Once again my car is covered in ash and the sky is an eerily orange color. The smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County has made it nearly impossible to spend any time outside. I woke up this morning to find out that Malibu is on fire as well. A lot of folks around here are having flashbacks of the devastating fires last year, and the mood is very tense to say the least. We keep reminding ourselves that the fires are not close, but that gives us little comfort knowing that there are people going through the same trauma we went through last year. I take comfort knowing that the non-profit I work for, Sonoma Family Meal is dedicated to providing meals for the victims of the fires last year. People who are still affected by the fires that happened just over a year ago, but are still receiving support from their community. Last week, when we were distributing the insulated bags with four delicious chef made meals, a local florist had donated dozens upon dozens of beautiful roses, orchids, and live herbs to everyone who came. The families were thrilled. I take a lot of comfort in that. I think it helps me just as much as it does them.
The Raven (The Secret Chronicles of Lost Magic Book 1)
by Aderyn Wood
Genre: Fantasy | Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Clan of the Cave Bear meets Epic Fantasy…
The clan’s survival is under threat, but one has the power to save them – their Outcast.
In the Wolf Clan, in winter’s darkest hour, a baby is born with a powerful gift. But dangerous omens brand her an Outcast, and the Elders name her Iluna.
As Iluna comes of age, dark magic, war, and treachery soon jeopardize the life of every clan member; many suspect Iluna and her gift. Is she to blame? Or is she salvation?
Iluna must decide: save the clan, or save herself.
‘The Secret Chronicles of Lost Magic’ is a collection of standalone epic fantasy novels rather than a series. Each novel is a complete story that invites readers to fully immerse into a rich fantasy world.
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Finding Emma
by Steena Holmes
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Family Life | Contemporary Fiction | Women’s Fiction
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A mother’s near-obsessive devotion to her missing daughter threatens to destroy more than one family.
Megan is the harried but happy stay-at-home mother of three little girls living in a small town. Her life implodes when her youngest daughter, Emma, disappears on her third birthday.
Two years later, Megan is preparing to commemorate Emma’s birthday and the anniversary of her kidnapping, compelled to keep her name alive in the minds of her community and her family. Her commitment to Emma, however, borderlines on obsession as she follows the families of little girls who look like the daughter she lost.
Her obsession with finding Emma has distanced Megan from both friends and family. Her two older daughters are resentful of her relentless and fruitless search for their sister, and her husband pleads with her to accept that Emma is gone so that the family can move on with their lives.
Meanwhile, in the same small town, Jack is beginning to question his wife’s secrecy about their adored granddaughter, Emmie. As Dottie slips into dementia and becomes increasingly protective over Emmie, he can’t help but wonder if there could be a dark secret that Dottie is keeping from him.
Jack and Megan’s worlds finally intersect at the town carnival, when Megan snaps a photograph of a little girl on her grandfather’s shoulders.
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Alas, She Drowned: A Stratford Upon Avondale Mystery (The Stratford Upon Avondale Mysteries Book 1)
by Monica Knightley
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Mystery | Women’s Fiction
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Murder. Betrayal. Tea and Scones.
When ex-novice nun, turned steamy romance writer, Maggie O’Flynn moves to the charming village of Stratford Upon Avondale to open a tea room she expects plenty of murders, betrayal, and duplicity. On the stages of the town’s renowned Shakespeare Festival. But when a theater critic is found murdered on the town’s riverbank and the prime suspect turns out to be the sexy bookshop owner Maggie has had her eye on, she takes matters into her own hands. Will she be able to dig through the layers of betrayal and duplicity to find the true murderer before that handsome bookseller, Nate Larimer, finds himself behind bars? With the help of her loud, brash, spitfire of a friend, Gina Mattucci, Maggie plans to do just that.
With a bit of Shakespeare, copious amounts of tea, and a faux-English setting to rival anything the real England has to offer, ALAS, SHE DROWNED is the first book in THE STRATFORD UPON AVONDALE mystery series. Lovers of cozy mysteries will find a cozy home in Stratford Upon Avondale.
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Skipper’s Oath (The Frank Mattituck Series Book 1)
by P. Wesley Lundburg
Genre: Action & Adventure | Literature & Fiction
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A Ruthless Killer… A Drug Operation Gone Wrong… A Charter Boat Captain Pulled into the Chase…
Frank Mattituck’s life is turned upside-down by the disappearance of a friend. Mattituck sets out to find him, only to find himself face-to-face with a ruthless killer who turns his attention on Mattituck. Chased through the Alaska wilderness and seas, Mattituck must tap into his outdoors ingenuity to survive.
Mattituck teams up with Trooper Todd Benson to embark on a wild pursuit of the ruthless killer terrorizing the waters of Prince William Sound. Mattituck goes from Charter Boat Skipper to taking an oath to serve the law enforcement needs of the people of Alaska, ultimately putting him at a crossroads where he can either walk away and continue his life of hiding, or square off with his demons and make a difference in the world around him.
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Russian Revolution: A Concise History From Beginning to End
by Hourly History
Genre: History
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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution in 1917 was a moment in time when the will of the people put an end to a system of government that had been in place for centuries. The story of Russia’s transition from Imperial reign to eventual Communist dictatorship is a tale rooted in the ranks of the common people and the men who rose to lead them.
Inside you will read about…
Czarist Rule
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Nicholas Romanov
Rasputin
World War
Lenin
October Revolution
Stalin
And much more!
Dedication to the ideals of socialism remade Russian society. Worker’s Rights, human equality, world war, murder, mysticism, blood and tyranny collide in the heart of Russia to irrevocably alter the culture of this great nation and the world.
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