My sweet bees were going a little nuts yesterday when the sun came out for about an hour. I always wondered what they thought about being cooped up in a hive when it is raining or when it is too cold outside for them to come out. Apparently they get a bit of cabin fever. It’s been pretty cold and raining for a week or so, but yesterday afternoon we got a break and the sun was shining. I went to the backyard to do my usual inspection of the garden and almost walk right into a huge cloud of crazy bees. One even smacked me in the face. It was great to see so many ladies flying about and stretching their legs. All I have seen lately is dead bees outside the doorway to their hive. I think it’s just the usual die off, but still pretty sad to see. So when I saw so many healthy happy bees flying around, it certainly lifted my spirits.
The Cold Storm: A Special Ops action-thriller (Roger O’Neil Series Book 1)
by John Etterlee
Genre: Thrillers | Literature & Fiction | Crime Fiction
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He thought he’d left the fighting behind him in Afghanistan. He never, in a million years thought it would find him in his own back yard. What is a warrior to do when the law can’t protect them?
The first book in this new action-packed thriller series introduces us to Sergeant Roger O’Neil, former U.S. Army Ranger and decorated combat Veteran of the Global War on Terror. After years of fighting al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, he returns home to Montana just to find that home is no longer the safe haven he once thought it was. On a winter trip to his late grandfather’s cabin in the Montana Mountains, Roger must save his family from a gang of ruthless killers by reuniting with his combat-hardened buddies for one final fight.
Former Special Ops Sergeant, Roger O’Neil, thought it would be a simple winter retreat with loved ones in the vast Montana wilderness.
He thought wrong.
He had no idea there was something much more sinister in store for them when he stumbles on a lone drifter hiding in the forest behind his mountain cabin.
What is he doing there?
What are his true intentions?
Meeting the strange man sends Roger’s life into a tailspin and puts a target directly on his family’s back when they become hunted by the Aryan Brotherhood. With their lives threatened by an unforeseen criminal conspiracy and the law unable to protect them, Roger calls on the only ones he knows can help him; a group of gun-toting former special operators with itchy trigger fingers who’d love nothing more than an excuse to wage war.
Their mission–Deliver their own unique brand of violent justice.
It’s a race for time to defend the defenseless and save his family from the clutches of a gang of sadistic killers.
Will they succeed?
Or will they simply fall victim to an extensive criminal underworld?
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Thursdays at Coconuts (Coconuts Series Book 1)
by Beth Carter
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Romance | Contemporary Fiction | Women’s Fiction
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As the go-to wedding planner, Suzy can’t find her own wedded bliss and has one shocker of a wedding day. It doesn’t help that she’s still pining for her high school sweetheart, the one who got away. Handling neurotic brides is the best part of Suzy’s day until her son brings home a bombshell from Europe.
Alexandra, a beautiful marketer with a “touch” of OCD, falls for a bad-boy cop who’s married and possibly stalking her. But he sure is sexy. Alex tries to stay at arm’s length after she puts her job — and life — on the line for the officer who isn’t always a gentleman.
Hope hates her name, looks, and frizzy hair. As a high school counselor, she dishes out sage advice to students, yet can’t see she’s enabling her deadbeat, stuck-in-the-seventies hippie parents. After tragedy strikes, she reexamines their relationship and discovers a secret that almost went to the grave.
Friends since high school, the thirty-something women meet every Thursday at Coconuts for their own form of friendapy.
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Hot Coffee, Iced Santa (A Roasted Love Cozy Mystery Book 2)
by Cam Larson
Genre: Mystery | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Nonfiction
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In a few days, Laila will be flying home to visit her family for Christmas. But she’s finally sitting down to a nice dinner with Daniel, the cute paramedic. But before they can get two bites in, a scream echoes from the kitchen. There’s a dead Santa in the freezer that the repairman just unlocked!
The owner of the restaurant is now the prime suspect, and probably guilty as far as Laila is concerned. But, he’s Daniel’s best friend, so, for Daniel’s sake, Laila sets out to prove the owner innocent. But she’s not sure that’s even possible, especially when he kisses her when Daniel leaves -yuck!
And besides all of that, she needs to find the perfect gift for Daniel. Ugh! Christmas is anything but peaceful as Laila faces some unsavory characters, bad cologne, a stinky tavern, and a large stack of cash in a dead man’s closet that would tempt anybody.
Merry Christmas, Laila, if you survive it…
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The Trail to Santa Rosa: A Wild Country Western (The Wild Country Book 2)
by Bobby Underwood
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Westerns
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Brooke Lonesome is a Missouri legend who disappeared into the mountains long ago. Katie Wells is a slightly past her prime saloon girl with a young boy to raise. Haunted by the past, a chance meeting in Sonora with a kindly Mexican grape grower offers a second chance for both. The second sprawling and emotional story in the Wild Country saga gives readers a chance to revisit their favorite characters from the first novel, while making friends with new ones. The Trail to Santa Rosa is an intimate and emotional portrait of two damaged people looking for a second chance in an often unforgiving country. Filled with colorful history and old-fashioned western action, and sprinkled with humor, The Trail to Santa Rosa is a journey into a West that once was.
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The Man in Blue (The Claudia Belle Series Book 1)
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Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Action & Adventure | Science Fiction
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Claudia Belle never imagined what life would be like with her parents gone. Now she must face that horrible reality.
With her parents, dead and her grandfather a perfect stranger, Claudia has never felt so alone. Her mind-reading abilities have always made her feel like an outcast. And now will those same abilities reveal who she really is?
Following the death of Dr. Edwards, a new principal is sent to take his place, undercover for a secret organization called The Company. The Man in Blue’s true mission is the identification and eradication of alien life forms. The entity he pursues, this time, is as dangerous as they come. He must identify the source of the creature’s powers to capture the subject and complete his job.
There is just one problem, his one weakness: women. And Claudia fits the description of his dream girl.
Success or downfall. Which outcome awaits him?
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