I do stupid stuff a lot. There are so many times in a day that I come so close to doing my body harm, that it is surprising that I haven’t ended up in the hospital. I have been pretty fortunate though that usually there are no witnesses. I was not that lucky last night. Longtime friends of my hubby and mine came over to meet the new puppy, and see what I have accomplished in the backyard. I should have known something embarrassing was going to happen because my friend, that I have known for over twenty years has been a witness to all of my most embarrassing events in my life. He has been the cause of a few to, so yaaa… there’s that. He asked me a simple question about what exercises I do using gymnastics rings, so i decided to demonstrate. I have no clue what I was thinking, but when I adjusted them to show him the movement, I unsecured them completely. When I leaned back gripping the rings, they flew right off, and I landed full weight on my elbow on the concrete floor. The pain was incredible, but I have to admit the flopping and flailing I had done in those few seconds was impressive. Even I had to laugh at that, but not for long when the pain hit. Then I flopped around in a different way. Poor guy felt so bad. I made it to my couch, but that wasn’t the hard part. The hard part was how to ask them to leave so I could cry. I am NOT a pretty cryer. I have mastered ugly crying, and I don’t care how long we have known each other, he doesn’t need to see that. The only thing I could come up with to convince him I was fine and it was okay to leave was to tell him I wanted to cry without witnesses. A master of words I was. Once he was gone I demonstrated to my sweet baby bassets the art of the ugly cry. I think they were impressed.

The Vanished Priestess (The Annie Szabo Mystery Series)
by Meredith Blevins
4.1 Stars (155 Reviews)
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Sexy, smart and fun, the feisty Szabo women join forces once again. Annie is the heroine who must walk a treacherous tightrope to save her home and family. Her audacious Gypsy mother-in-law, Madame Mina, uses cures and curses to cover Annie’s back. Engaging and exotic! “Over-the-big-top characters keep the plot spinning, and the mystery pays off with colorful atmosphere, eventful storytelling, and a dramatic finish.” – Mystery Scene

The indomitable Annie Szabo has lost too many friends and loved ones, so the death of Margo Spanger hits hard. Margo, Annie’s neighbor and close friend, was a cultural icon with money and fame — maybe too much…

Margo used one of her projects, a New Age cirque, to fund a women’s shelter. She is found dead on the property, and there’s not one clue about the killer’s identity. When Margo’s partner, Lili, goes missing the day of Margo’s death, the circus and shelter fall into disarray. It turns Annie’s own world upside down, too — her daughter is a resident of the women’s shelter and could become the next victim.

Aided by an ex-cop and Mina’s plant medicine, Annie uncovers Margo’s past. She had rattled a lot of cages: the wine country’s power elite; one sexy trapeze artist; a jealous lover; a captain of industry; her long-lost son; and an ice-blond philanthropist. As Annie delves into their surprisingly tangled lives, one thing becomes clear — the killer is a master of disguise, and time is running out.

The Szabo women learn that, under or outside the big top, anything and everything may be an illusion, and justice sometimes wears a surprising mask.

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No Time for Promises (The No Brides Club Book 3)
by Lindsay Detwiler, Sweet Promise Press
4.5 Stars (60 Reviews)
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When six friends make a pact not to let love get in the way of their careers, the No Brides Club is born. But could meeting the right man at the wrong time cause them to break their vows to each other?

Rachel Winters has less than a year until she turns thirty, and she plans to make it big-time on broadway before she hits this particularly stressing rite of passage. So, when the opportunity to teach young, aspiring actors at a weekend workshop presents itself, she eagerly agrees, hoping that this is the first sign her luck’s about to change.

Zander Riley once dreamed of being a star, but a badly broken heart sent his priorities spinning in an entirely different direction. Now a special education teacher, he agrees to chaperone a weekend trip to an acting workshop for the kids’ sake more than his own. If only the gorgeous instructor didn’t reignite a number of passions he’d long since cast aside.

Could it be love at first sight, or is he simply an unneeded obstacle to Rachel’s ambition? Can Zander learn to open his heart once more, even if it means it could break worse than ever before? And will these two theater lovers ultimately set the stage for romance… or tragedy?

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Chasing the Lost (The Green Berets Book 8)
by Bob Mayer
4.1 Stars (126 Reviews)
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A Kidnapped boy. Extortion. The Russian Mob. And two former Green Berets. Nothing is ever as it appears. Horace Chase arrives on Hilton Head Island to pay his last respects at the Intracoastal Waterway where his late mother’s ashes were spread and to inspect the home his mother left him in her will. He’s been recently forced into retirement, his divorce is officially final, and now he’s standing in the middle of the front yard of his ‘new’ house where a tree has crashed right through the center of it.

What could possibly go wrong?

Within six hours of arriving on Hilton Head, Chase is exchanging gunfire with men who’ve kidnapped a young boy and tried to grab the boy’s mother. Soon he’s waist deep in an extortion plot to funnel a hundred million dollars of Superbowl on-line gambling money into an offshore bank account or else the boy dies.

Dave Riley has long retired from the military and living peacefully on sleepy Dafuskie Island off the coast of South Carolina. Sort of. Actually he’s bored, feeling old, and just a bit cranky running his deceased uncle’s small-time bookie operation.

Chase and Riley assemble a team of misfits and eccentrics as they take on the powerful Russian mob in the lawless tidal lands of the Low Country to get the boy back.

It adds up to a fiery confrontation to rescue the young boy, and settle some old scores.

But Riley and Chase need to remember a basic tenet from their days in covert operations: Nothing is ever as it appears.

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Forsaken Kingdom (The Last Prince Book 1)
by J.R. Rasmussen
4.4 Stars (57 Reviews)
Genre: Literature & Fiction

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At his kingdom’s darkest hour, the lost heir returns. A pity he can’t remember who he is…
To save his people and the forbidden magic they’re sworn to defend, Wardin Rath surrenders his birthright and his past. For seven years he’s held at the court of his deadliest enemy, oblivious to all he’s lost. Until one day, the spell that stole his memories begins to crack.

On the heels of a harrowing escape, Wardin’s quest for answers leads him to the last magistery, where he studied magic as a boy. But he’ll find no safe haven there — or anywhere. Plagued by threats and suspicion, hunted relentlessly by the king who will stop at nothing to crush him, Wardin is soon battling for his life, his home, and the survival of magic itself.

And this time, the enemy will take no prisoners.

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Remnants
by Stan Poel
4.9 Stars (26 Reviews)
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It is 1940 in the Netherlands, and nineteen-year-old Jenny DeHaan is determined to live her life outside the confines of the family farm. When accepted to a prominent university, she sets out on the road to independence. While in school, she develops a bond with Marten Demeester, a Jewish student who shares her goal of becoming a pediatrician.

When Hitler breaks his promise and invades their country, everything changes. The peaceful land becomes a battlefield, and the Netherlands quickly falls to the overwhelming German forces. The Nazis, aided by local collaborators, begin a process of arrest, deportation, and extermination of Dutch Jews, with Marten’s family targeted by a powerful Gestapo colonel.

The race to save their Jewish neighbors puts Jenny and Marten, now members of the Dutch Resistance, squarely in the crosshairs of the cunning and ruthless Gestapo. Failure could mean death for them and for their families and friends. As the Nazis close in, the pair is forced to make fateful choices. What price are they willing to pay to save others?

Written for the General Market (G) (I): Contains little or no; sexual dialogue or situations or strong language. May also contain content of an inspirational nature. Amazon customers who purchase the print version have the option to purchase the Kindle eBook at no charge.

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