The smell of fresh baked Christmas cookies has filled every room in the house. I love it. The Annual Christmas Cookie Baking Extravaganza is just about halfway done. Yesterday I made the Cappuccino Crinkles and the Spritz Cookies (Chocolate filled as well as the ones topped with Maraschino Cherries). I just finished the last batch of Coconut Macaroons, and now I am getting ready for the Raspberry Lemon Cookies. I’m stopping long enough to pick out some great Kindle books for you all, then back in the kitchen. I am hoping to get the sugar cookies baked in time for the baby bassets to come home and decorate them. Hopefully I can convince them to hold off on video games long enough to throw a few sprinkles on a few treats. This year I went with silver and gold decorations. Just seemed pretty. If they turn out nice I will post them.

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Death by Fountain: A Christmas Murder in Rome (Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery Series Book 5)
by Jennifer S. Alderson
4.4 Stars (256 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery

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Rome — the city of churches, marble,… and murder? For one American tourist, a famous fountain will become her final resting place.

Wedding bells are ringing, and Lana Hansen could not be happier! Wanderlust Tours guide Randy Wright and his Italian girlfriend are tying the knot in Tuscany, right after he and Lana finish leading a Christmas-themed tour around Rome.

Unfortunately for Randy, his ex-girlfriend is still convinced they are meant to be together. When she shows up at his hotel, they have a nasty fight, and Randy threatens to harm her if she doesn’t leave him be.

After her body is found in the Trevi Fountain, Randy is immediately arrested. Lana is convinced he didn’t do it, yet none of her other guests seemed to have wished the young women ill.

With a shortage of suspects, Lana must dig deep in order to sleuth out who really killed Randy’s ex-girlfriend — before his visit to the Eternal City becomes permanent.

The Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mysteries are fun stories about making friends, traveling, and celebrating new experiences. Join tour guide Lana Hansen as she leads tourists and readers to fascinating cities around the globe on intriguing adventures that often turn deadly.

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Blanchland Blues (The John MacAlister Series Book 1)
by Tom Dell’Aringa
4.4 Stars (111 Reviews)
Genre: Science Fiction | Humor & Satire

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How do you get back on your feet when the universe is against you?

Since being dishonorably discharged from the Star Corps, pilot John MacAlister has been struggling to make ends meet with less-than-legal cargo runs across the cosmos. He’s desperate to get his life back, but every time John thinks he’s found that “one last job,” some new disaster lands him back at square one.

After crashing his ship on the Moon, John finds himself in debt to a shady lawyer who makes him an offer he can’t refuse: Locate teenage runaway Meryl Amelson and bring her back – or rot in jail. John knows whatever they want her for can’t be good – but what choice does he have? At least that’s how he feels until he meets his target.

Deep in the inhospitable Blanchlands of Kaldikar-6, John discovers smart and scrappy Meryl is the only witness to a murder ordered by the very same officer who kicked John out of the Star Corps.

For the first time since his dishonorable discharge, John has a purpose. Despite facing impossible odds, he vows to protect Meryl and expose his former commander’s corruption no matter the cost.

The only challenge? Living long enough to actually do it.

Blanchland Blues is a fast-paced, grounded, and witty science fiction adventure sure to instantly win over fans of Andy Weir’s The Martian, Michael Ruben’s The Sheriff of Yrnameer, and the timeless humor of the late, great Douglas Adams.

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Christmas Core: A Holiday Dungeon Core Novella
by Jonathan Brooks
4.6 Stars (416 Reviews)
Genre: Literature & Fiction

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A love of Christmas is translated into a unique dungeon experience…

Elmer Robbins loved decorating for every holiday with his wife, Mary, by going all-out with décor at their cozy little house as well as filling his office with holiday cheer. But when his beloved Mary passed away unexpectedly the year before, it was difficult for Elmer to summon the same sort of enthusiasm in decorating for all of the holidays without her beside him.

However, due to an accident at work, Elmer’s soul is transported to a strange world, where it inhabits an even stranger object called a Dungeon Core. Soon after his arrival, the new Dungeon Core discovers something he didn’t think was possible: a way to reconnect with the soul of his wife, Mary.

In order to do that, though, Elmer will need to survive and increase the Level of his newly acquired form. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know much about fantasy worlds, magic, and monsters; what he does know a lot about, however, is Christmas.

Christmas Core is a short 35k-word novella set in a unique universe that contains LitRPG and Dungeon Core elements such as stats and character progression. Contains no foul language, sexual content, or harems.

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A Willful Grievance (The Lillie Mead Historical Mystery Series Book 2)
by Lisa Zumpano
4.5 Stars (295 Reviews)
Genre: Thrillers | Mystery

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A fresh-faced journalist. A double murder. Is revenge coming home for the holidays?
December, 1919. Clever crime reporter Lillie Mead hoped to celebrate a peaceful Christmas in the English countryside. But when a close friend’s colleague turns up dead, Lillie knows there’ll be little festive spirit until she unwraps this mystery.

Following the clues to the wintery Scottish Highlands, she hopes to stop the killer cold before the next body hits the snow. But after she connects the victims to a clandestine wartime committee, she puts herself firmly in the murderer’s sights.

Will Lillie solve the case and survive to see the New Year, or will this Christmas be her last?

A Willful Grievance is the second book in the Lillie Mead Historical Mystery Series. If you like wintery English countrysides, juicy murder mysteries, and surprising revenge plots, then you’ll love Lisa Zumpano’s holiday whodunit.

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99 Truths (FBI Local Profiler Series Book 1)
by Lori Lacefield
4.6 Stars (240 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery | Literature & Fiction | Crime Fiction

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An FBI agent with something to prove. A high-profile murder with multiple suspects. Can she uncover the one lie that will expose the truth before a killer walks free?

After a recent mistake, FBI special agent Frankie Johnson is desperate to prove she has what it takes to become a lead profiler with the Bureau’s Charlotte, NC field office. So when the district attorney’s daughter is discovered bound, raped, and murdered, she volunteers to assist the local detective on the case to help find her killer. The evidence leads to two suspects — the victim’s husband and her lover — but after a series of intense interrogations, the detective finds himself no closer to uncovering the truth. It’s clear both suspects are lying, but about who, what, and when?

Frankie develops four possible profiles based upon the murderer’s motive and intent, but with the facts shifting daily, any one of them could prove correct. She battles the headstrong detective to convince him of her findings, yet senses their only real hope in finding the true killer is to unwrap the lies layer by layer.

Now, it’s a race to expose someone who knows the deception game as well as she does. Can she see through the misleading words and actions of a murderer to uncover the one lie that will expose the truth before he walks free?

99 Truths is the electrifying first book in the Frankie Johnson FBI Profiler thriller series. If you like cop dramas, heroines with heart, and surprising twists, then you’ll love Lori Lacefield’s chilling mystery.

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The Paris Predicament
by Sasha Lauren
4.0 Stars (152 Reviews)
Genre: Literary Fiction | Humor & Satire

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Ooh-la-la! This magical first-person novel poignantly captures the quest for love, truth, and meaning in a tumultuous world.

Chances are, you know someone like Camille: tenderhearted and ambitious, yet free-as-the-breeze. An American portrait artist in Paris, Camille Portraro leads an enchanting existence until her life forever changes when everything she loves crashes in a flash.

Camille’s life is entangled with a foreigner who mirrors lost parts of her life; as the narrative sweeps these strangers together, you will find yourself doing a double take.

Sasha Lauren’s dramatic debut novel The Paris Predicament is a playful, thrilling, and unpredictable page-turner; it will take you for a wondrous ride around the world without ever leaving your seat. The whimsical words lilt and roll off the page, beckoning you on.

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