This morning I feel like a great warrior, invincible, just like Rocky. With a Christmas party this Friday night and a black dress I need to fit into, I needed to cut back on a few of the treats. It was not easy, I will tell you that. I had to avoid the temptations as if they had a personal war against me. I fought the cake and bread off at the family crab feed on Saturday night, but my greatest accomplishment was avoiding junk food at the surprise visit to a local theme park. There were warm churros for gosh sakes. I almost feel like celebrating as if I just scored a touchdown, but it is Monday morning and my body won’t do that on a Monday morning.
O Little Town: A Novel
Don Reid
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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Christmas, 1958: Elvis is on the radio, Ike is in the White House, the Lord is in his holy temple, but there is no peace in Mt.Jefferson.
In a small town where everybody seems to know everybody, there are still a few secrets. Three families find they are connected in ways they never suspected: an angry teen, a dying man, a lonely wife, a daughter in trouble. Just ordinary people, muddling their way through ordinary challenges. Illness. Marriage. Bad decisions. Friendship. Faith. Forgiveness.
Spanning three generations, O Little Town is a tender tale of love and redemption . and a lonely gravesite where roses mysteriously appear every Christmas. It will touch your heart.
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Blue Molly (Danny Logan Mystery #5)
M.D. Grayson
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Danny Logan is back in action!
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Someone wants to buy Sylvia and Mike Lyon’s Pioneer Square office building in downtown Seattle and whoever it is won’t take “no” for an answer.With their building being vandalized and their tenant’s being driven away, the Lyon’s do what many Seattleites have done for the past six years when they need help: they hire Logan Private Investigations.The mission:find out who’s behind the harassment and make them stop.
Danny Logan, Toni Blair, Doc Kiahtel, and Kenny Hale swing into action and soon find themselves facing off against a brutal drug lord – a man with a brilliantly diabolical plan to take his Seattle Ecstasy business nationwide.He’s ruthless, driven, and all too willing to resort to violence to accomplish his goals.But now, he has a problem – a problem named Danny Logan.
Action packed yet humorous, set in Seattle’s historical Pioneer Square, Blue Molly is a story that will captivate you from start to finish.
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The Shaman’s Curse (Dual Magics Book 1)
Meredith Mansfield
Genre: Fantasy
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Vatar risked his life to try to save his friend–and failed.
Now he has an implacable enemy in the vengeful shaman, who blames Vatar for the death of his only son. In his isolation, Vatar finds some comfort in daydreams. He knows the strange girl he sometimes imagines is just that–a dream. She’d better be.
Because, if she’s real things could get even worse for Vatar. The accepted magic of Vatar’s plains tribe wouldn’t enable him to see or communicate with a girl he doesn’t even know–or know where to find. That would be more like the magic passed down in certain, closely-guarded bloodlines among the ruling class of the coastal cities. And that’s bad. Very bad.
Unlike their own, Vatar’s people think the city magic is evil. If the shaman ever found out, it could be the weapon he needs to destroy Vatar. And yet, finding a way to accept the other side of his heritage may be the only way Vatar can ultimately defeat his enemy.
The two kinds of magic have always been totally separate. Until now.
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Rafael (The Santiago Brothers Book One)
K. Victoria Chase
Genre: African American | United States | Romance
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Can she trust him with her case and her heart?
The last time Detective Genie Green let a man humiliate her was her college sweetheart. Yet, when former high school lothario Rafael Santiago returns to town as the consulting detective on her case, Genie’s rule of never allowing another man to best her is challenged. Can she trust him long enough to solve this case and get the glory?
Rafa can’t seem to outrun his delinquent past. When the Snakes, a criminal organization he used to belong to, begin murdering people from his hometown, he has a chance to right some of his past wrongs. Will arresting the murderers be enough to redeem him, or will a certain beautiful detective pay the ultimate price instead?
An interracial romantic suspense with a bit of faith weaved in.
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Baking Basics and Beyond: Learn These Simple Techniques and Bake Like a Pro
Pat Sinclair
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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With the demise of home economics in the school system, many adults have no baking experience at all, relying on dreary store-bought baked goods and artificial mixes to satisfy their cravings. Baking Basics and Beyond allows even absolute novices to prepare a wide array of delicious, healthy breads, cakes, cookies, pies, and more. In a warm, reassuring manner, Pat Sinclair leads beginning bakers step-by-step through each recipe, thoroughly explaining each technique and direction. After learning a basic technique, additional recipes provide further practice and more elaborate results. This second edition contains more than 100 recipes, from old favorites like icebox cookies, cornbread, and brownies to updated classics, including Butterscotch Cashew Blondies, Chai Latte Custards, and Savory Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding. Throughout, explanations and precise tips, based on Sinclair’s years of baking experience, make readers feel as though there is a friendly teacher in the kitchen, peering over their shoulders, and guiding them toward perfect results, every time.
This new edition of this basic, down-to-earth, reader-friendly baking guide is updated with beautiful full color photos throughout.
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