Once again I am straddling the line between good parent and bad parent. On the way home from a 3 day weekend playing in the snow with friends and family we stopped at McDonald’s to have lunch. Yes…McDonald’s…the same place that I made my kids watch a documentary about how bad it is so they would stop asking me every day to eat there. We had lunch and all was well. The kids were a little hesitant, but their fears were quickly forgotten once they saw the toy, a Lego cup. Fast forward about 5 hours after we had gotten home and I tucked my kids in bed and went to bed myself. I woke up an hour later hearing my oldest basset getting sick in the bathroom and my hubby comforting him. I of course had to get up and say softly to my sweet boy…. Must have been the McDonald’s.
The Other Sister (Sister Series, #1)
Leanne Davis
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Romance
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General Travis Bains has two daughters, one who is good, and one who is bad. Everyone knows Lindsey is the good one, and Jessie is the bad one.
Jessie Bains is the other sister, the bad sister, which she has proven more often than not, until the day she gets kidnapped and brutally raped. Will Hendricks, one of her father’s soldiers, rescues her and brings her home, but fears she may be nearly destroyed by what is done to her. The most important thing, however, is that no one can know, per the general’s orders.
Jessie’s life was always far from normal as the daughter of one of the most revered generals in the world. No one sees what the general does to Jessie, except Will. When Will discovers the danger Jessie is living in at her father’s hand, he once again rescues her. Will has survived the horrors of war, but is now engaged in a battle that has become far more personal and far more deadly. Will alone realizes what the general has done and will do to destroy his “other” daughter.
**Due to mature subject matter and language this is recommended for readers aged 17+**
Excerpt:
“I hate you for this, soldier.”
He looked into her eyes and saw the opposite. “I know.”
He surprised her, as well as Lindsey, when he lifted her off her feet, and held her to him. In his arms. Next to his face. Her arms encircled him, and he held her. He leaned down and his lips touched hers in a soft, gentle, closed-mouth kiss that spoke of leaving and longing and all the other things he couldn’t tell Jessie.
“I told you a long time ago, someday, things would be different for you. This is the only way I know how to fulfill that promise for you.”
With that, he released her and watched her eyes filling with tears as she nearly collapsed on the couch. Lindsey came over to her and they awkwardly figured out how to hug each other. Will leaned down and gathered his bag. As he turned to leave, he saw the two sisters huddled together, tears falling from their eyes.
“Goodbye, Jessie,” he said as he turned and left her.
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Afterwards
Satya Robyn
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Women’s Fiction
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April isn’t just running the London marathon. She’s running to freedom.
Still living at home and doing a job she hates, April is desperate to shake up her mundane existence but can’t find the courage. A serious accident leaves her with a different set of problems, but also the hope of a new beginning.
Both on and off the running track, she faces challenges she had never imagined. With the help of her new friend Art, a retired drag queen, and Al, her obstinate coach, April starts to reinvent herself. Will she reach the finishing line, and will all the pain and anguish be worth it?
Afterwards is the new novel from the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Thing. Compelling and illuminating, it reminds us that it is never too late to begin over again.
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Moa (Moa Book Series)
Tricia Stewart Shiu
Genre: Fantasy | Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult
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A Young Adult Sci-Fi Fantasy Mystical Adventure Series (Book 1)
For almost 200 years, Moa, an ancient Hawaiian spirit, has tried to solve the mystery surrounding her parent’s senseless murder and she’s running out of time. She and her entire lineage will perish if they do not find human aid.
An energetic eighteen-year-old, Hillary Hause, has no idea that she holds the key to this centuries-old secret. With the help of her older sister, Molly and Heidi her seven-year-old niece, Hillary embarks on a journey determined to save herself, her family, Moa and the Hawaiian Islands. Will they all learn to accept themselves and their newly discovered spiritual gifts or cease to exist, never knowing Moa’s truth?
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Connected: The Call
Michelle Medhat
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Sam loves Ellie, and Ellie loves Sam. They have the perfect marriage. Only, everything that Sam has told Ellie is a lie, and very soon his world breaks into hers in ways she cannot possible imagine.
Connected: The Call is a fast-paced, unpredictable spy thriller. With every turn of the page, a new dimension is revealed, as you go further into a world where traditional powers are failing and a new brand of enemy has the edge. Who is lying, who can be trusted, and what can be done to stop those who want to take over?
The shifting power-play between governments and international terrorists, where double agents, advanced technologies and brutal actions only seek to mask a deeper fight. In the end, it will be down to control, but those who think they have it are just fooling themselves. Control belongs to another. And this is only the beginning.
For Ellie Noor, an innocent woman who is at the centre of it all, one unexplained moment starts a chain reaction leading to series of events that will change her life forever.
But what isn’t she telling? … And is it all too late?
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May on the Way: How I Become a K9 Spy (May the K9 Spy)
KC Frantzen
Genre: Children’s eBooks | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Sometimes I start with a well-thought out plan, and sometimes, me being me, things just happen. In my imagination I’m on my way, heading anywhere. Because anywhere’s better than here.
Which is why I’m staring at this latch. I’m going to escape today. I’ve been watching closely to see how they work it, though no one’s noticed.
Humans… So unaware…
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In this first-of-the-series adventure, May, an imaginative young Schnauzer, tells her own story in first dog. She escapes a bad situation through adoption into the home of a grouchy Labrador. When her new family moves to the country, May ventures out where she’s not supposed to be, and discovers an odd “bird” near a rickety old shed with a secret.
She’s on her way to becoming a K9 Spy!
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Coffee Cakes and Pound Cakes (Delicious Recipes)
June Kessler
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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In this book you will find a collection of our favorite Coffee and Pound cakes, from simple spices nuts and fresh fruits or as different as Rose-Geranium Pound Cake. Also a few of my Grand children’s favorite Dessert Cakes.
Coffee cakes quick and easy to make and bake up into a nice hot sweet treat, enjoy at their best piping hot right out of the oven.
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