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🌷 Your May appointment with quirky characters
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Soon, all of us will feel the heat
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Swept by his excitement, Mrs. Komarov gets to her feet and hurries out the door to join the others, leaving me behind. On her way out she says, over her shoulder, “You, stay put. I need you to come up with a solution. Work on it like your life depends on it.”
I do. First—as soon as she turns her back to me—a quick change of cloths. I take off Linda’s shoes because by now my feet are killing me and remove the black skirt because it’s a bit tight. I look good in my spandex leggings, if I say so myself.
Then I smooth down the side of the skirt, sliding my hand into the pocket and grabbing the matchbook. Nearly all of its matches are gone. Only a single one is left. I’ll have to make it count.
With trembling fingers, I tear it out of the matchbook and strike it against the rough narrow strip. It doesn’t ignite. I strike again, approach the wastebasket, which is set in the corner behind the toilet, and throw it there, burning.
The flame is flimsy, at first.
For a while, I believe it has been extinguished. The match has sunk out of sight and disappeared under the dirty tissues. Then, a subtle glow appears. A little tongue of fire starts licking, touching a corner of a tissue here, an edge there, slithering across the mess, consuming it hungrily.
Once the fire starts blazing through the wastebasket itself, I carry the flaming thing, set it under the desk, heap in handfuls of the oldest billing complaints, and hurry out the door. I close it shut behind me and, with a little cheer, join the others in their impromptu celebration.
Soon, all of us will feel the heat.
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It's my gift to you
While redeem codes last!
A Peek at Bathsheba
From USA Today Bestselling Author, Uvi Poznansky, comes a breathtaking historical fiction novel with a modern twist:
The most torrid tale of passion ever told: David’s forbidden love for Bathsheba, and his attempt to cover up the scandal. Will he muster the strength needed to protect her and save their son from danger?
This is volume II of the trilogy The David Chronicles, told candidly by the king himself. David uses modern language, indicating that this is no fairytale. Rather, it is a story that is happening here and now. Listen to his voice as he undergoes a profound change, realizing the curse looming over his entire future.
If you like middle eastern historical romance and forbidden love affair, this King David novel has a modern twist like no book you have read before, bringing King David of the bible to life against the background of Israel historical fiction. With vivid descriptions of court intrigue, it paints King David biography in a way that is both classic and timely.
★★★★★ ”This captivating and commendable work had me immersed from the beginning… The author shows exceptional ability when it comes to storytelling."
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I am an artist, poet, and author of 26 books. Most of them are available in ebook, print, and audiobook formats. To keep in touch with me, visit my blog. To see more of my art, go to my art site.
“I paint with my pen and write with my paintbrush."
Wishing you and yours all my best,
Uvi |
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My oil painting
Paper Band
I am truly enamored with paper. I love folding it, rolling it, cutting it, spilling ink and paint on it, and studying the reflections it gives off. At times it stares back at me, especially when I can find no words to write on its pure, white surface. Here's how a simple, quick sketch of a nude transformed itself in my mind into a rolling paper band.
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The Pam of Babylon Boxed Set
Your gift: A Women's Fiction/Romance Series by Suzanne Jenkins
At last, by USA Today Bestselling Author Suzanne Jenkins, the Pam of Babylon series starter collection! Contains the first five full-length novels plus two additional stories!
“A soap opera I can’t put down!” “When’s the next story coming out?” “Addictive!” “I can’t live without Pam.”
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Two Hearts Reconnaissance
New Release, special offer Romance by Tamara Ferguson
Their traumatic childhoods draw Eve Loughlin and Harry Giordano together, and eventually, they fall in love. When their careers send them in different directions, can they find their way back to their hearts?
Drawn to each other from the moment they met, Eve Loughlin and Harry Giordano are teenage survivors of unconscionable abuse who’ve overcome the odds. And there’s a huge mystery to solve when Harry’s abusive foster parents end up murdered.
Can they find their way back to their hearts?
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The Mic Files
The K9 Police Hero Novels Books 1 - 3
Your gift: Action Crime by Judith Lucci
A psychological action-adventure crime series featuring life-saving K9 Angel, his mistress, retired Irish homicide detective Michaela McPherson, her friend, octogenarian Italian Countess Dorothy Borghase and members of the local police. The series focuses on current-day crime and social issues that include human trafficking, terrorism, corporate greed and murder.
The first three of the Michela McPherson Hero Police Dog Novels: The Case of Dr. Dude, and The Case of the Dead Dowager, and The Case of the Man Overboard. |
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Diamonds and Lies
Special offer: Heist Crime by Inge-Lise Goss
Sparkling rocks, family secrets, and seductive lies
Mia’s advertising career masks a side job in the family business―the business is thievery and the competition kills. Partnering with her brother, Andy, Mia is drawn into a short timeline to plan a diamond heist to make good on Andy’s double-cross of the crime boss who hired him for the prior job.
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A Switch In Time
The President Is Missing
Special offer: Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense by Casi McClean and Eleanor LaRue
In a country divided, where terrorists hijack peaceful protests and threaten the fabric of America's democracy, President Emery Clayton, III discovers a global power behind the insurrection. He escapes to the White House attic to plan a counterblow, steering clear of initiating World War III––and vanishes.
Can one man's soul rip through time to a different era…survive a plane crash...and mitigate a broken man’s rage in time to save his own nation from total destruction?
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The Grinding Wheel
New Release: Crime Drama by Marc Rainer
Federal prosecutor Jeff Trask is assigned to prosecute WaShaun “Gloomy” Stewart, a street gang leader who has killed five rival gang members by his eighteenth birthday. At the same time, another serial killer—known to the investigators as “The Butcher”—has begun kidnapping local women, killing them, and leaving their body parts in and around Kansas City.
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When In Rome
A Brooke & Abby Cozy Mystery #2
Special offer: Cozy Mystery
by S.R. Mallery
Why does Abby tarot card her way back to Ancient Rome when there’s no need to? After all, the recent death in town has been declared by the local pathologist to be simply an accidental, epileptic tragedy and nothing more. Or is it?
Follow the Gang of Five, as Abby time-travels to the Age of Emperors, Brooke learns to follow her heart, Henry studies old antiquities, detectives Tony and Larry continue their police work, and Brooke’s niece, Haley, joins their ranks––just in time to learn a most valuable lesson: things aren’t always what they seem…
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Becky Tibbs: A Medium's Mystery Series
Books 1-5
Special offer: Cozy Mystery by Chariss K. Walker
In this five-book cozy mystery box set, Becky Tibbs sees ghosts... and she is not afraid to help them! Join Becky and the gang in Asheville, North Carolina as she solves many mysteries in this light, clean, airy, and informative series.
Fans of the television series Ghost Whisperer, The Dead Files, and Medium will enjoy this series.
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Interview with:
Chariss K. Walker
Today I have the pleasure to present an unusual author. Chariss K. Walker is an M.Msc., Reiki Master/Teacher, and she writes both fiction and nonfiction books to delight and excite her readers. All of her books—even the cozy mystery ones!—have a metaphysical and spiritual component..
Check out his interview,
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Cheese Manicotti
(The secret ingredient? Lots of heart...)
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A favorite in my kitchen...
Ingredients:
- 1 carton (15 ounces) reduced-fat ricotta cheese
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
- 4 cups marinara sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 package (8 ounces) manicotti shells
- Additional parsley, optional
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- Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, mix the first 6 ingredients; stir in 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. In another bowl, mix marinara sauce and water; spread 3/4 cup sauce onto bottom of a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Fill uncooked manicotti shells with ricotta mixture; arrange over sauce. Top with remaining sauce.
- Bake, covered, 50 minutes or until pasta is tender. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, 10-15 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. If desired, top with additional parsley.
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