hit with everyone dead, 11 hours of life support and no way contacting Earth, exploring station revealing this was no accident, fighting not just for own life but to protect family whatever it takes, and whoever did this making one big mistake—leaving the wrong man standing.

**The Complete Language of Herbs is a comprehensive encyclopedia providing the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 500 herbs and spices.** Along with a beautiful visual depiction, each entry provides the herb or spice’s scientific and common names, characteristics, and historic meanings and powers from mythology, medieval legends, folklore, and flower poetry. This isn’t just a gardening guide—it’s a journey through centuries of human belief about the plants we’ve cultivated, feared, and revered. 🌿

Did you know that **allspice can be added to herbal mixtures to attract money or luck?** Or that sprinkling arrowroot at the doors of your home will keep guests’ negative energy from entering? Reaching the height of popularity during the Victorian era, floriographies—dictionaries of symbolic flower meanings—were an amusing pastime and art to subtly communicate unspoken emotions when direct speech was considered too forward. To complement the success of *The Complete Language of Flowers*, author S. Theresa Dietz has scoured historic sources and compiled an equally beautiful compendium. 💐

**In *The Complete Language of Herbs*, revealing the secrets and powers of hundreds of common and forgotten herbs and spices from around the world.** Between learning which herbs attract prosperity, which protect against evil, which communicate hidden messages, and which have been used in rituals for millennia, readers discover that every plant in their kitchen cabinet has a story to tell. From basil’s association with love to rosemary’s connection to remembrance, from sage’s reputation for wisdom to mint’s powers of hospitality, this beautifully illustrated volume transforms ordinary herbs into gateways to history, magic, and meaning. 📚

What makes this essential: Comprehensive encyclopedia of over 500 herbs and spices with meanings, powers, facts and folklore, allspice attracting money and arrowroot keeping negative energy out, Victorian-era floriography for communicating unspoken emotions, and S. Theresa Dietz revealing secrets of common and forgotten herbs from around world.

From the author of the highly acclaimed heavy metal memoir *Fargo Rock City* comes another hilarious and discerning take on massively popular culture—set in Chuck Klosterman’s den and your own—covering everything from **the effect of John Cusack flicks to the crucial role of breakfast cereal to the awesome power of the Dixie Chicks.** Countless writers and artists have spoken for a generation, but no one has done it quite like Chuck Klosterman, who somehow makes you care deeply about things you didn’t know mattered. 📺

**With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an almost effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter,** Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Internet porn, Pamela Anderson, literary Jesus freaks, and the real difference between apples and oranges (of which there is none). And don’t even get him started on his love life and the whole *When Harry Met Sally* situation that’s ruined romance for an entire generation. Between deconstructing *Saved by the Bell* episodes and the artistic legacy of Billy Joel, the symbolic importance of *The Empire Strikes Back* and the Celtics/Lakers rivalry, Chuck will make you think, he’ll make you laugh, and he’ll drive you insane—usually all at once. 🎬

*Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs* is ostensibly about art, entertainment, infotainment, sports, politics, and kittens, but—really—**it’s about us.** It’s about why we obsess over certain things, why pop culture matters (or doesn’t), why we assign meaning to breakfast cereals and romantic comedies, and how everything from MTV to cereal mascots has shaped who we are. Whether examining why *The Real World* is more important than you think, analyzing the cultural impact of tribute bands, or explaining why soccer will never work in America, Klosterman proves that sometimes the deepest insights come from the shallowest sources. This isn’t just pop culture criticism—it’s a mirror held up to a generation raised on sitcoms and breakfast cereal. 🥣

What makes this brilliant: Chuck Klosterman’s exhaustive pop culture knowledge spinning brilliant prose from unlikely subjects, covering John Cusack flicks to breakfast cereal to Dixie Chicks, attacking postmodern America spectrum from reality TV to Internet porn, deconstructing *Saved by the Bell* and Billy Joel’s artistic legacy, and revealing book is really about us.

“Widow” is one title women do not want to have. Yet, according to the Surgeon General’s office, **800,000 people become widows or widowers every year in the United States alone.** Every aspect of a widow’s existence changes—like it or not, ready or not. Your identity shifts overnight from “we” to “I,” from someone’s wife to someone alone. These changes add to the emotional roller coaster that most women experience after losing their husband, compounding grief with practical challenges and social isolation that nobody prepares you for. 💔

Miriam Neff understands the ride. As she struggled to understand and accept her new role after her husband’s death, she recognized **the need for women to hear from others about their experiences and what helped them transition to this new stage of life.** *From One Widow to Another* offers practical advice for those facing the loss of a spouse, speaking with the authority of someone who’s walked this painful path herself. Drawing from her own loss, Neff walks with the reader through practical issues—finances, household management, social situations, holidays, dating again—to a sense of encouragement and hope. 🕊️

Between navigating questions nobody wants to answer (“So, are you still married?”), handling financial matters you never had to think about before, dealing with well-meaning friends who don’t understand, and figuring out who you are when half of your identity is gone, widowhood requires rebuilding yourself from the ground up. **Neff provides the roadmap for that journey,** offering not just sympathy but concrete strategies for survival and eventual thriving. This isn’t a book that promises everything will be okay tomorrow. It’s a book that acknowledges the devastating reality of loss while insisting that life, different though it may be, can continue with meaning and even joy. ✨

What makes this compassionate: 800,000 people becoming widows or widowers yearly in United States alone, every aspect of existence changing like it or not, Miriam Neff recognizing need for women to hear from others about transition, offering practical advice from own loss walking readers through issues to encouragement.

Flex investigative methods that only witches can wield. **As a witch, your ability to manipulate energy allows you to interact with ghosts in ways that other investigators can’t.** While paranormal investigators bring EMF meters and voice recorders, witches bring something far more powerful—the ability to actually communicate with, influence, and cleanse spiritual presences. Discover how to use your magical toolkit to identify and resolve the four main types of haunting—residual, poltergeist, human earthbound, and inhuman entity. 🔮

J. Allen Cross guides you through the basic principles of a haunting while building a foundation of paranormal investigation, witchcraft, and mediumship skills. **You will learn how to craft a seal, open and close portals, perform an exorcism, and help spirits cross over.** This isn’t theoretical magic—these are practical techniques for dealing with actual hauntings, from the relatively benign (residual energy replaying like a broken record) to the genuinely dangerous (inhuman entities that were never human to begin with). Between understanding what attracts spirits, identifying different types of manifestations, and learning protective measures before engaging with the paranormal, this guide prepares witches for real-world spiritual work. 👻

**With more than forty exercises and rituals,** this book shows you how to make the most of your talents so you can bring peace to restless spirits and those they haunt. From cleansing your own space to helping earthbound humans find their way to the other side, from sealing portals that allow unwanted entities through to performing full exorcisms when necessary, Cross provides step-by-step instructions for every scenario. The exercises progress from basic protection to advanced spirit communication, ensuring witches develop skills safely and effectively. For practitioners ready to combine their craft with paranormal investigation, this is the essential manual. 🕯️

What makes this powerful: Witch’s ability to manipulate energy allowing interaction with ghosts in ways other investigators can’t, using magical toolkit to identify four main haunting types, J. Allen Cross teaching how to craft seals and perform exorcisms, over forty exercises and rituals bringing peace to restless spirits and those they haunt.

**Has there ever been a more generous ingredient than the bean?** Down-home yet haute, soul-satisfyingly hearty, valued, versatile, deeply delectable, healthful, and inexpensive to boot—there’s nothing a bean can’t do. And there’s nothing that Crescent Dragonwagon (yes, that’s her real name) can’t do with beans. From old friends like chickpeas and pintos to rediscovered heirloom beans like rattlesnake beans and teparies, from green beans and fresh shell beans to peanuts, lentils, and peas, *Bean by Bean* is the definitive cookbook on beans. 🫘

It’s **a 175-plus recipe cornucopia overflowing with information, kitchen wisdom, lore, anecdotes, and a zest for good food and good times.** Consider the lentil, to take one example. Discover it first in Lentil Tapenade, then in half a dozen soups including Sahadi’s Lebanese Lentil Soup with Spinach, Kerala-Style Dahl, and Crescent’s Very, Very Best Lentil, Mushroom & Barley Soup. It then turns up in Marinated Lentils De Puy with Greens, Baked Beets, Oranges & Walnuts, plus Jamaica Jerk-Style Lentil-Vegetable Patties, Ethiopian Lentil Stew, and Lentil-Celeriac Skillet Sauce. 🍲

Do the same for black beans—from Tex-Mex Frijoles Dip to Feijoada Vegetariana to Maya’s Magic Black Beans with Eggplant & Royal Rice. Or shell beans—Newly Minted Puree of Fresh Favas, Baked Limas with Rosy Sour Cream, Edamame in a Pod. And on and on—from starters and soups to dozens of entrees. **Even desserts: Peanut Butter Cup Brownies and Red Bean Ice Cream!** Between exploring every bean variety imaginable, learning preparation techniques that maximize flavor, discovering global bean traditions, and mastering recipes from simple to spectacular, this cookbook proves that beans deserve celebration, not relegation to boring side dish status. 🌱

What makes this definitive: Bean as most generous ingredient—down-home yet haute, hearty and inexpensive, Crescent Dragonwagon’s 175-plus recipe cornucopia with kitchen wisdom and lore, covering chickpeas to heirloom rattlesnake beans, lentils prepared dozen ways from tapenade to Ethiopian stew, and even bean desserts like Peanut Butter Cup Brownies and Red Bean Ice Cream.