My poor pups Junebug and Casper nearly jumped right out of their tiny little fur coats last night. We don’t have thunder and lightning very often, and last nights show was incredible. There weren’t that many strikes that I could hear, but one seemed like it was right over our house. There wasn’t even a delay in time from the flash and the boom. Both pups were in my lap and when that one hit, they went straight up and almost hit the ceiling. Even car alarms were going off. When it was time for bed I sent them outside to do their nightly business, and I gotta confess I was a little nervous. I wouldn’t go past the covered deck. Casper picked up on that and refused to go. For the first time in his life I didn’t force him to go. I would much rather clean a peed in dog bed then a zapped little pup.
Condos and Corpses (Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series Book 1)
by Angela K. Ryan
Genre: Religion & Spirituality | Literature & Fiction | Religious & Inspirational Fiction
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A life of service is her passion, but this stunning place could be perfect. That is, aside from the dead body…
Connie Petretta wonders if it’s time for a change. After eleven years at a Boston nonprofit, the dedicated humanitarian worker struggles to find her way as she deals with the bequest of her beloved aunt’s Florida beachside condo. But selling it goes sideways when somebody plummets from an adjacent balcony seven stories to his death.
Sleuthing on the side to absolve her friend next door of the crime, Connie finds herself enchanted by the charming gulf-front town. But with the accused’s baffling behavior throwing a wrench into the investigation, the only legacy she might be leaving in the seaside resort is an innocent woman’s conviction for Murder One.
Can Connie clear her neighbor’s name and bring a killer to justice?
Condos and Corpses is the delightful first book in the Sapphire Beach cozy mystery series. If you like clever characters, beautiful landscapes, and endearing friendships, then you’ll love Angela K. Ryan’s wholesome whodunit.
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The Descendants (The Descendants Series Book 1)
by Destiny Hawkins, Vibrant Designs
Genre: Mythology & Folk Tales | Fantasy
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Fail the tests and become a slave. Display defectiveness and be put to death.
Monroe Academy was built to separate the weak from the strong. Pass the biyearly leveling and be released into society upon graduation. Fail to be promoted and be stripped of rank and forced into servitude. That was a rule that applied to all but Rayah Bardeau. A student of Monroe Academy, branded as a Null because of her absence of Lighter energy.
With her mother standing as a slave in her place, Rayah was given until the age of twenty to make level six, but at nineteen-years-old and with only eight months until her twentieth birthday, she was only a mere level one. The same level she’s been since she was ten. With the stress of her upcoming test, the loss of a friend, and the constant wrongdoings towards her, Rayah could only dream of escaping from Lytonia, and escape she did. Only, when she awakened in her dorm, she couldn’t distinguish if she had only dreamt of meeting Soren, a wild and adventurous defect in the Wild Lands, or if she had somehow used her Lighter Form to get there.
But only the elite ? the most powerful of Lighters ? could tap into their Lighter Forms. Right? And what was the dark energy she used when she and Soren were attacked by Depleters? Was Rayah really as powerless as she thought? Was she a defect? And if she used dark energy, could she call herself a Lighter at all?
Bestselling author Destiny Hawkins brings you the first installment of a gripping dark fantasy where a powerless girl must survive in a society that doesn’t accept the weak… or the defective.
Content Advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of violence and death. Reader discretion is advised.
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The Runaway (Barrett Boys Book 1)
by Jordan Ford
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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He’s on the run from a criminal boss. She’s trapped with her abusive step-father. Can love give them the courage to make a break for freedom?
Michael:
The money was supposed to save me… until it got me shot.
You don’t steal from Marlo Sloan.
But it led me to her.
Annie’s kind. She’s fierce. She’s making me want to be the man my grandpa believed I could be. A Barrett – strong, dependable. A hero.
Danger is coming. It’s inevitable.
I should split before it catches up with me.
But how can I leave Annie and her little brother with their psycho father?
I want to steal her away from this nightmare. Take her to the ranch where I know she’d be safe. But I’m a runaway thief, and the ranch is no doubt a desolate wreck. She deserves better than that.
I have to tell her the truth. Which means she’ll never look at me the same again. I could lose her over this, when all I want to do is keep her safe.
Grandpa always said, “Barrett boys do the right thing. They don’t cut and run. They stand. They fight to protect the ones they love.”
I was raised to be a Barrett boy.
It’s time I start acting like one.
The Runaway is the first book in a thrilling YA romance series. If you like fast-paced action, redeemable bad boys and romance that will steal your heart, then you’ll love Jordan Ford’s compelling novel.
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The Freeman Files Series: Books 1-3 (The Freeman Files Box Set)
by Ted Tayler
Genre: Crime Fiction | Mystery
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DI Gus Freeman retired three years ago. His old boss now wants him to head up a Crime Review Team investigating cold cases. Gus returns to study old witness statements and to unearth fresh clues… you can’t keep a great thief-taker down… the hunt is on.
Fatal Decision
Gus Freeman has spent the past three years alone. Freeman’s wife, Tess, died from a brain aneurysm six months to the day after his retirement. Gus is still coming to terms with his enforced solitary existence.
In their first case, the team try to discover who murdered Daphne Tolliver while walking her dog in the local woods.
Last Orders
The newly-formed Crime Review Team is investigating cold cases that defied their colleagues.
Austerity cuts mean that Gus Freeman only has a team of three to assist him.
DS Alex Hardy – a pursuit motorcyclist, currently using a wheelchair as he recovers from a high-speed accident.
DS Neil Davis – a bright young detective, whose family members have served in the Wiltshire force for generations.
Lydia Logan Barre – a forensic psychologist graduate who is attractive, outspoken and fiercely competitive.
Barmaid, Trudi Villiers, was brutally murdered as she walked home in the early hours.
“She may have had a string of lovers, but she was someone’s daughter. We must find her killer.”
Pressure Point
Gus Freeman’s Crime Review Team has two successful cold case investigations behind them.
Will it be third time lucky? The victim’s profession might make it hard to find someone to talk.
Laura Mallinder worked at ‘Gentle Touch’, a massage parlour in Swindon. Her boss, Maggie Monk, discovered Laura’s body. The twenty-seven-year-old masseuse sustained fatal stab wounds to her back.
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PATTON – BOUNTY HUNTER: 5th Adventure
by KURT JAMES
Genre: Westerns | Short Stories
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The taller one violently grabbed her hair and slapped her to the ground. Jeb went for the bandit with his hackles raised, and the bandit kicked Jeb so hard in the head that my dingo flew 6 feet in the air backwards before landing with a thud. Jeb was dead or knocked out, because he laid motionless on the ground. Given the chance, that bandit had just signed his own death warrant for slapping Tracy and kicking my dog.
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