I am pretty happy with how my little craft project has been going for the last few days. It started out one way and came out completely different. The final product will be jars with a few rocks on the bottom and the rest soil. I will add seeds later in a little packet. The peal and stick stencils make it so easy for impatient people like myself who drink way too much coffee. Below is a picture of a few I am almost done with. I would be further along if it wasn’t for dishes laundry and family.

Juarez Square and Other Stories
by D.L. Young
4.4 Stars (32 Reviews)
Genre: Science Fiction

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Eleven gripping tales, including new works exclusive to this collection, explore the near-future impacts of advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, automated warfare, and genetic engineering. The award-winning story The Reader, Training the Fundies, and the title work Juarez Square envision an anarchic, cutthroat existence along the US-Mexico border. In Ximena, a defiantly unconventional woman opens a robot brothel in Madrid. The Gianni Box tells the tale of a stolen artificial intelligence that becomes the hottest designer in the fashion world. The Jacob Seeds takes place on a man-made floating island nation, where a scientist’s revolutionary breakthrough in genetically-modified food becomes the prize of a high-stakes, winner-take-all political battle.

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Fragile Cord: A gripping psychological thriller (DS Coupland Book 1)
by Emma Salisbury
3.9 Stars (34 Reviews)
Genre: Family Life | Mystery

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How far would you go to hide the truth?

A small boy lies drowned in the bottom of a bath
His mother is found with a noose around her neck…
The local community is in shock.

Introducing Salford detectives Kevin Coupland and Alex Moreton as they investigate what appears to be a routine murder-suicide. Tracey Kavanagh was her usual upbeat self; right up until the moment she drowned her son and tied a rope around her neck killing herself and her unborn child. For Alex Moreton, this case couldn’t have come at a worse time, battling with her partner over whether to have another child, she is superstitious about pushing their luck – they’re happy enough as they are… aren’t they? DS Kevin Coupland is dealing with a serious assault outside a wine bar in Swinton. Devoted family man Ricky Wilson is brutally stabbed following an altercation with youths while out with his wife and their children to celebrate her birthday. Coupland and Moreton’s cases merge when it transpires that Tracey and Ricky were tragically connected. Is it possible that there could be more to these two investigations than pure coincidence? And what was Tracey Kavanagh so frightened of she thought wiping out her family was the answer?

As the past collides with the present Coupland uncovers a tragic secret that will destroy Tracey’s family, or what’s left of it. Coupland must choose whether the truth shall come out – or be taken to the grave.

FRAGILE CORD is an emotional rollercoaster charting the psychological meltdown of a mother with a deadly secret.

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Let’s Do Lunch
by K. A. Jordan
3.8 Stars (19 Reviews)
Genre: Romance | Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Fiction

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Lindsey Bennett is caught between two men, one will tease her, the other will use her; both are capable of killing.

A business owner at the mercy of her employees, Lindsey Bennett of the restaurant “Let’s Do Lunch,” finds her employees have no mercy. When Lindsey drops everything to be her injured mother’s caregiver, relying on her sister to run the restaurant proves to be a mistake. Lindsey’s trusted cook quits, the new cook changes the menu, her sister hires a waitress who can’t run a register and money comes up missing. When a bug gets in a customer’s food, Lindsey could lose it all! Somebody should get fired. But once she’s back in charge, Lindsey finds that hiring is easier than firing.

More problems arise with the men in her life. Her new chef Brandon Pendleton – smart, sexy, fast living: he’s the life of every party. Sergeant Kevin “Tag” McTaggart – handsome, aloof, this wounded warrior’s blue eyes see into the depths of her soul. One will tease her until she gives up all her secrets. The other is out to use her and her restaurant.

Surrounded by criminals, deceived on all sides, and catapulted from crisis to crisis, can Lindsey stay focused? Her restaurant and her life are at stake.

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THE LUCK OF A FRIENDLY CARD
by M. Frank Keiper
4.5 Stars (4 Reviews)
Genre: Religious & Inspirational Fiction | Humor & Satire | Teen & Young Adult | Religion & Spirituality

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Looking for hope in a world of absurdity? Join the cast in this modern fable about a drifter who has been beaten down by an endless string of bad luck and has nearly given up as he approaches the end of his road; but with a stroke of good fortune, the wanderer is surprisingly presented another chance at courage by an unlikely character who is filled with magic, justice, and a lust for life.
The tale is filled with games of luck; an enchanting mansion; a prehistoric cavern; a worthy nemesis; and a horde of nefarious and lost souls who only wish to find some kind of hope and a friendship they can trust.
Nevertheless, not all is what it appears to be with the host of this party and the future is at risk for everyone in this Comedy of Errors. By the end of this adventure, someone dies; another is re-born; and ultimately, a reluctant hero is dealt the turn of a friendly card.

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Of Guardians and Angels
by Thomas Oliver
4.5 Stars (18 Reviews)
Genre: Historical Fiction

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John Sexton IV’s retired parents spend two years assembling a book of John’s genealogy and present it to him on his fortieth birthday. But strangely missing from the old letters, official documents, and newspaper clippings, is information about John’s namesake, the first John Sexton.
A family legend does tell a vague story of John’s great-great-grandfather having married an unnamed Choctaw Indian woman, but there are no records of the marriage, only proof that they bore a son. In an attempt to complete his family tree, John begins a search for his mysterious ancestors.
Months of research eventually lead him from his home in Washington to a restored plantation mansion in Mississippi. There, the current resident takes John on a journey back in time and reveals an extraordinary truth that will change the Sexton family name forever.
Of Guardians and Angels is a story of humanity in a time of war. It is a story of great courage, love, and faith, and how, even in the darkest days of our nation’s history, dignity and compassion prevailed.

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