There are still a lot of Christmas lights up on the houses in my neighborhood. Normally I think it would bother me, but this year I am kinda enjoying the fun lights being up longer. Some Christmas displays are starting to look a little rough though. The overtime they are putting in is taking it’s toll on them. There is one house with a Nativity silhouette that started out the Christmas season looking like a beautiful scene of Mary and Joseph praying and over the newborn lord and savior. Very holy looking. However now Mary and Joseph are a bit worse for wear. The manger is flopped to the side with Mary tilted and Joseph flat on his butt. Baby Jesus is still lying in his crib, but now I kinda picture him crying a lot. Day one of his birth was beautiful, but being new parents isn’t easy, and it shows on them now. Either that or they had a rager barn party and it got way out of hand. Either way I gotta laugh every time I drive by. Oh Mary! Have you two though of sleep training???

Vegetables and Vengeance (Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Book 17)
by Agatha Frost
4.8 Stars (334 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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The 17th book in the BESTSELLING Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Series!

Julia South-Brown is busy. Between trying for a baby, having her adopted daughter move out, renovating her beloved cafe, and training for the annual Peridale marathon, she doesn’t have much time for anything, especially solving the recent murder of local farmer, Ted Coleman. Despite Peridale Farm only being just up the lane from Julia’s cottage, she doesn’t know much about the reclusive Coleman family, which is why she’s happy to take a backseat.

But, when Ted’s young widow, Denise, turns up on Julia’s doorstep begging for help, she finds it impossible to turn the fragile woman away. Ted’s three sons and ex-wife are making Denise’s life a living hell. Everyone thinks she murdered her husband to claim ownership of the farm, and she needs Julia’s help to prove her innocence.

With death bringing out the worst sides of everyone in the Coleman family, Julia soon finds herself in over her head. Who stabbed Ted Coleman in the back with a knife during a family party, and more importantly, why? Can Julia sift through the family lies to find out the truth, and can she trust the widow who begged for her help? With her own personal family problems stacking up, Julia finds it difficult to discover a balance, but does she have it in her to walk away from one of her most difficult cases?

Book 17 in the Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery series! Can be read as a standalone but will be enjoyed more as part of the series. A light, cozy mystery read with a cat loving and cafe-owning amateur female sleuth, in a small village setting with quirky characters. Written in British English. No cliffhanger, swearing, gore or graphic scenes! Contains mild peril.

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Hold Back the Night (A Detective McDaniel Thriller Book 1)
by Axel Blackwell
4.5 Stars (405 Reviews)
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4:23 a.m. The phone rings. The officer on the other end says, “It’s a bad one, Darren. Can you come?”

Darren McDaniel has worked dozens of homicides in his years as a detective. It’s a dark and gritty business, and he’s prepared to handle whatever it throws at him. Or so he once believed.

The pre-teen girl is dead, dressed in a white princess gown, lying on a bus stop bench. There’s a steel chain clamped to her ankle. A cryptic message scrawled across the booth’s dusty glass wall may be the only clue.

As McDaniel plunges into the case, he isn’t surprised to discover the girl had been held somewhere horrible before her death. But, his blood chills when the evidence shows she wasn’t alone. Other children were with her. Are they still there? Can McDaniel save them in time?

The detective races against the clock, but the closer he gets, the deadlier the chase becomes. Secrets this dark fight back. When those secrets turn their murderous attention on McDaniel’s family, he faces an impossible decision – let the killer walk free or risk losing his own daughter.

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The Art of Being Yay: The OMG NSFW Memoir and Guide to Authentic Joy
by Aidan Park, Margaret Cho
5.0 Stars (56 Reviews)
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting | Self-Help

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In The Art of Being Yay!, comedian and happiness expert Aidan Park provides tools for authentic joy and empowerment sharing scandalous juicy stories from his past that “out drama” a Lifetime TV movie with tales of infidelity, death, scandal, heartache, love, friendships and betrayals!

In The Art of Being Yay! discover:

-The science of happiness and how to use them to your advantage
-How to manage destructive negative emotions
-How to create new thought patterns for lasting mental and behavioral change
-Practical tools for empowering yourself for the life that you want
-How an undocumented immigrant in poverty that was once a Craigslist “erotic services provider” became a happiness expert people pay lots of money to get advice from!

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Serenity Boat: A Novel
by Sarit Brik
4.1 Stars (22 Reviews)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction

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A moving, inspiring novel about a love story spun on the verge of a mental breakdown and the pain of an unhealed wound.

1996. She was an only child, the apple of her parents’ eyes, who enjoyed a strong, special bond with her father. The saga of a young girl who dream dreams and weaves her life in threads of pink, until the day a great tragedy hits.

Abruptly, her world is torn apart, and the earth opens its mouth, threatening to swallow her.

She, however, chooses to cling to her commitment and the infinite love she feels for her children in order to continue on the journey of life.

Slowly, out of the great abyss in her soul, a fresh new thread begins to spin a new reality: a love affair. A great love that envelops her, tying her in a powerful bond the likes of which she has never before experienced.

Serenity Boat is a book about love, pain and longing. An emotional and touching account read in one breath. A book that depicts a journey of survival through painful truths, tenderness, love, and compassion.

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Negation Force (Obsidiar Fleet Book 1)
by Anthony James
4.3 Stars (415 Reviews)
Genre: Science Fiction

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Negation Force. A planet without power, locked down by an alien war fleet.

The human Confederation has known an unprecedented time of peace, unheard of in a universe where every other species is not only technologically advanced, but also incredibly hostile.

The good times are about to end.

Out on the fringes, the planet Atlantis is attacked by an alien foe remembered only by the oldest members of the Space Corps. These aliens – known as Vraxar – are abominations of flesh and metal, driven to exterminate every other life form in the universe. Now it’s humanity’s turn.

In the ruins of the Tillos military installation, Sergeant Eric McKinney is determined to fight back and find out why the Vraxar have come. Meanwhile, a response fleet is mustered with the intention of facing the enemy head-on. It’s a mission with no hope of success.

As events unfold, it becomes apparent the Vraxar have secrets which give clues to their purpose. The answers are more shocking than anyone could have imagined.

The lives of strangers are intertwined and together they must try and salvage something from this first exchange in a war that will not end until one side is utterly defeated. Luckily, the Tillos base holds secrets of its own… a warship with an exceptionally powerful Obsidiar core is contained within an underground bunker. It is the only hope for Atlantis…

Negation Force is a science fiction action and adventure book which begins The Obsidiar Fleet series.

Author’s Note: this book is set forty years after events in the Survival Wars series. There is no necessity to read the earlier books to enjoy this one.

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