Next Saturday is my hubby’s birthday, and he doesn’t want a party. Sorry hubby, your birthday is not about you. It’s about friends and food. The theme I came up this year for his B-Day is, “Comfort Food”. I am so selfish. The cold weather and big sweaters mean I want comfort food, but I hate cooking. What better way is there to get what I want? I will be making Croque Monsieur Mac & Cheese, (You can find the recipe by clicking here). That is the ultimate in comfort food. With my friends bringing their favorite dishes, this party is sure to be a hit. I am trying to figure out how I can keep all the leftovers. I know my friends cooking, and their dishes are delicious. Maybe, when it’s time for cake, I will pack all the food away in the back of the fridge in a Tetris like fashion that will make it hard to get out. Anyone who tries will find it too difficult and give up, leaving me with all that great food. Yesh Yesh…. I am BRILLIANT!
Coleman Haynes: The Tale of Truckee: An 1860s Old West Gunslinger Novel
by Christopher Caldicott
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Westerns | Action & Adventure
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In the dusty streets of the Old West in 1869, drought ravished the state of California and people were dying off in the thousands. The town of Truckee on Lake Tahoe was the only source for fresh water. Politicians controlled the state’s water supply and sold it back to the people for profit by transporting it throughout California via the newly completed Union Pacific Railroad. With Truckee locals being kidnapped and killed, one western gunslinger reluctantly donned his six shooters and inserted himself into the middle of the fray. This pistol toting lone ranger fought his way through the state to bring down the government that was hell-bent on destroying everything in its path. One gunfighter hated by all became an unlikely hero, through high stakes gambling, drinking, public executions and shootouts on top of a moving train.
The Tale of Truckee is book one in the Coleman Haynes Wild West series, so there will be plenty more action and adventure to come.
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Gods and Monsters
by V.R. Christensen, B. Lloyd
Genre: Romance | Historical Fiction
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As a widower, Nathanial Durham has the monumental responsibility of finding suitable husbands for his two daughters. Flirtatious and changeable Bethany might have nearly anyone, but she seems determined to toss her suitors away almost the moment they arrive. Laynie, on the other hand, far behind her sister in looks and charm, is of especial concern to her father. And so, when Harold Vaughn returns home to inherit, it seems the problem, at least for one of his daughters, is solved. Only which daughter will it be?
Even his girls cannot quite decide, and so, to cool the rivalry, the sisters are sent to an aunt’s, where they are thrown into the path of other young and eligible gentlemen — and a new rivalry begins.
Meanwhile, Mr. Durham, lonely for intelligent companionship, hires a gentleman to read to him several nights a week, but Mr. Holbrook is off limits to his coquettish girls. With varying degrees of reluctance, they honor the agreement. At least Beth does for herself, but if its possible Mr. Holbrook might provide a distraction for her sister while she decides which gentleman she prefers for herself, well… what harm can there be?
Some, it seems. When Laynie, accident prone and determined to get herself into any fix that comes her way, falls from a horse, it sets in motion a series of events that expose Mr. Holbrook as a man of questionable integrity. Is it possible Mr. Durham’s hired companion is capable of the wrongs laid at his door? Is it possible Laynie has been mistaken in esteeming him as a man of character?
Is it possible to know anyone truly?
Between the manufactured innocence of a young woman and the championed exploits of every man, what happens when the two opposing doctrines collide?
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Hook, Line and Stinker (A Lily Thistle Cozy Mystery Book 1)
by Maggie West
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Mystery | Crime Fiction
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A new teacher in town + A dead body washed ashore = Late for her first day of class
The nerve of some people.
When grade school teacher Lily Thistle finds the body of a local womanizing garbage man washed up on the beach in her new town, she becomes suspect number one.
Can this teacher turned amateur sleuth narrow down who wanted him dead and get the hot chief of police to recognize her as something other than a murder suspect?
This culinary cozy mystery includes two yummy recipes: Rose’s Marionberry Muffins and Whiskey-laced Chocolate Chunks.
This book is a clean read suitable for most readers. This book set in a small seaside town is perfect for fans of cozy mysteries featuring an amateur sleuth.
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The Last Oracle: A Climate Change Fiction Thriller (Sam Jardine Crime Thrillers Book 3)
by Christopher Hepworth
Genre: Science | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Thrillers
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The Last Oracle is part of Sam Jardine Crime Thrillers but can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel.
As a series of bizarre climate-related events occur across our planet, it seems the world is edging towards a catastrophic tipping point.
Rex Daingerfield is the owner of a giant fracking company that seeks to exploit a rich seam of gas in the environmentally sensitive Greenland ice shelf. But Daingerfield has a nemesis – his daughter. Born to an Egyptian mother, she is inducted as the Oracle of the Temple of Sekhmet. Her role is to protect the earth from the likes of her father.
The Oracle recruits the world’s greatest negotiator, Sam Jardine, to convince her father to change his destructive business model. But a secret society of the rich and powerful stands to profit from the chaos that has gripped the world. Led by an errant priest from the Temple of Sekhmet, he will do anything to stop Jardine.
As the planet edges closer to disaster, Jardine is confronted by politicians, lobbyists, vested interests – even his own radicalised half-brother – all of whom stand to gain from the mayhem about to be unleashed.
The Last Oracle: A Climate Change Fiction Thriller
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Beats
by Bruno Baba
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Contemporary Fiction
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Noah is a young dreamer who lives in a small town, surrounded by small-minded people. After being persuaded many times to come back to reality, he looks willing to settle for a normal life like everyone else, until… a big responsibility forces him to start dreaming again.
What is more painful: walking all your life, or trying to fly? Flying can get you hurt, but maybe, it’s not as hard as they told you anyway…
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Cascade Point (The Ghost Fleet Book 1)
by Joshua Guess
Genre: Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Grant Stone and his crew just want to be left alone. They fly at the edges of Alliance space, surveying new systems far from the problems that brought them all together. Some are former military, while others have more colorful pasts. Everyone aboard the Fallen Angel has a reason for staying on the fringes. It’s a good life, but a chance discovery will change everything.
Confronted by an enemy powerful enough to threaten all of human civilization, Grant and his crew are forced to choose between confinement or joining the Ghost Fleet, a hidden network of ships recruited and run by the Alliance Navy. Faced with an existential danger, Grant will lead his team into the far reaches of unknown space to keep the brewing conflict from exploding into all-out war.
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