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The Most Wonderful Lie Of The Year : Lisa McKendrick
One lonely musician, two rival cousins, leads to three nights of festive fun!
When the handsome vice principal of Christmas High School stops to listen to Sorina perform on the street, she expects him to leave a tip, not accuse her of being a fake.
Dougal Fletcher is on to her scam–pretending to play while the amp does the work, and it’s not appreciated in Christmas, the most Christmassy town on Earth! (Bethlehem excluded.)
However, more offensive than Dougal’s accusation is his returning moments later to ask Sorina to be his date for the evening…his fake date, to be precise.
For Sorina it’s a no, until Dougal confesses that he’s in love with local weather girl, Gayle Martinez, and can’t bear the thought of showing up at Merry and Bright—the hottest Christmas party in town–alone when he knows Gayle will be there with a date. And, according to Dougal, the only difference between faking the violin and faking to be his date is that the second gig pays better.
With nothing to look forward to but a quiet Christmas away from family, Sorina agrees to be Dougal’s date, a decision which sets her on a Christmastime adventure involving a castle, lavish parties, a four-hundred-year-old violin, and Andre Fletcher, a brooding security director responsible for protecting the violin. . .and stealing her heart.
Christmas magic is in the air making anything seem possible, even finding true love. But can Sorina count on Andre when she needs him most?
Curl up with this wildly funny page-turner about Christmas, the joys of the season, and the things that matter most.
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Fiasco of Adventures : Victor James
What would you do for the woman of your dreams?
Kevin Jones is a down on his luck Mega-hero named Fiasco in the emerging town of New Haven, Oregon. After years of numerous failures as a hero and in life, he inexplicably captures Julianna Jove, the highly sought after fourth floor beauty, from his job as a lowly bill collector.
For a time, he puts away the mask, and his partnership with the Mega Talon, to be with her, blessed with a new relationship and content in the simplicity of a new found hope. Yet, circumstances arise in Kevin and Julianna’s relationship that force him to don the alter ego of Fiasco once again.
Struggling to prove that he is worthy of the woman who chose him above all others, and drawing the scorn of powerful Malignant’s who use their power for evil, the disastrous results as a Mega threaten to keep Kevin and Julianna apart forever.
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Supreme Errors in Judgment : Edward D’Felio
Within the last year, the Supreme Court has once again come under scrunty, and justifiably so as will be demonstrated throughout this booklet. The overturning of Roe v. Wade exemplified to sentiments of the public. In response to the publics outcry, Chief Justice John Roberts expressed his concerns regarding the public’s perception of the Court’s legitimacy, while nine months earlier Justice Amy Coney Barrett attempted to convince the nation that the court is not partisan. Contrarily to their beliefs, the Supreme Court has always had a history of partisanship, corruption, misinformation, and/or failing to follow precedent. Such a claim is supported by thorough research, and deductive and inductive reasoning as will be illustrated within. For example, it started in 1801 with the rivalry between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, which culminated in the Supreme Court establishing judicial review via Marbury v. Madison. In addition, the focus is on two additional areas where Supreme Court decisions have jeopardized the integrity of the Court itself, as well as our democratic republic: equating money to speech and corporations to people. Ironically, the rationale for overturning Roe v. Wade is identical to revisiting, and overturning Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission as they pertain to corporations being people.
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The Con That Became The Constitution
The Con that Became the Constitution is a critical analysis of eight specific areas of the U.S. Constitution that are currently impacting the Republic. The book analyzes Constitutional concerns and issues from recorded word starting with the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 to the present day from a provocative, yet enlightening perspective.
The Founding Fathers modeled the Constitution after the Roman Republic. During the drafting and ratifying process, they were aware of what contributed to the fall of Rome. Even though their knowledge of the history of Rome was virtuous, they displayed an arrogance in ignoring it.
Arrogant ignorance is a concept not often associated with the Founding Fathers. Throughout the ratification process, and to present day, arrogant ignorance has established a permanent residence in Congress and the Supreme Court. Arrogant ignorance is a natural phenomenon of the frailties of humankind with the capability of destroying civilizations.
Given the current state of the Republic, “We the people” have no one to blame but ourselves. “We” have become complacent and dependent on people who have made a career out of rhetoric and (broken) promises. The Revolutionary War was fought to rid itself of an aristocratic form of government, yet the current system merely replaced one set of nobility with another. A greater understanding of the past is the first step towards restoring the Republic.
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Chaos and Cranberries : Joann Keder
Merriment, Mirth…and Murder.
In this dual series mystery, Lanie Anders and Cosmo Hill (Piney Falls Mysteries) are excited to share a Christmas celebration with her newly identified cousin, only to discover he’s changed his plans at the last minute.
Feather Jones (Charming Mysteries) and her boyfriend, Tug are in Piney Falls, Oregon to celebrate the holiday, their first away from Charming as a couple. Upon arrival, they are shocked to learn that their hotel room is no longer available because a murder occurred there earlier in the day.
Lanie graciously offers her guest house to them, setting in motion the events that will force both women to face their biggest challenges yet. Christmas has never looked the same.
Reading either series isn’t necessary to enjoy this Christmas cozy.
Don’t miss this delightful Christmas crossover cozy mystery from USA TODAY bestselling author, Joann Keder!
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Rise of the Loremaster : Jack Peregrine
What if someone stole your heritage and you couldn’t stop it?
Captain of the Guard at Falkendale, Kygan Dane, answers a call to deliver the city of Falinor from an Eskardi armada.
A quarter century later, history he thought resolved proves anything but settled and darker than he’d ever imagined. Peace enjoyed with his wife, Mirabelle, and son, Palance, is disrupted by Eskardi drifting north into Olandra from Junziel.
When Falinor proposes a unified government abolishing Olandra’s sovereign kingdoms, Kygan, Palance and trusted companions seek to challenge their plans. Treachery beyond comprehension is unmasked as a power-hungry new regime suffocates freedom in an unholy alliance with the continent’s ancient archenemies.
With factual, written history facing destruction and replacement by revisionist lies, youthful Palance knows he must save the books. But where to hide them in a land dominated by deceitful authorities who’ll stop at nothing to seize and maintain control?
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The Man Who Screams at Nightfall…and other stories : Rush Leaming
“A powerful, gritty, and exquisitely written anthology —not to be missed.” – J. Miller, Reader’s Favorite
Thailand. The Congo. Greece. Spain. America…Four continents and forty-plus years in the making.
The Man Who Screams at Nightfall is a landmark collection of short stories depicting a young man on a classic voyage of self-discovery, wandering the earth in search of some purpose in life.
From childhood to parenthood and everything in between—these tales are raw and unflinching; at other times, poignant and moving.
Get ready for a literary journey unlike any you’ve experienced before.
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Rainbow’s Red Book of Poetry : Lily Lawson
‘Do yourself a favour: buy this, curl up in your favourite chair and read it, knowing you will come away refreshed.’
Life is a complex thing. As social beings, we live side by side, sometimes in not so harmonious circumstances. This book celebrates love and tackling the challenges we face as humans. Control is not always ours.
Keep learning.
Keep growing.
Be yourself.
Do your best.
Life is complicated, yet very simple.
‘These poems are layered and more formal — with an air of William Blake or even Christina Rosetti — but without pretension or anachronism. They still have the Lawson touch.’
‘Lily Lawson has this way of making me weep.
And dance.
And understand myself a little better.
And understand others, perhaps, a little better too.’
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The Sebastien Grey Series Books 1-3 : Ryburn Dobbs
The first three novels in the highly-rated Sebastien Grey forensic anthropology series are in one volume.
Sebastien Grey is a brilliant but awkward forensic scientist. Together with his brother, Custer County Sheriff’s Sergeant Hank LeGris, and Detective Tiffany Reese, Sebastien sets out to investigate several mysterious deaths in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In the process, Sebastien becomes a little less awkward, falls in love, and amazes everyone with his quick grasp of details and penchant for seeing what others don’t.
The Comfort of Distance
Someone, or some thing, is leaving bodies in the Black Hills.
Forensic science meets literary fiction in this captivating police procedural. Deep in the forests of the Black Hills, human remains are being discovered – one bit at a time. Rumors of a rogue man-eating mountain lion are spreading through the county and panic is starting to swell. Sgt. Hank LeGris of the Custer County Sheriff’s Office is feeling the pressure; he needs to find out who the dead are, and how they got that way. Hank suspects that the bodies are the result of a more sinister predator. But in order to solve the mystery, he will have to reach back into his own dysfunctional family history and pull in the only person who can get to the bottom of these strange cases – his estranged and disordered brother, the brilliant forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey.
When Sebastien arrives in the Black Hills, he takes his brother, and Detective Tiffany Reese, on a whirlwind tour of forensic thinking and deductive reasoning, not only solving the mystery of the human remains, but the murder of a local thug as well. In the process, Sebastien himself is forever transformed by his own success and by the charm and kindness of the lovely Detective Reese: “One day I hope you give yourself permission to be different, Sebastien. You’ll be happier.”
The Comfort of Distance is equal parts forensic mystery, police procedure, and character study, with dashes of comedy and romance thrown in. Readers will be cheering at the end and ready for more.
The Boxwood Torso
A skull in one state, a torso in another. Are they connected?
Thirty years ago, the authorities didn’t think so. But the ingenious forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey is now on the case, and he believes they both belong to the same victim – an unidentified man who was shot, dismembered, scattered in two states, and burned. But time is not the only thing standing in the way of the truth. A pair of professional rivals, a spy inside the sheriff’s office, and a local family with a dark secret are all obstacles to untying this murderous knot.
This second book in the Sebastien Grey series finds Dr. Grey once again in the Black Hills of South Dakota and teamed up with Tiffany Reese – a shrewd and tough detective who doubles as the love of his life and the only woman who can coax him out of his awkward social isolation. Will their relationship survive the pressure of high-stakes cold case work?
How can a living woman’s bones be inside a box in the morgue?
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey is certain that they are. But unless he can convince the Custer County Sheriff that a long-forgotten missing persons case is a homicide, the truth may stay hidden forever.
Sebastien and Detective Tiffany Reese team up once again to solve one of the county’s most baffling mysteries. Amber Harrison disappeared ten years ago, and most people believe she left town with a new boyfriend. But others feel that the investigation was botched from the beginning. The evidence will uncover a dark conspiracy perpetrated by the most unlikely suspects.
As if that weren’t enough, an odd man visits Sebastien and promises him a large sum of money in return for his professional opinion. But the request — help prove that Native American remains were brought onto a construction site by accident — seems far too simple to be real. Something isn’t right. Will he live long enough to find out what’s really behind the strange offer?
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The Initial Fold : Nick Adams
What would you do if you materialised inside an alien starship?
It’s 2049, and NASA-sponsored physicist Edward Virr is on the cusp of man’s greatest breakthrough – the ability to fold space and travel faster than light.
He personally tests NASA’s futuristic prototype fold ship with a hand-picked crew. But as disaster strikes the first mission, Ed begins to suspect that he isn’t the only one developing the new technology.
Discovering there’s a lot more at stake than first contact, Ed soon realises that Earth’s very survival depends on his ability to solve a crime of galactic proportions.
Join Edward Virr and his crew as they undertake their first space adventure into the depths of the Milky Way.
The Fold Series: it’s like the love child of The Martian and Red Dwarf – with a pinch of Star Trek thrown in for extra flavour!
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