I spotted one yesterday. I thought they wouldn’t be around until December 1. I thought I had time. I don’t. This very fact sent shivers down my spine and a feeling of panic hit me…hard. Time is flying and I could very easily get left behind. The ELF ON THE SHELF HAS RETURNED!!!! Well… not my family’s Elf, but the one at the hairdresser has. It’s a little elf in a mermaid costume. Maybe it’s not a costume. I didn’t ask. I was mostly trying to ignore her creepy smile. Even at my best I am not THAT happy. Weirdo. Says the lady with the life size sleigh in her yard. yes, I just did that. I can’t go ten seconds without mentioning that sleigh. Here I am giving judgy eyes to an elf, and I got a sleigh in my front yard that is all sparkley and shiny. I will go ahead and sit back down and try to be nice. But that elf better stay the heckadoodle away from me. STOP SMILING SO MUCH, WEIRDO!!

The Dead Room (The Dead Room Trilogy Book 1)
by SM Erickson
4.2 Stars (200 Reviews)
Genre: Science Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Thrillers

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322 years after the apocalypse, the world has changed, but her people have not. Secrets, lies, and manipulations endure among a small group of survivors taking refuge on an island in the Northern Pacific.

No one knows what claimed so many lives over three centuries ago, and no one asks, except Ashley Wortham. She can feel the secrets all around her, begging to be uncovered.

But the nine elders who govern the island guard their secrets jealously. They believe the islanders know what they need to, and they hide their secrets behind a ruse of peace. But when Ashley, and her best friend Mason, go down the rabbit hole, no one is prepared for the truths they uncover. What will they do when they discover the downfall of humanity lies within their own island, deep inside the dead room?

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One Enchanted Eve: A Novella (Enchanted Christmas Collection Book 2)
by Melissa Tagg
4.9 Stars (113 Reviews)
Genre: Religion & Spirituality | Holidays | Religious & Inspirational Fiction

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A delightful Christmas romance about finding the perfect recipe for love.

After years of mistakes and regret, Colin Renwycke finally has a plan: Hone his baking talent at the Denver Culinary Institute and embark on a new career as a pastry chef. If he’s lucky, he might even manage to earn back his family’s respect. But despite his skills in the kitchen, Colin’s a mess in the classroom and his ongoing disasters are proving too much for his prickly instructor. If he loses his spot at the school, he’s out of backup plans.

Culinary school instructor Rylan Jefferson has the chance to reclaim her dream of running her own bakery. But she only has until Christmas Eve to come up with the perfect recipe to impress an eccentric investor. She has no time for holiday parties or family plans… and especially not for the unruly student baker who couldn’t follow a recipe if his life depended on it.

But Colin has the one ingredient Rylan needs most — talent. Lots of it. And when he makes a proposal that just might solve both their problems, Rylan can’t say no — even if it does mean traveling all the way to Iowa. It just might be that the snow-covered plains and a charming small town full of postcard Christmas cheer are exactly what her hungry heart needs… along with a man who is much more than he seems.

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Witch Way To Spellbinder Bay: A Spellbinder Bay Cozy Paranormal Mystery – Book One (Spellbinder Bay Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series 1)
by Sam Short
4.5 Stars (104 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery | Literature & Fiction | Humor & Satire

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Would you drop everything and move to a town with a peculiar name, because an odd little man made you a strange offer?

Millie Thorn did, and she could never have guessed what mysteries and revelations were awaiting her in the magical town of Spellbinder Bay.

After witnessing a murder on her first day in the bay, Millie is cast into a world she never knew existed – a world of magic and the paranormal, and a world where it’s seemingly normal to have a conversation with a cockatiel named Reuben.

Learning she is a witch becomes relatively simple to accept after discovering what other paranormal creatures populate the town, and with ever more mysterious clues about her life coming to light, it’s not just a murder she must solve. She must discover who she is, and why she feels like she’s been to the town before. Is it just déjà vu? Millie isn’t so sure.

With talk of another dimension known as The Chaos, and with an unlikely board of directors running the local school – there’s a lot for Millie to learn, and should she decide to stay in town – a lot for her to accept, too.

Did Millie make the correct decision when she decided to move to the bay? Only time will tell.

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Stalemate: Clockwerk Thriller Book One
by Thomas Webb
4.9 Stars (25 Reviews)
Genre: Literature & Fiction | African American | Men’s Adventure | Action & Adventure

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Clockwerk soldiers, airships, and aether bombs have ground the War Between the States to a stalemate. Can Colonel Julius Montclair find a way to end the bitter conflict?

Colonel Julius Montclair, elite soldier and the youngest airship commander in the Union fleet, has been humbled by war. He’s venerated for his bravery at the Battle of the Potomac, but he will carry the scars of that victory for the rest of his life. The loss of good men and women under his command continues to haunt him. Now, Montclair wants nothing more than to simply do his job and is more than ready to lay down the mantle of “hero”. That is, until President Grant himself summons Montclair to Washington.

Montclair is tasked with a deadly mission: He must lead his troops on a clandestine insertion behind enemy lines to uncover a plot that may destroy the Union. But Montclair won’t be able to do it alone; he’ll need the help of the most dangerous and least trusted weapons in the Union’s formidable arsenal – the spymasters of Strategic Intelligence.

Scarlet, a gorgeous young Strategic Intelligence agent and trained assassin, has the lethal skills and gritty determination required to protect her country. But can she gain the trust of Colonel Montclair and his men? Only by working together can they uncover the Confederacy’s plot and stop a dark aether-fueled weapon of mass destruction from erasing the Union from history.

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The Real Story of Thanksgiving: Early Encounters Europeans and Indians
by Pippa Pralen
3.9 Stars (23 Reviews)
Genre: History

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Beyond the Myths: Did you know: the first contact was an English-speaking Indian asking the Pilgrims for a glass of beer? the first landing was not on “Plymouth Rock”? early contacts were happening a century before Plymouth? 100 years before Plymouth coastal Indians shocked the explorer Verrazano with indecent gestures from the shore? Get to know Squanto as more than a man planting fish heads with corn, but rather a talented diplomat. A nuanced view of some of the major characters. A different perspective and background of the First Thanksgiving, as well as the first years of New England long before Plymouth plantation. Book is filled with interesting graphics and images

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