My evil plan to not have to cook dinner for at least a week WORKED! All I had to do was plan a potluck dinner party for my hubby’s birthday, spend two days cleaning (one before the party, and one after the party), grocery shop for hors d’ oeuvres, make a delicious Croque Monsieur Mac & Cheese (click here for the recipe. It’s the BEST), and brush my hair. That last part was the hardest. Before the party my partner in crime asked if I was brushing my hair, which I know is asking if we can dress comfy. I figured with all the comfort food we would be having, stretchy pants were in order. I quickly sent messages out to everyone to wear comfy clothes and soft socks. I believe this is what contributed to everyone staying later. By later I mean 10pm. Hahaha… The wild party days are over, but no worries on that. The food is soooo much better!!!

The Key to Justice (A Marc Kadella Legal Mystery Book 1)
by Dennis Carstens
4.4 Stars (614 Reviews)
Genre: Thrillers | Crime Fiction

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THE CASE OF A LIFETIME WALKS IN THE DOOR…

Financially embarrassed, getting a divorce, living in a shabby apartment, and distinctly short of clients, Marc Kadella’s beginning to question why he ever went into the law when a friend brings him the case all Minneapolis is watching — defending an accused serial killer. If he wins, it could turn his life around — if he blows it, he better go into sales.

Dennis Carstens weaves a gritty, street-wise narrative in this action-packed legal thriller, sure to please fans of courtroom drama and classic noir. You can almost see the guys in this one sporting fedoras, and the babes would stop traffic even without the cleavage Carstens makes their standard attire. But there’s a contemporary angle sure to please fans of both sexes–the toughest guy in the story is gorgeous investigator Maddy Rivers.

Carstens seems to relish getting her into increasingly brutal fights, some with laughs — like the time she roughs up a couple of rogue cops and takes away their guns. And when this author gets into an action scene, the prose flexes its muscles like a prison weightlifter.

Kadella and Rivers’ job is to find the evidence that will exonerate Kadella’s client Carl Fornich, a convicted sex offender recently out of prison. But the prosecution’s evidence is stacked a mile high — the murder weapon found at his house, an eyewitness, a semen sample, and blood from two victims. To top it off, the cops really want to nail this guy — one cop in particular.

Carstens realistic take on the law as a nuts-and-bolts, often rickety way to make a living blends nicely with his worldly-wise portrayal of backroom deals, crooked cops, and judges and politicians who connive and collude right on up to the governor’s mansion.

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Beyond Control (Beyond Love Book 1)
by Karice Bolton
4.2 Stars (388 Reviews)
Genre: Literature & Fiction

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Gabby Sullivan used to have dreams. That’s right — dreams! But life slowly ate away at those imaginary goals, and before she knew it, she was changing her college major and signing up to live a life that wasn’t her own.

That’s how it works though, right?

Jason’s been trying to piece his life together after a personal tragedy, only it’s not working. Damaged by his ghosts, he’s thrown himself into his work to avoid the past that won’t stop haunting him. He’ll never forgive himself and doesn’t expect anyone else to either.

When the back of his vehicle is clipped by a hurried limo driver he can’t wait to let the driver have it until he hears Gabby’s voice coming from inside the sedan. There’s something soothing about it, something familiar.

The moment Gabby sees Jason, she knows her life will never be the same. But she doesn’t know why. He’s everything she said she never wanted. He’s cocky, arrogant, and infuriating. With his dazzling amber eyes, dark hair and chiseled features she can hardly remember where she’s going, let alone where she’s been and maybe that’s a good thing. She begins to let him show her what life could be, if she really lived it.

Neither wants their past to define their future, but sometimes destiny has something else in store. It’s only as their love grows and secrets are revealed that they realize a devastating connection from their past might actually tear them apart.

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Orphans of Middle Mars (Chronicles of Middle Mars Book 1)
by CJ East
4.4 Stars (11 Reviews)
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

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In the tired world of 2035, Earth’s desperate governments and institutions begin an ambitious effort to rekindle the hope of their citizens with a manned Mars mission. Kinch McGrath is selected for the International Mars Colony project as a model future leader of the United States Warrior Guild. When contact with Earth is lost, and suspicion and deception escalate to murder, Kinch balances the survival of the colony on the edge of an enigmatic dagger of extraterrestrial origin.
In his darkest moment, Kinch makes first contact with an alien civilization where the scientifically impossible is all too real. Thrust into a dangerous Martian world where godlike dragons govern the lives of men, telepathic armies besiege walled cities, and political snares threaten every move, Kinch must fight to stay alive.
Kinch learns to unlock the psychic abilities used in offensive and destructive warfare. His power grows quickly as many suspect he is the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy. In a furious struggle for survival, Kinch tries to control new telepathic powers without losing his humanity.

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Murder at Feathers & Flair: a cozy historical mystery (A Ginger Gold Mystery Book 4)
by Lee Strauss
4.5 Stars (67 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Espionage, intrigue… murder…

It’s 1924 and war widow fashionista Ginger Gold’s new Regent Street dress shop, Feathers & Flair, is the talk of the London fashion district attracting aristocrats from Paris to Berlin to Moscow.

Ginger is offered her first job as a private detective when her sister-in-law’s stage actor friend goes missing, and though the dress shop takes most of her time, Ginger takes the case.

But when a Russian grand duchess dies at the shop’s official grand opening event, Ginger ignores the missing person to chase a killer. It’s a decision she will live to regret.

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Battle of Solomon’s Island
by Ken Rossignol
3.6 Stars (18 Reviews)
Genre: History | Historical Fiction | Children’s eBooks

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A little known story that never happened of the heroic efforts of the small village of Solomon’s Island to waylay the British fleet after they burned the public buildings in Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812. This historical fiction accurately explains the events of the invasion of Washington and the bombardment of Fort McHenry. The heroics were simply possible.

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