Sneaky Little Snowmen

It can be dangerous to hide
Her husband has hurt her for the last time. Battered and bloodied, Wendy flees for her life into the night. She finds refuge at the beautiful Magnolia House bed and breakfast where she lets twins Millie and Maude hide her to keep her safe. She’s given a job and a room and even a new friend, Griffin.
She tries to build a new life, but soon finds her idyllic escape isn’t what it seems. Danger lurks in the corners of the old house. She must face the darkness inside herself or die trying.

Girls, guys, robots, teleportation; spaceships, space battles, space pirates – it’s all mashed-up, along with a deeper understanding of Tarzan’s thought process when he first met another human being, then seasoned with just the right amount of humor and wit and served up with a liberal amount of alcohol throughout the Small Universe series.

Teleport This is a fast-paced, science fiction adventure without the extra heavy baggage found in hardcore space operas or the ultra-wackiness found in satirical sci-fi novels. The story starts off in a contemporary Earth setting, add in a couple guys and a girl, turn on the teleport and away they go, tripping and stumbling into and across a larger universe.
As they travel about, our heroes become hopelessly entangled in the universal forces of confusion, desperately trying to find their way back to Earth in one piece while possibly purchasing a working lightsaber or two along the way. An enjoyable read not only for sci-fi fans, but for anyone that likes witty dialogue and interesting characters coupled with an absorbing storyline.

So let’s go and don’t forget the tequila and chips.

Olivia Baker left behind her cheating boyfriend and her career as a pastry chef in one of the finest restaurants in Houston. Arriving in the quirky town of Crawdad Beach, Olivia is given the incredible gift of starting her own bakery and living a dream come true. However, gifts and blessings haven’t stopped her anger at God or fixed her wounded heart.

Cybersecurity expert Marcus Patterson is grateful his job keeps him busy and out of trouble. However, his culinary incompetence puts him at risk when he hires the town’s new baker as his personal chef. Marcus knows how to stop a computer hacker, but he’s not sure he can handle the temptation Olivia brings.

Will their friendship cook up love or be a recipe for disaster?

Each book in the Crawdad Beach series can be read as a standalone.

After a lifetime of abuse, 16-year old Hezekiah, a slave in Mississippi rises up to kill his owner and escape North to supposed freedom. On the run, he tries to find a way to access the ‘underground railroad’ but is duped by a wily slaver hoping to claim a bounty on the runaway. The slaver’s wife becomes an unlikely ally, and the two work together to plan their escape.
But just when things seem to be getting better for the runaways, a deadly saloon argument sets the ex-slave on the run again, this time to the western frontier where he encounters Nate Grisham, an ex-slave himself. Join Nate, Cotton, Deacon, Bear and One-Eye Jack in this blazing, action-filled western tale of gun smoke and knife fights on the wild western plains. You won’t be disappointed with this new addition to the bestselling Nate Grisham chronicles!

What happens when dementia, depressed dipsomania and downright dottiness decide to uproot from the UK and move to France together.

Worried by the lack of care for her frail elderly mother in the UK, Tottie decides a new life elsewhere might be the answer. Sell the Pig is a travel tale with a twist, describing with alternating humour and poignancy how a somewhat dysfunctional family decide to uproot and move to rural France.

Eccentric Tottie, her manic depressive alcoholic brother, their mother, whose dementia has given her an obsession with bums, and an equally elderly border collie, decide France’s Auvergne is to be their new home.

This book will answer your questions like ‘Did it all work out?’ ‘Why the Auvergne region?’ and ‘Where IS the Auvergne region?’

In “The Pawn,” FBI Special Agent Clara Strong finds herself at the centre of a chilling game of forensic investigations and a race against time with a cunning serial killer. Teamed up with Special Agent in Charge Adam Perez, a seasoned profiler from the BAU, Clara is determined to stop the murderer before they strike again. However, the stakes are raised as Clara battles her own demons, struggling with an alcohol addiction that threatens to derail the investigation.

As Clara and Adam delve deeper into the twisted mind of the killer, they encounter mind-bending detective puzzles that challenge their every perception. Each clue leads them closer to unraveling the killer’s motives and methods, but the truth remains elusive as they navigate a labyrinth of twists and turns.

Clara’s relentless pursuit of the truth takes a toll on her, pushing her to the brink of sanity as she grapples with the darkness lurking within her own mind about her past. Meanwhile, Adam is forced to confront his own past as he is called away on personal grounds, leaving Clara and the local sheriff’s department to continue the investigation without him.

As the tension mounts and the body count rises, Clara and her team try to unearth the killer’s past before they claim their next victim. But with every new revelation comes a new layer of deception, and the true identity of the killer proves to be more unpredictable than anyone could have imagined.”The Pawn” is a heart-stopping psychological thriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very last page, as Clara and Adam’s desperate hunt for a killer takes them to the darkest corners of the human psyche.

In the fall of 1963, Danny Prescott is focused on his school, football, and finding a date for Saturday nights. However, his peaceful life is shattered one fateful Sunday when he offers a ride to Brent Arrington, the town’s celebrated star athlete. This seemingly innocent gesture changes everything for Danny and everyone in Banning, Iowa, when a horrifying act shakes the town’s very foundation. A girl is brutally assaulted, and the news spreads, igniting rumours and accusations that consume and divide the close-knit rural community.

In the aftermath, many are reluctant to point fingers at Brent, who has led the school to two regional titles, despite the mounting evidence against him. Instead, Danny — a farm boy from a family with little influence and a tarnished reputation — becomes an easier target. Trusted friends turn their backs on him and his family, caught up in the town’s rush to judge and condemn. Left with few allies, Danny faces an unimaginable choice that jeopardizes not only his future but could cost him his life.

No-Stress, No-Mess One Pot Dinners – Spend More Time Enjoying Your Meal And Less Time Cleaning Up

In a world where food is full of frightening artificial additives and flavorings, there is one simple and easy way to adopt a healthier lifestyle – the more unprocessed and real food you eat, the better. While it may look and sound difficult to cook real food at home you will soon realize you can throw together a healthy one-pot family dinner in the same amount of time you’d need to order a takeout.

Homemade one-pot cooking is the easiest and stress-free way of preparing fast, yet healthy dinners for the family. When time is short and all you want is to spend more time with your family, one-pot soups, stews, casseroles and chillis are just the thing to cook. All you need to do is cut up your favorite vegetables, meats and legumes, throw them together with your favorite spices in a single pot, skillet or slow cooker, and you will have a quick weeknight supper or a delicious weekend dinner – it doesn’t get any easier than that!

At the end of a busy day, one-pot cooking is just what you need to prepare delicious family dinners which are sure to please everyone at the table and to become all-time favorites.