Despite the cold and windy weather we have been experiencing the last few days, both of our bee colonies are buzzing with activity. The swarm we bought last year has been pretty darn active, but the colony that we had bought from the store has been less than impressive, until yesterday. I am not sure what exactly changed in them, but they went from five or six bees buzzing in and out, to a full blown traffic jam of fifty or so clogging up the entrance. I didn’t have much faith in them and I was sure they wouldn’t make it through winter. I love being wrong about such things.
Snapped: An Agent Jade Monroe FBI Thriller Book 1
by C.M. Sutter
Genre: Mystery | Thrillers
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Murder happens in Houston, but when the most recent murders take on disturbing similarities, local law enforcement officers fear a serial killer is roaming their streets.
Former sheriff’s department sergeant Jade Monroe has just graduated from the FBI’s serial crimes unit in homicide and is called to Houston with her partner, J.T. Harper, to take on her first assignment — apprehending the person responsible for these gruesome crimes.
With victims piling up and the clock ticking, Jade and J.T. need to intensify their search because there’s no sign the killer is slowing down.
After a late-night epiphany while she’s alone, Jade suddenly comes face to face with the killer, and now Jade is missing. The clock continues to tick — but this time it’s for her.
Note: All Jade Monroe books are standalone stories but since characters carry over, they are best read in chronological order.
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The Book of Moon
by George Crowder
Genre: Teen & Young Adult | Literary Fiction | Family Life | Humor & Satire
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It coulda been worse.
That’s the “working epitaph” of 15-year-old Moon Landing. Not that Moon’s death is imminent — far from it — but his thoughts have turned to gallows humor, as his world disintegrates along with his parents’ marriage. His older brother skateboards through life with ease, but Moon is deeply troubled.
Just as he is solving for romantic unknowns with a gorgeous older girl, Moon must contend with his dad’s sudden absence, his mom-gone-wild’s sexcapades, and his best friends’ curious penchant for self-destruction. Not to mention his newfound role in agitating to end an African guerrilla’s bloody rampage.
To make sense of it all, Moon embarks on a quest to unravel the riddle of God’s injustice to man.
In this humorous and touching coming-of-age novel, Moon struggles to understand his parents — who they are, what brought them together, what broke them apart — and what that all means for his future.
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The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds Book 1)
by Aleron Kong
Genre: Science Fiction | Fantasy | Teen & Young Adult
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When Richter was drawn into the greatest virtual reality MMORPG ever created,it seemed like a dream come true… until he found that nightmares walked The Land. He was confronted not only with a life and death struggle, but also with questions that would define his very soul.
What would YOU do if you were transported into your favorite video game?
What would YOU do if the gore, adventure and pain became real?
What would YOU do to win?
Richter confronted these questions while an enemy lay savaged and screaming at his feet. His lips pulled back in a blood-streaked smile. The answer was simple.
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Riverstar (The River Valley Series Book 3)
by Tess Thompson
Genre: Romance
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After ending a dysfunctional affair with a powerful movie producer, feisty Hollywood makeup artist Bella Webber finds herself back in the quaint Oregon town of River Valley, working on a film. Despite trying to distract herself with the work, Bella is unnerved by her proximity to business executive Ben Fleck — a man she fell instantly in love with during a chance encounter at her brother’s home. Unfortunately, he sees her as nothing more than a heartbreak waiting to happen.
When an actress is found murdered after she’s seen leaving the restaurant Riversong with Ben, he is accused of the crime and arrested. Convinced of his innocence, the River Valley friends band together to find the real killer, and Bella must face her biggest fear to ensure the truth is revealed.
Romantic, suspenseful, and engaging, bestselling author Tess Thompson’s third novel in the River Valley Collection delivers another tribute to the power of community and the bonds of friendship.
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Wherever I May Find You: A novel
by Aimee Rogers Fluitt
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Historical Fiction | Contemporary Fiction
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Matt and Alix are in love, just back from their perfect Hawaiian wedding, and beginning brilliant careers in Washington, DC. On a warm summer night, in one of their favorite restaurants, Alix tells Matt she’s ready to have a baby. While they know they can’t make it happen the traditional way, they have no idea of the emotional resilience that will be required over the next year. Building their family will entail painful fertility tests and treatments, spending more money than they have, and ultimately, an unexpected trip to a strange and fascinating country on the other side of the world. And while their child may already be waiting in the last place they imagined, once they choose to leave the United States, Matt and Alix will have to conceal a life-changing secret if they ever want to become a family.
While Alix loses herself in her mission to become a mother, Matt stumbles upon a mystery centering on the family matriarch. Matt’s grandmother doesn’t remember many details of her young childhood, but Matt becomes increasingly determined to discover why she was abandoned as a child, and to follow the handful of clues that may eventually reunite her with the last surviving member of her birth family.
Wherever I May Find You is a story about the love that makes and binds a family, even when that love is found in the last place you thought to look.
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