I think my pup has declared the Fourth of July the worst day of the year. Not even the extra treats, including my hamburger, were enough to make the day even the least bit acceptable. No matter how much I shelter the critters there is just no escape from the flashes and booms that seem to rock the entire county. When the booming finally settled down the critters fell asleep hard. They were exhausted. This morning my pup has this look on his face like he drank too much beer and has the hangover of the century. I didn’t know dogs could get bags under their eyes.
Dog Days of Karma: The First Carr-Maah Consulting Agency Mystery (Carr – Maah Consulting Agency Book 1)
Jada Ryker
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Desperate to locate a missing person, Constance Twist decides to call a detective agency. Waiting for directory assistance and muttering to herself about karma, Constance jots down the address for the Carr–Maah Consulting Agency. On the way to the agency, Constance is shoved into traffic and nearly killed. Celeste Carr is shocked when Constance storms into the office, demanding help. Celeste tries to explain that Carr–Maah is a human resources consulting company, not a detective agency. Celeste grits her teeth when her mysterious business partner Ericka Maah overrules Celeste and forces her to take Constance’s case. The killer rectifies the earlier error. Constance is brutally murdered as she leaves the agency. Several hundred miles away, Jose is a restaurant manager and former agency employee. He helped Sonora escape her abusive husband by giving her a job and an apartment. After Sonora unexpectedly flees, Jose finds a hefty online reward for a lost dog. The posting shows Sonora’s image photoshopped with the picture of a dog. Jose follows Sonora’s trail back to his hometown and the Carr–Maah Consulting Agency. Celeste, Ericka, and Jose, assisted by Hobart, the mysterious homeless man forced by Ericka to become the agency’s office manager, discover the Lost Dog website is a cover to help abusers locate their victims. As they follow clues to solve Constance’s murder and find the sociopathic mastermind behind the website, they discover a surfeit of viable suspects. His voice heated by the South African sun, Christoph Metre is the charismatic head of the rival consulting agency. Obsessed with the exotic Ericka, Christoph appears with his entourage in unexpected places, including the murder scene. Lovesick Mrs. Grant, in a one-sided relationship with Mr. Crispie, hated it when Constance Twist offered the spry widower lemonade with a Twist. Dr. Britta Spartan, head of the domestic violence shelter, writhes around Hobart like a predatory boa constrictor around a juicy mouse. If Celeste and her friends can’t solve the mystery in time, they’ll be the next victims.
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Freaks I’ve Met
Donald Jans
Genre: Humor & Entertainment | Humor & Satire | Teen & Young Adult
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Spokane, Washington, is nearly perfect for most people, but Jack Fitzpatrick is not one of them. Hours after graduation and armed with his final paycheck from his nemesis, Jack heads for Southern California determined to prove that money does by happiness.Thanks to a lucky run-in with a talent agent a few weeks earlier, Jack has loftier (and more lucrative)dreams than minimum wage in the basement of Nordstrom’s. But once there, he learns that lofty dreams are a dime a dozen in the City of Angels.Broke, barely scraping by, and hating his life as a temp, L.A. is definitely not what Jack expected. Dreams are a dime a dozen in the City of Angels. Broke, barely scraping by, and hating his life as a temp, L.A. is definitely not what Jack expected.But that doesn’t mean he is going to lay down and give up–not yet.After reading “Best Paying Jobs of 1987” in Newsweek magazine, he decides to go after the only one he thinks he has a shot at: institutional bond broker. Once frustrated that his dazzling lack of experience keeps getting in the way, Jack is ecstatic to land a job at Freedom Capital, a no-name firm with a hire anybody mentality. Pumped to be on his way to his first few million, Jack eagerly engages in the challenged ethics of his new employer. When a series of innocent events lands him in prison, he’s sure things can’t get any worse. He would be wrong.Funny, scathing and over-the-top, Freaks I’ve Met is an adventure so unlike any other, it must be totally true.
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Forests of Farallon
Ben McKinnon
Genre: Fantasy
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How can Jeremy sit through another boring high school class when his life has been turned inside out? His older sister, Sasha, mysteriously went missing months ago, leaving him to care for his kid sister and older special needs brother without her. But Sasha needs him, too. She’s alive and he knows it. His search for her leads to an unknown realm of primitive people and incredible creatures. Jeremy finds himself an accidental participant in a death race that holds civilization in its claws.
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Nautical Miles
N.L. LaFoille
Genre: Action & Adventure | Romance
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After being kidnapped by pirates, Rachel Starling expected the worst. But the Captain’s motives are less dangerous than thought, at least toward her. Upon the ship, Rachel mourns the loss of her life on land, marred by the betrayal of those who were supposed to love her most. She adapts to her new, dangerous life and all its adventures, including swordfights, vengeful pirates, a trip to the New World and a handsome first mate who threatens to steal something she’d thought too broken to ever give again.
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How To Dry Herbs
Sally Ann Johnson
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine | Crafts, Hobbies & Home
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How To Dry Herbs There is a lot to be said for growing your own food. What many people often overlook is the ability to grow your own herbs as well. You probably use herbs everyday in the kitchen, but because they do tend to be inexpensive, you don’t even bother looking into what it would take to grow your own. You should and this book will help you turn your little hobby of growing fresh herbs into something fabulous.
Herbs are prolific and you will soon have enough herbs to start drying. They are ready for harvesting within a few short months, which means if you start today, you could be enjoying dried herbs within the next 90 days! Once you have your dried herbs, what do you do with them? This book will explain how to store your herbs so you can get the longest shelf life possible. You will also get to browse through a number of recipes that will use up those dried herbs in a variety of delicious seasonings, herb butters, oils and rubs. You will never buy herbs in the store again once you realize how fun and easy it is to grow your own.
If you are new to herbs, don’t worry. You will find a chart that includes the most popular herbs and what they complement the best. The herbs are all easy to grow and do not require you to be an expert gardener with a green thumb. You will learn what herbs to grow in your kitchen based on the meals you prepare most. Dried herbs are so versatile and easy to make at home, it makes sense for any cook to grow and dry their own. Your family will thank you and as you get familiar with the various herb blends and give them away to your friends and co-workers, they too will be thanking you and asking you for your herb secrets.
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