Mondays Are For Fun

If Cotton Could Talk,” is a civil war era historical fiction novel about 19th-century slave life in the South. You will be introduced to a cast of characters; Black mothers and fathers who are fearless, smart, and devoted to family and justice. Heroes and heroines whose leadership gave enslaved people hope. But before freedom comes, they must survive other slaves who prove to be untrustworthy. At the same time ruthless, hostile, hateful men are determined to keep the status quo.

Pre-Civil War, 1850, enslaved people could sense that their lives were going to change. Slaves reasoned that they would not be slaves forever. They developed lasting relationships and worked together across plantations to share information and protect each other. A young girl was taught to read when knowing how to read was banned, punishable by whipping or even death. Her ability to read affected everyone and helped them to prepare for freedom, unbeknownst to slave owners. Once the war began, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation declaring slaves were free, if they were in a rebellion State. The owners were determined to keep their wealth and power over the enslaved even if the South lost the war. The slaves were listening and preparing for revenge and freedom. They would be free but free to do what?

On the anniversary of his father’s passing, Jon leaves home in search of answers. The land is full of mystery and intrigue, and Jon wants to explore it all with the dream of one day becoming a sorcerer. But when Jon receives an invite to the castle for training, he starts to believe there has to be a catch.

A long time ago, Jon’s father was once a guard near the capital city. Now Jon finds himself back where his father used to work, and he’s beginning to learn why his father had wanted to raise him away from here. He will discover that, along with certain threats to the kingdom, there are also many magical arts to learn. Some seem stronger than others, but all have their use. Jon must come to understand the complexities of sorcery as he uncovers the mysteries and threats to the kingdom. But he also must learn to deal with the other sorcerers who have come to train at the castle at the same time as him… some of whom are hard to trust.

A family-oriented, clean and wholesome romance about a love so strong that it has survived years of being silently hidden away and ruthlessly protected from the world – and each other.

Wyatt Stafford is the oldest son in the iconic ranching dynasty that, for six generations, has owned and operated Montana’s oldest and most respected cattle operation, Stafford Ranch. He fills his days with the hard grueling work of managing the ranch, and his nights with dreams of the woman he loves, but who his honor has never allowed him to pursue.

Emma Stafford is the beautiful, independent and extremely resilient widow of Wyatt’s younger brother. And the woman that Wyatt has silently loved for the seven long years since his brother brought her home to meet the family just before their whirlwind wedding. Even though Emma had immediately felt a strong connection with her future husband’s older and more mature brother, she had kept her promise and married the wrong Stafford. For the last seven years she has honored her wedding vows, even for the two years since the tragic death of her abusive husband.

Will life and circumstances finally allow Wyatt and Emma to acknowledge their love for each other? Will the magic of Christmas open their hearts and finally allow them to claim the love and life they both so desperately long to share?

Who knew a murder or two would turn Jake Stewart’s life around?
Jake was trying to figure out his life after being abruptly downsized from what he considered the best job in the world — being a reporter in a fast moving, big city newsroom. Now, he was wandering the Southwest in the Beast, an aging RV that was his only home in the world. No job, no prospects, no love.
Then in the fading moments of a brilliant sunset in the Mesa country of Arizona, he hears cries for help, and stumbles across a half-dressed woman standing over a partially buried body among the red rocks. And everything changes.
Using his skills as a reporter and spurred on by an unexpected romance, Jake follows the clues… but as he gets closer to the killer, the killer may be getting closer to him… and his new sweetie.
If you like lovable but oddball characters in a colorful setting, red herrings, an intriguing plot, fast-paced writing, then you’ll love this laugh-out-loud Jake Stewart mystery.

Books 25 to 28 in the Sam Reilly Action and Adventure Thriller series!

25. Dragon’s Breath

In 1974, local farmers outside Xi’an, China, discovered an army of more than 8,000 life-sized ancient terracotta warriors buried in a series of pits. Historians believed that the warriors were placed there to guard the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.

The historians were wrong. The Terracotta Army was there to prevent the evil buried within from ever surfacing again.

26. The Vostok Enigma

In East Antarctica, a team of scientists drilled a hole in the Vostok ice sheet to take a sample of the subterranean lake 2.2 miles below the surface.

Within hours, elite military teams from the U.S., Great Britain, Russia, and Australia had converged on the site – which meant somebody had revealed what they had really discovered buried beneath the snow…

27. Skeleton Crew

A freak accident causes one of the largest cargo ships in the world, the Trident GS, to run aground while transiting the Suez Canal in Egypt.

Maritime salvage expert Sam Reilly is flown in to find out what went wrong, and how to re-float the ocean-going behemoth. Something about the accident just doesn’t seem right…

28. The Midas Vault

A group of cave divers exploring the deepest recess of a previously unexplored section of the Chevé Cave Mexico – one of the deepest caves on Earth – sent a message up from the bottom of the flooded cave, via a sealed bottle that floated to the surface.

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