For twenty bucks I bought myself the Best Mom award at Target. I never actually had a Slip & Slide when I was a kid, but all of my friends did. ALL OF THEM! I swore when I grew up I was going to get one of my own, and use it every day! Well, I grew up, and time went by, and I didn’t seem to be in too much of a hurry to get one. Until yesterday when it was ninety degrees outside. As soon as that thing was ready on the front lawn my baby bassets were flying down it like crazed seals. They had a blast! They didn’t mind for one second that they were getting scratched up. Wait..what!? Yup! They were flying off that slide so fast they were getting scratched up on the grass as well as flying off the end of the slide and landing on the sidewalk. I added some padding to the sidewalk to make the landing safer, but they could have told me a little sooner about their injuries. Nope.. they couldn’t stop the fun, no matter how bloody. If they were doing chores and got a scratch they would be on the ground screaming in pain, but cut-up bloody hands and knees are no bother on a Slip and Slide.
Lucky Man (The Tubby Dubonnet Series Book 6)
by Tony Dunbar
Genre: Thrillers | Mystery
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The SIXTH subtle and humorous adventure in the Tubby Dubonnet series.
WHEN THE D.A. HIMSELF SETS YOU UP, YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING DOWN…
In Tony Dunbar’s books, New Orleans is The Big Sleazy squared. No one is safe, especially from their elected officials. Even if they are an elected official.
It’s a city of sin. And murder is only one of them.
So what if Judge Hughes shared a few special moments with Sultana Patel — why is this a matter of public interest? “The stench from that courthouse fills the city,” roars D.A. Marcus Dementhe. “Those hypocritical men and women who wear the robes are filthy with deception.” And Dementhe has a zany plan to snare them.
Hughes, happily, has had the good sense to hire epicurean lawyer Tubby Dubonnet, whose laconic air is belied by his zeal to protect his clients. And what a web they’re ensnared in! But no matter how dire things get, Dunbar never loses his sense of humor:
“I think he’s going to shoot us once we’re out in the Gulf,” Tubby whispered to the girl.
“His aura is green,” she agreed.
Half the fun of a Tubby Dubonnet book is watching his sly creator fit together a plethora of fascinating yet seemingly unrelated jigsaw pieces to form a picture you never saw coming. And the other half is hanging out with Tubby and his crew of eccentrics, sleazeballs, goofballs, and enticing, confusing babes in the Big Easy-to-Love.
WHO WILL LIKE IT: Fans of Tremé, softshell crab po’ boys, Domilise’s, the Upperline Restaurant… wait, let’s start over — ok, legal mysteries, particularly Parnell Hall’s Steve Winslow series and anything by Lia Matera, comic mysteries, Elmore Leonard, funny lawyer movies like My Cousin Vinny, TV shows like Ally McBeal and Night Court; and everyone’s favorite New Orleans yarn, Confederacy of Dunces.
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Rivals (Dragon Reign Book 1)
by Kit Bladegrave
Genre: Teen & Young Adult | Fantasy
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Mysterious dragons. Hot demons. Fierce witches. Powerful shifters. Enigmatic elves. Secret councils. Forbidden alliances. The Dragon Reign Saga is just starting.
Kate’s whole world just turned upside down. She’s hearing weird things, and seeing weird things. And Mama Lucy is a witch. No, really. Not like a capital B witch, but a capital W witch. And the guys Kate’s just saved from imminent death is part demon. And the guy that’s after her is a dragon.
Her life redefines teen drama.
Craig’s a bastard son of a demon king. And he’s a thief. He’s just found the item he’s supposed to appropriate when his cousin stabs him with a poisoned dagger.
Forrest is out to collect the bounty for capturing the bastard son of a demon king. He doesn’t plan to save the girl, or the half-breed demon. He also doesn’t plan to be the one who needs saving.
This unlikely trio find themselves chased by enemies, known and unknown as they slip into a different dimension called Burnt World.
Beware: Cliffhangers, violence can be found in this serial series of wicked action-packed fantasy, hot dragons, and fierce witches.
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A Laird’s Promise (Highland Heartbeats Book 1)
by Aileen Adams
Genre: Romance
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Some promises are hard to keep…
Phillip promised he’d let her go home. He promised, after she completed her task, she’d be free. He didn’t promise her that he wouldn’t capture her heart before he released her.
For Sarah, captive of the Highland laird, that these promises are kept is paramount.
Phillip never expected to fall in love with the woman who was supposed to save his brother’s life. He also never expected to break a promise. But some promises are hard to keep, especially when he finds out the secrets she’s keeping.
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Gabriel – An Action Thriller Novel (A Gabriel Novel, Thriller, Action, Mystery Book Book 1)
by Mike Evans, Torchbearer Editing Services
Genre: Action & Adventure | Literature & Fiction
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Bestselling Author Mike Evans brings you the perfect bloody action packed book you have been waiting for!
Gabriel has been out of the CIA for years. When America was looking for a killer, Gabriel was there to answer. Orphaned when his family was taken by terrorists he had the mindset required to do the work. After years of being loyal, he finally went out on his own, tired of being sent into missions he no longer agreed with.
Now almost a decade later a job comes in, one he can’t ignore because it would cost the people including himself of America their lives.
Allah’s Hand has put out the threat, and the CIA has recruited Gabriel… again.
Can Gabriel do what is asked, can he save the people, can he be the hero that he doesn’t want to be?
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I’m Not Talking About You, Of Course… (Quirky Essays for Quirky People Book 1)
by Barbara Venkataraman
Genre: Humor & Entertainment
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Winner of the “Indie Book of the Day” award for June 7, 2014.
At 7,600 words, this work is a collection of humorous insights into important topics ranging from annoying pet people (“I’m Not Talking About You, Of Course”), to analyzing your inner child (“Irrational Fears”), to living like the Amish in the aftermath of a hurricane (“A Jolt of Electricity”). Other essays examine just how much damage can be caused by a sneeze (“It All Started with a Loud Sneeze”), why it is so complicated to buy a tube of toothpaste (“Ask Me No Questions”), how not to prepare dinner (“Martha, I Let You Down”), making new friends (“Friends in Low Places”), how a parent’s obsessive hobbies can become an inescapable vortex (“Crazy Hobbies”), and why spending the night in a sleep clinic is like being abducted by probing aliens (“Nightmare at the Sleep Clinic”).
If you don’t see yourself in each of these entertaining essays, then I’m not talking about you, of course.
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