I had been stressing for months about the plane ride to Europe we will be taking next week. I don’t really have a fear of flying, that’s not the issue. The issue is being cramped in a seat for five hundred hours. I can barely be contained in my house let alone in a seat. When I work I get up about every ten minutes and clean the dishes, do laundry, or build an obstacle course for Junebug. Whatever! So you can see why I would be concerned. Now my thinking has changed a bit. I have been running around getting things ready for my trip, working at my new job (which has a lot of heavy lifting…A LOT!) and taking care of my crazy baby bassets. The thought of being forced to sit still for seven hundred hours seems pretty darn pleasant right now. I think I am going to need the break just to get enough energy to enjoy the trip and not want to nap the whole time. I need a vacation from getting ready for a vacation.
The St. Paul Conspiracy: A compelling crime thriller (Mac McRyan Mystery Series Book)
by Roger Stelljes
Genre: Crime Fiction | Thrillers
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Claire Daniels was stunningly attractive… blonde hair, blue eyes and a curvaceous body she worked on relentlessly. Claire was the desire of every man in town. As the Twin Cities’ most prominent political and investigative reporter she reported the news… now she was the news.
Murder. Greed. Treason.
Thirty-two-year-old, fourth-generation St. Paul Homicide Detective “Mac” McRyan thought his day was going to be less stressful. The day would involve paper work, coffee, and maybe even an early trip to the pub. Then his cell phone rings… A body has been found in a high-end condominium between Summit and Grand Avenues; and it’s not just anyone. With the Daniels brutal murder on top of the latest serial killer attack, the media pressure on the police department only builds and places Mac in the middle of a dangerous and high-stakes murder investigation that will ultimately have national political and security implications.
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Retreat (The Getaway Series Book 1)
by Jay Crownover
Genre: Romance
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Every once in a while, you need to get away from it all.
I was a woman on the edge, shaken and shattered after a breakup that felt like it tore my entire world apart.
My best friend, sick of watching me drown in misery and melancholy, harassed me until I agreed to go with her on a week-long wilderness retreat.
She promised days spent bonding and getting in touch with our inner bad-asses. It was supposed to be all about the two of us roughing it and making do with the bare minimum. She assured me we were going to be pushed to our limits in ways that were unimaginable. Neither one of us could have ever guessed just how right she was.
Nowhere in the glossy brochure did it say anything about the fact I was going to have to battle the insufferable but deliciously rugged and sexy trail guide instead of the elements. The brochure also forgot to mention the part that warned when you left civilization behind, there was no place to pack your inhibitions and fears.
I was told that I would be facing a week where the only thing I should expect was the unexpected. However, no one mentioned that I was going to have to fight for my life… and my heart as soon as I ventured into the unknown.
I was a pro at hiding from my feelings but when it came time to face a real threat, one that could change everything, I learned I was more of a no surrender, no retreat kind of girl.
Retreat is a standalone novel, the first in the Getaway series which centers on the hardheaded and brokenhearted Warner brothers and the women that dare to love them.
These boys are very good at putting the wild in wilderness.
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The Gates: An Apocalyptic Horror Novel (Hell on Earth Book 1)
by Iain Rob Wright
Genre: Science Fiction | Literature & Fiction | Horror
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Mankind is about to become extinct.
The world’s best scientists are baffled when bizarre and immovable black stones appear across the globe. Anyone who touches one dies, and society spirals into a panic. Even more frightening, the stones seem to be waking up.
Mankind holds its breath, waiting for what comes next…
As worldwide anarchy threatens to erupt, United States Coast Guard captain, Guy Granger, sets off on a desperate journey across the Atlantic to rescue his kids, while Mina Magar is a photojournalist forced to take pictures of horrors she could never have imagined. Elsewhere, fading popstar, Rick Bastion, is suddenly forced to fight for his survival, despite wishing he was dead.
Survival instinct isn’t so easily ignored, and mankind won’t go away quietly, but when the enemy finally reveals itself, all seems lost.
The Gates is the 1st book in an epic apocalyptic saga with multiple twists and multiple characters. You’ll never see where it’s heading next, so hold on and enjoy the ride.
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The Christmas Tin (A Holiday Novel)
by Roderick J. Robison
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Family Life | Holidays
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Jesse Maclean is concerned that the commercialism of the holidays has distracted his daughter from the real reason why Christmas is celebrated. He determines to tell his daughter a Christmas story. One that conveys the true meaning of the holiday. And he knows just the story. The year is 1968 and Jesse’s father is serving a tour in Vietnam. Jesse and his mother are struggling to make ends meet. He gives little thought to the approaching holidays. That changes however, when he is befriended by Ardella Calder, an elderly customer on his paper route. During a visit, the woman shows Jesse her Christmas Tin. Inside it are gifts from her most memorable Christmases. As she tells Jesse the stories behind the gifts, he slowly comes around. But just when things are looking up, the Macleans receive a telegram with dire news about Jesse’s father. It is during this time that Ardella tells Jesse a final story, a poignant, war time holiday story. A story to guide Jesse through his grief and show him that sometimes faith and hope can bring light to even the darkest of places.
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The History of the Peloponnesian War (Complete Edition): Historical Account of the War between Sparta and Athens
by Thucydides, Richard Crawley
Genre: History | Nonfiction
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The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The History is divided into eight books.
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