The snowball effect. That is what is happening to me right now in the backyard and it’s driving me nuts. We have been working for almost a year now on building a pond in the backyard. I know you are wondering why it’s taking so long. It’s the snowball effect. Uncover one thing and two things pop up. That has pretty much been the story from the beginning of this project. Well now the pond project is coming to an end and it is affecting the side yard. Not in a huge way, but enough to have me digging out holes and filling buckets and buckets of dirt. I keep saying I am too old for this, but no one seems to hear me. Especially me. I don’t listen to a word of my body’s complaints. We are very close though. This is very exciting. This weekend may very well be the end of it.

Pilgrims
by M. R. Leonard
4.4 Stars (607 Reviews)

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Latin was a dead language — until the aliens arrived.

Out-of-work Latin teacher and borderline alcoholic Austin DeSantis is determined to spend his final days in the arms of a prostitute — that is if the aliens don’t exterminate humanity first.

But when the aliens land at the Vatican, begin speaking Latin, and reveal themselves to be Catholic, the world turns upside down.

Pressed into service as a translator and thrust into the center of humanity’s first contact with a cryptic alien race, Austin must uncover their true intentions before religious turmoil rips the planet apart. But with Austin caught between the Catholic Church, the US military, and an enigmatic alien AI, he’ll have to decide where his loyalties lie as the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

PILGRIMS is a sci-fi retelling of Augustine’s Confessions, mixing a high-concept premise à la Children of Time with the ceaseless pacing and rich characterization of Red Rising.

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The Fugitive’s Trail: An FBI Mystery Thriller (The Sean Kruger Series Book 1)
by J.C. Fields
4.5 Stars (1,863 Reviews)

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An FBI mystery thriller that opens a long-running profiler series with a murder no record can explain and a corporation with everything to hide. Investigative crime fiction blending behavioral profiling, corporate cover-ups and a chase where the pursuer isn’t the only hunter.

A Wall Street murder, a suspect who doesn’t exist, and a billion-dollar firm where truth is not company policy.

FBI Special Agent Sean Kruger doesn’t like any aspect of his new case. Witness accounts of the murder are suspiciously identical, and the suspect, now on the run, does not exist in any records.

Kruger finds himself chasing a ghost, armed only with fabricated witness statements.

Things only get worse when he realizes he isn’t the only person hunting the killer. Someone wants the fugitive and the truth to die, along with anyone who stands in the way.

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Journey from Exile (A Legion Archer Book 1)
by J. Clifton Slater, Hollis Jones
4.4 Stars (1,650 Reviews)

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“I’ve heard Cretan archers are good bowmen but weak skirmishers,” a Tribune offered. “It has something to do with the teeny, tiny shields they wear like jewelry on their left forearms.”

“They wear jewelry into combat,” Tribune Scipio moaned. “What have I done?”

Set in the desperate years of the 2nd Punic War, the series follows the exploits of Cretan Archer, Jace Kasia, and Roman Legion Tribune, Cornelius Scipio. One is a castaway searching for a home while the other seeks to step out of the shadow of a famous father.

On their journey from exile, the orphan and the descendant will need to come together to save a trapped Legion from total annihilation.

Welcome to 232 B.C.

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Nothing But Cowboy (The Raffertys of Last Stand Book 1)
by Justine Davis
4.6 Stars (1,060 Reviews)

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He thought he was content, until she walked in the door…

Keller Rafferty abandoned his dreams long ago to help his mom raise his brothers after his father’s death. Duty, family and deep roots still guide him as he runs his family’s Texas cattle ranch and cares for his new, grieving foster son. They’re just beginning to find a balance when a beautiful and determined woman arrives on the ranch.

Sydney Brock spent her entire globe-trotting life thinking she had no family except her ne’er do well, nomadic, irresponsible parents. When she discovers her parents lied and she has a newly-orphaned cousin, Sydney rushes halfway around the world to provide the teen with something she never had — a home. She’s shocked to be thwarted by a protective — and sexy — cowboy.

Sydney’s determined to form a relationship with her cousin, but Keller doesn’t trust that the worldly woman will stay in small town Texas. It’s up to Sydney to prove him wrong, and the longer she spends time with Keller, his family and her cousin, the more she vows to do just that.

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Rawlins, No Longer Young (The Rawlins Saga Book 1)
by Rick DeStefanis
4.6 Stars (852 Reviews)

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War made him a man. The frontier will decide what kind.

When Virgil Rawlins finds his best friend hanging from a sycamore tree, the young Tennessean is thrust into the brutal reality of the American Civil War — a world where mercy is scarce and survival demands tough choices. Hardened by violence and driven by revenge, Rawlins becomes a soldier shaped by hatred… until one moment at the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads forces him to choose a different path. Before the war is even over, Rawlins turns west.

On the road to Independence, Missouri, he meets Sarah McCaskey — a woman who challenges everything he thought he understood about right and wrong. With her, Rawlins begins to imagine a life built not on vengeance, but on something far more dangerous: hope.

Joining a wagon train as a scout, Rawlins pushes into the untamed frontier, where law is fragile and danger is constant. As conflict spreads across the plains in the violent struggles of 1865, he earns a reputation as a fighter. But reputation alone won’t define his future. In the boundless American West, a man must decide for himself. Will Rawlins become an outlaw… a lawman… or something in between?

Rawlins, No Longer Young is the powerful first book in a sweeping frontier saga — perfect for readers who love the grit and danger of a traditional Western anchored with character-focused storytelling. A story of survival, redemption, and building a life in a changing world, this is where one man’s journey — and a generation-spanning legacy — begins.
oss the plains in the violent struggles of 1865, he earns a reputation as a fighter. But reputation alone won’t define his future. In the boundless American West, a man must decide for himself. Will Rawlins become an outlaw… a lawman… or something in between?

Rawlins, No Longer Young is the powerful first book in a sweeping frontier saga — perfect for readers who love the grit and danger of a traditional Western anchored with character-focused storytelling. A story of survival, redemption, and building a life in a changing world, this is where one man’s journey — and a generation-spanning legacy — begins.

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