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The Monk Downstairs: A Novel (Plus) by Tim Farrington

R ebecca Martin is a single mother with an apartment to rent and a sense that she has used up her illusions. I had the romantic thing with my first husband, thank you very much, she tells a hapless suitor. I’m thirty-eight years old, and I’ve got a daughter learning to read and a job I don’t quite like. I don’t need the violin music. But when the new tenant in her in-law apartment turns out to be Michael Christopher, on the lam after twenty years in a monastery and smack dab in the middle of a dark night of the soul, Rebecca begins to suspect that she is not as thoroughly disillusioned as she had thought.

Her daughter, Mary Martha, is delighted with the new arrival, as is Rebecca’s mother, Phoebe, a rollicking widow making a new life for herself among the spiritual eccentrics of the coastal town of Bolinas. Even Rebecca’s best friend, Bonnie, once a confirmed cynic in matters of the heart, urges Rebecca on. But none of them, Rebecca feels, understands how complicated and dangerous love actually is.

As her unlikely friendship with the ex-monk grows toward something deeper, and Michael wrestles with his despair while adjusting to a second career flipping hamburgers at McDonald’s, Rebecca struggles with her own temptation to hope. But it is not until she is brought up short by the realities of life and death that she begins to glimpse the real mystery of love, and the unfathomable depths of faith.

Beautifully written and playfully engaging, this novel. is about one man wrestling with his yearning for a life of contemplation and the need for a life of action in the world. But it’s Rebecca’s spirit, as well as her relationships with Mary Martha, Phoebe, her irresponsible surfer ex-husband Rory — and, of course, the monk downstairs — that makes this story shine.

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Tim Farrington’s The Monk Downstairs follows the beguiling romance between a jaded San Francisco graphic designer and a monk who flips burgers at McDonald’s. Rebecca Martin is a 38-year-old single mom who has lost her faith in men; Mike is a disillusioned monk who’s lost his faith in God. The two meet just after Mike leaves his monastery of 20 years and rents the downstairs apartment of Rebecca’s house. The last thing Rebecca wants is another romantic entanglement, especially since she has the emotional well-being of her 6-year-old daughter, Mary Martha, to consider. (A charming character in her own right, Mary Martha also happens to be “an infallible detector of bullshit.”) And the last thing Mike wants is to agitate his already troubled soul. But after a few backyard cigarettes together at twilight and a few melted barriers, a tentative love story is underway.

Although Farrington’s plot revolves around a classic story of unlikely lovers, there’s no sappiness or clichés in his highly polished narrative. Indeed, his vulnerable characters and realistic dialogue will feel especially poignant for grown-up lovers. When the big night arrives and the couple must decide whether Mike will sleep over, Rebecca speaks for all single mothers.

“This is not just about us anymore,” she said. “If that freaks you out, then please, please bail now. Because if you are going to stay here tonight, you’re going to have to have breakfast with my daughter. You’re going to have to be a decent human being. You’re going to have to be a man.”

In Mike we see what it means to bring spiritual strength to a relationship. When Rebecca suddenly becomes sharp and anxious, he does not retreat, nor does he paw at her for reassurance. Instead he knows how to sit with her, as if in meditation, staying present while not getting caught up in her fear. And in Rebecca we see what it means to speak honestly to a lover. This all may sound too lofty and preachy to be a juicy read, but Farrington has the quirky characters and the masterful skills to make this a highly entertaining and inspiring tale of adult love. –Gail Hudson

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Sugar Crash by Elena Aitken

Genre(s): Health Fitness & Dieting, Disorders & Diseases, Diabetes, Parenting & Relationships, Parenting, Teens

D arci Thompson has spent the last six years since her husband’s death trying to hold everything together. A busy single mom, she’s managed to raise 12-year-old Taylor while holding down a good job all on her own. She doesn’t need or want any help because that would mean letting someone close enough that she could get hurt again. No, it’s safer to be alone.

But when Taylor ends up in the hospital, her diagnosis of Type I Diabetes sends their carefully constructed life into a tailspin. For the sake of her daughter, Darci must face a whole new set of circumstances and push past her self imposed walls to prove that Diabetes won’t define them.

With the help of new friends and Cam, a man who believes in her, Darci finds the strength to challenge the stereotypes and make a difference for her daughter. But letting Cam get close also means being vulnerable. Is Darci willing to face her own demons and take that risk once again?

A story about the strength of one woman and the power of her relationship with her daughter as they overcome life’s obstacles.

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IN THE WILDERNESS by David Young

Genre(s): Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Historical, Literature & Fiction, Religious Fiction, Christianity, Christian Fiction

J onathan had managed to escape from the pirates on the great river of the west that a century later would be called The Columbia. It took all his strength to swim to shore and fall into the brush along the back, unconscious from exposure and exhaustion. Lily, a half British and half Chinook girl, found him there as she was carrying out her plan to escape, or die trying, from her Cayuse captors.

Together the two flee from the Indians and pirates high into the Cascade Mountain Range with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Through difficulty and danger, they encounter God as they have never experienced Him before. And they come to grips with those things that bring true significance to life. These first adventures of Jonathan and Lily are recounted in David Young’s riveting debut novel, IN THE WILDERNESS.

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Come Hell or High Water, Part One: Wellspring by Stephen Morris

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary, Historical

“ Come Hell or High Water,” a terrifying historical-urban fantasy trilogy from first-time author Stephen Morris, erupts in 1356 as a witch’s curse rings out over Prague’s Old Town Square. As the old crone is bound to a stake and consumed by flames, her vengeful words set in motion a series of dark events that unfold across the centuries, culminating in the historic flood of August 2002 that threatens to destroy the city.

The novels alternate chapters set in medieval Prague and contemporary Prague (summer 2002). The chapters set in 1356-1357 incorporate a number of local Prague folktales and legends. These 1356 events alert Nadezhda that something very wrong indeed is afoot in Prague. Together with an elderly rabbi from Prague’s famous Jewish quarter, she sets out to avert the impending disaster.

In the summer of 2002, two academics attending a conference at the university – a Jesuit priest and a beautiful Irish professor (who is also a voracious Irish vampire-like creature known as the Dearg-due) – develop their own nefarious agendas. To access the enormous potential power to which the dead witch holds the key, they dupe a secretary into helping destroy the city by unravelling the protective magic built into the Charles Bridge itself that has defended the city since its construction. A small group of academics at that same university conference discover the threat and are forced by circumstances to practice the folk magic they have previously merely researched. They battle the Jesuit, the Dearg-due, the unwitting secretary and the forces of evil that threaten to destroy the city. The academics realize that once free, these forces will unleash a dark power that could undermine all of western civilization. The final confrontation occurs as the historic flood of Prague in 2002 is conjured to destroy the magical Charles Bridge which has protected the city for centuries.

Readers of David Devereux and Jim Butcher will respond to the authentic magical practices and the detective work in both aspects of the story as Nedezhda and the academics each sleuth for the source of the evil they see working itself out in the life of the city and their search for the magical practice(s) that will be able to avert the coming disaster. Readers of Mike Carrey’s Felix Castor books will appreciate the interaction of the living and the dead throughout the story while readers of Kate Griffen’s Matthew Swift series will enjoy the intimate association of the magic with specific moments and monuments of Prague’s history and culture. Fans of Robert Langdon’s adventures will appreciate the authentic history that is woven into the story.

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The Broken Road (The Broken Road Series) by Melissa Huie

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Literary, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Literary Fiction

M egan Connors’s life is not going in the direction she thought it would. With her love life in the dumps,she doesn’t think it could get any worse until her long-time crush, Shane asks to move in. After all, he has no clue that she’s been in love with him for the past ten years. But fate has a way of turning things around.

As their relationship goes from “just friends” to lovers, life takes a turn for the unexpected. Shane isn’t the person that Megan once fell in love with all those years ago. Shane has a past; murder and drugs is a portion of what he’s been hiding and is only revealed once the FBI knocks on Megan’s door.

Secrets, tragedy, and deceit force Shane–and Megan–to make choices that will change their lives forever. Once Megan learns the truth, will she still want to be with Shane? Or will someone else be at the end of her broken road?

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Turnagain Love (Sisters of Spirit #1) by Nancy Radke

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction

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100 Easy Recipes In Jars by Bonnie Scott

Genre(s): Cookbooks Food & Wine, Special Occasions, Holidays, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Crafts & Hobbies, Seasonal

T he most innovative way to give gifts from your kitchen. 100 Easy Recipes In Jars is a collection of easy to make, delicious jar recipes that will make a big dent in your holiday gift giving list.

100 Easy Recipes In Jars includes recipes for cookies, beverages, bars and snacks. There is also a tasty assortment of muffins, breads and hearty soups that everyone will enjoy.

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The Beach Diaries 2012 by Stuart Millard

Genre(s): Travel, Travel Writing, Essays & Travelogues

A shirtless old man trips over a dog. A heavily pregnant woman screams obscenities into the face of a stranger. Middle-class families politely nibble crust-less sandwiches beneath a giant, spray-painted phallus. This is the beach; unchanging, yet always something new. It’s here that Millard makes his return, expanding on 2011′s observations to spend a long, full summer walking among the tourists, vendors, and sweating locals.

But it’s a Royal Diamond Jubilee year, and the Olympics are coming to town — and the skies see fit to flood the sands. When the people wash away, material must be sought elsewhere, and from the mating rituals in the public toilets to the summer’s mixture of lust and lightning, this is anthropology for the digital age. Social nuances, overheard conversations, and the story beneath the surface; Millard is Alan Bennett raised in a game arcade by sarcastic voyeurs, and had people-watching been an Olympic event, his leering neck would hang heavy with the weight of gold.

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Halestorm by Becky Akers

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, Literary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

C ould you choose between love and freedom?

Meet the American Revolution’s most endearing hero: Nathan Hale, the 21-year-old spy who “only regretted he had but one life to give for his country.” Caught between honor and romance, Nathan must forfeit the woman he hopes to marry, even as a rival for her hand vows to win her at any cost. Their contest culminates in a British Artillery Park when Nathan hangs for espionage – but, in a surprising twist, still triumphs.

Filled with love and conflict, murder and betrayal, Halestorm whisks readers into an era of wrenching choices and extraordinary sacrifices. Novelist Becky Akers dramatizes the characters and period through meticulous research, clever dialogue, and a fast-moving plot whose climax will stir your deepest emotions.

“Halestorm reveals just how relevant the issues of the American Revolution remain today. Akers’ realistic historical characters make difficult choices that affect their personal happiness and the future of an emerging nation. This stunning tale emphasizes the true cost of freedom and the debt we owe to those who make the sacrifice.”
— Tyler R. Tichelaar, Ph.D. and author of the award-winning Narrow Lives

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The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy

A novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor’s Soul showcases a fascinating magic system as the clock ticks down for a condemned criminal.

When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his hundred-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos.

Shai is given an impossible task: to create–to Forge–a new soul for the emperor in less than one hundred days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors. She is confined to a tiny, dirty chamber, guarded by a man who hates her, spied upon by politicians, and trapped behind a door sealed in her own blood. Shai’s only possible ally is the emperor’s most loyal councillor, Gaotona, who struggles to understand her true talent.

Time is running out for Shai. Forging, while deducing the motivations of her captors, she needs a perfect plan to escape…

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Sarah Woods Mystery Series Boxed Set (Books 1-3) by Jennifer L. Jennings

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Series

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An Appointment with Murder
An Act of Deceit
An Island of Illusions

If you enjoy suspense, romance, humor, exotic locations, and intriguing mystery then follow amateur sleuth Sarah Woods on an exciting ride with three different adventures in this boxed set.
This series is intended for mature audiences and may contain objectionable behavior.

An Appointment with Murder
The first book in the series introduces you to massage therapist, Sarah Woods. While working late one evening at her office, Sarah finds her assistant has been strangled in the short time she was in the back with a client. Who would have done such a horrible thing? Was it a random killing or someone she knew? Although the police are investigating Sarah can’t seem to stay out of it and embarks on a journey to find the killer.
An Act of Deceit
Sarah Woods adventures continue in this book when she decides to work for Carter, the unorthodox private eye from Boston. Sarah must go way beyond her comfort zone as the pair find creative ways to expose a cheating husband, Marty Quinn. When Marty ends up dead, the assignment takes a whole new twist. This is a fast paced, fun mystery read. A great blend of witty dialogue, suspense and enough adult humor to keep it interesting.
An Island of Illusions
Sara and her husband are off to Hawaii to enjoy a much needed vacation, but when the PI she’s worked for in the past shows up, she realizes it’s a set up and he needs her help in finding a missing child. The suspense builds when Max, a security expert who Sarah holds a torch for shows up, and the main suspect in the child’s disappearance is killed. Can Sarah help find this missing child?
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The King of the Winter (In The Absence of Light) by Andy Monk

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Romance, Fantasy & Futuristic

T he road has brought him home.

Running from a broken heart and the hangman’s noose he followed the road across Europe; searching for happiness in a pretty girl’s smile, the turn of a card and the depths of a brandy glass. Instead he became a womaniser, and then a thief living behind a charmer’s mask until, finally, the road ensnared him in insanity and murder.

It is 1708, the Age of The Enlightenment, and, in the shadow of the nearly completed St Paul’s Cathedral, Caleb Cade has returned to London a broken man; incapable of love and terrified of the grave, his only friend the half imagined ghost of his dead brother.

The road has now brought him home for there is nowhere left to run, and his only hope of redemption is to find the man he might have been.

Haunted by his own ghosts and demons, he relives the events of his childhood that led to the death of the only friend he had ever known, and the fear that The King of the Winter is forever peering through the window, all cold of heart and sly of eye, waiting to take him down to damnation.

But whist one journey ends and another begins. He is befriended by a fellow libertine, Louis Defane, a strange man around which strange things seem to happen. A man with an insatiable appetite for all the pleasures of life, a man who can seemingly bend people’s will to his own, a man with sparkling blue January eyes and snow white hair.

A man who might not be a man at all…

Book One of the dark romance series In the Absence of Light; a story of love, loss, vampires and the black hearts of men.

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They Met At Shiloh (The Shiloh Series, #1) by Phillip Bryant

Genre(s): History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Civil War, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, War

P ittsburg Landing was a place at peace–one that never expected to be the site for one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Peace is shattered as Confederate and Federal troops meet on the fields and farms surrounding a tiny Methodist church. In the midst of death and destruction, friendships form as four soldiers struggle to survive the battle.

Forced to leave his position as minister, Phillip Pearson knows his life is in danger, but not just from the Confederates. The Harper family, incensed at Pearson’s refusal to bury a philandering son, has a vendetta against him that is played out on the battlefield.

Demoted from his command by a West Point graduate, Capt.Michael Greirson is forced to choose between ambition and duty.

When a bumbling youth becomes his shadow, Private Robert Mitchell gains an unlikely friend–something that has been missing from his life. Afraid to trust, he is forced to confront those fears and depend on others in the heat of battle.

War is an adventure to Private Stephen Murdoch and his best friend, William Banks. For months they dream of the glory of war before volunteering together. On the eve of battle, they sense something momentous is about to happen. Their idealistic views fade in the blood of their fallen comrades.

Of the 40,000 Confederates and 30,000 Federals about to come face to face along the banks of the Tennessee River, these four soldiers will experience fear and questions of faith for what lies beyond. Two days of horrific fighting turn boys into men and sever the sacred bonds of comradeship in the bloodiest days of the war.

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Maybe Baby by Lani Diane Rich

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance

D ana Wiley is having a very, very bad day.

It starts when she realizes she never should have let her deep-seated fear of marriage cause her to leave the love of her life, Nick Maybe, at the altar. Then, she discovers that her old nemesis, Melanie Biggs, is after her winery. To save her business, she’s forced to go to Manhattan to ask her eccentric mother, Babs Wiley McGregor, for help. When she gets there, she discovers that Nick moonlights for Babs, doing odd favors for her rich friends. Now Dana can’t turn around without bumping into him.

Or kissing him. Old habits die hard.

Then Babs is kidnapped, and a rare, valuable, stinky and flightless green parrot is the ransom. Now Dana must work with Nick to find the bird and save her mother, dealing with bumbling kidnappers, a rapscallion bird thief, the buxom Melanie who’s bent on taking more than the winery, and a strangely ominous wildlife conservation representative. All the while fighting her desperate love for the one man she knows she can’t ever have again…

… unless, just maybe, she can.

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Happy Valley (A Southern Country Novel) by Diana Anderson

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Humor, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Humor & Entertainment

A year ago, Jo Preston was released and sent home from a mental institution. She has only vague memories of why she had been committed. Circumstances beyond her control will cause those memories to surface, one by one.
A tragedy, brought on by deceit, leaves her heartbroken and rejected. She is sent away to live with some rather peculiar relatives. Her fear of being institutionalized again has her desperate to keep her past hidden, but how long can she keep it a secret when her imagination begins playing tricks on her… or is it? A voice from her past resurfaces as well as the man who wants her secret to die with her.
This is a story about a young girl’s heartbreak, rejection, fear, faith, and determination.
Happy Valley is the first in the series of A Southern Country Novel.

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East of the Sun by Janet Rogers

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Contemporary Fiction

A melia Preston never imagined she would return to Russia, but now, a year after her husband’s disappearance, she can’t stop herself from going back to the murky world that took him from her.

Battling her fears and guilt about the events of the previous year, she sets off on a quest to find answers.

She has no idea where to begin or who to trust. All she knows is that her husband Robert, Canada’s ambassador to Russia, was involved in high-stakes negotiations between two powerful diamond mining companies when he went missing.

And one of those companies has just made a startling announcement…

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The Red Rooster by Michael Wallace

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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Of all the desperate women in German-occupied Paris, Gabriela Reyes is the least likely to scratch out her survival as a whore for a Gestapo agent. After fascists murdered her mother and brother and tortured her father in an insane asylum, she hates the Germans as much as she fears them. But when she discovers the man responsible for destroying her family, she decides to become his mistress to try to free her father and avenge her family.

Helmut von Cratz is a war profiteer using his wealth to undermine the Third Reich and is one meeting with an American agent away from ending the German occupation of France.

But Gabriela’s sudden appearance as Colonel Hoekman’s mistress jeopardizes Helmut’s careful plans. Now he must decide: will he abandon his plans, or will he sacrifice yet another woman to the German war machine? The Red Rooster is a complete novel of about 350 book pages.

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Louisiana Plantation Collection – Boxed Set by Jennifer Blake

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Historical, Historical Romance

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Romance as hot and steamy as a bayou night flavors this collection of 4 bestselling, Southern historicals by the Steel Magnolia of women’s fiction herself, Jennifer Blake.

SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL
Renold spins an enchanting tale of love and marriage, but Angelica only remembers their kiss before the steamboat exploded. How can she trust her supposed husband’s word–when he is her father’s sworn enemy?

MIDNIGHT WALTZ
Amalie’s husband in an arranged marriage is uncaring and aloof during the day–but tenderly passionate in the dark of night. She could almost believe he’s two different men….

ARROW TO THE HEART
At a tournament, Rowan wins a special prize he can neither accept nor refuse: bedding his host’s young wife. Katrine declines to bear another man’s child at her husband’s command. The two play a defiant game of “Let’s Pretend”…but can it keep them apart?

TENDER BETRAYAL
Roland proposes to Melanie to right a wrong. She accepts for vengeance. Will fiery passion join their troubled hearts–or ignite a final betrayal?

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When the Walls Fell (Out of Time) by Monique Martin

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Time Travel, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical

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Professor Simon Cross and his assistant Elizabeth West have returned from their accidental journey into the past and are adjusting to their new life together as a couple. But an unwanted visit from the Council for Temporal Studies could change everything.

A murder in the past is changing the future, and if the killing isn’t stopped, Simon Cross might never be born.

When they arrive in 1906 San Francisco, Elizabeth and Simon have no idea who wants Victor Graham dead or how it will happen. With the earthquake that leveled most of the city just days away, the race to save Graham thrusts them into a complex mystery of jealousy and revenge where murder might be the least of their worries.

The exciting sequel to Out of Time, When the Walls Fell, is a time travel adventure filled with suspense, mystery and romance.

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What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank: A Fantasy Lover’s Food Guide by Krista D. Ball

Genre(s): Education & Reference, Writing, Research & Publishing Guides, Writing Skills, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Magic & Wizards

E qual parts writer’s guide, comedy, and historical cookbook, fantasy author Krista D. Ball takes readers on a journey into the depths of epic fantasy’s obsession with rabbit stew and teaches them how to catch the blasted creatures, how to move armies across enemy territories without anyone starving to death, and what a medieval pantry should look like when your heroine is seducing the hero.

Learn how long to cook a salted cow tongue, how best to serve salt fish, what a “brewis” is (hint: it isn’t beer), how an airship captain would make breakfast, how to preserve just about anything, and why those dairy maids all have ample hips.

What Kings Ate will give writers of historical and fantastical genres the tools to create new conflicts in their stories, as well as add authenticity to their worlds, all the while giving food history lovers a taste of the past with original recipes and historical notes.

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Blood of Vipers by Michael Wallace

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, War, Historical Fiction

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When fighter pilot Cal Jameson is shot down in enemy territory at the end of the war, his only desire is to find his way back to American lines. But as Cal hides from a Waffen-SS death squad, he stumbles into a family of German refugees fleeing Soviet shock troops. Soon, he finds himself in an uncertain role as the family’s protector. Together, they must stay alive while under attack from partisans, Russian soldiers, and the last, dying struggles of the Nazi regime, which is determined to throw back the enemy, even if it means the final destruction of the German people.

Blood of Vipers is a shorter work of 26,000 words, or about one hundred book pages.

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Dust to Dust: Fangs For Your Memories by Eden Crowne

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Occult, Romance, Fantasy & Futuristic, Paranormal

D eath, like love, has many subtle and varied layers.
Lost spirit Tamsin West learned that the hard way after a group of Soul Eaters sliced up her soul like birthday cake and doomed her to dust. Only dust is not really the end. Spiritually speaking. By finding a body at the point of death, Tamsin can live again. Live to hunt her killers.
There’s just one catch: that body can have no soul.
Jumping into the body of a murdered royal Prime Vampire is everything a lost spirit on the vengeance trail could hope for. Princess Angelique Duprey, make that ex-Princess, has all the occult strength of the Damned plus a Prime’s ability to manipulate the earth’s elements.
Just the sort of edge Tamsin needs to track a murderous band of Soul Eaters. Unfortunately, as a person, the Princess’ only power seems to have been to piss people off. Dangerous people. The kind looking to start a lethal turf war with the Prime’s clan for a cut of Chicago’s Dark Side.
Reanimating the body puts Tamsin right in the line of fire. But paranormal politics won’t matter much if she can’t convince the handsome Fae Hunter holding a knife to the Vamp’s throat not to kill her all over again.

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The Girl with the Cat Tattoo by Theresa Weir

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense

D ABWAHA (Dear Author Bitchery Writing Award for Hella Good Authors) 2013 Finalist!!!*Dear Author Recommended Read:
“It isn’t until the end that I realize how powerful the story I’ve just read is, and how much it has affected me. And that’s when I know that if Theresa Weir decides to write her next book from the POV of a not-very-bright goldfish who lives in a studio apartment in Omaha, I’ll preorder it as soon as they let me.” Grade: A- ~Sunita, Dear Author*Romance Around the Corner:5 stars: “One of the best stories I’ve read this year.” *Wonk-O-Mance: Certified Wonktastical! “It’s just enough heart-wrenching. Very sweet, emotional, with no melodrama. Okay, there were some intentionally melodramatic parts. But the silly parts were silly and the sweet parts were sweet.”*Dear Author Top Reads of 2012~~~For cat lovers everywhere, this sweet, quirky, and delightful romance is about a young woman and her matchmaking cat.

A little bit of mystery, a whole lot of whimsy.

About the book:

When a matchmaking cat takes it upon himself to find his young mistress a new mate, he accidentally stirs up memories better left forgotten.
Melody’s husband was murdered by what seemed a random act of violence. Two years later, the killer hasn’t been caught, and Melody is coping in unhealthy ways. During the day she’s a mild-mannered children’s librarian, but at night she’s a party girl, hanging out in bars, drinking with new friends, and often bringing home strange men. Although acquaintances have tried to keep in touch, Melody has cut herself off from most of the people in her old life. Max, her eccentric cat, doesn’t approve of her new friends, he’s tired of the parade of losers, and he finally takes it upon himself to find Melody a new man.

This book is 30,000 words, which equates to about 150 print pages.***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORUSA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORRITA AWARD WINNER FOR ROMANTIC SUSPENSEDAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD WINNER FOR SUSPENSE

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THE EVERTO ADDO by Quinten Cody

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Dark Fantasy, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Suspense

O n the night of an evil’s imminent reign those who suffer beyond and again will be the only ones who can stop it.

And so the countdown to our end begins…

Reeling in the wake of tragic devastation, the Willers family travels to isolated Concave Mountain, miles away from the nearest town, in an avid effort to heal the scars etched deep on the front of their hearts. But never in their darkest nightmares could they have imagined their unsettling encounter with two unusual strangers – one naïve, withholding a secret of dread, and the other a voice-filled madman acting on behalf of destiny – would bring forth disaster and reveal the lurking harbinger of doom impending upon our world.

Under the watchful eyes of the night, the agonized family and unsuspecting others find themselves thrust into the final act of an ancient pact to decide the fate of eternity. And though their terror continues to mount, they have not yet witnessed…The Everto Addo.

Will we be saved from its soul-shackling reign?

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First, Kill All The Lawyers (The Cleary Case Files) by Patricia Clark

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Thrillers, Legal

I t’s true what Shakespeare wrote about killing lawyers being a good start. At least that’s what Sgt. Edward Pulaski secretly believes when attorneys start popping up dead all over Washington, D.C. in the thriller, First, Kill All The Lawyers. If reporters could be next on the hit list all his dreams would be fulfilled. An obscure poison, no suspects, and no forensic evidence hinder the investigation until a federal judge is the target and Pulaski’s friend, FBI agent Shawn Cleary, joins the task force.

Shawn, fresh from a shootout that may leave her partner a quadriplegic, throws herself into the investigation to assuage her guilt and stop the horrible flashbacks of the event. As the body count rises and crosses state lines, lawyers from across the country begin to panic and demand action. Patterns emerge as pieces of the puzzle begin to come together.

The breakneck pace accelerates until Sgt. Pulaski reluctantly realizes all the clues lead to Shawn Cleary as the main suspect. She does nothing to dampen his suspicions when she flees instead of turning herself in. Worlds collide when powerful people in Washington seem more interested in a shoot to kill order than capturing Shawn alive. Pulaski is torn when Shawn calls him professing her innocence.

Working both inside and outside the system, Pulaski and Shawn continue to connect all the dots until the killer’s next move becomes obvious. Aware her life hangs in the balance, Shawn tells Pulaski she is determined to save someone she loves and capture the killer before he gets away. Pulaski must choose between trusting a friend and doing what his bosses want. As Shawn races to the historic theater where the climax awaits, she prays she can make it in time while Pulaski wonders if he made the right choice.

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Mind Kill (Fogarty-Tanaka Series) by Richard La Plante

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Suspense

I ncarcerated cult leader Justin Gabriel, convicted of ordering his followers to kill, has spent ten years honing his mind control abilities. His parole hearing is approaching–his one and only shot at freedom–and he is determined to silence anyone who might speak against him. Taking the form of a giant predatory bird, Gabriel terrorizes his enemies–those who got him convicted–through their dreams, causing heart attacks or insanity.

The last survivor is ex-cop Bill Fogarty, now retired and enjoying a new life and love. Gabriel invades Fogarty’s dreams with terrifying visions, eventually causing a mental breakdown and institutionalization.

Fogarty’s longtime friend and former colleague, Philadelphia medical examiner Josef Tanaka, desperately tries to put the pieces together in time to save his friend. But will these two men, accustomed to the clinical realities of autopsy tables and precinct desks, be able to fight for their lives in the realm of the Dreamtime?

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