Of course now that my baby bassets have been watching the real Star Wars this morning they want to borrow my super cool Lightsaber that actually lights up and makes noise. NO WAY!! The only reason I can give them is “Because I said no”. A couple of times I mixed it up and said, “Because I said so”, but I have been pretty consistent with the first three words. I might just shorten that to, “Because” if this keeps up much longer.
This Life: A Novel
Maryann Reid
Genre: Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Romance
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Reality just got a bit too real for this queen of an empire….
Blake is living a life that most women could only dream about. She’s beautiful, brilliant, fierce, and doesn’t know how to quit. She’s built an empire, made millions, and fought her demons. When she’s invited to host The Takeover, a new reality show, she’s quick to take on the challenge. The show is an instant success…and Blake’s life becomes an instant mess.
Blake’s new celebrity status comes with a catch; notoriety. That notoriety uncovers secrets that Blake would have rather kept buried. The worst is her ex-husband Lang, a jealous, obsessed man intent on destroying everything Blake has built for herself.
Blake’s success and money become her weaknesses, leaving her with very few people to trust. This only gets worse living in the public eye. Lang uses Blake’s celebrity and feelings of isolation against her as he enlists the help of people from Blake’s past to ruin her. Unfortunately for Lang, Blake didn’t get where she is by backing down from a fight.
When Brett, Blake’s ex-flame appears, she finds herself hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. Their complicated history soon has her life spinning out of control. As Blake struggles with the chaos, and the feeling that she can’t trust anyone, she starts to wonder if the life she has is even worth the fight.
When Lang’s schemes escalate, Blake finds herself on the edge of losing everything…
Sizzling with celebrity fantasy, This Life goes inside an action-packed world of wealth and power, secrets and deceptions, revenge and betrayal—where staying on top could mean paying the ultimate price.
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Shark’s Tooth: Emerald Coast Murder: Stories for the Beach
Michael Guillebeau
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Detectives Blackbeard and Terry are the only homicide detectives in the sleepy Florida panhandle beach town of Emerald Coast Beach, where police work usually consists of chasing drunk naked college students off the beach at 2 a.m. But, today, there’s a young woman’s body on the beach and a two-legged shark cruising the quiet Southern town.
SHARK’S TOOTH is a collection of fun mystery stories for reading at the beach, preferably with a cold drink and hot sunshine. SHARK’S TOOTH has seven stories of murder from Emerald Coast Beach.As a bonus, there are also four stories featuring Josh, the lead character from Guillebeau’s first book, JOSH WHOEVER (Five Star Mysteries, March 2013).
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Trespassing
Pat Griffith
Genre: Science Fiction
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They live among us. They live within us. As entities made of pure energy, the Elbie must have human hosts to survive on Earth. For some people, being a host is a great benefit.For others, it is a nightmare.
Lysandra, a headstrong mercenary, gives no thought to either side until she is hired by the Elbie that want her brother.Separated at birth, Lysandra and Brendan grew up living very different lives. She is a successful career criminal and he works for a branch of Homeland Security known as the Department of Planetary Affairs. A reunion is not something she ever wanted and now cannot escape, literally.
Esben, the man who hired her, has been an Elbie host for years. Lysandra is important to the Elbie for one reason; they need Brendan and he will do anything for his sister. As Esben attempts to compel Lysandra to their cause, he realizes that while it’s Brendan they need, it’s Lysandra he wants.
Lysandra has lived her entire life loyal only to herself, but now, trapped between her brother’s doting attention and Esben’s determined interest, she must choose between saving her brother and betraying him.
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Three Days In LONE PINE, An Untold Tale of The High Sierra (A Lone Pine Western)
Mark Stephen Taylor
Genre: Historical Fiction | Westerns
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Do you believe in angels? In 1873 the town of Lone Pine, California came to believe in them. Lone Pine is the home of Mt. Whitney, highest mountain in the contiguous United States, towering some 14, 497 feet. The white granite range of the High Sierra has been around for several thousand years, its towering spires unique in North America. However, the first recorded climb to this peak was not until August 18th, 1873, when three local fishermen braved the lofty crags and reached its elusive summit.
Prior to that, there had been many attempts, but recorded history tells us those climbers who made the attempts never ended up on the right peak! Some of them did not return, and were never heard from again. Hundreds of peaks point skyward in this range of mountains, and though Mt. Whitney is the highest, it remained the most elusive for decades. But Indian legends tell of evil spirits that once made their abode atop this very mountain. From this great height it was believed that these dark forces planned their wicked strategies against our entire country. It was their mountain!
The Indian legends also foretold of a time when the evil would be no more; a time when men and women would freely hike the mountain and experience the wonder and exhilaration it could produce within one’s spirit. According to those legends, and according to an old diary found in the hills just west of Lone Pine, that time did arrive. It was in August of 1873, when the most powerful leader of the angelic host paid an unannounced visit to the town. After his Three Days in Lone Pine, the mountain, the birds and the animals…even the people, would never be the same…
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Talking Waters
Jane Zimmermann
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Shy, sensitive Erin and her best friend Audrey, a sophisticated soon-to-be 15 year-old, are excited when Audrey’s parents rent a rambling old lake house for the summer.Dakota, Erin’s 16 year-old brother completes the teen trio at Lake Bonita.And of course, they wouldn’t go anywhere without their dogs…
It isn’t long before strange occurrences around the lake catch the attention of the teens and they find themselves unraveling a mystery that spans hundreds of years.Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, boys on skateboards, snooty wealthy twins and an amazing archeological discovery all play a role in our heroes’summer adventure.The peaceful waters and heavily wooded hills of central Virginia unfold secrets they have held for centuries as Erin, Audrey and Dakota find that curiosity, common sense and genuine concern for their friends (especially those with four legs) can lead to wondrous things.
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